Labor Day

A woman was charged with attempted homicide in a Pittsburgh stabbing that critically injured former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who is also facing a charge, police said. Pryor was taken to the hospital just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday following a dispute with “mutual combatants” in an apartment on the city’s North Side, police said. Allegheny County prosecutors and police...

Rare Twin male giraffe calves were born at the San Francisco zoo Tuesday morning, but only one survived, zoo officials said Friday.

In a sign of changing times, the Rotary Club in Palo Alto decided it will no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance at its weekly meetings.

In a sign of changing times, the Rotary Club in Palo Alto decided it will no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance at its weekly meetings.

Alphabet’s board of directors has opened an investigation into how executives handled claims of sexual harassment and other misconduct, including behavior of Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, who has been accused of having relationships with employees. The board has formed an independent subcommittee to look into the issues and has hired a law firm to assist with the investigation, according...

A law enforcement official says investigators that examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat haven’t been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, the Associated Press reported Friday.

The Democratic National Committee is increasing the polling and fundraising requirements for presidential candidates to qualify for the primary campaign’s fifth debate in November. But in a nod to the potential for late-surging campaigns, the increases are not as steep as those from the first and second debates during the summer to the third and fourth debates after Labor...

Tekara Capron and her son, 3-year-old Makai Simmons, spent the Labor Day holiday with her family in the Bahamas and weathered Hurricane Dorian as it ruined her mother’s home. Makai returned home to Florida with nightmares. “It’s just that when he’s asleep. He’s more afraid of darkness than usual,” his mother Tekara Capron told NBC News. Makai was still processing...

A preliminary report released Thursday on the Conception diving boat fire confirmed that all six crewmembers were asleep when flames started to engulf the vessel in the early morning hours off the Southern California coast, leaving 34 people dead.

The search for the final victim of a boat fire off the Southern California coast has been suspended until early next week because of gusty winds and rough seas.

Friends made a touching tribute Wednesday evening on Mission Bay for Nicole Quitasol, the 31-year-old San Diego woman who was one of 34 people killed when a diving boat burst into flames Monday off the Santa Barbara Coast.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will not run for president after exploring whether to do so earlier this year, he announced in a letter posted online early Friday. “My belief in the need to reform our two-party system has not wavered, but I have concluded that an independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve...

The rank and file officers of the Richmond Police Department overwhelming voted over the Labor Day weekend that they have no confidence in the leadership of Police Chief Allwyn Brown, citing problems with workplace and managerial culture.

An East Bay high school teacher and his daughter were among those presumed dead in a diving boat fire early Monday morning off the coast of Santa Barbara.

An East Bay high school teacher and his daughter were among those presumed dead in a diving boat fire early Monday morning off the coast of Santa Barbara. Marianne Favro reports.

Deliberations in the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse trial resumed Tuesday after a nearly two-week break, and no verdict was reached.