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Mayflower II Makes Long-Awaited Return to Plymouth
The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 returned to the coastal town after undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation in Connecticut over the last three years.
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Poll: Trump Gets Some of His Worst Grades on Climate
President Donald Trump gets some of his worst marks from the American people when it comes to his handling of climate change, and majorities believe the planet is warming and support government actions that he has sometimes scoffed at. While the administration has rolled back regulations to cut emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from power and industrial plants and pushed...
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Shutdown Makes it Tough for Groups to Help Endangered Whales
Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.
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Great White Washes Up on Beach Near Where SUNY Professor Was Attacked by Shark
The 61-year-old SUNY professor bitten by a shark while standing in the water just 30 yards off a Cape Cod beach earlier this month has been released from the hospital, a spokesman said Monday, days after a great white shark washed up on the beach near where he had been swimming when he was attacked.
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Man Bitten by Shark Off Cape Cod, Suffers ‘Deep Puncture Wounds'
A man suffered “deep puncture wounds” when he was bitten by a shark while standing in the water just 30 yards off shore of a Cape Cod beach on Wednesday afternoon.
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Flying Hot Dog Strikes Woman in the Face During Phillies Game
A woman who suffered a black eye after she was struck in the face by a flying hot dog during Monday’s Phillies game is speaking out.
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Car Safety Technology Saves Lives
Karl Brauer literally wrote the book on car prices.
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US Women Hope Bond From Pay Fight Leads to Olympic Hockey Gold
Threatening to boycott the world championships on home ice last March landed the U.S women’s national hockey team a pay raise and some of the perks USA Hockey gives the men.
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Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Bus Near Google Headquarters in Mountain View: Police
A male motorcyclist died after colliding with a bus Wednesday evening near Google headquarters in Mountain View, according to police.
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Bay Area Rescue Organizations Team Up to Transport Pets From Storm-Ravaged Texas
Nearly 70 rescue animals touched down in the Bay Area after several organizations pitched in to help transport them out of storm-ravaged areas of Texas.
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Oakland Cancer Nurse, Husband Face Deportation
An Oakland cancer nurse and her family are facing deportation after living a law-abiding, productive life in the U.S. for the past 23 years.
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Man Arrested in Connection to San Francisco Triple Shooting Released Without Charges
A Vallejo man arrested last week in a shooting that killed one woman and injured two men in San Francisco’s Oceanview neighborhood has been released from custody without charges pending further investigation.
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One Dead, Two Hurt After Shooting in San Francisco's Oceanview Neighborhood
A woman was killed and two men were hurt in a shooting in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon, police say.
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Tom Brady: The Movie? Film Wants to Capture Deflategate, Super Bowl LI
A new book and a major motion picture are in the works about the New England Patriots’ star quarterback and the “Deflategate” suspension he overcame to earn an unprecedented fifth Super Bowl ring.
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House Fire in Saratoga Injures Three, One Critically: Fire Official
Two people were injured, one critically, in a house fire in Saratoga on Sunday night, according to the Santa Clara County Fire Department.
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Archaeologists Think They Found Original Pilgrim Settlement
Archaeologists have pinpointed what they think is the exact spot where the Pilgrims lived in the years after landing in the New World. Every American schoolchild knows the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in 1620, but exactly where has been elusive. Archaeologists from the University of Massachusetts Boston tell The Boston Globe they have discovered what is believed to be part...
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68-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed in San Francisco
A 68-year-old man was gunned down in San Francisco’s Oceanview neighborhood Friday night, police said.
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Double Shooting in San Francisco Kills One Man, Hurts Another
San Francisco police are investigating a fatal shooting on Friday night that left one man dead and another injured.
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6-Ton Potato Spotted on Hudson River
If you happened to see a giant potato being hauled on a barge on the Hudson River Wednesday, your eyes were not deceiving you.
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Olympian Tom Daley and Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black Are Engaged
Olympic diver Tom Daley and “Milk” screenwriter Dustin Lance Black announced their engagement with an announcement in The Times.