SAN JOSE — A big mixed-use development of residential towers, a market, and restaurants slated to bring modern buildings to downtown San Jose’s hip and …
Joe Biden has reportedly approved cutting the number of people eligible for a third stimulus check
Summary List Placement President Joe Biden has reportedly signed off on faster phaseouts for $1,400 stimulus checks, a step that would cut the number of …
How to install a Ring video doorbell so you can see who or what is at your door
Summary List Placement The Ring doorbell is a well-known name in home security these days — and for good reason. Ring was one of the …
Coronavirus: California’s cases keep falling, more counties allowed to reopen
California’s metrics to measure COVID-19 continued to improve Tuesday, and in another sign of progress, an additional seven counties advanced out of the most restrictive …
Teachers and school staff should be vaccinated with at least one COVID-19 shot by month’s end, President Joe Biden says
Summary List Placement President Joe Biden is pushing states to vaccinate teachers and school staff against COVID-19 so educators and parents feel safe going back …
Lawsuit says hammering nail into wall of this Utah house could be deadly
The windows of a house on 3371 W. Snow Moon Place in South Jordan are boarded up on Nov. 1, 2020. The city has filed a lawsuit …
Pac-12 stock report: Smart football schedule, donor help for WSU, no excuses for USC, Washington’s recruiting stall and Stanford’s NCAA fall
Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field (and court) … Rising: The 2021 football schedule. Scheduling is like officiating. When done right, it …
First Thoughts: Roy Greenslade, Fleet Street editor, preacher of media ethics, and IRA apologist
The former Daily Mirror editor has revealed he was and is an IRA supporter, with no reservations about its violent campaign, including lethal bombing. What to make of …
Bay Area spring high school football watch list: Wide receivers, tight ends
After months of waiting, the high school football season is here. For some teams, the truncated season delayed since summer because of the coronavirus pandemic …
The Sussexes updated the Archewell site to highlight International Women’s Day
On New Year’s Eve, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex updated their Archewell site with the now-infamous mission statement, which included the lines “I am …
East Oakland fatal shooting marks city’s 25th homicide of 2021
OAKLAND — A 66-year-old man was fatally shot in East Oakland on Tuesday night, authorities said. Officers found the man down outside in the 2100 …
COVID rules: Which states just ended mask laws, reopened businesses
Several governors this week have announced looser COVID restrictions, including the lifting of the statewide mask orders in Texas and Mississippi. Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott …
Commons Confidential: Yearning for Dom
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster. Desperate Dan, door-shutting Dan, Dominic Cummings without the hoodie, Dom in a suit and Cummings without the …
The Budget showed Labour needs a radical alternative to Rishi Sunak’s austerity
Keir Starmer should reject Sunak’s spending cuts, accept his progressive tax rises and promise dramatic investment. The UK’s debt is set to peak at …
PayPal is in early-stage talks to buy crypto asset security firm Curv for half a billion, reports say
Summary List Placement PayPal is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire US-Israeli crypto custody firm Curv for $500 million. Founded in 2018, Curv is based …
Letter of the week: Johnson the game-player
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine. Philip …
Growing up in industrial towns, I followed the tracks of animals to seek out small pockets of woodland
But sadly I realised that these unintended sanctuaries were temporary and would soon fall to the developers. As a child, I lived in …
Meghan Markle Responds to Claims She Bullied Palace Staff
Throughout her time in London, Meghan Markle was repeatedly victimized by bullies. Now, in a shocking turn of events, she’s being accused doling out abuse …
California driver who hit grandmother, infant after police chase gets nearly 19 1/2 years
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A driver who plowed onto a sidewalk, striking and seriously injuring a grandmother and a baby in a stroller at …
How Covid-19 created a new hierarchy of suffering
Private trauma has been overshadowed by the public health emergency, leading many to feel their individual troubles count for less. “Do you normally talk like this?” The …
Google announces major shift away from precision-targeting of ads based on everything you do on the internet (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement Google said on Wednesday it will move away from using technologies that track specific users as they browse the web, a move …
Once Tim Allen realized Donald Trump pissed people off, ‘I kind of liked that’
One of the things I’ve never understood about Donald Trump’s cult of personality is why so many millions of Americans thought it was a good …
Pipe bomb, ‘zip gun’ found near Northern California elementary school
SACRAMENTO — A pipe bomb and a hand-made gun were found Tuesday near a Sacramento elementary school and authorities were trying to determine who left …
Stuart Maconie’s Diary: Grief in lockdown, the rise of canal-side courting and why I’m still quizzing
With no pubs or restaurants to court in, it’s as if we’ve returned to Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, where awkward young farmhands called on beloveds to go …
The NS Poem: In praise of skinny lads
A new poem by Tamsin Hopkins. I love all those skinny lads made of elbows and knees joined up by stick-limbs that angle about, those …
The suicide rate among girls is higher than ever, as toxic social media becomes all-consuming
Researchers have discovered that heavy use of social media, for adolescent girls, is correlated more strongly with anxiety and depression than is the use of …
Which big city has California’s most-overvalued homes?
Where are California homes the most overvalued — Los Angeles and Orange counties, San Diego or San Francisco? Well, let’s peek at Wall Street credit …
SF Giants mailbag: Who’s the biggest camp surprise? Do the Giants need to trade a position player?
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Giants baseball is back, Opening Day is less than a month away and there’s already been plenty of exciting developments since the …