The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic testified Monday that he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more ...

BEIRUT— For almost a week, ophthalmologist Elias Jaradeh has worked around the clock, trying to keep up with the flood of patients whose eyes were injured when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country ...

For Caroline Bañuelos, a longtime Santa Rosa resident and civic leader, the alarms started going off more than 30 years ago. Sonoma County, and Santa Rosa especially, were changing, with an influx of ...

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election ...

For more stories on infamous local crimes, go to pdne.ws/43mIviF. The true crime genre, which mines real-life horrors for entertainment, has looked to the Sonoma and Napa counties many times over the ...

How to enter the Last Word: If you’re on our website, scroll down to write a caption for the cartoon above by Gary Varvel. Captions must include the author’s real name and home city to be considered ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o'-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage. Leaves around the northern ...

“So who had ‘migrants eating pets’ on their bingo card?” BROOKE CLYDE, Santa Rosa “I’m on the fence with all their jibber-jabber. Should I believe his hair or trust her laugh?” DARLENE FLINT, Graton ...

Nick Gravenites, a powerhouse rock and blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who worked with Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company and other legends of the 1960s San Francisco ...