The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found. These slow-moving, people-sized fish of the deep, nicknamed a “living fossil,” are the opposite of the live fast, die young mantra. These nocturnal fish grow at an achingly… Read More
Biden suffers devastating weekend heartbreak
President Joe Biden announced Saturday that Champ, the older of the family’s two dogs, had died “peacefully at home.” The German shepherd was 13. “He was our constant, cherished companion during the last 13 years and was adored by the entire Biden family,” Biden and first lady Jill Biden said… Read More
How Jon Rahm’s back nine captured U.S. Open win
Everyone who’s played it, from the late, great Ben Hogan to the guys you get paired with down at the local muni, has probably said it at one time or another: Golf is a game of misses. It also happens to be the shortest way to explain how Jon Rahm… Read More
Brothers set record in daring 1,600-foot highline walk
Two brothers from San Francisco say they have set a record for the longest highline ever walked in both Yosemite National Park and California, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Earlier this month, they and a group of friends spent nearly a week stringing a single, 2,800-foot (853-meter)-long line from Taft… Read More
U.S. Open: Mickelson in trouble?
By mid-afternoon, cell phones throughout the 858 area code were buzzing. And buzzing. The third time one went off in the gallery behind him, Phil Mickelson stepped away from his tee shot at No. 13 — for the second time — and tried to keep the steam from blowing out… Read More
Juneteeth holiday, explained
The U.S. government is officially recognizing a day called “Juneteenth” that celebrates the end of slavery. President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday that was passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19th, as a federal holiday. “I hope this is the beginning of a change in the… Read More
Late 70s TV comedy star dead at 79
Frank Bonner, who played a brash salesman with an affection for polyester plaid suits on the TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died. He was 79. Bonner died Wednesday from complications of Lewy body dementia, said his daughter, Desiree Boers-Kort. The actor died at his home in Laguna Niguel, south… Read More
Tropical storm to strike U.S. South
Forecasters predict a tropical system will bring heavy rain, storm surge, and coastal flooding to the northern Gulf Coast as early as Friday and throughout the weekend. A tropical storm warning was in effect for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida — extending from Intracoastal City, Louisiana, to the… Read More
U.S. Open: 4 critical things to know before Saturday’s cutoff
by Evan Scheiber, Golf editor #1: Phil Mickelson: Can Lefty Complete the Grand Slam? Fresh off one of golf’s most compelling wins since Tiger’s incredible 2019 Master’s win, Mickelson is hot on the trail to complete his career grand slam. The 50-year-old would again drive up the age of… Read More
Dismembered corpse found at Camp David retreat
FBI agents in Baltimore are working to identify a woman whose dismembered body was found over the weekend at a park right next to the Camp David presidential retreat. Authorities on Wednesday said they responded to the national park on Saturday after a portion of a woman’s body was discovered… Read More
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