The African nation of Eswatini changed its name from Swaziland in 2018. In Africa, Dahomey became Benin after a 1975 coup and Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980 after shedding colonial rule. Siam became ...

The girl was “extremely terrified” to take the stand, prompting prosecutors to ask a judge to bar the public — and one of the charges has already been dismissed.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, which dates back to 1858, is a beloved destination for live music and picnics. The bankruptcy filing adds another ripple in the global shakeout hitting the industry.

The bill’s sponsor Tom Lackey — a Republican, Mormon and former highway patrolman — cited rapper Afroman, best known for “Because I Got High.” ...

Wearing shiny heels, a thrifted dress and a red rose in her hair, Deoujahne Darc belted out an original song on a small, makeshift stage in the heart of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. “I saw the Lord in the ...

Amid the push for improvements in artificial intelligence, tech companies revealed plans in September to slash well over 1,000 Bay Area jobs, even as the region as a whole sees an increase in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, Rilo Kiley, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, more at Golden Gate Park ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration on Wednesday on the eve of ...

For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth ...

Police said at the time of Arthur Jackson’s arrest that the robberies appeared to be targeting Latinos and he was linked to the gun that killed a man during a holdup.

Construction crews working on an Oceanside water department project this month uncovered the fossilized remains of what could be a “thunder beast,” a large, hoofed mammal that lived about 45 million ...