DAMASCUS (AP) — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus' historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant crowds ...

Authorities say bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane’s two engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The plane was forced to turn ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation mandating that high schools offer ethnic studies “upon appropriation,” starting in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week. Bayrou, 73, a crucial partner ...

Thank goodness for Rich Hedges. Rich became a member of the San Mateo Council in 2022 amidst an incredibly tumultuous time, and immediately helped to stabilize the ship to focus ...

Despite significant advances, women in the United States — and right here in San Mateo County — are still not guaranteed equal rights under the law. Challenges like unequal pay, ...

World shares are mixed following Wall Street’s decline in response to potentially discouraging data on the U.S. economy. The UK’s gross domestic product unexpectedly shrank by 0.1% month-on-month in ...

From a 10-year-old to a Muppet to a president-elect, NYSE bell-ringers range from famous to obscure The first guest invited to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in 1956 wasn’t a company ...

In the ever-evolving digital world, the crypto market is the leader in innovation. From automatization with smart contracts ...

Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund ...

Britain’s royal family is always in the public eye, their every move documented by reporters and captured for posterity by photographers. But even for a group of ...

Slowly, almost imperceptibly at first, a smile spreads across the little girl’s face. Blinking behind her glasses, she inches her wheelchair forward and gently reaches out ...