When Senator Joe Manchin announced that he wouldn’t seek reelection in West Virginia, Democrats’ uphill battle to maintain their Senate majority in 2024 became steeper. Manchin has long been viewed as the only Democrat who could win in deep red West Virginia—a state Donald Trump carried by nearly 40 points in the last presidential race. … Read more
On opening day in December 1993, Americans weren’t sure what to make of Splendid China, and the theme park’s own marketing department certainly didn’t help. “The average tourist does expect a fantasy world, flashing lights and glitz,” the marketing director admitted. “This park is not that.” Splendid China was, America soon found out, a tangle … Read more
IF all you want for Christmas is a little winter sun, then we have got it sorted. All the major holiday companies have got tempting deals to fly you off to warmer climes from Tenerife to Thailand and Turkey too – and they will have you on a plane as early as New Years Eve. … Read more
JEFFREY Epstein’s powerful friends are set to be exposed in court documents due to be revealed in a matter of days. Over 150 of paedophile Epstein’s high-profile associates and his victims will be named after a judge ordered the unsealing of hundreds of files. 8 Convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein (pictured) hung himself in prison in … Read more
East Coast storm system brings flooding from Florida to New England – CBS News Watch CBS News A major East Coast storm system has left its mark from Florida to New England. It prompted flash flooding with rainfall amounts up to 10 inches in South Carolina over the weekend. It also spawned a tornado near … Read more
FILE: Aerial view of San Francisco International Airport with United Airlines jets in 2017. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images In this week’s news, airline travelers are expected to number a record 3 million on several days over the Christmas holidays; a new competitor enters the busy SFO-Taipei route; Alaska Airlines inks a partnership with a fast-growing Canadian carrier; United updates … Read more
A rape accusation against the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. Same-sex sexual encounters involving a woman who has supported Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Allegations of secretly recorded threesomes. An alleged demand for $2 million to go away. A shout-out from Donald Trump. What do these things have in common? They all involve Bridget … Read more
A still from the new A24 Films movie “Civil War.” SFGATE politics reporter Alec Regimbal unpacks the film’s fictional military alliance between California and Texas. Courtesy of A24 Films Seemingly, the only thing California and Texas have in common these days is their disdain for one another. Forget our similar origins, rooted in an unflagging pioneer spirit … Read more
A vigilante woman has been found guilty of murder after chasing down and shooting an elderly black man who left the scene of a minor car crash. Hannah Payne “acted like a cop” and pursued Kenneth Herring in her vehicle after seeing him hit a truck in May of 2019, according to the Daily Mail. … Read more
FILE: A United Airlines plane takes off from SFO on April 22, 2023. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A man boarded a United flight at San Francisco International Airport earlier this month that was bound for Florida and it wasn’t until reaching his seat that he and the airline both discovered his boarding pass was for … Read more
