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California to use satellites to eye unplanted fields

SACRAMENTO (AP) - State water officials say they will use satellite surveillance from high above farms in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta as one way of confirming that fields have been left fallow under voluntary conservation agreements with farmers.

June 02, 2015 | | Nation


17-foot sea creature found off Catalina Island

SANTA CATALINA. (AP) - Santa Catalina Island harbor patrol has found the carcass of a 17-foot-long sea serpent - a rarely-seen oarfish.

June 02, 2015 | | Nation


Bruce Jenner completes transition to Caitlyn

NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Jenner's transition is complete.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


Series of quakes strikes off Northwest coast; no tsunamis

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Five earthquakes ranging in magnitude up to 5.9 have struck off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, but they weren't strong enough to generate tsunamis, scientists said.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


High court throws out conviction for threats

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man prosecuted for making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free-speech issues that had made the case intriguing to First Amendment advocates.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


Man ousted by curling club sues in court

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A man who is protesting his dismissal from North Dakota curling club has won the right to take his case into overtime.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


Shatner to travel across US on three- wheeled motorcycle

LOS ANGELES (AP) - William Shatner will boldly travel across the U.S. on a three-wheeled motorcycle.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NATION

• Boy, 17, impersonates FBI agent, test drives car, crashes it: YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 17-year-old southeastern Michigan boy pretended to be an FBI agent and got a car dealer to let him test drive a Dodge Charger, then crashed the muscle car in northwestern Ohio, authorities say.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


Pool industry touts water savings

ORANGE . (AP) - The California swimming pool and spa industry has launched a campaign to market itself as a drought-friendly landscaping option as the state enters a fourth summer of drought that has residential pools and other conspicuous water users in the crosshairs.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


John Kerry breaks leg in bicycle crash

GENEVA (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. He planned to return to the United States on Monday.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


Surveillance powers lapse with no deal in US Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans' phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Sunday Senate session.

June 01, 2015 | | Nation


CARL’S, HARDEE’S CEO

Editor's note: Manteca has a Carl's Jr. Distribution Center in the Manteca Industrial park in addition to two Carl's Jr. locations.

May 31, 2015 | | Nation


Barnard works on transgender admissions

NEW YORK (AP) - On a recent bright spring morning, students admitted to the Barnard College Class of 2019 gathered on campus. As blue-and-white balloons fluttered in the breeze, the prospective freshmen attended panels and lunched on the lawn, chatting animatedly with current students.

May 31, 2015 | | Nation


Honolulu homelessness crackdown catches tourists

HONOLULU (AP) - As Honolulu tries to brush up its image for tourists by cracking down on homelessness in Waikiki, it is causing legal problems for some visitors.

May 31, 2015 | | Nation


Students allowed to have sex in closet

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - Metro Atlanta school officials have voted to fire a teacher accused of letting students have sex in a storage closet in his classroom.

May 29, 2015 | | Nation


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Court papers: Suspect vowed ‘bombs will be heard’ in streets

NEW YORK (AP) - Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey, and ...

September 20, 2016 | | Nation


Federal court OKs Christian prayers at county board meetings

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Elected officials may open public meetings by praying according to their chosen religion as long as they don't pressure observers to ...

September 19, 2016 | | Nation


CLINTON: Trump gives ‘aid, comfort’ to ISIS recruiters

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) - Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of giving "aid and comfort" to Islamic terrorists Monday, declaring his anti-Muslim rhetoric helps groups such as ...

September 19, 2016 | | Nation


Anticipating debate, Trump says he thinks system rigged

NEW YORK (AP) - A week before the first presidential debate, Donald Trump is putting moderators on notice that he'll be watching to see if ...

September 19, 2016 | | Nation


Suspect is shot and captured in New York-area bombings

LINDEN, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey police officer responding to a call about a hoodied vagrant curled up asleep in a bar doorway roused ...

September 19, 2016 | | Nation


CEO preparing to apologize

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf plans to apologize to Congress and the American public on Tuesday after allegations that bank employees opened ...

September 19, 2016 | | Nation


Analysts: Clinton’s illness hurt peso

MEXICO CITY (AP - Economists have long said that when the United States catches a cold, Mexico gets pneumonia. But analysts said Monday that Hillary Clinton ...

September 19, 2016 | | Nation


Flying drones out of direct sight

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - As thousands of commercial drones take to the skies under new Federal Aviation Administration rules, some small operators are pursuing a ...

September 18, 2016 | | Nation


VFW, troop support, shelter benefactors of 2016 event

The Manteca Sunrise Kiwanis has selected their three main organizations that will receive funds from the 2016 Pumpkin Fair proceeds - Veteran of Foreign Wars Jimmie ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


Officer killed man less than second after giving command

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California police officer gave a man less than a second to raise his hands before opening fire and killing him ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


2 Oakland officers formally charged in police sex scandal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two former Northern California officers were formally charged Friday with misdemeanors for their alleged involvement in a wide-ranging police sex scandal involving ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


Driver struck and killed by metal nut

MENLO PARK . (AP) - An elderly driver was struck in the neck and killed by a large metal nut as he drove on a busy Northern ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


Cal-Berkeley suspends course amid Jewish groups’ complaints

BERKELEY . (AP) - The University of California at Berkeley has suspended a course amid accusations it shared anti-Semitic viewpoints and was designed to indoctrinate students against ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


Diverse America divided on flag, anthem, other symbols

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The oldest Latino civil rights group in the United States opens every meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, a tradition resulting from ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


A shrinking Army aims to keep citizen-soldiers combat ready

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - Before citizen-soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade deployed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Georgia National Guard troops spent months ...

September 16, 2016 | | Nation


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