Following a meeting of the Special Action Committee on Okinawa, the United States in 1996 agreed to return to Japan about 5,000 hectares of land used by the U.S. military, including the U.S ...

San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded the mayoral race to Daniel Lurie Thursday afternoon with a social media post that congratulated her competitor. The mayor also thanked the city and its ...

The 37-year-old Gentoo penguin, who is housed at the Kansas City Zoo, was struggling to bend down far enough to reach her uropygial gland, located at the base of her tail. The uropygial gland ...

Miss Haruko Ota, a third grade teacher, peeks over the shoulder of Brenda Sheets, 10, daughter of Master Sgt. and Mrs. W. G.

When I was a kid, I’d read every book I could talk my dad into giving me. He turned me into a voracious reader with every ...

London Breed and Mark Farrell at the Stop Crime SF debate on July 8, 2024. Photo by Joe Rivano Barros. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find ...

MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that echoes today. Descendants of the two ethnic ...

The remote island of Peleliu is considered the most well-preserved ... because there are a lot of Japanese artillery caissons, the old sort of wagon wheel type. You can see some of the 75 ...

Developed by veterinarians, Embark’s highly accurate Breed ID test offers a comprehensive breakdown of a dog’s breed, family tree (all the way back to their great-grandparents), and geographic ...

“We will work closely with the city to build on its revitalization plan and bring to life our shared vision of a thriving, healthy addition to the Old Fourth Ward,” said Candice L ...

Supai started life in a pack of wild dogs on the Havasupai Indian Reservation. Here's how she was named the "happiest pet on ...