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OAKLAND, Calif. - For the first time in two years, Oakland police will soon be walking the streets in busy shopping districts. Mayor Sheng Thao and Acting Police Chief Darren Allison made the announcement at a news conference at the Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square. "This is not a new problem, we know that, but it is a challenge," Thao said. "We are committed to a safe Oakland for every person who lives here, who works here and who visits and play here in the city of Oakland." Allison said, "Starting next week, you will see a return of...

J. Arthur Bloom said Wednesday that American media outlets doing the bidding of the Chinese might not be entirely ideologically driven. Bloom, a Daily Caller alum and managing editor of The American Conservative, told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Comcast had business ties to Beijing that could explain the company-wide trepidation in directly challenging the coronavirus claims coming out of China. Carlson, co-founder of the Caller, began the segment by noting that anti-Trump bias could be driving some media outlets to side with China, but Bloom said that at least with regard to Comcast — parent company of NBC...

To hear Ben Rhodes, the mastermind of President Obama's opening to the Cuban goon regime, tell it, Americans are just pining to go to Cuba. Nothing must top feeling like Beyonce dancing away the night on the Malecon in quaint old Havana. Few issues have as much bipartisan support as promoting freedom of Americans to travel to Cuba. Restricting travel is restricting freedom. https://t.co/ejlDFA8UvI — Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 10, 2017 The facts on the ground tell a different story. As Rhodes touts trips to Cuba's communist military dictatorship as somehow somehing in the line of 'freedom' in his new...

<p>Illinois employers warned they would lay off more than 1,000 workers in the coming months, according to notices filed with Illinois regulators in February.</p> <p>Accretive Health warned it would lay off 148 workers. The company said in January the layoffs are part of a broader restructuring in which positions will be moved from Chicago to other cities to be closer to clients. Accretive said then the layoffs could affect as many as 170 workers. The company employs about 600 people in the region.</p>

Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen spent 5 years in region photographing ordinary life Say Sochi is unlikely spot for Winter Games...because there's no snow Photos include portraits of strippers and children holding Kalashnikovs Say area is plagued with various problems and that 'There's a big chance terrorists will try to disrupt these Games

LOS ANGELES - L.A. County needs to do more to prepare for a potential "doomsday scenario" such as a major earthquake or a terrorist attack, according to a report from the county's Office of Emergency Management. The high desert community of Wrightwood is at particular risk in the event of a catastrophic quake. The report assures, however, that the county is generally prepared to cope with a major emergency. "This county is well prepared and has done a number of things," said Constance Perett, the administrator of the county's OEM. "That doesn't mean we're perfect, and that doesn't mean there's...