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SAN FRANCISCO—United States Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden have left the Capital for a quick visit to the Bay Area. The couple is attending a number of gatherings across the Bay Area. Last night, the Vice President attended a private fundraiser in San Francisco, while his wife gave a speech at Cupertino's De Anza College concerning the...

GLENDALE, AZ—Well it’s a national holiday, even though it’s not labeled on the calendar. Its Super Bowl Sunday! Where football, family, sports fanatics, and great food all bond for one day in America. In one corner, you have the team that is considered on of the best in the league, the New England Patriots. In the other corner, you...

UNITED STATES—The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama held his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 20. There was quite a bit that the President had on his agenda that he wanted to express to Congress and America, with only two more years left on his term. Did we learn anything that we didn’t expect...

FRANCE—Days after the France terror attack at the kosher market, police are searching for Hayat Boumeddiene. The other suspects were killed after taking hostages. Boumeddiene is believed to have fled to Syria, where ISIS operates. According to CNN, Boumeddiene's name came to light shortly after the Kouachi brothers were identified. She was named a suspect together with her husband, Coulibaly. There were...

SAN FRANCISCO—Passengers of Etihad Airways Flight 183 from Abu Dhabi finally arrived in San Francisco following a nightmare ordeal that spanned 28 hours. Initially delayed by fog in Abu Dhabi, the passengers of Flight 183 spent 12 hours waiting to take-off from the Middle East, and were not allowed to leave the aircraft as it sat waiting on the tarmac. Passengers...

SINGAPORE—An AirAsia plane with 162 passengers and crew on board went missing on its way to Singapore at approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 27. The AirAsia plane was later found at the bottom of the sea, according to radar data. Indonesia asked the US for help in search for the missing flight. China provided aircraft and ships to help with...

WESTWOOD—Researchers from UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute have devised a technique to image and measure the size of DNA molecules using an ordinary smartphone. The technique utilizes the phone’s camera in the measurement of DNA strands. The smartphone is connected by an app to a three-dimensional optical device called a mobile microscopy unit, allowing the molecules to be stretched and measured on...

WESTWOOD—A technique known as Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS), cancerous tumors once deemed inoperable can now be removed through a non-invasive procedure performed by a specially-trained physician. Oropharyngeal (throat) cancer, a consequence of Human papillomavirus (HPV), used to only be operable through highly invasive surgical techniques that involved going through neck or face; a procedure that required a long, sometimes...

LONDON—Soccer star David Beckham, 39, and his son Brooklyn, 16, were involved in a car collision after Brooklyn’s soccer game on November 29. The cause of the collision has not yet been released to the public. There were no reports of any serious injuries sustained by Beckham or his son.

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco is one of four finalist cities considered for the 2024 Olympic Games. In preparation for December's meeting of the a International Olympic Committee, a group of San Francisco business and city leaders are responsible for providing a viable argument for City’s capacity to host the games. The group is led by San Francisco Giants CEO and President Larry...