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Protesters shout slogans against Israel's military operation in Gaza Strip during the annual Pride parade, in Athens, Greece, June 15, 2024. At Pride events across the U.S, internal tensions over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have seeped into the festivities, spurring boycotts and demonstrations at marches and exposing divisions within a movement firmly rooted in protest. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas) **FILE**

Pro-Palestinian protesters expose rift on left by crashing Pride Month parades

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Atlanta Braves' Orlando Cepeda poses for a photo in 1970, location not known. Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86. The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night, June 28, 2024, and a moment of silence was held on the scoreboard at Oracle Park midway through a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (AP Photo, File)

Orlando Cepeda, the slugging Hall of Fame first baseman nicknamed `Baby Bull,’ dies at 86

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

FILE - Willie Mays, left, is joined by former San Francisco Giants' Orlando Cepeda, right, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal, front, before Game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and the Anaheim Angels in San Francisco,Oct. 22, 2002. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

‘Say Hey Kid’ inspired generations with talent and exuberance

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants' Thairo Estrada celebrates a three-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Thairo Estrada’s go-ahead 3-run homer in the fifth inning lifts Giants past Rockies 10-5

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell (7) walks off the mound past manager Bob Melvin, right, during a pitching change in the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco Giants place pitcher Blake Snell on 15-day injured list with left adductor strain

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Waymo robotaxi drives on wrong side of the road

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Travelers prepare to enter Oakland International airport Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland's airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers but San Francisco officials are slamming the move, saying it will confuse travelers since there is already a San Francisco International Airport. The Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland will take up the question at its meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

San Francisco threatens to sue Oakland over airport name change

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Travelers prepare to enter Oakland International airport Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland's airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers but San Francisco officials are slamming the move, saying it will confuse travelers since there is already a San Francisco International Airport. The Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland will take up the question at its meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Oakland officials vote to include ‘San Francisco’ in airport’s name

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

The area around a bus stop near Muni's West Portal Station is fenced off after a sport utility vehicle crashed into the stop, killing multiple people and injuring others, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (Benjamin Fanjoy/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

3 people killed and infant in critical condition after SUV slams into bus shelter in San Francisco

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U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman speaks at an event in San Francisco, Sept. 15, 2023. An $11 billion deal that blew up into a debacle for Hewlett Packard more than a decade ago, when Whitman was CEO of the company, will be resurrected Monday during a criminal trial that will examine whether the company was ripped off or just mismanaged. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The inside story of a rotten Hewlett Packard deal to be told in trial of fallen British tech star

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

A cable car dedicated to Tony Bennett makes its way up California Street to Nob Hill in San Francisco, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Tony Bennett loved San Francisco and its cable cars and in return, the city has dedicated one of those cable cars to the famous crooner who died in July. Cable car 53, built in 1907, has several plaques and painted gold ribbons remembering Bennett. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Riders can climb ‘halfway to the stars’ on San Francisco cable car dedicated to late Tony Bennett

By Janie Har - Associated Press

People sit on the curb at the corner of Ellis Street and Jones Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Two hotels and unnamed residents of one of San Francisco's most problematic neighborhoods for drug use and tent encampments sued the city Thursday, demanding that city officials stop using the district as a containment zone. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Terrified residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district sue for streets free of drugs, tents

By Janie Har - Associated Press

Members of the Washington, D.C. government are sworn-in before testifying during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee's hearing about Congressional oversight of the Nation's Capital, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left stand D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Council Member Charles Allen, CFO Glen Lee, and D.C. Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Progressive politicians feel heat from voters fed up with crime

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Several browser windows display the MAX sign-in and home pages on a computer, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York. MAX will start cracking down on people sharing passwords outside their household “starting later this year” and extending into next year, Jean-Briac Perrette, the company's president and CEO of global streaming, said Monday, March 4. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer)

Which streamer will target password sharing next? The former HBO Max looks ready to make its play

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed, center left, walks in the city's Chinatown district to encourage people to vote in the primary election Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in San Francisco. Breed also encouraged people to support Props C, E, and F. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco approves public-safety measures in backlash against progressive agenda

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times