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A news cameraman, left, falls on the ground as Turkish riot police spray water cannon at demonstrators who remained defiant after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park, making clear they are taking a hardline against attempts to rekindle protests that have shaken the country, in city's main Kizilay Square in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest

Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons repelled thousands of anti-government protesters attempting to converge on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his crackdown at a rally of his supporters. A day after police quashed an 18-day sit-in at the ...

  • 2:43 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013

SoMa gas leak capped, residents allowed to return to area

A gas main break that caused part of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood to be evacuated Sunday afternoon has been capped, officials said. The rupture was first reported at around 12:10 p.m. near Fourth and Market Streets, where a construction crew reportedly struck a six-inch gas main, PG&E spokesman ...

  • 1:12 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013

Antioch man, 43, stabbed during midday fight at attacker’s home

Police arrested a 49-year-old Antioch man Saturday after he reportedly stabbed a man during an altercation at his home that afternoon, police said. Officers responded to reports of a fight at a home in the 1600 block of Cavallo Ranch Road at about 4 p.m., according to Antioch police. Arriving ...

  • 11:54 a.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013

Man fatally shot in Vallejo driveway during party for child

A man was shot to death while attending a child's party late Saturday night, according to police. Officers responded to a report of shots fired at a person in a driveway in the first block of Sawyer Street at about 11:30 p.m., police said. The victim, an 18-year-old man, was ...

  • 8:59 a.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013

Berkeley woman one of top runners in SF Marathon

A Berkeley woman and a Parisian man were the first to cross the finish line in the Wipro San Francisco Marathon Sunday morning, a race spokeswoman said. Francois Lhuissier, 35, the unofficial marathon winner, finished the 26.2-mile course with a time of two hours 25 minutes and 14 seconds, spokeswoman ...

  • 8:36 a.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013

Oakland boy, 11, shot while he slept, hospitalized

Oakland Police were searching for a white car Sunday that was possibly involved in an early morning shooting that wounded an 11-year-old boy while he slept. Police said that at about 5 a.m., several rounds were fired at an apartment on Seventh and Adeline streets in Oakland. Seven people were ...

  • 7:45 a.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013

Seven arrested after reportedly using elderly man's Santa Cruz home for illegal activities

Seven people were arrested on elder abuse and drug charges Thursday after they were found allegedly using the home of a wheelchair-bound man for illegal purposes while he was left lying in his own urine and feces, Santa Cruz police said. Police searched the home in the 400 block of ...

  • 3:16 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013
Protesters, background, and media run to avoid police water cannon during an operation to evacuate the Gezi Park in Istanbul, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas as they drove protesters out of Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area, which had become a symbol of the biggest anti-government protests in decades. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Riot police end Istanbul park protest

Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannons took less than half an hour on Saturday to bring to an end an 18-day occupation of an Istanbul park at the center of the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 10-year rule. The sweep by white-helmeted riot police ...

  • 2:44 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013
A female supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani flashes a victory sign as she holds his poster during a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of ground after years of crackdowns. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran reformists dance in streets for new president

Wild celebrations broke out on Tehran streets that were battlefields four years ago as reformist-backed Hasan Rowhani capped a stunning surge to claim Iran's presidency on Saturday, throwing open the political order after relentless crackdowns by hard-liners to consolidate and safeguard their grip on power. "Long live Rowhani," tens of ...

  • 1:32 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, right, pumps his fist after one of the state budget bills was passed by the Senate, Friday, June 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif. Both houses of the Legislature approved the $96.3 billion budget plan on party line votes: 28-10 in the Senate and 54-25 in the Assembly.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Lawmakers expand Medicaid in final budget voting

The Legislature passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act on Saturday, opting to expand Medicaid to almost one-and-a-half million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline to complete a state budget for the coming fiscal year. The action came a day after lawmakers passed the ...

  • 1:10 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013
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