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A teenager who stabbed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.

Grace Hase covers Santa Clara County, Santa Clara and Cupertino for The Mercury News. She is a lifelong Bay Area resident and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with degrees in ...

Even if you don't consider yourself an automobile aficionado, you'll want to make a stop at this museum ... and the 1949 Mercury Series 9CM convertible driven by James Dean.

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Martha Ross is a Bay Area News Group features writer for The Mercury News and East Bay Times who covers everything and anything related to popular culture, society, health, women’s issues and ...

Curtis Pashelka is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter covering the San Jose Sharks for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. He has also worked as a general assignment reporter covering the ...

A Bay Area native, she is a two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas silver medal for best travel section for The Mercury News. She previously served as Alameda County bureau chief and Getting Ahead ...

Ethan Varian is a Bay Area News Group reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. He was previously a housing and homelessness reporter at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat in ...

Robert was a member of the Bay Area News Group reporting team awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for East Bay Times coverage of the fatal "Ghost Ship" fire.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — A Red Cross convoy is on its way to pick up the first Israeli hostages in Gaza.