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SAN FRANCISCO—On Saturday, April 23, the Solar Impulse 2 continued its historic flight around the world by making a stop in San Francisco. The plane powered only by the sun is waiting at Moffett Field in Mountain View for the wind to die down before it begins its next leg of the journey. Sky7 HD of ABC7 News caught the...

UNITED STATES—The White House and the U.S. Capitol were closed Thursday, March 4, due to reported threats of violence from a March 4 press release that noted U.S. Capitol Police were alerted of threats to members of Congress via an identified militia group. House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer of Maryland warned fellow lawmakers on March 3 of the possibility of...

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...

UNITED STATES—Team USA unveiled its roster for the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio De Janiero, Brazil on Monday, June 27. The 12 players chosen are a healthy mix of returning faces, new comers and even a few surprises who are looking to deliver the U. S. Olympics Men's Basketball Team it's third consecutive gold medal. Leading up to Rio, (August 5-August...

CHICAGO—The Chicago Blackhawks and free agent Jan Rutta, 26, have agreed to a one-year contract through the 2017-2018 season, the team disclosed on Tuesday, June 6. The 6 foot and 3 inch tall , 198 pound defenseman is a native of Pisek, Czechoslovakia and started his playing career in 2008-2009. That year, he played for Czech teams KLH Chomutov, SK Kadan, and...

EGYPT—California resident Mark Basseley Youssef, 55 – the filmmaker responsible for creating “Innocence of Muslims”—was sentenced to death in absentia in an Egyptian court on Wednesday November 28. The associated press reports that Youssef is among seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and an American pastor sentenced on charges linked to the anti-Islam film. Charges were brought up in September after public outrage...

ABU DHABI, U.A.E.—President Donald Trump's Senior Advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, led a group of senior U.S. and Israeli officials on the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), on Monday, August 31. Flight 971 on an El Al Boeing 737 took off from Ben Gurion International Airport for a flight time of...

SAN JOSE--On Thursday, KTVU uploaded a video of reporter Maureen Naylor's interview with former translator for the United States Army, Sher Haidari, 26. Haidari shared his experience about putting his own life in danger to save American soldiers. In 2007, when he was 17, Haidari (who speaks four languages and went by the alias "Mikey" to conceal his true identity) began working in...

UNITED STATES—Attorney General William Barr released the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Thursday, April 18. During a press conference on Thursday, Barr spoke about the release of the confidential report completed by Robert Mueller on March 22. A public version of the reported with redacted details was made available on the Department of Justice website after it...

TURKEY—A series of earthquakes have impacted the country of Turkey and parts of Syria on Tuesday, February 6. New information tabulates the death toll in Turkey to be a total loss of at least 3,500 people. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the most recent tremor struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) at a depth of 17 9 km...