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NEW YORK — In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least ...

Lisa M. Krieger is a Bay Area News Group science writer for The Mercury News and East Bay Times, covering research, scientific policy and environmental news from Stanford University, the ...

What really matters is whether Mercury will make a change from the "waterfall" stylized M logo to something more retro. Well, our Deep Throat inside Ford has dashed any hopes of seeing the "Winged ...

Jakob Rodgers is a Bay Area News Group reporter covering breaking news for The Mercury News and the East Bay Times. Prior to arriving here in 2021, he worked at The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Elissa Miolene is a Bay Area News Group education reporter for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. She previously wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, and other media ...

He served on the Pulitzer Prize finalist team recognized for its Breaking News Reporting during the 2018 Camp Fire. Previously, he produced, scripted and edited national and world news and local ...

Rick Hurd has been a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group since 2011. He covers crime, public safety and the biggest stories of the day for The Mercury News and East Bay Times.

Bay Area News Group reporter Ryan Macasero covers the San Francisco Peninsula for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. He previously worked as a multimedia reporter and the Visayas bureau chief ...

Katie Lauer is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group covering local government and community news across Contra Costa County for the East Bay Times and The Mercury News. She joined the Bay Area ...

Kate Talerico is a Bay Area News Group reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Before that, she covered growth and development at the Idaho Statesman, and lived in ...

Mercury should rise around 6 a.m. local time and be right next to the moon. The moon will be nearly a new moon, so there'll be only a sliver visible -- that's good news because Mercury will be the ...