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San Jose becomes first US city to enforce gun owners fee and liability insurance

San Jose, California, is set to become the first US city to enforce an ordinance requiring most gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance. In a statement on Tuesday night, Mayor Sam Liccardo said the City Council had voted in favor of both measures, which are aimed at reducing the risk of […]

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San Jose shooter hoarded 12 guns, 22k rounds of ammunition, cans of gasoline at his house

More than 22,000 rounds of ammunition, a dozen firearms, suspected Molotov cocktails and multiple cans of gasoline were found in the home of Sam Cassidy, the gunman who took nine lives at his workplace. The motive for Cassidy’s rampage has not been determined, but authorities have said he appeared to have long been a disgruntled […]

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Inflatable Christmas holiday costume blamed for Covid outbreak among 43 staff at San Jose hospital

A Covid-19 outbreak among staff at a California hospital might be tied to an inflatable costume worn on Christmas to cheer up patients. At least 43 staff members tested positive for the virus between 27-31 December, according to a statement from Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center. The hospital’s emergency department has been deep-cleaned, and […]

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2 dead, multiple wounded in mass stabbing at California Baptist church

At least two people died and multiple others are seriously wounded following a mass stabbing at a California Baptist church on Sunday night. The San Jose Police Department tweeted just after 8:40pm local time that officers had responded to a series stabbings at Grace Baptist Church, located on the 400 block of E San Fernando […]

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Former eBay employees send live cockroaches, bloody pig mask to harass couple for writing bad reviews

Six former senior eBay employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said on Monday. Executives were upset about the newsletter’s coverage, so their employees set out […]

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California residents ‘pick goat poop’ after they run riot on San Jose streets

Residents of a neighbourhood in California were left shocked when a herd for nearly 200 goats descended upon their streets on Tuesday this week. Zach Roelands, a 23-year-old living in San Jose, California, filmed a video of the goats storming the neighbourhood in an incident he described as “the craziest thing to happen all quarantine”. […]

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Apple will pay $500 million in settlements for slowing down iPhones

Apple has agreed to pay between $310 million up to $500 million to settle class-action litigation stemming from an iPhone battery dispute that became known as “Batterygate,” court filings show. If the final settlement is approved, owners of affected iPhones that Apple had “throttled” or slowed down will receive $25 for each of the phones […]