By Bob Egelko Updated 2:41 pm PDT, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 FILE-- Visitors explore the shoreline of Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California, on Thurs. July 28, 2016. The California Supreme Court rejected a conservation group’s lawsuit Wednesday seeking to drain Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a source of water for San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area communities. less FILE-- Visitors explore the shoreline of Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California, on Thurs. July 28, 2016. The California Supreme Court rejected a conservation group’s lawsuit Wednesday ... more Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle Buy photo FILE-- An overall view of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir can be seen in Yosemite National Park on October 4, 2013. The California Supreme Court rejected a conservation group’s lawsuit Wednesday seeking to drain … [Read more...] about State Supreme Court rejects Berkeley group’s suit to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
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Appeals court rejects effort to tear down Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
By Kurtis Alexander Updated 7:25 pm PDT, Monday, July 9, 2018 Photo: Puliarf / Flickr, Sunset.com Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite’s other great valley, was flooded to create a reservoir in the early 1900s. Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite’s other great valley, was flooded to create a reservoir in the early 1900s. Photo: Puliarf / Flickr, Sunset.com Appeals court rejects effort to tear down Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir 1 / 1 Back to Gallery The push to drain Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and restore the Sierra canyon to its natural state was rejected by the courts — again — Monday, though opponents of the dam said they plan to take their fight to the California Supreme Court. In a legal case that has been a thorn in the side of the city of San … [Read more...] about Appeals court rejects effort to tear down Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Rumors spread on social media fuel deadly India mob attacks
Wasbir Hussain and Omer Farooq, Associated Press Updated 4:35 am, Thursday, June 14, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-9', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 9', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Anupam Nath, AP Image 1of/9 CaptionClose Image 1 of 9 In this Monday, June 11, 2018 photo, Gopal Chandra Das, left and Radhika Das, parents of Nilotpal Das, who was killed in a mob attack hold his photograph during a ritual at his residence in Gauhati, India. Fueled by rumors of child kidnappers, and spread on social media, … [Read more...] about Rumors spread on social media fuel deadly India mob attacks
Kashmir nomads wonder what place they have in today’s India
Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Updated 8:38 pm, Thursday, May 17, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails … [Read more...] about Kashmir nomads wonder what place they have in today’s India
Two lives. Nothing in common. Then Sean Gannon and Thomas Latanowich had a fatal encounter
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Evan Allen and Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff April 18, 2018 MARSTONS MILLS — The pregnant woman called Yarmouth police distraught on Oct. 9, 2016. Her boyfriend, Thomas Latanowich, had thrown her down and choked her when she told him she wanted to take him off the family cellphone plan, she told the dispatcher. When Officer Sean Gannon showed up with his partners, Latanowich was long gone — he’d slashed the woman’s tire and run off, she said. It was just one more alleged explosion of cruelty from a man who had seemed determined to choose violence since he was a teenager, and who had picked up a “kill or be killed” mentality as he cycled in and out of prison. On this day, it was Gannon who arrived to calm the woman Latanowich had allegedly left shaken. Gannon was smart, handsome, and just married to the woman of his dreams. He had … [Read more...] about Two lives. Nothing in common. Then Sean Gannon and Thomas Latanowich had a fatal encounter