Non-profit run by 23andMe co-founder will get courtroom approval to purchase the genetic testing firm

Non-profit run by 23andMe co-founder will get courtroom approval to purchase the genetic testing firm

Anne Wojcicki’s bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she co-founded nearly 20 years ago, has received the court green light. That means Wojcicki’s non-profit TTAM Research Institute will purchase “substantially all” of San Francisco-based 23andMe’s assets for $305 million US (about $416 million Cdn). The transaction — which arrives more than three months after … Read more

Senate Republicans eye weekend votes on Trump’s huge invoice as tensions run excessive

Senate Republicans eye weekend votes on Trump’s huge invoice as tensions run excessive

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders are hoping to start voting on their massive domestic policy bill on Saturday, even as major pieces of it have yet to be finalized. GOP senators held a lengthy lunch meeting Friday with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as the process grows messy and acrimonious … Read more

Rafael Devers hits his first Giants residence run in opposition to the Pink Sox, his former workforce

Rafael Devers hits his first Giants residence run in opposition to the Pink Sox, his former workforce

SAN FRANCISCO — For Rafael Devers, his first home run for San Francisco felt similar to the 215 he hit for Boston — even if this one came against the Red Sox just six days after his surprising trade to the Giants. Devers delighted his new fans in San Francisco when he connected for a … Read more

Belarus activist imprisoned after making an attempt to run for president launched after serving 5 years

Belarus activist imprisoned after making an attempt to run for president launched after serving 5 years

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading Belarus opposition figure, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West. The 46-year-old was driven across the border into Lithuania for an emotional reunion with his wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, … Read more

Virginia lady arrested in reference to Netflix star’s deadly hit and run

Virginia lady arrested in reference to Netflix star’s deadly hit and run

A Virginia woman was arraigned in court Saturday in connection with a hit and run in the Hamptons that left New York City-based luxury real estate agent and former Netflix star Sara Burack dead. Southampton Town Police said in a statement Friday they arrested Amanda Kempton, 32, of Virginia, and that she was charged with … Read more

Escaped N.J detainee caught, 1 extra nonetheless on the run as feds double reward

Escaped N.J detainee caught, 1 extra nonetheless on the run as feds double reward

Federal officials have apprehended one of two detainees who were still missing after their escape from an immigration detention center in New Jersey last week, the FBI says. It wasn’t immediately clear how Franklin Norberto Bautista Reyes was found. The search was ongoing Tuesday for another escaped detainee, Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon. A $25,000 reward … Read more