Whale sinks yacht in South Pacific, sailors rescued alive 18 hours later
A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht sailing off New Zealand, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas.
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A sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht sailing off New Zealand, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas.
A man wanted for murder in New Zealand has been convicted in a shooting that injured a man in East Bay city of Oakley, prosecutors said.
Boxing Day 2024 is here, but not all Americans understand the meaning of the holiday celebrated in countries like the U.K. and Canada.
The men's bodies have not been found. But based on footprints glimpsed in the snow, and items believed to belong to them retrieved from the slopes, the search for them has ended, officials said.
One of three mountain climbers reported missing on New Zealand's Aoraki Mount Cook is a Northern California mountain guide and San Francisco Bay Area resident.
Silverton Avalanche School in Colorado said it had been notified that the climbers "appear to have taken a fatal fall from high upon the peak."
Spain's Diego Botin stunned heavyweights Tom Slingsby of Australia and Peter Burling of New Zealand by brilliantly steering Los Gallos to victory in SailGP's $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final on San Francisco Bay.
Sarina Bolden rose above two defenders and headed the ball toward the goal. New Zealand keeper Victoria Esson bobbled and fumbled it as it crossed the goal line.
The United States Women's Soccer Team will open their 2023 World Cup Friday night against Vietnam. Retired National Women's Soccer League player and CBS Sports Golazo Network analyst Darian Jenkins joined CBS News to share her thoughts on the beginning of the tournament.
Tom Slingsby of Team Australia claimed his third straight $1 million, winner-take-all SailGP season championship Sunday on San Francisco Bay.
Sometime late Sunday afternoon on San Francisco Bay, one of the world's best sailing crews will spray each other with champagne and be handed a check for $1 million as the champion of SailGP's third season.
It's just the latest mass stranding event to rock the Oceania region in recent weeks.
Queen Elizabeth II's flag-draped coffin was driven slowly through the Scottish countryside Sunday from her beloved Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.
New Zealand's prime minister made a high profile visit to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Friday where she met Gov. Newsom to exchange ideas on how her country and California can work together. Andria Borba reports. (5-27-22)
Officials in New Zealand issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas and Hawaii officials declared a tsunami watch following several strong earthquakes that struck off New Zealand's northeastern coast.
A San Francisco couple that got stranded in New Zealand due to coronavirus restrictions has been reunited with their dogs, Whiskey and Waffles after living nearly 10 months apart.
A dream vacation took a terrifying turn for a Bay Area family Monday as they watched in horror as a volcano on New Zealand's White Island erupted as they waited to depart its shores.
While it has long been associated with the Dionne Warwick hit "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" there's a new song about the South Bay city.
People who break Facebook's "most serious policies" will be immediately banned from using Facebook Live for a period of time, such as 30 days.
A top New Zealand official blasted Facebook in a series of now-deleted tweets, calling the company headquartered in Menlo Park "morally bankrupt pathological liars."
Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against calls to delay livestream feeds to reduce the reach of troubling content.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called for the government and regulators to play in a bigger role in policing the internet.
Muslim civil rights advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Friday posted a list of vigils around the Bay Area on Twitter where people will gather to show support for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are struggling to halt the spread of horrific footage that appears to show a massacre at a mosque in New Zealand as it was taking place.
