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The Oakland International Airport may add “San Francisco” to it’s name to attract more passengers, but its neighbors across the Bay have slammed the possible rebrand. The Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland will take up the question at its meeting on Thursday. Oakland airport officials say travelers unfamiliar with the region fly into San Francisco’s airport even …

A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. Aliaksandr Kulinich, 51, died Tuesday in a detention center in the western city of Brest that is notorious for harsh treatment of opposition activists, the Viasna human rights center said. NOBEL LAUREATE …

A van taking Alabama inmates from their jobs back to a work-release center crashed, killing two and injuring five others, authorities said. The crash happened Wednesday in Dadeville, about 55 miles northeast of Montgomery, the state Department of Corrections said. The van was taking the men from work back to the Alex City Community Based Facility in Alexander City when …