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San Diego’s downtown Navy Pier has been a parking lot since the late ’90s, despite a park on the pier being a Port “specific planning goal” for more than a decade.

Navy sailor dies during training event in Hawaii

A Navy service member assigned to a San Diego-based explosive ordnance disposal unit died last weekend during a training event in Hawaii, the Navy reported Wednesday.

US Navy sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays walks past reporters at Naval Base San Diego before entering a Navy courtroom Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in San Diego. Mays is accused of setting the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire, and his court martial is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. The July 2020 blaze damaged the billion-dollar warship so badly it had to be scuttled and marked one of the worst noncombat US warship disasters in recent memory.

Sailors struggle to remember year after Navy warship fire

More than a half dozen former crewmembers of the USS Bonhomme Richard gave testimony in the arson case against a young sailor.

A man shelters a baby from the sun with an umbrella during a heatwave in Burgos, northern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. Cities in Europe saw recording-setting heat this summer, with some regions reaching 117.3°F.

Seville becomes the first major city in the world to categorize and name heat waves

The effort, which will begin in 2022, will help the city with its disaster response if a heat wave is ranked as more dangerous. Seville's mayor hopes other cities follow suit.

White House Counsel Dana Remus, center, is seated next to former Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., right, as they listen during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.

Dana Remus made legal history in the White House. Now she's moving on

Stuart Delery will replace her. Also, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will advise the White House on public engagement and Julie Rodriguez will be promoted to senior advisor.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic wears a face mask as he listens to the national anthems prior to a Davis Cup group F match between Serbia and Austria in Innsbruck, Austria, on Nov. 26, 2021.

Unvaccinated Djokovic says he is out of both the Indian Wells and Miami tournaments

The No. 2 men's tennis player will not be allowed to enter the United States because he remains unvaccinated against COVID-19.

Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard" at a Navy event.

Navy corruption trial enters final phase

During closing arguments, prosecutors said the five accused naval officers on trial took care of the man dubbed "Fat Leonard."

Former President Donald Trump holds a Save America rally in Perry, Ga., in September. Forbes magazine says Trump has fallen off its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.

Thanks partly to the pandemic, Donald Trump has dropped off the Forbes 400 list

Trump, who has reportedly long been obsessed with his ranking on the annual list, has lost $600 million since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the magazine says.

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has spurred many longtime users to look for alternative social networks.

Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now

Can a network like Hive Social or Mastodon foster the communities and conversations that thrived on the bird app's good days? It's too soon to know for sure, but many hope the answer is yes.

Daryl Banks III (right) of the St. Peter's Peacocks protects the ball from Eric Hunter of the Purdue Boilermakers in the second half of the game in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Center on March 25.

Saint Peter's University advances to the Elite 8 after a historic NCAA Tournament win

The Saint Peters Peacocks made history Friday, becoming the first No. 15 seed to advance to the NCAA men's college basketball tournament's Elite Eight. But how did they get here?

Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes during the FIDE World Championship in in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 10, 2021.

Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen says he will not defend his title

Carlsen, a 31-year-old Norwegian native, was expected to have a rematch next year with Ian Nepomniachtchi, the Russian who he defeated in the 2021 world championship.

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