Americans protesting anti-Asian violence gathered in various US cities on Wednesday to mark one year since a mass shooting targeting Asian women in Atlanta awoke the nation to the spike in hate incidents against the community.

Hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco had an “alarming rise” last year, data shows.

San Francisco is joining other US cities in authorizing homeless tent encampments in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Millions of San Francisco area residents have been ordered to stay home to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus as part of a lockdown effort covering a section of California including Silicon Valley.

The US National Rifle Association, a major gun lobby supporting President Donald Trump, is suing San Francisco for branding it as a “domestic terrorist organization.”

Anti-war demonstrators gathered in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, June 25, to demand the United States not go into a war with Iran.

Hundreds of competitors have raced on office chairs through the streets of a small Japanese city.

Hundreds of anti-war protesters marched in downtown Los Angeles against US military action in Syria.

Hundreds of US activists have rallied in San Francisco, California, to protest against recent arrests of illegal immigrants.

Three large US cities sue the Pentagon for failing to report service members' convictions to the federal gun background-check database.