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Children’s Discovery Museum earns a badge for fun with gala

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

There were robots and rockets and even a little freestyle rapping at the Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose on Saturday night. There also were Girl Scouts showing off their ingenuity around downtown’s famed Purple Museum, and more than 350 grown-ups having fun like they were kids again.The occasion was CDM’s Keep on Playing gala, where Sylvia Acevedo — a rocket scientist, tech entrepreneur and former CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA — was honored with the Legacy for Children Award. Keeping with the fun theme of the night, which included people making kaleidoscopes in the LeRoy Neiman Art Studio and launching rockets in Discovery Meadow, most attendees were wearing their best sneakers.Legacy for Children Award recipient Sylvia Acevedo poses with Children’s Discovery Executive Director Marilee Jennings in the museum’s outdoor amphitheater at the Keep on Playing gala on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group) After all...

McCarthy angers Trump allies with 2024 candidate answer

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

By Kristen Holmes and Nicky Robertson | CNNAdvisers and allies to former President Donald Trump are expressing outrage after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he thinks Trump can win in 2024, but does not know if he is the “strongest” candidate.“I’ve been fielding calls on this since it happened,” one Trump ally told CNN, referring to McCarthy’s comments. “People are not happy. What was he thinking?”During a CNBC interview Tuesday, McCarthy was pressed on Trump’s 2024 prospects and the multi-faceted legal issues facing the former president. “Can he win that election? Yeah he can,” McCarthy said. “The question is, is he the strongest to win the election – I don’t know that answer.”McCarthy later attempted to walk back his comments, telling Breitbart that Trump is “stronger today than he was in 2016.”During the CNBC interview, McCarthy also said he believes Trump can beat President Joe Biden. “Can Trump beat Biden? Yeah, he can beat Biden.”Sources close to Trump believe the forme...

Farms targeted in Half Moon Bay mass shootings cited by OSHA

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

(KRON) -- Cal/OSHA cited two employers in Half Moon Bay this week following an investigation into workplace violence that killed seven agricultural workers on January 23. The shocking mass shooting was allegedly carried out by Chunli Zhao, an angry 66-year-old farmworker who had worked for California Terra Garden and Concord Farms. San Mateo County prosecutors said Zhao was "angry at several co-workers over perceived mistreatment."Zhao lived in a tiny shack at California Terra Gardens. County supervisors said the tragedy and following investigations exposed "deplorable" living conditions on the farms, wages as low as $9 a day, and several incidents of past violence.Zhao lived with his wife in this shack at California Terra Gardens. (Image courtesy Supervisor Ray Mueller)On Monday Cal/OSHA state labor authorities cited California Terra Garden, Inc. for 22 violations, including five classified as "serious," for failing to have a plan or procedures to immediately notify emplo...

Oakland police searching for Mercedes Benz driver after hit-and-run 

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying or locating a person and a black Mercedes Benz in connection to a fatal hit-and-run earlier this month. OPD officers were dispatched to an injury crash just after 7 p.m. on June 16. A pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle at Foothill Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue. $10,000 reward offered for solving Oakland flower delivery homicide At the scene, officers discovered the victim, 58-year-old Santu Maya of Oakland, suffering from a severe head injury in relation to the crash. She was pronounced dead a short while later, police said.Maya was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when she was hit by a car, according to police. The suspect vehicle fled the scene. Police described it as a newer Mercedes Benz, possibly 2010-2013 E-350. It is black in color with tinted windows and stock rims.Photo: OPDPhoto: OPDPhoto: OPDThe car's license plate, CA 5AUT731, may have been removed, police said. It'...

After Overturning Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS Treats Itself to Sprawling Security Detail

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

When people took to protesting outside of the homes of Supreme Court justices following the leak of the draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, hundreds of federal agents were quietly watching, both in real life and online, for “concerning communications.” Now the Court has sought to enshrine the new praetorian guard indefinitely, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept.The Supreme Court sought millions for security last year, enlisting the U.S. Marshals to provide personal details for the justices. A year later, that security force hasn’t seen a significant increase in threats or attacks, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept, but the Supreme Court is asking to continue — and in some cases, even augment — the high level of security.Last summer, hundreds gathered outside the homes of the conservative justices to protest the Dobbs decision, which effectively eliminated reproductive rights for millions. Top Republicans quickly cast the demonstrations as illegal, ar...

Twins’ bullpen takes another hit with Stewart placed on injured list with sore elbow

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Minnesota Twins lost another reliever Tuesday when they placed right-hander Brock Stewart on the 15-day injured list with right elbow soreness.The move came one day after the team announced that José De León will need a second Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. The right-handed reliever was placed on the 15-day IL on Sunday after hurting his elbow while warming up a day earlier.Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said he hopes Stewart, one of the team’s top setup men, has a short stay on the IL. Baldelli said the team’s medical staff believes Stewart has tendinitis in his elbow, and there is “a reasonable chance we’ve sort of headed off this issue and it won’t be too long.”Baldelli said Stewart will have tests to confirm the initial diagnosis. He said Stewart has “been kind of fighting through” soreness in the elbow for about a week.Stewart is 2-0 with a 0.70 ERA and one save in 25 games while allowing only 15 hits in 25 2/3 innings.Righ...

Defending champ Kvitova withdraws from Eastbourne citing fatigue

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Defending champion Petra Kvitova withdrew from the Eastbourne International on Tuesday citing fatigue.No. 9-ranked Kvitova won her 31st WTA singles title on Sunday in Berlin.The two-time Wimbledon champion was due to start her Eastbourne defense against Jelena Ostapenko, whom she beat in last year’s final. Ostapenko won the 2021 title and the Birmingham trophy on Sunday.Ostapenko beat Kvitova’s replacement, Barbora Strycova, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round to set up a last-16 clash with Britain’s Harriet Dart.Kvitova followed the exit of Wimbledon titleholder Elena Rybakina on Monday. Rybakina was the top seed but withdrew because of a viral illness, Eastbourne organizers said.The field was newly led by No. 5-ranked Caroline Garcia and included four others in the top 10 this week: Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Coco Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova.Second-seeded Garcia advanced to the last 16 with a 6-1, 7-5 win over American Madison Brengle.Fifth-seeded ...

Motorcade ‘on the loose, on the move’ causes delays on Beltway’s Inner Loop

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s.The Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway at the Georgetown Pike exit is now open and traffic is moving. But, earlier Tuesday, a motorcade caused delays as long as 4 miles.Dave Dildine in the WTOP Traffic Center described a motorcade “on the loose, on the move” around 5 p.m. that caused “extreme delays to develop” through McLean in Virginia and Bethesda, Maryland.(new Image()).src = "https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384&cid=c2ffed0c-3624-46c0-b10f-97c976d290a3";cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: "62a27327-67bb-457f-a8ef-d06d9aa65dd5"}).render("1b9ea7a5a38c44a398cf82a9c462be69"); });Even though the Inner Loop, George Washington Parkway and nearby bridge closures have been lifted, heavy delays still remain on routes between Tysons Corner and Bethesda.Stay with WTOP for this developing story.Source

Video muestra a un turista tallando su nombre y el de su novia en el Coliseo romano

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

(CNN) — El ministro de Cultura de Italia ha pedido que se “identifique y sancione” a un hombre que quedó grabado en video cuando tallaba su nombre y el de su prometida en el Coliseo romano.Gennaro Sangiuliano tuiteó este lunes: “Considero muy grave, indigno y un signo de gran incivilidad que un turista desfigure uno de los lugares más famosos del mundo, un (sitio) patrimonio histórico como el Coliseo, para tallar el nombre de su prometida”.Turista se desnuda en las escaleras de una catedral italiana“Espero que quien haya realizado este acto sea identificado y sancionado de acuerdo con nuestras leyes”, continuó.La publicación del ministro incluía una imagen borrosa del joven turista, así como un video que parecía mostrar el momento en que utiliza unas llaves para tallar algunas letras en una de las paredes del anfiteatro de casi 2.000 años de antigüedad.La inscripción decía “Ivan+Haley 23”, según la agencia de noticias italiana AN...

Adam Fantilli not worried about being overshadowed at NHL draft; return to Michigan still an option

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:56 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a different year, this NHL draft might have been considered the chase for Adam Fantilli as the top pick rather than the Connor Bedard sweepstakes. Fantilli’s got the size at 6-foot-2 and 195 pounds, and a proven ability to put the puck in the net. The pandemic led the Canadian to the U.S., where he became only the third freshman to win college hockey’s Hobey Baker player of the year award joining Jack Eichel (2015) and Hall of Famer Paul Kariya (1993). Whatever twists of fate might have Fantilli headed to Anaheim with the No. 2 pick overall or Columbus at No. 3 instead of Chicago with the first selection Wednesday night, the center insists he has no regrets about what might have been. “You can’t really play another game now,” Fantilli said Tuesday. “You can’t score another goal now. So obviously Connor’s season was phenomenal, and everything he’s done up until that point has been great. So I just want to sit back and enjoy it as muc...