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Spare the Air Alert issued for Friday in Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

(BCN) -- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Friday because of a forecast for unhealthy levels of smog caused by hot temperatures, vehicle exhaust and smoke from a wildfire in Oregon.The alert comes as some inland parts of the Bay Area are expected to see temperatures as high as 108 degrees Friday.That hot weather, combined with the pollution from cars and smoke from the Flat Fire in southwestern Oregon, is expected to create unhealthy levels of smog, also known as ozone, which can cause throat irritation, congestion and chest pain, particularly for children, seniors, and people with respiratory and heart conditions, according to the air district.On Spare the Air days, people are advised to only exercise in the early morning hours when smog levels are lower.People can find out when a Spare the Air alert is in effect by registering at www.sparetheair.org, calling (800) HELP-AIR, downloading the Spare the Air app or connecting with Spare t...

Texas man found dead in UC Berkeley building was slain years ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

(BCN) -- Skeletal remains discovered on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley were identified and the death has been ruled a homicide, university police said Wednesday.DNA evidence revealed the bones are those of Texas man Steven McCreary and were discovered in a brick storage building on the university's Clark Kerr campus in January.McCreary was about 37 years old when he was last known to be alive. He was born Oct. 8, 1972. He was not affiliated with the university and did not have a home in the Bay Area.Rather he was known to travel around the country by hitchhiking and riding trains. The Alameda County coroner analyzed McCreary's bones and their condition showed he was killed by someone else.Police are seeking help from the community to solve the crime.UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr campus houses students and is used as an event space. It is located about a mile from the university's core near Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way in Berkeley.The brick building where McCr...

Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a response to recent revelations about donor-funded trips by justices. The bill faced united opposition from Republicans, who said it could “destroy” the court. The panel voted along party lines to set ethics rules for the court and a process to enforce them, including new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest. Democrats first pushed the legislation after reports earlier this year that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in luxury vacations and a real estate deal with a top GOP donor — and after Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before the committee about the ethics of the court. Since then, news reports also revealed that Justice Samuel Alito had taken a luxury vacation with a GOP donor. And The Associated Press reported last week that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, aide...

Realizan redadas tras conocerse un video estremecedor que muestra la agresión sexual contra dos mujeres en Manipur, India

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

Nota del editor: este reporte incluye detalles sobre agresiones y violencia sexual.(CNN) — Un video explícito grabado en la India que muestra a dos mujeres desfilando desnudas en el estado de Manipur, en el noreste del país, provocó una furia generalizada y llevó a varios arrestos después de que se hiciera viral en las redes sociales el miércoles.Las imágenes muestran un incidente del 4 de mayo, según el Foro de Líderes Tribales Indígenas (ITLF). La Policía de Manipur describió el incidente en Twitter como “un caso de secuestro, violación en grupo y asesinato” el miércoles.Las autoridades dijeron el jueves que cuatro personas han sido arrestadas y que se están realizando redadas policiales. Las autoridades están interrogando a más de tres docenas de hombres en relación con la aparente agresión sexual, informó Reuters.El video, que ha sido visto por CNN, muestra a dos mujeres aterrorizadas siendo obligadas a caminar desnudas entre una multitud de hombres vestidos. Las víctimas ...

Walmart slashes price of its online subscription service for those on government aid by half

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, has slashed the price of its online subscription service in half for those on government assistance, a move that should help perk up membership.The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said the Walmart+ service will cost $49 a year, or $6.47 per month for those on Medicaid, Social Security, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly known as food stamps) or other programs. Its regular membership costs $98 annually.Perks for Walmart+ membership include free grocery deliveries, free shipping for online orders, gas discounts and access to Paramount+ streaming services.More than 41 million people in the U.S. receive SNAP benefits, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.Walmart launched its subscription service in 2020, and has been adding more perks as a way to compete with Amazon Prime, which was unveiled in 2005. Amazon’s annual membership now costs $139 per year, and it also has been add...

DC United’s Benteke, Miller share MLS All-Star experience

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

Tyler Miller shuffled around the crowded locker room at Audi Field Wednesday night, holding his red goalkeeper and a black Sharpie marker. Once he saw one of MLS All-Star teammates free, he quickly placed the marker in the player’s hands to sign.The jersey filled up with all the names of his temporary teammates, a memory that Miller, a first-time All-Star, plans to cherish.“It was such an incredible experience,” he said. “Just the little things … like getting to sit down with a lot of players from around the league that you don’t get the opportunity to speak to and getting to know them on a personal level. It was so special.”Miller, striker Christian Benteke and head coach Wayne Rooney represented the Black and Red during this year’s All-Star events, including the Skills Challenge and Game against English Premier League side Arsenal. The duo shared their thoughts on the All-Star experience of representing MLS in D.C.Miller’s family mom...

¿Cuándo es el próximo sorteo del Mega Millions? Todavía puedes ganar $720 millones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

Ahora que ya se ganaron el premio mayor del Powerball, muchos recurrirán a otro premio mayor importante que aún está en juego: el Mega Millions.Aquí hay un vistazo a lo que debe saber:El premio mayor de Mega Millions está en $720 millones.Los sorteos de Mega Millions se llevan a cabo los martes y viernes a las 11 p.m. ET. El próximo sorteo está programado para este viernes 21 de julio.Antes del sorteo de este viernes por la noche, ese premio mayor es el quinto más grande en la historia del juego.Cuando alguien gana un premio mayor de lotería en juegos como Powerball o Mega Millions, tiene dos opciones: una anualidad que se distribuye durante 29 años o un pago en efectivo (significativamente menor).Los impuestos federales y estatales también reducirán el dinero que llevas a casa, con deducciones según el lugar donde vivas. ¿Puede un indocumentado cobrar el premio mayor del Powerball? El quinto más grande de la historia: el acumulado del Mega M...

College student falls to his death climbing Central Oregon mountain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A 21-year-old college student has died after falling hundreds of feet down a steep, rocky ravine near the summit of North Sister in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.Joel Tranby loved the outdoors and was a big part of the community in the city of Bend, according to people who knew him, and his parents say they’re “devastated by the loss,” KTVZ-TV reported Wednesday. He helped coach his former high school’s Nordic Ski Team and was planning to graduate college in December.Rescue teams called off the search and were working to locate and recover the body, Lane County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tom Speldrich said in a statement Wednesday. North Sister rises 10,085 feet (3,074 meters) and is known as a difficult climb because of the loose volcanic rock that makes up the mountainside and the lack of places to anchor ropes for protection, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.While climbing with his girlfriend on Monday, Tranby fell about 300 to 500 feet (90-150 meters) and was se...

Police seized laptops and a memoir from the home of a witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.Detectives sought items “concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur” from Duane “Keffe D” Davis, according to warrant documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Davis, now 60, is a self-described “gangster” and the uncle of Orlando Anderson, one of Shakur’s known rivals. Anderson denied involvement in Shakur’s killing at the time, and died two years later in a shooting in Compton, California.Police reported collecting multiple computers, a cellphone and hard drive, “documentary documents,” a Vibe magazine that featured Shakur, “purported marijuana,” several .40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a copy of Davis’ 2019 tell-all memoir, ”Compton Street Legend.”The ...

Homes become ‘air fryers’ in Phoenix heat, people ration AC due to cost

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:12:20 GMT

Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix. Air conditioning, which made modern Phoenix even possible, is a lifeline. When a cloudless sky combines with outdoor temperatures over 100 F, your house turns into an “air fryer” or “broiler,” as the roof absorbs powerful heat and radiates it downward, said Jonathan Bean, co-director of the Institute for Energy Solutions at the University of Arizona. Bean knows this not only from his research, he also experienced it firsthand this weekend when his air conditioner broke.“This level of heat that we are having in Phoenix right now is enormously dangerous, particularly for people who either don’t have air conditioning or cannot afford to operate their air conditioner,” said Evan Mallen, a senior analyst for Georgia Institute of Technology’s Urban Climate Lab.Yet some are cutting back on AC, trying to bear the heat, afraid of the high electricity bills that will soon ar...