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Editorial: Antioch police text scandal tests mayor’s leadership

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

The newly disclosed racist, sexist and homophobic texts exchanged by members of the Antioch Police Department are vile.The boasting about shooting Black men with rubber bullets and kicking one man’s head like a “field goal,” admissions of falsifying police reports and claims that bigoted language can be bandied around in front of supervisors with no repercussions are abhorrent.The cops who sent the messages or signaled approval should not be carrying a badge and gun. They should have no place in law enforcement.But even they are entitled to due process. Not all of them have equal culpability. And if their rights are not respected, the city risks undermining the ongoing criminal and internal affairs investigations into their behavior, which would set back the quest for racial justice.Which is why City Council members, especially Mayor Lamar Thorpe, need to step back and let investigators do their work — and stop making politically charged comments that could jeopardize the outc...

What you need to know about Misoprostol, another drug used for abortion

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

By Kelsey Butler | BloombergWhile the fate of mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, plays out in US courts, health-care providers have another drug they can continue to use to offer medication abortion.Misoprostol is primarily an ulcer medication, but it’s used in conjunction with mifepristone in 98% of all reported medication abortions in the US, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that backs reproductive rights. The combination is “the gold standard for medication abortion in the US and elsewhere,” said Alice Mark, interim medical advisor for the National Abortion Federation.But misoprostol can also be used on its own to end a pregnancy and multiple health-care providers have said they’d prescribe it on its own if mifepristone disappears from the market.Last week US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, appointed by President Donald Trump, issued an order suspending the decades-old approval for mifepristone. Late Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court ...

Elias: Effort to restore single-family zoning in California likely to win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

Immediately after state legislators passed the landmark Senate Bills 9 and 10 in 2021 — taking most local land-use decisions away from city councils and county supervisors — resentful local officials vowed to run a referendum campaign and kill those new laws.Related ArticlesLocal Opinion | Elias: State of Jefferson plan in California still far from serious Local Opinion | Elias: California joining Western power grid makes no sense Local Opinion | Elias: Supreme Court case in works may cancel California’s EV mandates Local Opinion | Opinion: Senior year is a costly high school rite of passage The laws essentially eliminated R-1 single-family zoning everywhere in California, allowing up to six housing units on lots formerly limited to one and making approval automatic for high-rise residential buildings on all streets reasonably close to mass transit.That meant easy permitting, for example, for buildings up to five ...

FAA refers 17 more unruly passengers cases to FBI for criminal prosecution

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Thursday it has referred 17 more unruly passenger cases to the FBI for criminal prosecution review bringing the total to 250 since 2021.Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said there is “zero tolerance for unruly behavior,” and “we will come after you with serious consequences.”Recent incidents in 2023 included alleged assaults of female passengers, assaults of flight attendants, inappropriate touching, and one passenger who refused to remain seated, acted erratically and said they needed to fly the aircraft, according to anFAA news statement.In 2021, the FBI and FAA launched a partnership to streamline the criminal review of cases after unruly passenger reports skyrocketed. The FAA investigated 1,113 unruly passenger incidents in 2021 and sent 37 for review to the FBI.In 2022, reported incidents dropped by almost half and the FAA investigated 831 incidents. By February 2022, Reuters reported, the FAA sent 80 ...

1 killed in Northwest DC shooting

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

A man is dead after a shooting Friday morning near the Park at LeDroit in Northwest D.C.D.C. police responded to a report of sounds of gunshots at the 200 block of V Street NW at around 2:45 a.m.When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was later dead.Third District Cmdr. James Boteler said cameras showed a dark-colored SUV pulling into the area, and at least three people got out of the vehicle and shot toward the man.The man ran into a nearby apartment building, whose windows shattered from the gunfire.Boteler called the shooting “senseless gun violence.”“Too many people with too many guns in their hands committed violence over what many times we find to be just conflict where people take it out with gunfire,” Boteler said. “It’s very unacceptable in our communities, and we’re very troubled by that.”Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to call 2...

Citigroup: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. (C) on Friday reported first-quarter net income of $4.61 billion.The New York-based bank said it had earnings of $2.19 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.86 per share.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.66 per share.The U.S. bank posted revenue of $37.49 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $21.45 billion, also beating Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $19.93 billion.Citigroup shares have risen roughly 5% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P’s 500 index has risen 8%. The stock has dropped roughly 6% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on C at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CSource

A European spacecraft has blasted off on a journey to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

KOUROU, French Guiana (AP) — A European spacecraft has blasted off on a journey to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons.Source

Ciclón Ilsa golpea con mayor intensidad la costa de Australia

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

SÍDNEY, Australia – El ciclón Ilsa golpeó la costa noroccidental de Australia con vientos de unos 213 kilómetros (132 millas) por hora tras alcanzar la máxima intensidad (categoría cinco), causando algunos daños materiales, y perdió este viernes fuerza en su avance hacia el interior del país, informaron fuentes oficiales.“Ilsa, (actualmente) de categoría 3, se está debilitando a medida que avanza hacia el interior después de cruzar la costa entre De Grey y Pardoo Roadhouse (a más de 120 kilómetros o a 75 millas de la ciudad portuaria de Port Headland) como un sistema de categoría 5 alrededor de la medianoche de ayer (hora local)”, informó hoy la Oficina de Meteorología en su portal.Las autoridades australianas informaron de que los centros urbanos como Port Headland, con unos 4,250 habitantes, no han sufrido un impacto considerable a raíz del paso de Ilsa, aunque el emblemático restaurante de carretera Pardoo notificó en las redes sociales que su local ha sufrido &...

Potente terremoto de magnitud 7 sacude turística isla de Indonesia

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

Un terremoto de magnitud 7 sacudió este viernes las aguas al noreste de la isla indonesia de Java, la más poblada del país, sin que de momento las autoridades reporten posibles daños o víctimas.El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos, que registra la actividad sísmica en todo el mundo, registró el seísmo a las 4:55 p.m. y situó el epicentro a 59.8 de la localidad costera de Tuban, con más de 90,000 habitantes. Esta isla es un reconocido sitio turístico de Indonesia.Por su parte, la Agencia de Meteorología, Climatología y Geofísica (BMKG) de Indonesia cifró en 6.6 la magnitud del terremoto y descartó la posibilidad de un potencial tsunami. Poderoso terremoto en Ecuador deja muerte, destrucción y cientos de heridos Rescatan a adorable perrito tras 23 días bajo escombros de edificio en Turquía Indonesia se asienta sobre el llamado Anillo de Fuego del Pacífico, una zona de gran actividad sísmica y volcánica en la que cada año se regis...

Airport looks to open as South Florida floods slowly recede

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:42 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Drivers were urged to use caution when navigating the streets of Fort Lauderdale on Friday after days of unrelenting rain left roads underwater and forced the closure of one of South Florida’s largest airports.A flood warning was expiring, but the National Weather Service warned motorists that water-covered roads could still be a hazard. Meanwhile, officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport planned final inspections to assess the readiness of the airfields even as Friday’s forecast called for a few showers and possible storms. The airport shut down Wednesday evening as a storm dumped more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of rain, stranding passengers and resulting in canceled flights.“Nature has been unkind to us,” Broward County Mayor Lamar Fisher said during a news conference Thursday afternoon at the airport. He, along with airport officials, advised travelers to check with their airlines before heading to the airport. All across F...