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McConnell treated for concussion after suffering fall at DC hotel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is being treated for a concussion and is staying at a hospital for observation after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening.“Leader McConnell tripped at a dinner event Wednesday evening and has been admitted to the hospital and is being treated for a concussion. He is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days of observation and treatment,” David Popp, communications director for McConnell, said in a statement released Thursday afternoon.“The Leader is grateful to the medical professionals for their care and to his colleagues for their warm wishes,” the statement said.The fall happened at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, DC, which was formerly the Trump International Hotel, according to a source familiar with the matter.McConnell was attending an event for the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, another source familiar with the matter said.The 81-year-old is the Senate...

Rise in fentanyl deaths justifies use of military force against Mexican drug cartels, says California Sheriff

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is counting on recently introduced federal legislation to help prevent narcotics from flowing into OC.In a March 6 letter he sent to the authors of legislation that would authorize the use of military force against Mexican drug cartels, Barnes said the cartels are “flooding American communities with the deadly drug fentanyl” and taking lives on “both sides of our southern border.”“It is time for the federal government to take meaningful action against these hostile drug trafficking organizations,” Barnes said in the letter to Republican Reps. Mike Waltz of Florida and Dan Crenshaw of Texas.Introduced in January, the legislation would authorize the president to “use all necessary and appropriate force against those responsible for trafficking fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance into the United States or carrying out other related activities that cause regional destabilization in the Western Hemisphere.”The use of “military force” refers to the us...

Sale closed in Palo Alto: $2.5 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

179 El Dorado Avenue – Google Street ViewA house built in 1950 located in the 100 block of El Dorado Avenue in Palo Alto has new owners. The 888-square-foot property was sold on Feb. 23, 2023. The $2,500,000 purchase price works out to $2,815 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, one bathroom, a garage, and two parking spaces. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on an 8,040-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:On Ramona Street, Palo Alto, in September 2022, a 988-square-foot home was sold for $2,950,000, a price per square foot of $2,986. The home has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms.A 2,338-square-foot home on the 2900 block of Ramona Street in Palo Alto sold in June 2022 for $3,886,000, a price per square foot of $1,662. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In November 2022, a 1,038-square-foot home on Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $2,620,000, a price per square foot of $2,524. The home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms.&n...

Woman used dead father’s Social Security for Miami Heat tickets, Costco purchases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

A Lauderdale Lakes woman who used her dead father’s Social Security benefits for tickets to the Miami Heat, shopping trips to Costco and concerts has been sentenced to five months in prison, the Department of Justice said.Terri Lynn Hankerson, 59, also will be required to pay restitution for the theft of nearly $50,000, as well as serve five months of home confinement after she’s released from prison.Related ArticlesNational News | Taco Bell ‘rat poison’ case closed, employees cleared of wrongdoing National News | Woman’s ritual to ‘burn away pain in her life’ set neighbors’ homes ablaze, police say National News | Flying with your cat? TSA warns “do not send your pet through the X-ray unit” National News | Morgue contractor who removed body from Michigan house accused of breaking in next day to steal valuables National News | Firefighter wearing fire department...

These San Francisco trails are closed to dogs due to coyote pupping season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Park Trail stretching from Mountain Lake to the Presidio Promenade as well as the Bay Ridge Trail from the Rob Hill Campground to the Presidio Golf Course will be closed to all leashed or unleased dogs starting March 14 due to coyote pupping season. The closure will run through early September."The Presidio Trust closes these trails each season as a precaution to protect local dogs, their owners, and the coyotes during this period," Presidio Trust officials said in a news release.(Presidio Trust)During pupping season, coyotes can become more protective around their pups and may become more aggressive. The Presidio Trust said it expects most of the pups to be born from late March to early April.The trails will reopen to dogs in early September when pupping season is over.The trails will remain open to humans.(Presidio Trust)(Presidio Trust)(Presidio Trust)(Presidio Trust)(Presidio Trust)(Presidio Trust)(Presidio Trust)If you see a coyote in the park:Keep y...

Magic Software: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

OR YEHUDA, Israel (AP) — OR YEHUDA, Israel (AP) — Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (MGIC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $10.1 million.On a per-share basis, the Or Yehuda, Israel-based company said it had net income of 20 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 28 cents per share.The business process integration software company posted revenue of $147.1 million in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $40.7 million, or 79 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $566.8 million.Magic Software expects full-year revenue in the range of $585 million to $593 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on MGIC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/MGICSource

AP source: Jets releasing WR/KR Braxton Berrios

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

The New York Jets are releasing wide receiver/kick returner Braxton Berrios in a salary cap move, according to a person familiar with the decision. Berrios, an All-Pro selection as a kick returner in 2021, was due to count $8.2 million on the cap and the sides couldn’t come to an agreement on a restructured contract. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the move won’t become official until the NFL’s new year begins next Wednesday.ESPN first reported the Jets’ decision to release Berrios.New York will save $5 million on the cap by releasing Berrios, but will have $3.2 million in dead money. Berrios was re-signed last offseason to a two-year, $12 million contract. He’s the first significant player to be cut by the Jets as they try to improve their salary cap situation. New York was slightly over the cap heading into next week, but recently cleared $3.6 million when they restructured tight end C.J. Uzomah&#...

A third person has died from injuries suffered in a stampede after a concert by the rapper GloRilla in western New York

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A third person has died from injuries suffered in a stampede after a concert by the rapper GloRilla in western New York.Source

Pastilla anticonceptiva de emergencia será de venta libre en Honduras

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

(CNN Español) — La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, firmó este miércoles junto al titular de la secretaria de Salud, Manuel Matheu, un acuerdo ejecutivo para el uso y comercialización libre de la pastilla anticonceptiva de emergencia (PAE) en el país, según informó la mandataria mediante sus redes sociales.En su publicación, Castro argumentó que la Organización mundial de la Salud (OMS) determinó que el uso de esa píldora forma parte de “los derechos reproductivos de la mujer y no es abortiva”.Hoy, #8M conmemoramos lucha histórica de la mujer, firmando con secretario @DrMatheu144 el Acuerdo Ejecutivo para libre uso y comercialización de la PAE. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) determinó que es parte de los derechos reproductivos de la mujer y no es abortiva. pic.twitter.com/ELQPTzhfd5— Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (@XiomaraCastroZ) March 9, 2023La directora del Movimiento de Mujeres por La Paz, Visitación Padilla Merlín Eguiguren, expresó a CNN que disponer de la p...

DA: Wrong photo led to NYC man’s faulty murder conviction

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:44 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who has spent more than 18 years behind bars for murder, prosecutors said Thursday as they moved to vacate the conviction.The prosecution of Sheldon Thomas, now 35, “was compromised from the very start by grave errors and lack of probable cause” to arrest him for the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Anderson Bercy on Dec. 24, 2004, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.Thomas was one of three people charged with killing Bercy and wounding another teenager in a drive-by shooting.A review of the case by the district attorney’s Conviction Review Unit found that the lead detective in the Bercy shooting asked to unseal a prior arrest of Thomas for allegedly pointing an inoperable gun at police officers so that detectives could use his picture in a photo lineup.Detectives also obtained a photo of a different Sheldon Thomas and showed it to a witness they were questioni...