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Oregon Republicans end walkout that blocked myriad bills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

By Andrew Selsky | Associated PressSALEM, Ore. — Enough Republican members showed up in the Oregon Senate on Thursday to end a six-week walkout that halted the work of the Legislature and blocked hundreds of bills, including some on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety.The boycott, which prevented the Senate from reaching a two-thirds quorum needed to pass bills, was prompted by a sweeping measure on abortion and gender-affirming care that Republicans said was too extreme.The walkout also blocked the approval of the two-year state budget and a gun-safety measure opposed by the GOP that would increase the purchasing age to 21 for semiautomatic rifles.GOP Minority Leader Sen. Tim Knopp had said the boycott would end only on the session’s last day — June 25 — to pass “bipartisan” legislation and budget bills. But an optimistic mood took over the Capitol this week as GOP and Democratic leaders met to negotiate compromises.“We asked for lawful, we aske...

Portion of Highway 4 in Brentwood to fully close Friday night

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

Drivers on State Route 4 in Brentwood can expect delays and detours Friday night as a portion of the highway will be closed to continue construction on the Mokelumne Trail Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing.The highway will be closed between Lone Tree Way and Sand Creek Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.The closure will enable the contractor to install the bridge deck as part of a pedestrian and bicyclist crossing over State Route 4, according to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, which is building the trail in partnership with the city of Brentwood.Years in the making, the bridge will close the gap in the trail created two decades ago when Highway 4 was expanded. By connecting the two sides of the Mokelumne Trail, the bridge will offer safe access for cyclists and pedestrians for commuting and recreational travel, according to officials.Westbound drivers having to detour will exit on Sand Creek Road and go eastbound on Sand Creek Road to Shady Willow Lane, then no...

Person of interest in San Jose storage facility fire arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

(KRON) -- A person of interest has been detained in relation to a fire at a Public Storage facility that broke out in San Jose Wednesday evening, the San Jose Police Department confirmed. The suspect was arrested by arson investigators with the San Jose Fire Department, according to SJPD.The suspect has been booked and is currently detained. No other details on the suspect's identification or motive have been released at this time. Tesla involved in ‘major injury’ vehicle collision in Santa Clara The fire at the storage facility broke out Wednesday evening and was upgraded from two alarms to three. The storage facility where it broke out was on Blossom Hill Road. The fire resulted in major traffic delays in the area and there were reports of "popping" sounds emanating from the blaze.The fire burned overnight and was finally brought under control late Thursday morning.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Fentanyl seized from 'Tenderloin’s poison pipeline' could kill 2.1 million, Newsom says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It's been six weeks since Gov. Gavin Newsom deployed the California National Guard and California Highway Patrol into the drug-plagued Tenderloin neighborhood. Fentanyl seized by the state's task force revealed just how massive supplies flowing onto the streets of San Francisco actually are. A 2023 surge in fentanyl overdose deaths, unbridled open-air drug markets operating in plain sight, and overwhelmed San Francisco Police Department officers combined into one big crisis in the city.Using intelligence and analysis provided by the National Guard on major drug trafficking cartels, CHP officers scooped up enough fentanyl to potentially kill over 2.1 million people. All of that fentanyl was found within just the past six weeks, and before it could reach the hands of addicts, according to the Governor's Office. Newsom released shocking numbers exposing the magnitude of San Francisco's drug crisis.CHP officers seized over 4.2 kilos of fentanyl in the Tenderloin ...

The FBI Is Hunting a New Domestic Terror Threat: Abortion Rights Activists

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

Following a concerted effort by Republicans to pressure law enforcement agencies to target activists supporting the right to abortion, the FBI dramatically increased its caseload on abortion-related “domestic terrorism.”Last year, as the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade sparked major protests nationwide, the FBI opened nearly 10 times as many investigations into cases of abortion-related domestic terrorism as it had in 2021, a new internal report reveals. While the report doesn’t say how many of these incidents were motivated by support for reproductive rights and how many were anti-abortion, the uptick follows calls by top Republicans in Congress for the bureau to pursue “pro-abortion terrorism.” “Pro-abortion terrorism is sweeping our nation,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote in a column last June, lamenting that “only after the outcry from the pro-life community did the FBI announce an investigation” into Jane’s Revenge — a small group of activists that firebo...

Xander Schauffele matches Rickie Fowler’s 62, ties US Open record

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Xander Schauffele matches Rickie Fowler’s 62, ties US Open record.Source

Cousins ramps up team-building with the Vikings, even with his own future unclear

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings reported for minicamp this week with a dress-up theme — sports jerseys — that came with a contest to award the most creative player.The assignment generated by quarterback Kirk Cousins spread through the entire organization, with roughly two-thirds of all staff wearing one to work on Tuesday — some current, some throwback, some random choices in between. “All Kirk’s idea,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said. “That was his whole deal, and the guys took it and ran with it.”Cousins chose a Georgetown-era Allen Iverson jersey. An assistant coach who wanted to needle his boss, whom O’Connell declined to name, found a replica of the head coach’s jersey from his college career at San Diego State. New Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy, in a head-to-toe Vancouver Grizzlies uniform featuring former point guard Mike Bibby, was declared the winner. Bibby happens to be Murphy’s uncle.Cousins has been taking small groups of teammates...

Robot umpires not likely to get MLB call-up for 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires likely won’t be ready for a big league call-up next season.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the Automatic Ball-Strike System being used at Triple-A is not likely to be used in the big leagues in 2024.“I think there’s some sentiment among the group that we made had a lot of changes here,” he said Thursday following an owners meeting. “We ought to let the dust settle and there are clearly unresolved operational issues with respect to ABS. Despite all the testing, we still have some things that are unresolved.”Defining a computerized strike zone is among the issues.The independent Atlantic League trialed the ABS system at its 2019 All-Star Game and it was used in that’s year Arizona Fall League of top prospects. The ABS was tried at eight of nine ballparks of the Low-A Southeast League in 2021, then moved up to Triple-A in 2022.At Triple-A this year, half the games use the robots for ball/strike calls and half have a human making decision...

Casi 1 de cada 5 adultos estadounidenses fue diagnosticado con depresión y la prevalencia varía drásticamente según el estado, según los CDC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

(CNN) — La proporción de adultos estadounidenses a los que se les diagnosticó depresión varía enormemente en función de su lugar de residencia.Un nuevo informe publicado este jueves por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) revela que, en 2020, el 18,4% de los adultos estadounidenses dijeron que fueron diagnosticados con depresión alguna vez en su vida, pero, estado por estado, ese porcentaje de adultos oscilaba entre el 12,7% estimado en Hawái y el 27,5% en Virginia Occidental.“Hubo una variación geográfica considerable en la prevalencia de la depresión, con las estimaciones más altas de depresión a nivel estatal y de condado observadas a lo largo de las regiones de los Apalaches y el sur del valle del Mississippi”, escribieron en el nuevo informe investigadores de los CDC y del Instituto Oak Ridge para la Ciencia y la Educación de Tennessee.“Este informe proporciona estimaciones actuales de la ...

Live updates | Fowler sets US Open record, ties major record with 62

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:58 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Follow along for live updates on the opening round of the 123rd U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club.___FOWLER SETS US OPEN RECORDRickie Fowler shot an 8-under 62 in the opening round of the U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club to break the tournament’s record and tie the best round shot in any major.Fowler matched the 62 Branden Grace carded in the third round of the 2017 British Open at Royal Birkdale.The 34-year-old Fowler, who grew up in Murrieta about 100 miles south of Los Angeles, has never won a major and didn’t qualify for the last two U.S. Opens.Fowler birdied four straight holes to jump into the lead. He bogeyed the par-4 17th before a run of birdies on the par-4 18th, par-5 first, par-4 second and par-5 third. He had birdies on eight of the first 12 holes but also two bogeys.Xander Schauffele was one shot back.___WHAT TO KNOW:— US Open a source of uncertainty on and off the course— US Open raises prize money to $20 million with $3.6M ...