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California regulators approve expansion of robotaxi services in San Francisco despite safety concerns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators approve expansion of robotaxi services in San Francisco despite safety concerns.Source

Kelsey Mitchell scores 24 points, leads the Fever past the Lynx 91-73

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell made five 3-pointers and scored 24 points, Erica Wheeler had 17 points and 10 assists, and the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 91-73 on Thursday night to snap a three-game skid.Aliyah Boston had 15 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana (8-22), which continues a four-game homestand on Sunday. Kristy Wallace added 13 points and NaLyssa Smith scored 12.Rachel Banham made five 3s and scored 18 points for Minnesota (14-16). Jessica Shepard added 13 points, Diamond Miller had 11 and Kayla McBride scored 10. Napheesa Collier, averaging 21.9 points per game, was held to eight points on 3-of-12 shooting.Indiana grabbed five offensive rebounds on one possession late in the first half before Mitchell sank a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 43-33. The Fever led 45-35 at halftime behind 14 points from Mitchell. Indiana scored the opening six points of the second half for a 51-35 lead. The Fever scored six unanswered points to begin the fourth to make it 77-5...

Liberatore throws 8 scoreless innings in the Cardinals’ 5-2 victory over the Rays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Liberatore didn’t allow a run in a career-best eight innings, Andrew Knizner and Tommy Edman homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Thursday night.St. Louis won two of three in the series with Tampa Bay, the AL wild-card leader.Liberatore (2-4) was part of a January 2020 trade between Tampa Bay and St. Louis that sent 2023 All-Star outfielder Randy Arozarena to the Rays. In his second start since being called up from Triple-A Memphis, Liberatore gave up two hits and had a career-high seven strikeouts as he bids for a fulltime rotation spot.Liberatore retired his final 14 batters, and received a standing ovation from a large group of Cardinals’ fans behind the St. Louis dugout walking off the field after the eighth inning. He picked Wander Franco off second in the fourth after a leadoff single, the last hit the lefty gave up.The Rays scored twice on two hits, including Franco’s RBI triple, against JoJo ...

Photos: Residential building explosion in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An explosion rocked a four-unit residential building in Denver on Thursday night. Photos from the air and on the ground show the damage was extensive.The units are located in a two-story building in the 400 block of South Lincoln Street, on the western edge of the Washington Park West neighborhood. Fire crews said one person was taken to the hospital and a dog was missing. Denver home explosion: Full fire Department news conference Homes to the south of the building also were impacted, according to fire officials. Power was shut off for both buildings, and Xcel Energy was at the scene to shut off the gas supply. Both efforts could affect neighbors' power and gas, fire officials said. FOX31 has a crew on the scene, and SkyFOX was in the air. See photos from the aftermath in the gallery below.Part of a multi-unit residential building on South Lincoln Street in Denver collapsed after an explosion on Aug. 10, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)Part of a multi-unit residential building...

Investigators: Pilot miscommunication caused United plane to drop near ocean

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

Federal investigators said Thursday that miscommunication between pilots led to a United Airlines jet diving within 748 feet (228 meters) of the ocean’s surface shortly after takeoff from Hawaii in December.The National Transportation Safety Board said in a final report that the crew failed to manage the plane's vertical path, airspeed and nose direction after the mix-up between the captain and co-pilot. Which airlines have the most delayed flights out of Denver? After a normal takeoff during heavy rain at Kahului Airport on the island of Maui, the captain asked the co-pilot, or first officer, to reset the wing flaps, but the co-pilot heard “15” instead of “five," according to the NTSB. Soon the pilots realized that the plane was pitched downward and accelerating. “At this point, I knew the captain was having difficulty with airspeed control ... I couldn’t be certain what the captain was dealing with," the co-pilot later told investigators. The plane's nose continued to pitch down...

Man accused of impersonating rescuer, sexual assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Northglenn man was arrested after he allegedly impersonated a public servant and assaulted a female hiker.According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a call on July 25 from a woman who said she was assaulted near the area of Caribou Road and Forest Service Road 505 outside of Nederland. Deputies: Alleged naked predator admits to exposing himself to female hikers The woman said she was hiking when a man driving in what she called a "search and rescue" vehicle offered her a ride to a different trail in the area. At the time, she said she believed he was part of the official search and rescue organization. The victim told deputies the man sexually and physically assaulted her.She was able to leave and called the sheriff's office immediately. The victim described the man as:WhiteIn his 50sBaldHad a mostly gray beardWore a green collared shirt styled to look like a search and rescue uniformBased on the victim's statement, detectives obtained an...

Texas sheriff says 3 hog hunters from South Florida died in an underground tank after their dog fell in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff said Thursday that three hog hunters from Florida died in an underground tank filled with sewer gas after one of them apparently tried rescuing their dog after it fell into the hole, followed by the other two jumping in to save them.The bodies of two men and a woman, as well as the dog, were pulled from the tank in a cornfield on the rural outskirts of Austin. Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook said the hole was a cistern with an opening roughly 4 feet (1.2 meters) wide and containing 8 feet (2.4 meters) of water, as well as hydrogen sulfide gas.He said the chain of events started early Wednesday in the middle of the night with one of the men apparently getting into the cistern to rescue the dog, which he described as a bloodhound. Clothing and boots belonging to the other two hunters were found near the hole, suggesting they removed them before also jumping in, Cook said.He said authorities believe the hunters were overcome by hydrogen sulfide ...

Sound Healing Meditation and Psychic Fair in North Miami aims to help you live your best life

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

Life can be messy, and when that happens, it’s time for a bath. But what do you do when your energy is the mess?That’s when you get a sound bath at the Sound Healing Meditation and Psychic Fair, so you can be in tune and ready to conquer the world.Prepare to be relaxed at the Sound Healing Meditation and Psychic Fair.Sheri Kaplan: “It’s a transformational opportunity for people to get centered and grounded, and just to get out of their mind and their head, and just take a little mental vacation for about an hour.”A sound bath uses special instruments like gongs and sound bowls to create noise vibrations that help relax your nervous system.Sheri Kaplan: “People describe the sound bath meditation as almost euphoric, blissful, peaceful.”But there’s more than just sound to explore.Sheri Kaplan: “When they’re here, they can talk to the astrologist, have tarot cards done, have a massage, have aura readings done, and so many servi...

Olive & Sea in Fort Lauderdale blends Mediterranean food with spectacular views of Intracoastal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

It is time to take your senses on a holiday. We know a spot where the tastes, textures and fragrances of Mediterranean food blend beautifully with a scenic waterway. In other words, this place will knock you out. Get ready to experience Olive & Sea.The Spirit of Lauderdale mixes with modern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern meals to create something new at Olive & Sea.Chef Miguel Toro: “We have to be bold, we have to innovate, we have to be different. We’re pioneers on this, not only on the view and the location where we are, but also in featuring this type of cuisine as well.”Being bold, innovative and different doesn’t get in the way of authenticity. What’s being placed on your plate has been prepared in a way that honors the cuisine’s history.Chef Miguel Toro: “It’s going back to being able to cook with rustic flavors, with fire, and implementing those bold flavors to our cuisine.”We’ll get back to the food in a m...

What happened to Qatargate’s forgotten country, Mauritania? 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:25 GMT

It’s not just Qatar-gate. While the super-rich Gulf kingdom has become a byword for the cash-for-influence scandal at the European Parliament, another rarely-mentioned country was also allegedly handing out thousands of illicit euros in the EU bubble — Mauritania. If it was, though, it didn’t get much for its money.Between 2019 and 2022, the country allegedly passed €200,000 to Pier Antonio Panzeri, an alleged bribery ringleader, and his right-hand man Francesco Giorgi, according to testimony Panzeri gave to authorities in February and seen by POLITICO.That’s more than Panzeri said he got from Morocco, another country swept up in the scandal. Yet while Morocco gets regular mentions in Qatargate coverage, Mauritania’s potential role has gone almost unnoticed.Mauritania’s goal, Panzeri said, was reputation rehab. The West African country, which receives millions from the EU to host fishing vessels each year, has long been criticized in Brussels for its human rights reco...