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Prominent figure in German far-right party charged over alleged Nazi slogan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent figure in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been charged over his alleged use in a 2021 speech of a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers, German prosecutors said Monday.Prosecutors in the eastern city of Halle said that Björn Höcke was charged with public use of a symbol of an unconstitutional organization. Höcke, an influential figure on the hard right of Alternative for Germany, heads his party’s branch in the neighboring eastern state of Thuringia.Höcke is accused of ending a speech to some 250 people in Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!” Prosecutors charge that he was aware of the origin of the phrase as an SA slogan. In a statement, they said Höcke’s lawyers had denied that his words had any “criminal relevance.”Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has come under increasing scrutiny from Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, which has placed its Thuringia branch under formal observat...

AI a new reason for white-collar layoffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The nation is facing the kind of layoffs it did in the Great Recession, though Colorado isn't high on the list. Career placement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. released a May report on national job cuts and layoff information. Detailed by Fortune, the report records the biggest year for layoffs in the last decade except for the first portion of 2020. These Colorado companies are planning mass layoffs, records show U.S.-based companies have announced 417,500 cut jobs. This is the highest number of layoffs from January to May of any year since 2009, with the exception of 2020.The tech industry has had the most layoffs this year, while the retail, financial, health care and services industries followed. Denver employees among the most anxious about layoffs A little less than half the jobs were cut because the business was closing for market or economic reasons. For the first time, however, artificial intelligence is cited as a r...

Crews repair broken water main in Pembroke Pines

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

Crews responded to a water main break in Pembroke Pines, which caused a road closure in the area. After five hours, crews were able to patch up the broken water mane. The breakage occurred at 6900 SW 3rd St. which caused flooding in the area, Monday morning. Due to the break, the Pembroke Pines Police Department announced that Southwest Third Street, between 70th Avenue and 68th Avenue, was blocked off. Live video footage showed the water bubbling in a significant crack on the street. The local water department was also on the scene as they worked to stop the leak. Residents in the area may be advised to not drink the tap water as the water could be contaminated.

CNN Exclusive: New Hampshire GOP Gov. Sununu says he will not run for president in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

(CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a frequent Republican critic of former President Donald Trump, said Monday in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Dana Bash that he will not seek the party’s 2024 presidential nomination.Sununu’s decision further defines the GOP’s 2024 field and means there won’t be a home-state contender in New Hampshire, leaving the Republican contest in the first-in-the-nation primary state wide open.The governor, a popular figure in the Granite State, was reelected to a fourth two-year term in the fall. After his victory, he declined to rule out a presidential campaign for months, telling Bash last fall that the Republican Party is “clearly moving on” from Trump.Sununu has also said the Republican Party’s messaging needs to be more inspirational and less combative, a tonal shift from several prominent GOP politicians.“I think the Republican Party as a whole just wants to get out and fight as opposed to saying, ‘Look, let’s remember what we’re about – limite...

Miami Heat are on a comeback run like few others in this year’s NBA playoffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The easiest way to explain what the Miami Heat are doing in the comeback department during these playoffs is simply to put up their numbers against the rest of the league.When facing a deficit of at least 12 points this postseason:— The Heat are 7-6.— The rest of the NBA is 6-59. Combined.“Biggest thing for us, we had the will and we had the belief,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said. “And we keep finding ways to win.”Doesn’t matter the opponent, either. Milwaukee, New York, Boston and now Denver in the NBA Finals all have found themselves on the wrong end of a Heat rally.Miami rallied from 15 points down to beat top-seeded Milwaukee in Game 4 and then from 16 down to win the clinching Game 5; from 12 down to win Game 1 over New York and from 14 down in Game 6 to eliminate the Knicks; erased a 13-point deficit in Game 1 at Boston and then a 12-point deficit to win Game 2 over the Celtics — and now, a 15-point comeback to win Game 2 of the NBA Finals over Denver.Sunday night’...

Is Outlook down? Thousands of users report problems with Microsoft’s email platform

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported issues with accessing and using the email platform Monday morning.Microsoft 365 outage and problem reports peaked at almost 18,000 shortly after 11 a.m. Eastern Monday morning, according to outage tracker Downdetector. Reports have appeared to decline since then.Most of the reports expressed issues with Outlook. Many users of Microsoft’s emailing platform shared frustration on social media, with some noting they were unable to sign into or load their accounts.The company said that it was “investigating an issue with accessing Outlook on the web” in a Twitter thread posted on its Microsoft 365 Status account — and later added that a “downstream impact” was also identified for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.Shortly after noon ET, Microsoft 365 Status said it had “halted an ongoing deployment and are monitoring services to see if that provides relief to the environment.”The Associat...

Michael J. Fox takes a fall at ‘Back to the Future’ panel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

(CNN) — Michael J. Fox was participating in a “Back to the Future” panel on Sunday when he took a tumble.Fox was at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia for a Q&A about the film. When he was introduced and bowed he lost his balance, falling and bumping into a couch.Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 29 in 1991. The condition can affect a person’s balance.His costars Christopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson were also onstage.Fox recently shared that his battle with Parkinson’s has gotten more difficult. In 2000, the “Family Ties” alum started the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which has raised more than $1 billion in research funding.His documentary, “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” is streaming on Apple TV+.

Kyiv dismisses claims Russia repelled Ukrainian counteroffensive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

KYIV — Ukraine dismissed claims that Russia has repelled its counteroffensive on Monday, insisting that its long-awaited assault has not yet begun.The Russian defense ministry on Monday reported that Kyiv’s forces had attempted to storm several Russian positions in parts of the southern Donetsk front on Sunday. According to Moscow, Russia repelled what it called Ukraine’s counteroffensive, pushing Kyiv’s troops back to their original positions on Monday and imposing significant losses in manpower and equipment.Kyiv, meanwhile, dismissed the report as untrue. “Moscow is already actively involved in repelling … a global offensive that ‘does not yet exist,'” tweeted Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Ukrainian military officials declined to officially comment on what they called “Russian disinformation,” saying they did not want to legitimize it. A press officer for one o...

Man charged in connection with series of rapes in Charlestown appears in court, lawyer prods at how DNA evidence was obtained

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

A man charged in connection with a series of rapes in Charlestown went before a judge on Monday, where prosecutors laid out how they connected him with sexual assaults that took place nearly 15 years ago.Matthew Nilo, 35, pleaded not guilty in a Boston courtroom as he was arraigned on charges stemming from four sexual assaults that took place in Boston in 2007 and 2008. The charges include aggravated rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault and battery.During the proceedings, the prosecution stated how they used DNA linked to the cases to track the lawyer down through genetic genealogy.“… he was placed under surveillance in early 2023 while living in New Jersey and working at a New York City law firm,” a prosecutor told the court. “FBI agents were able to obtain various utensils and drinking glasses they watched the defendant use at a corporate event. From one of the glasses, the Boston Police crime lab was able to obtain a male DNA profile, which [was] found to match ...

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu rules out 2024 presidential bid, citing already crowded GOP field

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:47:23 GMT

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday that he will not seek the presidency in 2024.The 48-year-old Republican governor, a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump, made the announcement on CNN and followed up with a post on social media.“I will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024,” Sununu tweeted. “The stakes are too high for a crowded field to hand the nomination to a candidate who earns just 35 percent of the vote, and I will help to ensure this does not happen.”Sununu was among a small group of Republican officials still openly contemplating a presidential bid. Even with his decision, the 2024 GOP White House field will be large.Earlier Monday, former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork declaring his campaign for president. He joined a field that includes Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen Tim Scott of South Carolina, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutch...