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Key witness returns to NY grand jury, no Trump indictment yet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

By Michael R. Sisak and Eric Tucker | Associated PressNEW YORK — A pivotal figure in the hush money payment investigation of Donald Trump returned on Monday to the building where a grand jury has been meeting for months, a repeat appearance suggesting his testimony could be key as prosecutors push toward potential criminal charges.There was still no word on when the panel might vote on a possible indictment of the former president.David Pecker, a longtime Trump friend and the former chief executive of the parent company of The National Enquirer, was back as the grand jury heard testimony in the probe for the first time since last Monday, when a witness favorable to the ex-president appeared.The grand jury is now back on the Trump matter, according to a person familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss secretive proceedings. The ex-president is being investigated over payments during his 2016 campaign to two women who alleged affairs or sexual encounters wi...

Residents in storm-battered Miss.: ‘How can we rebuild?’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Robert Bumsted and Rebecca Santana | Associated PressROLLING FORK, Miss. — The tornado that collapsed the roof and two walls of Jermaine Wells’ Mississippi home also hurled a massive tractor tire that landed near him in the living room as his wife huddled in the laundry room.The couple survived the Friday night storm, but as they picked through the ruins of their one-story home Monday in Rolling Fork, he said they’re not sure how they’re going to pay for daily expenses, let alone long-term recovery.Wells, 50, drives a backhoe for a road department in another county, and he said he doesn’t get paid if he doesn’t work. His wife, a cashier at a local store, gathered loose coins as he looked for clothing in the rubble.“I can’t even get to work. I don’t have no vehicle, no nothing,” Wells said. “How can we rebuild something that we don’t have nothing to build our foundation with?”The disaster...

Ransomware fallout: Could lawsuits break Oakland’s silence?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

OAKLAND — Numerous city workers received alerts this month confirming the worst: strangers were attempting to open lines of credit on their accounts, using social security numbers hacked from the city during a ransomware attack that began Feb 8.It’s a nightmare no one would want to experience, but Oakland’s union leaders are just as concerned about the messages they say workers aren’t getting — from city leaders who have yet to offer a pathway out of the ongoing mess.Citing a lack of communication, union officials say they are now considering lawsuits to secure more extensive credit protections for the thousands of workers whose personal information was stolen last month and posted on the dark web.“The city has taken no steps; it’s just business as usual, with no interest in taking care of their workers,” said Barry Donelan, the Oakland police officers’ union president, who added his worst fear is that “a year, two years fr...

Detached house sells in Palo Alto for $2.8 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

185 Colorado Avenue – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 100 block of Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto was sold on March 13, 2023 for $2,780,000, or $2,317 per square foot. The house, built in 1952, has an interior space of 1,200 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and one parking space. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on a 5,500-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:A 1,856-square-foot home on the 300 block of Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto sold in October 2022, for $3,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,724. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 1,742-square-foot home on Bryant Street in Palo Alto sold for $2,938,000, a price per square foot of $1,687. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Nevada Avenue, Palo Alto, in September 2022, a 954-square-foot home was sold for $1,718,000, a price per square foot of $1,801. The home has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. 

San Francisco man convicted of raping ex-girlfriend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man was convicted by a jury of violently raping his ex-girlfriend inside her San Francisco home, the District Attorney's Office announced Monday. Joshua Beloy, 37, of San Francisco, was found guilty on three counts of rape, domestic violence, assault, false imprisonment, and harassment.He broke into the 35-year-old victim’s home on Edinburgh Street in the Excelsior neighborhood on August 8, 2018, investigators said."Beloy violently attacked and repeatedly raped a woman he had had a previous relationship with in her Excelsior home," prosecutors said. Beloy is now facing 15 years to life in prison. "I am so gratified that the jury delivered justice to this rape survivor who, having waited patiently for years for her day in court, testified courageously and compellingly to hold her offender fully accountable for his acts," said Assistant District Attorney Don Du Bain. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said, "While nothing can undo the tragedy caused from this s...

76ers’ Embiid sitting out showdown with Nuggets’ Jokic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

The showdown between MVP front-runners fizzled Monday when Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid was ruled out against the Nuggets and star Nikola Jokic.Embiid has a sore right calf. He was at the team’s shootaround Monday morning but a trainer wrapped a large ice pack on his right leg and the 76ers decided to hold him out at Denver, their third game in four nights.Embiid sat out the second half against Chicago last week because of calf tightness but played in back-to-back games on the 76ers’ Western trip over the weekend, scoring 46 points in a 120-112 loss at Golden State Friday night and 28 points in a 125-105 loss at Phoenix 24 hours later.Embiid, who has finished second to Jokic in Most Valuable Player voting each of the last two seasons, has made a late push to dethrone Jokic, although this marks the 14th game he’s missed this season. Embiid leads the NBA with a 33.3-point scoring average to go along with an 10.2 rebounding average. The 76ers (49-25) trail M...

Disney comienza el despido masivo de 7.000 empleados, anuncia el CEO Bob Iger

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

(CNN) — El CEO de Disney, Bob Iger, anunció este lunes que su empresa comenzará a despedir empleados a partir de esta semana, en la que será la primera de las tres rondas previstas luego de su anuncio en febrero de que la compañía eliminaría 7.000 puestos de trabajo.Los recortes en el personal de Disney a nivel mundial forman parte de una iniciativa multimillonaria de reducción de costos, que busca optimizar las operaciones de la empresa en un momento de agitación en el sector de los medios de comunicación.En un memorándum al personal, que obtuvo CNN, Iger dijo que los despidos se producirían en tres etapas. La primera comenzará esta semana, y los directivos empezarán a notificar los despidos pronto a los empleados afectados. Una segunda ronda, más amplia, ocurrirá en abril, según Iger, y en ella se despedirá a miles de empleados. Luego se producirá una tercera ronda de despidos “antes del comienzo del verano” para alcanzar el objetivo previsto por la empresa de el...

Mets cut Ruf following failed trade, set opening day roster

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Darin Ruf was cut Monday by the Mets as the team set its opening day roster, ending his brief stint in New York following a failed trade.Speedy outfielder Tim Locastro won the final bench spot over Ruf, acquired from San Francisco at the trade deadline last August to provide the right-handed half of a DH platoon with Daniel Vogelbach.Ruf, however, batted only .152 with no homers, seven RBIs and a .413 OPS in 74 plate appearances over 28 games with the Mets.Bothered by a sore wrist this spring, he went 5 for 30 (.167) with one RBI, two extra-base hits, nine strikeouts and a .498 OPS in 11 Grapefruit League games.To get him, the Mets sent J.D. Davis, left-hander Thomas Szapucki and minor league pitchers Nick Zwack and Carson Seymour to the Giants. Davis thrived at the plate in San Francisco last year and Szapucki was moved to the bullpen, where he compiled a 1.98 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 10 relief outings covering 13 2/3 innings.The 36-year-old Ruf was designated for a...

Lyft to pick up new CEO amid deepening post-pandemic losses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are relinquishing their leadership roles to make way for a former Amazon executive as the ride-hailing service struggles to recover from the pandemic while long-time rival Uber has been regaining its momentum.Under the new order announced Monday, Green will step down as Lyft’s CEO effective April 17 and Zimmer will give up his role as the San Francisco company’s president at the end of June.David Risher, who helped build Amazon into an e-commerce powerhouse, will replace Green as CEO. Green will remain involved with Lyft as its non-executive chairman while Zimmer will be vice chairman after he leaves management.The shake-up comes about a month after Lyft disclosed that it suffered a $588 million loss for the final three months of last year, more than doubling from the same 2021 period, and provided a dismal outlook for 2023. That deepened a downturn in Lyft’s stock, which has pushed its shares below $10, a roughly 80% dr...

Jury being chosen for sergeant charged in protest killing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:51 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an armed protester in Texas in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned onto a street and into a large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Austin.Perry’s attorneys said he acted in self defense when he shot and killed Garrett Foster, 28, after protestors banged on his car. Foster pointed a weapon at Perry, the sergeant’s attorneys say, and Perry fired from inside his vehicle. Perry, who was stationed at Fort Hood, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) north of Austin, was indicted in Foster’s death on charges of murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct, a misdemeanor, in 2021. The trial comes after attempts from Perry’s team to throw out the case over the past year.Clint Broden, who represents Perry, conf...