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Pac-12 midseason awards: UW’s Penix, Utah’s Whittingham lead our look at the best (and worst) from the first half

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

The final season of Pac-12 football as we know it doubles as the most compelling season of Pac-12 football in eons. With seven weeks down and seven remaining, the Hotline examines the best and worst from the first half …Top storyline I: Stellar successThe conference entered 2023 with lofty expectations and met them, easily. It owns a 29-6 record in non-conference play and has a winning record against Power Five opponents. It has six teams in the current AP top-25 poll — at one point, there were eight — and two in the top 10. It claims three favorites for the Heisman Trophy and five College Football Playoff contenders (i.e., teams with fewer than two losses). Put another way: After so many subpar seasons, the Pac-12 is the best league in the land.Top storyline II: QB playWhat might be the most talented lineup of quarterbacks in conference history has excelled under the national spotlight. Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. is the betting favorite for the Heisman, ...

Flight canceled because of defecation incident

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

A flight from the Canary Islands to London was canceled and its passengers made to disembark after someone onboard the aircraft defecated on the bathroom floor.The easyJet flight on Sunday evening — what was to be a four-hour trip from the island of Tenerife to London’s Gatwick airport — had already been delayed by several hours when the incident occurred.Aaran Gedhu, a passenger on board, told CNN Travel the scheduled plane had been switched out for a smaller one, causing some customers to be turned away at boarding. Those who made it on board, two hours after the scheduled departure, then had to wait on the ground for more than an hour while bags were offloaded due to the aircraft being overweight.As the delay extended, the atmosphere on the packed flight was characterized by “suspense and anger,” Gedhu said.“EasyJet planes, as they are, just aren’t very comfortable – it’s just a basic seat with okayish legroom room. So everyone was just a bit tense,” he said.“Th...

Gigi Hadid and family get death threats over Palestine support after model was condemned by Israel

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

Half-Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid and her wealthy Los Angeles family have become a focus of anger over Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and its brutal murder and kidnapping of civilians, especially after Hadid went on social media over the weekend to criticize Israel for “its treatment of Palestinians.”TMZ reported that every member of the Hadid household has received death threats over their support for Palestine. That includes Gigi, her younger supermodel sister Bella, their brother Anwar and their parents, real estate developer Mohamed, who is Palestinian, and their mother, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hill” star Yolanda.The threats are being made via email, social media and family members’ cell phones, and they contain graphic descriptions about how someone would carry out their executions, TMZ reported. The family members’ phone numbers also were leaked online, TMZ said.The threats come after Gigi Hadid provoked a sharp rebuke from...

Suspect in armed home invasion robbery arrested in San Jose

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who allegedly pistol whipped someone during an armed home invasion robbery last week has been arrested, according to the San Jose Police Department. On Friday, Oct. 13, at around 10:21 a.m., SJPD officers responded to the 2000 block of Newton Avenue on a report of a home invasion robbery.At the scene, officers made contact with the victim, an adult male. A preliminary investigation revealed that the man had interrupted a burglary in progress at his home.The suspect, according to police, struck the victim in the face with a pistol, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries. The armed male suspect then took belongings and personal property from the residence.SJPD's Robbery Unit responded and began investigating the incident. Through the investigation, the suspect was identified as Elias Ramirez Velo, an 18-year-old Santa Clara resident. Detectives obtained warrants for his arrest and to search his residence.Officers from SJPD's Special Operations, METRO Unit, Violent ...

Officials deemed it a fatal crash. Then they found a bullet in the driver's body

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

Fairfield Police say that a deadly single-vehicle crash in mid-October is now being investigated as a homicide after finding a bullet in the driver's body. The crash involved only a pickup truck, which was found on October 13 around 8:30 a.m. near Cement Hill and Peabody roads, on the eastern end of the city. IRS postpones tax filing deadline one month for California storm victims Police said the truck hit several structures before stopping, and that the truck's driver, a 44-year-old Oakland resident, was ejected from the vehicle and died. Investigators believe the crash may have happened the night before, but because of the vehicle's location off of the roadways, was likely not found until there was more daylight. Body in hospital gown recovered from Stanislaus River As the crash was being investigated, an autopsy was performed and resulted in a bullet being found in the man's body. Investigators have now determined that the crash "was the result of a shooting."Police said the...

SF mayor introduces measure to give police more power to enforce laws

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed introduced a new ballot measure on Tuesday that would give police more power. Dubbed "Safer San Francisco," the measure is intended to remove obstacles that make it more difficult for San Francisco Police Department officers to do their jobs, according to the mayor's office."Safer San Francisco will put public safety first and put SFPD officers in position to better serve our communities," according to a statement from Breed's office. The measure would accomplish this by giving officers access to better technology and reducing paperwork so officers could spend more time on the streets. Newsom signs off on update to California’s bottle recycling law The measure would also prevent the City's Police Commission "from prioritizing ideology before community safety," according to the mayor.“We need to give our officers the tools necessary to keep our communities safe and not leave them stuck behind a desk when they can be out on t...

Whistleblower: The World Bank Helped Cover Up Child Sex Abuse at a Chain of For-Profit Schools It Funded

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

For Shannon May and her husband Jay Kimmelman, the conference call scheduled with the World Bank on September 12, 2020, was make or break. It had been just over 10 years since the Harvard graduates had launched Bridge International Academies, a chain of for-profit schools that had exploded in Africa and South Asia. With the backing of Silicon Valley’s elite and the support of international financial institutions like the World Bank, the founders were now in negotiations to raise fresh capital that would allow them to move into several new countries. Rapid expansion was essential to the company’s business model. Bridge had figured out a way to slash the biggest cost drivers of a school budget — teachers’ salaries and traditional school houses — but the business was a low-margin enterprise that couldn’t slow down. The company was aiming for 10 million pupils, and it wasn’t as unreachable as it sounded: Bridge had already taught more than 1 million kids, backed by the for-profit i...

Gaza Health Ministry says death toll in Gaza City hospital blast rises to at least 500

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike.If confirmed, the attack on the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City it would be by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008.The Israeli military says it is looking into the report.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza Health Ministry says over 200 people have been killed in what it says was an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City Hospital.Hundreds of people were seeking shelter at the al-Ahli Hospital at the time of the blast.Photos sent to The Associated Press showed fire engulfing the hospital halls, shattered glass and body parts scattered across the area.There was no immediate Israeli military comment.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombed areas ...

Lightning captain Steven Stamkos to miss his 2nd straight game with lower boy injury

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos won’t play against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night due to a lower-body injury that will lead to him missing his second straight game.Coach Jon Cooper provided the update before the game in listing Stamkos as being day to day. Stamkos appeared to get hurt when blocking a shot in a 6-4 loss at Detroit on Saturday. He did not play in a 5-2 loss at Ottawa a day later.The Lightning (1-2) close out their three-game road trip at Buffalo (0-2) before returning to Tampa Bay to open a five-game homestand, beginning against Vancouver on Thursday.Tampa Bay is already without starting goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is expected to miss at least one more month after having back surgery. Center Tyler Motte will miss his third straight game due to an upper body injury.The losses to Atlantic Division rivals, coupled with the injuries led to Cooper expressing a sense of urgency.“To go on this trip this early in the year and get zero p...

University of Wisconsin leaders to close 2 more branch campuses due to declining enrollment

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:51 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two more Universities of Wisconsin two-year branch campuses will close by next year and more shutdowns might be on the way as students continue to opt for four-year colleges and online classes, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday.Rothman told reporters during a conference call that he has decided to shutter UW-Milwaukee’s Washington County campus and UW-Oshkosh’s Fond du Lac campus. He said that in-person instruction at the two schools will end by June 2024. Enrollment at both schools as well as three other two-year campus has ticked upward this fall, but it’s not enough to offset more than a decade of decreasing enrollment. “The market is telling us the mission of the two-year-branch campuses is not as attractive as it once was,” Rothman said.Enrollment at UW-Milwaukee’s Washington County campus has plummeted from 1,054 students in the fall of 2020 to 285 students in the fall of 2022, according to Universiti...