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Japan marks 12 years since tsunami and nuclear disaster

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Saturday marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence, as concerns grew ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and the government’s return to nuclear energy. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that ravaged large parts of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, left more than 22,000 people dead, including about 3,700 whose subsequent deaths were linked to the disaster. A moment of silence was observed nationwide at 2:46 p.m., the moment the earthquake struck.Some residents in the tsunami-hit northern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi walked down to the coast to pray for their loved ones and the 2,519 whose remains were never found. In Tomioka, one of the Fukushima towns where initial searches had to be abandoned due to radiation, firefighters and police use sticks and a hoe to rake through the coastline looking for...

Paso a paso, cómo hallaron a los estadounidenses secuestrados por el narco en México

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

CIUDAD VICTORIA, México — La denuncia anónima que les permitió a las autoridades mexicanas llegar hasta una cabaña donde estaban cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados mencionó a hombres armados, personas vendadas de los ojos y mucho movimiento en una finca de un área remota.Las autoridades se dirigieron a una zona rural al este de la ciudad de Matamoros el martes en la mañana, primero por carretera y después por caminos de tierra en busca del lugar descrito, según documentos de la pesquisa local que The Associated Press examinó el viernes.Finalmente vieron la cabaña de madera lejos de casas o establecimientos, rodeada de maleza, y también una camioneta tipo pickup blanca estacionada afuera que coincidía con aquella a la que fueron subidos los estadounidenses el viernes pasado.DOS DE LOS SECUESTRADOS ESTABAN MUERTOS, ENVUELTOS EN MANTAS Y BOLSAS DE PLÁSTICODespués escucharon a alguien que gritaba: “¡ayuda!”Dentro de la cabaña, según los documentos, Latavia “Tay” McGee y Eric Williams t...

XFL Glance

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

All Times ESTNorth DivisionWLPctPFPADC301.0007452St. Louis21.6676667Seattle12.3336668Vegas03.0005270South DivisionWLPctPFPAHouston301.0007839Arlington21.6674652San Antonio12.3335852Orlando03.0003373Sunday, March 5DC 34, St. Louis 28Arlington 10, Orlando 9Houston 22, San Antonio 13Saturday’s GamesHouston at Orlando, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Seattle, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesArlington at St. Louis, 4 p.m.Vegas at DC, 7 p.m.Thursday, March 16Houston at Seattle, 9 p.m.Saturday, March 18DC at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Orlando at Vegas, 10 p.m.Sunday, March 19Arlington at San Antonio, 10 p.m.Source

How does a bank collapse in 48 hours? A timeline of the SVB fall

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

  (CNN) — This week, the go-to bank for US tech startups came rapidly unglued, leaving its high-powered customers and investors in limbo.Silicon Valley Bank, facing a sudden bank run and capital crisis, collapsed Friday morning and was taken over by federal regulators.It was the largest failure of a US bank since Washington Mutual in 2008.Here’s what we know about the bank’s downfall, and what might come next.What is SVB?Founded in 1983, SVB specialized in banking for tech startups. It provided financing for almost half of US venture-backed technology and health care companies.While relatively unknown outside of Silicon Valley, SVB was among the top 20 American commercial banks, with $209 billion in total assets at the end of last year, according to the FDIC.Why did it fail?In short, SVB encountered a classic run on the bank.The longer version is a bit more complicated.Several forces collided to take down the banker.First, there was the Federal Reserve, w...

NH lawmaker arrested for obstructing snowplow

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the confrontation and later reported him to police.Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal threatening and simple assault, according to police. He was released on personal recognizance and ordered back to Plymouth District Court on May 18.Police said they made the arrest after receiving a report that a member of the Wentworth Highway Department had been obstructed in his efforts of snow removal by a citizen and had recorded part of the encounter on his cell phone.Greeson didn’t immediately respond to an email to his Statehouse office seeking comment Friday.Paul Manson, the road agent in Wentworth, said he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the middle of the road around 8 a.m.“He just started giving me hell, and I didn’...

Thieves are taking Dodge Chargers by pushing them into the street, programming with new keys

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

 RED GROVE, Illinois (WBBM) — Car thefts are at their highest level in the U.S. since 2008, and Illinois tops the list.Now, one man from the south suburbs says he knows what is pushing the numbers higher. He caught thieves on surveillance camera pushing his car from his house.The man, Jawuan Bishop, told CBS 2’s Sara Machi he’s he is sick of the trend. Meanwhile, a car expert is looking for solutions.“Sadly enough to say, I kind of already expected that to happen,” Bishop said. “I just didn’t think my day was going to come that day. But it did. And that’s just what happened.”That was Bishop’s reaction after watching video of thieves stealing his Dodge Charger this week. He said he has heard of this trend and caught it on video – after thieves break a rear window, they are able to essentially put the Dodge in neutral.One person is then seen running behind the car to push it into the street. Others joined – a...

Scattered showers in San Diego are expected to taper off at this time

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- It was a wet Saturday morning for several parts of San Diego County, but the National Weather Service says residents may not need their umbrellas all weekend. Scattered showers are expected to be the most widespread in the morning hours and should decrease into Saturday afternoon, according to weather officials. Looking ahead, the tail end of the rain is expected to taper off Saturday night. Wet weather could impact weekend plans NWS says dry and mild weather conditions are forecast for Sunday and slightly warmer temperatures are expected into Monday. According to weather officials, Sunday's high will range from 65 to 70 degrees west of the mountains, around 50 degrees in the mountains, in the low 80s in the low deserts and upper 60s in the high deserts. This isn't the last of the rain and wind. NWS says the next storm in "the parade of seemingly endless winter storms" is forecast to arrive Tuesday, moving across southern California into the night before leaving the r...

Police: Podcaster and husband shot dead in Seattle-area home

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

REDMOND, Wa. (AP) — A podcaster and her husband were found shot to death in their suburban Seattle home, along with a man who had been suspected of stalking the podcast host for months, in what police who had tried to serve a protection order in the case described as their “worst nightmare.”Police had been trying to serve a protection order on Ramin Khodakaramrezaei, 38, before Friday’s killings, but they had been having a hard time locating the truck driver from Texas, Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe said. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and her husband, Mohammad Milad Naseri, 35, had just received the court order a week earlier.Sadeghi’s mother called police around 1:45 a.m. Friday after she escaped the home and ran to a neighbor’s house.Officers found Naseri lying on the floor near the door of the home and pulled him outside and saw that he had a gunshot wound. They performed CPR, but he died at the scene. Inside the home, officers found Sadeghi and the suspect dead.“This...

US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general’s vaccine claims

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. health agencies have sent a letter to Florida’s surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 risks are harmful to the public.The letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was sent Friday to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Ladapo was appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021 and has attracted national scrutiny over his close alignment with the governor in opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other health policies embraced by the federal government.Ladapo last year released guidance recommending against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children, contradicting federal public health leaders whose advice says all kids should get the shots. He also has recommended against men ages 18 to 39 getting the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, claiming that an analysis by the Florida Department of Health showed an 84% increase in cardiac-related deaths.In their letter, the federal agen...

Coroner: Death of former Ohio AMBER Alert infant unexplained

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An autopsy has concluded that the death of one of two Ohio twin boys who became the center of a statewide AMBER Alert that garnered nationwide attention last year was due to “sudden unexplained infant death” that involved an “unsafe sleep environment.”The Franklin County Coroner’s Office on Friday cited “no evidence of trauma, foul play, abuse, or neglect” in the Jan. 28 death of the 6-month-old Columbus boy.The office said the child had been placed face-down on an adult bed with excess bedding and pillows, which it called an unsafe sleep environment, after being fed and was left unsupervised, but it could not be determined whether such “significant conditions” played a role in his death.The coroner’s office said young infants have limited neck muscle strength to reposition their airway which can lead to a form of oxygen deprivation, but the office couldn’t confirm or exclude “a contributory component of mechanical or obstructive asphyxia” so the manner o...