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Latest line: A good week for Ward Connerly, a bad week for Kamala Harris

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

Ward ConnerlyBusinessman and former UC regent who championed Proposition 209, an affirmative action ban at state universities in 1996, sees his “colorblind” argument win nationally in a landmark Supreme Court decision.    Kamala HarrisVice president hits a record low in new poll, with 49% of the public viewing her negatively — more than former veeps Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore when they were second fiddle.   Metropolitan Water DistrictPowerful LA water agency sees its long-running hopes for a Delta tunnel diminish as state lawmakers reject governor’s push to streamline its environmental studies. But at least the drought is over. 

Appeals court upholds suspension of UC Berkeley professor for sexual harassment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

A state appeals court has upheld the suspension of a disgraced UC Berkeley architecture professor who lost his job after claims of sexual harassment from a former graduate student came to light.Nezar AlSayyad — an internationally recognized scholar who started teaching within the university’s Architecture and City and Regional Planning departments in 1985 — opted to retire in 2018 instead of serving a three-year suspension without pay for violating the university’s code of conduct.However, AlSayyad, who was born in Cairo, Egypt, promptly sued the UC Regents over the sanctions, seeking damages from what he felt was a “weak case” against him that was based on discrimination of his national origin.Following a five-month investigation into the allegations, UC Chancellor Carol Christ handed down the discipline in August of 2018. She overturned a one-year suspension that had previously been recommended by a committee that oversaw tenured and privileged professors, which reject...

They said it: No longer bearing a cross

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

“There’s a lot of people who love it being up there — a lot of people go up there and pray and have church services.”— Kevin Pope, president of the Albany Lions Club, on Albany’s removal of a 28-foot cross at Albany Hill Park and move to seize a club easement through eminent domain, which Mayor Aaron Tiedemann said makes the city look “a little bit more accepting now.”

U.S. Women’s Open: Must-see television awaits from picturesque Pebble Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

PEBBLE BEACH – When does women’s golf become must-see TV? When it’s held at possibly the most picturesque place on Earth, and when it’s on prime-time network television for the very first time.“The two of them together is like a match made in heaven,” said Morgan Pressel, a golfer-turned-analyst for NBC Sports and Golf Channel.The United States Golf Association loves the idea so much that it’s hosting the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach for the first time this week, then returning again in 2035, 2040, and 2048.“Fans want to see golf courses that they recognize,” said Michelle Wie West, a Stanford graduate and 2014 U.S. Women’s Open champion. “They want to be able to recognize the shots that we’re hitting, recognize the course that we’re playing.”PEBBLE BEACH, CA – JUNE16: Gary Woodland holds the trophy after winning the 2019 U.S. Open Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif., on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)&nbs...

Tiroteo mortal deja 7 baleados y dos personas pisoteadas en Kansas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

WICHITA, Kansas — Un tiroteo en Kansas dejó siete personas con heridas de bala y otras dos víctimas hospitalizadas después de ser pisoteadas cuando la gente salía corriendo de un club nocturno el domingo por la mañana, dijo la policía. Se realizaron disparos justo antes de la 1 a.m. en un club nocturno en North Washington Street, dijo el teniente de policía de Wichita, Aaron Moses, durante una conferencia de prensa en el lugar. CNBC: mamá de 47 años gana $2,700 al mes con su trabajo pasivo; mira cómo “el dinero le sigue entrando” Tiroteo en una fiesta en Baltimore deja 2 muertos y 28 heridos, según la policía “Tenemos siete personas que han recibido disparos. Tenemos dos personas que fueron pisoteadas durante el éxodo masivo fuera del club”, dijo Moses, y señaló que la investigación aún estaba en la etapa preliminar.No hubo víctimas mortales, pero hubo una herida crítica. Todas las víctimas estaban siendo tratadas en un hospital d...

Despega una misión destinada a desentrañar los mayores misterios del universo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

(CNN) — Una misión diseñada para desentrañar algunos de los mayores misterios del universo despegó.El telescopio espacial Euclid de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA, por sus siglas en inglés) despegó este sábado a las 11:12 a.m. (hora Miami) a bordo de un cohete SpaceX Falcon 9 desde la estación espacial de Cabo Cañaveral, en Florida.El control de la misión recibió una señal del telescopio alrededor de las 11:57 a.m. (hora Miami).El telescopio espacial Euclid justo antes de su instalación en el morro del cohete Falcon 9 de SpaceX este martes. (Crédito: SpaceX).El telescopio, de 1,2 metros de diámetro, emprendió un viaje de un mes hacia su destino orbital, el punto de Lagrange L2 entre el Sol y la Tierra, que se encuentra a casi 1 millón de millas (1,6 millones de kilómetros) de la Tierra y también alberga el telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA. Euclid seguirá el ritmo de la Tierra mientras nuestro planeta orbita alrededor del Sol.Una vez en órbita, Euclid pasará dos mese...

‘This is my stop’: MetroHero hands conductor’s hat to new WMATA commuters, watchdogs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

MetroHero — a D.C. transit project launched in 2015 with the goal of keeping track of Metro’s trains, issues and commute changes in real time — has reached its final stop. A number of new trackers have already stepped up to take its place.Friday, Metro said the MetroMeter tool will step in to provide real time information similar to the MetroHero app.Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Randy Clarke released a statement on the change.“MetroHero was popular with customers for good reason, and Metro is excited to provide our customers with a similar tool to track our performance in real time and bring more transparency to our operations. Metro thanks the creators of MetroHero for their years of service to our customers, and we’re proud to continue their work to shine light on our progress providing excellent service to the region.”MetroMeter is expected to go online late this week, according to the transit agency. Metro said it’s also working on ad...

‘Incubator of brotherhood’: M-Cubed summer academy is about more than just mathematics

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — R.J. Gatling was transitioning into the fifth grade at Baker-Butler Elementary School when his principal approached him about an opportunity in the M-Cubed program.M-Cubed, which stands for “Math, Men and Mission,” is dedicated to helping middle school students from Charlottesville and Albemarle County achieve higher math class placements when they reach high school, according to the nonprofit group behind the summer program: 100 Black Men of Central Virginia.“I always had an interest in math, but I always struggled in math, and then I was always the worst public speaker,” Gatling said. “I was too shy even to tell the teacher my name when I first came here.”Through the program, Gatling learned the basics of what he’d later learn in his math classes the following year. His understanding of math and public speaking became better each year.“I’d always be shaking, I’d be trembling in my voice, but I even gave speeches during the closing ceremonies here,” Gatl...

Russia launches the first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days and all are shot down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After a relative lull, Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days.All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city administration. In addition to the city itself, the surrounding Kyiv region was targeted. Kyiv regional Gov. Ruslan Kravchenko reported that one person was wounded by falling debris from a destroyed drone.Officials in the Ukrainian capital didn’t provide an exact number of drones that attacked the city. But Ukraine’s air force said that across the country, eight Shaheds and three Kalibr cruise missiles were launched by the Russians.Further south, a 13-year-old boy was wounded in overnight shelling of Ukraine’s partially occupied southern Kherson province, said Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, spokesman for the Ukrainian administration of the province. The child was w...

F1’s governing body rejects McLaren’s appeal of Lando Norris penalty at Canadian GP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:30 GMT

SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Formula One’s governing body has rejected McLaren’s right of review request for the time penalty given to Lando Norris at the Canadian Grand Prix, where he dropped down from ninth to 13th place for driving deliberately slowly.Following a review hearing on Sunday, which was held ahead of the Austrian GP and attended by two McLaren team representatives, the petition was rejected on the grounds that there was no new relevant element of information available to McLaren that wasn’t at the time.Only a relevant new element could have led to a second hearing taking place at a later date. Norris was handed a five-second penalty during the race in Montreal for what the stewards called “unsportsmanlike behavior.”After Mercedes driver George Russell triggered a safety car by crashing into the wall and sending debris on the track, McLaren told its drivers Oscar Piastri and Norris to pit for new tires. Norris was then accused by stewards of driving deliberate...