San Jose Fire Chief apologizes for Pink Poodle strip club incident

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Jose Fire Chief is still not naming names for who was involved in an embarrassing strip club scandal. Instead, Fire Chief Robert Sapien wrote an apology to the mayor and City Council pledging to "reinforce standards of conduct." The scandal began in October when video surfaced on San Jose Foos' Instagram page showing a San Jose Fire Department truck with its lights activated outside the Pink Poodle strip club. The video recorded a young woman wearing only a bikini and high-heels step out of the fire truck and walk into the club. San Jose Foos' captioned the video, "Only in San Jose do you see a stripper come out of a firetruck."The city launched an investigation into what happened on the night of October 5, 2022, and to find who was operating Engine-4. The investigation concluded in February. Earlier this month, Sapien wrote a memorandum to the City Council stating, "Based on the investigation findings, it was determined that the actions related to the video ... co...

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study.The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in the paper published Monday by Annals of Internal Medicine. Hospital workers were strained by coronavirus patients, and that likely shifted their focus away from disinfecting some other kinds of germs, they said.The fungus, Candida auris, is a form of yeast that is usually not harmful to healthy people but can be a deadly risk to fragile hospital and nursing home patients. It spreads easily and can infect wounds, ears and the bloodstream. Some strains are so-called superbugs that are resistant to all three classes of antibiotic drugs used to treat fungal infections.It was first identified in Japan in 2009 and has been seen in more and more countries. The first U.S. case occurred in 2013, but it was not re...

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Judge says no death penalty for mom in triple murder case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late wife will no longer face the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday. Lori Vallow Daybell is scheduled to stand trial starting April 3. Both she and Chad Daybell — her newest husband — have pleaded not guilty to murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s children — 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, and Tylee Ryan, who was last seen a few days before her 17th birthday. They are also charged in connection with the October 2019 death of Chad Daybell’s late wife, Tammy Daybell. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty for both defendants, but Vallow Daybell’s attorneys said it should be taken off the table in her case because they will not have time to fully review a large amount of evidence that was turned over in recent weeks. During a Tuesday morning hearing, 7th District Judge Steven Boyc...

Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

Missouri’s attorney general has said he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators in that state and many others seek bans or other restrictions on the treatment.Doctors and advocates for the transgender community contend the planned rule contains misleading or incorrect information straight from the playbook of anti-trans activists. Here’s a look at what the rule does and what’s behind some of its assertions.WHAT DOES THE MISSOURI EMERGENCY RULE DO?Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s rule will target treatment for gender-questioning children, which typically begins with puberty-blocking drugs to temporarily pause sexual development. They are offered early in puberty, sometimes before the age of 10. Sex hormones — estrogen or testosterone — are offered next, generally in the teen years, allowing transgender boys and girls to physically transition. Some...

21Vianet: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — BEIJING (AP) — 21Vianet Group Inc. (VNET) on Tuesday reported a loss of $9.3 million in its fourth quarter.The Beijing-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents per share.The provider of carrier-neutral internet data center services posted revenue of $272.7 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $112.5 million, or 78 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $1.02 billion.21Vianet expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.07 billion to $1.11 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on VNET at https://www.zacks.com/ap/VNETSource

Bayern beats Arsenal 1-0 in 1st leg of Women’s CL quarters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich beat Arsenal 1-0 in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday for a 13th straight win in all competitions.Lea Schuller’s header in the 39th minute at Allianz Arena separates the teams heading into the second leg in London next week.Caitlin Foord hit the post for Arsenal while teammates Stina Blackstenius and Leah Williamson both had efforts cleared off the line as the English team showed more than enough to suggest a semifinal appearance for the first time since 2013 was realistic.Roma was playing 2021 champion Barcelona later Tuesday. The first legs of the other two quarterfinals — Lyon vs. Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain vs. Wolfsburg — take place on Wednesday.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Apaches tell court copper mine would harm sacred sites

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American group that’s trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States told a full federal appeals court panel Tuesday that the project would prevent Apaches from exercising their religion by destroying land they consider sacred. U.S. federal government plans for a land swap that will allow Resolution Copper to build the mine will destroy the land in eastern Arizona known as Oak Flat, “barring the Apaches from ever accessing it again and ending their core religious practices forever,” said attorney Luke Goodrich, arguing for the group Apache Stronghold. “We asked the court today to recognize the obvious — that when the government destroys a sacred site, religious liberty law has something to say about it,” Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the nonprofit legal institution Becket Law, said in a prepared statement distributed after the hearing in Pasadena, California. “A win for Apache Stronghold wil...

HealthEquity: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:52 GMT

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — DRAPER, Utah (AP) — HealthEquity Inc. (HQY) on Tuesday reported a loss of $209,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Draper, Utah-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses and stock option expense, came to 37 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 34 cents per share.The provider of services for managing health care accounts posted revenue of $233.8 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $229.4 million.For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $26.1 million, or 31 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $861.7 million.HealthEquity expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.74 to $1.87 per share, with revenue in the range of $960 million to $975 million._____This story was generated by Automated ...