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Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

BY DAVID KLEPPER | Associated PressWASHINGTON  — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk.An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over the nonprofit’s research into hate speech and content moderation. The letter alleged that CCDH’s research publications seem intended “to harm Twitter’s business by driving advertisers away from the platform with incendiary claims.”Musk is a self-professed free speech absolutist who has welcomed back white supremacists and election deniers to the platform, which he renamed X earlier this month. But the billionaire has at times proven sensitive about critical speech directed at him or his companies.The center is a nonprofit with offices in the U.S. and United Kingdom. It regularly pu...

Oakland murder suspect and victim were friends, tied by illicit business and drug cartel connection, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

OAKLAND — Last May, when 53-year-old Elk Grove resident William Lusk was arrested in Florida for allegedly possessing a pound of cocaine and distribution quantities of fentanyl, he allegedly told police that his close friend who had a drug cartel connection had been gunned down in Oakland months earlier.Police in Jacksonville, Fla. didn’t know it at the time, but back on the west coast, authorities were still investigating the homicide of 57-year-old Delondo Bellamy, and Lusk was the prime suspect. They believed that Lusk had used a cellphone app to hide his number and disguise himself as a woman, then lure Bellamy to a location where he could safely gun him down.Now, after a police investigation that spanned four months, prosecutors have charged Lusk with killing Bellamy in the March 29 Oakland shooting. He was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on July 27 and remains there on a no-bail hold, court records show.The police investigation was based largely on phone reco...

Family mourns loss of brother, dog in San Pablo fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

(KRON) -- A man and his family dog died in a duplex fire in San Pablo on Friday, and his family is raising funds to help with his burial services. Nima Momeni due back in SF court with new attorney Armando Cabrera lived with his dog, Seymour, and his siblings in a duplex on Dover Avenue when a fire sparked in the residence. When first responders arrived, they found Cabrera unresponsive. (Photo courtesy of GoFundMe and Cabrera family)He was later declared dead at the scene. Seymour also died in the fire. "He leaves behind a great void in our hearts and sadness. He lived with us, his siblings and we lost it all," the Cabrera family wrote. The family has raised more than $4,000 since the fundraiser began on Sunday.

Semi-truck carrying 40,000 pounds of chocolate goes up in flames

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

(KTXL) -- A semi-truck carrying 40,000 pounds of chocolate went up in flames on Monday morning in Placer County, according to CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer. At around 4:30 a.m., crews responded to the area of Interstate 80 and Highway 174 near Colfax for reports of a commercial vehicle fire. Short staffing causes closure of Valley Springs fire station When crews arrived on scene they found a fully involved fire in the trailer of the semi-truck and were able to keep the flames from spreading into the surrounding forestland. No injuries were reported.

World Tour Citi Open Results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

MondayAt Willian H.G. FitzGerald Tennis CenterWashingtonPurse: $2,013,940Surface: Hardcourt outdoorWASHINGTON (AP) _ Results Monday from Citi Open at Willian H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):Men’s SinglesRound of 64Juncheng Shang, China, def. Emilio Gomez, Ecuador, 6-3, 6-3.Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, def. Constant Lestienne, France, 6-4, 6-4.Women’s SinglesRound of 32Belinda Bencic (6), Switzerland, def. Anastasia Potapova, Russia, 6-5, ret.Liudmila Samsonova (8), Russia, def. Danielle Collins, United States, 6-1, 6-3.Women’s DoublesRound of 16Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Aldila Sutjiadi, Indonesia, and Miyu Kato (4), Japan, 6-4, 6-3.Source

The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

FILE - Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Federal nuclear regulators announced on Friday, July 28, that they had cleared Georgia Power and its co-owners to load radioactive fuel into Unit 4, shown at right, the second of two new reactors on the site. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)(AP/John Bazemore) FILE - Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Federal nuclear regulators announced on Friday, July 28, that they had cleared Georgia Power and its co-owners to load radioactive fuel into Unit 4, shown at right, the second of two new reactors on the site. (AP Pho...

Broncos receiver Tim Patrick carted off field with right leg injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos wide receiver Tim Patrick was carted off the field Monday with a left leg injury almost a year after he tore his right ACL at training camp.There was no immediate word on the nature or extent of Patrick’s injury, but it appeared to be a serious setback for the 29-year-old who was embarking on a comeback after missing all of last season.Patrick was participating in a 7-on-7 drill with the Broncos in full pads for the first time and his left leg buckled as he pushed off to run a route. He yelled out in pain and threw his helmet as coach Sean Payton, quarterback Russell Wilson and receiver Courtland Sutton were among the first to rush over to him.He was helped onto a cart and taken inside the team’s headquarters as the crowd of some 3,000 fans fell silent.Patrick was the team’s No. 1 receiver going into last season when he tore his right ACL in a noncontact drill on Aug. 2. He was a projected starter again this summer even in a crowded ...

Nebraska’s Myles Farmer is suspended indefinitely as coach Matt Rhule opens first preseason camp

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska defensive back Myles Farmer, the team’s second-leading tackler last season, was not on the 120-man roster when the Cornhuskers opened practice Monday and his return was uncertain.First-year coach Matt Rhule said he suspended Farmer indefinitely. Rhule didn’t disclose the reason other than to say it had to do with a failure to adhere to team standards.The previous coaching staff suspended Farmer for the game against Michigan last November after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.Rhule also announced that wide receiver Josh Fleeks, a transfer from Baylor, reported “significantly” overweight Sunday and will be held out until he makes weight.Brodie Tagaloa, who was expected to be in the defensive line rotation, probably is out for the season because of injuries sustained in a car accident two weeks ago. Rhule said Tagaloa had facial cuts and required knee surgery.___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and ht...

Muere el popular disidente cubano Vladimiro Roca

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

(CNN) — Vladimiro Roca Antúnez, uno de los disidentes más populares de Cuba, murió este domingo en La Habana, Cuba, según un tuit de Martha Beatriz Roque, otra disidente cubana del grupo de Antúnez.“Con gran dolor informo que Vladimiro Roca Antúnez falleció hace aproximadamente una hora, a la edad de 80 años. Descanse en paz”, tuiteó Martha.Antunez y Roque eran parte del grupo disidente “Grupo de los Cuatro” que pedía reformas políticas y económicas en Cuba.Junto a otros miembros del grupo, Antúnez y Roque fueron detenidos en 1997 tras la publicación de “La Patria es de todos”, un artículo que pedía el respeto a los Derechos Humanos en Cuba. El artículo también era crítico con el gobierno del entonces presidente Fidel Castro.Roca supo ser un piloto militar condecorado en Cuba, y también era hijo de Blas Roca, uno de los fundadores del régimen marxista-leninista de Fidel Castro.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros...

Paul Reubens, comic actor behind zany Pee-wee Herman character, dies of cancer at age 70

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:15 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, comic actor behind zany Pee-wee Herman character, dies of cancer at age 70.Source