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Pro-Palestine protesters interrupt Colorado lawmakers as special session restarts

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

Updated at 9:46 a.m.: A group of pro-Palestine protestors briefly interrupted the Colorado House of Representatives on Saturday morning, shouting from the balcony overlooking the House floor and calling for lawmakers to support a ceasefire in Gaza.Lawmakers had just reconvened for the morning when a small group of protesters unfurled Palestinian flags and a banner calling for an end to Israel’s occupation while one man shouted for lawmakers to condemn Israel’s campaign in Gaza.Troopers from the Colorado State Patrol, who oversee security in the Capitol, shepherded the dozen or so protesters out of the balcony area. They then began to chant from the building’s interior, watched by law enforcement.A group of Democratic lawmakers — Reps. Iman Jodeh, Tim Hernandez, Jen Bacon and Javier Mabrey — spoke with the group, and one of the House’s sergeants — the chamber’s quasi-security force — told the protesters they could go down to a bas...

SpaceX loses rocket and spacecraft over Gulf of Mexico in second test flight

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

(CNN) — SpaceX’s gargantuan deep-space rocket system, Starship, safely lifted off Saturday morning but ended prematurely with an explosion and a loss of signal.The Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft successfully separated after liftoff, as the Starship lit up its engines and pushed away. That process ended up destroying the Super Heavy booster, which erupted into a ball of flames over the Gulf of Mexico. But the Starship spacecraft was able to briefly continue its journey.The Starship system made it much further into flight than the first attempt in April. The rocket and spacecraft lifted off the launchpad at 8 a.m. ET, with the Super Heavy booster igniting all 33 of its engines.The Starship upper stage began its trip Saturday morning strapped to the top of the Super Heavy first stage, a 232-foot-tall (70.7-meter-tall) rocket packed with 33 massive engines. About two and a half minutes after roaring to life and vaulting off the launchpad, the Super Heavy booster expended mo...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 13 action

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …CCS Open Division championshipNo. 1 Serra 63, No. 7 Wilcox 27Serra built a 49-13 halftime at San Jose City College and a running clock was in use the entire second half as the Padres won their fourth consecutive title in the Central Coast Section’s top division, earning a likely spot in the CIF Open Division championship game on Dec. 9 in Southern California. Wilcox will play Los Gatos for the CCS’s Division I title and a regio...

‘Generous and warm’: Silicon Valley philanthropist dies

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

(BCN) -- Michael E. Fox Sr., a longtime Silicon Valley philanthropist, has died.Fox, 87, died of respiratory complications while ill on Nov. 3, according to his oldest son, Michael Fox Jr. Fox Sr. founded M.E. Fox & Company in 1965 alongside his wife, Mary Ellen Fox, and grew it to become one of the county's largest beverage distributors. He is remembered as a strong force in Silicon Valley politics and for his advocacy across the region, supporting a variety of nonprofit causes ranging from educational to health to faith. OpenAI CEO fired, company president quits "He got things done," Michael Fox Jr., CEO of Goodwill Silicon Valley, told San Jose Spotlight. "He just had the ability to bring the right people together to get any kind of difficult issue done."Fox Jr. said his father's ability to cultivate relationships with people in the political and nonprofit spheres helped him advocate for causes he believed in.He said his father's Jesuit education and Catholic faith were a d...

Marin County Fire Department lifts prohibition on agricultural, residential debris burns

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

(BCN) -- Marin County has lifted its prohibition on burning agricultural and residential vegetation debris with the arrival of colder temperatures and rain, county officials announced Friday. Now that the cool, drizzly autumn weather has arrived, the Marin County Fire Department is allowing people with burn permits to safely burn dead and dry vegetation. 3 arrested after theft, assault of employees at Mill Valley Market People who want to burn debris must also confirm that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District hasn't issued a Spare the Air Alert for the day. County officials said only dry, natural vegetative material may be burned while incinerating trash, painted wood or other debris is not allowed.Also, burning on windy days isn't allowed, nor of piles higher than four feet in diameter and in height, although as the pile burns down, people are allowed to add more debris to the fire.People must also clear a 10-foot diameter patch of dirt around the burn pile, have a shove...

South Africa opens World Cup qualifying with 2-1 win over Benin

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa started its World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-1 home win against Benin on Saturday to take the early lead in Group C. Percy Tau put the host ahead in the second minute following a swift interchange of passes, and South Africa doubled its lead at the Moses Mabhidha Stadium when Khuliso Mudau finished from close range on the stroke of halftime after Benin failed to clear the ball. Benin captain Steve Mounié reduced the deficit in the 69th by coolly slotting the ball past South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams from inside the box.The other four teams in Group C all drew their opening games, including Nigeria being held to a surprising 1-1 stalemate at home against Lesotho on Thursday. South Africa hasn’t appeared at a World Cup since hosting the 2010 edition, and last qualified for the tournament in 2002. South Africa coach Hugo Broos, a 71-year-old Belgian, now has the task of taking Bafana Bafana back to the showcase tournament in ...

Brazil recovers to reach second round at U17 World Cup. US to face Germany in round of 16

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Defending champion Brazil recovered from an opening-game loss at the Under-17 World Cup to set up a second-round match against Ecuador in the Indonesian city of Surakarta on Monday.The four-time title-winner was stunned by Iran in the opening Group C game but recovered against New Caledonia and then beat 2017 champion England 2-1 on Friday to advance.“The most important thing is not the final result, it’s how we react to the circumstances,” Brazil coach Phelipe Leal said. “The team showed their mental strength and their quality of play. I think we deserve to advance and we reached the very strong final phase.”Group winner England will face Uzbekistan while Iran also advanced to meet Morocco on Monday.The top two from each of the six groups of four as well as the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.Despite being on home soil and backed by passionate crowds, Indonesia, in its first appearance at any World Cup for over 80 years, was elimin...

Argentine presidential candidate Milei goes to the opera — and meets both jeers and cheers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Both jeers and cheers for Argentina’s right-wing presidential candidate resounded with acoustic perfection inside the country’s legendary Colón Theater, laying bare the country’s polarization on the eve of Sunday’s runoff.The audience had gathered Friday evening in Latin America’s premiere opera house that is world-renowned for its acoustics to watch a performance of “Madama Butterfly” — but Javier Milei soon became the main event. A group began insulting him as he sat in the front row of a box alongside his girlfriend.“Milei, trash, you are the dictatorship!” some attendees can be heard chanting at the candidate in videos on social media. He has downplayed Argentina’s bloody 1976-1983 military rule, saying the number of its victims is far below what human rights organizations have long claimed, among other controversial positions.Some videos on social media also showed a few orchestra musicians playing the “Peronist March,” an anthem of the poli...

Inmate located in Larkspur after manhunt, shelter in place

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- An escaped inmate was located hiding in a barn on private property in the Larkspur area by a citizen and Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies, the agency reported Saturday morning.On Friday, parts of Larkspur near Fox Farm and Spruce Mountain were under a shelter-in-place Friday while police searched for the escaped inmate. Victim killed in El Paso County courthouse shooting was carrying baby: police According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the county's SWAT team was in the area looking for Luis Fernando Certa-Regaldo. Investigators remained there Friday night, but they had not found him "after an exhaustive search."The Sheriff's Office said Certa-Regaldo was taken into custody without incident but was unable to provide further information as this is still an open investigation. Certa-Regaldo was arrested Wednesday in Weld County on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, obstruction and attempting to influence law enforcement.While in custody, h...

Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman welcome in France, digital minister says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:17:50 GMT

Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is welcome in France, French Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Saturday, a day after the creator of ChatGPT fired Altman.“Sam Altman, his team and their talents are welcome in France, where we are accelerating [efforts] to put artificial intelligence at the service of the common good,” Barrot said in a post on X.OpenAI’s board on Friday said it had lost confidence in Altman, according to a blog post by the company. He is being replaced by chief technology officer Mira Murati.Altman met with French President Emmanuel Macron in May to discuss the place of France and Europe in the global race for artificial intelligence (AI). It was part of a tour around Europe by the OpenAI chief to pitch his version of AI rulemaking, which also included stops in Germany, the U.K., Spain and Poland. The EU has been trying to come to grips with regulating AI virtually since OpenAI’s ChatGPT was launch in November 2022. The software i...