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Oakland firefighters battling 2-alarm fire in Fruitvale neighborhood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

(BCN) -- Oakland firefighters are trying to contain a two-alarm structure fire in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood that began early Wednesday morning.The fire occurred at a former warehouse building in the area of East 12th Street and 29th Avenue, the Oakland Fire Department said on social media shortly before 6 a.m.A wall and the structure's roof have collapsed, according to firefighters. No injuries have been reported. Video in the player above from the Oakland Fire Department shows firefighters on scene extinuishing the blaze.(Photo: Oakland Fire Department)Adjacent rail traffic is stopped in both directions, the Fire Department said.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Man shot during robbery in South San Francisco, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

(KRON) -- A man in South San Francisco was shot Monday during a robbery where two suspects demanded the victim’s money, according to the South San Francisco Police Department.South SF police and fire department personnel responded at 11:12 p.m. to a report of a man shot in the leg on the 200 block of Hillside Boulevard. The man suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg during a robbery, police said.According to authorities, two suspects got out of a black vehicle and demanded money from the man. During the robbery, the suspect who had been sitting in the front passenger seat shot the man. Video: 5 suspects steal $50k in Gucci merch from San Jose store, 1 arrested Both suspects are described as being light-skinned male adults who were wearing black clothing, South SF police said.Anyone with information is asked to contact the South San Francisco Police Department at (650)-877-8900.

Recuperan más restos del sumergible Titan que implosionó en un viaje hacia el Titanic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

La Guardia Costera ha recuperado los últimos restos, incluyendo restos humanos, del sumergible Titan que colapsó mientras se dirigía a explorar los vestigios del Titanic y causó la muerte de las cinco personas a bordo, informaron funcionarios el martes. La misión, realizada en acuerdo con la Marina estadounidense, fue una continuación de las operaciones de recuperación iniciales en el fondo del océano a unos 1,600 pies de distancia del Titanic, dijo la Guardia Costera. También afirmó que la recuperación y el traslado de las piezas restantes habían concluido el miércoles pasado, y una foto mostraba la parte de popa intacta del navío, de 22 pies de largo.Los investigadores creen que el Titan implosionó mientras descendía en aguas del Atlántico Norte el 18 de junio. ¿Qué fue lo que causó la implosión del sumergible Titan? Insólito: esposa de piloto de sumergible que implosionó desciende de pareja que murió en el Titanic La búsqueda d...

Rockies attendance grows during worst season in franchise history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Despite the Colorado Rockies breaking the franchise record for the most losses in a season and having the lowest-attended regular season game in 10 years, the team's overall turnout this year may have been higher than you think.Attendance at Coors Field never wavers. Maybe this is because Coors Field is ranked as having some of the best stadium food in the country or because of the cheap ticket prices. However, the team's lowest-attended games are still higher than other MLB teams' averages for the entire season. Is it really easier to hit a home run at Coors Field? Based on ESPN's MLB attendance records, the Rockies were ranked 14th out of 30 teams for average attendance in 2023. While this is higher than half the MLB teams, the Rockies usually hit in the top 10 for average attendance records. This is their lowest ranking since 2015 when they were also ranked 14th in the league.The attendance for the entire MLB increased by 9.1% this year compared to last year, a...

A Chilean national wanted in the killing of famed singer-activist Victor Jara is in custody in Florida after his US citizenship was revoked

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

(CNN) — A Chilean national who’s been wanted in that country in the killing of singer-songwriter Victor Jara 50 years ago is now in custody in Florida, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.Pedro Barrientos was arrested last week during a traffic stop in Deltona, Florida, ICE announced Tuesday.Barrientos, a former military officer, was charged by a Chilean judge in 2012 in the brutal 1973 killing of Jara.“Barrientos will now have to answer the charges he’s faced with in Chile for his involvement in torture and extrajudicial killing of Chilean citizens,” said John Condon, a special agent with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Tampa division, in a written statement Tuesday.Courtesy Marcelo Hernandez/Getty ImagesCourtesy Reuters/FileCNN has reached out to Barrientos’ attorneys for comment.Jara, a communist sympathizer, was among the first victims of Chile’s military coup and dictatorship in 1973. His body was found with 44 bullet wounds and signs of torture.“On Sept. 11, 197...

Tunisia hands back €60M of EU funding as migrant deal tensions soar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

BRUSSELS — Tunisia returned EU cash amid escalating tensions between Brussels and Tunis over a controversial migrant deal.A Commission spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO the North African country returned €60 million of budget support delivered by the EU executive in September.This comes as a major blow to the controversial migrant deal signed by the European Commission with Tunisia in July that offered cash in exchange for help stemming migrant flows across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.Tunisia gave back the money as a sign of its dissatisfaction toward the Commission. The North African country accused the EU executive of withholding more funds it had promised under the migrant agreement. Relations between Tunis and Brussels have collapsed since July as the EU punted on handing out the promised cash — worth €255 million — to the North African country, amid growing criticism over the funding. Tunis accused the bloc of pledging funding that originates in ongoing programs that pred...

EU looks to boost secure submarine internet cables in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

The European Union’s executive wants to help invest in “cable projects of European interest” that would reduce its reliance on too few undersea internet connections and make it less vulnerable to sabotage, a document seen by POLITICO showed. The EU push is expected to come in early 2024 as part of a new strategy to boost its telecom sector and internet infrastructure. It will lay the ground word for a new “digital networks act,” announced by Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton on Tuesday and expected in 2025, that would help telecoms players speed up technological advances by easing restrictions and attracting more capital. An internal paper of the Commission, seen by POLITICO earlier, laid out details of the plan. It said the Commission plans to draft a non-binding recommendation to national governments on “secured subsea infrastructure for Europe,” which would “set criteria to facilitate the identification and financing of &#...

It’s the EU and US against the rest of the world in new steel club

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

Brussels and Washington plan to team up to create a joint tariff zone that will impose duties on steel and aluminum imports from non-market economies such as China, a European Commission proposal for an EU-U.S. deal seen by POLITICO shows. Under the proposed interim deal dated October 3, Washington and the EU agree to provide “adequate tariff protection against imports of steel and aluminum from sources of non-market excess capacity,” the document reads. That would mean 25 percent for steel, and 10 percent for aluminum. In other words, the idea is to create a club of like-minded economies that would put tariffs on imports from economies that are seen as pouring subsidies into key sectors like steel and clean tech.The two powers are negotiating down to the wire on this global-oriented club as a solution to their transatlantic dispute on steel and aluminum. Those tensions date back to former U.S. President Donald Trump, who in 2018 imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports fr...

Law firm rescinds job offer to NYU Law School Bar Association president over Israel-Hamas comments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

Brian Niemietz | New York Daily News (TNS)A prominent international law firm has rescinded its job offer to NYU Law School Bar Association student president Ryna Workman over “inflammatory” comments regarding the deadly weekend attacks on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas.“I want to express, first and foremost, my unwavering and absolute solidarity with Palestinians in their resistance against oppression toward liberation and self-determination,” the nonbinary student wrote in a school-wide newsletter posted to social media. “Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life. This regime of state-sanctioned violence created the conditions that made resistance necessary. I will not condemn Palestinian resistance.”Workman’s missive instead condemned several ideas and institutions — including the “United States military-industrial complex” and “the violence of trapping thousands in an open air-prison” — but not Hamas.The Gaza Strip houses more than 2 million Pa...

Israel tells residents in north to shelter after “hostile aircraft” enter from Lebanon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:47 GMT

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA (Associated Press)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday night that hostile aircraft had entered the country from Lebanon, setting sirens blaring across northern Israel as it urged citizens there to shelter.The military did not specify the kind of aircraft. But Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Palestinian militants are known to have drones and gliders. The news came after Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military position earlier Wednesday, claiming to have killed and wounded troops. The Israeli military confirmed the attack but did not comment on possible casualties. The Israeli army shelled the area in southern Lebanon where the attack was launched.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a leading opposition figure on Wednesday created a war-time Cabinet overseeing the fight to avenge a stunning weekend attack by Hamas m...