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Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.State isn’t readyfor diesel truck banRe: “State bans sale of new diesel trucks by 2036” (Page A1, April 29).The California Air Resources Board’s 16 members, 12 of whom are appointed by Gov. Newsom, unelected, have enormous power well beyond their expertise. The Progressive Era envisioned delegated “experts,” empowered by a congress, managing the implementation of general laws. Now we have ideologues thinking they can decree away the laws of physics and simply legislate the impossible.Eliminating diesel combustion engines by fiat, for now, is nonsensical. The grid cannot handle the electricity needed, more than 80% of which for the foreseeable future is necessarily fossil fuel generated. This would power the batteries running the EVs. The pollution and immoral child labor African mining entails will result in at best a net zero difference from gasoline/diesel engine CO2...

Texas man banned from United Airlines after allegedly assaulting employee at SFO

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A passenger who allegedly assaulted a United Airlines employee aboard a flight on Sunday was arrested and banned from all future United flights, KRON4 has confirmed. The San Francisco Police Department Airport Bureau was contacted on Sunday, April 30 just before midnight by airline representatives immediately after the suspect allegedly assaulted an employee while boarding. 2 San Francisco Nordstroms closing this summer "Our team at San Francisco International Airport immediately contacted law enforcement after a disruptive customer assaulted one of our service employees during boarding," a United spokesperson told KRON4.SFPD officers responded to the incident at Terminal 3, which exclusively serves United.A description of the suspect was provided to officers, and he was detained in the terminal. The suspect, 47-year-old Cody Benjamin Lovins of Montgomery, Texas, was arrested and cited for battery and released. He was also banned from all subsequent flights...

Oklahoma woman: Sex offender controlled my daughter's family

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — As law enforcement officials went silent Tuesday while piecing together what led to the killing of seven people in rural Oklahoma, family members of those slain recalled the controlling nature of one of the dead, who was a registered sex offender.Since the bodies were found early Monday, authorities have released scant information on who was killed, how they died and who killed them. But two relatives said all the victims were shot to death.Janette Mayo, whose daughter and three teenage grandchildren were among the dead, said the controlling behavior of her son-in-law, Jesse McFadden, was concerning, but that the family didn’t learn about his criminal history until a few months ago. Bob Lee used cocaine, ‘Special K’ before homicide, toxicology test finds “He lied to my daughter, and he convinced her it was all just a huge mistake,” Mayo, of Westville, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “He was very standoffish, generally very quiet, but he kept my daught...

Man who allegedly cut someone's face with box cutter on BART arrested

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

(KRON) -- A 56-year-old man was riding a BART train when he cut another passenger's face with a box cutter, according to the BART Police Department. The man is currently in custody. The incident was reported on Tuesday morning around 7:07 a.m. on an SFO-bound train near Pleasant Hill Station. Bob Lee used cocaine, ‘Special K’ before homicide, toxicology test finds The suspect and the victim reportedly got into an argument on the train which led to the suspect cutting the victim in the face with a box cutter. The victim, also an adult male, was transported to John Muir Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. BART police stopped the suspect at the fare gates at the Pleasant Hill station just seven minutes after the incident was reported. Officers also recovered a box cutter.

Heat’s Butler out for Game 2 against Knicks; Randle back

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Butler was sidelined for the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks on Tuesday night because of a sprained right ankle.Julius Randle was back for the Knicks after missing Game 1 of the series with a sprained left ankle.Butler was hurt after being fouled with 5:05 to play Sunday in the Heat’s 108-101 victory. He was able to stay in the game, finishing with 25 points and 11 rebounds.Butler is the leading scorer in the playoffs thus far, averaging 35.5 points per game.Randle sat out Sunday after spraining his left ankle again in New York’s clinching victory over Cleveland in the first round. He had missed the final five games of the regular season after originally spraining the ankle.Jalen Brunson was also playing for the Knicks after he was added to the injury report Monday with right ankle soreness. Coach Tom Thibodeau said there wasn’t any specific play where the point guard was hurt. ___AP NBA: h...

E. Jean Carroll parecía estar “sin aliento” y “emocional” en una llamada tras la supuesta violación por parte de Trump, testifica su amiga

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

(CNN) — Durante el juicio por violación y difamación contra el expresidente Trump, una amiga de E. Jean Carroll testificó este martes que la experiodista la llamó minutos después de haber sido presuntamente violada por Donald Trump en un almacén de Nueva York en 1996.Lisa Birnbach relató cómo Carroll la llamó minutos después de salir del almacén y le contó con detalle el altercado.Birnbach dijo que Carroll sonaba “sin aliento, hiperventilada, emocional. Su voz era todo tipo de cosas” cuando llamó.“Me bajó las mallas, me bajó las mallas”, repetía Carroll por teléfono, según Birnbach. “Como si ella no pudiera creerlo. Todavía estaba procesando lo que le había pasado. Simplemente le había pasado”.En el estrado, Birnbach dijo que recordaba que estaba dando de comer a sus hijos pequeños en su cocina en ese momento cuando Carroll llamó y salió de la habitación para susurrar “‘E. Jean te ha violado. Deberías ir a la policía'”. Car...

Tommy La Stella cut by Mariners, who bring up Bryce Miller

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former All-Star infielder Tommy La Stella was cut Tuesday by the Seattle Mariners ahead of their game at the Oakland Athletics.La Stella was released by San Francisco on Jan. 5 with one season left in an $18.75 million, three-year contract. Seattle signed him two weeks later for the $720,000 major league minimum, which was offset against the $11.5 million he was owed by the Giants.He appeared in 12 games with the Mariners, hitting .190 (4 for 21) with two RBIs. Seattle designated him for assignment and has seven days to trade him or place him on waivers.The 34-year-old has also played for Atlanta, the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland and San Francisco during his 10-year big league career, hitting .266 with 40 homers and 206 RBIs.La Stella’s best season came with the Angels in 2019, when he hit .295 with 16 home runs and 44 RBIs and made his lone All-Star Game.Seattle selected the contract of 24-year-old right-hander Bryce Miller from Double-A Arkansas...

Zhang 1st Chinese man to reach Masters 1000 quarterfinals

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Zhang Zhizhen needed to save three match points in his win over Taylor Fritz at the Madrid Open to become the first Chinese player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal on Tuesday.Zhang rallied from a set down against the eighth-seeded American to advance 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8), winning in a final-set tiebreaker for the third straight time at the clay-court tournament in the Spanish capital. It was the first win against a top-10 opponent for the 26-year-old Zhang.“Before the match, you know it’s a very tough player. There is no weakness, so (I) just tried what I can do,” Zhang said. “Then (after) losing the first set, (I was) thinking about trying to play a little bit closer match. In the end (that) I can win, that’s amazing.”The 99th-ranked Zhang had upset No. 13 Cameron Norrie in the third round in Madrid for his biggest career win. Zhang had beaten 21st-seeded Denis Shapovalov in the second round. He has played seven tiebreakers in total in Madrid, wi...

Alcaraz, Tsitsipas advance in Madrid; Medvedev, Rublev lose

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz made sure he wouldn’t be among the top seeds being upset at the Madrid Open on Tuesday, playing well from the start to secure his spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Alexander Zverev.After both second-seeded Daniil Medvedev and fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev lost their fourth-round matches at the clay-court tournament, Alcaraz cruised past 13th-seeded Zverev to stay on track to defend his title at home.Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas also avoided an upset, defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3, 6-1. In the women’s draw, second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka reached the last four by rallying past Mayar Sherif in three sets.The match between Alcaraz and Zverev was a rematch of last year’s Madrid final, which Alcaraz also comfortably won against the former two-time champion in the Spanish capital.“For me it’s amazing to play the level that I played today,” Alcaraz said. “I feel really good right now and this match gives me a lot of confidenc...

Court hears appeal by prosecutor suspended by DeSantis

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal appeals judges on Tuesday heard arguments over whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrongly suspended an elected state prosecutor last year after comments he made opposing abortion prosecutions. The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal filed by Andrew Warren in seeking to regain his job. The Republican governor last year suspended Warren, a twice-elected state attorney for Florida’s Hillsborough County and a Democrat, accusing him of neglect of duty. DeSantis suspended Warren last year over the elected prosecutor’s signing of a statement, along with other prosecutors across the country, opposing criminal charges against abortion providers, or women seeking abortions, as well as his policies on not charging people with some minor crimes. Florida has a 15-week abortion ban and DeSantis last month signed into law a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. DeSantis has used his executive po...