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Firefighters knock down blaze at Antioch grow house

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

(KRON) -- A fire that consumed a home in Antioch on Tuesday night was a grow house, Con Fire confirmed to KRON4.Con Fire crews responded to the blaze at a single-family Antioch residence on the 5300 block of Navajo Way at 9:50 p.m., officials said. Firefighters arriving on scene saw heavy smoke and flames emanating from the two-story residence.Fire officials said there were some issues getting into the house because it was barricaded. The fire set off ammunition that was inside the home, and firefighters remained outside the residence for safety, Con Fire said. Inside, officials later confirmed that the home was used as a grow house.The fire was knocked down in half an hour, and by 10:20 p.m., the house was secured, according to Con Fire. The roof of the house partially collapsed in the blaze.The residence was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported, fire officials said.

Authorities advise of police activity in West Novato Wednesday morning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

(BCN) -- Authorities are asking the public to avoid an area in West Novato due to police activity Wednesday morning.The Novato Police Department said officers converged in the area of Gustafson Court and Sutro Avenue due to "a mental health crisis." Police issued the advisory around 6:45 a.m.Those who live along Gustafson Court and need to leave are asked to call Novato police at (415) 897-4361.Officers did not immediately release further information about the police activity.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Travis Kelce talked Taylor Swift on his podcast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

Travis Kelce (left) talked Taylor Swift (right) on his podcast. Travis Kelce (left) talked Taylor Swift (right) on his podcast. (CNN) — Travis Kelce was already famous, but now he is learning what it means to be Taylor Swift-adjacent-famous.The new episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” which he hosts with his brother, fellow NFL football player Jason Kelce, dropped Wednesday.Jason Kelce introduced the TSwift of it all in the midst of some football talk by saying, “We’re here.”“We’ve been avoiding this subject out of respect for your personal life,” Jason Kelce, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles said. “But now we gotta talk about it.”“My personal life that’s not so personal,” Travis Kelce quipped. “I did this ...

Canadian police won’t investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct” in sterilizing an Inuit woman.In July, The Associated Press reported on the case of an Inuit woman in Yellowknife who had surgery in 2019 aimed at relieving her abdominal pain. The obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Andrew Kotaska, did not have the woman’s consent to sterilize her, and he did so over the objections of other medical personnel in the operating room. She is now suing him.“This is a pivotal case for Canada because it shows that forced sterilization is still happening,” said Dr. Unjali Malhotra, of the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia. “It’s time that it be treated as a crime.”Kotaska declined to comment to the AP. Last month, he release...

11 DC-area craft brewers bring home Brewers Association medals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

Eleven craft brewers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. came home with medals — including five golds — from the prestigious Great American Beer Festival, held over nine days with awards presented on Sept. 23 in Denver.This year, 250 judges from 10 countries sipped and sniffed more than 9,400 entries from all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. There were 99 beer categories and more than 170 beer styles that were judged.A total of 303 medals were awarded to 263 breweries, some of which came home with multiple wins. Medals are awarded as Gold, Silver and Bronze.The Great American Beer Festival is sponsored annually by the Brewers Association, which is the nation’s largest craft beer festival.Here are winners from Maryland, Virginia and D.C., their medal, and beer category:Gold: Kodiak Kolsch, Bear Chase Brewing Company, Bluemont, Virginia (German-style Krolsch)Gold: Rock Hill Irish Red, Barley Naked Brewing Co., Stafford, Virginia (Irish-style red ale)Gold: Scout, Vibrissa ...

The second GOP debate field will be a bit smaller — and still missing Trump. Follow live updates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

Follow along for live updates on the second 2024 Republican presidential debate, which begins at 9 p.m. ET in California. The field’s early front-runner, Donald Trump, is skipping the event, just as he did the first. He’ll be 2,000 miles away meeting with union workers in Michigan amid a labor strike.The candidates on stage will be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.What to know— 7 candidates qualified for the second debate. Here’s who missed the cut — Here’s how to watch tonight’s debate — Republicans face growing urgency to stop Trump ahead of debate — Trump heads to Michigan to compete with Biden for union votes — Who’s running for president? See a rundown of the 2024 candidatesReagan’s library is the setting for the second GOP presidential debat...

World Rugby defends bunker reviews at Rugby World Cup and says injured Dupont can wear a mask

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

PARIS (AP) — World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin defended the bunker review system at the Rugby World Cup after a red card was not issued for Tonga winger Afusipa Taumoepeau’s hit on Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie last weekend.Taumoepeau was given a yellow card for the first half incident last Sunday, but it wasn’t upgraded to red apparently because of Ritchie’s slight duck into the tackle. The captain subsequently failed a head injury assessment, which means a mandatory 12-day rest.Many observers thought the upright hit merited a clear red card and the bunker review — where officials have eight minutes to change their initial decision — should clearly have seen that. But Gilpin said mitigation, such as the height of the tackle, comes into it and defended the system.“The foul play review officer in the bunker is obviously seeing more angles than television viewers at home or people in the stadium are seeing, and we think there is great consistency there and the bunker is working...

Medida busca que tiendas de armas en Montgomery ofrezcan información sobre prevención del suicidio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

El presidente del Concejo del Condado Montgomery presentó el martes una legislación que garantizaría que las personas que compran armas obtengan información sobre la prevención del suicidio.La Ley SAFE tiene como objetivo prevenir los suicidios y la violencia armada brindando a las personas en peligro la ayuda que necesitan.Si se aprueba, las personas que compren un arma o municiones en una de las 77 tiendas de armas del condado recibirían literatura del Departamento de Salud del condado sobre prevención del suicidio, seguridad con armas de fuego y resolución de conflictos.“Ya estamos hartos de pensamientos y oraciones”, señaló el presidente del Consejo, Evan Glass. “Necesitamos actuar”.Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, el 42% de los suicidios en Maryland se cometen con armas de fuego.“Esta ordenanza propuesta trata las muertes por suicidio relacionadas con armas de fuego como lo que son: una crisis de salud pública”, afirmó J...

Sports on TV for Thursday, September 28

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsThursday, September 28COLLEGE FOOTBALL7:30 p.m.CBSSN — Middle Tennessee at W. KentuckyESPN — Temple at Tulsa8 p.m.ESPNU — Jacksonville St. at Sam Houston St.COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)8 p.m.PAC-12N — Stanford at UCLACOLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.BTN — Iowa at PurduePAC-12N — Arizona at California7 p.m.SECN — Arkansas at Missouri8 p.m.BTN — Rutgers at Nebraska10 p.m.PAC-12N — UCLA at WashingtonCOLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)9 p.m.FS1 — BYU at TexasGOLF10 a.m.GOLF — The Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony: From Rome1:30 a.m. (Friday)USA — The Ryder Cup: U.S. vs. Europe, Day 1 – Foursome Matches, Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Rome6 a.m. (Friday)USA — The Ryder Cup: U.S. vs. Europe, Day 1 – Four-ball Matches, Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, RomeHIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL8 p.m.ESPN2 — Clay-Chalkville (Ala.) at Thompson (Ala.)HORSE RACING1 p.m.FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the RacesMLB BASEBALL1 p.m.MLBN — Regional Coverage: ...

Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant move ahead as US and Polish officials sign an agreement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:22 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and U.S. officials signed an agreement Wednesday in Warsaw for the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant, part of an effort by the Central European nation to move away from polluting fossil fuels.Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the deal to build the plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in the Pomerania region near the Baltic Sea the beginning of a new chapter for Poland, and described nuclear energy as a stable and clean energy source.Last year, Morawiecki’s government announced that it had chosen the U.S. as its partner for the project, which will be based in the Pomerania province near the Baltic Sea coast. A consortium made up of Westinghouse and Bechtel signed the agreement with the Polish state-owned company overseeing the nuclear program, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ).Poland is planning to spend $40 billion to build two nuclear power plants with three reactors each, the last one to be launched in 2043. The deal...