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Ford’s F-150 leaves tough choices for buyers seeking EV tax credits

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

By Kyle Stock | Bloomberg NewsAmericans love a Ford pickup truck; it’s one of the few constants of the car business. So it was a huge win on Tuesday when Ford’s F-150 Lightning became one of just 10 vehicles to qualify for the full $7,500 in tax breaks laid out by the US Inflation Reduction Act. Dozens of other electric cars and trucks didn’t make the cut, either because they aren’t manufactured in the US or don’t use American parts and pieces.The tax credits also only apply to new EVs with a sticker price below $55,000, or trucks and SUVs priced under $80,000. And that’s where Americans’ truck lust is butting up against their taste for high-end trims. While the average gasoline-powered F-150 now sells for almost $63,000 — 25% more than five years ago — the electric version commands a premium of almost 30% over that, selling for $80,300 on average last month, according to Edmunds. That means roughly half of Ford’s electric pickups are too fancy for federal incentives.“Honestly, I’m ...

Why renaming roads is more complicated than you think: Roadshow

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

Q: You are driving on Hostetter, which becomes Murphy, then Brokaw and eventually Airport Boulevard. Why don’t they use one name for this road? It’s the same physical street.Jeff Hack, San JoseA: Some road segments and their names date back to the valley’s farming days. The roads may have crossed city lands and county lands and when roads connected, agencies may not have coordinated naming.Today, the process for street naming and renaming is highly coordinated. Renaming a road involves the post office, fire department, county, and city building division. It requires public hearings, buy-in from affected property owners, and a funding source. Businesses must publicize their new address, if it changes. Address numbers on a road must be in sequence, so hundreds of property owners could be affected, if road segments were renamed to be consistent.Keeping road names as they are is often the preferred path for the people who are most impacted.Q: I have another question. T...

Oakland man charged after murder warrant arrest at Mexico border

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

HAYWARD — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 23-year-old man taken into custody while re-entering the United States from Mexico with murder in the fatal December 2019 shooting of a Hayward man, authorities said this week.Around 4:45 p.m. Dec. 7, 2019, police responded to a shooting report near Santa Clara Way and Yolo Street, and arrived to find a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite first responders’ efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.The Alameda County Sheriff’s coroner’s bureau identified him as John Creech Jr., 20, of Hayward. He was the city’s fourth homicide of the year.After investigative work by detectives, leads and evidence led them to identify Emmanuel Padilla Maciel as a suspect in Creech’s killing, and an Alameda County judge granted an arrest warrant in June 2022, followed in February by a second warrant from the district attorney’s office.On April 14, Padilla Maciel was entering the Uni...

Gilroy police look for man who touched woman inappropriately while walking in neighborhood

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

(BCN) -- Gilroy police investigators are looking for a man who approached a woman from behind and inappropriately touched her buttocks. A Gilroy police spokesperson said the incident occurred at about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday as the woman was walking in a residential neighborhood along Mantelli Drive near Kern Avenue. After the incident, the man ran into a nearby neighborhood. He was not located. Police said the suspect is described as an unknown race male, about 5'9" to 5'10" tall with a thin build. He was wearing a face mask, a black hoodie and black pants. The Gilroy Police Department is actively investigating the incident. More details will be released if they become available. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact Gilroy Police Det. Esthela Rocha at (408) 846-0334 or [email protected]. Tips may also be submitted anonymously by calling the police department's tip line at (408) 846-0330. Copyright © 2023 Bay City ...

England’s Leah Williamson tears ACL, will miss World Cup

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

LONDON (AP) — England captain Leah Williamson will miss the Women’s World Cup because of a torn knee ligament.The Arsenal defender left a midweek game against Manchester United after injuring her knee and falling to the ground.“We can confirm that Leah Williamson suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament on Wednesday night,” Arsenal said Friday on Twitter.The versatile Williamson, who can play in defense or midfield, helped England win the European Championship last summer.England already is without striker Beth Mead, who is expected to miss the World Cup after tearing her ACL last November.The World Cup begins in July. Australia and New Zealand are co-hosting the tournament.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Sabalenka beats Badosa in Stuttgart, reaches semifinals

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka came back from a set and a break down to beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and reach the semifinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Friday.Badosa broke Sabalenka in the opening game of the second set and was leading 4-2 before the Belarusian won seven straight games to take the set and move into a 3-0 lead in the decider. Badosa recovered to 3-3 but was broken in each of her next two service games to give Sabalenka the victory.Sabalenka beat a clay specialist for the second straight match after defeating 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková on Wednesday.Sabalenka will play either Caroline Garcia or Anastasia Potapova in the semifinals.___More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció que no buscará la reelección

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció este viernes que no buscará su reelección en las elecciones generales que el país sudamericano celebrará en octubre.El mandatario comunicó su decisión a través de un video de casi 8 minutos publicado en sus redes sociales, en el que, además, recorrió lo que fueron sus cuatro años de gobierno.Mi decisión pic.twitter.com/EEQBJaxDUz— Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) April 21, 2023“Desde que comencé a militar políticamente en los años 70, nunca antepuse una ambición personal a la necesidad del conjunto. Como militante peronista siempre supe que primero estaba la Patria, después el movimiento y por último, los hombres. Es por eso que voy a cumplir con esta escala de prioridades”, afirma Fernández en el video.Asimismo, dijo que “las PASO son el vehículo para que la sociedad seleccione los mejores hombres y mujeres de nuestro frente que mejor nos representen en las próximas elecciones generales. Co...

Hunter Biden podría enfrentar cargos por delitos fiscales y la compra de un arma, según NBC

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

Los fiscales federales han considerado acusar a Hunter Biden de tres delitos fiscales y un cargo relacionado con la compra de un arma, dijeron dos fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto a NBC News.Los posibles cargos son dos delitos menores por no presentar impuestos, un solo delito grave de evasión de impuestos relacionado con un gasto comercial por un año de impuestos y el cargo de armas, también considerado un potencial delito.La decisión sobre qué cargos presentar, si corresponde, la tomará el fiscal federal David Weiss, quien fue designado por el presidente Donald Trump y contratado por la administración Biden para continuar con la investigación de Hunter Biden. No hay indicios de que se haya tomado una decisión final, dijeron las dos fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto. Así avanza la investigación federal sobre Hunter Biden Hunter Biden está confiado en que será absuelto de la investigación en su contra por temas fiscales La ...

Ryan Reynolds out for Hollywood ending with Wrexham

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Spoiler alert! Season 2 of “Welcome to Wrexham” is set to get the Hollywood ending the first one failed to deliver.This being Wrexham, however, a last-minute plot twist isn’t out of the question.It’s hard to imagine that even the Welsh soccer team’s A-list owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, could have anticipated the edge-of-your-seat, unscripted spectacle created by this unlikely union.“That was the most dramatic thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” a breathless Reynolds said after the 3-2 win over Notts County that put Wrexham on the brink of promotion from the National League, five steps below the Premier League. “I will never be the same again.”When Tinseltown met a former mining town in Wales, sparks flew. And even if Reynolds and McElhenney recognized the entertainment value of a fly-on-the-wall documentary about a historic but down-on-its-luck soccer team run by two actors learning the ropes of sports club ownership, the end product has p...

White House recruits Edward Lee as state dinner guest chef

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:17:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chef Edward Lee says food, at its best, tells a story. And the story he wants told with the meal he’s whipping up for next week’s White House state dinner is of the deep connection between the United States and its ally South Korea.President Joe Biden is hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday for a state visit, including a glitzy state dinner, and the White House invited Lee, a Korean American chef and restaurateur, to help prepare the meal.The White House gave The Associated Press an exclusive preview of its plans to use Lee as a “guest chef” for the meal and of its high-wattage lineup for the after-dinner entertainment: Broadway stars Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga and Jessica Vosk.In an interview with the AP, Lee said “Korean food and American food can merge together and create this beautiful hybrid that is unique and delicious.”He said any iconic American food, if spiked with a “little Korean flavor or Korean spice,” will sti...