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Calls for more funding for Bay Area transit agencies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

(KRON) -- Public transit agencies are not recovering fast enough from the pandemic, and if the state doesn’t step in, irreversible service cuts will soon become the normal across California.“Right now, we have an emergency where in the next 12 to 24 months we’re going to see massive debilitating cuts by transit agencies that are going to be potentially impossible to reverse,” said California State Senator Scott Wiener.Weiner said the funding issue facing public transit agencies across the state is not about whether trains and buses will run on time, but whether they will run at all. Victim seriously injured in SF shooting “At the depth of the pandemic, our ridership had fallen by 90-95 percent on many of these systems. Ridership is recovering, but it’s not recovering quick enough,” said Wiener.This downturn in riders has led to a downturn in revenue, which Wiener said means dramatic service cuts unless the governor changes course and state legislators agree to provide five billion...

Appeals court rejects Trump effort to block Pence testimony

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to block the testimony.It was not immediately clear what day Pence might appear before the grand jury, which for months has been investigating the events preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and efforts by Trump and his allies to subvert the election outcome. But Pence’s testimony, coming as he moves closer to entering the 2024 presidential race, would be a milestone moment in the investigation and would likely give prosecutors a key first-person account as they press forward with their inquiry.The order from the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was sealed and none of the parties are mentioned by name in online court records. But the appeal in the sealed ...

CNBC: los mejores y peores estados para jubilados basado en la atención médica, bienestar, seguridad y más

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

Existe mucha orientación sobre los mejores lugares en Estados Unidos, e incluso en todo el mundo, para que los jubilados pasen sus años dorados. Las listas suelen considerar factores importantes como el costo de vida y la vivienda. Pero si la atención médica y el bienestar general son lo más importante, también hay una lista para usted. Scholaroo, una plataforma que ayuda a los estudiantes a encontrar becas, analizó datos de los 50 estados de EEUU para crear una lista de los mejores estados para jubilarse en 2023, según cinco categorías: CNBC: estas son las 10 ciudades más ricas del mundo; tres de ellas están en EEUU CNBC: estas son las universidades que proveen la mayor ayuda financiera • Cuidado de la salud • Bienestar • Seguridad • Asequibilidad • EntretenimientoLa categoría de atención médica considera la calidad de los hospitales públicos, la cantidad de hogares de ancianos disponibles per cápita, la esperanza de vida y más. ...

Contreras, Bae, Delay lead Pirates to 8-1 win over Dodgers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Roansy Contreras gave up two hits in six scoreless innings while Ji Hwan Bae and Jason Delay had three hits each in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.Contreras (3-1) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Austin Wynns broke it up with a leadoff single and Freddie Freeman singled with one out. Contreras escaped the jam and preserved a 2-0 lead by getting Jason Heyward and James Outman to fly out.Contreras struck out five and walked two.Hitting in the bottom two spots of the batting order, Bae stole three bases and Delay drove in three runs. Bae raised his season steal total to 10 and became the first Pirates player to steal multiple baes in back-to-back games since Starling Marte in 2017.Rodolfo Castro added two hits for the Pirates, who won for the eighth time in nine games to improve to 17-8. Pittsburgh has the best record in the National League after losing 101 games in 2021 and 100 games in 2022.Despite th...

Tucker Carlson rompe el silencio tras su salida de Fox News

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

(CNN) — Tucker Carlson rompió el silencio la noche de este miércoles al publicar un breve video en línea luego de su abrupta salida de Fox News a principios de semana, pero no se refirió directamente a la situación con la cadena ni a su futuro.El presentador de ultraderecha no dijo mucho en el disperso mensaje de dos minutos. Sin embargo, hizo un comentario crítico sobre el estado de los noticieros de televisión y atacó los debates que se producen al aire como “increíblemente estúpidos” y “completamente irrelevantes.”Tucker Carlson sale de Fox News“Dentro de cinco años, ni siquiera recordaremos que los tuvimos”, dijo Carlson. “Créanme como alguien que ha participado”.Carlson concluyó el video con un mensaje oscuro: “¿Dónde puedes encontrar todavía a estadounidenses diciendo cosas verdaderas? No quedan muchos lugares, pero hay algunos. Y con eso basta. Mientras puedas oír las palabras, hay esperanza”.“Hasta pront...

Policía de Prince George’s alerta sobre llamadas fraudulentas bajo su nombre

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

Ni la policía se salva de caer en las manos de los delincuentes. Según las autoridades del condado Prince George’s, llamadas desconocidas ahora estarían llegando bajo números que uno podría reconocer, incluyendo el de la policía. Específicamente, en las llamadas que llegan bajo el nombre de la policía del condado, estafadores piden información financiera para hacer caer a sus víctimas.Emily Austin, del departamento de la policía, explicó que hay estafadores que suplantan el identificador de llamadas para hacerse pasar por una empresa o agencia gubernamental y que lamentablemente la policía no es inmune.Expertos explican que detrás de esto no necesariamente están grupos organizados. Lamentablemente, el cambio de identidad es muy sencillo de hacer, por eso a veces no basta con que uno bloquee un número, ya que los delincuentes suelen cambiarlo y dejar mensajes de voz.“Cuando usted escuche un mensaje que dice usted esta arrestado, tiene que mandar dinero a esta dirección o a ...

Cardinals option top prospect Walker to minors

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Promising St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday following a 7-for-35 slide in his last 10 games.Walker made his debut on opening day and opened the season with a record-tying 12-game hitting streak. He was hitting .353 through April 10 but his average has dropped to .274 with three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs. Walker struck out 20 times in 73 at-bats.Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said the decision was made to get some of the team’s other outfielders additional opportunities while getting the 20-year-old Walker more experience in the minor leagues. Marmol also said it would be “crazy” to think that Walker wouldn’t be returning to the big league club.“There is a need for some of these guys to go out there more often and get into a little bit of rhythm, and they just haven’t been able to do that because we do have five guys that are all deserving of playing every day,” Marmol said, pointing to Ale...

Rain 'up to the horses' knees': Tuesday storm leaves muddy mess

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

KEENESBURG, Colo. (KDVR) -- Just south of Keenesburg in Weld County, cleanup is underway after an early season storm moved through Tuesday.That storm produced the state's first tornado of the year and dumped multiple inches of rain. "Farmers out here need the moisture," Bobbie Pfersch said. "So you gotta put up with a little bad for a lot of good.” Homeowners warned to brace for higher property taxes Pfersch spent Wednesday trying to divert standing water away from her horses, which were coated in mud. "The water in here was almost up to the horses' knees," she said. "That's the most rain we've had in several years all at once like that."Just down the road, parts of County Road 61 were washed away as drivers carefully navigated a 2-foot drop on one side of the road.Pfersch said her rain gauges measured between 3 and 4 inches of rain."We need the moisture, so you have to put up with some water, muddy puddles and muddy roads," she said.

Man charged with murder after Denver bartender found dead under tarp

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Denver man was killed outside his home near La Alma Park, and the district attorney has charged a transient man who police investigators say is responsible. Johnathan Douglas, 34, was found dead on a sidewalk along North Mariposa Street before 7 a.m. April 18 after a man reported seeing someone lying under a tarp. Investigators found his pockets appeared to be pulled inside out, and the front door of his home was open."With JD, he was sweet, he’s not an angry guy, he doesn’t get heated or anything. I don’t know what happened exactly," said Douglas' roommate, Michelle Glancey. 3 high schoolers arrested in deadly rock-throwing crime spree Stig Strong faces multiple counts in Douglas' death, including first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and second-degree burglary.Police say surveillance video helped lead them to the suspect.Surveillance video leads to murder suspectAfter checking surveillance cameras in the area, investigators narrowed in on a man who was seen ...

Aspen police will not file criminal charges against priest: Archdiocese

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:48:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Aspen will not file criminal charges against a priest accused of sexually assaulting a minor and the district attorney has closed the case, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Denver.The statement said that the investigation into the allegations against Father Michael O'Brien lasted 18 months and included interviews with more than 80 witnesses."This work and the outcome of the investigation informs the public that the allegations that Fr. O’Brien sexually abused a minor more than 15 years ago during his time at St. Mary Catholic Church in Aspen are false accusations against a good man," the Archdiocese said. Homeowners warned to brace for higher property taxes O'Brien had been a priest in good standing when the allegations were made in 2021, according to the Archdiocese, and had never had any other allegations made against him.O'Brien has been out of ministry while the investigation was ongoing. An internal investigation by the Archdiocese w...