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San Francisco to upgrade public warning system

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- San Francisco is planning to upgrade an abandoned siren system for emergencies or disasters, days after Maui failed to sound a wildfire warning with tragic results. Mayor London Breed and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin announced plans Thursday to prioritize upgrading the city's Outdoor Public Warning System. The siren system's tests every Tuesday at noon were a familiar part of San Francisco life until 2019, when they were shut off because of fears the system could be hacked and manipulated. Man found dead in car in Los Altos "The recent devastation in Maui was a tragic example of how important emergency notifications to residents, businesses and tourists are," Breed said in a statement. The first phase of the upgrade and implementation is expected to begin within six months and cost about $5 million, according to the mayor's office. In addition to the outdoor warning system, the city can send emergency messages to any cell phone wi...

Belgian cyclist Tijl De Decker dies after crash during training

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A 22-year-old Belgian cyclist died Friday following a crash in training earlier this week, the Lotto Dstny team said.“It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our rider Tijl De Decker,” the Belgian team said. “Today Tijl has lost his battle to recover from the severe injuries he sustained after his crash on training last Wednesday.”De Decker, a winner of Paris-Roubaix in the Espoirs category this year, had been brought to the hospital for surgery in the Belgian town of Lier after he collided with a car. He was then transported to Antwerp University Hospital and placed in an induced coma.“Despite the best efforts of the staff at the hospital, Tijl couldn’t make it through and this morning he lost his battle,” his team said.De Decker had joined the Lotto Dstny development team this year.“We are devastated by the loss of our cyclist,” team CEO Stéphane Heulot said. “Tijl showed big progression this year and we believed in his growth margin. Stepp...

Billie Jean King’s push for equal prize money in 1973 will be celebrated at US Open

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Billie Jean King won the U.S. Open in 1972, she didn’t make the usual remarks about hoping to win again. Instead, she threatened to not play at all the next year — and added that no other women would, either.That’s because she earned $10,000 for her championship, $15,000 less than what Ilie Năstase won for his.“I said: ‘This really stinks,’” King recalled Thursday. “And, of course, deep down in my heart of hearts, in my brain, I’m going, ‘I haven’t talked to them yet. You sure you’re doing the right thing here?’ This is the other voice in my head: ‘What if they don’t agree with you on this? I think they do, because we talk about it all the time, but we didn’t talk about this move.’ And so I said, ‘The heck with it. I don’t think we’ll be back.’”That led the U.S. Tennis Association to make the 1973 U.S. Open the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors. The 50th anniversary of that achievement will be celebrated this year dur...

Akebia Therapeutics: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Akebia Therapeutics Inc. (AKBA) on Friday reported a second-quarter loss of $11.2 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents per share.The kidney disease treatment developer posted revenue of $56.4 million in the period.The company’s shares closed at $1.25. A year ago, they were trading at 39 cents._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AKBA at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AKBASource

In wild week for Spain soccer World Cup winners Carmona, Bonmatí and coach Vilda up for UEFA awards

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — In a wild week for women’s soccer in Spain, World Cup winners Olga Carmona and Aitana Bonmatí were nominated Friday for the UEFA best player award and Jorge Vilda was shortlisted for women’s coach of the year.Carmona scored in Spain’s title-winning 1-0 victory over England on Sunday in Australia unaware her father had died ahead of the game. Her family, which traveled to Sydney for the final, decided to protect her from the news.Bonmatí also was named player of the tournament by FIFA having returned to the team after being part of a 15-player rebellion last year against Vilda’s coaching style.The Spain coach stayed to oversee a first Women’s World Cup title for the nation because he was backed by the Spanish soccer federation. On the same day that UEFA announced the shortlists, the Spanish federation had an emergency meeting where its president Luis Rubiales refused to resign — one day after FIFA opened a disciplinary case into his conduct at the final.Rubiales, who is...

Just a foot of water can move your car

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Flooding can occur on highways, back roads and underpasses. While it may seem like an easy thing to drive through, it only takes the length of a Subway sandwich for your car to get stuck in standing water. On Friday's Pinpoint Weather Alert Day, Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Travis Michels warns that it doesn't take much for your car to stall out. What to expect from Friday’s rainstorm in Denver "Be attuned to where you are and never drive through a flooded roadway. Six inches. Just six inches can knock you off your feet," said Michels. "Twelve inches of water can move your car, and 18 inches will move a truck down the road, so you don't want to deal with that."Water that rises above you can knock you off your feet. That's about the length of a dollar bill. Water that's around your shin to knee height could carry your car away.Anything above that, from your knees to your waist, could carry away an entire truck, which is about 4,000 to 7,000 lbs. Worst floods in...

Local restaurant receives backlash after viral TikTok

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. (KXRM) — A TikTok video that is now going viral has accused a restaurant in Security-Widefield of mom-shaming. Now, the owner of the restaurant claims he is getting death threats and is worried for his staff's safety. "She's [the mom] not the problem, I don't believe. It's this mob of people that are just relentless," said Tony Pera, owner of The Local Table. It all started on Aug. 22 when a woman with the username "Sara B." posted a screenshot on TikTok showing a photo of her daughter eating a cupcake with a reply from The Local Table that reads, "Yuck. Terrible Mother." Chief heart surgeon departs suddenly from Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children "Someone posted a bad review and absolutely it happens, you know on Yelp, and one of our team members who had access to social media, our Instagram account, was pretty upset about it," said Pera. "And so he went on and, unknowingly, he sent a direct message to what he thought was the person. And it was actuall...

Family in Tampa discover neighbor injecting dangerous chemical substance in their home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WSVN) – A family was shocked after a series of disturbing events unfolded, leading up to a neighbor using a hazardous chemical and injecting it into their home, endangering their lives. Umar Abdullah, a father, shared the harrowing experience of discovering the chemical threat that had invaded their living space.The unsettling journey began with minor grievances voiced by a downstairs neighbor about noise disturbances. “So after my daughter was born in August last year, he complained like footsteps complain, door closing,” recounted Abdullah. However, what started as trivial complaints took an alarming turn.The situation escalated in May, when a peculiar chemical odor wafted through their home. Frustratingly, attempts to pinpoint the source proved futile.A month later, both Abdullah and his daughter started feeling ill. “My eyes started to burn and my daughter was coughing and throwing up,” he shared. After taking matters into his own hands...

NASA’s TEMPO pollution monitoring instrument unveils first data maps, revolutionizing air quality studies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

A new space study from NASA’s pollution monitoring instrument known as TEMPO revealed that the air we breathe has a problem. NASA has released the inaugural data maps generated by TEMPO, short for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, which provided researchers and environmentalists with visual representations of pollution patterns and air quality variations spanning the entire North American continent. The instrument, launched aboard a SpaceX rocket this April, is situated approximately 22,000 miles above the equator, affording it a unique vantage point to conduct hourly daytime scans.This pioneering space-borne technology is set to refine pollution studies considerably, offering insights into various pollution sources including rush-hour traffic emissions, smoke and ash emanating from forest fires and volcanic eruptions, and the effects of fertilizer application on farmlands. The precision and scope of TEMPO’s observations are anticipated to facilitate a dee...

Belgium plans security boost at Gare du Midi after drugs and crime spike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:13:54 GMT

Belgium’s government on Friday announced an action plan to improve security in and around Brussels’ Gare du Midi, following a public outcry over increasing crime and drug abuse at the country’s largest international train station.The government has asked the national crisis center to coordinate between the many levels of government and services that are involved in securing the station area, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said. The action plan is important “for the safety of travelers coming to Brussels, for the residents of neighborhoods around the station, and for the image we’re projecting of our capital and the capital of Europe,” De Croo said.The ministers said they wanted to take steps to address the “sense of insecurity” at the station “in the very short term,” while federal and local police, the security department of railway operator SNCB, and the immigration services draw...