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Innocent taxi driver killed in wrong-way crash on 110 Freeway was father, grandfather; woman arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

One person died and three others were injured when a wrong-way driver crashed into another car in the northbound lanes of the 110 Freeway early Friday.The crash happened just before 3 a.m. near Exposition Boulevard in the downtown Los Angeles area and involved a taxi and a black Chevy Cruze, according to the California Highway Patrol. Investigators say the driver of the Chevy was going southbound in the northbound lanes when she crashed into the taxi, killing the cab driver. He was later identified as Ken Balayev, 71, of Calabasas.The crash scene on the 110 Freeway on May 26, 2023. (OnScene.TV)The driver of the Cruze, identified as 23-year-old Samantha Molina, and a female passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries. The passenger of the taxi suffered minor injuries. Molina was eventually arrested. The collision forced the closure of the northbound 110 for several hours. All lanes reopened around 6 a.m.CHP is investigating if drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash. Ba...

SFPD: Man snorted cocaine during deadly 3-hour standoff with San Francisco police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A San Francisco police officer fatally shot a man after a 3-hour-long standoff in the Glen Park neighborhood. The city's police chief held a town hall meeting Friday afternoon and released details about what happened during the deadly May 19 standoff.Sergio Barrios, 40, of San Francisco, snorted cocaine, listened to music with headphones, drank vodka, and refused to follow officers' orders when they commanded him to walk out from an apartment building on Bosworth Street, according to police. One officer ultimately fired lethal shots when Barrios reached for a handgun on the ground, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Medics began giving emergency aide 30 seconds after the shooting. Police played 911 calls, videos recorded by officers' body worn cameras, and surveillance videos showing the standoff and shooting. There were 55 officers on the scene, a BearCat armored vehicle, a crisis hostage negotiation team, and a robot equipped with a live...

US, Argentina finish perfect in group rounds ahead of Under-20 World Cup knockout stage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The United States completed a perfect group stage at the Under-20 World Cup for the first time.The Americans beat Slovakia 2-0 in San Juan on Friday to top Group B, with Cade Cowell scoring before halftime from a counterattack and Niko Tsakiris adding the second in injury time. Ecuador secured second spot in the group with a 9-0 win over Fiji.The U.S., which had already secured a place in the knockout stages, continued its dominant roll to finish the preliminaries with three wins from three games, and no goals conceded. It’s the first time in 17 appearances at the Under-20 World Cup that the U.S. team has finished with a 3-0-0 record in the group stage.U.S. defender Brandan Craig has played all 270 minutes so far in the tournament and says team chemistry has been an important factor.“It’s really special to not concede a goal and we take real pride in that,” Craig said. “I’m really proud of this group — (now) knockouts to come.”The U.S. team will ...

Tour rookie Hall up 3 despite English ace at Colonial, “Block’ party over

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Harris English quipped to his caddie that no one is beating him at Colonial’s par-3 eighth hole, which is true after he followed his birdie in the opening round with a hole-in-one Friday. There is only one player ahead of him on the overall leaderboard. PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall from England maintained the solo lead through 36 holes at 12-under 128, making a spectacular save from the sand at that same par 3, for a three-stroke lead over English. After opening with an 8-under 62, Hall had four consecutive birdies midway through his second-round 66. Hall’s birdie streak ended with a bogey at the par-4 third, his 12th of the day, when he missed the fairway and then came up short of the green before a two-putt from 9 feet. In the final group of the day, Hall’s tee shot at No. 8 plugged into the side of the deep bunker fronting the green.“I could only see two dimples,” he said. After knocking the ball loose but failing to get it out of the sand...

Brasil acogerá la cumbre del clima COP30 en la Amazonia en 2025

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

(CNN) — Las Naciones Unidas ha elegido Brasil para acoger la reunión internacional sobre el clima, COP30, en la ciudad amazónica de Belém do Pará en 2025. Así lo anunció este viernes el presidente del país, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.“He participado en COP en Egipto, en París, en Copenhague y sólo se habla de la Amazonia. Así que ¿por qué no celebrar la COP en la Amazonia para que [la gente] pueda conocerla, ver sus ríos, sus bosques, su fauna?”, dijo Lula en un video publicado en Twitter.El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Mauro Vieira, dijo que la ONU aprobó la candidatura de Brasil para acoger la COP30 el 18 de mayo tras la petición que Lula había hecho durante la reunión de la COP27 del año pasado en Egipto.Belém do Pará es una ciudad del norte de Brasil situada en los límites de la selva amazónica. Es la capital del estado de Pará, situado en la costa del estuario del río Amazonas.El gobernador de Pará, Helder Barbalho, dijo en el mismo video que es un “gran pri...

Un nuevo antibiótico, descubierto con ayuda de la inteligencia artificial, puede derrotar a una superbacteria peligrosa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

(CNN) — Un grupo de investigadores encontró un nuevo tipo de antibiótico que actúa contra una bacteria especialmente peligrosa y resistente a los medicamentos, gracias a la inteligencia artificial.Cuando probaron el antibiótico en la piel de ratones infectados experimentalmente con la superbacteria, se controló el crecimiento de la bacteria, lo que sugiere que el método podría utilizarse para crear antibióticos adaptados para combatir otros patógenos resistentes a los medicamentos.Superbacterias y antivacunadores son algunas de las 10 mayores amenazas de salud mundialesLos investigadores también probaron el antibiótico contra 41 cepas distintas de Acinetobacter baumannii resistentes a los antibióticos. El fármaco funcionó en todas ellas, aunque habría que perfeccionarlo y probarlo en ensayos clínicos con humanos antes de poder utilizarlo en pacientes.Es más, el compuesto identificado por la inteligencia artificial funcionó de forma tal que solo bloqueó el patógeno problemátic...

Double-digit seed Texas A&M beats LSU, reaches SEC semifinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Hunter Haas hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning after striking out in each of his first three at-bats and No. 10 seed Texas A&M beat LSU 5-4 on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.Texas A&M (35-24) became just the fourth double-digit seed to advance to the SEC semifinals — with all three previous teams losing the next game. The Aggies, who reached the semifinals for the second straight season, play No. 4 and second-seeded Arkansas on Saturday. The Aggies received their third quality start of the tournament, with Will Johnston going six innings while surrendering just three runs. Evan Aschenbeck (8-1) got the win after striking out four and allowing only one earned run in three innings.LSU trailed by two entering the ninth inning before back-to-back hits brought the potential tying run to the plate. A wild pitch led to Hayden Travinski scoring. Texas A&M walked Jared Jones to put runners on the corners and A...

Charles Schwab Challenge Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

FridayAt Colonial Country ClubFort Worth, TexasPurse: $8.7 millionYardage: 7,209; Par: 70Second RoundHarry Hall62-66—128Harris English65-66—131Emiliano Grillo67-65—132Byeong Hun An67-66—133Adam Schenk66-67—133Robby Shelton66-67—133Andrew Novak68-66—134Scottie Scheffler67-67—134Austin Eckroat69-66—135Justin Rose69-66—135Carson Young69-66—135Ben Griffin67-69—136Lee Hodges69-67—136Max Homa67-69—136David Lipsky67-69—136Peter Malnati69-67—136Andrew Putnam66-70—136Chez Reavie67-69—136Akshay Bhatia69-68—137Sam Burns67-70—137Si Woo Kim67-70—137Kyoung-Hoon Lee68-69—137Alex Noren68-69—137Scott Piercy69-68—137Chad Ramey68-69—137Sam Stevens71-66—137Kevin Streelman68-69—137Christiaan Bezuidenhout70-68—138Thomas Detry70-68—138Ryan Fox67-71—138Cody Gribble70-68—138Mark Hubbard69-69—138Michael Kim67-71—138Patton Kizzire69-69—138Min Woo Lee67-71—138Justin Lower70-68—138Ben Martin69-69—138Justin Suh68-70—138Erik Compton69-70—139Zecheng Dou70-69—139Rickie Fowler68-71—139Will Gordon71-68—139Brian Harma...

Denver weather: Severe storms Friday evening, more chances this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay stormy through Friday evening. Then we will enter a pattern of morning sunshine and more afternoon storms through the holiday weekend. Eastern Colorado, including the Denver metro, remains under a slight risk for storms staying strong to severe through Friday evening. The main risk with these storms will be damaging wind gusts, large hail and abundant lightning strikes. Weather tonight: Strong storms clearingRain and storms will push east through the evening. This will be followed by clearing clouds and a low temperature of around 50 degrees. Weather tomorrow: Chance for afternoon storms Saturday will start with a mostly sunny sky. As temperatures climb up to 80 degrees, a chance for showers and thunderstorms will increase through the afternoon and evening. There is a marginal to slight risk of storms becoming strong to severe. The biggest risk with these storms will be strong wind gusts and hail. Looking ahead: More of the sameThe...

Fire retardant drops are polluting streams, judge rules

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:56 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law, a judge ruled Friday.Halting the use of the red slurry material could have resulted in greater environmental damage from wildfires, said U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana. How much cheaper are suburbs than Denver itself? The judge agreed with U.S. Forest Service officials who said dropping retardant into areas with waterways was sometimes necessary to protect lives and property. The ruling came after came after environmentalists sued following revelations that the Forest Service dropped retardant into waterways hundreds of times over the past decade.Coalition rallies to keep fire retardant use in playGovernment officials say chemical fire retardant can be crucial to slowing the advance of dangerous blazes. Wildfires across North America have gr...