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Executive fired from TikTok’s Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

A former executive fired from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance made a raft of accusations against the tech giant Friday, including that it stole content from competitors like Instagram and Snapchat, and served as a “propaganda tool” for the Chinese government by suppressing or promoting content favorable to the country’s interests. The allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018, as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed earlier this month in San Francisco Superior Court. Yu claims he was fired for disclosing “wrongful conduct” he saw at the company. In the complaint, Yu alleges the Chinese government monitored ByteDance’s work from within its Beijing headquarters and provided guidance on advancing “core communist values.” Yu said government officials had the ability to turn off the Chinese version of ByteDance’s apps, and maintained access to all company data, includ...

MediciNova: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — MediciNova Inc. (MNOV) on Thursday reported a loss of $2.9 million in its first quarter.On a per-share basis, the La Jolla, California-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on MNOV at https://www.zacks.com/ap/MNOVSource

Cubs put 2B Nico Hoerner on injured list with hamstring strain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained left hamstring before the team’s game against Minnesota.The injury occurred while Hoerner was running the bases Monday against St. Louis. After sitting out the next two games, his first absences of the season, the Cubs decided to give their leadoff man more time to heal and give manager David Ross more options on the active roster. Ross said he’s hopeful Hoerner will miss only the minimum amount of time. The move was made retroactive to Tuesday.Infielder Miles Mastrobuoni was recalled from Triple-A Iowa to replace Hoerner on the roster, and Christopher Morel was in the lineup at second base against the Twins. The Cubs also activated left-hander Brandon Hughes from the 15-day injured list and sent right-hander Javier Assad to Iowa.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Ontario’s Bridget Carleton excited for first-ever WNBA game in Canada

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — The WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada is a full-circle moment for Bridget Carleton.The Chatham, Ontario, native will be suiting up for the Minnesota Lynx in a preseason game Saturday against the Chicago Sky at Scotiabank Arena.“I think growing up, I never really even dreamed about playing in the WNBA,” the 25-year-old Carleton told The Canadian Press. “I didn’t think I was going to be that good, I think because I knew it was such a small league and only the best of the best, so I was always just kind of focused on college and Team Canada and the Olympics.“A lot of people still live in Toronto who have helped me get to where I am and they always believed in me. … So a huge credit to them for seeing things in me that I didn’t see and to get me to where I am today and (it) kind of comes full circle.”Carleton returned to Minnesota on Monday after playing for Perfumerias Avenida in Spain.Perfumerias was swept by Valencia in the best-of-three league final, losing 81-69...

Recent rain could bring benefits through the summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

HUDSON, Colo. (KDVR) — While the recent wet weather is creating a mess for some people, it is a miracle for others. “I went to bed and it was raining. And then I woke up and it was still raining. And then it rained all day,” Anita Rossi said.Rossi owns Rossi Dairy and Produce in Hudson. She says she stayed inside her home for two days while it rained, which is unheard of for a farmer. “Especially with the last few years, I mean it’s been a 20-year drought or whatever it is,” Rossi said.  Colorado rain totals top 5 inches over 3-day period The recent spring storm dropped between 2 and 5 inches of rain across the Eastern Plains. It may be enough moisture to pull the region out of its drought. “I don’t remember seeing all these puddles,” Rossi said. “They’ve been dry for so long and they’re all there. There’s water everywhere.”Water is a critical resource for them to grow crops that include pumpkins, hard squash, corn and alfalfa. However, Rossi said they plan ahead and pla...

‘Hialeah Hillbilly’ Ricky Valido on his passion for country music

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

South Florida isn’t exactly known as a hot bed of country music. One local musician is sure he can change that. After all, with a nickname like the “Hialeah Hillbilly,” how can he lose?Ricky Valido, singing: “We are living the swamp life/out in the glades/deep in the sawgrass/with the gators and the rattlesnakes/yeah we’re doin’ the swamp stomp.”Country music fans, meet your hometown hero, Ricky Valido.Ricky Valido: “Well, I am a country music singer/songwriter/performer. I’m mainly from Hialeah, Florida. This is where I was born and raised.”Ricky says his SoFlo roots are a plus when it comes to his career.Ricky Valido: “I think that that’s made kind of a point into what differentiates me from maybe the stereotypical country singer country artist.”The love of music runs deep in Ricky’s family.Ricky Valido “My great grandparents, they moved here to Hialeah in the ’60s from Cuba, and they b...

Mayor Wu looks to bail out Boston Council with new redistricting map

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

A proposed redistricting map put forward by Mayor Michelle Wu alters many of the contentious changes made by the Boston City Council, in a prior map that a federal judge threw out for potential violations to the Constitution.Wu urged the City Council to take action on either her proposed map, or one that the body may create on its own, by its Wednesday meeting to allow for sufficient review and passage by May 30, the deadline for keeping the city’s preliminary election date, Sept. 12, in place.The mayor told the Council in a Friday letter that she put forward her own redistricting map “to help ensure a swift and smooth resolution to redistricting.” She said her administration redrew districts with this past Monday’s court ruling, and the city’s legal obligations under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in mind.“As mayor, I believe that putting whole neighborhoods in single council districts encourages neighborhood organizing and civic engagement,” Wu wrote. “With that goal in mind, our ...

Chicago White Sox reinstate third baseman Yoán Moncada from the injured list: ‘I’m expecting the same guy back’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

Yoán Moncada made a splash in the season-opening series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.He had two three-hit games, homered twice and drove in four while helping the Chicago White Sox split the four games.After being sidelined for more than a month with lower back soreness, the third baseman returned from the injured list Friday as the Sox opened a three-game series against the Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field.“I feel much better,” Moncada said through an interpreter Friday afternoon. “For now on I just have to keep getting treatment and doing my exercises to feel as good as I can.”. The Sox also optioned infielder Lenyn Sosa to Triple-A Charlotte and outrighted reliever Alexander Colomé to Charlotte.Moncada entered Friday with a .308/.325/.564 slash line with four doubles, two home runs, five RBIs and four runs in nine games. He last played April 9 at Pittsburgh.“(He’s an) extremely talented player on both sides of the bal...

Tiny bats in Vermont provide ‘glimmer of hope’ against fungus devastating species

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir.The little brown bats, survivors of a deadly fungus that decimated their population, went into hibernation last fall. Now in early May, they’re waking, detaching from their rock wall roosts and making their first tentative flights in search of the moths, beetles and flying aquatic insects they devour.It’s here, in deep passages that creep into a Vermont mountain, where scientists found one of the first North American outbreaks of the fungus that causes white nose syndrome. Bat bones litter the cave floor like dry lawn-mower cuttings. Look closer and you’ll find tiny skulls.And the bats are still dying.White nose syndrome is caused by an invasive fungus first found in an upstate New York cave in 2006, a short bat flight from the Dorset, Vermont, colony. The fungus wakes bats from hibernation, sending them into the frigid, winter air in search of food. They die of exposur...

MSTCA Twilight Invitational

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:00 GMT

FOXBORO – With the preferable warm weather to compete in after a handful of chilly dual meets, Durfee’s Shakira Cadet had a performance at yesterday’s MSTCA Twilight Invitational that should make the state’s triple jumpers stand up and take notice.The defending All-State champion and the school record-holder, Cadet leaped to a season-best of 37-feet, 9-1/2 inches, setting the stage for the final month of the season.Cadet is getting amped up for the state meet and is excited to defend her title. “It’s exciting and nerve wracking,” said the UMass–bound senior. “I hadn’t been consistent with my speed, but if felt really good today.”The warm conditions resulted in a slew of personal bests for many of the sprinters and field event athletes. Franklin’s terrific hurdler, Sarah Dumas raced to an impressive win in the 100 hurdles in 14.78 and Aiden Robert of Wareham won the 110 hurdles in 14.70.It was a perfect storm for...