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Council to consider amending no camping law in Santa Rosa

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

(KRON) -- The Santa Rosa City Council will consider amending an ordinance against camping in public spaces within the city on Tuesday. Amending the ordinance would bring their policies in line with federal law which prohibits cities from enforcing camping restrictions on public spaces if there are no other options available to unsheltered residents. First case of West Nile virus found in Santa Clara County Santa Rosa had a public ordinance banning camping on public properties since 1994. The city will propose an ordinance similar to Rohnert Park which restricts camping to specific locations under specific circumstances.Those who wish to attend the meeting can do so by attending in person at 100 Santa Rosa Avenue or on Zoom at the link here. The meeting is expected to begin around 5 p.m.

ProQR: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

LEIDEN, Netherlands (AP) — LEIDEN, Netherlands (AP) — ProQR Therapeutics NV (PRQR) on Thursday reported a loss of $8.7 million in its second quarter.The Leiden, Netherlands-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents per share.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 12 cents per share.The Dutch drugmaker posted revenue of $1.3 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PRQR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PRQRSource

First Majestic: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) on Thursday reported a loss of $17.5 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 2 cents per share.The silver miner posted revenue of $146.7 million in the period.First Majestic shares have fallen 29% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased 20% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AG at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AGSource

A Texas man faces a possible death sentence after being convicted of fatally shooting a law officer

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man faces either the death penalty or life in prison without parole after being convicted of fatally shooting a west Texas deputy sheriff.A jury in El Paso deliberated for about 30 minutes Thursday before finding Facundo Chavez, 31, guilty of capital murder in the 2019 death of El Paso County deputy Peter Herrera during a traffic stop.Chavez admitted during testimony that he shot and beat Herrera and said he did so because his girlfriend, who was with him at the time, said Herrera had harassed her.Prosecutors argued that Herrera did not know who was in the vehicle he had stopped for a traffic violation shortly before 2 a.m. because the vehicle was unfamiliar and the traffic stop was in a dark area.Authorities say Chavez fired 15 shots at Herrera, then beat the deputy with the gun, after getting out of the stopped car at the deputy’s request.The jury will now consider whether to sentence Chavez to death or life in prison.Herrera died two days after...

These Colorado cities have some of the nation's highest costs for raising kids

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado's Front Range has grown to be one of the nation's most expensive areas in the last 10 years, and that means hefty bills for parents. Colorado's largest metro areas and cities are some of the most expensive in the country when it comes to kids. The average annual cost of raising a child in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro is the 21st most expensive nationwide.Financial adviser SmartAsset released a report examining the costs for housing, food, childcare, health care and other necessities across 381 metro areas when a family with two working adults adds one, two or three children into their budget. 1 Colorado city among worst-run cities in US Researchers used the MIT Living Wage Calculator to compare the most recent living costs for households. In the northern Front Range, costs to raise children are roughly even. In the Denver metro, the annual cost of raising a child is $23,803 - about $5,000 more than the national average. Boulder's costs are even higher...

Lawmakers tour site of Parkland school massacre before experts recreate shooting inside

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Nine members of Congress toured the blood-stained and bullet-pocked halls at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, shortly before ballistics technicians reenact the massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead.Few have been inside the three-story building since the Valentine’s Day 2018 shooting. The structure looms over the campus, locked behind a chain-link fence for use as evidence in last year’s penalty trial for the shooter.There is broken glass on the floor, along with wilted roses, deflated balloons and discarded gifts. Opened textbooks and laptop computers remain on students’ desks — at least those that weren’t toppled during the chaos.In one classroom, there is an unfinished chess game one of the slain students had been playing, the pieces unmoved. The Associated Press was one of five media outlets allowed to tour the building after shooter Nikolas Cruz’s jury went through.The House members were led to the same...

Google update makes it easier for US users to remove some unwanted search results

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

(CNN) — Google unveiled new privacy updates this week that lets US users have a wee bit more control over the search results that pop up about themselves online.The tech giant said that it was rolling out a new dashboard that will let you know if web results with your contact information are showing up on its search engine. “Then, you can quickly request the removal of those results from Google — right in the tool,” Danielle Romain, the vice president of Trust at Google, said in a blog post Thursday.Romain added that Google will also notify you when new results from the web containing your contact info appear, for added “peace of mind.”Google also said it was enabling people to remove any of their personal, explicit images that they no longer wish to be visible in its search engine. For example, if you uploaded explicit content to a website and then subsequently deleted it, you can request its removal from Google’s Search if it’s being published elsewhere without your...

GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie meets with Zelenskyy in unannounced visit to Ukraine

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine. (WSVN) – Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Friday made an unannounced trip to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.The trip marks the presidential candidate’s first visit to the war torn country.Christie is expected to tour several sites, including a civilian burial site and a history museum.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson surprises UFC fighter Themba Gorimbo in Miami after inspired by his $7 journey

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

Themba Gorimbo, the dedicated UFC fighter known for his relentless commitment to training, has traded the gym floors for a new place to call his own, all thanks to an unexpected act of kindness from his idol, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.Themba, got to meet him when Johnson flew to Florida to meet him. Johnson, often referred to as “The Rock,” had initially told planned to meet up with his friend, Jay, at his Miami apartment. Little did Gorimbo know that this meetup would lead to a life-changing moment. Upon arriving at the location, Johnson was met with a heartwarming surprise — framed family photos adorned the walls, and the realization struck that this was no ordinary apartment; it was Gorimbo’s new residence.In a YouTube video, Gorimbo can be heard saying, “Isn’t that cool? Is that like Sadio Mane? Oh, it’s my family, oh my god.” Johnson, clearly moved by the significance of the occasion, responded, “I don’t know any...

‘Stalinist.’ Putin nemesis Alexei Navalny gets 19 more years in prison

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:38:52 GMT

A Russian court on Friday sentenced opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to an additional 19 years in a maximum-security prison, finding him guilty on extremism charges in what critics have lambasted as a “sham trial.”Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year prison term in a maximum-security facility in Melekhovo, 250 kilometers east of Moscow, now faces decades behind bars.Prosecutors had requested a 20-year sentence for Navalny, who said on social media on Thursday before the verdict that he expected to receive a lengthy “Stalinist” sentence.“When the figure is announced, please show solidarity with me and other political prisoners by thinking for a minute why such an exemplary huge term is necessary,” he wrote. “Its main purpose is to intimidate. You, not me.”Although he has visibly lost weight, Navalny cut a relaxed figure, chatting to co-defendant Daniel Kholodny ahead of the hearing and appearing to crack jokes with the defense team while the verd...