PHOTOS: Rescued mountain lion cubs come to Oakland Zoo

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

PHOTOS: Rescued mountain lion cubs come to Oakland Zoo (KRON) -- Two orphaned mountain lion cubs have a new home at the Oakland Zoo, the zoo announced Tuesday. The kittens were found in a backyard in the Burlingame/Hillsboro area last weekend after their suspected mother was killed in a car crash on Highway 280, the zoo said. The young siblings were taken to the zoo on Tuesday where they were examined for health. "These cubs became orphans when their mother was struck by a car on a busy highway, a tragedy suffered by wildlife when safe passage across their natural territories isn't possible. We support and advocate for more wildlife crossings, such as the one opened in Santa Cruz earlier this year on Highway 17," said Nik Dehejia, Oakland Zoo's CEO. Both kittens are females that were born just 6-10 weeks ago, per the zoo. One weighs 5 pounds and the other weighs 5.5 pounds. United flight makes emergency landing at SFO due to ‘potential security issue’ The kittens were underweight and dehydrated when they were found, but aside fr...

52-year-old SF man convicted in revenge porn case

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

52-year-old SF man convicted in revenge porn case SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A San Francisco man was convicted by a jury in a revenge porn case, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Joseph Garcia, 52, was found guilty of invasion of privacy after he secretly recorded a sexual encounter and shared it without his partner's knowledge or consent.Testimony and evidence presented at the trial revealed that Garcia secretly recorded the encounter and then shared it via text message with a mutual friend. After the victim became aware of the video, she reported the crime to the San Francisco Police Department. Pelosi attacker DePape takes stand in his trial “The jury’s verdict sends a message that Mr. Garcia’s conduct is unacceptable and anyone whoengages in this type of behavior will face consequences,” said District Attorney BrookeJenkins. “I will do everything in my power to fight for justice for victims and ensure that thiskind of demeaning and exploitative criminal behavior is not normalized.”Garcia is currentl...

NXT: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

NXT: Q3 Earnings Snapshot CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — NXT Energy Solutions Inc. (NSFDF) on Tuesday reported a loss of $1.3 million in its third quarter.The Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NSFDF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/NSFDFSource

Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 3 dead, sends 15 to hospital

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 3 dead, sends 15 to hospital ETNA, Ohio (AP) — A charter bus filled with high school students was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, officials said. Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus that was carrying students and chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio, said Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady. There were a total of 57 people onboard, he said.“This is our worst nightmare, when we have a bus full of children involved in a crash,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said during a news conference at the scene. “Prayers go out to the families, everyone who was on the bus.”Lt. Nathan Dennis of the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed that there were fatalities but declined to say how many. He said 18 people altogether were taken from the bus. The injured were taken to seven hospitals for treatment.The bus was carrying the students and chaperones t...

Ampio: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

Ampio: Q3 Earnings Snapshot ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMPE) on Tuesday reported a loss of $1.2 million in its third quarter.The Englewood, Colorado-based company said it had a loss of $1.53 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AMPE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AMPESource

Live updates | Israeli troops battle Palestinian militants as UN runs out of fuel in Gaza

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

Live updates | Israeli troops battle Palestinian militants as UN runs out of fuel in Gaza The U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees said its fuel reserves in Gaza ran dry on Tuesday. The lack of fuel means relief efforts, phone and internet communications across the besieged territory will grind to a halt in the next few days, UNRWA said.Israel has refused to allow fuel shipments into Gaza following Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel that set off the war, saying the militant group will divert any fuel for its own use.Fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in northern Gaza has caused 200,000 people to flee south in the past 10 days, the U.N. humanitarian agency said Tuesday. More than two-thirds of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have fled their homes since the war began.Only one hospital in the north is capable of treating patients, and another evacuated its last remaining patients and health workers. Patients, newborns and medics are stranded with no electricity and dwindling supplies. Israel accuses Hamas of using hospitals as c...

GOP senator challenges Teamsters head to a fight in a fiery exchange at a hearing

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

GOP senator challenges Teamsters head to a fight in a fiery exchange at a hearing WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in the room.Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate panel that was holding the hearing, yelled at Mullin to sit down after he challenged O’Brien to a fight. Mullin had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off.“This is the time, this is the place,” Mullin told O’Brien after reading a series of critical tweets O’Brien had sent about him in the past. “If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here.”The two men never came face to face in the hearing room. But they hurled insults at each other for around six minutes as Sanders repeatedly banged his gavel and tried to cut th...

Israeli military seizes broader control of northern Gaza and captures key government buildings

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

Israeli military seizes broader control of northern Gaza and captures key government buildings KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military seized broader control of northern Gaza on Tuesday, including capturing the territory’s legislature building and its police headquarters, in gains that carried high symbolic value in the country’s quest to crush the ruling Hamas militant group.Meanwhile, Palestinian authorities called for a cease-fire to evacuate three dozen newborns and other patients trapped inside Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israeli forces battled Hamas in the streets just outside.Inside some of the captured buildings, soldiers held up the Israeli flag and military flags in celebration. In a nationally televised news conference, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Hamas had “lost control” of northern Gaza and that Israel made significant gains in Gaza City.But asked about the time frame for the war, Gallant said: “We’re talking about long months, not a day or two.”One Israeli commander in Gaza, identified only as Lt. Col. Gilad, said in a video that hi...

Pac-12 championship game race winds down to 4 remaining contenders

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

Pac-12 championship game race winds down to 4 remaining contenders The Pac-12 is winding down to the finish of what may be its final football season before most of its members leave for other conferences next season.With two weeks left, the race for spots in the conference title game in Las Vegas on Dec. 1 is down to four teams. A look at the contenders:WASHINGTONThe fifth-ranked Huskies (10-0, 7-0 Pac-12) have not only been the class of the league, they’re still in the mix for a spot in the College Football Playoff.Washington, fifth in the CFP rankings, has passed every test so far with one of the nation’s best offenses. The Huskies survived an early showdown with No. 6 Oregon, pulling out a 36-33 win on Oct. 14, and have won consecutive games against ranked opponents the past two weeks. Washington beat then-No. 24 Southern California and knocked off No. 16 Utah last week. Led by Heisman Trophy candidate Michael Penix Jr., the Huskies have the nation’s top passing offense at 378 yards per game and are sixth in total offense, aver...

House passes bill to avert government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democratic support for temporary funding

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:24 GMT

House passes bill to avert government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democratic support for temporary funding WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes bill to avert government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democratic support for temporary funding.Source