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SF mayor to propose 5-year, $600M plan to halve unsheltered homelessness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

In June 2022, a newly enacted city ordinance announced: "It shall be the policy of the City to offer to every person experiencing homelessness in San Francisco a safe place to sleep." On Friday, less than a year later, the mayor is set to announce a five-year strategic plan intended to comprehensively address homelessness in San Francisco. But if that plan is successfully implemented, the city policy may need to be restated to change the words "every person" to "every other person," because the plan only proposes to reduce the unsheltered population by half. Bay Area suburb is CA’s best for city-like living, study says The plan was prepared by the city's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), the city's lead agency on issues of unsheltered homelessness, and is entitled "Home by the Bay, An Equity-Driven Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in San Francisco." The plan provides that by spending $607 million in new funding over five years, the city can...

Marianne Williamson on Being a TikTok Phenom

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

If engagement on TikTok is any indication, a Democratic primary held today among people under 50 would result in a landslide for Marianne Williamson. Williamson has only posted 63 videos but has drawn more than 10 million views, according to a TikTok data counter. This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim speaks with Williamson about her growing popularity with Gen Z, why her message focusing on the economic hardships Americans are facing resonates, and what the Democratic Party is missing.Transcript coming soon.The post Marianne Williamson on Being a TikTok Phenom appeared first on The Intercept.

Attorney: Mom of Virginia boy who shot teacher was depressed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting.Police say the boy fired a single shot at his first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, on Jan. 6, striking her in the left hand and chest. She spent two weeks in the hospital and has had four surgeries since the shooting.The Associated Press is not identifying the mother to shield the identity of her son. A grand jury indicted the mother this week, and she was released on a $5,000 bond after turning herself in Thursday.The 25-year-old woman appeared somber and stood with her hands clasped behind her back as the two charges against her were read in Newport News Circuit Court. She did not speak except to say “no, sir” in response to a question from the judge. After ...

Airport reopens as South Florida flood water slowly recedes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One of Florida’s busiest airports reopened Friday morning, two days after an unprecedented deluge left planes and travelers stranded and turned Fort Lauderdale’s streets into rivers.Officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport completed final inspections after sunrise Friday and resumed operations at 9 a.m. In a tweet Friday morning, airport officials advised travelers to check with their airlines on updated flight schedules before going to the airport. The airport shut down Wednesday evening as a storm dumped more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of rain.“Nature has been unkind to us,” Broward County Mayor Lamar Fisher said during a news conference Thursday afternoon at the airport.A flood warning was expiring, but the National Weather Service warned motorists that water-covered roads could still be a hazard. All across Fort Lauderdale, residents and business owners cleaned up. While it started raining on Monday in South Florida,...

EE.UU. está “decepcionado” por la decisión de un tribunal chino de mantener la pena de muerte para un ciudadano estadounidense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

(CNN) —  El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos declaró este jueves que está “decepcionado” por la decisión de un tribunal chino de mantener la condena a muerte del ciudadano estadounidense Mark Swidan y pidió su liberación inmediata.“Hoy, el Tribunal Intermedio de Jiangmen, en la República Popular China, denegó la apelación del ciudadano estadounidense Mark Swidan, detenido injustamente, y confirmó su condena a muerte con dos años de suspensión de la pena”, declaró en un comunicado el portavoz adjunto principal del Departamento de Estado, Vedant Patel.“Estamos decepcionados por esta decisión y seguiremos presionando para su inmediata liberación y regreso a Estados Unidos”, añadió Patel.Swidan, un empresario de Texas, ha estado detenido en China durante más de una década desde que fue arrestado en 2012 por cargos relacionados con las drogas.El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Uruguay visitará China la próxima semanaFue declarado cul...

Ukraine bars national sports teams from events with Russians

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian government has barred its national sports teams from competing at international events which also include athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus.The decree published by the Ministry of Youth and Sports follows opposition from Ukraine to efforts by the International Olympic Committee to reintegrate Russian and Belarusian competitors into events as neutrals without national symbols. It could pressure global sports bodies to choose between admitting Russians and Belarusians or risking a Ukrainian boycott.After Ukraine signaled last month it would seek to block its athletes from competing against Russians and Belarusians, the IOC said any such move would “hurt only the Ukrainian athlete community.” The IOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.The decree only refers to national team delegations and it was not clear if it would affect individual Ukrainian players on the men’s and women’s tennis tours, where Russian a...

MATCHDAY: Man City hosts Leicester; PSG faces Lens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Saturday:ENGLANDManchester City will try to gain ground on first-place Arsenal when it hosts Leicester in one of seven Premier League games on the day. City is six points from the top and has a game in hand on Arsenal. Leicester has lost three in a row and has hired Dean Smith as manager in a bid to get out of the relegation zone. Aston Villa puts its four-game winning streak on the line when it hosts third-place Newcastle. Villa is pushing for a European spot. Tottenham is three points from a Champions League place and hosts Bournemouth. Chelsea hasn’t scored in four straight games. The Blues host seventh-place Brighton. Brentford visits Wolverhampton, Everton hosts Fulham, and last-place Southampton hosts Crystal Palace.SPAINVinícius Júnior and Toni Kroos will miss Real Madrid’s game at Cadiz as they rest ahead of its trip to London next week to play Chelsea in the second game of their Champions League quarterfinal. Madr...

Lottery could alter offseason plans for NHL’s worst teams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — At one point, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson downplayed the importance of the NHL draft lottery on his team’s offseason plans.Moments later, Davidson allowed himself a wide grin as he pondered the possibilities.“The top of the draft’s good,” he said with a smile. “Yeah, it’s a special top of the draft. There’s no doubt about it.”It’s so good that a single ping-pong ball could have a ripple effect beyond the Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets — or another lucky NHL team looking to turn a dismal season into a blue-chip player.High-scoring forward Connor Bedard is the top prize as the consensus No. 1 overall prospect, but University of Michigan star Adam Fantilli would be quite a return for whichever team gets the No. 2 pick. Matvei Michkov and Leo Carlsson also are expected to go in the top five.Land one of the those top spots in the May 8 lottery, and a rebuilding team could decide to accelerate its timeline through ...

Driver clocked going 95 mph in Aurora

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- A driver is facing a court date and hefty speeding ticket after getting pulled over for going more than 40 mph over the speed limit.The Aurora Police Department said the driver was caught going 95 mph in a 40 mph zone. Who shot this man and left him to die 25 years ago? "We get it...with the sunshine and warm days upon us, we just want to go outside and enjoy it. But please, PLEASE, do not drive 95mph in a 40mph zone," APD shared on Twitter. "Everyone's life gets put at risk when you drive that fast. Slow down, drive with care, and arrive alive." Employees forced to evacuate Coors canning facility after acid spill The driver will have to appear in court for reckless driving and speeding 40 miles or more over the speed limit.The penalty for speeding 25 or more mph over the speed limit in Colorado starts at $150 with a minimum of 10 days in jail.Excessive speeding can be deadlyIn January, the Colorado State Patrol said that excessive speeding cont...

Clean-up begins after historic floods impact Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

Homeowners are now in cleanup efforts after Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday, damaging multiple cars and homes. Residents said have thousands of dollars in damages. Residents that spoke to 7News said something like this has never happened in the area and that at one point the water was knee-deep, now they are demanding answers from the South Florida Water Management District. Hallie Hodder, a homeowner in one of the affected areas said she came home at around 5 p.m. and within a few hours, water came rushing into her garage.She believes South Florida Water Management didn’t expect this much water and they may have opened the floodgates which allowed water in, flooding both sides of the street and the canals behind her home. “I think that they opened up the floodgates and that’s what flooded our canals and everything, cause this never happens. We get maybe a foot above the dock when it’s high tide or we have a bad rainstorm...