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EPA proposes industry-changing vehicle emissions limits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

By Matthew Daly and Tom Krisher | Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales.The proposed regulation, announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, would set tailpipe emissions limits for the 2027 through 2032 model years that are the strictest ever imposed — and call for far more new EV sales than the auto industry agreed to less than two years ago.The new rules do not affect California, which already has the nation’s toughest tailpipe emissions standards. The new rules’ goals for electric vehicles, while groundbreaking nationally, also fall short of California’s existing rules.Last August, at the direction of Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Air Resources Board approved landmark rules to prohibit the sale of all new gasoline-powered c...

22 arrested in San Jose sex crimes sweep operation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Twenty-two men and women were arrested during a month-long sweep operation targeting sexual assault suspects who have outstanding warrants, the San Jose Police Department announced Wednesday. The 22 suspects are charged with a slew of sex crimes. "All of the suspects are charged with sex crimes ranging from misdemeanor sexual assault to felony cases of sexual assault of a minor and rape. The dates of these cases ranged from as early as 2012 to February 2023," SJPD Officer Steve Aponte wrote. The sweep was conducted in March and went after suspects who were "purposefully absconding from justice," Aponte told reporters at the news conference Wednesday. "Abscond" is a legal term meaning to go in a clandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to be concealed in order to avoid court proceedings. Mugshots released by the San Jose Police Department following a sweep.Police Chief Anthony Mata said, "I would like to thank all the San Jose Police De...

PSG coach Galtier denies racism allegations at previous club

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier vehemently denied accusations that he made racist and anti-Muslim comments when he was in charge of French league club Nice, adding Wednesday that he would take legal action.RMC Sport and other French media published reports quoting a leaked email from Nice’s former director of football Julien Fournier to the club’s owners, in which he accused Galtier of saying there were too many Black and Muslim players in the squad.In a statement released by his lawyer to French media, Galtier said he was “stunned to learn of the insulting and defamatory” report and said he would take unspecified legal actions.Meanwhile, a prominent group of PSG supporters called for Galtier’s departure if it can be proven that he made the alleged remarks.“The Ultras Paris Collective is closely following the Galtier case. If the facts he is accused of are proven, it is not acceptable that this person remains in the organizational ch...

Montgomery Co. attempted murder suspect leads police on chase into Frederick Co., turns up in Loudoun, Va.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

A Maryland man wanted on attempted murder charges led police on a chase from Montgomery County, Maryland, north into neighboring Frederick County, before switching vehicles and later turning up in Loudoun County, Virginia, police say.Johnny Franklin Dove, Jr. 22, of Derwood, Maryland, was wanted on attempted murder charges in connection with what police called a “violent domestic assault” that happened on Easter, according to a news release from the Montgomery County Police Department.The following day, detectives located Dove in Clarksburg and attempted a traffic stop, but police said Dove led officers on a pursuit into Frederick County.The pursuit sparked a large police response. In addition to Montgomery County police, Maryland State Police, Frederick City police and Frederick County Sheriff’s deputies assisted in the pursuit.During the pursuit, Dove was able to switch vehicles and get away, police said, before detectives tracked him down in Loudoun County the f...

Jim Harrick Jr., former assistant basketball coach, dies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jim Harrick Jr., who played at Pepperdine and worked as an assistant basketball coach at Georgia and several other schools, has died. He was 58.Harrick Jr. died Tuesday at his home in San Marcos after battling a glioblastoma brain tumor for 2 1/2 years, according to UCLA. The school, where his father Jim Sr. coached the Bruins to a national championship in 1995, announced his death Wednesday.Harrick Jr. played for his father at Pepperdine, where he graduated in 1987. He was on his father’s staff at Rhode Island and Georgia.Shortly after joining the Georgia staff in 2001, Harrick Jr. acknowledged that his biography in the media guide exaggerated his playing career and academic honors. Harrick Sr. was fired at UCLA a season after winning the school’s record 11th national title for lying on an expense report.The younger Harrick also had assistant stints at San Diego State, Valparaiso, Marshall and Loyola Chicago.After leaving coaching, he worked in the health care in...

An Escobar hippo killed in highway collision in Colombia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has died in a collision with an SUV on a highway near Escobar’s hacienda, environmental authorities said Wednesday. The hippos, which spread from the estate into nearby rivers and now number more than 100, have no natural predators in Colombia and have been declared an invasive species that could upset the ecosystem. The crash late Tuesday reflected the additional danger they pose to motorists. Vehicle occupants were unharmed in the accident in the northwest on a highway from Bogotá to Medellín, police said. The hippopotamus died immediately afterward and was removed to be analyzed, environmental authorities said.“This is one of the dangers that the presence of this species represents. Many of them cross the highway where many vehicles pass, it is also a danger to people,” said David Echeverri López, a biologist at Cornare, the local environmental author...

La desesperación acecha: migrantes en México se lanzan al peligroso río Bravo para llegar a EEUU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

MATAMOROS, México – Las constantes fallas de la aplicación “CBP One”, que Estados Unidos habilitó para que migrantes gestionen su cita para asilo, causan desesperación entre migrantes en la frontera norte de México, donde ahora suelen saltar al río Bravo para urgir una solución.Este es el caso de la comunidad migrante que habita en el campamento habilitado en Matamoros, en el límite con la ciudad estadounidense de Brownsville, Texas.Apoyados en inflables, sogas y botellas de plástico, niños y adultos atraviesan el caudal que, tras lluvias crecientes, acarrea una corriente peligrosa. Terrible muerte: dos niños fallecieron ahogados cuando intentaban cruzar la frontera con EEUU Muere niña migrante de 5 años tras ser arrastrada por las corrientes del río Bravo “Tenemos más de un año de estar aquí esperando y nada. La única opción que tenemos en este momento es cruzarnos”, declaró a EFE el hondureño Maynor David.Las e...

Yankees manager Boone ejected after replay review confusion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected in the first inning Wednesday against the Cleveland Guardians following a heated exchange with umpires over a play that was not initially reviewed by instant replay.Boone spent several minutes pleading his case after the Yankees appeared to end the first with a double play.Cleveland had runners at second and third with one out when Josh Naylor hit a looper to center field that Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks appeared to catch with a sliding grab. Hicks then threw to second for a force-out and an apparent inning-ending double play.However, as both teams left the field, a replay was shown on the giant left-field scoreboard of Hicks failing to make the catch. It wasn’t immediately clear if Guardians manager Terry Francona had requested a challenge in the allotted 15 seconds.Crew chief Larry Vanover huddled with the umpires for several minutes in the middle of the infield and first spoke to Francona, who appeared to ...

Weinstein returns to NY prison system after LA conviction

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has returned to the New York prison system after spending nearly two years in California, where he was tried and convicted of raping an Italian actor and model.Weinstein, whose December 2022 conviction in Los Angeles followed his February 2020 New York conviction on rape and sexual assault charges, will be housed at the Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, New York, state prison officials said.Prior to being extradited to California in 2021, Weinstein was serving his New York sentence at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo.Weinstein was flown back on New York on April 5. A spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the department chose to transfer Weinstein to the medium-security Mohawk facility in central New York after reviewing his treatment and program needs.Weinstein, who co-founded the entertainment company Miramax with his brother Bob, was one of the movie industry...

Masters champ Rahm ready to keep going at RBC Heritage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — An exhausted, jubilant Jon Rahm wondered if he’d earned a break.The Masters’ champion, worn out from his four-shot victory last week, thought hard about passing up the RBC Heritage and taking some well-deserved rest.In the end, Rahm honored his commitment — and will try to become just the second player ever to follow a win at Augusta National with one at Harbour Town Golf Links.“It did cross my mind, and obviously I think it would have crossed anybody’s because I was so tired,” he said Wednesday. “But that’s why I decided to come in yesterday afternoon and take it easier and just give my body a rest before I got into competition mode.”And Rahm, No. 1 in the world and a four-time tour winner this season, assured everyone he was in it to win it, just like always. “I still intend to hopefully do the jacket double and taking this one home,” Rahm said with a smile.Only Bernhard Langer in 1985 has been able to win the Masters’ green jacket...