UC Berkeley police investigate 3 sexual assaults on campus
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) -- UC Berkeley police believe three assaults in the past week may be connected. The last assault happened just hours ago as a young woman was walking to one of the residence halls on campus, according to UC Berkeley police.UC Berkley police released photos of the man they are looking regarding an assault that happened just after mid-night Tuesday morning. Police said a woman was walking near the Foothill Complex, which is a residence hall, when she said she was grabbed from behind and knocked to the floor. Officials said she fought back by kicking and was able to get away, but that suspect is still on the loose.Police believe Tuesday morning's incident is related to the two sexual battery cases that happened last week.The first happened last Wednesday, April 5, at the Eucalyptus Grove around 1:30 p.m. The second incident happened this past Sunday, April 9, around 9:40 a.m. near Stephens Hall.In both of those cases, the suspect grabbed a female student’s priva...South Bay Water Agency considers rescinding water shortage emergency condition
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
(BCN) -- As the record amounts of rain and snow from more than a dozen atmospheric river storms have pulled most areas of California out of the drought during the last three months -- including most regions of the San Francisco Bay Area -- water officials in the Santa Clara Valley are re-evaluating their drought emergency condition. On Tuesday, the Board of Directors of Valley Water -- which manages water for Santa Clara County's nearly two million residents -- will consider at its afternoon board meeting recommendations to be discussed, one of which is to rescind the agency's water shortage emergency condition. Another recommendation is to ease associated mandatory water use restrictions. Agency officials said Monday that the National Drought Monitor shows Santa Clara County is now designated "free of drought" for the first time in three years. The heavy storms of the last three months have also improved Valley Water's imported water allocations from the State Water Proje...Moderna says potential flu vaccine needs more study
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
Moderna shares slipped Tuesday morning after the COVID-19 vaccine developer said its potential flu vaccine needs more study in a late-stage clinical trial.The company said an independent data and safety monitory board found that the potential vaccine “did not meet the statistical threshold necessary to declare early success” in the study.The board recommended that the trial should continue.Moderna is developing the vaccine, labeled mRNA-1010, to guard against seasonal flu. It is testing the vaccine in two, late-stage studies in the Southern and Northern hemispheres.The vaccine developer said Tuesday it expects to launch six vaccines in the next few years.The company’s COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, has been its main revenue generator so far. It brought in more than $18 billion in sales last year.Moderna also is developing potential vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.Shares of Moderna Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachu...A 100 días de la Copa Mundial Femenina: así prepara Telemundo toda su cobertura
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
Sólo 100 días es la distancia que separa a millones de aficionados de la patada inicial de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol Femenino que se disputarán 32 selecciones, seis de ellas latinoamericanas. El balón empezará a correr de forma simultánea el 20 de julio en las canchas de Eden Park, en Auckland, y en el estadio Australia, en Sídney, en juegos que serán transmitidos en vivo por Telemundo y Peacock.La Copa sigue estando en la cancha de Telemundo, que verá a las mujeres buscar la gloria y alzar el codiciado trofeo un mes después, el 20 de agosto.El espectáculo está a la vuelta de la esquina, cuando las mejores jugadoras del mundo, como Linda Caicedo, de Colombia; Jennifer Hermoso, de España, y todas las estrellas del Team USA lideradas por Megan Rapinoe y Alex Morgan, salten a la cancha. Todo lo que debes saber sobre la Copa Mundial FIFA 2023 de Fútbol Femenino Una por una: las nuevas camisetas de Nike para 13 selecciones de la Copa Mundial femen...Crisis de opioides en EEUU: el gobierno sancionará a los traficantes de fentanilo
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
Estados Unidos centrará sus esfuerzos y fortalecerá la lucha contra el fentanilo, un potente opioide sintético que es hasta 50 veces más fuerte que la heroína y 100 veces más fuerte que la morfina, como parte de su estrategia para combatir contra la preocupante crisis de los opioides en el país.Entre algunas de las medidas, el gobierno bloqueará las actividades financieras ilícitas de los narcotraficantes involucrados en el tráfico de fentanilo aumentando las sanciones en su contra, según un comunicado de la Casa Blanca difundido este martes.EEUU decomisó en 2022 más fentanilo del que se necesitaría para matar a todos los estadounidenses. “El fentanillo es ahora la amenaza más mortal de drogas que enfrenta este país”, advirtió la DEA a finales del año pasado. Más letal que la heroína: decomisan cargamento de droga “zombie” Narcan: cómo usarlo al momento de una sobredosis de drogas “Se ampliarán los esfuerzos para...Disciplinary incidents in Fairfax Co. schools have more than doubled, new report finds
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
The number of disciplinary incidents reported in Fairfax County, Virginia, public schools more than doubled in the first semester of the current school year, compared to the first semester of the 2021-22 academic year, according to preliminary county data.In a report by the Office of Intervention and Prevention Services, the county said the total number of discipline incidents in the first semester of the 2022-23 school year increased by 12,609. The exact number of cases was not part of the report.The report was compiled as part of a new school board directive that called for a detailed discipline report, disaggregated by school and subgroup, to be completed for infractions of the county’s Student Rights and Responsibilities Regulation, such as violations of dress code and rules for cellphones and other technology.More Education NewsMore Fairfax County NewsMore Local NewsVirginia’s largest school system reviews the regulation, which it calls SR&R, annually. It’...Derailment near Potomac Yard Metro station causes minor delays on Blue, Blue Plus trains
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
A derailment on Metro tracks outside the Potomac Yard station in Alexandria, Virginia, caused delays Tuesday morning for riders on the Blue and Blue Plus line trains.In a statement, Metro said overnight crews were completing work near the Yellow Line bridge when flat bed equipment slipped off the track just before 5 a.m.The vehicle can drive on the highway and our railroad tracks. It’s used to move equipment to the Yellow Line bridge work site. Crews are working to get it back on the tracks now.We apologize for the inconvenience. #wmata pic.twitter.com/Qzhg5ah7v1— Metro Forward (@wmata) April 11, 2023The derailment did not involve a train but caused delays because of speed restrictions in the area, the transit agency said.Blue and Blue Plus line trains were single tracking in both directions between Braddock Road and Reagan National Airport for over three hours until around 8:20 a.m.The Potomac Yard Metro station, near the Amazon headquarters development, is currently under construc...La final está cerca: así fue eliminado Diego Soldano de La Casa de los Famosos
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
MIAMI – Diego Soldano fue eliminado el lunes de la tercera temporada de La Casa de los Famosos. El público con sus votos salvó a José y a Madison.La boricua y el colombiano regresan a la casa más fuertes que nunca. Este martes seguirán jugando y desenfundando todas sus armas para llegar a la gran final. El equipo de Pepe y Madison se queda cojo pero seguramente resistirán. Paty estalla en lágrimas: ¿Qué la sacó de casillas? “Me duele”: Madison, José y Diego se dicen las verdades cara a cara La lealtad está en juego y la guerra se hace más fuerte porque todos quieren llevarse los $200,000.Presiona aquí para votar.La Casa de los Famosos 3 se emite de lunes a viernes a las 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m CT, y los domingos también en ese horario.Los episodios también están disponibles al día siguiente en el servicio de streaming Peacock. Los televidentes también pueden visitar LaCasadelosFamosos.com y el canal de YouTube @TelemundoEntreteni...Así fue cómo Playboy cortó lazos con Hugh Hefner para crear una marca pos-#MeToo
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
(CNN) — Hugh Hefner lanzó la revista Playboy hace 70 años este año. El primer número incluía una fotografía desnuda de Marilyn Monroe, que había comprado y publicado sin su conocimiento o consentimiento.Hefner pasó a construir la marca Playboy a partir de las innumerables mujeres que aparecen en sus páginas, cuya belleza y desempeño de la sexualidad femenina realzada han entretenido a sus lectores durante generaciones.Acercándose a su aniversario número 70 en diciembre de 2023, Playboy ahora ha cambiado radicalmente. Dado que la revista ya no se publica, la Mansión Playboy se vendió a un desarrollador y el último Club Playboy restante de Londres cerró en 2021, ¿cuál es el futuro de Playboy? La marca está cambiando para mantenerse al día con el mundo pos-#MeToo.Hefner falleció un mes antes de que surgieran acusaciones contra el productor de cine Harvey Weinstein en 2017, lo que dio impulso al movimiento #MeToo (en el que sobrevivientes de agresiones y acoso sexuales hablaron en...Investors bought $10B worth of Denver area homes since 2021
Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:51:24 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) — Investors snapped up a big slice of Denver real estate in the last two years. Online brokerage Redfin kept quarterly reports of how many homes in each major U.S. metro were purchased by investors in the last two years, as opposed to being purchased by people who planned to live in the homes themselves. Nationally, as many as one in five homes in the U.S. were bought by investors, depending on the quarter.In Colorado, investors have been very active in the housing market. Between the first quarter of 2021 and the fourth quarter of 2022, about 15% of the number of homes sold in the Denver metro were to investors - about one in every seven homes. Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs Through 2021 and 2022, investors bought a total of $9.5 billion in Denver area housing. This does not include the total sold in the first quarter of 2021, for which Redfin had no record. In reality, investors likely purchased over $10 billion in those two years if that...Latest news
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