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California fines Walmart $500,000 over illegal online brass knuckle sales

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

Walmart will pay $500,000 to settle California authorities’ claims that the retail giant sold brass knuckles illegal in the state through its website, Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday.The Attorney General’s complaint alleges that approximately 250 products that could be classified as brass knuckles were sold through Walmart’s Walmart.com website, which allows both direct sales to consumers by the retailer and provides an e-commerce platform for third-party sellers. About 60% of those brass knuckles were sold directly by Walmart, and the remaining 40% by third-party sellers, the complain alleges.“Illegal weapons have no place in California,” Bonta said. “The settlement we have reached with Walmart makes crystal clear that online retailers are responsible for what they are allowing to be offered for sale in our state.”The Arkansas-based retail giant had no immediate comment Tuesday afternoon. The company did not admit fault in reaching ...

Stanford’s Zhang wins 2nd straight NCAA golf title

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rose Zhang won just about everything there is in amateur golf.With a flawless performance at the NCAA Championships, the Stanford sophomore now has done something no one else has, not even Lorena Ochoa: win back-to-back national titles.Zhang shot a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on Monday to become the first woman to win multiple national titles and tie the NCAA record for wins in a season.“I was really fortunate to play at the same time as Lorena Ochoa and I felt her greatness was unmatched,” Stanford coach Anne Walker said. “Rose Zhang really reminds me a lot of Lorena.”Zhang turns 20 on Wednesday already with a full amateur resume. She won the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 2020, the U.S. Girls’ Junior in 2021 and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur last month.Starting four shots back, Zhang made up ground and was up one when San Jose State’s Lucia Lopez-Ortega made consecutive bogeys. Zhang saved par on Grayhawk Golf Club’s par-4 17th hole with a de...

Jimmy Carter: Tributes, ice cream sustaining him in hospice care

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

By Bill Barrow | Associated PressNORCROSS, Ga. — Three months after entering end-of-life care at home, former President Jimmy Carter remains in good spirits as he visits with family, follows public discussion of his legacy and receives updates on The Carter Center’s humanitarian work around the world, his grandson says. He’s even enjoying regular servings of ice cream.“They’re just meeting with family right now, but they’re doing it in the best possible way: the two of them together at home,” Jason Carter said of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, now 98 and 95 years old.“They’ve been together 70-plus years. They also know that they’re not in charge,” the younger Carter said Tuesday in a brief interview. “Their faith is really grounding in this moment. In that way, it’s as good as it can be.”The longest-lived U.S. president, Jimmy Carter announced in February that after a series of brief hospital stays, he would f...

3 girls, 6 boys arrested in Oakland robbery crime spree

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

(KRON) -- Nine juveniles, ranging in age from 12 to 17, were arrested in connection to 35 robberies throughout the City of Oakland, the Oakland Police Department said Tuesday. The nearly three dozen violent robberies have occurred citywide, often in broad daylight.On Sunday, May 21, Oakland PD officers spotted a vehicle wanted in connection to one of the recent robberies. The vehicle was tracked to the 100 block of 14th Street. Officers observed multiple occupants exit the vehicle and enter a nearby establishment. 1 killed, 4 injured after carjacked vehicle plows into SF bus stop Before entering the building, officers "methodically coordinated a plan," police said. Just as officers arrived, the vehicle in front of the building took off at a high rate of speed.The vehicle was monitored by OPD helicopter ARGUS and tracked to the area of 6th Avenue and East 15th Street. Four occupants got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. Officers responded and following a quick foot pursuit, took...

San Francisco launching PR campaigns to improve public image

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Mayor London Breed is holding a news conference Tuesday and touting the city's "Roadmap to Downtown San Francisco’s Future." The roadmap is the city's plan to transform downtown from feeling like a ghost town to a "stronger, resilient, economic and global destination." The city suffered blows to its public image when several downtown department stores closed, and the recent airing of a CNN special asking, "What Happened to San Francisco?"San Francisco's image problem was also called out by high-profile figures. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said downtown looks like a "derelict zombie apocalypse," while comedian Dave Chappelle declared that the city needs a "Batman" to restore law and order.San Francisco ranks dead-last in a nationwide study examining why some cities' downtowns are bouncing back, and others are dying. "The Death of Downtown" study's researchers said a tech-heavy economy and difficult commutes are partially to blame.Ma...

Appeals court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.The 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond overturns a ruling last year from a federal judge who found that the Fairfax County School Board engaged in impermissible “racial balancing” when it overhauled the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.The school frequently is cited among the best in the nation, and parents jockey and prepare for years to get their children admitted. But for decades Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented, while Asian Americans made up more than 70% of the student body. In 2020, the school board significantly revamped the admissions process, scrapping a standardized test that had been a linchpin in favor of a system that set aside equal number...

Grand Canyon’s Wilson has 12 strikeouts in last 478 plate appearances

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

Jacob Wilson came of age in baseball when the dictates of analytics removed the shame of striking out if it meant hitting more home runs.The Grand Canyon shortstop considers himself a throwback to the time when striking out equated to failure.“Striking out,” he said, “is not OK.”His numbers illustrate his mantra. The 21-year-old junior has been the toughest player in NCAA Division I to strike out for two years — 12 times in 478 plate appearances, an average of once every 40. Overall, one of every five plate appearances in Division I resulted in a strikeout the last two seasons.“It’s super important, something I take pride in,” Wilson said. “My strategy is to put in a competitive at-bat. Put the ball in play, be a hard strikeout and don’t be an easy out. That’s something my dad always tells me.”Wilson’s accomplishment harkens back to another era — Joe DiMaggio struck out 13 times over 622 plate appearances in 1941 and Yogi Berra whiffed 12 times over 656 in 19...

Biden picks new National Security Agency head, key to support of Ukraine, defense of US elections

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a new leader for the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, a joint position that oversees much of America’s cyber warfare and defense.Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, the current deputy commander of Cyber Command, would replace Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who has led both organizations since May 2018 and was expected to step down this year, according to a notice sent by the Air Force this week and confirmed by a person familiar with the announcement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters not yet made public.If confirmed, Haugh will take charge of highly influential U.S. efforts to bolster Ukraine’s cybersecurity and share information with Ukrainian forces fighting Russia’s invasion. He will also oversee programs to detect and stop foreign influence and interference in American elections, as well as those targeting criminals behind ransomware attacks that have shut down hospi...

Elon Musk signals Twitter’s headquarters may not stay in San Francisco

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter might not keep its headquarters in San Francisco forever, its owner Elon Musk signaled Tuesday.Speaking virtually at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit in London, Musk gave a noncommittal answer to an interviewer’s question about whether the company will stay in the California city.San Francisco officials announced last week they are investigating Twitter after six former employees alleged that Musk’s team broke laws by turning the company’s headquarters into a “Twitter Hotel.” The idea was to create sleeping quarters for workers who were pushed to stay up late working on the social media platform after Musk fired or laid off nearly 80% of Twitter’s employee base. The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said it will be conducting an investigation into the new allegations.The former Twitter employees allege that Musk’s team ordered numerous changes to the company’s headquarters in a 1930s Art Deco building in downtown San Francisco t...

NFL, Goodell close to finalizing 3-year contract extension; new deal would end in 2027

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:43:13 GMT

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL have agreed on the framework of a three-year contract extension that will keep him in place until 2027, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed Tuesday at the league meetings.Goodell’s current deal expires in 2024. He has been commissioner of the league since replacing Paul Tagliabue in 2006.“That’s always good news,” Irsay told reporters in Minnesota, where owners finished their spring meetings. “I think we still have to rubber-stamp it so to speak, but it’s virtually done.”Irsay said he’s under the impression Goodell will retire after the extended contract expires and be involved in the development of a potential successor.“We’ll look for his contribution every way possible,” Irsay said.Goodell tried to downplay the topic and declined to confirm an agreement.“It’s not extended today, that’s for sure. I’ve been focused on other matters. It hasn’t been a point of focus for me,” Goodel...