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‘The OC’ actor Ben McKenzie details crypto’s crash in new book

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

Ben McKenzie Schenkkan, actor and author, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on FTX in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. US prosecutors in Manhattan yesterday revealed eight criminal counts against the FTX founder and federal regulators said he committed a range of securities and derivatives law violations. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg It was the middle of the coronavirus lockdowns and actor Ben McKenzie was out of work and depressed.So McKenzie – perhaps best known for his role as heartthrob Ryan in the early 2000s teen drama “The OC” – curiously becomes a journalist, at least temporarily, thanks to an old friend named Dave.The pal suggested McKenzie invest in cryptocurrencies, technology’s new-fangled twist on money that was the hot bet of the early pandemic days. Due to a bad experience with a previous tip from Dave – an ill-fated medical company – research was in order, and it wasn’t like ...

How Biden’s promises to reverse Trump’s immigration policies crumbled

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — Immigration was dead simple when Joe Biden was campaigning for president: It was an easy way to attack Donald Trump as a racist, and it helped to rally Democrats with the promise of a more humane border policy.Nothing worked better than Trump’s “big, beautiful wall” that he was building along the southern border. Its existence was as much a metaphor for the polarization inside America as it was a largely ineffective barrier against foreigners fleeing to the United States from Central America.“There will not be,” Biden proclaimed as he campaigned against Trump in the summer of 2020, “another foot of wall constructed.”But a massive surge of migration in the Western Hemisphere has scrambled the dynamics of an issue that has vexed presidents for decades, and radically reshaped the political pressures on Biden and his administration. Instead of becoming the president who quickly reversed his predecessor’s policies, Biden has repeatedly tried to curtail the migration of a rec...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 7 action

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …Ranked teamsNo. 1 Serra 42, No. 15 Archbishop Mitty 0Joseph Latu scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter and Jaden Green’s 4-yard run in the second quarter, set up by Kyon Loud’s 55-yard punt return, made it 14-0. From there, the visitors from San Mateo never looked back as they rolled to a victory in West Catholic Athletic League play over Mitty at Foothill College. Loud’s 5-yard run on an end-around extended the mar...

A fix for California’s teacher shortage? Pull back the retirees who’ve already left

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

Exactly six months after Susan Gonyo retired, the calls began coming in. She had spent two-and-a-half decades teaching at a Santa Rosa elementary school, and as soon as the mandatory 180-day separation period set by the state’s teacher pension agency had passed, her former principal was already asking her to return.It was right after pandemic-era school closures. The teacher shortage was just getting worse. And so, 67-year-old Gonyo went back to the classroom — first as a substitute, and then as a part-time teacher.Previously retired teacher Susan Gonyo sits with two of her second grade students, Gave Hernandez, 7, left, and Azaliea Gage, 6, answering their questions at John B. Riebli School in Santa Rosa. After 25 years of teaching, Gonyo retired in 2022 ; however, after her former principal asked her to return, she came back to the classroom at age 67 . (Jose Carlos Fajardo/ Bay Area News Group) “School districts love to call on retired teachers because one, they’re teachers,...

An Israeli airstrike has flattened a high-rise building in central Gaza City after Hamas launched a surprise attack

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has flattened a high-rise building in central Gaza City after Hamas launched a surprise attack.Source

Israeli military says fighting continues in 22 areas of southern Israel, 12 hours after incursion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo) This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that fighting is continuing in 22 locations in southern Israel 12 hours after Hamas militants carried out a surprise infiltration into the area. In a statement, the army’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said “there is no community in southern Israel where we do not have forces.” He said Israel has regained control in some communities but the army is still conducting scans to make sure they are safe.Hagari also confirmed ongoing hostage situations in two towns — Ofakim and Beeri. “There are special forces th...

Borussia Dortmund beats Union Berlin 4-2, Guirassy hits hat trick for Stuttgart in Bundesliga

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Two former Union Berlin players scored to help Borussia Dortmund come from behind and beat their old team 4-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday, stretching the visitors’ losing streak to seven games across all competitions.Niko Schlotterbeck and Julian Ryerson netted in the second half for Dortmund, which recovered from 2-1 down at the break with Leonardo Bonucci scoring his first Bundesliga goal for Union.Serhou Guirassy’s hat trick helped Stuttgart come from behind to beat Wolfsburg 3-1. The Guinea player took his league tally to 13 goals in seven matches.Stuttgart’s win lifted the club to the top of the league before Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich play on Sunday, when Leverkusen hosts Cologne for the Rhine derby and Bayern hosts Freiburg.Also, promoted Darmstadt won 2-1 at Augsburg, and Leipzig drew with Bochum 0-0.Werder Bremen was hosting Hoffenheim later. ___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Source

The Israeli military says that fighting with Hamas is continuing in 22 locations in southern Israel

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says that fighting with Hamas is continuing in 22 locations in southern Israel.Source

Wales gets job done with Rees-Zammit hat trick against Georgia at Rugby World Cup

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

NANTES, France (AP) — Injuries to Taulupe Faletau and Gareth Anscombe marred a flat performance by Wales that was still good enough to account for Georgia 41-19 at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.Wales needed only a point to win Pool C and secured it with a fourth try in the 67th minute that ended a Georgia comeback from 24-7 down to 24-19.The bonus-point win gave Wales 19 points out of a possible 20 in pool play and secured a quarterfinal next Saturday in Marseille against Argentina or Japan, who meet on Sunday.No. 8 Faletau and flyhalf Anscombe will worry Wales now, though. Faletau, who has started every match, walked off late clutching his wrist. Anscombe was due to start but tweaked his groin while kicking in the warmup and withdrew.Sam Costelow replaced Anscombe and played well. But, pointedly, his backup Dan Biggar was the only reserve not used. Biggar was resting an injured pectoral muscle suffered against Australia two weeks ago, until pressed onto the bench after Anscombe w...

Serie A leader Inter Milan lets slip 2-goal lead to draw 2-2 against Bologna

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

MILAN (AP) — League leader Inter Milan let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against Bologna in Serie A on Saturday.Inter, which hadn’t conceded a goal in its previous two matches, seemed on course for victory when two goals in as many minutes from Francesco Acerbi and Lautaro Martínez gave it a 2-0 lead after 13 minutes.But Riccardo Orsolini pulled one back for Bologna from the penalty spot six minutes later and Joshua Zirkzee leveled early in the second half.Inter can be overtaken at the top by AC Milan, which is a point behind its city rival and visits promoted Genoa later. Juventus can also trim the gap when it hosts Torino later in a derby match.Bologna, which hasn’t lost since the opening day of the season, remained seven points below Inter.Inter coach Simone Inzaghi had opted not to rotate his squad following Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Benfica in the Champions League.Inter took the lead in the 11th minute when Acerbi headed in a Hakan Çalhanoğlu corner at the near post. It w...