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Settlement reached after woman's hijab removed in Milpitas jail

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

(KRON) -- Santa Clara County will pay a Muslim woman, Asia Aden, $90,000 after she was asked to remove her hijab while she was being booked into a county jail, attorneys said.Aden was represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area Office of the Council (CAIR-SFBA), which announced the settlement on Monday. According CAIR-SFBA, Aden was booked into Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas in October of 2022. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office deputies asked Aden to remove her hijab "to conduct a pat search for safety purposes. The hijab was removed and returned when she was released from custody a few days later," the council wrote. Aden previously said she felt "humiliated and disgraced" from removing her hijab in jail.Since the incident, jails changed their inmate search and mugshot photography policies to balance safety precautions -- such as pat searches -- with a person's right to religious expression.Under the new policies, Aden would have bee...

Fired OpenAI CEO and former company president hired by Microsoft

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

Microsoft on Monday hired two leading executives from the company that created ChatGPT after one of them was abruptly fired by OpenAI, the startup whose chatbot kicked off the era of generative artificial intelligence.The developments followed a weekend of drama that shocked the AI field and fueled speculation about the future of OpenAI, which named a new chief executive on Friday and then replaced her on Sunday. The newest CEO vowed to investigate the firing of co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, one of the world's most sought-after experts on AI.Microsoft, which has been a close partner of the company and invested billions of dollars in it, announced that Altman and OpenAI's former president, Greg Brockman, would lead its new advanced AI research team. Brockman, also an OpenAI co-founder, quit in protest after Altman was fired.Many more OpenAI employees threatened to join them at Microsoft in an open letter addressed to OpenAI's board that called for its resign...

Linda Yaccarino tweets support for X's 'vision' amid reports she's being encouraged to quit

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- X CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted Monday that she believes "deeply" in the company's vision amid multiple reports she's being encouraged to resign by advertising industry colleagues. The reports, and Yaccarino's statement, come on the heels of a mass exodus of advertisers from the social media platform, spurred in part by X owner Elon Musk's tweeted response supporting an antisemitic conspiracy theory."What we're doing at X matters and has everyone's attention," Yaccarino tweeted Monday. "I believe deeply in our vision, our team, and our community. I'm also deeply committed to the truth and there is no other team on earth working as hard as the teams at X." Will San Francisco streets remain clean even after APEC? "When you're this consequential, there will be detractors and fabricated distractions, but we're unwavering in our mission. Thank you for standing with us!" her tweet concluded.Yaccarino's tweet follows reports from CNN, Forbes and Axios that the forme...

Why it’s hard to tell if Amazon HQ2 is driving up Arlington home prices

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

To date, Amazon has staffed up HQ2 with about 8,000 employees, enough of an influx that it should have registered on the housing market radar screen on sales, prices and rent. It may have, but it is unclear.(Courtesy Amazon) To date, Amazon has staffed up HQ2 with about 8,000 employees, enough of an influx that it should have registered on the housing market radar screen on sales, prices and rent. It may have, but it is unclear.(Courtesy Amazon) It was five years ago this month that Amazon officially announced Arlington, Virginia, as it’s selection of its HQ2 campus. In addition to elation about the big economic win, there was also hand-wringing about Amazon’s impact on local housing affordability.“Amazon was brin...

Court seems inclined to keep restricting Trump’s trial speech. But gag order could be narrowed

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court appeared inclined Monday to reimpose at least some restrictions on Donald Trump’s speech in his landmark election subversion case. B ut the judges wrestled with how to craft a gag order that doesn’t infringe on the former president’s free speech rights or prevent him from defending himself on the campaign trail.The three judges on the panel asked skeptical and at times aggressive questions of attorneys on both sides while weighing whether to put back in place an order from a trial judge that barred Trump from inflammatory comments against prosecutors, potential witnesses and court staff.The judges raised a litany of hypothetical scenarios that could arise in the months ahead as they considered how to fashion a balance between an order that protects Trump’s First Amendment rights and the need to protect “the criminal trial process and its integrity and its truth finding function.”“There’s a balance that has to be undertaken here, and it...

US women’s team adding new players for final games of the year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. women’s national team will give some younger and less experienced players an opportunity in a pair of exhibition matches against China next month. Veterans Alex Morgan, Becky Sauerbrunn, Alyssa Naeher and Crystal Dunn won’t be with the team for the games against China on Dec. 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and on Dec. 5 outside of Dallas. Instead, interim head coach Twila Kilgore’s 26-player roster announced Monday includes midfielder Jenna Nighswonger, who plays for Gotham FC in the National Women’s Soccer League, and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Korbin Albert. It is the first national team call-up for both players. Portland Thorns midfielder Olivia Moultrie, who has yet to appear in a match, also joins the team. Kilgore chose the roster in consultation with U.S. Soccer Sporting Director Matt Crocker and Emma Hayes, the new head coach who will join the team in May after finishing out the season with Chelsea. “We value these players ...

Ante fiestas decembrinas: EEUU enviará más pruebas caseras gratuitas de COVID-19

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

Los estadounidenses pueden pedir más pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 por internet y recibirlas en casa.El gobierno de Estados Unidos está ofreciendo enviar otra ronda de cuatro pruebas caseras para el virus antes del aumento común de casos durante la temporada invernal.Cualquiera que no haya solicitado un paquete de cuatro pruebas de COVID-19 en septiembre, puede contar con hasta ocho en esta ocasión a partir del lunes en COVIDtests.gov. El Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos las entregará gratis.El gobierno envía las pruebas para el coronavirus en un momento en que inicia la temporada de influenza y se reporta un aumento de casos del virus respiratorio sincitial en algunas partes del país. Pfizer fijará el precio del tratamiento contra el COVID-19 por cinco días en $1,390, según CNBC Los CDC dejan de imprimir tarjetas de vacunación contra el COVID-19 Las hospitalizaciones por el COVID-19, que ha matado a más de 1 millón de personas e...

Falcons’ Smith reinstates Ridder as starting QB for key NFC South game against Saints

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons returned from their bye facing a must-win game against NFC South rival New Orleans.Coach Arthur Smith says Desmond Ridder gives the Falcons their best chance to win on Sunday and for the remainder of the season.As expected, Smith reinstated Ridder as the starter on Monday as the Falcons (4-6) try to end a three-game losing streak. Atlanta is only one game behind New Orleans (5-5), but even in the weak NFC South, another loss would be difficult to overcome.The Falcons were 4-4 with Ridder as the starter, but the second-year quarterback was benched because of his inability to avoid turnovers and sacks. Taylor Heinicke started the last two games but suffered a hamstring injury in Atlanta’s 25-23 loss at Arizona on Nov. 12.Heinicke was not available for Monday’s practice, but Smith said the decision to name Ridder as the starter was “absolutely” intended to last the remainder of the season and was not based on Heinicke’s h...

The leader of a Dutch far-right party gets assaulted with a beer bottle 2 days before election

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leader of a far-right Dutch populist party was hit on the head with a beer bottle Monday in an attack that took place two days before the Netherlands holds a general election.Thierry Baudet, leader of Forum for Democracy, was taken to a hospital in the northern city of Groningen after the assault at a local event, the party said in a message on X, formerly Twitter.“It looks like everything will all be alright,” the party said. It later said Baudet, 40, was treated by a trauma surgeon after being hit on the back of the head and next to his eye with a beer bottle. It said a security guard also was injured.Video on social media showed Baudet in a bar when his attacker lunged at him. Baudet was quickly taken away and the attacker overpowered.Police spokesman Thijs de Jong said a person was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the attack. He said the motive was under investigation.“What we can say at the moment is that Mr. Baudet was hit on the head, ...

Another losing season may be testing the patience of Panthers owner David Tepper

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:11:49 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers aren’t showing improvement — and that has to be testing the patience of owner David Tepper.Tepper hired head coach Frank Reich to fix one of the league’s worst offenses over the past few seasons and develop Young, the No. 1 overall pick whom he gave up four draft picks and top wide receiver D.J. Moore to acquire this past offseason with the self-proclaimed goal of winning multiple Super Bowls.But the Panthers (1-9) couldn’t be further away from hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. They have the worst record in the league and are coming off an embarrassing 33-10 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.If anything, Carolina’s offense has gotten worse.The Panthers are 31st in the league in yards per game and 29th in scoring.The team has allowed 39 sacks in 10 games and, perhaps most concerning, Young has regressed with three pick-6s in the past three games. He continues to have one of the worst QB ratings in the league with nearly...