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Rep. Jordan proposes defunding DOJ, FBI Trump probes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

By Annie Grayer | CNNHouse Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio is calling on Congress to stop funding Department of Justice investigations into elected officials, political candidates and their families until a new policy for how they are managed is developed.The a far-fetched ask from a key Donald Trump ally would indirectly vault the federal investigations of the former president into an already messy spending fight.In a letter to House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, Jordan, who has used his powerful position as committee chairman to criticize the DOJ for its investigations into former President Donald Trump, is calling on Congress to stop funding what he describes as “politically sensitive” investigations until the DOJ “establishes a policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee such investigations.”Jordan classified politically sensitive investigations as those that target “elected officials and their family members, political candidates and their family member...

Sale closed in Saratoga: $2 million for a condominium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

14660 Stoneridge Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious condominium located in the 14600 block of Stoneridge Drive in Saratoga has a new owner. The 2,163-square-foot property, built in 1975, was sold on June 22, 2023. The $1,950,000 purchase price works out to $902 per square foot. This condominium has three bedrooms and three baths. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. In addition, the condo is equipped with a two-car garage, accommodating vehicles and storage needs efficiently. In addition to its sizable 2,295-square-foot lot size, the property’s backyard offers a pool.These nearby units have also recently been sold:A 2,229-square-foot unit on the 14600 block of Wild Berry Lane in Saratoga sold in April 2023, for $1,775,000, a price per square foot of $796. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Fieldstone Drive, Saratoga, in October 2022, a 2,094-square-foot unit was sold for $1,700,000, a price per square foot of $812. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In Nove...

Hayward restores city website after ransomware attack; no evidence of personal data breach ‘at this stage’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

Hayward has restored public access to its official website following a ransomware attack that targeted the city’s computer networks over the weekend and left digital communications hobbled for days.A message Tuesday on the city’s website said the website and associated online municipal portals were “gradually coming back online after a precautionary shutdown due to a recent cyber-security incident.” There was no estimated time for full restoration. Residents were asked to report any broken web links and non-functioning phone numbers by emailing [email protected] or calling City Hall at 510-583-4300.City officials still had no evidence or reason to believe “at this stage” that the personal information of any city employees or the general public had been obtained or breached in the attack, said Chuck Finnie, a city spokesperson. If such a breach is found, Finnie said the city will contact the affected people directly.The city detected the cyber in...

Bay Area cocktails: 4 fun spins on classic summer drinks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

“That’s not how you make an Old Fashioned,” every bartender everywhere will hear someday. It’s as inevitable as the gin martini drinker saying gin is the only “proper” ingredient in a martini — as if it’s impossible to ever improve upon something.Pomegranate adds color and a unique flavor to a Cosmopolitan. Photo by Vern FisherSo, with the heat of summer fully arrived, I decided to take a couple of iconoclastic swings at a few summer classics. And while it would be monumentally audacious to ever offer writing advice to Ian Fleming or Ernest Hemingway, I feel pretty comfortable offering cocktail advice.But before we embark on that journey, we must first assume that, in some cases, adding one ingredient (or removing one) doesn’t irrevocably change a drink’s identity (ahem, the vodka martini versus the gin martini) and in that construct, we aren’t really bucking tradition, but rather following it, right?Here are four classics “fixed” by the addition of one new ingredient, al...

Woman charged with Kim Kardashian lookalike model's death enters plea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

(KRON) -- Vivian Alexandra Gomez, a cosmetologist charged with causing a Kim Kardashian-lookalike model's death, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a certificate.Gomez is accused of meeting the model, Christina Ashten Gourkani, inside a Burlingame hotel room and injecting silicone into the model's buttocks on April 19. Gomez appeared before Judge Kevin Dunleavy for arraignment Tuesday afternoon in a San Mateo County courtroom. She remains out of jail on a $200,000 bail bond, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 6. Christina Ashten Gourkani (Image via Twitter / Ashtens_Empire) Gourkani, 34, of San Jose, relied on aesthetic procedures to look more like Kardashian, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Gourkani emulated the curvaceous reality television star for her OnlyFans page and half a million Instagram followers.The unlicensed cosmetologist, who operated a beauty business in Florida, flew to San Fr...

Salinas animal shelter holds adoption special Tuesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

(BCN) -- After reaching maximum capacity, Hitchcock Road Animal Services, an animal shelter serving Monterey County and the city of Salinas, is holding an adoption special starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. On Saturday, the animal shelter issued a "Code Red" community notice to inform the public that the shelter was completely full. Dog kills beloved cat in San Jose, owner demands accountability Shelter staff hoped that this alert might prompt owners of missing pets to pick up their animals and encourage potential adopters to find new pets at the shelter. The shelter decided to waive the majority of their usual fees to ensure missing pets were reunited with their owners. They also offered special, low-cost adoption prices for dogs and cats -- $50 for dog adoptions and $20 for cat adoptions. While the shelter had positive turnout in response to these measures, they ended the day with only seven open kennels. They have decided to continue the adoption special Tuesday. The shelter also enc...

Trump Revives “Muslim Ban” While GOP Courts Muslim Voters for 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

The culture war raging throughout American politics has, of late, created an unexpected alliance between the Republican Party and some conservative Muslim Americans. Once derided as terrorist fifth columnists, a growing number of Muslims have joined the GOP base in protests opposing sex and gender education programs in public schools, with many even featured sympathetically on outlets like Fox News.The shift represents a stark contrast with the hostile relations between Republicans and Muslims over the past two decades, as well as the integration of many younger Muslim Americans into progressive politics. The GOP’s outreach, reported on recently by Semafor and other outlets, also comes at a moment when the current Republican presidential frontrunner is tripling down on the most directly anti-Muslim government policy in U.S. history: the so-called Muslim ban.At a campaign speech in Iowa last Friday, former President Donald Trump promised that he would bring back the controversial pol...

Investigators say a broken part in the landing gear prevented a Delta plane from landing normally

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators say a broken part prevented pilots of a Delta plane from lowering the nose landing gear before landing last month in Charlotte, North Carolina.The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it sent the fractured part, called a lock link, to its laboratory for examination as it investigates the June 28 incident.The NTSB said when the upper lock link broke, it allowed the lower lock link to swing down and prevent the landing gear assembly from moving.Maintenance records for the Boeing 717 have been “quarantined and will be subject to review,” the NTSB said. The plane was built in 2000, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.The NTSB said the pilots of the flight from Atlanta tried several times to lower the landing gear while they circled the Charlotte airport twice to trouble-shoot the problem. Air traffic controllers told the crew they couldn’t see the nose wheel.The pilots were able to land the plane safely, slid...

Detectores de metales y mochilas transparentes: anuncian medidas de seguridad en escuelas de Prince George’s

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

El superintendente de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Prince George’s anunció el martes nuevas medidas de seguridad que se implementarán a principios del próximo año escolar.Entre los planes está instalar detectores de metales y exigir que las mochilas de los alumnos sean transparentes en todas las escuelas secundarias y varias escuelas intermedias del condado.El nuevo superintendente, Millard House II, comenzó su gestión el 1 de julio y ya quiere dejar claro que su prioridad es la seguridad. Los últimos años han sido difíciles para muchas familias en la región y especialmente en el condado Prince George’s, cuyas escuelas están enfrentando la pandemia del fentanilo, numerosos casos de acoso, agresiones y el ingreso de armas a los planteles.“Estas escuelas están muy peligrosas. Este año escolar pase mucho susto. Ahí casi todos los niños andaban navajas”, dijo una madre, Sonia González. “Yo fui un día a ver al director porque un día a mi compañero le mandaron una foto con un a...

Exclusiva CNN | “Vergonzoso y poco ético”: acusan a Heineken, Unilever y Mondelez, fabricante de Oreo, de incumplir promesa de abandonar Rusia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:32 GMT

Nueva York (CNN Business) —  Más de 1.000 grandes empresas se comprometieron a abandonar Rusia después de que el presidente Vladimir Putin lanzara su devastadora guerra en Ucrania, pero algunas compañías de renombre han sido acusadas por investigadores de incumplir su promesa.No todas las empresas de la lista salieron del país, pero sí más de 1.000. Este éxodo empresarial sin precedentes, defendido y relatado por el profesor Jeff Sonnenfeld de Yale, supuso un duro golpe financiero y simbólico para Moscú y la economía de Rusia.Ahora, a medida que la brutal guerra de Rusia en Ucrania supera la marca de los 500 días, Sonnenfeld y su equipo están nombrando y señalando a una serie de empresas a las que acusan de romper sus promesas de abandonar o al menos reducir drásticamente su presencia en Rusia, incluyendo empresas bien conocidas como Heineken, Unilever, Philip Morris International y Mondelez, fabricante de Oreo.La investigación de Yale, compartida en exclusiva con CNN, se basa...