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San Jose: City looks to settle George Floyd protest injury lawsuit for more than $3 million

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

SAN JOSE — The City of San Jose is poised to pay more than $3 million to a group of demonstrators and observers injured by police during the infamous George Floyd protests downtown three years ago, including a man who lost his eye after being hit by a police projectile, court and public records show.The proposed payout would settle a federal lawsuit filed in March 2021 that alleged an array of constitutional and civil-rights violations related to the violent San Jose Police Department response to the first of several days of protests in May 2020 over the notorious police killing of Floyd in Minneapolis.A frame from a 2021 Zoom video of downtown San Jose resident Michael Acosta after he was hit in the eye by a police projectile during the George Floyd protests in downtown San Jose the previous year. Acosta led a federal lawsuit against San Jose police after he lost his left eye to the injury. (Frame from video press conference by Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the...

San Jose: Yerba Buena High School temporarily locked down after ‘threats against the school’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

SAN JOSE — A temporary lock down was placed on Yerba Buena High School in San Jose on Friday afternoon after threats were made against the campus, authorities said.In a series of posts made to social media at 12:50 p.m., San Jose police said the school was in lockdown while officers investigated. Authorities were alerted to a “suspicious circumstance call of a person making threats towards the school” at 11:10 a.m. The lockdown was ended and the school was “cleared” at 1:03 p.m.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | ‘Dangerous and reckless’: Prosecutors charge San Jose women with illegally importing fly-infested fruit Crime and Public Safety | San Jose man killed in crash after truck driver runs red light, CHP says Crime and Public Safety | Crime victims assail bill they say could free some of California’s worst killers Crime and Public Safety | Laurie Houts killing: Murder charge...

Lockdown lifted at San Jose high school

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

(KRON) -- Yerba Buena High School was placed on lockdown Friday afternoon after someone made threats directed toward the school, the San Jose Police Department said. "Units are currently at Yerba Buena High School for a suspicious circumstance call of a person making threats towards the school. Officers are in the process of clearing the school and securing the premise," SJPD wrote at 12:50 p.m. Friday. The lockdown was lifted before 1:30 p.m. and the campus was determined to be safe. Police coordinated with East Side Union High School District officials to share information with parents and the surrounding area.San Jose police did not release details about circumstances surrounding the threat.

Body pulled from Folsom Lake identified as San Francisco woman

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

(FOX40.COM) -- The body of a woman found in Folsom Lake on August 19 was identified this week, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office. Using DNA analysis, investigators identified the body as Natalee Heilaman, 27, of San Francisco. Heilaman was listed as a missing person in January out of Nevada County.Heilaman's body was discovered near Rattlesnake Bar by a person who was recreating in the area. Deputies said there was no indication of foul play.     

Man charged with murder in missing Maryland teacher’s death

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

Police in Greenbelt, Maryland, have released these photos of Mariame Toure Sylla, known more commonly as Madame Sylla, who was last seen July 29. (Courtesy Greenbelt police) Police in Greenbelt, Maryland, have released these photos of Mariame Toure Sylla, known more commonly as Madame Sylla, who was last seen July 29. (Courtesy Greenbelt police) Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, have announced that a University Park man has been charged with murder in the death of a missing teacher who was last seen more than a month ago.In a news conference Friday afternoon, Prince George’s County Police Chief Malik Aziz said that 33-year-old Harold Landon III has been charged with murder in the death of 59-...

Barcelona acquires João Félix on loan from Atletico on final day of transfer market

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says Portugal forward João Félix will join the Spanish champion on loan from Atletico Madrid for this season.Barcelona announced the deal less than two hours before the summer transfer window closed on Friday night.Barcelona said the deal for the 23-year-old playmaker did not include the option to make it a permanent transfer.Atletico triggered the 126 million euro ($135 million) buyout clause in his contract in 2019 to sign Félix from Benfica.Atletico loaned him to Chelsea for the second half of last season.He showed bursts of talent while at Atletico but never was a consistent force in its attack and lost his starting role with coach Diego Simeone.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Soupe wins 7th stage of Spanish Vuelta, Martinez keeps lead

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

OLIVA, Spain (AP) — Geoffrey Soupe won the seventh stage of the Spanish Vuelta and fellow Frenchman Lenny Martinez held the race lead for a second straight day on Friday.Soupe, of Total Energies team, finished the flat 201-kilometer (125-mile) ride from Utiel to Oliva on Spain’s eastern coast just ahead of Orluis Aular and Edward Theuns.Martinez, who took the lead from defending champion Remco Evenepoel on Thursday, stayed eight seconds ahead of American Sepp Kuss in the general classification.Evenepoel remained ninth overall at 2 minutes, 47 seconds behind Martinez. He is followed closely by two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vinegaard and three-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic, both teammates on Kupp’s Jumbo-Visma team.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sportsSource

Deadline day: Chelsea and Man City make moves as EPL spending in window hurtles toward $3 billion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

English Premier League spending was hurtling toward a staggering $3 billion in a record outlay during European soccer’s summer transfer window on Friday.Manchester City and — of course — Chelsea were among those making moves on a typically frantic deadline day.Chelsea was leading the unprecedented splurge, with the arrival of 21-year-old winger Cole Palmer from City for 40 million pounds ($50.7 million) taking the west London club’s spending in this window to around $500 million.In the three transfer windows under its new American ownership fronted by Todd Boehly, Chelsea has spent about $1.15 billion on players mostly signed up on long contracts in an innovative way to spread “amortization” costs of transfer fees.By comparison, the $260 million outlay by City, the English and European champion, looks modest. The fourth and final arrival in the window came on deadline day and was Portugal international Matheus Nunes from Wolverhampton, a ball-carrier costing $67 million ...

Entran en vigencia nuevos requisitos para recibir cupones de alimentos SNAP: estos son los cambios

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

Los nuevos requisitos de cupones para alimentos entrarán en vigor el 1 de septiembre y el próximo mes se realizarán cambios adicionales como parte del acuerdo sobre el techo de la deuda negociado en mayo entre los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes y el presidente Joe Biden.El Congreso realizó cambios en el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria, el servicio de ayuda alimentaria más grande del país, que amplían los requisitos de edad para los beneficiarios de cupones de alimentos que se consideran adultos sanos y sin dependientes, según reporta USA Today. Techo de la deuda: el acuerdo incluye endurecimiento de requisitos para cupones de alimentos CNBC: experto advierte “problema de hambre” tras fin de ayuda extra de SNAP Estos son los cambios:A partir del 1 de septiembre, los trabajadores sin hijos que tengan entre 18 y 50 años deberán demostrar que trabajan al menos 80 horas al mes o que están inscritos en un p...

Column: As Georgia goes for a three-peat, those who’ve done it before provide perspective

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — When Larry Farmer walked into UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion for the first time, his gaze quickly turned toward the rafters.It was impossible to miss all those championship banners.“I immediately knew that was the standard,” Farmer recalled Friday. “It was right there in plain sight. Second or third wasn’t really the goal.”As Georgia begins its quest for an unprecedented three-peat in college football, those who have been there before can provide some helpful perspective on what it takes to keep winning titles year after year after year.Farmer is one of those, claiming championships during all three of his varsity seasons at UCLA. So is Denis Potvin, who played for the last NHL team to capture more than two rings in a row.Potvin, a Hockey Hall of Famer, can still remember the fear that those mighty New York Islanders teams of the early 1980s brought out in their opponents.“When you play so close — face to face, nose to nose — against the opponent, I’m no...