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Defense: ‘Team chemistry’ fanned runaway sex abuse allegations against ‘good and dedicated’ San Jose State trainer

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

SAN JOSE — The former sports trainer accused of sexually assaulting more than two dozen female athletes over more than a decade is no “sociopath, predator or charlatan,” his lawyer told a federal jury Tuesday on the opening day of a long-awaited criminal trial into allegations at the center of a scandal that rocked San Jose State University.Instead, Scott Shaw is “a good and dedicated trainer” whose legitimate treatment was misunderstood by mostly teenage girls, his lawyer said. The allegations against Shaw were fanned by “team chemistry” among female athletes primed to support each other, he said, along with explosive media stories and FBI agents setting out to prove Shaw was guilty.“Once this fire got started, Scott Shaw’s career burst into flames, and no one was interested in the job of putting it out,” defense lawyer Dave Callaway told the jury of 8 women and 4 men.The opening statements in San Jose’s federal court — just two blocks from the university campus —...

Human waste leak causes several accidents on Conn. highway

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

Associated PressBRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Human waste leaking from a tractor trailer on a Connecticut highway caused crashes including one involving two state police cruisers as vehicles spun out of control, authorities said.No major injuries were reported in Monday night’s mayhem on Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. Troopers arrested the truck driver on several charges, alleging he knew there was a leak but kept driving.The wrecks began shortly after 11 p.m. when the leaking waste caused extremely slick conditions in the northbound lanes, state police said.A motorcycle rider lost control and fell onto the road, ending up in a hospital with minor injuries. Vehicles crashed into other vehicles and concrete barriers.Another tractor trailer skidded into a parked state police cruiser, which then struck a second parked cruiser in the median. Both cruisers were unoccupied as troopers were helping others involved in wrecks.State police reports indicate 10 vehicles were in accidents. The northbo...

San Jose’s main water utility failed to report E. coli sample

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

San Jose Water failed to report and conduct a formal investigation into an E. coli sample discovered at one of its wells, according to San Jose City Councilmember Rosemary Kamei.In an emailed communication sent out Tuesday afternoon, Kamei said the bacteria was detected on May 5 from a routine sample at one of the water utility company’s groundwater sites. The well was immediately taken offline while a follow-up sample was drawn and the water was not delivered to any resident’s homes, Kamei said.The councilmember said the state requires that water providers notify officials within 24 hours of any positive E. coli samples — and conduct a formal investigation within 30 days.“Regrettably, this requirement was not met in this case,” the councilmember wrote in her communication. The city, she said, was notified about the utility company’s reporting and investigative failures on July 17. A notice will be sent to about 17,000 customers who reside in Dist...

Josh Naylor’s 2 home runs and 6 RBIs lead Guardians to 10-1 rout of Pirates and Mitch Keller

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Naylor homered twice, including a three-run shot that keyed a five-run first inning against All-Star Mitch Keller, and drove in six runs and the Cleveland Guardians rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.Naylor’s first homer gave the Guardians a 4-0 lead with none out in the first inning after Keller had thrown just seven pitches. Keller was making his first appearance since pitching one inning in last week’s All-Star Game in Seattle.In the ninth, Naylor connected again for a two-run blast, his 15th of the season, off Yohan Ramirez.Steven Kwan led off the game with a double and scored on Amed Rosario’s single. After Jose Ramirez singled, Naylor hit his blast to right-center.Myles Straw capped the first-inning outburst with an RBI single. The Guardians have won the first two games of the series by a combined score of 21-1 after being swept in three games at AL West-leading Texas over the weekend.Rookie left-hander Logan Alle...

Nola, Schwarber help the Phillies beat the Brewers 4-3 for their 4th straight victory

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, Kyle Schwarber homered and the Philadelphia Phillies moved a season-best 10 games over .500 with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.Bryson Stott, Trea Turner and Alec Bohm each had two hits to help the defending NL champion Phillies improve to 52-42 with their fourth consecutive victory. Philadelphia began play a half-game out of a playoff spot. All nine Phillies starters had at least one hit.Andruw Monasterio had two hits and drove in a run for the NL Central-leading Brewers. Milwaukee had won four in a row.Nola (9-6) retired the first 14 batters, getting the second out in the fifth inning on Schwarber’s leaping catch against the left-field wall to rob Owen Miller of extra bases. Raimel Tapia followed and reached on an infield single. Shortstop Turner was shifted up the middle, and he wasn’t able to throw out Tapia at first base after fielding the ball deep in the hole at short.Monasterio got the...

Presidentes de Ecuador y Argentina anuncian la normalización de relaciones diplomáticas

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

(CNN Español) — Durante la cumbre de la Unión Europea con los países de Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), en Bruselas, los presidentes de Ecuador y Argentina anunciaron la normalización de relaciones diplomáticas entre los dos países.Tras un encuentro en el que volvieron a estrechar sus manos, el presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, fue el primero en anunciar en su cuenta de Twitter que los dos países retoman relaciones a nivel embajadores.“Es muy importante haber normalizado las relaciones diplomáticas con la designación de nuevos embajadores en Quito y en Buenos Aires. La hermandad que une a nuestros pueblos es histórica y debemos continuar fortaleciéndola”, señaló Fernández.Macron y mandatarios latinoamericanos intentan reactivar el diálogo entre el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro y la oposición venezolanaHoras después, el presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, señaló que ambos gobiernos han empezado a designar a sus nuevos embajadores.“Ecuador y...

Rhyne Howard helps Dream extend their winning streak to seven games

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard had 21 points and seven assists, Nia Coffey added 13 points and 10 rebounds and the Atlanta Dream beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-73 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to seven games.Atlanta (12-8) led by 22 points in the first half before Minnesota rallied behind Napheesa Collier, who scored 35 points, to get within 70-68. Howard made Atlanta’s first field goal in over seven minutes to extend the advantage to 72-68 with 2:44 left. That started a 10-0 run that also included Howard’s three-point play that made it 78-68 with 1:37 left.Minnesota (9-12) couldn’t recover. Howard also set a WNBA record with her 18th consecutive game of making two or more 3-pointers. AD Durr, who had a combined 14 points over her last five games, scored all 13 of her points in the first half for Atlanta (12-8), which has its longest winning streak since the 2018 season. Allisha Gray added 12 points and six assists. Cheyenne Parker did not play in th...

Al nivel más bajo desde 2021: se desploman las detenciones de migrantes en la frontera

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

LOS ÁNGELES- El número de migrantes detenidos que ingresaron en junio pasado a EEUU sin autorización se desplomó al nivel más bajo desde febrero de 2021 con menos de 100,000 extranjeros procesados, destacó este martes la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, en inglés).El mes pasado los agentes fronterizos de EEUU detuvieron a 99,545 migrantes en la frontera suroeste, lo que representa una disminución del 42 % desde mayo de 2023 cuando se detuvieron 169,244 extranjeros.El comisionado interino de CBP, Troy Miller, enfatizó en un comunicado que la disminución se debe a la implementación de las medidas del gobierno Biden tras el fin del Título 42, el pasado 12 de mayo, y la continua implementación de las leyes migratorias estipuladas en el Título 8. Investigan denuncia que oficiales de Texas ordenaron empujar a familias al Río Grande El nuevo “sueño mexicano”: migrantes hallan éxito en la frontera en lugar de llegar a EEUU ...

New program offers free community college tuition for in-demand jobs

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) --- State leaders are taking action to help curb Colorado's critical workforce shortages. On Tuesday, Governor Jared Polis, in partnership with the Colorado Community College System, announced the launch of Career Advance Colorado. “Closing these workforce gaps is one of biggest challenges we face as a state, but it’s also one of our greatest opportunities,” Polis said in a video released online. The new program will offer free training for in-demand jobs at community and technical schools across the state. Colorado ranks the 32nd most challenging state in the U.S. for employers to fill open positions according to the Colorado Talent Pipeline Report. Joe Garcia, Colorado Community College System chancellor, said the need for skilled workers has grown.  2 Colorado cities among the most educated in the nation "It’s important to the entire state because we all need health care workers, we all need police officers, firefighters, we need it s...

Was there a microburst in Denver Monday?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:40:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The weather in Denver went from record-setting moisture to extreme heat on Monday, but some experienced something different.While some people were concerned about the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke, residents near Sloans Lake think they might have been in the middle of a microburst.One resident near Colfax and Sloans Lake told FOX31 that they were on their rooftop when there were tiny drops of rain, then some harder rain.It was a matter of minutes when suddenly the wind was tossing the outdoor furniture on their patio around."We went inside the rooftop door and five minutes later we were looking outside the door then WHOOSH--" the resident wrote, "the wind comes and tosses all of my patio furniture and cushions blown off."Some users on Reddit said they experienced something similar, and speculate that the wind event was a microburst.What is a microburst?According to the National Weather Service, a microburst is "a localized column of sinking air ...