Ex-49ers coach makes history by leaving Bay Area school for top SoCal league
The Cal alum and former NFL star is heading to the famous Trinity League.
The Cal alum and former NFL star is heading to the famous Trinity League.
A business jet with six people crashed at a regional airport in North Carolina, erupting in a large fire and killing multiple people. Flight records show the plane was registered to a company run by retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. Authorities say the Cessna C550 crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport, about 45 miles north of Charlotte. Federal aviation officials are investigating. AccuWeather reports some drizzle and clouds at the time of the crash. The airport serves NASCAR teams and Fortune 500 companies. Читать дальше...
A week after Martin University in Indianapolis announced it would pause operations at the end of the semester, the private university terminated all staff and said it does not have the money to pay them for work they’ve already done. Interim president Felicia Brokaw said the university is trying to get the money to pay faculty and staff. The university also encouraged students to transfer to other local colleges. In an email to students, Martin told them they were responsible for reaching out to... Читать дальше...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors. The sweeping proposals are the most significant moves this administration has taken so far to restrict the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for transgender children — include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide such care. Meanwhile President Donald Trump's politically... Читать дальше...
Pakistan's state-run television says intelligence agents have arrested the spokesman of the local Islamic State affiliate, a militant figure designated a terrorist by the United States in 2021. Analysts say the move dealt a major blow to the militant group, which has been attempting a comeback in the region. Pakistan TV said on Thursday that the arrest took place in May. It said Sultan Aziz Azzam of the Islamic State Khorasan Province was detained while attempting to cross into Pakistan from neighboring Afghanistan. Читать дальше...
Italian restorers have used laser beams to clean an ancient Roman marble column in the piazza outside the prime minister’s office, removing layers of dust and grime that had covered the monument for decades. The 154-foot-tall column, built between A.D. 180 and 193, features a relief that spirals upward and recounts the battles of one of Rome’s best-known emperors, Marcus Aurelius. During the column’s last restoration, in the 1980s, restorers used tiny brushes to remove the dirt. For a rare, up-close peek at the restoration... Читать дальше...
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the vote on social media Thursday, saying it's because of the “unbelievable work" Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Leavitt says that's not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction “but also financially, and its reputation.” The Republican Trump is chairman of the board and often refers to the John F. Читать дальше...
A jury has sentenced a man to death in six murders in metro Phoenix in 2017, but was undecided on the punishment for his convictions in the killings of his mother and stepfather. The punishment given to Cleophus Cooksey Jr. marks the end of a nearly seven-month trial over attacks that targeted random victims and his own mother and stepfather. The jury delivered its sentencing decision on Thursday. Cooksey was found guilty in late September of murder in the killings. The victims included two men found dead in a parked car... Читать дальше...
A court in Romania has sentenced American rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months in jail on drug possession charges. The ruling on Thursday came more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country. Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the festival in Costinesti. Prosecutors said the rapper was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis and that he consumed some on stage. The Constanta Court of Appeal handed down the sentence. Читать дальше...
Five new defendants have been charged in connection with a Minnesota housing services fraud scheme. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said during a news conference Thursday that at least 14 state-run programs in Minnesota have been flagged for fraud. He said two defendants pocketed $750,000 instead of helping Medicaid recipients find stable housing. Prosecutors allege they used the proceeds to travel to international destinations, including London, Istanbul and Dubai. One defendant submitted $1.4 million in fraud claims... Читать дальше...