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Formerly unhoused Angelenos thankful for new permanent home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

After living in a rat-infested RV encampment, several formerly homeless Angelenos are counting their blessings this Thanksgiving holiday, grateful for a clean and warm place to call home. William Escrivano can now say he kept a promise he made in August after he and his dog, who he says is his best friend, are about to move into permanent housing.  “I’m blessed. I’m so happy for him,” Escrivano said. “Bringing my dog off the streets, it’s the one thing I promised I would do and little by little, I’m doing it with the help of other people.”  Disabled former truck driver Robin Hapchuck said this will be the first night in a long time that her bed isn’t also her dinner table.  “That table and chairs, that’s what I like because I don’t like sitting in my bed all day,” she said.  Both Hapchuck and Escrivano used to live in an RV encampment of about 50 people on the streets of East Gardena.  “It gets too cold in those things, and the rats, the rats are terrib...

Ighodaro leads No. 4 Marquette to 73-59 rout of top-ranked Kansas in testy Maui semifinal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Oso Ighodaro had 21 points and nine rebounds as No. 4 Marquette routed No. 1 Kansas 73-59 on Tuesday night in the Maui Invitational semifinals.The early-season clash of top-5 teams with national title hopes ended up being one-sided. The Golden Eagles (5-0) led for all but 22 seconds and were up by 17 with about seven minutes to play.Marquette will take on No. 2 Purdue for the tournament championship Wednesday.Tempers flared in the first half after Kansas swingman Kevin McCullar Jr. drained a jumper in front of Marquette’s bench. McCullar appeared to be jawing in the direction of Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart and his players as he headed back downcourt, and members of both teams had to be pulled away in the heated dustup that followed.An angry Smart and Jayhawks coach Bill Self appeared to exchange unpleasantries along the sideline at the end of the ensuing discussion with officials.Ighodaro shot 9 of 15 from the field and scored 14 points in the second half. ...

OpenAI says ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to company behind ChatGPT

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry.San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board” made of former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo.OpenAI’s previous board of directors, which included D’Angelo, had refused to give specific reasons for why it fired Altman on Friday, leading to a weekend of internal conflict at the company and growing outside pressure from the startup’s investors.Microsoft, which has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and has rights to its technology, quickly moved to hire Altman on Monday, as well as another co-founder and former president, Greg Brockman, who had quit in protest after Altman’s removal. That em...

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says ousted CEO Sam Altman to return with new board just days after previous one fired him

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says ousted CEO Sam Altman to return with new board just days after previous one fired him.Source

3 dead and 3 missing after landslide rips through remote Alaska fishing community

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three people were killed and three were missing after a landslide barreled down a heavily forested, rain-soaked mountainside and smashed into homes in a remote fishing community in southeast Alaska. The slide — estimated to be 450 feet (137 meters) wide — occurred at about 9 p.m. Monday during a significant rain and windstorm near Wrangell, an island community of 2,000 people some 155 miles (250 kilometers) south of the state capital of Juneau.Rescue crews found the body of a girl in an initial search and late Tuesday the bodies of two adults were found by a drone operator. Searchers used a cadaver-sniffing dog and heat-sensing drones to search for two children and one adult unaccounted for after the disaster, while the Coast Guard and other vessels looked along a waterfront littered with rocks, trees and mud. Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel said a woman who had been on the upper floor of a home was rescued. She was in good condition and rece...

Mexico and Jamaica come from behind late to qualify for 2024 Copa América

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

Edson Álvarez saved Mexico from elimination with a goal in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time and El Tri beat Honduras 4-2 on penalty kicks Tuesday night to qualify for next year’s Copa América along with Jamaica, which rallied past Canada.Mexico’s César Huerta was twice allowed to retake his penalty kick in the shootout after two saves by Edrick Menjívar when Salvadoran referee Iván Barton ruled the goalkeeper moved too early. Huerta scored on his third attempt for the 4-2 lead and Andy Najar, who spurned the U.S. national team to play for Honduras, put his shot wide as Mexican players celebrated.Honduras led 2-0 from Saturday’s win in Tegucigalpa but Mexico tied the aggregate score 2-2 in the home-and-home, total-goals series on goals by Luis Chávez in the 43rd minute and by Álvarez, who scored 1 1/2 minutes after the nine minutes of stoppage time that was signaled.Jamaica rebounded from a 2-1 home loss in the first leg and a one-goal halftime deficit f...

Cette pub boycottée n’a rien à vendre

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France.Par PAUL DE VILLEPINAvec ALEXANDRE LÉCHENET, OCÉANE HERRERO et AURORE GORIUSInfos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Aurore Gorius, Alexandre Léchenet et Paul de Villepin | Voir dans votre navigateurLE MENU DU JOUR— Les maires, des “entrepreneurs des énergies renouvelables” qui s’ignorent.— L’Ademe fait de la pub pour ne rien acheter ? Les commerçants s’étranglent…— pendant que l’Elysée s’emploie à rallumer la flamme des ETI.Bonjour à toutes et à tous, difficile de passer à côté, hier, de l’offensive de communication de Vivendi sur le bouclage du rachat du groupe Lagardère : entretien croisé d’Arnaud Lagardère, Yannick et Vincent Bolloré au Figaro, communiqués de l’un et de l’autre, et même communication interne à l’endroit des salariés de Lagardère via un joli courrier signé du boss que votre infolettre a récupéré.Dans sa grande joie, Vivendi a eu l’air d’oublie...

Broadcom planning to complete deal for $69 billion acquisition of VMWare after regulators give OK

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Computer chip and software maker Broadcom has announced it has cleared all regulatory hurdles and plans to complete its $69 billion acquisition of cloud technology company VMware on Wednesday. The company, based in San Jose, California, announced the plan after China joined the list of countries that had given a go-ahead for the acquisition. Broadcom wants to establish a stronger foothold in the cloud computing market, and VMware’s technology allows large corporations to blend public cloud access with internal company networks. VMware has close relations with every major cloud company and provider, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Broadcom said it had legal greenlights in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, Israel, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and “foreign investment control clearance in all necessary jurisdictions.”“There is no legal impediment to closing under U.S. merger regulations,” it s...

Live updates | Timing for the Israel-Hamas pause in fighting will be announced in the next 24 hours

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

A cease-fire agreement between the Hamas militant group and Israel has been confirmed by both parties, along with Washington and Qatar, which helped broker the deal that would bring a temporary halt to the devastating war that is now in its seventh week.The Israeli government said that under an outline of the deal, Hamas is to free at least 50 of the roughly 240 hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack over a four-day period. Qatar, which mediates with Hamas, later confirmed the deal, saying the start time will be announced in the next 24 hours and that it will last for four days. The agreement will bring the first respite to war-weary Palestinians in Gaza, where more than 11,000 people have been killed, according to health authorities.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before the Cabinet voted early Wednesday that the war would continue even if a deal was reached. Some 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, mostly during the initial incursion by Hamas.Currently:— Truce deal rai...

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal on a cease-fire and hostages. What does it look like?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:21 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day halt in their devastating war in exchange for the release of dozens of hostages taken captive by militants on Oct. 7, when Israeli communities were overrun and some 240 people abducted.The agreement will bring the first respite to war-weary Palestinians in Gaza, where more than 11,000 people, many women and children, have been killed, according to health authorities. It could also offer a glimmer of hope to the agonzied families of those abducted weeks ago.The deal, brokered by Qatar, the U.S. and Egypt, was announced as fighting intensified in central neighborhoods of Gaza City. It caps weeks of fitful indirect negotiations and sets the stage for a tense period that could determine the course of the war, already in its seventh week.Israel, Hamas and Qatar have released different details of the agreement, but those details do not appear to contradict each other.WHAT’S IN THE DEAL?Qatar announced Wednesday that Hamas ...