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Live Updates | Search for suspected shooter prompts dread in Maine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

By The Associated PressAt least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. Late Thursday, heavily armed law enforcement backed by a police helicopter had surrounded a home and told anyone who might be inside to surrender, but authorities eventually left without indicating anyone had been taken into custody. Follow for live updates.— Here’s what we know about the suspect and where the shooting happened.— Family members confirmed the deaths of the shooting victims. — Social media posts spread an incorrect photo of the Maine suspect.— Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings, but some say more is needed.— The shooting is the 36th mass killing in the United States this year.The ongoing search for Robert Card, an Army reservist who authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine, has prompted dread aroun...

U.S. fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. The U.S. strikes reflect the Biden administration's determination to maintain a delicate balance. The U.S. wants to hit Iranian-backed groups suspected of targeting the U.S. as strongly as possible to deter future aggression, possibly fueled by Israel's war against Hamas, while also working to avoid inflaming the region and provoking a wider conflict.According to a senior U.S. military official, the precision strikes were carried out near Boukamal by two F-16 fighter jets, and they struck weapons and ammunition storage areas that were connected to the IRGC. The official said there had been Iranian-aligned militia and IRGC personnel on the base and no civilians, but the U.S. does not have any information yet on...

What is HHC?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

Read the original article about What HHC is at Real Tested CBD.There has been a wave of new cannabinoids sweeping the country. From delta 8 THC to delta-O, there are an abundance of new compounds in the spotlight. All of these new cannabinoids invite potential accompanied by questions. One compound circulating more questions and confusion than the rest is HHC.Is it legal? How does it affect the body? Is it naturally occurring in the cannabis plant? Let’s make sense of HHC with a basic breakdown of the major things to know.Where Does HHC Come From?HHC was first made by American chemist Roger Adams in 1944. By adding hydrogen molecules to delta 9 THC, Rogers created HHC through a process known as hydrogenation. This process converts traditional delta 9 THC to hexahydrocannabinol, or HHC.Though Rogers created HHC with cannabis-derived THC, these days the compound is most often made through a process that begins with hemp plants, the lower THC-containing plant made federally legal throu...

Truth Club Digs into Devisa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

Truth Club Digs into Devisa: Travis Harrington of Truth Club told us about his Mal Devisa experience.Travis Harrington: When Truth Club was at SXSW earlier this year I went and saw Mal Devisa play the audiofemme showcase in a great big church.I rushed over in between our load-in and performance a few blocks away, hoping to catch just a couple of songs. I was pretty exhausted and very stressed thinking about the coming days of running around, but as soon as she started “Sea of Limbs” those preoccupations fell silent.I sat motionless, tracing the vocal crescendos scattered throughout the high arches, and felt those vibrations pass through me too. I was just another point of interpolation against them, a raw recipient of the emotional outpour. I had tears streaming down my face.It takes something powerful to break you down like that amid all of the constructs that make up who you are, to make you forget that you are living and instead, for a brief moment, feel as if you are the song.Tr...

Saratoga student makes criminal threats at school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

Oct. 16Criminal threats: At 9:54 a.m., deputies responded to a suspicious circumstances call at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School on Saratoga Avenue. An investigation revealed that a student made criminal threats. The student was cited and released.Possession of a controlled substance, suspended driver’s license: At 5:01 p.m., deputies observed a motorist driving a vehicle without a front license plate at Saratoga Avenue and Quito Road and subsequently contacted the driver at Peet’s Coffee in the El Paseo de Saratoga shopping center. An investigation revealed the suspect was in possession of cocaine and driving with a suspended license, in violation of the suspect’s post-release community supervision terms. The suspect was cited and released.Oct. 19Identity theft: A Saratoga resident reported that someone texted them from an unknown telephone number, asking to verify personal information. The victim called the number and provided personal information. No monetary loss was reported.Oct. ...

From the Bay Area to Australia, abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

By Nell Lewis | CNNGolf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment. Land is often cleared to make way for a fairway and maintaining the pristine turf often requires a lot of water, regular mowing and the spraying of fertilizers and pesticides – none of which is good for biodiversity.In the US, with the number of course closures outweighing new openings every year since 2006, some are questioning how we should use these huge spaces – and asking whether, instead of golf, nature should be left to run its course.Conservation nonprofits and local authorities are looking to acquire golf courses that have been abandoned due to high maintenance costs, low player numbers or other reasons, and repurpose them into landscapes that boost biodiversity and build natural defenses against climate change.These spaces provide “huge opportunities from a conservation perspective,” says Guillermo Rodriguez, California state director of The Trust for Public...

Special Athlete of the Week citation: Kamarri Robinson, Livermore football

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

The Bay Area News Group is giving a special Athlete of the Week citation to Livermore running back Kamarri Robinson, who didn’t win this week’s boys poll but had one of California’s all-time great rushing games last week against Dublin.Robinson, a junior, ran for 534 yards and five touchdowns on 29 carries to lead Livermore to a 45-34 victory.The yardage ranks fifth all-time in state history, according to Cal-Hi Sports.“Thank you for recognizing this,” Livermore coach John Wade said in a text on Thursday. “Wildest thing I have seen in 31 years of coaching.”The state record is held by Ronney Jenkins of Hueneme-Oxnard, who rushed for 619 in 1995.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Yesenia Moffett, Pittsburg water polo High School Sports | Polls closed: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week High School Sports | Polls closed: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week High School Sp...

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Maxime Morelle, Los Altos football

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

Los Altos football player Maxime Morelle is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete for Oct. 16-21 after he received 37.98% of the vote.Acalanes football player Trevor Rogers took second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Morelle rushed for five TDs while leading Los Altos to a victory over El Camino that kept the Eagles in a three-way tie for first place in their league.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Yesenia Moffett, Pittsburg water polo High School Sports | Polls closed: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week High School Sports | Polls closed: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week High School Sports | Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Ryan McKendry, Liberty football High School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Grace Hui, Archbishop Mitty golf The sophomore finished with 19...

Dumbarton Bridge eastbound closed overnight next week: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

Q: Do you know why there are no signs indicating the Dumbarton Bridge exit on Highway 101 north near Palo Alto? The only visible sign is on the Willow Street exit, after you have committed to this exit.Jeanne ConboyA: I’ll pass your concern to Caltrans.Speaking of the Dumbarton Bridge, Caltrans will close it in the eastbound direction for five nights, from Oct. 30 through Nov. 3, for repaving from the east end of the bridge to the toll plaza. Eastbound lanes will be closed each night between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. Westbound lanes will remain open.Drivers headed to the East Bay from San Francisco and San Mateo can use the San Mateo Bridge from San Mateo to Hayward. Drivers going to Milpitas or Fremont from the South Bay can take Highway 237.Q: I, too, have recently experienced glitches with Apple Maps providing erroneous directions. As I passed the summit on Highway 17 early this week, Siri told me to make a right turn and head north on Interstate 280. An easy error to ignore, but s...

San Jose Sharks open up about their biggest problems (it’s not just the offense)

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:06 GMT

The San Jose Sharks – through the first two weeks of the regular season – owned the worst offense in the NHL. Still do, in fact.But if the Sharks have any hope of beating the Carolina Hurricanes today and ending their season-opening seven-game losing streak, they’ll need to cut down on the high-danger chances against, which, in turn, should help prevent so many pucks from going into their own net.Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood covered up a lot of Sharks mistakes through his first four starts this month, but that dam broke wide open on Thursday, and the Sharks’ defensive shortcomings were exposed for all to see in what became a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena.Five of the six goals the Sharks allowed came at even strength, and in those situations, per Natural Stat Trick, San Jose gave up 17 high-danger chances and created just five.The Sharks have now allowed 18 goals during 5-on-5 play in seven games this season, tied for the third-worst per-game ave...