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LAX celebrates 10th anniversary of Pets Unstressing Passengers program with pup parade and giveaways 

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

Los Angeles World Airports celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUPs) program at LAX with a pup parade and giveaways for departing passengers on Wednesday. The LAX PUPs program began in April 2013 with 30 therapy dogs as an effort to “enhance the passenger experience” at LAX. As of 2023, the program has grown to 80 canines and volunteer handlers. Wednesday’s festivities took place in Terminal 1 of LAX in partnership with Southwest Airlines, whose representatives helped distribute commemorative giveaways for passengers. More than a dozen dogs were paraded down a red carpet with their handlers who stopped for photos and interviews by the “pup-parazzi.” The dogs do have a calming effect on passengers near and far; LAX’s PUPs program has served as a model for more than 90 airports across the world that have started a similar program.  700 dogs rescued from puppy mill in Iowa; 53 available for adoption in Studio City "The LAX PUPs are...

Lakers coach responds to Kerr comments on flops; Curry named to All-NBA second team

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – One day after Warriors coach Steve Kerr bemoaned what he felt were glaringly obvious flops by Los Angeles Lakers players trying to draw charges, his counterpart, Darvin Ham, claimed the high road, saying he didn’t want to get into a back-and-forth regarding any contentious calls by NBA officials.Kerr said Tuesday there “was definitely some gamesmanship” by the Lakers during Monday’s Game 4, particularly late in the fourth quarter when Draymond Green was called for a foul as he attempted to set a screen on guard Lonnie Walker IV, who tumbled to the floor upon contact.Kerr said Tuesday that it was “a blatant flop. (Walker) just takes a dive and the ref bought it.”Asked about Kerr’s comment prior to Game 5 on Wednesday at Chase Center, Ham stayed above the fray.“I just control what I can control. That’s coaching my team,” Ham said. “I don’t go down the rabbit hole, pointing fingers, blaming the official. I never did when I was an assistant coach and I don’t ...

'I'd be strong enough to say no': Livermore high school students learn dangers of fentanyl

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

(KRON) -- A day after National Fentanyl Awareness Day on Tuesday, students at Granada High School in Livermore took in a first-hand account of how devastating the deadly drug can be.A fentanyl-related overdose claimed Judy Burrescia's daughter Correen in 2019.On Wednesday, Burrescia returned to Correen's alma mater, Granada High School, in Livermore. A public service announcement produced by the Livermore Police Department was shared --highlighting the dangers of the drug. New study illuminates fentanyl crisis’ youngest victims "Unfortunately, in one use, she died," Burrescia said when talking about her daughter Correen.Burrescia sat in a classroom while the PSA played. Afterward, she met with students touched by her family's tragedy."She had no idea that fentanyl was in there and she died. And, she doesn't even know it," Burrescia said."I do believe that I'd be strong enough to no," said senior Elle Bowman. "I believe I'm educated and aware kind of my surroundings and who I surro...

Coco Republic is latest store to announce closure of downtown SF location

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Another store will be shuttering its downtown San Francisco location this summer. Furniture store Coco Republic said its Union Square store will close by the end of July or when its inventory is sold out.Coco Republic joins stores such as Nordstrom, Whole Foods and Office Depot that will be closing their stores in the area. It will soon begin a sale of its on-site inventory. T-Mobile closes flagship Union Square store In a press release sent out Wednesday, Coco Republic cited "well-documented" issues with San Francisco contributing to the closure. The release said after taking "numerous precautions" to protect customers and employees, it was deemed "impossible" to keep the store open. “We invested extraordinary time and capital in our initial US flagship store in Union Square,” said Anthony Spon-Smith, Coco Republic’s Creative Director and Founder based in Sydney, Australia. “Less than six months from opening, we could not be more disappointed to be shutte...

Kirilloff’s single scores automatic runner in 11th, Twins beat Padres 4-3

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Kirilloff’s single in the 11th inning scored automatic runner Max Kepler and the Minnesota Twins pulled out a 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.With Kepler on second, Carlos Correa was intentionally walked. Kirilloff then pulled a pitch from Domingo Tapia (0-1) down the right-field line to help Minnesota snap a three-game losing streak.Griffin Jax (2-4) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 11th to secure the win for the Twins after both teams scored their automatic runners in the 10th.Kepler homered, doubled and scored three runs for Minnesota, which got another quality start from Pablo López.Juan Soto homered for San Diego, which has lost three of four. Josh Hader blew his second save in 13 chances this season when pinch-hitter Donovan Solano singled in the 10th to score the automatic runner. The Padres are winless in four extra-inning games this season.San Diego loaded the bases in the top of the 11th after a pair of walks — on...

Republicanos dicen que miembros de la familia Biden recibieron pagos millonarios de entidades extranjeras, según informe sobre registros bancarios

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

Washington (CNN) — El presidente de la Comisión de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes, James Comer, dio nuevos detalles para respaldar las acusaciones de que miembros de la familia de Joe Biden, incluido su hijo Hunter, recibieron millones de dólares de entidades extranjeras en China y Rumania, incluso cuando Biden era vicepresidente, según un memorándum obtenido por CNN.Los nuevos registros bancarios citados en el memorándum fueron obtenidos por la comisión a través de una citación e incluyen pagos realizados a empresas vinculadas a Hunter Biden. Los republicanos también sostienen que Hunter Biden utilizó sus conexiones familiares para ayudar a facilitar una reunión en 2016 entre un candidato serbio a secretario general de las Naciones Unidas y el entonces asesor de Seguridad Nacional del vicepresidente, Colin Kahl.Así es la vida de Joe Biden en datos: cuántos años tiene, qué estudió, familia, cronología y másLos pagos en el extranjero plantean dudas sobre las activid...

Pratto, Massey, Olivares homer as Royals blast White Sox 9-1

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Pratto homered and Brad Keller won for the first time in nearly a month as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 9-1 on Wednesday night.Keller (3-3), who leads the majors with 32 walks allowed, got into immediate trouble walking the first two batters he faced, but escaped first-inning damage with a double play and strikeout.Gavin Sheets walked to lead off the second and scored on Hanser Alberto’s single to left for the White Sox lone run off Keller.Keller finished five innings, allowing one run on three hits and four walks, striking out four to earn his first win since April 12.The Royals batted around in the first, collecting six hits, including Pratto’s two-out RBI single, grabbing a 4-0 lead while forcing Lance Lynn (1-5) to toss 37 pitches in the inning.Lynn surrendered seven runs on nine hits two walks, fanning four over five innings.Pratto’s homer, a two-run shot to right, gave Kansas City a 7-1 lead in the fifth.Michael Massey opened t...

DC mayor aims to make it easier to detain repeat offenders charged with violent crime

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

D.C.’s mayor wants to change how the city detains people suspected of violent crime. During a crime summit, the mayor took questions about her plans to introduce legislation to make it easier to hold people in jail before trial.Mayor Muriel Bowser is ready to shift the city’s previous stance on whether repeat offenders charged with a violent crime should remain in jail until their trial.“What I will recommend is that we change the presumption, especially in cases of violent crime, where someone has already been convicted of a violent crime,” Bowser said during a crime summit on Wednesday. “We think that the court should have in their decision-making the ability to detain that person until the trial happens. So that will be one part and a big part of the legislation that I advance to the council to help deal with what I think are some gaps in our law.”She plans to propose the legislation to the D.C. Council before heading to Capitol Hill, where she...

International students face glaring food insecurity and a lack of ethnic food

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

By: Minu Mathew and Taylor Pace, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterWhen Shruti Nadkarni arrived from India to pursue her PhD at the University of Guelph, she spent her first month here living off a diet primarily made up of bread and mayonnaise, losing a dangerous amount of weight in the process. As a graduate student, she came with funding in her pocket. But as an international student, she wasn’t familiar with the local cuisine, and was shocked by how expensive it was. “In my country, you can get vegetables anywhere. And you can bargain and reduce the prices,” Nadkarni said. “So it’s easily available, it’s so accessible, and it’s way cheaper.” “And the cheapest is never the healthiest,” she said. It took her some time to properly access her Canadian bank account, so for the first few weeks, everything she purchased was converted from rupees, “which was very expensive,” Nadkarni said. One Canadian dollar is equal to about 60 rupees. “So every time I ...

Plastic rats and playoff beards: Superstitious behaviours in hockey fans and players increase during the playoffs

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:48:17 GMT

By: Terry Eddy, University of Windsor ListenAs the Toronto Maple Leafs recently limped to a third straight defeat to the Florida Panthers, Leafs fans experienced the dreaded rat trick. In this ritual, Panthers fans throw plastic rats onto the ice to summon the energy of past, unexpected successes.A group of extraterrestrials watching this event might be puzzled to see hundreds of otherwise normal people hurling mass-produced rodents at a few dozen tired men with unkempt facial hair. If, as sport fans, we set our past experiences to the side, these superstitions that are so pervasive in sport — especially when the games carry the most weight — really make very little objective sense. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jnPZX0U9-XI?wmode=transparent&start=0 TSN looks at the history of the ‘rat trick,’ when Florida Panthers fans throw plastic rats onto the ice after games.As an ardent sport fan for most of my life — and someone who may or may not have participated in fan rituals — I’m in...