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Australia plans major overhaul of defenses as China rises

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia needs to spend more money on defense, make its own munitions and develop the ability to strike longer-range targets as China’s military buildup challenges regional security, according to a government-commissioned review released Monday.The Defense Strategic Review supports the so-called AUKUS partnership between Australia, United States and Britain, who in March announced an agreement to create an Australian fleet of eight submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government commissioned the review to assess whether Australia had the necessary defense capability, posture and preparedness to defend itself in the current strategic environment.“We support the strategic direction and key findings set out in the review, which will strengthen our national security and ensure our readiness for future challenges,” Albanese said in a statement.The public version of the classified review recommended Austra...

A ‘Walk for One More Heartbeat’ event raises nearly $49,000

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

Hundreds of people gathered in Griffith Park for the “Walk for One More Heartbeat,” event to support the Children’s Heart Foundation in raising funds and awareness for congenital heart defects (CHDs). CHDs are conditions that are present at birth and can affect the structure of a baby's heart and the way it works. They are the most common type of birth defect, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.The L.A. Congenital Heart Walk hosted fun activities, entertainment, research updates, and a family-friendly walk to help support and make a difference in the lives of those living with CHDs. “We have babies out here with scars on their chest that have had heart transplants,” said Megan Riddle, Development Manager at the Children’s Heart Foundation. “We have babies that are on heart transplant lists, so CHDs are a wide range of defects that children can be born with. We are here to make a big enough impact with research dollars that one day babies don’t have ...

Athletics add Sam Long from Giants after earlier deal sent Cal Stevenson from A’s to SF

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

The Athletics and Giants completed what amounted to a swap of local players no longer in their plans Sunday when left-handed pitcher Sam Long was sent to Oakland.Earlier this week, the A’s designated Cal Stevenson for assignment and then sent him to the Giants for cash considerations. Long was DFA’d after the Stevenson deal, and arrives with the same “cash considerations” designation.It’s basically a swap of of players with Northern California ties, as Long attended Del Campo High in Sacramento County before going to Sacramento State and Stevenson played at Kennedy-Fremont before playing at Chabot College, Arizona and Nevada.Long, 26, pitched in 40 games for the Giants in 2021 and 2022 with a 3-4 record, 4.55 earned run average. He pitched started on occasion — usually as an opener — and struck out 71 batters with 29 walks in 83 innings.Related ArticlesOakland Athletics | Athletics dominated by deGrom, Rangers and lose seventh str...

DC area gets another rare Northern Lights sighting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

Residents in the D.C. area may get the rare chance to see the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, again on Sunday night into early Monday morning while a strong geomagnetic storm is underway.The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center issued an alert for a severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm. The G4 Alert stated, “Aurora – Aurora may be seen as low as Alabama and Northern California.”(UPDATED) TONIGHT’S AURORA FORECAST:Based on current data, we’ve moved our possible Northern Lights viewing farther south. A moderate, strong, or severe geomagnetic storm is possible.Aurora viewing is likely in the United States tonight as Earth is impacted by a strong solar… pic.twitter.com/rwyY9hvHDt— Space Weather Watch (@spacewxwatch) April 23, 2023For the best way to snap a photo of the sky-dancing lights, use wide-field binoculars or a camera or smartphone that can take exposures of several seconds. If your camera has a “Night Sky” or “Low ...

Dillon Brooks: Image was factor in ejection for LeBron blow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Memphis agitator Dillon Brooks believes his image as an NBA villain contributed to the decision to eject him from Game 3 of the Grizzlies’ playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers after he struck LeBron James in the groin.Brooks said Sunday his flagrant foul 2 was an accident, and he believes his reputation in the media and among the basketball public were factors in his ejection from the third quarter of Memphis’ 111-101 loss Saturday night.“The media making me a villain, the fans making me a villain and then that just creates a whole different persona on me,” Brooks told reporters after the Grizzlies’ off-day shootaround at USC’s Galen Center.Brooks struck James just 17 seconds into the second half, and he was ejected after a brief video review. Brooks’ teammates tried to argue after the game that Brooks’ flagrant foul had been unintentional.Brooks was ejected from a game for the third time this season, delighting a Lakers h...

Wave downs rival Angel City 2-0 in front of sellout LA crowd

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

Sofia Jakobsson and Makenzy Doniak scored five minutes apart in the second half to give the San Diego Wave a 2-0 victory over Angel City on Sunday. A sellout crowd of 22,000 was on hand at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles for the match between the National Women’s Soccer League rivals. Jakobsson got her goal on a Wave counterattack in the 70th minute, with defender Cristen Joan Westphal earning the assist. The forward’s first goal of the year came on her 33rd birthday.After blocking an Angel City pass, Doniak dribbled toward the center and passed to Alex Morgan, who gave the ball right back to the midfielder. Doniak’s shot in the 75th minute deflected off a defender and fell into the upper right corner of the goal. Morgan now has three goals and one assist after four matches for the Wave (3-1-0).Angel City (1-2-1) outshot San Diego 16 to seven, but only two of the home team’s shots were on target.U.S. women’s national team midfielder Julie Ertz made her debut...

Estafador imita a un inspector y le cobra $970 a un restaurante de DC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

Un empresario de Washington, DC está alertando a otros dueños de negocios tras ser estafado por alguien imitando a un inspector de protección de incendios la mañana del sábado. Oliver Cox, el dueño de Pearl’s Bagels al noroeste de DC, dijo que no quiere que otros pequeños negocios pierdan dinero como le pasó a él cuando el estafador llegó a su local durante una de las horas más ocupadas de la semana. El sospechoso, quien quedó captado en video, entró al establecimiento con una gorra y una libreta. Dijo que iba a chequear el sistema de represión de incendios, y después de presuntamente hacerlo, regresó con cuatro facturas totalizando $970.Sin embargo, la presunta compañía que lo empleaba no existe, y usó un nombre falso. Cox no estaba trabajando al momento del fraude, pero sí habló con el sospechoso por teléfono. No pensó que algo estaba fuera de lo normal porque recientemente había solicitado un chequeo de precisamente el mismo sistema. El estafador le aseguró a ...

How your donations could boost rewards in local major crime cases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The high-profile case of Alexa Bartell brought to light the concept of boosting rewards for information leading to an arrest.That motivation, as FOX31 learned from their partners at Metro Denver Crime Stoppers, could be applied to any case they take, by anyone."It's available to anybody to be able to essentially boost a reward or add reward funds to a specific case, but it's usually people who have some sort of connection to the victim or the crime," Danny Young said. Own a Tesla in Jeffco? How you could help the deadly rock investigation Young sits on the board for Metro Denver Crime Stoppers and he explained how their rewards are collected when someone provides a tip that leads to an arrest in a crime."Those funds are held secure for them with a specific code number and they go to the bank and pick it up," Young said, "so their name is completely kept out of the entire case."Young said that anonymity is effective at getting tips on crimes."On any given month we ...

Franks: The root causes of mass shootings, inner-city homicides

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

Democrats should stop demagoguing the “gun” issue on “how” people are dying and focus instead on “why” people are dying.When guns are involved, there is a 84% homicide rate for Black youth under the age of 18, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The use of guns for suicides among the same group is only 9%.Conversely, for white youth under the age of 18, 66% die from guns in suicides, while homicides involving guns represent only 24%.Suicides and homicides both represent a “lack of hope.” Mental illness, resulting in not wanting to live anymore, is about having no hope, and gang-related drug crimes in a struggle for economic survival is also due to no hope in the American Dream.Could the media’s proliferation of stories on mass shootings be a reason we are seeing more and more mass shootings? It could be a bona fide unintended consequence.For example, in July 1964 in Harlem, New York we had our first major race riot. It was covered extensively by every news network. Even...

Alycia Debnam-Carey has killer (tracking) moves in Hulu’s ‘Saint X’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:33 GMT

Adapted from a critically acclaimed bestselling novel, Hulu’s new “Saint X” series is a psychological thriller revolving around a murder in the Caribbean and the years later pursuit of the killer.Emily is seven when she vacations in the ‘90s with her parents and older sister Alison, 18, at a pricey Caribbean resort. Alison (Wes Duchovny, Tea Leoni and David Duchovny’s daughter) is murdered but no killer is charged.A decade later Emily (Australia’s Alycia Debnam-Carey of “Fear the Walking Dead”) has a boyfriend, a Manhattan pad and persistent trauma from her sister’s death.“These two young boys from the island who work at the hotel were accused of murder and acquitted,” Debnam-Carey, 29, explained in a Zoom interview.  “But then 10 years later, Emily is suddenly confronted with one of the accused. What ensues is her attempt to not only figure out what happened and find justice for her sister but essentially really figure out who she is and try and reconcile these two halves of her li...