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Recipes: Make these appetizers for your New Year’s Eve celebration

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

New Year’s Eve at home? Sure. For those of us who plan to say goodbye to 2023 in the serenity of our own abode, a meal showcasing delicious appetizers sounds like a great idea. It can be a welcome opportunity to invite the neighbors to drop by and join in the scrumptious fun.I’ve chosen three tempting appetizers from Natasha Kravchuk’s new cookbook, “Natasha’s Kitchen: 100 Plus Easy Family-Favorite Recipes You’ll Make Again and Again” (Clarkson Potter, $30).The Ukrainian-born food writer began blogging in 2009, writing about the joy she found in the kitchen, creating and sharing recipes and revealing her triumphs and failures, as her audience grew and grew. Her new book features everything from borscht and pierogi to a crepe bar, taco spread and pasta favorites — and these irresistible nibbles that are perfect for New Year’s Eve.Smoked Salmon Crostini is an elegant appetizer that’s easy to make. (Photo by Charity Burggraaf) Smoked Salmon Crostini“I’d been making these ele...

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens across central, south Gaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Jack Jeffery | Associated PressRAFAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, where the defense minister said Tuesday that troops were working to completely clear out Hamas militants.Israel bombarded towns across southern Gaza Tuesday with airstrikes, killing at least 45 Palestinians and pressing ahead with its offensive with renewed backing from the United States, despite rising international alarm. The Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, warned the campaign in Gaza’s south will persist for months.In a hospital in the southern town of Rafah, Mohammed Zoghroub bid farewell to his two children — a 2-year-old boy, and a girl born two weeks ago — killed in a predawn strike on their home.Wounded in the strike, he winced as he peeled back the shrouds to look at their faces as his wife and mother stood by his bed.“Just two weeks old. Her name hadn’t eve...

Stolen vehicle found submerged in Lake Merritt Tuesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

(KRON) -- A vehicle was found submerged in Lake Merritt Tuesday morning, according to the Oakland Police Department. OPD's Communications Division got a call just before 5:45 a.m. Tuesday reporting a vehicle in the lake.Officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Lakeshore Avenue to investigate, police said. Hundreds of drug dealers arrested in SF six-month crackdown Arriving at the scene, officers discovered an unoccupied vehicle partially submerged in Lake Merritt. Following a preliminary investigation, the officers determined that the vehicle was stolen out of San Leandro.An investigation into the matter is ongoing, OPD said. No other details were available at this time.

Harvard Endowment Investor and Other Business Leaders Take a Solidarity Trip to Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

Dozens of prominent investors and business leaders traveled to Israel this week to show solidarity with Israel amid its war on Hamas, according to documents from the junket obtained by The Intercept. The trip included top officials from private equity firms like Bain Capital; leaders from the tech industry, like a Patreon executive; and a managing director at the endowment investment firm of Harvard University, a school riven by political clashes around the Israeli war on Gaza.“In every war there are multiple fronts. The attendees of this mission are here to help counter the war’s economic disruption.”The documents, which include an itinerary and list of attendees, provide details about the weeklong meeting taking place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, called the Israel Tech Mission. Beginning on Sunday, the meeting includes panels like “Tech in the Trenches: Supporting an ecosystem during wartime.”Participants will hold meetings with top Israeli officials, like President Isaac Herzog, al...

Washington’s Kalen DeBoer is the AP coach of the year after leading undefeated Huskies to the CFP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Kalen DeBoer landing the job at Washington two years ago seemed to be an unheralded transaction at the time.It has turned out to be a shrewd decision by the Huskies. One might say it’s been perfect.DeBoer was named The Associated Press coach of the year on Tuesday after leading the Huskies to a 13-0 record, the Pac-12 championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff in just his second year in charge at Washington. The Huskies will face Texas in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 with a spot in the CFP championship game on the line.In his two seasons, the Huskies are 24-2, leaving behind the bitter memory of a 4-8 record in 2021 that led to a change and brought DeBoer to Washington.“It’s all about the people around me. This is a team award,” DeBoer said. “When you win, I tell the players this, you win football games, you’re going to get recognized and more awards are going to get shared. I’m fortunate enough to kind of be the figurehead of our team and receive these cool ...

La OMS incluye a la subvariante JN.1 del coronavirus, que desciende de Pirola, a su lista de interés, mientras los casos crecen en EE.UU.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

(CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud sumó la subvariante JN.1 del coronavirus a su lista de “variantes de interés”, aunque aclaró que el riesgo adicional de esta nueva cepa para la salud pública mundial es bajo.“Debido a su rápida propagación”, la OMS tomó medidas para diferenciar a JN.1 de su antecesora BA.2.86, otra variante de interés, informó la agencia este martes en X, anteriormente Twitter. “Según la evidencia disponible, el riesgo adicional para la salud pública mundial que representa JN.1 se considera actualmente bajo. A pesar de esto, con la llegada del invierno en el hemisferio norte, JN.1 podría aumentar la carga de infecciones respiratorias en muchos países”, advirtió la organización.Subvariante JN.1 del coronavirus: características, síntomas, casos y vacunasJustamente, la subvariante JN.1 está causando alrededor del 20% de los nuevos casos de covid-19 en EE.UU. y es la cepa del virus de más rápido crecimiento, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevenc...

Live updates | Israel strikes hit Gaza as UN tries to negotiate a cease-fire resolution

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

Israeli troops launched more deadly strikes in Gaza on Tuesday and raided two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, while the U.N. Security Council is intensely negotiating a resolution to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting.A strike on a home in Rafah where displaced people were sheltering killed at least 27 people, including women and children, and another killed at least three people, according to Associated Press journalists who saw the bodies arrive at two local hospitals early Tuesday.Nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel declared war on Hamas, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, which does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths. Thousands more lie buried under the rubble of Gaza, the U.N. estimates. Israel says 132 of its soldiers have died in its ground offensive after Hamas raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and taking about 240 hostage...

Hicks’ 15 points lead Samford past Valparaiso 79-61

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Garrett Hicks had 15 points in Samford’s 79-61 win against Valparaiso on Tuesday.Hicks shot 7 for 10, including 1 for 3 from beyond the arc for the Bulldogs (10-2). A.J. Staton-McCray added 13 points while finishing 6 of 11 from the floor, and he also had six rebounds. Achor Achor shot 5 of 9 from the field to finish with 10 points. The Bulldogs prolonged their winning streak to 10 games.Cooper Schwieger finished with 15 points and seven rebounds for the Beacons (4-8). Sherman Weatherspoon IV added 11 points and two steals for Valparaiso. Jaxon Edwards also put up nine points. The loss was the Beacons’ sixth in a row.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Analysis: Eagles have bigger problems than a 3-game losing streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here.___The Philadelphia Eagles have bigger problems than a three-game losing streak.Jalen Hurts questioned the commitment of his teammates following a stunning 20-17 loss at Seattle on Monday night. Darius Slay praised his own performance but said the rest of the defense stunk after a 33-13 loss at Dallas last week.First-year defensive coordinator Sean Desai was stripped of his play-calling duties after 13 games. Fans and some in the media are calling for the same for first-year offensive coordinator Brian Johnson because a talented group has underachieved.After a 10-1 start, the Eagles have crashed. And, they’re not handling adversity well considering some of the finger-pointing and blame-shifting.Getting whipped by the 49ers (11-3) and Cowboys (10-4) provided a reality check after two impressive wins over Kansas City and Buffalo. The Eagles were in control in Seattle for most...

Sandra Day O’Connor called a pioneer and ‘iconic jurist’ as she is memorialized by Biden, Roberts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:21 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the Arizona rancher’s daughter who became a voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, was memorialized by President Joe Biden on Tuesday as a pioneer in the legal world who inspired generations of women. Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts were among those who eulogized O’Connor at Washington National Cathedral. O’Connor retired from the high court in 2006 after more than two decades, and died Dec. 1 at age 93.The president, a longtime senator who once chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, began his remarks by recalling her 1981 confirmation hearing — a day that Biden described as momentous because of the history that she would make on the nation’s most powerful court.He called her “a pioneer in her own right” who shattered barriers in both the political and legal worlds, along with the “nation’s consciousness.” He said that ‘her principles were deeply held and of the highest...