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Man fatally stabbed in Pleasanton, 2 suspects at-large

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

(KRON) -- Pleasanton police are searching for two people after a man was stabbed to death at an apartment complex on Monday morning.The stabbing happened at approximately 10:31 a.m. on the 5700 block of Owens Drive. The Pleasanton Police Department said the incident began as an attempted robbery.KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The suspects are both men who were wearing ski masks. They were both last seen running from the apartment. PPD believes the stabbing was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public. Anyone with information is asked to call PPD at (925) 931-5107.Police will provide an update on the case on Tuesday.

Qantas names chief financial officer Vanessa Hudson next CEO

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian airline Qantas Group said Tuesday chief financial officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive and managing director, replacing Alan Joyce in November.Hudson has been with the airline in various roles for 28 years.Joyce was appointed Qantas CEO in 2008 and agreed in 2020 to remain at the helm through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s not many female CEOs in the worldwide aviation industry and it’s a credit to this country that a gay Irishman man was appointed 15 years ago to be CEO of the company and now we have the first female and it’s credit to the board,” Joyce said.Hudson said her focus would be “delivering for our customers.”After three years of statutory losses due to the pandemic, Qantas in February returned to profit, posting an underlying pre-tax half-year result of 1.43 billion Australian dollars ($978 million) for the six months through December.Qantas has had 12 CEOs during its 103-year history. Source

Memorial for fallen journalists will be built on the National Mall

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

A location in D.C. has been selected for a new memorial dedicated to fallen journalists.The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation said Monday that the memorial is going on a triangle of land at the corner of 3rd Street SW and Independence Avenue, where it’s bounded by Maryland Avenue SW. That puts the memorial on the National Mall facing the U.S. Capitol.The memorial, nearly four years in the making was authorized in late December during the most recent federal appropriations process.“It is a physical reminder of the sacrifice involved in the First Amendment,” said Rick Hutzell, the former editor of the Capital Gazette newspaper.Hutzell and others who were devastated by the 2018 shooting in their newsroom have played advocacy roles in the creation of the memorial.“Local news organizations are shrinking or disappearing, and I think a physical reminder of its importance to our society is needed and called for,” Hutzell said.From here, the foundation will...

Comcast pulls NFL Network after carriage agreement expires

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast subscribers aren’t able to view NFL Network after the cable company pulled the channel when its carriage agreement expired.The move comes two days after the conclusion of the NFL draft.Both sides still have time to reach an agreement before training camps start throughout the league in late July. The NFL is expected to announce its regular-season schedule on May 11.NBCUniversal, which airs “Sunday Night Football,” is owned by Comcast.Comcast has 16.1 million subscribers according to a company filing in March.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFLSource

Jack Dorsey ya no considera que Elon Musk sea la persona adecuada para dirigir Twitter

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

Washington (CNN) — Jack Dorsey, ex CEO de Twitter, se retractó este sábado del respaldo previo que le había dado a Elon Musk como la opción correcta para dirigir la empresa, al hablar en contra del multimillonario que, durante los últimos seis meses, ha llevado a Twitter a través de una serie de crisis en gran medida autoinfligidas.En Bluesky, la nueva empresa de redes sociales de Dorsey similar a Twitter, se le preguntó si creía que Musk había sido el mejor administrador posible de Twitter. Entonces, Dorsey respondió rotundamente: “No”.Y agregó que Musk “debería haberse alejado” de la adquisición de Twitter por US$ 44.000 millones, y culpó a la junta de la compañía en retrospectiva por tratar de obligar a Musk a seguir adelante con el trato a pesar de sus intentos de retractarse de la compra el año pasado.El ex CEO de Twitter tiene una nueva aplicación que se parece mucho a Twitter“Todo se fue a pique”, dijo Dorsey. “Pero ya sucedió y todo lo que podem...

Muere Gordon Lightfoot, cantautor canadiense, a los 84 años

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

(CNN) –– Gordon Lightfoot, cantautor canadiense , murió a los 84 años, informó a CNN su portavoz Victoria Lord.Gordon murió por causas naturales a las 7:30 p.m. del lunes en el Hospital Sunnybrook en Toronto, añadió Lord.El 11 de abril, Lightfoot canceló su agenda de conciertos en Estados Unidos y Canadá para 2023 debido a “problemas relacionados con la salud”, según una publicación de Facebook.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Maryland teenager’s self-portrait will join well-known works of art at US Capitol

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

17-year-old Oliva Ensign, who attends MCPS Visual Arts Center Program at Albert Einstein High School, wins the Eighth District Congressional Art Competition with her self-portrait, “The Memory Quilt: Pieces of Myself.” Her self-portrait will be hang in the U.S. Capitol’s hallway between the House and Senate chambers. (Courtesy Rep. Jamie Raskin’s 2023 Congressional Art Competition Virtual Gallery)Famous works of art, such as John Trumbull’s painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, hang in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol; and soon, a Maryland teenager’s self-portrait will be on display, as well.Oliva Ensign, 17, of Silver Spring, Maryland, won the Eighth District Congressional Art Competition with “The Memory Quilt: Pieces of Myself.”Now through May 7, other students’ artworks entered in the competition is available at Vizarts in Rockville.Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin announced the winner. in an interview with WTOP, Raskin said, “the winner’s piece,...

Verdugo homers for 3rd walk-off hit; Red Sox beat Blue Jays

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Verdugo belted a leadoff homer in the ninth inning against Jordan Romano for his third walk-off hit this season, and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 6-5 on Monday night to end a nine-game losing streak to the Blue Jays.Emmanuel Valdez hit his first major league home run, a two-run drive, and Jarren Duran added a solo shot for the Red Sox. Masataka Yoshida had two hits with an RBI and extended his hitting streak to 11 games for Boston, which had lost its last eight games at Fenway Park against the Blue Jays.Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer and went 5 for 5 for the Blue Jays, who lost for just the fourth time in 12 games. Bichette was moved into the leadoff spot after George Springer was a late scratch due to illness.Toronto went 16-3 against the Red Sox last season.Verdugo also had game-ending hits on Saturday and April 14. This time, he drove a 94 mph fastball from Romano (2-2) into Boston’s bullpen in right-center.Boston shortstop Kiké Hernández made two throwin...

Harden scores 45, hits late 3 as 76ers down Celtics 119-115

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — James Harden matched his playoff career high with 45 points and hit a go-ahead, step-back 3-pointer over Al Horford with 8.7 seconds left as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied without Joel Embiid to beat the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on Monday night.Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence of MVP finalist Embiid, who sat sat out with the sprained right knee he sustained in Game 3 of Philadelphia’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets.Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points and Malcolm Brogdon finished with 20. Boston hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night.Harden previously scored 45 points for the Houston Rockets in a Western Conference Finals win over Golden State on May 25, 2015.Trailing 117-115, the Celtics had one final chance and got the ball to Tatum, but he lost the ball to Paul Reed, who...

Restaurant community bands together to support homicide victims' families

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:23:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Monday night, the restaurant community banded together to support two of their own who were killed on April 24.Emerall Vaughn-Dahler and Ignacio "Nacho" Gutierrez Morales were found dead from gunshot wounds at American Elm, the North Denver restaurant where they both worked. A fundraiser took place at Hops and Pie in the Highlands neighborhood, on 39th Avenue and Tennyson Street — just a few blocks away from where the two were killed. Reward increased in American Elm double homicide Dozens of neighborhood restaurants donated food and drinks to this fundraiser, with the community stepping up in numbers.Lucas Duncan isn't a part of the restaurant community but lives in the neighborhood and said he came to support. "It makes me feel really good about the community that I live in. I mean just everybody here," Duncan said.'Brokenhearted' loved ones give thanks to communityMiguel Lopez, Morales’ son-in-law, watched in gratitude as the community backed up his family d...