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Pac-12 survival: Future uncertain following key presidents meeting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

The Pac-12’s future remained in doubt Friday as the university presidents met remotely but were unable to agree on a media rights contract, extending an existential crisis that enveloped the conference 13 months ago.Commissioner George Kliavkoff faced a series of obstacles as he tried to salvage the 108-year-old league, the most serious being the Big Ten’s sudden pursuit of Oregon and Washington.The conference that raided the Pac-12 last summer, grabbing USC and UCLA, showed no interest in additional West Coast expansion until this week.The Big Ten presidents are scheduled to meet this morning to discuss membership invitations for the Pacific Northwest duo, according to the Associated Press.If the Ducks and Huskies depart, the Four Corners schools (Arizona, ASU and Utah) are expected to accept invitations from the Big 12.That would leave Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and Washington State to rebuild the gutted conference or find another home, perhaps in the Mountain West.Re...

Oakland road rage freeway shooting suspect charged in federal court

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

OAKLAND — A suspect in an Oakland road rage shooting has been charged in federal court and is expected to be hit with an indictment this month, as his attorney and prosecutors negotiate a plea deal, court records show.Antoyne Bullock, 43, is charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a federal offense that carries up to 10 years in prison, according to the criminal complaint. He was ordered detained while the case is pending at a July 18 court appearance, records show.Bullock is the suspect in a May 25 nonfatal shooting on Interstate 580 in Oakland near Keller Avenue, where he allegedly fired at a Dodge traveling near him, causing the driver of the Dodge to collide with Bullock’s Ford. The Ford subsequently flipped over, but both Bullock and his passenger, a 37-year-old woman, escaped without injuries.According to police, Bullock and the woman were on their way to an Oakland hotel around 2 p.m. when the shooting occurred. Bullock allegedly cursed...

Electric truck maker Nikola names former General Motors executive Stephen Girsky as CEO

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Electric and hydrogen-powered heavy truck maker Nikola Corp. has named board Chairman Stephen Girsky as its new CEO.The former General Motors executive and auto industry analyst replaces Michael Lohscheller, who will step down immediately as CEO, and as a board member on Aug. 31.The Phoenix-based company says in a statement Friday that Lohscheller made the decision due to a family health matter and will return to Europe. He will stay on in an advisory capacity through September.Girsky will remain on the board and will be replaced as chairman by director Steve Shindler.Girsky will lead a startup that is struggling to reach profitability. The company on Friday reported a second-quarter net loss of $217.8 million, 26% larger than the same period a year ago.But the company said in a statement that sales and production are growing and it is well on the way to executing its business plan and becoming profitable. Nikola said it has nearly doubled its unrestricted cash and ha...

Clientes denuncian la desaparición de depósitos de cuentas bancarias de Wells Fargo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

Los Ángeles (CNN) — Wells Fargo está lidiando con un problema técnico que provocó que los clientes informaran la desaparición de sus depósitos directos de sus cuentas bancarias.Este jueves, un torrente de clientes se puso en contacto con Wells Fargo a través de Twitter, ahora oficialmente denominado “X”, alegando que no podían acceder al dinero que habían depositado en el banco. Una persona tuiteó que le habían cobrado una comisión por sobregiro después de que el dinero desapareciera de su cuenta.No estaba claro hasta qué punto se había extendido el problema este jueves por la noche, pero este viernes seguían publicándose quejas de clientes en las redes sociales.Wells Fargo debe pagar US$ 3.700 millones por “actividad ilegal” en ejecuciones hipotecarias y embargos de vehículos“Wells Fargo es consciente de que las transacciones de depósito de algunos clientes no aparecen en sus cuentas. El problema se resolverá lo antes posible. Nos disculpamos si...

Washington Capitals re-sign Tom Wilson to 7-year contract worth over $45M

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

The Washington Capitals said forward Tom Wilson has re-signed to a seven-year, $45.5 million contract.Wilson’s extension begins with the 2024-25 hockey season and continues through the 2030-31 season, worth an average annual value of $6.5 million.“Tom possesses all the intangibles needed to win in this League and we are extremely pleased to sign him to a long-term contract, giving him the opportunity to finish his career in a Capitals’ uniform,” said Brian MacLellan, the team’s general manager, said in a news release.“Throughout his career, Tom has improved every facet of his game through his drive and competitiveness. We feel his work ethic and leadership qualities will be a tremendous asset to our organization for years to come.”Wilson, 29, made his regular-season debut in October 2013. He was just 18 years old when he was drafted by the Capitals in 2012.Last year, Wilson represented the Capitals at the 2022 NHL All-Star game, where the Las Vegas crowd booed him.During...

Trainer Ron Burke and driver Yannick Gingras try to add Hambletonian to their resumes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — While they are in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, trainer Ron Burke and driver Yannick Gingras have something they missing from their resumes — a win in the Hambletonian.Burke and Gingras will get a great chance to check off the box on their resumes when favored Celebrity Bambino faces nine rivals at the Meadowlands on Saturday in trotting’s most prestigious race.Both men have come close to combining to win the $1 million race. They finished second in 2015 when Mission Brief finished behind Pinkman and they were second by a nose in 2016 when Southwind Frank was edged by Marion Marauder. The following year, Burke saw Hall of Fame driver Dave Miller guide What The Hill across the finish line first in the Hambletonian. However, the colt was disqualified for interference in the stretch, the only time the race was decided by a DQ.“I want to win it bad. I’ve been close twice and once had it taken it away,” Burke said. “But at the end of the ...

1 dead, 2 hospitalized after plane crash at North Perry Airport

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

One person is dead and two others are hospitalized after a single-engine Cessna plane crashed on the east side of North Perry Airport around 12 p.m., Friday.Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue could be seen removing three victims from the plane, even administering chest compressions to one person who was being loaded in to an ambulance.The plane’s tail number is listed at N697FL, which, according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware, is registered to the Aeroflyin Corp. based in Pembroke Pines.According to flight records, the plane last took off on Tuesday, August 1, from the Orlando Executive Airport just before 5 p.m., traveling just over 90 minutes to North Perry Airport where it landed just before 6:30 p.m.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie says ‘inhumanity’ of war is palpable during visit to Ukraine

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has become the second 2024 Republican presidential hopeful to visit Ukraine, meeting Friday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, touring ravaged villages and saying what he saw further impressed to him that the U.S. should continue to help the country fend off Russia’s attack.“I feel the cruelty, and you feel the inhumanity,” Christie said during his trip, which included stops in the villages of Bucha and Moshchun, both on the outskirts of Kyiv. “And you look at this, and I don’t think there’s anyone in our country who would come here and see this and not feel as if these are the things that America needs to stand up to prevent.”During the visit, Christie placed flowers at the memorial complex in Bucha, where there was a mass grave of civilians, and prayed for Ukrainian volunteers who were killed by Russian troops at the beginning of the war in Moshchun.“I really suspected that if I saw this in person tha...

China to participate in Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

China will send a team to Saudi-hosted Ukraine peace talks, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday.Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui will join leaders and representatives from more than 40 countries in Jeddah for a meeting on a possible pathway to peace for Ukraine. Dozens of countries, including the U.K., South Africa, Poland, the U.S. and the EU, have confirmed attendance at the talks “China stands ready to work with the international community to continue to play a constructive role in seeking a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin in a statement.A longtime ally of Russia, China did not participate in similar peace talks held in Copenhagen earlier in the year. Western diplomats reportedly said Saudi Arabia was picked to host this round of talks partly in hopes of persuading China — which has close ties to Saudi Arabia — to participate.“It matters what China ...

Boris Johnson vows ‘Newtopia’ for amphibians ruining his swimming pool

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:02:43 GMT

LONDON — Boris Johnson has gone public on the newt-shaped threat to his swimming pool.The former British prime minister is promising to do “whatever it takes” after the likely presence of the protected creatures at his new home halted plans for a pool.British protection laws force developers to thoroughly check for newts before starting construction. The Telegraph reported this week that the proposed 11 meter-by-4 meter pool at Johnson’s £3.8 million, nine-bedroom house in Oxfordshire has raised the concern of local council officials, who want the ex-Tory leader to carry out a survey.In his first public comments on the saga, contained in his weekly column for the Daily Mail newspaper, Johnson made a series of bold promises to the newts.“If it turns out that our garden is so honoured and so fortunate as to be the home of some newts — great crested, palmate, whatever — I want you to know that I will do whatever it takes to protect them,” he said.“If...