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Here are the new California laws taking effect July 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

It’s the middle of the year, but several new laws or their provisions take effect in California on July 1.Most new state laws go into effect on January 1, but the Legislature sometimes designates some laws or certain provisions of these to go into effect in the middle of the year, or even immediately upon the signature of the governor. Here’s a collection of the laws and provisions that take effect on Saturday, including laws regarding teacher retirement plans, online sellers and new requirements for bounty hunters. Stricter measures against sales of firearm-related productsAB 1594, authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), requires firearm manufacturers and their distributors to closely monitor the sale of firearm-related products and prohibits unfair and unlawful marketing and advertising of these products. The measure also allows state and local governments and residents to file a civil lawsuit against firearm manufacturers who do not follow this new law. The l...

El número de personas de 40 años que nunca se han casado en EE.UU. alcanza una cifra récord, según estudio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

(CNN) — Si ha llegado a los 40 años sin casarse, no está solo, según un informe reciente del Pew Research Center.Un análisis de los datos de la Oficina del Censo de EE.UU. de 2021 reveló que una cuarta parte de los estadounidenses de 40 años no se ha casado nunca, según anunció el centro de investigación el miércoles.Según el estudio, se trata de un “aumento significativo” respecto al 20% de personas de 40 años que no se habían casado en 2010.El informe Pew reveló que los hombres de 40 años tenían más probabilidades de no haberse casado que las mujeres, y que los negros de 40 años tenían “muchas más probabilidades” de no haberse casado nunca que sus compañeros de otras razas.También se observó que las personas de esa edad con al menos una licenciatura tenían menos probabilidades de no haber pasado nunca por el altar que los cuarentones que habían alcanzado menos hitos educativos.Según Pew, “un tercio de las personas con un título de enseñanza secu...

Diamond Miller’s 25 points, 5 steals help Lynx beat Mercury 86-76 for third consecutive win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Diamond Miller battled foul trouble but finished with 25 points and five steals — both career highs — and Napheesa Collier added 16 points and nine rebounds to help Minnesota beat the Phoenix Mercury 86-76 Saturday night for the Lynx’s third win in a row. Rachel Banham scored a season-high 13 points in just 15 minutes for Minnesota. Six different Lynx players scored in a 13-2 run that gave the Lynx a 76-63 lead with five minutes to play and Phoenix trailed by at least eight points the rest of the way. Brittney Griner led Phoenix with 23 points, 15 in the first half, and Moriah Jefferson scored 14 with a season-high seven assists. Michaela Onyenwere, who fouled out early in the fourth quarter, and Sug Sutton added 10 points apiece and Brianna Turner grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds. Minnesota (7-9) — which started the season with six consecutive losses — was coming off back-to-back wins over the Seattle Storm, the latter of which came when Collier made a short f...

Zelensky asegura que 21.000 mercenarios de Wagner han muerto en Ucrania

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos 21.000 mercenarios de Wagner han muerto combatiendo en Ucrania, según el presidente Volodymyr Zelensky.El dirigente ucraniano afirmó que la empresa militar privada había sufrido “enormes pérdidas”, sobre todo en el este de Ucrania, donde combatía su “grupo más poderoso”.“Nuestras tropas mataron a 21.000 wagneritas sólo en el este de Ucrania”, declaró Zelensky a la prensa en Kyiv este sábado, añadiendo que otros 80.000 combatientes de Wagner habían resultado heridos.“Estas fueron enormes pérdidas para la PMC de Wagner”, dijo Zelensky, quien caracterizó a sus combatientes como un “personal motivado del ejército ruso” y en su mayoría convictos que “no tenían nada que perder.”CNN no pudo verificar de forma independiente la afirmación de Zelensky, realizada durante una rueda de prensa con medios españoles coincidiendo con una visita a Kyiv del presidente del Gobierno de España, Pedro Sánchez.El...

Baltimore police confirm officers are at mass shooting scene, report says there are multiple deaths

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Emergency personnel and the acting police commissioner were at the scene of a mass shooting in Baltimore early Sunday morning, police said.The Baltimore Police Department confirmed there has been a mass shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue. The number of victims was not immediately provided.Acting Commissioner Richard Worley was at the scene of the shooting, police said.There were multiple fatalities and dozens of people injured in the Brooklyn Homes area of South Baltimore and a large police and emergency medical response in the area, WBFF-TV reported.Witnesses told the station that hundreds of people were gathered for an event called “Brooklyn Day.”A press conference with additional details was planned for later in the morning at the intersection of 6th Street and Audrey Avenue, police said.The Associated Press

France is burning, yet Macron tries to set the Caucasus on fire for Russia’s sake?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

France is rocked by a wave of protests and its President Emmanuel Macron blames “video games” for the violent outbreaks. Without even trying to deal with the riots, he is playing his own game, deliberately striving to set on fire not just his own capital but the region which is a source of energy resources for the entire European Union. The South Caucasus is a very tight arena, where the interests of several superpowers collide. A separatist enclave on occupied Azerbaijani territory of Karabakh, controlled by the Russian military and populated by Armenians, is in the centre of the regional confrontation, which is fizzling out. The EU and the US are very interested in that because Azerbaijan is a strategic alternative source of energy resources. Both the US and the EU are brokering a peace deal, because, as the Israeli Begin-Sadat Center underlines, the enclave is a “kill switch” for the gas and oil supplies to the West.However, Emmanuel Macron is obviously against a peaceful resolut...

Baltimore, Md. police respond to ‘mass shooting’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

Baltimore, Maryland, police say they are responding to a mass shooting. (Courtesy, Baltimore Police) Baltimore, Maryland, police say they are responding to a mass shooting. (Courtesy, Baltimore Police) Baltimore, Maryland, police are responding to what it’s calling a “mass shooting incident.” The number of victims and degree of injuries have not been shared.The shooting happened after midnight Sunday in the 800 block of Gretna Court near the Brooklyn Homes area, according to a police statement. WTOP contacted a department spokesperson who confirmed the original reports of a shooting in that area.Police preliminarily believe the shooting occurred during a party in that area. Drivers in the area sh...

Baltimore police confirm officers are on the scene of a mass shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Emergency personnel and the acting police commissioner were at the scene of a mass shooting in Baltimore early Sunday morning, police said.The Baltimore Police Department confirmed there has been a mass shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue. The number of victims was not immediately provided.Acting Commissioner Richard Worley was at the scene of the shooting, police said.There were multiple fatalities and dozens of people injured in the Brooklyn Homes area of South Baltimore and a large police and emergency medical response in the area, WBFF-TV reported.A press conference with additional details was planned for later in the morning at the intersection of 6th Street and Audrey Avenue, police said.Source

France endures another night of rioting, but violence appears to subside

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

Police arrested more than 700 young rioters overnight as France endured a fifth day of turmoil that saw a suburban mayor’s home targeted with a burning car.The violent demonstrations appeared to be subsiding after the police killing of a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent on Tuesday sparked riots in the Paris suburb of Nanterre that then spread across France.French police arrested 719 people nationwide by early Sunday, fewer than the 1,300 rioters detained on Friday night, with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin signalling a “calmer” atmosphere than at the start of the weekend. The mayor of L’Hay-les-Roses — a suburb of Paris — tweeted that his family were the victims of an “assassination attempt” as a car was rammed into his home overnight. He called it a “milestone” of “horror and ignominy.” Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun was not at home at the time of the attack — he had been in his office, as on the previous nights, th...

MLB Notes: Brayan Bello emerging as one of baseball’s best young pitchers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:47:34 GMT

When someone like Brayan Bello comes along, it’s natural to get ahead of yourself.The most promising young pitcher to come out of the Red Sox system in more than a decade, Bello has drawn comparisons to Pedro Martinez and been pegged by some as a future Cy Young contender. The 24-year-old is undeniably talented, but even the most promising young arms don’t always pan out, so coming into the year it was fair to worry if the bar was being set too high too soon.Now, it’s looking like the expectations may not have been high enough.Bello is becoming an ace right before our eyes, and with each passing start he’s further established himself as a guy who doesn’t just have greatness in his future, but who is a legit stud right now.With his latest dominating performance, in which he carried a no-hitter into the eighth before ultimately being saddled with a tough-luck loss, Bello now has a 3.08 ERA over 73 innings through his first 13 starts. His 2.6 wins above re...