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Kansas City considers becoming LGBTQ sanctuary city

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City Council committee will consider a resolution on Wednesday that would designate the city as a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care, even as the state’s attorney general is proposing a new restrictions on the procedures for adults and children.The resolution, which was proposed by LGTBQ advocates in Kansas City, says the city will not prosecute or fine any person or organization that seeks, provides, receives or helps someone receive gender-affirming care such as as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery.It also says if the state passes a law or resolution that imposes criminal or civil punishments, fines, or professional sanctions in such cases, Kansas City personnel will make enforcing those requirements “their lowest priority.”The resolution comes as a judge is considering a proposed emergency rule from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey that would require adults and children to undergo more than a year of ...

Americans likely saw little relief from inflation in April

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After steadily declining for nearly a year, consumer price data to be released Wednesday will likely show that U.S. inflation remained stubbornly high in April, a sign that it might be entering a newer, stickier phase.Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 0.4% from March to April, much faster than the 0.1% increase the previous month, according to a survey of economists by the data provider FactSet.Compared with a year earlier, prices are projected to have jumped 5% in April, the same year-over-year increase as in March. If that forecast proves accurate, it would be the first time that annual inflation didn’t fall after nine months of declines. Pricier gasoline, apartment rents and possibly used cars are among the items that might have accelerated inflation last month. The cost of airline fares and hotel rooms, by contrast, are expected to have eased after months of increases. For more than two years, high inflation has been a significant burden for Amer...

House delays vote on broad border powers expansion in challenge to federal law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas House Tuesday night delayed a vote on legislation to significantly expand the state's authority over the U.S. border. House Bill 20 by Tyler Republican Matt Schaefer would create the "Border Protection Unit" as a new agency under the Texas Department of Public Safety. Officers in that unit would have authority to arrest unlawful border crossers, build border barriers, search vehicles, use force against cartels and more. Their jurisdiction would extend not just to border areas, but to every part of the state.Dallas Democrat Rafael Anchia made a parliamentary move to block the bill during a late night session Tuesday in the Texas House. His point of order was sustained. The bill now goes back to the State Affairs committee for consideration. There is a Thursday deadline for bills to receive preliminary approval on the House floor. It is uncertain if the bill can clear committee in time to meet that deadline. "Our limited law enforcement personnel ca...

Nuggets 3-pointers: Aaron Gordon, Denver defense prove Suns sharpshooter Devin Booker human after all

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

Initial thoughts from the Nuggets’ 118-102 win over the Phoenix Suns in the second round of their Western Conference playoff series:1. Aaron Gordon, Nuggs defense kept Devin Booker in check. Is Booker the next Kobe Bryant? The next Michael Jordan? Not yet. Aaron Gordon and the Denver wings proved that the Suns sharpshooter has a mode in him other than “On Fire,” holding the Phoenix star to 11 misses on 19 shots, two turnovers and a negative-19 plus-minus rating in 41 minutes. In what felt like a re-run of Games 1 and 2, Kevin Durant and Booker combined for more turnovers (seven) in Game 5 than 3-point makes (four).2. Welcome back to the party, Bruce Brown. After a vanishing act in Game 4 in Phoenix (five points in 22 minutes), the Nuggets’ biggest pest was back in rare form again Tuesday. The do-everything swing man had put up 23 points with 3:41 left in a blowout victory, just three shy of his all-time high in a postseason game (26). He was feeling it on the irritant front as well,...

Third-quarter clinic from Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray power Nuggets’ 118-102 Game 5 win over Suns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

Jamal Murray watched the shot drop, heard the whistle and let Landry Shamet know about it.The ensuing technical foul for taunting barely registered — especially after Kevin Durant missed the free throw that came with it.Murray’s message, on the other hand, came through loud and clear.A lackluster first half? Ancient history. A Game 5 knockout punch? Coming right up.Murray’s engine throttled into full gear and the Nuggets roared to life right along with him. Footprint Center, this is not.Back at home on the Front Range, Murray and two-time MVP Nikola Jokic authored a basketball clinic of a third quarter and propelled Denver to a crucial 118-102 Game 5 victory over Phoenix to claim a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.The Nuggets will have a chance to claim a spot in the conference final on Thursday night in the desert.They have their two best players to thank for it, though almost everybody took a turn in the Ball Arena limelight as they wrestled control of the serie...

Video captures fatal South L.A. hit-and-run; suspect remains at large

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Traffic Division on Tuesday released footage of a fatal hit-and-run in Vermont Square in hopes that the public may be able to identify the driver.  The incident occurred on Oct. 16, 2022, at around 3 p.m. near the intersection of 54th and Cimarron streets, officials said.  Surveillance footage shows the victim, described as a man in his 20s, riding a motorcycle eastbound on 54th Street behind a dark-colored sedan that was traveling in the same direction. In the footage, the driver of the sedan can be seen making an unsafe turn causing the victim to slam into the driver’s side rear of the vehicle and strike the pavement.  The sedan can be seen in the video slowing down after the impact, but the driver failed to stop and render aid to the victim before fleeing the scene westbound on 54th Street with damage to the rear of the vehicle where the collision occurred. Man convicted for inappropriately touching sleeping w...

Police search for missing man with autism from Fontana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

Police are searching for a missing man with autism who disappeared in Fontana on Monday.Fontana police said Mitchell Giovanni, 25, left his home sometime between 7 p.m. on Monday and 10 a.m. on Tuesday.Giovanni is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds.He does not know his phone number or home address, authorities said.Mitchell Giovanni, 25, in a photo from the Fontana Police Department.No further details were released in this case.Anyone who has seen Giovanni or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call the Fontana Police Department at 909-350-7700.

How to Get Presale Code Tickets for 50 Cent The Final Lap Tour 2023 with Busta Rhymes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

Da Club is waiting! 50 Cent has announced a massive 2023 tour and we can tell you how to get the presale code tickets for it. Dubbed “The Final Lap” Tour, 50 will be hitting dates across the U.S. and Europe with support from special guests Busta Rhymes and Jeremih. The tour, which celebrates the anniversary of 50 Cent’s seminal album Get Rich or Die Tryin,’ launches July 21 in Salt Lake City, UT and wraps September 17 in Detroit, MI, with a stop here in Los Angeles on August 30 at the Crypto.com Arena — see below for all dates. Here are the passwords and presale codes for 50 Cent The Final Lap Tour 2023 with Busta Rhymes tickets:What are the presale codes for 50 Cent The Final Lap Tour 2023 with Busta Rhymes?Presale tickets for the 50 Cent The Final Lap Tour 2023 with Busta Rhymes go on sale tomorrow, May 10 and we’ve been told the following presale codes and passwords may work. Details are subject to change, and vary by event date:Verified fan presale code o...

Live Oak beats Leigh as UCLA commit helps keep title hopes alive

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

NEW: PREP SPORTS MAILBAGThe Bay Area News Group is introducing a high school sports mailbag in May. Get your questions in as soon as possible. Our debut edition is an open forum. Got questions about spring sports playoffs, coaching changes, an early peek at football season, etc.? Send them to [email protected]. Please include “mailbag” in the subject line.SAN JOSE — Landon Stump was pitching Tuesday for Live Oak, so the guys with the radar guns showed up behind home plate.Stump, the senior right-hander committed to UCLA, pitched and also hit Live Oak to an 8-3 victory over Leigh — an outcome that put Leigh’s plans to celebrate a division title at home on hold.Leigh went into the game with a two-game lead over Live Oak, Pioneer and Branham in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Mt. Hamilton Division with two games left. The Live Oak win cut Leigh’s lead to one game over all three after Pioneer beat Leland 1-0 and Branham defeated Sobrato ...

What a debut: SF Giants prospect Casey Schmitt goes deep in first MLB game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — He was an instant hero, and the Oracle Park crowd sent him off as one.It took Giants shortstop Casey Schmitt eight big league innings before the crowd began chanting his name during his fourth at-bat in the eighth inning on Tuesday night.He struck out swinging on a splitter in the dirt and the crowd cheered even louder, sending him into the dugout with what was nearly a standing ovation.At that point, Schmitt had already put together an MLB debut to remember, belting his first career home run, a 420-foot shot to deep left-center as he led the Giants to a 4-1 win over the Nationals.Schmitt was the center of attention from start to finish.He saw his first and only bit of action in the field in the third inning, when Joey Meneses smoked a grounder right at him and Schmitt fielded it cleanly, then tossed it to second for Thairo Estrada to turn a smooth double play.For Schmitt, the magic would come at the plate, where he came out swinging to kick off his big league ...