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Jones spends thousands as Sandy Hook families remain unpaid

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

By Dave Collins | Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. — As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his own documents show life is not all that bad — his net worth is around $14 million and his personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars on meals and entertainment.The conspiracy theorist and his lawyers file monthly financial reports in his personal bankruptcy case, and the latest one has struck a nerve with the families of victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. They’re still seeking the $1.5 billion they won last year in lawsuits against Jones and his media company for repeatedly calling the 2012 massacre a hoax on his shows.“It is disturbing that Alex Jones continues to spend money on excessive household expenditures and his extravagant lifestyle when that money rightfully belongs to the families he spent years tormenting,” said Christopher Mattei...

DeSantis rips Trump over Fauci commendation remarks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

By Kit Maher | CNNFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Donald Trump for claiming he doesn’t know who gave Dr. Anthony Fauci a presidential commendation that the former president awarded him.“It literally says President Trump awards commendation. Is this the immaculate commendation or something like that? Did this just happen out of thin air?” DeSantis said in a radio interview with Jimmy Failla on “FOX Across America.”It was DeSantis’ latest attack on Trump over Covid-19 management – a key issue to the Florida governor’s own presidential pitch. The governor has argued that Trump, as president, ceded control to Fauci, the long-time top federal infectious disease expert.On January 19, 2021, Trump awarded Fauci and 51 other people who served on the Operation Warp Speed task force during the Covid-19 pandemic presidential commendations.“Give me a break, people need to take responsibility for their actions. They need to they need to own what they did. And here’s the thing that’s importan...

Letters: Ukraine comparison | AI firms | Lack of policy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Ukraine comparisonis way off baseRe: “Ukraine seems like another phony domino” (Page A6, Sept. 13).It is hard to imagine a more historically and politically ignorant comparison than that of Ukraine with the “phony” domino theory espoused concerning Vietnam. The accurate comparison is to that of Adolf Hitler who launched a campaign to dominate Europe.Hitler lied to cover his intent. Vladimir Putin, a brutal murder boss, has not even bothered to lie. Putin explicitly said he desires to rebuild the Soviet Union and demonstrated his resolve by invading Georgia in 2008 and now Ukraine twice, including with Russian “volunteers” in 2014. Like the Soviets, Putin would not even be happy within the former Soviet borders, as he has demonstrated in Syria and Africa.World War II was the result, with over 30 million deaths in Europe, because Hitler was not stopped. Putin must be.Another note: Donald Trump has never cr...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton the week of Sep. 4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

A house in Pleasanton that sold for $4.7 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton in the past week.In total, 28 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.1 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $764.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Sep. 4 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2.3 million, single-family home in the 5100 block of Persimmon DriveThe sale of the single family residence in the 5100 block of Persimmon Drive in Dublin has been finalized. The price was $2,300,000, and the new owners took over the house in August. The house was built in 1999 and has a living area of 3,151 square feet. The price per square foot was $730. The house features four bedrooms and four bathrooms.Persimmon Drive9. $2.4 million, detached house in the 2700 block of...

Zelenskyy to visit DC as Congress debates more Ukraine aid

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro and Matthew Lee | Associated PressWASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly.Zelenskyy’s trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.An administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive visit, said Zelenskyy will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House next Thursday. The trip to the Capitol was confirmed by two congressional aides granted anonymity to discuss the plans.The Ukrainian president made a wartime visit to Washington in December 2022 and delivered an impassioned address to a joint meeting of Congress.At the time Zelenskyy thanked Americans for helping to fund the war effort and told lawmakers the money is “not charity,” but an “investment&#...

What’s up Christian McCaffrey’s sleeve in his LA encore for the 49ers?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey was more than just an X-factor in his 49ers starting debut last year in Los Angeles. He was the X, Y and Z, seeing how he produced touchdowns as a passer, receiver and rusher.“Obviously it was a good one last year,” McCaffrey said Thursday at his locker. “Each year is a new year, so we’ve got to come in ready to go.”Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris knows all too well McCaffrey’s capabilities. Morris was an Atlanta Falcons assistant in McCaffrey’s first four years on the Carolina Panthers.“He is a pain in the neck. I feel like he’s following me,” Morris told Los Angeles reporters Thursday. “He was in the NFC South, then he followed me to the West, just to torture me a little bit more, right? You’re talking about one of the best who’s played in our game from a dual standpoint.”Or from a triple-threat standpoint.Last Oct. 30, in a 31-14 win over the host Rams, McCaffreyR...

Letters: Policing the police | False choice | Cleaning up shipping | Student debt | Tuition lesson | Libya flooding

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Police must learnto police themselvesPolice misconduct over the last 10 years has cost San Jose many millions of dollars in payouts, let alone legal fees, staff time and hours of administrative costs.Officers not arresting fellow officers they know are violating civil rights are breaking the law and need to be arrested too.Until officers, police themselves, we will keep paying off the victims of crime done by the police.Dennis SpeerSanta CruzChoice between services,good pay is a false oneRe: “Union contract will hurt ability to offer services” (Page A12, Sept. 10).Reporting on San Jose’s historic union negotiations presents a false choice: let our workers struggle to survive in one of the most expensive cities in the country or pay our employees fairly and face cuts to the services they provide. The original budget passed in June, before union negotiations were completed, already projected a ...

SF Giants, Rockies will play doubleheader after Thursday’s game is postponed

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

DENVER — After a week of stops and starts, the Giants were finally going to get Michael Conforto back in their lineup Thursday night.They will, instead, have to wait another day.Conforto, the Giants’ last remaining key piece on the injured list, was in the lineup as the designated hitter for their scheduled series opener against the Rockies, Gabe Kapler said. But not long after the manager had written Conforto’s name on the lineup card, the game was postponed.The Giants and Rockies will play two — split-doubleheader style — on Saturday to make up Thursday’s postponement. First pitch for Game No. 1 is set for 11:10 a.m. PT, while Game 2 will start at 5:10 p.m. PT. Separate tickets will be required for admission to each game.“It could be a split doubleheader, it could be back-to-back games and they would all be strange challenges,” Kapler said. “I feel like we’re going to be OK.”Even without playing, the Giants moved back into a tie for ...

California settles with Google over location privacy practices for $93 million

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

OAKLAND, California (AP) — Search giant Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California on Thursday over the its location-privacy practices. The settlement follows a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states, reached in November 2022, to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations.The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature the company called “location history.”“Our investigation revealed that Google was telling its users one thing — that it would no longer track their location once they opted out — but doing the opposite and continuing to track its users’ movements for its own commercial gain. That’s unacceptable, and we’re holding Google accountable with today’s settlement,” said Attorney General Rob Bonta in a statement.Representatives for Google parent company Alphabet ...

Kodai Senga, Mets play spoiler in 11-1 rout of Diamondbacks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:18 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kodai Senga struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, Jeff McNeil and Jonathan Araúz homered, and the New York Mets continued playing the spoiler with an 11-1 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.The Diamondbacks dropped the final three games of a four-game series against the Mets to fall into a tie for the third NL wild-card spot with the Cincinnati Reds (76-72) and San Francisco Giants. The Reds, who visit New York for a weekend series, have the tiebreaker over Arizona by virtue of winning the season series 4-3.The Reds fell to the Detroit Tigers 8-2 on Thursday. The Giants’ (75-71) game against the Colorado Rockies was postponed because of weather.The Diamondbacks overcame an eighth-inning deficit to earn a 4-3 win Monday before the Mets won the next three by a combined 25-6. Arizona’s top two starters, Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, gave up 14 runs (13 earned) over 10 innings in the final two games of the series.Kelly (11-7) allowed seven runs and st...