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Kim Kardashian-lookalike model's accused killer appears in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) -- An unlicensed cosmetologist made her first appearance in a San Mateo County courtroom Monday to face charges for the death of a Kim Kardashian-lookalike model.Vivian Alexandra Gomez is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter, and practicing medicine without a certificate, for allegedly giving botched silicone injections. She did not enter a plea. The model, Christina Ashten Gourkani, 34, of San Jose, relied on aesthetic procedures to sculpt her body into an exaggerated version of Kardashian’s famous curves. Gourkani emulated the reality television star for her OnlyFans page and half a million Instagram followers.Vivian Alexandra Gomez appears in court at the San Mateo County Hall of Justice on May 22, 2023. (Pool image) Gomez, 50, injected the model's buttock with silicone inside a Burlingame hotel room at San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront on April 19, prosecutors said.Gourkani became gravely ill, was hospitalized, and died on April 20. Di...

England wins, France loses and Uruguay cruises at U20 World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — England beat Tunisia 1-0 and France collapsed against an organized South Korea 2-1 at the Under-20 World Cup on Monday.Dane Scarlett’s first-half header proved to be enough for England in La Plata. Tunisia had few opportunities to equalize during their Group E match.England played with the same base team that won the 2022 U-19 European championship title. “We controlled the game from start to finish. It is true we could have been a bit more ruthless, though,” England coach Ian Foster said. “The boys were a little nervous, it is normal for the first game. There was a lot of anticipation ahead of this tournament.”France’s nerves were also evident against South Korea in Mendoza.South Korea opened the scoring in the 22nd minute through Lee Seung-won and doubled its lead in the second half from a Lee Young-jun header. France finally scored from the spot thanks to Alan Virginius.Later Monday, Uruguay beat Iraq 4-0 in La Plata and now tops Group E...

Olympic beach volleyball champion April Ross expecting a baby

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

Reigning Olympic beach volleyball champion April Ross is pregnant.The gold, silver and bronze medalist announced on Instagram on Monday that she is expecting a baby in October with her husband, Arizona State beach volleyball coach Brad Keenan.“Been working on this project for a little while now,” Ross wrote next to pictures of her and Keenan holding a strip of ultrasound images. “So happy to announce we’re adding to our family!!” Ross won the gold medal in Tokyo with Alix Klineman, who is also expecting a baby. Ross, who won a silver medal in London with Jen Kessy and bronze in Rio de Janeiro with Kerri Walsh Jennings, has been coaching and has not played in about a year.Source

CFN Enterprises: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — CFN Enterprises Inc. (CNFN) on Monday reported a loss of $611,000 in its first quarter.The Whitefish, Montana-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents per share.The marketing company posted revenue of $113,000 in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CNFN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CNFNSource

McCarthy: No deal with Biden on debt limit, but ‘productive discussion’ at White House; staffs to continue talks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — McCarthy: No deal with Biden on debt limit, but ‘productive discussion’ at White House; staffs to continue talks.Source

Former Denver Public Schools safety administrator criticizes disciplinary system

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A former high-ranking Denver Public Schools safety administrator said the district needs to change the way it disciplines students to keep classrooms and teachers safe.Melissa Craven was an interim chief in the DPS Department of Climate and Safety. She said the current discipline model protects offenders but puts all other students and staff at risk.Craven spoke at a Parent Safety Advocacy Group, PSAG, news conference near East High School Monday.PSAG has been calling for improved security measures at Denver Public Schools ever since the shooting that took the life of 16-year-old Luis Garcia in March in front of East High School.At the time, Craven was the DPS Department of Climate and Safety interim chief of support services for the district. Craven said the district’s discipline matrix needs a major overhaul.“DPS protects the offender while abandoning the good students,” Craven said. She was let go from the district in April. Woman arrested in active shooter thr...

Parents join Here 4 The Kids campaign to ban guns in Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Supporters of the group Here 4 The Kids are canvassing Denver and Boulder neighborhoods to gain support for their mission to ban guns in Colorado. Their goal is to get Gov. Jared Polis to sign an executive order to ban guns and start a statewide buyback program."The number one killer of our children in this country is something that we can actually eliminate, we can actually make this problem go away," said Saira Rao, co-founder of Here 4 The Kids. 768 guns stolen from cars last year as theft rate rises The group is taking its efforts to the Colorado Capitol on June 5. The hope is to get 25,000 women together for a sit-in."This is solemn, this is grieving, this is healing, this is just sitting and saying this is our last ditch effort to save our kids," Rao said. "There’s no one in this country who wants to get shot shopping at H&M. There’s literally nobody in this country who wants to drop their kid off at school and have them killed at school. People are tire...

Michael Malone one of least-liked NBA coaches, according to tweets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It makes very little difference how well the team performs - National Basketball Association fans have mainly negative views of coaches.Sports Gambling site Betway combed through millions of tweets to see which NBA coach is the most loved - or the least hated, at least. Nuggets could be headed to NBA Finals for 1st time ever Perhaps unsurprisingly, negative opinions online are far more common than positive ones. The league's most loved coach is the Indiana Pacers' Rick Carlisle, about whom 30.9% of tweets were positive - meaning over two-thirds were negative for even the most popular coach in the league. However, this comparatively positive assessment comes with a caveat - Carlisle only had 2,421 tweets about him in the past 12 months, the lowest amount of any coach in the comparison.Apparently, a winning record makes little difference in the public's perception of the coach. The Denver Nuggets could be headed to the NBA Finals for the first t...

TSA expands PreCheck access for teens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

(CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration has announced an expansion of TSA PreCheck access just as the busy summer travel season is about to kick off.The agency said Monday that teenagers from 13 to 17 may accompany parents or guardians who are enrolled in PreCheck through security screening when they are traveling on the same reservation and when the PreCheck designation is shown on the teen’s boarding pass. Children 12 and younger had already been allowed to accompany adults without restriction and that policy remains in place.See the full policy here.TSA Administrator David Pekoske said Monday that the agency is prepared for this summer, touting better staffing levels than last year and higher pay for screening officers.The agency has recently deployed new Credential Authentication Technology that allows officers to verify flyers’ identification documents without a boarding pass. So far, 2,054 CAT units have been de...

No debt ceiling agreement in White House meeting, though Biden and McCarthy call talks productive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:02 GMT

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy both said they had a productive debt ceiling discussion late Monday at the White House, but there was no agreement as negotiators strained to raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default. It’s a crucial moment for the Democratic president and the Republican speaker, just 10 days before a looming deadline to raise the debt limit. As soon as June 1, Treasury Secretary Janel Yellen, said in a letter to Congress, “it is highly likely” the government will be unable to pay all the nation’s bills. Such an unprecedented default would be financially damaging for many Americans and others around the world relying on U.S. stability, sending shockwaves through the global economy.Each side praised the other’s seriousness, but basic differences remained. They are at odds over ...