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What to play: ‘Forza Motorsport’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ return to their roots

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

Several franchises have gone to their roots this week in hopes of recapturing the magic that earlier games held. “Assassin’s Creed Mirage” and “Forza Motorsport” are throwbacks to early days of the series.Ubisoft’s flagship franchise has changed and evolved drastically since “Assassin’s Creed Origins” revamped the series to be more open-world and loot-centric like “The Witcher” but the latest entry harkens back to the best of the first three games with a few more modern touches.Meanwhile, “Forza Motorsport” drops the number at the end of the title (this would have been the eighth entry in the series) and marks a new approach based on what the older titles did so well — They created an engrossing campaign where players tuned and upgraded their cars to beat the competition.While those two games lead the list, there are others worth checking out:“Forza Motorsport” — Turn 10 Studios goe...

Kaiser strike to end Saturday morning, talks to resume

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

A three-day strike that saw 23,000 Bay Area Kaiser Permanente employees stop work along with more than 50,000 colleagues across the country will end Saturday at 6 a.m., the unions representing workers and the company said Friday.The labor action over wages, understaffing and other issues started Wednesday afternoon, with thousands of workers setting up picket lines outside facilities around the Bay Area, and the union coalition representing workers warning the strike could be extended.Kaiser said the strike did not involve its nurses union or physicians, and hospitals and emergency departments stayed open during the strike, with some staff brought in to fill roles under contract. However, the company shut many outpatient pharmacies across the region during the strike.Negotiations stalled Thursday, but on Friday, Kaiser and the union coalition said the strike would end as scheduled after 72 hours, and that talks were scheduled to resume Oct. 12.Related ArticlesHealth | Kai...

Rodeo toddler death suspects charged with murder, torture

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people who were arrested in connection to the death of a 2-year-old Rodeo boy who allegedly drowned in a bathtub Monday have been charged with murder and torture, according to court documents. Tyshawn Leontray Haywood, 21, and Destiny Deboe, 22, were arrested for murder in connection with the child's death, despite initial reports the boy had drowned.Court documents from the Contra Costa County Superior Court reveal that Haywood and Deboe have both been charged with murder, assault on a child causing death, and two separate counts of torture each. Migrant children dropped off in San Jose, left on the streets On Monday at 8:50 p.m., Contra Costa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the 300 block of California Street on a report of a child drowning in a bathtub. The boy later died at the hospital.Deboe and Haywood were arrested and are being held on $1.07 million bail.According to the documents, both parties "did unlawfully and with the intent to cause cruel and extr...

Jets cornerback D.J. Reed will sit out against the Broncos with a concussion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets cornerback D.J. Reed will be sidelined against the Denver Broncos on Sunday as he continues to recover from a concussion.Coach Robert Saleh announced Friday that Reed still had not cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol, leaving the Jets without one of their key defensive leaders when they face Russell Wilson and the Broncos.Saleh wouldn’t reveal who would start in Reed’s place opposite Sauce Gardner, but nickelback Michael Carter II and former starter Bryce Hall could be options. Backup cornerback Brandin Echols will also miss the game with a hamstring injury.“We’ll see,” Saleh said. “We have a plan, and we’ll wait until Sunday.”Reed had a Pro Bowl-caliber year last season, when he was a bit overshadowed by Gardner, who was the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year. The two give the Jets arguably the best cornerback combination in the league. “D.J. is a special football player,” Saleh said. “He alleviates some of the pr...

Business Highlights: September hiring points to strong job market; UAW stops strike expansion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

___A surge of hiring in September defies predictions, pointing to US job market’s enduring resilienceWASHINGTON (AP) — An unforeseen burst of hiring last month has lifted hopes that the economy will prove durable once again, even as an array of threats lie ahead. Businesses across the U.S. economy ramped up their hiring in September, defying surging interest rates, financial market turmoil, the ongoing threat of a government shutdown and an uncertain outlook to add the most jobs in any month since January. The hiring binge confounded expectations for a slowdown and added one more layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve’s high-wire effort to defeat inflation without causing a recession. The 336,000 jobs that were added in September raised the average gain for the past three months to a robust 266,000.___Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concessionDETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will not expand its strikes ag...

Sancet scores in Athletic Bilbao’s 3-0 win over last-place Almeria on day of 1st call-up with Spain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Oihan Sancet celebrated his first call-up to Spain’s national team by scoring in Athletic Bilbao’s 3-0 win over last-place Almeria in the Spanish league on Friday.Gorka Guruzeta and Dani García also scored for Athletic as it ended its brief winless run and moved into the top four in the standings with the victory at San Mames Stadium.The 23-year-old Sancet earlier Friday was included in the squad by Spain coach Luis de la Fuente for upcoming European Championship qualifiers.The midfielder sealed Athletic’s victory in the 81st minute after Guruzeta scored in the 10th and García in the 63rd. Athletic was coming off two disappointing setbacks — it conceded a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw against Getafe at home and lost 3-0 at Real Sociedad in the Basque Country derby. The win moved Athletic two points behind third-place Girona and one point ahead of fifth-place Atletico Madrid, which has two games in hand. Almeria, which had only one shot on target, remai...

France routs Italy 60-7 to reach Rugby World Cup quarterfinals in style

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Damian Penaud extended his try-scoring streak to seven matches as Rugby World Cup host France blew apart Italy 60-7 to reach the quarterfinals in style on Friday.France topped Pool A ahead of New Zealand and will likely meet defending champion South Africa in the last quarterfinal next weekend. New Zealand will probably have to play top-ranked Ireland.How Pool B shakes out depends on the Ireland-Scotland match on Saturday at Stade de France.Italy was smashed by New Zealand 96-17 last week and was pumped up to rebound against its neighbor. But France, even without injured linchpin Antoine Dupont, was ready after a two-week break and took less than two minutes to score the first of its eight tries in a hugely impressive performance.Les Tricolores equalled their highest score against Italy from 1967 and achieved the greatest margin ever. Only eight months ago in the Six Nations, France won 29-24.Of course, Penaud got the first try, off his wing. Following pick-and-g...

Hunter Biden informa al juez que buscará desestimar los cargos de posesión de armas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

(CNN) — Hunter Biden pedirá a un juez que desestime la acusación federal en su contra por cargos relacionados con armas, informaron sus abogados en documento judicial presentado la noche de este jueves.La defensa indicó que pedirá que se desestime el caso porque, en su opinión, al fiscal especial David Weiss se le prohibió presentar la acusación de un acuerdo previo.“Hunter Biden sostiene que sigue vigente el Acuerdo de Desvío ‘independiente’ y ‘bilateral’ que ambas partes firmaron, y buscará desestimar la acusación en su contra en conformidad con las disposiciones de inmunidad de ese Acuerdo”, escribió el abogado de Biden, Abbe Lowell, en el documento.El miércoles, Weiss dijo en un documento que el “Acuerdo de Desvío propuesto” no fue firmado por un funcionario judicial como se requiere y, por lo tanto, “no entró en vigor”. Las dos partes han estado discutiendo durante los últimos dos meses sobre si el acuerdo para resolver el delito de armas sig...

Corte: empresas de Trump podrán funcionar en NY, pero no se suspenderá el juicio civil

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

NUEVA YORK – Una corte de apelaciones de Nueva York falló este viernes a favor de que se impida que se aplique el fallo de un juez que revoca las licencias de negocios de Donald Trump y deja sus empresas a cargo de un síndico designado por la corte.A su vez, el tribunal de apelaciones determinó que no suspenderá el juicio civil por fraude en Manhattan. Los abogados del exmandatario habían pedido a la corte estatal intermedia de apelaciones que suspenda la demanda de la fiscal general de Nueva York, Letitia James, e impidan que se aplique el fallo del juez Arthur Engoron. Abogados de Trump piden aplazar juicio por documentos secretos hasta después de elecciones Abogados de Trump buscan desestimar caso en DC por “inmunidad presidencial” Engoron “evidentemente no comprende la magnitud del caos ocasionado por (su) decisión”, escribieron los abogados Clifford Robert, Michael Farina y Michael Madaio en un escrito de apelación de ...

Prince George’s Co. is ready to crack down on owners of abandoned properties, but it has to find them

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:27 GMT

There are thousands of blighted, abandoned and vacant properties all over Prince George’s County, Maryland. But exactly how many there are, and where they are, isn’t known by the county. And the agency tasked with enforcing upkeep of those thousands has all of four people to handle it all.That’s some of the information that came out of a county council committee hearing Thursday, as county lawmakers discussed a bill to help crack down on the eyesore properties.The legislation being pushed by council member Krystal Oriadha starts with the creation of a registry of all the vacant properties around the county. It was assumed there was one, but there isn’t.Leaders in the county’s Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) said they were aware of about 4,500 properties that would make that list, if one existed, but there’s no organized list.“When we talk about development in our communities, making sure that we tackle this vacan...