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Explainer: What’s behind Syria’s return to the Arab League?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

By Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell | Associated PressBEIRUT — The Arab League’s decision to re-admit Syria after shunning it for 12 years was a significant symbolic victory for Damascus, part of a larger regional realignment and an indication of the United States’ waning role, analysts say.But it may not immediately bring the reconstruction dollars that Syrian President Bashar Assad is hoping for. Nor is it likely to bring the changes Syria’s neighbors want, such as an agreement on refugee returns and moves to reduce drug trafficking.Syria is returning to the Arab fold even though there is no sign of a resolution to the country’s uprising-turned-civil war, now in its 13th year. The long-stalemated conflict has killed nearly a half million people since March 2011 and displaced half of the country’s pre-war population of 23 million. Multiple mediation attempts have failed.The league approved Syria’s readmission at a closed-door meeting in Cairo on S...

Three-bedroom home sells for $2.3 million in San Jose

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

5495 Blossom Vista Avenue – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 5400 block of Blossom Vista Avenue in San Jose was sold on April 14, 2023. The $2,325,000 purchase price works out to $1,772 per square foot. The house, built in 1960, has an interior space of 1,312 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, two baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on a 6,715-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:In October 2022, a 2,220-square-foot home on Sharon Court in Los Gatos sold for $2,120,000, a price per square foot of $955. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 5,937-square-foot home on the 100 block of Dover Street in Los Gatos sold in January 2023, for $4,675,000, a price per square foot of $787. The home has 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms.On Keene Drive, San Jose, in December 2022, a 1,390-square-foot home was sold for $1,730,000, a price per square foot of $1,245. The home has 2 bedrooms and...

Antioch launches first mental health crisis response team

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

ANTIOCH — Isabella Collins vividly remembers the cold late December day when her brother Angelo, overcome with anxiety and paranoia, spun into a mental health crisis, prompting her to call 911.But the responding officers were not intervention specialists and were ill-equipped to deal with a mental health emergency. Within minutes, the Antioch officers physically restrained Angelo Quinto and he soon went limp on the hardwood floor, his family said. Three days later the 30-year-old Navy veteran died in a hospital.“I asked if there was somebody else that I could have called and a lot of people, everybody, said that I did the right thing,” Collins said. “But I’ve often said that the right thing wouldn’t have killed my brother.”Collins, speaking to a crowd Monday at a city of Antioch press conference on mental health emergency calls, said she has since regretted making that call.“It’s a regret that I will live with forever,” she said.At the time there were no other opti...

Letters: Keeping talent | Short on solutions | Detentions help | Gun rights | Israel’s shoulders

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Thao’s budgetaims to keep talentRe: “Budget aims to avoid drastic cuts” (Page A1, May 2).I’m a Local 21 member working in the Department of Transportation as a public works supervisor and I’ve given the city of Oakland 26 years of faithful service. I thank Mayor Thao for balancing the budget while protecting the essential work I and my crews do every day, preventing layoffs and making an investment in the understaffing crisis we face in DOT and across the city.We have been struggling to recruit and retain staff because past administrations have refused to address wage inequities. We see senior staff with institutional knowledge leave for other jurisdictions only to get paid more for the same or a lower position elsewhere.The mayor’s budget proposal includes funding for a citywide analysis to find out where the city is falling behind so we can then focus our resources on making those job...

80 vehicles seized in massive Oakland sideshow Friday night

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

DUBLIN, Calif. (KRON) -- It was another wild scene on the streets of Oakland during illegal sideshows over the weekend. At least 250 vehicles took part in a sideshow Friday night, the Oakland Police Department said. In addition to the sideshow activity, officers also had to contend with life-threatening obstacles that included lasers, fireworks and a vehicle fire. Nearly 80 vehicles were seized and towed as a result, police said. T-Mobile closes flagship Union Square store "Illegal sideshow activity across the Bay Area had Oakland Police Department Officers working into the early morning hours on Saturday," said Oakland police in a social media post. "OPD Helicopter (ARGUS) was overhead when at least 250 vehicles took over the intersection of 10th and Oak Streets on May 5."The latest sideshow activity comes on the heels of a man being attacked and beaten last week during a sideshow. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says the city has a sideshow prevention plan in the works with the Alamed...

Texas mall shooting victims include guard, young sisters

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — The people killed by a gunman at a mall near Dallas over the weekend include two elementary-age sisters, a couple and their child, a young engineer and a security guard who worked there, and they represented a multicultural cross-section of the area’s increasingly diverse suburbs. Cox Elementary School students Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, grades four and two, were among those slain Saturday at Allen Premium Outlets, according to officials in the Wylie Independent School District. They were remembered as “the kindest, most thoughtful students with smiles that could light up any room,” Principal Krista Wilson said in a letter to parents.Also killed at the outdoor shopping center were three members of a Korean American family: a couple and one of their sons. Another son was wounded and was still hospitalized, said Myoung-Joon Kim, head of mission at the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Dallas. The parents were identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety ...

Texas officials identify victims killed in Dallas-area mall shooting including 3-year-old boy, 2 grade-school girls

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials identify victims killed in Dallas-area mall shooting including 3-year-old boy, 2 grade-school girls.Source

Royals place Yarbrough on injured list with ‘head fractures’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals LHP Ryan Yarbrough was placed on the 15-day injured list with what was classified as “head fractures” after taking a 106-mph line drive off the right side of his face Sunday. Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Yarbrough has three non-displaced fractures in different spots around his right eye.“He’s stable, improving,” Quatraro said before Monday’s game. “He never lost consciousness. He’s very aware of what’s going on around him. We don’t think at this time will require surgery. He’s getting further testing and we’ll have a better idea (of his prognosis) in the next 24 hours.”Quatraro was one of several Royals who stopped by the hospital after Sunday’s game against the Athletics. “If you weren’t looking at him, the conversations were totally normal,” Quatraro said, “you wouldn’t know anything was going on.”Athletics’ first baseman Ryan Noda lined the ball back up th...

Jefa de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México pide disculpa por falsa alerta sísmica en la capital

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de la Ciudad de México pidió disculpas por la falsa emergencia creada después de que la mañana del lunes sonara la alerta sísmica en la capital del país. En conferencia de prensa, la jefa de Gobierno, Claudia Sheinbaum informó que se trató de un “error humano”.Tras la activación de la alerta, la gente salió de sus hogares y lugares de trabajo y hubo confusión en los medios de comunicación, que no veían registro alguno de movimiento telúrico.Para explicar lo ocurrido, la funcionaria dijo textualmente: “Fue un proceso de revisión de uno de los servidores y accionaron una alerta equívoca”.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Flotek Industries: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:10:36 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Flotek Industries Inc. (FTK) on Monday reported earnings of $21.3 million in its first quarter.The Houston-based company said it had profit of 2 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 16 cents per share.The oilfield services company posted revenue of $48 million in the period.Flotek Industries expects full-year revenue in the range of $210 million to $230 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FTK at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FTKSource