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Apple pulling X ads as backlash grows for Elon Musk's antisemitic tweet: report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

(KRON) -- Apple is pausing all advertising on X, formerly know as Twitter, in the wake of the platform's owner, Elon Musk, endorsing an antisemitic tweet, according to a report in Axios. Apple pulling its ads follows a similar move from IBM, which announced Thursday that it would also stop advertising on X.IBM pulled its ads following a report that said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Nazis. There is growing concern among advertisers about their ads appearing alongside pro-Nazi content and hate speech. Bay Bridge protest: Dramatic photos capture hours long shutdown Musk, the billionaire owner of X, Tesla, and SpaceX, has further inflamed tensions by endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy tweet on the platform. According to Axios, 164 Jewish rabbis and activists amped up pressure on Apple, Google, Amazon and Disney to stop advertising on X following Musk's tweet.That same group is also calling on Google and Apple to remove the social network from their platforms, Ax...

City of Oakland announces new Director of Housing and Community Development

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

(KRON) –  Emily Weinstein is the new permanent Director of Housing and Community Development, the city of Oakland announced Friday. Weinstein was the interim Director of Housing and Community Development for eight months. Weinstein has spearheaded housing and community development initiatives in some of the most economically challenged and under-resourced neighborhoods in California for 25 years. Car crashes into San Mateo home Friday morning “Our approach to the homelessness and affordable housing crisis aggressively invests in affordable housing and protections for renters to help prevent homelessness,” Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said. “Director Weinstein is a proven leader in this field who brings a track record of success leveraging funding sources and delivering results, making great strides toward the housing outcomes Oakland needs. Of course, this issue is bigger than Oakland alone, and as we pursue regional solutions she is also a team-builder who will strengthen our partner...

Biden and López Obrador pledge solidarity in curbing Mexico-US fentanyl trafficking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Friday to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. and to manage the growing number of migrants traveling north to the border between their nation."Nothing is beyond our reach in my view if Mexico and the United States stand together and work together,” Biden said. Bay Bridge protest: Dramatic photos capture hours long shutdown Biden's relationship with López Obrador has at times been tense, in part because of Biden's willingness to criticize Mexico on topics such as fentanyl production and the killing of journalists. And López Obrador isn't afraid to snub the U.S. leader. He skipped a Los Angeles summit last year where leaders tackled the issue of migration because the U.S. didn't invite Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela. He also initially said he would skip this year's APEC conference, but changed his mind.The two men were all smiles and co...

IBM, EU and Lionsgate pull ads from Elon Musk’s X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

FILE - A view of a laptop shows the Twitter sign-in page with their the new logo, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, July 24, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X, Thursday, Nov. 16, after a report that its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, in a fresh setback for the company's plans to win back big brands and their ad dollars. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)(AP/Darko Vojinovic) FILE - A view of a laptop shows the Twitter sign-in page with their the new logo, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, July 24, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X, Thursday, Nov. 16, after a report that its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, in a fresh setback for the compan...

Snopp Dogg says he’s giving up ‘smoke.’ It caught some of his fans off guard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Asking for privacy, hip-hop legend and longtime marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg says he’s going to stop smoking — though he didn’t specify exactly what that might mean.“After much consideration and conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke,” Snoop wrote in a message shared on Instagram and X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday. “Please respect my privacy at this time.”The rapper and entrepreneur, who has become known for his own weed-related ventures over the years, provided no additional details in his brief announcement, which came the week after a new marijuana-adjacent product was introduced bearing his name. Representatives for the 52-year-old Snoop, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., did not immediately respond to The Associated Press’ requests for comment Friday.That didn’t stop ample speculation from fans, many of whom filled the comments of Snoop’s post after being caught off gu...

A Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist ‘Mo’ Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer.Jurors deliberated for just over three hours before delivering the verdict for Kaitlin Armstrong, who investigators say tracked Wilson to the apartment where she was staying and shot her three times. They took only two hours on Thursday to convict her. Prosecutors said Armstrong, 35, gunned down the 25-year-old Wilson in a jealous rage. Wilson had briefly dated Armstrong’s boyfriend several months earlier. Wilson went swimming and to a meal with him the day she was killed.Armstrong’s defense attorneys had urged the jury to consider something less than life that could offer the chance for parole.A Vermont native and former alpine skier at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Wilson was an emerging star in pro gravel and mountain bike racing. S...

Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson is sentenced to 90 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson is sentenced to 90 years.Source

Police say there has been a shooting with multiple victims at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Several people were shot Friday at the New Hampshire state psychiatric hospital, police said.State police said there were “multiple victims” in an alert released via social media late Friday afternoon. Further details weren’t immediately available.New Hampshire Hospital is the state psychiatric hospital, located in the state’s capital city.Aerials of the hospital show an active scene with numerous police cars with lights flashing outside the hospital. An armored vehicle was approaching the scene outside the hospital Friday afternoon.Concord police and deputies from the Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department, along with state police, were at the scene. New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency was setting up a media center at a nearby sports field.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Miami Gardens Police give speeding driver turkeys instead of tickets as part of annual holiday giveaway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

Speeding drivers were surprised when officers handed out turkeys instead of tickets.Miami Gardens Police took part in the department’s annual giveaway for the holiday Season, Friday. Officers stopped and surprised unsuspecting drivers across the city.“It’s a way of us educating the community, letting them know exactly the importance of driving safely,” Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel-Pratt. “In addition to that, rewarding them during the holiday season with a turkey.”The department started the event in 2017 to show their gratitude to citizens.The officers believe that through acts of kindness, they can build trust among residents while spreading holiday cheer.

Miami Police officer charged with drug-related extortion and attempted cocaine possession

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:24 GMT

A City of Miami police officer faces federal charges for allegedly exploiting his position to stage traffic stops, seizing cash and fake cocaine, and splitting the proceeds with an accomplice.Federal charges were filed Friday against 40-year-old Frenel Cenat of Boynton Beach. According to the criminal complaint, Cenat collaborated with an individual he believed to be involved in drug trafficking.Cenat reportedly agreed to use his MPD-issued unmarked vehicle and police position to stop a vehicle driven by an undercover agent posing as a drug trafficker. Cenat believed the driver was carrying a substantial amount of drug money. On November 3, he identified himself as “Officer Martez of the Miami PD Narcotics Unit.” Cenat gave the driver an ultimatum: surrender a backpack with $52,000 in $100 bills or face arrest. Taking the money, he let the driver go and later split the proceeds with the informant, keeping $39,000.In another orchestrated traffic stop on Thursday in Deer...