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First group of EU staff dependents has left Gaza, Borrell says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

A first group of 19 “dependents of EU staff” have left Gaza, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Saturday. Borrell, who this week has been on his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, made the announcement in a tweet in which he thanked Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, along with the spokesperson of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, for the result. Borrell met with Herzog and Cohen on his trip. The Gaza Strip has been at the center of an Israeli military attack that according to the Palestinian Authority has killed more than 11,500 Palestinians, more than 4,700 of them children. The Israeli strikes came after an attack by the militant group Hamas that killed 1,200 Israelis and saw roughly 240 people taken as hostages. An EU official said that following Borrell’s diplomatic efforts in recent days, “we’re happy to announce that a first group of family members of our EU staff has been able to l...

Authorities ID shooter in deadly NH state hospital shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

New Hamshire authorities identified 33-year-old transient John Madore as the shooter who killed a security officer and former police chief in the lobby of New Hampshire Hospital on Friday afternoon.Madore, who is known to have spent time in the Sea Coast and Concord areas, was shot and killed by a state police trooper responding to the scene at the Concord psychiatric hospital.On Friday authorities identified the victim as Bradley Haas, 63, of Franklin, New Hampshire. A former chief of police in Franklin, Haas was working as a New Hampshire Department of Safety security officer when he was killed, the Attorney General’s office said.Haas was a father and a law enforcement veteran, according to the Attorney General’s office, serving a total of 28 years with the Franklin Police Department in various roles after spending three years working as a military police officer in the Army.“Chief Haas was already a hero when he walked into work yesterday, given his service to our country, ...

Cheers: Two San Diego restaurants among top 100 in US, says OpenTable

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The question that goes around and around -- Where do you want to eat? Deciding where to drink and dine just got a little easier with the release of OpenTable's Top 100 Restaurants in America list for 2023. Researchers with the online restaurant-reservation service provider culled from over 12 million verified diner reviews to determine which spots were all-around the best. When considering which restaurants deserved to be ranked, OpenTable compared individual ratings, the percentage of reservations made in advance, and five-star reviews. The results were then measured through their dining metrics. VIDEO: Bioluminescent waves spotted at these San Diego beaches The foodies and cocktail lovers of America have eaten, sipped, and spoken. Here's a breakdown of the two San Diego-area restaurants they consider among the best in the country:Jeune et JolieThis Michelin star establishment, which is located in North County's Carlsbad Village, has "reimagined" French Cuisine. This...

Food poisoning attorney weighs in on recent outbreaks, recalls in San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Prominent food poisoning attorney Bill Marler spoke with FOX 5 about a series of recent outbreaks and recalls in San Diego County on the heels of a E. coli outbreak at a popular restaurant that left dozens sick."For a one restaurant E. Coli outbreak, it’s actually quite large and we haven’t seen outbreaks of that size at one restaurant for quite some time," said Marler.The outbreak at Miguel's Cocina in 4S Ranch infected at least 35, leading to 10 hospitalizations and one death.Marler believes the next steps in the lawsuits and investigation will be centered on which food product was the culprit. While meat was a common cause at the beginning of his career spanning three decades, he says that’s no longer the case."Now, where were seeing it is in cilantro, parsley, sprouts, other leafy greens, and that is really where consumers need to focus their attention," he explained. "It's where the risks are for restaurants, grocery stores and consumer products."A recent raw milk ...

New Orleans civil rights activist’s family home listed on National Register of Historic Places

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana’s civil rights movement in the 1960s has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.The Treme neighborhood Craftsman-style home at 917-919 N. Tonti Street, which Haley shared with her parents and sister, Doris, is listed on the National Register as the “Castle Family Home” and later became known as the Freedom House, serving as a backdrop for pivotal moments in the city’s civil rights history.Haley participated in numerous protests, demonstrations and sit-ins fighting for racial equality. She notably challenged the segregation of facilities and lunch counters in New Orleans and promoted Black voter registration throughout Louisiana. She died in 1987 of ovarian cancer. In 1989, the city honored her memory by renaming Dryades Street, the site of many civil rights demonstrations, Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.The now-bright green-paint...

A Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man wanted for allegedly embezzling millions of yuan (hundreds of thousands of dollars) from his company and then fleeing to Morocco was extradited back to China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security said.The man, a financial executive at the company, used passwords for its bank accounts to transfer money to his personal account, the ministry said in a statement. It didn’t name the company but said that Shanghai police filed a case against the man in February 2020.Moroccan police arrested him in April of this year and a court approved his extradition in late October. Chinese officials brought him back to Shanghai on Saturday.State broadcaster CCTV showed the man, identified only by his surname Luo, signing an arrest warrant after getting off the plane and then being handcuffed. Police officers led him from the jetway to the tarmac and to a waiting police car.The Public Security Ministry said it was the first extradition from Morocco to China sin...

Woman charged in midtown Starbucks vandalism

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

A 25-year-old woman is facing a mischief charge after a coffee shop in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood was vandalized.Police say they were called to the Starbucks location at Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Street on Thursday morning after reports someone had vandalized the storefront with posters and writing.Images posted to social media show the words “blood on your hands,” “Starbucks kills,” and “stop killing babies” had been plastered across the front door of the shop.Members of Toronto police’s hate crime unit arrested Skigh Johnson of Toronto and charged her with one count of mischief interfering with the enjoyment of property.She is scheduled for a court appearance on January 11, 2024. Police tell CityNews the investigation is ongoing but at this time the incident has not been classified as a hate crime. Police add that if it is determined the incident was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, then investigators will consult wi...

Political violence threatens to intensify as the 2024 campaign heats up, experts on extremism warn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

The man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last year consumed a steady diet of right-wing conspiracy theories before an attack that took place with the midterm elections less than two weeks away.As the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, experts on extremism fear the threat of politically motivated violence will intensify. From “Pizzagate” to QAnon and to “Stop the Steal,” conspiracy theories that demonized Donald Trump’s enemies are morphing and spreading as the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination aims for a return to the White House.“No longer are these conspiracy theories and very divisive and vicious ideologies separated at the fringes,” said Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who focuses on domestic terrorism. “They’re now infiltrating American society on a massive scale.”A federal jury on Thursday convicted David DePape of attacking Paul Pelosi at his San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 20...

Estonia’s Kallas is reelected to lead party despite a scandal over husband’s Russia business ties

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s ruling Reform Party reelected Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as its chairperson Saturday and confirmed her staying on as the Baltic nation’s leader amid widespread calls by opposition and voters for her to resign over a scandal involving her husband’s business dealings in Russia.Kallas was the only candidate for the party leadership post as center-right Reform held a general meeting in the capital, Tallinn. Two-thirds of the 931 delegates who took part in a vote supported her and one-third abstained.The 46-year-old lawyer has been the leader of the Reform Party, Estonia’s largest political group, since April 2018. She became the country’s first female prime minister in January 2021.Earlier this week, Kallas publicly signaled at a foreign policy conference in Washington her interest in becoming the next secretary-general of NATO. NATO’s current chief, Jens Stoltenberg, is due to step down in October 2024 after 10 years in the post.Kalla...

Scientific report urges debate on genetic modification to control insect pests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:22 GMT

Scientists are learning to turn the genetics of insect pests against themselves, altering the genome of familiar foes in ways that give farmers and doctors new ways to fight them. The burgeoning field offers fresh hope against old scourges such as malaria. And it could provide shiny new tools as familiar insecticides lose their punch and climate change shuffles the deck. But concerns buzz the new technology like a cloud of gnats. “Questions remain about the efficacy of these tools, their safety and their appropriateness,” says a new report from the Council of Canadian Academies. “Will it be suitable to deploy gene editing in the natural environment and how will gene editing fit into the wider pest control tool box?”The report, released last week, was commissioned by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, an arm of Health Canada that regulates chemicals used to manage pests. It’s the start of what its authors hope will be an urgent and thoughtful convers...