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Hundreds of Oakland 911 dispatcher applications were ignored

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – KRON4 learned Wednesday that major missteps kept hundreds of dispatching jobs unfilled in Oakland. A deep dive into the city’s hiring process revealed hundreds of applications were ignored for an entire year. The Oakland City Council heard from the city’s human resource department on Tuesday. They say it was a human error.People in Oakland have said for a while that they have not been able to get a hold of anyone when they call 911. A new report has revealed that from April 2022 to April 2023, the city’s HR department didn’t process any applications for 9-1-1 dispatchers.“My office gets calls all the time, from constituents who are like ‘Who do we call in a moment of crisis?’” said Oakland city councilmember Janani Ramachandran. Alameda County supervisors ask Oakland A’s to pay for Coliseum An Alameda County Grand Jury report shows what many in Oakland already know. The city’s 911 center is slow to respond to requests for service.Ramachandran decided to lo...

Russian lawmakers set the country’s presidential election for March 17, 2024, clearing way for Putin to seek a 5th term

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers set the country’s presidential election for March 17, 2024, clearing way for Putin to seek a 5th term.Source

Hyman has 3 goals, McDavid gets 3 assists as Oilers beat Hurricanes 6-2 for 5th straight win

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman scored three goals for his second hat trick of the season, Connor McDavid had three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.Ryan McLeod, Mattias Ekholm and Warren Foegele also scored for the Oilers, and Mattias Janmark also had three assists. Stuart Skinner stopped 39 shots.Edmonton has won eight of 11 after losing 10 of its first 12 games (2-9-1).“I think it’s just calming to get back on track,” Hyman said. “To get back to the team that we know we can be, and I think there’s still room for us to grow and build and it’s just great to find our team confidence again and play like this. And we’re going to continue to do it.”Jordan Staal scored in the third period for the Hurricanes (14-10-1), who have lost two in a row. Pyotr Kochetkov was pulled after giving up three goals on six shots in the first 5:46 of the game. Antti Raanta came on and finished with 25 saves.“It was just ...

Perú: Junta Nacional de Justicia suspende provisionalmente a la fiscal Patricia Benavides

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Junta Nacional de Justicia de Perú informó este miércoles a través de un comunicado que suspende provisionalmente a Patricia Benavides como Fiscal de la Nación, máxima autoridad del Ministerio Público del Perú, por seis meses.La Junta Nacional de Justicia agregó que la medida cautelar de suspensión preventiva se dicta en el marco del procedimiento disciplinario inmediato iniciado contra la fiscal Benavides, con el fin de asegurar el normal desarrollo del mismo, impedir su obstrucción y garantizar la efectividad de la resolución final de las investigaciones.El 28 de noviembre, el órgano constitucional autónomo decidió abrir un procedimiento disciplinario inmediato contra la Fiscal de la Nación por presuntos hechos referidos a su círculo íntimo.Se trata de una investigación de su exasesor por parte del Equipo especial de fiscales contra la corrupción del poder, por los presuntos delitos de organización criminal y tráfico de influencias.Benavides negó enfáticam...

Yankees get Soto from Padres. Ohtani and Yamamoto still up for grabs as winter meetings end

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Juan Soto found a new home with the New York Yankees as the winter meetings ended Wednesday night, while Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were still up for grabs as team officials headed home with the bulk of their offseason business yet to be done.Soto, an All-Star slugger who can become a free agent next fall, was dealt from the San Diego Padres to New York with Gold Glove center fielder Trent Grisham for right-handed pitchers Michael King, Jhony Brito, Randy Vásquez and Drew Thorpe, along with catcher Kyle Higashioka.“It’s very difficult to make a deal where we’re trading a player the caliber of Juan Soto, but if we did that we wanted to make sure we shored up a bunch of needs. We were able to get some depth, with quality,” San Diego general manager A.J. Preller said.The deal was the second blockbuster involving the 25-year-old Soto in less than two years. The three-time All-Star is likely to get a salary around $32 million after batting .275 with 35 h...

Clippers overcome Jokic’s triple-double to beat Nuggets 111-102 and snap 8-game skid against champs

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers are starting to figure out who they are since James Harden’s arrival a month ago.Paul George scored 25 points and the Clippers overcame an early 15-point deficit to beat Denver 111-102 on Wednesday night and snap an eight-game skid against the defending NBA champion Nuggets.“To bounce back and beat Sacramento, beat Golden State the other night, it’s coming,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “I give those guys for just staying patient. I think we found who we are and how we want to play. Tonight was a big step in the right direction.”Denver won 113-104 last week in Los Angeles as former Clipper Reggie Jackson scored 35 points with Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon all sidelined. They all played in the rematch.Murray scored 23 points in his return from a sprained right ankle while limited to 29 minutes.“We still could have won the game,” Murray said. “It’s not because Jokic missed a couple floaters.”Jok...

Stephen Curry scores 31 points, Warriors rally to beat Trail Blazers 110-106

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga finally checked into the game for the first time with 4:45 left in the third quarter. He hadn’t even been in coach Steve Kerr’s pregame plans against Portland, not expected to be part of the rotation given how hard it is for Kerr balancing all the minutes on a deep roster.The Golden State Warriors needed everything they got from the high-flying Kuminga down the stretch to combat the Trail Blazers’ athleticism and youth. Kerr’s decision paid off.Stephen Curry overcame a slow start to score 31 points while Kuminga dazzled for 13 points as the Warriors rallied to beat Portland 110-106 on Wednesday night.“I’m always ready,” Kuminga said.Kuminga dunked on a pretty alley-oop from Draymond Green with 1:03 left and made all six of his field goals. Kuminga also stole the ball from Toumani Camara with 29 seconds to go and his team ahead 105-104, leading to a 3 by Curry.“He was great, he was the key to the game, he stayed ready. He was out of t...

Rodrigues has 2 goals, 2 assists as Panthers beat Stars 5-4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Evan Rodrigues tied a career-best with four points, Aleksander Barkov scored a goal off a crazy rebound to break a third-period tie and the Florida Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Wednesday night.Rodrigues had two goals and two assists, Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for Florida. Niko Mikkola had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for the Panthers, who snapped a three-game home losing streak.Mason Marchment and Evgenii Dadonov scored in a span of 3:36 early in the third period against their former team, pulling the Stars into a 3-3 tie. Radek Faksa and Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas, and Jake Oettinger stopped 26 shots.LIGHTNING 3, PENGUINS 1TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots, NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh.Anthony Cirelli and Tanner Jeannot also scored for the Lightning, who have won four in a row after a four-game ...

Borrell backs UN call for humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres invoked Article 99 of the U.N. Charter for the first time in more than 30 years to call on the Security Council to intervene in the war in Gaza, in a move that was backed by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. In a letter on Wednesday addressed to the president of the Security Council, Guterres wrote that the conflict in Gaza and Israel had created “appalling human suffering, physical destruction and collective trauma across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”Guterres called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” and for a “humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.”“The situation is fast deteriorating into a catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications for Palestinians as a whole and for peace and security in the region,” he wrote. “Such an outcome must be avoided at all costs.”Article 99 allows the secretary-general to alert the Security Counci...

Former Polish President Lech Walesa, 80, says he is better but remains hospitalized with COVID-19

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:06 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, Poland’s 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said Thursday that he is improving after being hospitalized with COVID-19.A post on Walesa’s Facebook page shows him lying on a hospital bed with his thumbs raised and a brief caption saying he believes he is going to pull through once again.The former anti-communist dissident has faced multiple health scares in past years. He has diabetes and a heart condition that requires him to use a pacemaker.Two days earlier, a photo posted on Facebook showed him on a hospital bed with an oxygen mask on, with a caption saying “I have been hit by Covid.” His aide, Marek Kaczmar, told Polish media then that Walesa was seriously ill but was receiving good care in a hospital in Gdansk, the Baltic port city where he lives. It’s Walesa’s second bout of COVID-19. Starting in 1980, Walesa spearheaded Poland’s pro-democracy Solidarity movement that nine years later led to the peaceful ouster of ...