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Tory Lanez gets 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

By Andrew Dalton | Associated PostLOS ANGELES — A judge sentenced rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison Tuesday for shooting and wounding hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford handed down the sentence to the 31-year-old Lanez, who was convicted in December of three felonies: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.The sentence brings an end to a dramatic trial that created a cultural firestorm in the hip-hop community, churning up issues including the reluctance of Black victims to speak to police, gender politics in hip-hop, online toxicity, protecting Black women and the ramifications of misogynoir, a particular brand of misogyny Black women experience.Herriford said it was “difficult to reconcile” the kind, charitable person and good father many people described Lanez as being during the sentencing hearing with the person ...

Sandra Bullock provided round-the-clock care for beloved partner Bryan Randall until his death from ALS

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

In recent months, rumors swirled that Sandra Bullock and her longtime partner, Bryan Randall, had broken up because he hadn’t been seen with her in Vancouver as she filmed her drama, “The Unforgivable,” in 2020 or when she premiered her comedy, “The Lost City,” at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in 2022.With news that Randall died Saturday at age 57, it’s now known that he probably couldn’t be by Bullock’s side because he was fighting a private, three-year battle with ALS, succumbing to the ravages of what Bullock’s sister called “a cruel disease.”In a statement to the media, Randall’s family revealed that the actor-turned-photographer spent the final months of his life being looked after by “tireless doctors who navigated the landscape of this illness” and “astounding nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their own families to be with ours.”Sandra Bullock’s Partner Bryan...

BART, East Bay parks police investigating separate homicides in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

OAKLAND — BART police and East Bay Regional Park District police were investigating separate homicides that occurred around the same time Tuesday afternoon in downtown and East Oakland, authorities said.Both victims were believed to have been killed by gunfire.The park district homicide happened about 2:25 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline on Doolittle Drive, near the Oakland International Airport, authorities said.Five minutes later, at 2:30 p.m., a victim was shot dead at a street level entrance to the Lake Merritt BART Station near a bus zone, a BART spokesperson said.Check back for updates. 

Judge sets Friday hearing on protective order in Trump case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

By Tierney Sneed | CNNUS District Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduled a hearing for Friday at 10 a.m. ET on the scope of a protective order – the rules imposed for the handling of evidence – in the special counsel’s election subversion case against former President Donald Trump.This would be the first hearing before Chutkan, a judge who has already come under criticism from Trump supporters and received increased security.Her move to schedule it for Friday morning comes after Trump’s attorneys – pointing to his busy legal calendar, which includes a Thursday court hearing in Florida in the separate classified documents case – had asked for the elections case hearing in Washington, DC, to be scheduled early next week. The Trump side had said that they had “lost” Friday as an option, but it’s unclear from the filing what they meant by that.Chuktan previously indicated she would like to hold the hearing on the evidence rules by Friday. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team said they were availabl...

Giuliani appears to walk back Georgia defamation admission

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz | CNNRudy Giuliani still refuses to concede that he should be held liable for the harm he may have caused two Georgia election workers after the 2020 election – even though he has acknowledged he made false and defamatory statements about them, according to a new court filing.A federal judge recently ordered Giuliani to either forfeit the lawsuit filed by the workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, or explain himself further and be called into a court hearing next week.Giuliani previously said he was not contesting that he made false and defamatory statements about the workers when he falsely said they took part in planting fraudulent votes as they counted ballots at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.But on Tuesday, he appeared only to double down on that position, rather than concede the lawsuit and face its consequences in full.Giuliani’s court filing says that “for purposes of this litigation only,” he should be treated as having “default liability” bu...

Los Altos: The Good Salad, Bibo’s NY Pizza joining State Street Market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

Two South Bay restaurants — one a veteran, one a relative newcomer — are expanding to the Peninsula as part of the State Street Market’s 2.0 lineup.Open now at the Los Altos food hall is The Good Salad, a takeout and catering salad concept that’s been so popular and so highly rated that it’s landed on Yelp’s list of the Bay Area’s top 100 places to eat. The venture was founded in Santa Clara in 2021 by Sanad Al Souz, an engineer who worked with a chef to help create the menu of meal-size salads that feature regional produce, dressings made in-house and 42 customizable ingredients.The top seller is the Blazing Bird, made with Halal Cajun chicken breast, romaine lettuce, black bean and corn pico de gallo, avocado and crispy fried onions, with house-made Chipotle Ranch Dressing and a signature balsamic glaze on the side. Add or subtract toppings as you like. Part of the appeal of The Good Salad is the pricing stricture, which allows customers to delete a topping...

San Jose’s lofty barbecue ranking cools off considerably

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

There was a mixture of civic pride and sincere bafflement last year when San Jose was ranked the No. 3 barbecue city in the United States by Clever Real Estate, beating out BBQ-famous cities like Memphis and Kansas City. This year’s rankings are out, and San Jose has fallen to a more realistic — but still respectable — 22nd out of the top 50 metros.What changed? San Jose still ranked pretty high in the number of BBQ joints per 10,000 people, but the cost of buying meat spiked compared to last year and the number of Google searches about barbecue dipped. Austin moved up to the top spot from No. 2 last year, and Memphis — where the top search term is “fried catfish” — made a big jump from 11th to second.As far as California is concerned, San Jose is still the king as the state’s only city in the top 25. Sacramento placed 33rd, L.A. was 42nd and the bottom three spots were held by San Diego, San Francisco and Riverside. Where’s the ...

Person shot dead outside Lake Merritt BART station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

(KRON) -- A fatal shooting occurred outside the Lake Merritt BART station Tuesday afternoon, BART police confirmed to KRON4. Police said the shooting happened just after 2:30 p.m. by the bus zone near the Lake Merritt station. The Oakland Police Department listed the address as 8th Street and Oak Street. The station briefly closed but has since reopened. As of 3:10 p.m., trains resumed stopping at the station. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Caroline Wozniacki through to next round at National Bank Open after retiring in 2020

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki made a triumphant return to tennis, defeating Kimberly Birrell in straight sets at the National Bank Open on Tuesday.Wozniacki dominated from the start, securing a 6-2, 6-2 victory while pushing her Australian opponent across the court during rallies. The Dane will face the winner of Tuesday’s match between Marketa Vondrousova and Mayar Sharif.“It’s like riding a bike basically,” Wozniacki told reporters after the match. “You never forget it once you’re in there.”The former World No. 1 and 2018 Australian Open champion received a wild-card entry into the National Bank Open main draw after retiring in 2020 to start a family.“It was so strange because I went to bed last night, and I go, ‘wait, so the kids have to wake up, and then we eat breakfast together, and then, wait, how does that fit in with my schedule?’” said Wozniacki of preparing for a match as a mother for the first time.“And I tried to explain to (2-year-old daughter) Olivia I was going ...

FNF Group: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:52 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Fidelity National Financial Inc. (FNF) on Tuesday reported earnings of $219 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Jacksonville, Florida-based company said it had profit of 81 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.01 per share.The provider of title insurance and mortgage services posted revenue of $3.07 billion in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FNF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FNFSource