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Elon Musk says he’s been ‘actual’ caregiver for 3 kids with Grimes since their birth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

The custody battle between Elon Musk and Grimes is heating up with a report that the Tesla CEO actually filed suit first to establish parental rights over their three young children, claiming that he has had “actual care, control, and possession of each child” since their birth.Last month, Musk secretly filed a petition in Texas to establish parent rights over the children, ages 3 and 1, before Grimes, whose birth name is Claire Boucher, decided to sue the tech mogul herself in San Francisco this week, according to Insider and Page Six.In his petition, filed Sept. 7, Musk accused Grimes, his sometimes girlfriend, of moving California to escape the jurisdiction of Texas courts, Insider reported.He said Grimes lived with him and their three children in Texas from May to July this year, Insider said. But after Musk served Grimes on Sept. 13, she turned around and sued him in San Francisco Superior Court on Sept. 29. In her petition, Grimes has asked for physical custody of ...

Migrant children dropped off in San Jose, left on the streets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

(KRON) -- Five children and seven adult migrants were dropped off on the streets of downtown San Jose after they were detained in El Paso, Texas, county officials said.Aundraya Martinez, Santa Clara County's Office of Immigrant Relations manager, said the group of detained migrants was put on a bus in Texas and dropped off in San Jose Saturday night. They were left near First and Alma streets in the Guadalupe Washington neighborhood for three nights. The group was on the streets until Tuesday, when a concerned resident alerted the Washington Youth Center, Martinez said. The Rapid Response Network found the migrant children and adults and helped them into a temporary shelter.In an aerial view, migrants are seen grouped together while waiting to be processed on the Ciudad Juarez side of the border on September 21, 2023 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)In an aerial view, migrants are seen grouped together while waiting to be processed on the Ciudad Juarez side of ...

More petroleum coke dust released at Martinez refinery, health officials said

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

Petroleum coke dust was released by the Martinez Refining Company at its refinery Friday morning but Contra Costa Health investigators have not found any visible impacts to the surrounding community. The county health department issued an alert at about 11:30 a.m. on social media about the release of the coke dust.The release has since stopped. The county's hazardous materials team responded and did not find any visible coke dust in the surrounding area. Blue Angels SF schedule: where to watch, what you need to know The Martinez Refining Company notified the county health department that the release "was an isolated incident related to maintenance at the facility," CCH officials wrote on social media. The refinery in July previously reported the release of coke dust, a byproduct of the petroleum refining process, that collected on cars, garbage cans and other surfaces in the neighborhoods around the refinery. Laboratory analysis of the dust found it didn't contain high levels of t...

Motorcyclist, 63, killed after multi-vehicle crash in Antioch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

(KRON) -- A motorcyclist was killed after a multi-vehicle collision in Antioch Thursday afternoon, the Antioch Police Department said in a press release. The crash happened around 2:08 p.m. at the intersection of Deer Valley Road and Prewett Ranch Drive.The motorcyclist, a 63-year-old man from Bay Point, was struck by a vehicle that was speeding, which caused the motorcyclist to be ejected, according to police. That collision caused the two vehicles to crash into another two vehicles in the intersection -- a total of four vehicles involved in the crash. Medical crews and APD officers arrived on scene to provide aid to the individuals involved in the crash. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital where he later died. The driver who struck the motorcyclist from the back remained on the scene to cooperate with the police investigation. "Speed and inattention appear to be the cause of this incident," police said. APD did not report any other injuries in addition to the 63-year-old ...

Half Dome climber slips in Yosemite, US Air Force captain jumps into action

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A captain with the U.S. Air Force helped rescue a climber who fell near the summit of Half Dome inside Yosemite National Park.Capt. Joshua Haveman is a flight instructor with the 60th Air Evacuation Squadron, assigned to Travis Air Force Base. He jumped into action after a climber fell near the summit of Half Dome, according to military personnel.“I knew people were going to be in trouble as soon as I topped the hill because it was cold and windy, and people were getting desperate trying to come down holding a slick metal cable on slick granite,” said Haveman. “About that time, I heard someone scream out, so I looked up and saw this person sliding”.Capt. Joshua HavemanAccording to military officials, Haveman was on his final 400 feet to the summit of Half Dome on Sept. 2 when a fellow climber plummeted around 60 to 80 feet, landing on a ledge suspended over 8,000 feet above the valley floor.Haveman risked serious injury when he went around the permanen...

US defender Joe Scally scores with late strike for Borussia Mönchengladbach to draw 2-2 with Mainz

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — American defender Joe Scally scored a late goal with a long-range strike to salvage a 2-2 draw for Borussia Mönchengladbach against visiting Mainz in the Bundesliga on Friday.Gladbach was heading for yet another home loss after Aymen Barkok scored for the visitors, but Scally went past one defender and let fly with a fierce shot from distance that sent the ball inside the far post in the 88th minute.“I knew I was shooting it no matter what, when I got it,” Scally said. “But when I saw the goalie touch it with his hand, I thought it went over the net, but yeah, it’s a nice goal.” Gladbach had previously lost all three home games in the Bundesliga — to Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Leipzig.The team’s first half summarized its frustrating start to the season. Gladbach dominated the early stages and deservedly took the lead in the 22nd when Franck Honorat crossed for Florian Neuhaus to head in the opener.But Brajan Gruda equalized with a finis...

A Texas inmate says a prison fire damaged injection drugs. He wants a judge to stop his execution

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned Texas inmate have asked a federal judge to stop his execution, alleging the drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to extreme heat and smoke during a recent fire, making them unsafe.The Texas Attorney General’s Office says testing done after the fire on samples of the state’s supplies of pentobarbital, the drug used in executions, showed they “remain potent and sterile.”Jedidiah Murphy, 48, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday. He was condemned for the fatal October 2000 shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham, of Garland, a Dallas suburb, during a carjacking.In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Austin, Murphy’s attorneys allege that during an Aug. 25 fire that caused “catastrophic damage” to the administration building of a prison unit in Huntsville, the execution drugs the state uses were exposed to excessively high temperatures, smoke and water.Records from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice show the ...

Comentarios de Trump contra inmigrantes indocumentados reciben dura crítica de la Liga Antidifamación

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

(CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump dijo en una reciente entrevista que los inmigrantes indocumentados están “envenenando la sangre de nuestro país”, utilizando un lenguaje que a menudo emplean los supremacistas blancos y nativistas en comentarios que han sido condenados por un destacado grupo de derechos civiles.“Nunca se había visto algo como lo que estamos presenciando ahora. Es algo muy triste para nuestro país”, dijo Trump al sitio de noticias de derecha The National Pulse en una entrevista en video publicada la semana pasada. “Están envenenando la sangre de nuestro país. Es muy malo y la gente llega con enfermedades. La gente viene con todo lo posible que puedas tener”.El líder de la Liga Antidifamación (ADL, por sus siglas en inglés) condenó los comentarios de Trump, que ganaron fuerza en línea esta semana, y los calificó de “racistas, xenófobos y despreciables”.“Insinuar que los migrantes están ‘envenenando la sangre de nuestro país’ hace eco de los ...

Lecce and Sassuolo draw 1-1 in Serie A; Empoli-Udinese draw 0-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

ROME (AP) — Lecce and Sassuolo drew 1-1 in Serie A on Friday, with Domenico Berardi and Nikola Krstović trading goals.Berardi converted a penalty for Sassuolo midway through the first half and Krstović equalized after the break by slotting in a loose ball inside the area following a corner.Berardi has five goals and Krstović has four this season.Lecce is seventh with 12 points through eight rounds and Sassuolo is two points behind in ninth.Empoli and Udinese drew 0-0 to leave both clubs on the edge of the relegation zone. The result could cost Udinese coach Andrea Sottil his job, with the Friuli club still winless.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Data breach at MGM Resorts expected to cost casino giant $100 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The data breach last month that MGM Resorts is calling a cyberattack is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million, the Las Vegas-based company said.The incident, which was detected on Sept. 10, led to MGM shutting down some casino and hotel computer systems at properties across the U.S. in efforts to protect data. MGM said that reservations and casino floors in Las Vegas and other states were affected — as customers shared stories on social media about not being able to make credit card transactions, obtain money from cash machines or enter hotel rooms. The company announced the end its 10-day computer shutdown on Sept. 20.The incident bore all the hallmarks of an extortionary ransomware attack, which MGM has not confirmed. If so, it could be the costliest ransomware attack on record, said Brett Callow of the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft. In 2019, the Norwegian aluminum manufacturer Norsk Hydro suffered $70 million in losses after refusing to pay ransom...