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San Mateo lawsuit targets ambulance company for paramedic accused of sexually assaulting 2 elderly women

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit filed against medical transport provider American Medical Response West in California court says the ambulance company's lax hiring and oversight allowed a paramedic to sexually assault two women in their 80s while en route to a hospital. The law firm of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy filed the suit last week in San Mateo County Superior Court. It also names American Medical Response, Inc., based in Colorado, as a defendant. AMR operates in most U.S. states.Miguel Nieblas Ontiveros, 35, has pleaded not guilty in criminal court to two felony counts of forcible oral copulation. Anne Marie Murphy, the lead attorney on the case, said the paramedic should never have been left alone with vulnerable patients, one of whom was allegedly assaulted in May of last year and the other in December. SF supervisor calls pilot program to address open-air drug use ‘cruel’ “It's a horrific situation. Our client is an 82-year-old Asian woman who was frail and she needed ...

Stars lose Jamie Benn, pull Jake Oettinger early in Game 3 to fall into 0-3 hole in West

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars could be without captain Jamie Benn for more than all of that time he missed in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final after being ejected for his ugly hit early against Vegas captain Mark Stone. An NHL suspension is possible for Benn, who got a game misconduct for his cross-check less than two minutes into Wednesday night’s game that the Golden Knights won 4-0 to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. After the two captains collided near the blue line and Stone fell to the ice, Benn lunged forward with both hands on his stick and made contact near Stone’s neck as he was sliding over the center line. “Let’s put it this way. He made a mistake. He feels really badly about it. I don’t think anyone in the building feels worse than he does about it,” DeBoer said. Benn left after the game without talking to reporters. “I’m not going to pile on, he’s been a leader here for his entire career, and leads every day on and off the ice. … Fortunately Mark S...

Foster, Ware homer, Auburn eliminates Mizzou 10-4 in SEC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Cole Foster hit a three-run homer, Bryson Ware added a two-run shot and fifth-seeded Auburn wrapped up the first day of the SEC Tournament with a 10-4 win over ninth-seeded Missouri on Tuesday night.Auburn (34-9), which has won nine-straight, moved into the double-elimination portion of the tournament and face fourth-seeded Vanderbilt in Wednesday’s late game.Auburn had five doubles among its 11 hits. Chase Isbell (3-1) threw three scoreless innings for the win and Zach Crotchfelt went the final 21/3 for his first save.Missouri (30-24) scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the second to take a 1-0 lead and scored three runs in the fourth to go up 4-3. The three runs scored on an error, a bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch.Foster hit his home run in the bottom of the fourth after Chris Stanfield tied the game with a single. Bobby Peirce had an RBI double ahead of Ware’s homer in the eighth. Trevor Austin and Dalton Bargo both had two hits for Missouri. Br...

El auge de los proyectos de renovación de viviendas en Estados Unidos parece haber llegado a su fin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

Nueva York (CNN) — Los estadounidenses se convirtieron en aficionados del bricolaje y las reparaciones durante la pandemia, embelleciendo sus departamentos, casas y condominios mientras estaban atrapados dentro y cansados de ver el mismo interior monótono todos los días.Pero la emergencia de covid quedó atrás, los precios son (mucho) más altos, los consumidores temen cada vez más una recesión y la gente gasta menos en Lowe’s y Home Depot.Lowe’s redujo este martes sus previsiones de ganancias y ventas para el año, afirmando que los consumidores están gastando menos en mejoras para el hogar. Esto se produce después de que su rival Home Depot también publicara ventas decepcionantes y un pronóstico sombrío la semana pasada.“Estamos actualizando nuestras previsiones para todo el año para reflejar una demanda de los consumidores de compras discrecionales más suave de lo esperado”, dijo Ellison. “Seguimos siendo optimistas sobre las perspectivas a medio ...

Trout, Moniak and Thaiss homer to help Angels beat Red Sox 4-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout had a two-run shot, Mickey Moniak homered for the second straight game, Griffin Canning pitched two-hit ball for seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Tuesday night.Matt Thaiss also went deep for the Angels, who have won three straight and four of their last five.Trout tied Joe DiMaggio for 85th on the career list with his 361st homer. The eighth-inning shot extended the Angels’ advantage to 4-0. “It’s really special,” Trout said about tying the Yankees great.Moniak became the second player since 1974 to hit three leadoff homers in his first eight starts of a season. The only other player to accomplish that according to Sportradar was George Springer with Houston in 2017. “It’s incredible being able to do that a few times now since I came back up here,” Moniak said. “I tried to give Griffin a little bit of a sense of relief and allow him to settle in.”It was only the fourth time in 50 starts that Canning...

Late runs lift Oregon over Cal 3-2 in Pac-12

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jacob Walsh drove in Tanner Smith with a sacrifice fly for the second run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Oregon to a 3-2 win over California to cap the first day of round-robin play in the Pac-12 Tournament on Tuesday night.Josh Mollerus allowed a single in the ninth but got a game-ending double play for his ninth save for the Ducks. Logan Mercado (5-2), Oregon’s fifth pitcher, faced four batters and struck out two to get the win.The ninth-seeded Bears (24-27), who didn’t secure their spot in the tournament until the last day of the regular season, face top-seeded and third-ranked Stanford on Wednesday and the Ducks (34-20) play the Cardinal on Thursday.Sabin Ceballos singled to open the bottom of the eighth and Tanner Smith advanced pinch runner Bryce Boettcher to third with a double to right field. Boettcher scored when Drew Smith reached base on an error by shortstop Carson Crawford with Tanner Smith going to third.Caleb Lomavita had a s...

Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate late Tuesday night and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.The Texas move is the latest attempt to ban or regulate reading material in conservative states around the country. Critics say the standards set in the Texas bill are too vague, will snag books that are not inappropriate, and that materials dealing with LGBTQ+ subject matter are more likely to be targeted for bans. The bill passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature defines “sexually explicit material” as anything that includes descriptions, illustrations or audio depicting sexual conduct not relevant to required school curriculum, and prohibits it from school libraries.The bill requires the state’s Library and Archives Commission to adopt standards that schools must follow when purchasing books, and a rating system th...

Takeaways of AP report on DEA probe of drug distributor accused of fueling opioid epidemic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge’s recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of suspicious opioid orders. The case has drawn attention to the involvement of a high-profile consultant the company had hired to stave off punishment and who is now DEA Administrator Anne Milgram’s top deputy.Here are the key takeaways:WHAT’S AT STAKE?A federal administrative law judge in August 2019 found that Morris & Dickson failed to flag thousands of suspicious, high-volume orders from pharmacies and recommended that it lose its license. Failure to follow DEA rules by Morris & Dickson and other major distributors has been blamed for leading to more than 700,000 American overdose deaths in the past two decades.. The company said it overhauled its compliance system, canceled suspicious order...

Stock market today: Asian stocks slide as US debt worries mount

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets slid Wednesday as the U.S. government crept closer to a potentially disruptive default on its debt.Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong declined.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1.1% on Tuesday after Speaker Kevin McCarthy of the House of Representatives said, “We’re not there yet” on a deal. That followed a meeting Monday with President Joe Biden that ended with no agreement.“McCarthy’s comments have thrown cold water” on sentiment, said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank in a report. He said the slide in prices is “paying back for premature optimism around a debt deal.” The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.8% to 3,220.44 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo fell 0.6% to 30,777.29. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 1.2% to 19,203.05.The Kospi in Seoul retreated less than 0.1% to 2,566.68 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.6% to 7,215.40. India’s Sensex opened up 0.2% at 62,140.23. New Zealand and Bangkok gained while Singapore and Jakart...

Rain, winds lash Guam as Typhoon Mawar closes in and residents shelter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:08 GMT

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Typhoon Mawar aimed its fury at the tiny U.S. territory of Guam on Wednesday as residents with nowhere to go hunkered down to face the devastating winds and torrential rains from what was expected to be the worst storm to hit the Pacific island in decades.The U.S. military sent away ships, residents stockpiled supplies and anyone not living in a concrete house was urged to seek safety elsewhere ahead of the typhoon, which was forecast to arrive as a Category 4 storm with winds of 140 mph (225 kph) but could possibly strengthen to a Category 5, the most powerful. The last time a Category 5 directly hit Guam was 1962. Forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Guam said they were seeing “almost whiteout conditions” at their office and hearing low rumblings and shaking shutters and doors as the storm intensified Wednesday afternoon.“Stay inside. Trees are coming down; power lines are coming down,” said Brandon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the service. &...