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After 49 years, California investigators ID a presumed victim of notorious serial killer Randy Kraft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

The remains of a young man believed to be among the first victims of Randy Kraft — a notorious 1970s-era serial killer dubbed the “Scorecard Killer” — have been identified through investigative geneaology nearly 50 years after they were discovered in what is now Aliso Viejo, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.The John Doe victim, who now has been identified as Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident Michael Ray Schlicht, was found dead on the side of a freeway in 1974. His death was at first thought to be from accidental alcohol and diazepam intoxication.Many details surrounding John Doe’s death were released to the public at the time in hopes that someone could help to establish his identity. His fingerprint classification was submitted to the Criminal Identification and Investigation Division in Sacramento, the FBI and Canadian authorities with negative results, according to the sheriff’s department.After weeks of unsuccessful efforts to establish his identity, John Doe...

BART paper tickets phased out after Wednesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

ORINDA, Calif. (KRON) -- After more than 50 years of using paper tickets to ride on Bay Area Rapid Transit trains, Wednesday is the last day that they can be used as a form of payment. BART is changing all of its gates to only accept Clipper cards starting Thursday.For riders with more than a dollar on a paper ticket, BART is refunding the remaining amount. As of October, BART reportedly refunded about $57,000 to riders. The agency said there is no deadline for requesting a refund. San Francisco police staffing issue goes to voters “This change is occurring as BART begins to roll out new state of the art fare gates, which will not accept paper tickets,” BART officials wrote. “The slot for paper tickets will be covered up.”West Oakland’s BART station will be the first station with new gates installed. More than 700 gates will be installed systemwide by the end of 2025, according to BART officials. The new fare gates will be taller and stronger to prevent fare evaders from hopping o...

San Francisco police staffing issue goes to voters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

(BCN) -- On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a charter amendment that would fund and require the hiring of new cops. They will put it before voters in March."The proposed measure provides voters with a chance to express whether they desire more police presence," said Supervisor Catherine Stefani, who voted for the measure along with Supervisors Myrna Melgar, Connie Chan, Shamann Walton and Aaron Peskin. It was sponsored by Supervisor Ahsha Safai."We don't have to pass a new tax for this to be meaningful," said Stefani, adding that her goal would be to redirect dollars from existing tax funds, "which I think is very doable."If the voters approve a future tax to supply additional revenue to fund the cost of employing more full duty sworn officers, then the city will set a minimum staffing number for the next five years. That number would begin with 1,700 officers the first year and increase each year until it hits a maximum of 2,074. Sister of accused Bob Lee...

Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen look to clinch top spot in Europa League groups

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

The Europa League and Europa Conference League competitions have reached the next-to-last round of group games.Here are some talking points ahead of Thursday’s matches:WINNING THE GROUPIn the Champions League, winning the group is regarded as important to secure a home match in the second leg of the round of 16. In the Europa League, finishing in first place ensures a team skips a round of games. The eight group winners earn a direct place in the last 16 of the competition whereas finishing in second place only gets a team a playoff match against the clubs who drop into the Europa League as third-place finishers in Champions League groups. This season, that could easily be the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United or Newcastle. Liverpool — the top team in the competition at this stage — could qualify as group winner by beating LASK at home, while Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta will seal first place in their group with wins over Hacken and Sporting, respectively.ISRAEL TEAMS...

Stock market today: Wall St. points higher before the bell, oil prices rise ahead of OPEC meeting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

Wall Street was poised to open with gains on Wednesday despite a gloomy global economic forecast and oil prices rose ahead of an OPEC meeting later this week.Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4% before the bell while futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.5%.A report forecasting that the global economy will slow next year didn’t seem to bother markets, which have flourished in November despite ongoing inflation, elevated interest rates and geopolitical calamities.Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated Wednesday that international growth would slow to 2.7% in 2024 from an expected 2.9% pace this year. That would amount to the slowest calendar-year growth since the pandemic year of 2020.The report said that a key factor in the global slowdown is the expected deceleration of the world’s two biggest economies, the United States and China.Despite the tepid forecast, the organization is “projecting that recessions will be avoided ...

Wolverines threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy mountain refuges, US says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges.Across most of the U.S., wolverines were wiped out by the early 1900s from unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns. About 300 surviving animals in the contiguous U.S. live in fragmented, isolated groups at high elevations.In the coming decades, warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on to dig dens where they birth and raise their young.The decision Wednesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service follows more than two decades of disputes over the risks of climate change, and threats to the long-term survival of the elusive species.The animals resemble a small bear and are the world’s largest species of terrestrial weasels. They are sometimes called “mountain devils” for...

US says wolverines are threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy refuges in the Rocky Mountains

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — US says wolverines are threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy refuges in the Rocky Mountains.Source

Prince William Co. supervisors approve data center project near Bristow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors in a party-line vote early Wednesday approved a rezoning to make way for the contentious Devlin Technology Park data center complex near Bristow that will back up to a residential neighborhood. Demonstrators opposing Devlin Technology Park prior to the Nov. 28 meeting. (Ben Peters/InsideNova) Demonstrators opposing Devlin Technology Park prior to the Nov. 28 meeting. (Ben Peters/InsideNova) The rezoning of 269 acres on the county’s western end to allow for 4.2-million square feet of between seven to nine data centers northwest of Devlin Road that’s directly adjacent to hundreds of homes came after a 5 a.m. vote following hours of public comment and hearings with develo...

Leipzig’s Lois Openda has announced himself as one of the Champions League’s brightest prospects

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Keep an eye on Lois Openda. On a night when Erling Haaland set yet another scoring record, Openda announced himself on the big stage with two goals at the home of the European champions. Manchester City recovered from going 2-0 down against Leipzig in the Champions League on Tuesday to win 3-2 and Haaland became the fastest player to score 40 goals in the competition. But Openda’s performance is likely to have earned him admiring glances from rival clubs.“He just came to Leipzig. I think he stays a little bit longer. That’s what I hope,” said his coach Marco Rose, who is used to losing his most talented players. One of those was defender Josko Gvardiol, who left for City in the offseason in a deal worth $99.2 million. But the Croatia international could do nothing when Openda took the ball past him in the first half to score his second goal of the match. He made similar light work of Manuel Akanji and Ruben Dias in the buildup for each of his goals. ...

UPS hiring seasonal employees for the holidays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:31 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — The holiday season is here, which means people will be sending packages and gifts all over the country for the next couple of weeks. But have you ever wondered what is actually going on with your package before it arrives at your door?The UPS automated hub in Aurora is designed to push out 300,000 packages each and every day to be delivered to houses like yours. By the end of the holiday season, UPS delivers over 20 million packages. Noah Gustafson, an operation manager for UPS, said during this time of the year, certain adjustments are made in order to meet the growing demand for deliveries.  USPS shipping changes coming in January Gustafson said UPS increases its employees for the holiday by hiring up to 45% more people in order to ensure that packages are delivered to the proper address in a timely manner. UPS said it is hiring right now for the holiday season and is paying seasonal employees up to $30 an hour to assist in deliveries. If you are looking f...