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Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, seems likely winner in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, seemed headed to victory in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday.With 93% of the votes counted, electoral officials said Noboa held a 4 1/2-point lead over Luisa González, a leftist lawyer and ally of exiled former President Rafael Correa. González conceded defeat during a speech before supporters Sunday night and said she planned to call Noboa to congratulate him.The new president will lead Ecuador during a period marked by unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a presidential candidate. Throughout the campaign, Ecuadorians, who now have to continuously watch their backs and limit how often they leave home, had a universal demand — safety.The nationwide uneasiness began when violence erupted about three years ago, but it reached an unthinkable level when Fernando Villavicencio was killed Aug. 9 as he left a campaign rally. Noboa’s political care...

Here's when 90º days usually end in Austin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Triple digit days are firmly in the past for 2023, but we've still got 90s in the forecast.Typically our average last 90-degree day of the year comes around the middle of October. The 30-year average final 90º day in Austin is on October 19, which is this Thursday.Average final 90º day in Austin (1991-2020)Still, we've got 90s in the forecast beyond that into the weekend.It turns out, we can get 90º heat very late in the year.The latest 90º day during a calendar year was on Christmas Day, December 25, 1955. On other years we've had the final 90º day of the year stretch deep into November. In 1951, we had 90º heat twice in the month of November! Usually these are low 90s. We haven't been hotter than 91º after October 27 in any year.Latest final day of 90ºs in AustinIn recent years, we've typically had our final 90º day around the middle or end of October. Recent final 90º daysWhat about this year?We've got 90s in the forecast as late as October 22. It's not out of the...

Two women shot in cemetery during Saturday night memorial celebration

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

St. Paul police are investigating the shooting of two women inside a cemetery Saturday night.Just after 7 p.m. officers responded to reports of a shooting inside the Oakland Cemetery, according to police spokesperson Molly McMillen.Police say an 18-year-old and a 40-year-old woman were both shot.“While the injuries were severe, they are not said to be life-threatening, and for that, we are certainly grateful, McMillen said.Investigators were told that a van of people showed up to release balloons and hold a memorial at the cemetery when another group open fired on the van, hitting the two women and a nearby vehicle.“It’s unfortunate this situation occurred during what appears to be an already difficult time for those involved, given they said they were at the cemetery to remember a lost loved one,” McMillen said.Investigators are talking to people who were at the cemetery at the time but do not yet have details of a suspect or vehicle that they can share, she said....

Fort Collins council members question East Mulberry plan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

Members of the Fort Collins City Council gave a lukewarm reception Tuesday night to staffers’ multifaceted plan for the Mulberry Street corridor, the city’s often-neglected eastern gateway.At a council work session in which city staffers hoped to shape an ordinance to be presented to the council for first reading on Nov. 21, senior policy manager Sylvia Tatman-Burruss and senior long-range planner Megan Keith presented a vision for upgrading the area bounded by Interstate 25 to the east, Vine Drive to the north, Lemay Avenue to the west and the Cache la Poudre River to the south to the point where it could be annexed into the city.“The Mulberry corridor’s built environment spans multiple jurisdictions and more than 70 years of varying development standards,” the 212-page planners’ document states, and “still lacks a consistent pattern of development, and in many locations, basic health and safety infrastructure such as sidewalks, curb and gu...

“There’s a calling for a safe place”: Boulder programs and law enforcement tackle increasing fentanyl overdoses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

Ian Boyd stands in the shade of the public bathrooms on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder on a calm, sunny September afternoon. Around him, a number of unhoused Boulderites lie sleeping in the sun in front of the Boulder County Historic Courthouse.The area is popular among unhoused communities as well as the Central Park area, where people are commonly seen sleeping and talking on the grass. But the area has also drawn attention from local law enforcement for drug use and overdoses.According to a number of Boulder police tweets, the department made at least 11 arrests in connection to drug possession from Aug. 31 through Sept. 7, including six arrests on Sept. 6 in the Central Park and Pearl Street Mall areas.The sweep was an effort by police to crack down on the immediate distribution and use of fentanyl after police responded to two overdoses within the same hour, according to Boulder Deputy Police Chief Stephen Redfearn.Despite the surge, Redfearn said arrests aren’t the long-term...

Boulder JCC continues Holocaust education with child survivors presentation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

A Holocaust history expert used old newspaper articles and testimonies from child Holocaust survivors to explain their postwar experience at the Boulder Jewish Community Center Sunday morning.Beth Cohen speaks during her Child Survivors of the Holocaust presentation at the Boulder Jewish Community Center Sunday. (Andrea Grajeda/ Staff Writer)Beth Cohen presented her “Child Survivors of the Holocaust” talk at the center, 6007 Oreg Ave. Cohen received her doctorate’s degree in Holocaust history from Clark University and she has written two books about Holocaust survivors’ postwar experience in the United States. She is also currently working on developing a permanent exhibit on the Holocaust for the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.Cohen said it was “fated” that she would study the Holocaust. She explained when she first joined a JCC in Rhode Island, the local survival community expressed to her how difficult their postwar experience had...

Los Angeles ranks 3rd in U.S. for fake luxury watch purchases

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

Los Angeles came in second place for cities in the United States where the most high-end fake watches are in circulation, according to research released last month.  New York City came in first place with Chicago rounding out the top three.  The survey, conducted by Watchfinder & Co., a resource for buying, selling and parts replacements for preowned luxury watches, estimates that more than 23 million fake watches are in circulation in the U.S. market and that at least half of all the luxury watches sent to the company in the past year that were identified as counterfeit or having fake parts were Rolex.  One of the biggest problems as it relates to luxury counterfeits, the survey noted, is the accessibility of 3-D printers and computer numerical control (CNC) machines, a precision tool that uses preprogrammed computer software to manufacture items.  Top ten cities in the U.S. where fake luxury watches are in circulation, according to Watchfinder & Co. “Sc...

Photos: Actress Suzanne Somers through the years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

San Bruno native Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company” and who became an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author, has died at the age of 76.Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay. Her husband Alan Hamel, her son Bruce and other immediate family were with her in Palm Springs, California.“Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th,” the statement read. “Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.”In July, Somers shared on Instagram that her breast cancer had returned.“Like any cancer patient, when you get that dreaded, ‘It’s back’ you get a pit in your stomach. Then I put on my battle gear and go to war,” she told Entertainment Tonight at the time. “This is familiar battlegroun...

Steph Curry, Chris Paul to sit out Warriors’ preseason game vs. Kings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

SACRAMENTO — After just two preseason games with Steph Curry and Chris Paul on the court together, the Warriors made a change.Both Curry and Paul were being held out to rest in the team’s third preseason game.Curry scored 18 points in 21 minutes and Paul scored six points in 20 minutes during the Warriors’ 129-125 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.Sunday, playing the Kings for the first time since the NBA Playoffs, the Warriors entered the game with rookie Brandin Podziemski starting at point guard alongside Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga and Kevon Looney.Kuminga, who is leading the NBA with 25 points per game through two games, also leads the Warriors with 51 minutes played this preseason.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Lacking size, how the Warriors can use preseason to sharpen their defense Golden State Warriors | Jonathan Kuminga and bench lead Warriors to win against Lakers Golden State Warriors | ...

SF Giants reportedly interview coach Alyssa Nakken for vacant manager job

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:48:12 GMT

Pioneering San Francisco Giants coach Alyssa Nakken became the first woman in MLB history to interview for a managerial job after meeting with the team last week, multiple outlets reported Sunday.Nakken, 33, is the third member of the Giants’ current coaching staff  – joining bench coach Kai Correa and third base coach Mark Hallberg — to sit down with the team to discuss replacing Gabe Kapler, who was fired on the final weekend of a second straight non-playoff season.The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly first reported Nakken had been interviewed by the Giants.Meanwhile, popular former A’s and Giants catcher Stephen Vogt is reportedly in line to be interviewed by San Francisco, according to The Chronicle. There are expected to be many other outside candidates to take over for Kapler, who was let go after four seasons and one year remaining on his contract.Nakken, who finished her fourth season as a Giants coach, made MLB history in 2020 when she joined Kapler’s big league staff...