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Elon Musk to remove blocking feature on X, aka Twitter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

Elon Musk continues to make changes to X, formerly known as Twitter. On Friday, the CEO revealed he's removing the block feature on the platform. "Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature,' except for DMs," Musk wrote.Jack Dorsey, Twitter's founder, seemed to agree. He typed the 100 emoji and said "Mute only."Musk's reasoning for the move? He just doesn't get it. "It makes no sense," he continued.Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., introduces the Model X car at the company's headquarters Sept. 29, 2015, in Fremont, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)He suggested users just mute the accounts they don't want to hear from. Per X's Help Center, "Blocking helps people in restricting specific accounts from contacting them, seeing their Tweets, and following them. If you have been blocked by another account on Twitter, you can still block other accounts (including any that have blocked you). If you visit the profile of an account that has blocked your account, you will see ...

The Best Online Stores for Whiskey, Whiskey Glasses and Other Barware

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

Crystal Imagery provides deep-etched barware with a 3D finish that traditional laser engraving methods can’t match. Crystal Imagery is a company that manufactures and customizes engraved glassware. It sells different, exquisite products such as whiskey glasses, beer mugs, wine glasses, and the likes. The glasses used in its production are all from high-quality crystal and are customized with beautiful phrases and patterns.Crystal Imagery’s products are well-crafted given their fantastic designs. They are durable and are also pegged at a considerable price given how personalized and gift-worthy they are.Customer reviews on the website are also impressive. Many buyers are quite satisfied with the product quality and the top-notch customer service.Some of its exquisite products on its website include:Whiskey glasses: These lead-free crystal glasses feature awesome engraved patterns and colorful phrases. If you have hangouts with friends, family or even formal hangouts, these Whis...

Live Hurricane Hilary tracker: How much rain, wind will California get?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

As Hurricane Hilary barrels towards Southern California, millions of residents could soon be bracing for the region’s first tropical storm in more than 80 years.A hurricane watch has been declared in Baja, California, according to officials at the National Weather Service station in Monterey. And large portions of Southern California have also been placed on tropical storm watches — that means wind speeds may fall between 39 to 73 miles per hour.Hurricane Hilary is expected to transition from its peak strength as a category 4 hurricane with sustained windspeeds of 145 mph into a tropical storm before it sweeps through San Diego on Sunday at around 8 p.m.Tropical storms are exceedingly rare in California, National Weather Service officials say. The last one hit Southern California on Sep. 25, 1939.Flash floods warnings have been issued in large swaths of Southern California, though there is not enough precipitation in the core of the storm to categorize it as an atmospher...

Prosecutors charge suspect with attempted murder in shooting of San Jose police officer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

SAN JOSE — The man who shot and seriously injured a San Jose police officer on Wednesday is facing a potential life sentence in prison, according to prosecutors.Gabriel Mario Carreras, 44, will be formally arraigned Friday afternoon at the Hall of Justice in San Jose, where he’ll face a felony charge for attempted murder of a police officer and various firearm assault charges, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.Prosecutors also detailed the major injuries to the officer for the first time since the incident, as she remained in critical but stable condition as of midday Friday.Carreras was arrested Tuesday following a standoff with police lasting roughly four hours at a residence west of downtown San Jose. Two officers responded to a family disturbance call at a condominium complex near Auzerais Avenue and Race Street around 7:51 a.m., after a pregnant woman who lives there called police and reported that her husband was drunk, tried to hit her...

Denuncian aumento en incidentes violentos en autobuses Ride On en Rockville

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

Pasajeros del sistema de transporte Ride On en Rockville, Maryland, denunciaron que con frecuencia personas bajo los efectos de alcohol o drogas generan problemas en los autobuses. Los usuarios con los que conversó Telemundo 44 describieron escenas de acoso, gritos, peleas y otros incidentes de violencia que aseguran son causados por personas intoxicadas tanto en paradas como dentro de los autobuses.“En una ocasión, miré a una persona mayor que venía con unas compras. Se montó a un bus y peleó con la persona del bus, lo golpeó con una de las bolsas de las compras al conductor”, explicó un pasajero que prefirió permanecer en el anonimato.Otras usuarias con las que conversamos indicaron que supuestamente cualquier gesto o acción puede desatar la ira de estas personas.“A una muchacha la golpearon acá y la comenzaron a seguir y ella pedía que la dejaran en paz”, señaló una de las pasajeras.“Yo creo que (los conductores) no hacen nada por temor”, agregó otra de la...

Harry Kane scores on Bundesliga debut as Bayern Munich starts with rout of Werder Bremen

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Harry Kane scored one goal and set up another on his Bundesliga debut as Bayern Munich routed Werder Bremen 4-0 in the opening game of the season on Friday.Kane, who finally completed his protracted transfer from Tottenham the previous weekend, showed straight away why Bayern reportedly paid more than 100 million euros ($110 million) for the forward.Kane needed only three minutes to set Leroy Sané free for the opener, before he finally beat Bremen’s Jiří Pavlenka with a low shot in the 74th. A Bremen defender’s studs deflected the shot slightly inside the left post.The England captain went off shortly afterward with what looked like a cramp, one of three late changes by Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel.Substitute Thomas Müller set up Sané for the third goal in the final minute then Alphonso Davies set up Mathys Tel to complete the scoring in injury time.But it started with Kane dinking a clever ball forward into space from inside his own half to set Sané free to open the sco...

Hacinados en casas y hoteles: policía halla a 41 migrantes en México

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

MONTERREY, México- Policías de Nuevo León, estado de México fronterizo con Estados Unidos, localizaron en dos operativos distintos a 41 migrantes que permanecían hacinados en un domicilio y en una habitación un hotel, según informaron las autoridades este viernes.Los migrantes son originarios de Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, El Salvador, Colombia y Ecuador, establecieron las autoridades locales.En el primer caso, agentes de la Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) recibieron una llamada anónima sobre la presencia de migrantes en una vivienda del barrio Fomerrey 115 en Monterrey, la capital de Nuevo León. Muere menor de 3 años a bordo un autobús con migrantes Racismo y clasismo contra migrantes: parte de los efectos de las políticas en México Al arribo de los uniformados, las personas salieron del domicilio, pero no acreditaron su estancia regular en el país, por lo que los trasladaron a una delegación del Instituto Nacional de Mig...

The big men in front of Aaron Rodgers have become the center of attention and concern for the Jets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers has been the primary attraction at New York Jets camp this summer.Fans and media — and the “Hard Knocks” film crew — have flocked to the team’s facility during the past month to watch the four-time NFL MVP work with his new wide receivers, tight ends and running backs. And things have gone rather smoothly.Except for the big boys up front.The Jets’ offensive line has struggled with consistency and injuries during camp, to the point it’s still mostly uncertain who’ll be blocking in front of Rodgers when the regular season kicks off against Buffalo on Sept. 11 in front of a national audience.“It’s a work in progress,” Rodgers said this week.That’s putting it lightly.Heading into the Jets’ third preseason game Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, there are question marks at almost every spot on the offensive line.“It’s just becoming a unit,” coach Robert Saleh said. “I don’t think anyone in here is panicked.”But Saleh was s...

The NFL’s relaxed jersey rules are not for nothing. Meet the players who now wear number 0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Marcus Davenport was on his way to meet his best man for some day-before wedding preparations when he took a call from his new head coach Kevin O’Connell.The Minnesota Vikings had just drafted Jordan Addison. Call it first-round privilege, but the rookie wide receiver had worn the No. 3 jersey his whole life. That was Davenport’s original pick upon signing with Minnesota as a free agent the previous month, but the sixth-year outside linebacker agreed to switch with his mind happily preoccupied with the impending nuptials. All the numbers in the 90s were claimed, and Davenport was disinterested in negotiating a trade with — or putting pressure on — a teammate. He then made the first of many wise decisions as a married man: He listened to his wife.“She was like, ‘Nobody has really ever had zero. Why don’t you be different? This is a new chapter, a new you,’” Davenport recalled in an interview after a recent practice with the Vikings. “I like...

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 8/18/2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:20 GMT

Wall Street limped to the finish line of its third losing week in a row. The S&P 500 barely budged Friday, ending the day down by less than 0.1%. It lost more than 2% for the week, like other U.S. indexes. The Dow edged up 25 points, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%. August has been rough for the stock market, which has given back more than a quarter of the S&P 500’s torrid gains for the year’s first seven months. That’s in part because a swift rise in yields has forced investors to reconsider whether stocks got too expensive.On Friday:The S&P 500 fell 0.65 points, less than 0.1%, to 4,369.71.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.83 points, or 0.1%, to 34,500.66.The Nasdaq composite fell 25.16 points, or 0.2%, to 13,290.78.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 9.36 points, or 0.5%, to 1,859.42.For the week:The S&P 500 is down 94.34 points, or 2.1%.The Dow is down 780.74 points, or 2.2%.The Nasdaq is down 354.07 points, or 2.6%.The Russell 2000 is d...