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Lawmakers prepare to grill TikTok CEO amid calls to ban the app

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — TikTok's CEO is about to be in the hot seat on Capitol Hill. At a highly anticipated hearing this week, lawmakers will get the chance to grill him as they weigh legislation to ban the app altogether.On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing focused on the popular app. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to answer questions about that hearing.Lawmakers are expected to address concerns about what data the Chinese-owned app collects, who has access to it, and how the app could be used for propaganda.Congressman Debbie Dingell is one of the lawmakers on the committee who will get the chance to question Chew."I do have concerns," Dingell said. "I'm going to do what a responsible policy maker does, going to have the hearings, going to talk to people, going to get the facts." ‘It’s about time’: Lawmakers renew push to make daylight saving time permanent This issue is uniting lawmakers from both parties as they consider how to threats...

Watervliet honors former pro boxer with street renaming

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The city of Watervliet honored a former professional boxer, who was born in the area. Dave Zyglewicz finished his career with a record of 32 wins and four losses.One of those losses came when he fought boxing legend Joe Frazier. Zyglewicz was raised on Wiswall Avenue in Watervliet. On Monday, Wiswall Avenue was renamed Dave Zyglewicz Way in his honor. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! He also attended LaSalle Institute and owned Ziggy's Bar in Watervliet."He was loved in Watervliet," resident Mike Reinfurt said. "He had a corner bar in Watervliet that a lot of famous boxers came to, including Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson -- Ziggy's Corner -- but he trained a lot of boxers and got kids on the right path."Zyglewicz also served in the Navy, which is where his boxing career began.

Officials say hydrogen fuel vehicles are coming soon to New York

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

SLINGERLANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The future of new clean energy is right here in the capital region. That’s according to officials at Plug Power. Plug Power’s new facility can soon supply the country with hydrogen fuel cells for cars and other vehicles. Andy Marsh, CEO and President of Plug Power, says the company is the “first real commercial market in the world, here in the Capital Region, for hydrogen fuel cells putting fuel cells in the forklift trucks.”Those forklift trucks are powered by hydrogen fuel cells if you think that’s as fast as it can go. Think again. These are already powering race cars in France. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Drivers can find hydrogen fuel vehicles in states like California, but Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado wants to see more options for clean energy here in New York.“The more you diversify energy sources, the more opportunities for the consumer to have a choice, then you gonna always...

LAUSD superintendent: strike talks stalled, schools to close Tuesday

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will be closed tomorrow after labor talks came to a standstill and no additional negotiations were scheduled with service workers who are striking to demand higher wages and improved working conditions. Service Employees International Union, Local 99, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff will be participating in the strike, which is set to begin early tomorrow morning.  United Teachers of Los Angeles, the union representing 34,000 LAUSD educators, plan to honor the picket lines. At a press conference Monday, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said he had hoped to avoid the planned three-day strike by coming to an agreement with union officials, but that it never happened. “We were never in the same room, or even in the same building,” he said at the press conference, and added that he still hopes a deal can be reached to prevent the strike from ...

LAUSD Classes Canceled Tuesday As Workers Begin Strike

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

All LAUSD classes will be canceled Tuesday as thousands of workers plan a 3-day strike.The announcement was made by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Monday, a day after the district said it would “prepare for the unfortunate reality of school closures.”“Let’s continue to negotiate for as long as it takes for our students,” Carvalho said Monday. “We must avoid lost instructional and social and emotional development time.”Carvalho reiterated that its students “lost a lot of ground” in 2020 after pandemic restrictions led to forced school closures and eventually distance learning.The Service Employees International Union Local 99 (SEIU) represents roughly 30,000 district employees that range from school bus drivers, to cafeteria works and aides.SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias accused the district of breaking the confidentiality of a planned meeting between the two sides.“This afternoon, SEIU Local 99 had agreed to en...

Catalytic converter thieves busted in American Canyon

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. (KRON) -- Two people were arrested in American Canyon on Sunday night in connection with catalytic converter thefts, the American Canyon Police Department said. Just before 11 p.m., police responded to American Canyon Mini Storage, located at 3700 Broadway Street after the business' alarm was activated. It was also reported to police that a suspicious man was walking around inside with a skill saw, which police said is used to steal catalytic converters. Gas station robbery suspect arrested in front of Hercules High School ACPD and the Napa County Sheriff's Office set a perimeter around the area. They found several stolen catalytic converters lying near a hole in the fence at the storage business.With the help of a California Highway Patrol helicopter, police found two suspects running from the scene and hiding in the bushes nearby. The suspects were detained and identified as Casey Franklin, 22, and Joseph Franklin, 33. Both are residents of Stanislaus Co...

March Madness: Van Lith and Louisville pummel Texas

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hailey Van Lith scored 21 points and No. 5 Louisville rolled over No. 4 Texas 73-51 on the Longhorns’ home court Monday night to send the the Cardinals to the Sweet 16 for the sixth NCAA Tournament in row.In a matchup of two teams that began the season in the Top 10 only to all out of the rankings before regrouping late, the Cardinals smothered the Longhorns and standout point guard Rori Harmon all night, stretching a 14-point halftime lead to 21 by end of the third quarter. Louisville (25-11) led by as much as 27 early in the fourth. The win sends the Cardinals to the Seattle 4 Region to play No. 8-seed Mississippi, which upset No. 1 Stanford on Sunday.DeYona Gaston scored 12 points to lead Texas (26-10).The Cardinals simply pushed around the Big 12 regular season champions and seemed to relish the chance to do it on the road. Louisville didn’t host the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time since 2015, excluding the 2021 pandemic tou...

Last call: Dodge unveils last super-fast gasoline muscle car

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The last gas-powered muscle car from Dodge isn’t leaving the road without some squeals, thunder and crazy-fast speed.The 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 will deliver 1,025 horsepower from its 6.2-liter supercharged V-8, and the automaker says it will be the quickest production car made. Stellantis says it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) in a scary 1.66 seconds, making it faster than even electric supercars from Tesla and Lucid.It’s what the performance brand from Stellantis is calling the last of the rumbling cars that for decades were a fixture of American culture on Saturday night cruises all over the country. Stellantis will stop making gas versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger and the Chrylser 300 big sedan by the end of this year, squeezed out by stricter government fuel-economy regulations and an accelerating shift to electric vehicles to fight climate change.The Canadian factory that makes all three cars will be r...

6 missing after Montreal building fire that included Airbnb

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal’s mayor vowed Monday to tighten regulation of Airbnb as a search continued for six people missing after a fire swept through a building that included Airbnb units in a historic city section where they are banned. Firefighters initially thought there was one person missing in the blaze Thursday in the eastern Canadian city. However, reports emerged later of illegal Airbnb units in the more than 130-year-old building, and authorities updated the missing over the weekend to seven, including some from the United States. Montreal police reported pulling the body of a woman from the rubble Sunday evening.Montreal police Inspector David Shane said the six who are still missing are from Quebec, Ontario and the U.S., adding that investigators have contacted their families. The fire also injured nine people, including two who were hospitalized.The cause of the fire is being investigated.Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said the building included illegal Airbnb units as w...

Alabama suspends freshman defensive back after drug arrest

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:16:05 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell has been suspended from the team following his arrest on a drug charge.Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Monday after the first practice of spring that Mitchell was suspended from the team “and all team activities until we gather more information about the situation and what his legal circumstance is.”The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mitchell and another man, Christophere Lewis, last week on a charge of possession of marijuana with the intent to sell or deliver, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. Lewis also was charged with carrying a concealed gun without a permit.“Everybody’s got an opportunity to make choices and decisions,” Saban said. “There’s no such thing as being in the wrong place at the wrong time. You’ve gotta be responsible for who you’re with, who you’re around and what you do, who you associate yourself with and the situations that you put yourself in. It i...