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Contra Costa County health officials link tuberculosis cases to casino

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Nearly a dozen cases of tuberculosis have been linked to a casino in Contra Costa County, public health officials announced Thursday. Anyone who spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco within the past five years should take a TB test, according to Contra Costa Health Services (CCH)."Recent genetic testing revealed several related cases among staff and customers over the past five years," Contra Costa Health Services wrote. CCH has so far not identified an ongoing source of transmission at the casino. Tuberculosis bacteria can live inside a person for months or years without causing any symptoms, health officials said."We are making this recommendation now because there is new evidence that TB may have spread among people who spent time at the casino from 2018 to 2023," said Dr. Meera Sreenivasan, the county's deputy health officer. "TB can live inside someone for years without showing signs of its presence. That is why it’s important to take a test, even if yo...

Collision involving pedestrian blocking Sir Francis Drake Boulevard

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

(BCN) -- A collision involving a pedestrian and multiple vehicles is blocking a thoroughfare in San Anselmo on Thursday, according to the Central Marin Police Authority. Boarded-up San Jose home shown in realtor’s viral video sold for $780K Police said in an alert at about 12:40 p.m. that the collision occurred in the area of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Sunny Hills Drive. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes to get around the affected area. No other details about the collision were immediately available.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Correction: Police Shooting Data-Marshals story

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published November 1, 2023, about a police shootings report released by the U.S. Marshals, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 147 people had been shot. The report examined 147 shootings, including those where no one was struck.Source

Patriots, Commanders enter matchup with confidence in spite of recent results

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — At the bottom of the AFC standings and in the throes of his worst start since his first season in New England, Bill Belichick and the Patriots could have easily been sellers at the trade deadline.They weren’t. “We’re getting ready for Washington,” Belichick said this week regarding his team’s lack of trade activity.The Commanders (3-5) were open for business, dealing top pass rushers Chase Young and Montez Sweat in moves that stockpile draft picks for a rebuilding effort but do nothing to help them this season.Though, coach Ron Rivera also insisted they haven’t given up on the season. “It’s an opportunity to see what else we have,” Rivera said. “It’s an opportunity to go out and win football games using different guys.”One team will walk out of Sunday’s matchup feeling at least a little better about the remainder of the season. The Patriots (2-6) certainly could use a confidence boost coming off another humbling loss at Miami just a week after seemingly figu...

Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could on go strike this month

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers fighting for new union contracts set a strike deadline Thursday, threatening major disruptions at more than a dozen resorts — the city’s economic backbone — that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this month.The Culinary Workers Union said about 35,000 members whose contracts expired earlier this year are ready and willing to walk off the job if deals aren’t reached by Nov. 10 with casino giants MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts.That’s five days before the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend, which is expected to bring thousands of people to the Strip, is set to kick off with an opening ceremony.Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer and chief contract negotiator, said at a news conference Thursday that the union and its members hope it doesn’t come to that, but, he said, “workers are prepared, united and ready to strike if neces...

Nigeria’s government budgets for SUVs and president’s wife while millions struggle to make ends meet

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s lawmakers on Thursday approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which includes huge allocations for SUVs and houses for the president, his wife and other public officials, sparking anger and criticism from citizens in one of the world’s poorest countries.In the budget presented to lawmakers to supplement the country’s expenditures for 2023, the government had allocated about $38 million for the presidential air fleet, vehicles and for renovation of residential quarters for the office of the president, the vice-president and the president’s wife — even though her office is not recognized by the country’s constitution.Before the budget was approved, and facing increasing criticism, lawmakers eliminated $6.1 million earlier budgeted for a “presidential yacht” and moved it to “student loans.”A Nigerian presidential spokesman said President Bola Tinubu had not given approval for the yacht, whose allocation was provided under the ...

Yellen says the US economic relationship with China must consider human rights and national security

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both sides, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday.In laying out the Biden administration’s economic approach toward the Indo-Pacific region, the country’s top financial official said Washington does not seek to decouple from China, the region’s largest economy and the world’s second largest next to the United States. But it wants to diversify by investing at home and boosting links with trusted countries in the region.“We’ve put forward a vision of the world grounded in values we share with these allies and partners and in which there is also a healthy and stable economic relationship between the United States and China,” Yellen said in a speech hosted by the Asia Society less than two weeks before leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries will gather in San Francisco for ...

Colin Rea stays with Milwaukee Brewers, agrees to 1-year deal with club option for 2025

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Right-hander Colin Rea stayed with the Milwaukee Brewers rather than explore the free-agent market, agreeing Thursday to a one-year contract that includes a team option for 2025.The 33-year-old was eligible for free agency and could have started negotiations with any team next Monday.After making just one major league appearance in 2021 and spending last season with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan’s Central League, Rea agreed to a $1.5 million, one-year deal with the Brewers and went 6-6 with a 4.55 ERA in 26 games. He earned $500,000 in performance bonuses based on innings.Rea helped stabilize a starting rotation that was dealing with multiple injuries the first half of the season. Rea’s 22 starts ranked fourth on the team, and the Brewers went 14-8 in those games while winning their second NL Central title in three years.Rea set career highs in wins, appearances, starts, innings (124 2/3) and strikeouts (110). He is 14-14 with a 4.74 ERA in five major le...

Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites and “destroyed” some internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the company, according to newly unredacted portions of the agency’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant. The new excerpts unveiled Thursday allege Amazon executives intentionally deleted communication by using a feature on the popular app Signal that makes messages disappear. By doing this, the FTC said Amazon “destroyed more than two years” worth of communications from June 2019 to “at least early 2022” despite instructions it gave Amazon not to do so. In a prepared statement Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle called the FTC’s claim “baseless and irresponsible.”“Amazon voluntarily disclosed employee Signal use to the FTC, painstakingly collected Signal conversations from its employees’ phones, and allowed agency staff to inspect those conversations even when they had nothing t...

Vikings, Falcons share 4-4 records and uncertain quarterback plans for the remainder of the season

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:19:54 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons have more in common than the 4-4 records they take into Sunday’s game.Each team’s quarterback plans for the remainder of the season appear uncertain, but could be defined by the performances of Sunday’s new starters.Perhaps the only certainty for either team’s immediate future at the position is the Vikings know they’ve lost Kirk Cousins until 2024 with a torn right Achilles tendon last week.A rash of turnovers cost Falcons second-year quarterback Desmond Ridder his starting job for at least one week. Taylor Heinicke will make his first start of the season.Heinicke says he’s focused only on the one game because he doesn’t know if the starting job will be his for more than one game after coach Arthur Smith said “our focus is short-term.” Rookie Jaren Hall will make his first career start for the Vikings. Nick Mullens, the primary backup, is on injured reserve with a lower back injury. M...