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Pac-12 legal affairs: Our predictions for the hearing on lawsuit filed by WSU and OSU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

As the final Pac-12 football season nears a conclusion, the conference is approaching resolution on another contested issue: control of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and assets.The lawsuit filed by Washington State and Oregon State in early September is scheduled for a critical hearing on Tuesday in Whitman County (Wash.) Superior Court, where Judge Gary Libey could determine the makeup of the governing board and, thus, control of the finances.Or maybe he won’t rule on Tuesday.Or maybe the process will end before the hearing even begins.The outlook is uncertain, but the stakes are clear — and substantial.The Cougars and Beavers believe the 10 outbound schools relinquished their board positions when they agreed to join other conferences starting next summer.The 10 outbound schools believe they have not violated the Pac-12’s bylaws and should retain their board seats.The Cougars and Beavers believe that if allowed to remain on the board, the departing sc...

49ers pregame: Trent Williams, Deebo Samuel return; Chase Young debuts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Left tackle Trent Williams will join wide receiver Deebo Samuel in returning from two-game abscesses, giving the 49ers (5-3) an offensive boost for today’s game against the red-hot Jaguars (6-2).Williams looked surprisingly spry as he walked into EverBankStadium, after laboring through Thursday’s practice, which was his first action since a right-ankle sprain in the 49ers’ loss at Cleveland four weeks ago.Williams was listed as questionable, as was linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (ankle), the latter of whom is inactive.Samuel was cleared off the injury list after practicing throughout the past week. He left that Oct. 15 loss at Cleveland in the first quarter, when he sustained a left-shoulder injury that was diagnosed a week later as a hairline fracture.“You get Deebo back on the field, it helps. That changes everything. That changes the attitude when they take the football field with him,” Michael Irvin said on NFL Netw...

Fremont: Police find dozens of cats, some dead, at home of suspected animal hoarder

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

FREMONT — Police and animal services officers have recovered dozens of cats from the home of a retired humane services officer who was allegedly keeping the animals in disgusting conditions at the residence, authorities said.The officers identified at least 73 cats at the Fremont residence, and noted that some animals were dead and decomposing inside cages. Some were found with ringworm, flea infestations, respiratory illness, and other medical maladies, and others were kept in cages with hamster water bottles or no access to water at all, authorities said.Police and animal control became aware of the situation, ironically, after the homeowner reached out to authorities for help taking care of the animals while she was hospitalized for a long-term stay. Subsequent inspections of her home revealed that cats were being kept in cages, sometimes stacked three or four high, others with multiple cats inside a single kennel, authorities said.Officers brought in veterinary technicians...

Body found at Crissy Field

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

(KRON) – The San Francisco Fire Department and United States Park Police officers are investigating the discovery of a deceased person found in the East Beach parking lot at Crissy Field around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday.  The investigation is ongoing with no further information at this time. This is a developing story.

Soucek scores late winner as West Ham beats Nottingham Forest in Premier League

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Tomas Soucek scored a late winner as West Ham came back to secure an entertaining 3-2 Premier League victory against Nottingham Forest at the London Stadium on Sunday.The home side started the brighter and West Ham midfielder Lucas Paquetá made the early advantage count when he tucked the ball into the bottom right corner in the third minute.Forest started to come into the game as the first half wore on and the pressure eventually paid off through Taiwo Awoniyi, who equalized in the 44th before Anthony Elanga added a second in the 63rd to stun the home supporters as their team found themselves trailing 2-1.But the visitors didn’t hold on to the lead for long with Jarrod Bowen heading in from close range after a James Ward-Prowse corner to bring the sides level just two minutes later.With time running out, Ward-Prowse was again the provider from a corner to set up Soucek’s dramatic winner.The victory leaves the Hammers ninth in the table while Forest is 15th with a comf...

Bayer Leverkusen returns top of the Bundesliga with 4-0 rout of Union Berlin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Spanish defender Álex Grimaldo scored again and set up another goal Sunday as Bayer Leverkusen returned to the top of the Bundesliga with a 4-0 rout of Union Berlin.Grimaldo, who joined Leverkusen in the offseason from Benfica, took his league tally to six goals by scoring for the second consecutive game.The 28-year-old Grimaldo capitalized on some lackluster defending from Union when he was set up by Florian Wirtz to open the scoring in the 23rd minute.Leverkusen missed further good chances to build on its lead until Odilon Kossounou headed in a corner from Jonas Hofmann in the 56th.Union defender Jérôme Roussillon prevented worse when he made a goal-line clearance a minute later, but Grimaldo sent in another corner for Jonathan Tah to seal the result in the 73rd.There was still time for Nathan Tella to score his first Bundesliga goal with a fine finish on a counterattack that started with a free kick from the visitors in the 83rd.Leverkusen moved back to two points c...

Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly interrupted Sunday by a man who approached her on stage after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital.Thunberg was speaking to a crowd of tens of thousands when she invited the women onto the stage.“As a climate justice movement, we have to listen to the voices of those who are being oppressed and those who are fighting for freedom and for justice. Otherwise, there can be no climate justice without international solidarity,” Thunberg said.After the Palestinian and Afghan women spoke and Thunberg resumed her speech, a man came onto the stage and told her: “I have come here for a climate demonstration, not a political view,” before he was ushered off the stage.The man’s identity was not immediately clear. He was wearing a jacket with the name of a group called Water Natuurlijk that has elected members in Dutch water boards.The Afghan woman, Sahar Shirzad, told Th...

India finishes group stage with 9th straight win at Cricket World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer and Lokesh Rahul scored attacking hundreds to help India make it nine wins in nine games with a 160-run victory over the Netherlands in the final group-stage match at the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.Iyer hit his first World Cup century, scoring 128 not out off 94 balls, while Rahul smashed the fastest Indian hundred at a World Cup, as India piled on the runs at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.The pair put on 208 runs off 21 overs for the fourth wicket. Rahul scored 100 off 62 balls, beating Rohit Sharma’s 63-ball record against Afghanistan in Delhi earlier in this tournament.In all, the two-time champions had five batters scoring 50-plus in their innings, and finished with 410-4 in 50 overs, the fifth highest World Cup total. Rohit Sharma (61) and Shubman Gil (51) put on 100 for the first wicket. Virat Kohli was out for 51.Jasprit Bumrah (2-33) and Mohammed Siraj (2-29) shared four wickets as the Dutch were dismissed for 250 in 47.5 overs.India advanc...

Protesters will demonstrate against world leaders, Israel-Hamas war as APEC comes to San Francisco

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Activists protesting corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions and the Israel-Hamas war are among those planning to march in downtown San Francisco on Sunday, united in their opposition to a global trade summit that will draw President Joe Biden and leaders from nearly two dozen countries. Protests are expected throughout this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ conference, which could draw more than 20,000 attendees, including hundreds of international journalists. The No to APEC coalition, made up of more than 100 grassroots groups, says trade deals struck at summits such as APEC exploit workers and their families. It’s unlikely world leaders will even glimpse the protests given the strict security zones accessible only to attendees at the Moscone Center conference hall and other summit sites. But Suzanne Ali, an organizer for the Palestinian Youth Movement, says the U.S. government needs to be held to account f...

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:29 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground forces on Sunday battled Hamas militants near Gaza’s largest hospital, where health officials said thousands of staff, patients and displaced people remain trapped with no electricity, dwindling supplies and some gunfire coming inside.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected growing international calls for a cease-fire unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in the Oct. 7 rampage that triggered the war, saying Israel was bringing its “full force” with the aim of ending Hamas’ 16-year rule in Gaza.Residents reported heavy airstrikes and shelling, including around Shifa Hospital. Israel, without providing evidence, has accused Hamas of concealing a command post inside and under the hospital compound, allegations denied by Hamas and hospital staff.“We spent the night in panic waiting for their arrival,” said Ahmed al-Boursh, a resident taking shelter in the hospital. “They are outside, not...