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Sheriff lacks evidence to bring charges in death of Jewish man in Thousand Oaks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

Authorities said Thursday that they do not have enough evidence to arrest a suspect after an elderly Jewish man died after an altercation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator in Thousand Oaks.On Nov. 6, the victim, Paul Kessler, 69, suffered a severe head injury and was found at the intersection of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards where demonstrations were taking place involving pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups.He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died from his injuries, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.“Witness accounts indicated that Kessler was involved in a physical altercation with counter-protester(s),” the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “During the altercation, Kessler fell backward and struck his head on the ground.”  According to the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Kessler was “struck in the head by a megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protestor.” A video posted to social media shows him lying ...

San Jose Sharks find formula for success after two blowout losses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

SAN JOSE – So much went wrong for the San Jose Sharks over the first three-plus weeks of the regular season that perhaps it was about time that they caught a lucky bounce.Nikita Okhotiuk’s shot from just inside the blue line toward the net went off the skate of Fabian Zetterlund and right to Tomas Hertl, who was in the perfect spot — right in front of the Edmonton Oilers net – to tap the puck past Stuart Skinner for his second goal of the season.“When you spend most of the time in (the other team’s defensive) zone, you can get any bounce,” Hertl said. “It was a little bit of a lucky bounce, but I think we deserved it.”Hertl’s second-period goal, plus Mackenzie Blackwood’s 39 saves in another stellar performance, helped lead the Sharks to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday in a game between the NHL’s bottom two teams.Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored with 2:26 left in regulation time. But the Sharks killed a late penalty t...

‘Here to support them’: Healing through jiu-jitsu at Lorton Veterans Day event

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage.Brazilian jiu-jitsu will be used as a form of therapy for veterans with disabilities in Lorton, Virginia, this weekend for Veterans Day.Capital MMA and Elite Fitness is partnering with the We Defy Foundation and GORUCK to host “Veterans Day Ruck & Roll” on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.The goal, according to Capital MMA and Elite Fitness’ co-owner Chad Malone, is to help vets “challenge themselves with their fitness goals, learn some martial arts and just have fun together.”The event is open to veterans of all fitness levels and their families. Malone said participants will learn some basic grappling techniques through indoor and outdoor workouts. The event will conclude with a roll-a-thon, or “friendly sparring round.”Proceeds will help raise funds for the We Defy Foundation’s scholarship...

Young scores 41, Murray hits go-ahead 3 as the Hawks beat the Magic 120-119 in Mexico City

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Trae Young put on a show for nearly 20,000 fans in the NBA’s regular-season game in Mexico City.He wouldn’t mind getting to do it every season.Young scored 41 points, then fed Dejounte Murray for a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31 seconds left to give the Atlanta Hawks a 120-119 victory over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night.“I love the energy of the arena tonight, the electricity. It was fun playing here,” Young said. “I know we’re obviously probably going to expand the league and expand it to a couple more cities. I mean, I’m going to be open to playing here. This is an unbelievable place to play.”Jalen Suggs scored 21 points and Paolo Banchero had 17, but missed a 3-pointer with 7.9 seconds remaining on Orlando’s final possession.“We were trying to run the same play for Franz (Wagner). He scored on a possession before but he drew two defenders, kicked it out to me and I missed the shot,” Banchero said. “We had a chance to win and we didn’t w...

La falta de ciertos tipos de conexión social está relacionada con un mayor riesgo de morir prematuramente, encuentra un estudio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

(CNN) — Si visita a sus seres queridos en esta temporada navideña, un nuevo estudio sugiere que lo convierta en un hábito de forma regular, si aún no lo ha hecho. Aquellos que no socializan con amigos o familiares pueden ver aumentar su riesgo de morir prematuramente en un 39%.Muchos estudios anteriores relacionaron la soledad o el aislamiento social con un mayor riesgo de muerte prematura y otros resultados de salud. Pero pocos, si es que hay alguno, investigaron cómo estas asociaciones dependen del impacto combinado de diferentes tipos de interacción social, según un nuevo estudio publicado el jueves en la revista BMC Medicine.“Examinamos dos tipos diferentes de soledad y tres tipos diferentes de aislamiento social… y encontramos que cada uno de ellos estaba asociado con un mayor riesgo de morir”, dijo Hamish Foster, primer autor del estudio e investigador clínico en la Escuela de Salud y Bienestar de la Universidad de Glasgow en Escocia, durante una rueda ...

San Jose State secures 117-72 victory over Bethesda (CA)

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tibet Gorener scored 26 points as San Jose State beat Bethesda (CA) 117-72 on Thursday.Gorener also contributed nine rebounds for the Spartans (2-0). Latrell Davis scored 16 points, shooting 4 of 7 from the field and 8 for 10 from the line. Alvaro Cardenas Torre shot 5 of 9 from the field and 4 for 5 from the line to finish with 14 points, while adding eight assists.Jonathan Ileleji led the way for the Flames with 31 points and five steals. Stephen Perry added 15 points for Bethesda (CA). Jonathan Joseph also recorded 10 points.NEXT UPSan Jose State’s next game is Sunday against Texas Tech on the road. ___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Bryan Rust makes sure his second OT goal counts as Penguins defeat Kings 4-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After having a goal waved off in overtime, Bryan Rust quickly made sure it didn’t happen twice. His wraparound goal with 1:15 remaining on the clock in overtime gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night, giving them a sweep of their California road trip for the first time since 1996-97.Rust appeared to put in his own rebound 19 seconds earlier, but the goal was waved off when he was ruled offside.Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist as he became the 11th player in NHL history with 450 career multi-point games. He also extended his point streak to seven games.Lars Eller and Jake Guentzel also had goals for the Penguins. Magnus Hellberg stopped 34 shots.Los Angeles had a four-game winning streak snapped. Adrian Kempe extended his points streak to eight games with a second-period goal and Anze Kopitar moved into second on the Kings’ career points list with an assist on Carl Grundstrum’s first-period score.Ke...

Stark UN report on devastation to Palestinian economy shows GDP fell 4% after a month of war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. report paints a stark picture of the devastation of the collapse of the Palestinian economy after a month of war and Israel’s near-total siege of Gaza.The gross domestic product shrank 4% in the West Bank and Gaza in the war’s first month, sending over 400,000 people into poverty — an economic impact unseen in the conflicts Syria and Ukraine, or any previous Israel-Hamas war, the U.N. said.Hamas militants, who rule Gaza, launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 killing over 1,400 people, mainly civilians, and kidnapping about 240 others. More than two-thirds of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have fled their homes since Israel launched weeks of intense airstrikes followed by an ongoing ground operation, vowing to obliterate Hamas. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said Thursday that 10,818 Palestinians, including more than 4,400 children, have been killed so far.The rapid assessment of economic consequences of the Gaza war released Thursday by...

Brooks scores career high 32 points, Washington holds off Northern Kentucky 75-67

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Keion Brooks Jr. scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Washington to a 75-67 win over Northern Kentucky on Thursday night.Brooks Wheeler had 19 in the second half on 6-of-8 shooting and a perfect 7 of 7 from the foul line, coming up with key baskets every time the Norse threatened.Sahvir added 18 points and seven assists for the Huskies (2-0), who led by 12 in the second half but couldn’t put away Northern Kentucky (0-2)Sam Vinson and Keeyan Itejere both had 14 for the Norse with Vinson grabbing eight rebounds. Michael Bradley had 11 points and seven assists .There were five ties and five lead changes before Wheeler’s three-point play highlighted a 9-0 run that wiped out a six-point deficit that put the Huskies up for good. Brooks capped the surge with a jumper that made it 29-26. Brooks 13 points and the Huskies led 41-35 at the half.The Norse only had five turnovers but the Huskies capitalized with 10 points. That ended up being ...

UK economy escapes summer contraction, just about

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:21 GMT

The U.K. economy stagnated in the third quarter as the Bank of England’s interest rate increases hit the property market hard. Gross domestic product, which measures the total value of goods and services produced by the economy, was flat in the three months through September from the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. That was a slowdown from growth of 0.2 percent in the spring quarter but marginally better than market expectations for a 0.1 percent decline.The figures were dominated by a 1.6 drop in activity related to the property market, as mortgage lending retreated to pandemic-era levels in response to the highest interest rates in 15 years.Somewhat surprisingly, in the light of recent developments, there were no revisions to figures for the previous two quarters. As such, GDP at the end of September was 0.6 percent higher than a year earlier.The Bank’s latest forecasts for the U.K. economy, published last week, indicate that growth w...