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Minneapolis city council nomination brawl leaves 2 injured; no candidate chosen

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A brawl broke out over nominations for Minneapolis City Council candidates, leaving at least two people injured, a newspaper reported. The scuffle arose during the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party’s endorsing convention for Minneapolis Ward 10, held Saturday at a magnet school in the city, the Star Tribune reported.Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs, the paper reported.Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior embarrassing and adjourned the event without a nominee being chosen, saying it was no longer safe.At least one person was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life threatening, the newspaper said. A second person was treated at the scene.No arrests were made, Minneapolis po...

La FDA aprueba nuevo medicamento para los incómodos sofocos causados por la menopausia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

WASHINGTON — Los reguladores de salud de EEUU aprobaron el viernes un nuevo tipo de medicamento para mujeres que sufren de los incómodos sofocos causados por la menopausia.La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó la píldora de una vez al día de Astellas Pharma para tratar los síntomas de moderados a graves, que pueden incluir sudoración, sofocos y escalofríos.El fármaco de Astellas, Veozah, utiliza un nuevo enfoque, dirigido a las conexiones cerebrales que ayudan a controlar la temperatura corporal. La FDA dijo que el medicamento proporcionará “una opción de tratamiento adicional segura y efectiva para las mujeres”, en un comunicado. Más mujeres recurren al cannabis para aliviar los síntomas que provoca la menopausia Estudio: mujeres con menopausia o con síndrome SOP son más vulnerables al COVID-19 Más del 80 % de las mujeres experimentan sofocos durante la menopausia, anotó la FDA, ya q...

US beats Hungary, Canada tops Slovenia at ice hockey worlds

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The United States had to come from a goal down to outclass newcomer Hungary 7-1 for its second win at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.Canada had to do the same on the way to a 5-2 victory over Slovenia, the other newly promoted team in the top division.Nick Bonino scored two goals for the Americans and Rocco Grimaldi had a goal and two assists in their Group A game at Nokia Arena in Tampere.Americans Alex Tuch and Nick Bonino responded to Istvan Sofron’s goal to come back into the game in the opening period.Bonino added his second in the middle period on a power play and Cutter Gauthier made it 4-1 with a shot between the pads of goaltender Dominik Horvath.Connor Mackey, Grimaldi and Luke Tuch finished the scoring with a goal each in the third period.MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and two assists in the second three-point game for the Calgary Flames defenseman while Michael Carcone and Jack McBain had a goal and an assist for Canada.After Jan Drozg’s...

Former Md. Gov. Hogan to American U. grads: ‘We’re all counting on you’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

Maryland’s former Republican Governor Larry Hogan offered encouragement to American University’s School of Public Affairs at their Saturday commencement service.The former governor was honored with an honorary doctorate of public service just moments before speaking to graduates, guests and school community members.“Public service is and must continue to be a noble calling. And I’m encouraged that some of you, the best and brightest, may be willing to serve. We’re all counting on you,” Hogan said.The son of a former Prince George’s County executive and native of the D.C. region, he said relentlessness, passion and a positive attitude helped him achieve a governorship “in the bluest state in America.”“Change is possible, even when the odds seem stacked against you,” he said.Hogan also told the 2023 graduating class that, beyond the dysfunction, division and concerns over the political system, the nation is at a turning...

85-year-old woman becomes oldest graduate of Virginia Tech

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

One Virginia Tech student in the class of 2023 made history Friday as she crossed the stage to get her bachelor’s degree in music from the School of Performing Arts.At the school’s commencement ceremony, Kay Castagnoli, 85, was the only music major nominated for her academic excellence for the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She was only one of five students selected from the school of performing arts.“I love learning,” Castagnoli said. “I always loved going to school. I love being on a campus.”Her academic experience spans decades, starting in Southern California, where she attended the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated with a degree in chemistry. Kay moved with her husband Neal Castagnoli to Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1987.She became a researcher and teacher in Virginia Tech’s chemistry department and retired some years later. That’s when she returned to the piano.In 2007, she registered for her first piano class and began a lo...

Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing / Belkys

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

Ingredients:1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half1 small shallot, peeled and diced, approximately 2 Tbs.2 Tbs. red-wine vinegarkosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste2 thick slices of bacon, crumbled8 ounces blue cheese, crumbled1/4 cup buttermilk2 Tbs. mayonnaise1 Tbs. olive oil1 Tsp. hot sauce1 Tsp. lemon juice1 dash Worcestershire sauce, to taste1 large head iceberg lettuce, outer leaves removed, cut into 8 wedges2 Tbs. chives, finely mincedMethod of Preparation:Combine the tomatoes, shallots and vinegar in a small bowl and add salt and black pepper to taste. Set aside.For the dressing, put half the blue cheese into a medium-sized bowl and mash with a whisk.Add the buttermilk, mayonnaise, olive oil, hot sauce, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce.Mash and whisk the dressing until it is mostly smooth. Taste and add more of what you like- hot sauce, lemon juice, etc.Whisk again and set aside.To assemble the salad, place two wedges of lettuce on each plate and gently spo...

Serbian president says snap elections on cards after mass shootings spark protests

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

Voters in Serbia could be headed to the polls for the third time in just four years, as the country’s president, Aleksandr Vučić suggested a snap general election may be called in the wake of major public protests over two mass shootings.Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Vučić announced that he would soon stand down as the head of the governing Serbian Progressive Party and pledged he would explain the decision at a rally in Belgrade on May 26, which he said would be “the biggest ever,” according to local media reports. New parliamentary elections, he said, could soon be scheduled and “the vote would be held no later than September.”He insisted that despite a series of tense public demonstrations calling for him to leave office, “there will be no Maidan in Belgrade,” referring to the Ukrainian revolution that ousted the country’s unpopular pro-Russian regime in 2014.Vučić has come under fire in recent weeks after two mass shoot...

Seasonable Mother’s Day, temps rebound tomorrow

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

7Weather- You can feel the difference outside this morning! Our lows were running ten to fifteen degrees cooler than yesterday. Nice and dry forecast today. We end the weekend with more seasonable temperatures. Highs rebound tomorrow into Tuesday, before a cold front brings a spot shower into Wednesday and a drop in temperatures.Temperatures dropped near 40° for some towns. With cooler temperatures above us, our high temperatures will stay cooler than yesterday. You might want a light jacket or sweater with you today! We’ll see plenty of sunshine with some high clouds. Breezy at times, with a wind out of the northwest inland. Towns along the South Shore, Cape and Islands will have a wind coming off the cooler ocean water and stay near 60°/low 60s.Overnight, we’ll stay clear with light wind. That’ll help temperatures cool off nicely into the 40s by tomorrow morning. Keep that jacket nearby for the morning walk or commute! We’ll continue to see mostly sunshine...

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election.The synthetic images that emerged were often crude, unconvincing and costly to produce, especially when other kinds of misinformation were so inexpensive and easy to spread on social media. The threat posed by AI and so-called deepfakes always seemed a year or two away. No more. Sophisticated generative AI tools can now create cloned human voices and hyper-realistic images, videos and audio in seconds, at minimal cost. When strapped to powerful social media algorithms, this fake and digitally created content can spread far and fast and target highly specific audiences, potentially taking campaign dirty tricks to a new low.The implications for the 2024 campaigns and elections are as large as they are troubl...

Child social media stars have few protections. Illinois aims to fix that

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:30 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Holed up at home during the pandemic lockdown three years ago, 13-year-old Shreya Nallamothu was scrolling through social media when she noticed a pattern: Children even younger than her were the stars — dancing, cracking one-liners and being generally adorable. “It seemed innocuous to me at first,” Nallamothu said. But as she watched more and more posts of kids pushing products or their mishaps going viral, she started to wonder: Who is looking out for them?“I realized that there’s a lot of exploitation that can happen within the world of ‘kidfluencing,’” said Nallamothu, referring to the monetization of social media content featuring children. “And I realized that there was absolutely zero legislation in place to protect them.”Illinois lawmakers aim to change that by making their state what they say will be the first in the country to create protections for child social media influencers. Nallamothu, now 15, raised her concerns to Illinois state Sen. David Koe...