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Austin, San Antonio mayors eye Central Texas rail among mobility developments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As populations continue to boom in Austin and San Antonio, both cities' mayors shared interests and focus on expanding mobility and infrastructure workforce opportunities -- and possible rail connections between the two cities.On Friday, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg spoke at Workforce Solutions Capital Area's Moving Forward: Mobility & Infrastructure Workforce Summit. During their conversations, both cities' mayors said they're eyeing infrastructure funding opportunities to expand rail services between the two Central Texas metropolitan areas. RELATED: How many jobs will Austin’s mobility workforce add in the next 20 years? "There's a lot of talk about our ability to maybe get some of that infrastructure money between Austin and San Antonio," Watson told KXAN. "Another tie between our two cities and tying our two cities, and tying this region together."Here in the Austin area, key transportation developments like the Austin-Berg...

Vikings escape Chicago with ugly win over Bears

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

CHICAGO — It shouldn’t surprise anybody that the Vikings lacked explosiveness in their first game without star receiver Justin Jefferson. There were prolonged stretches on Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field during which the offense was borderline unwatchable. It was a slog for most of the game as quarterback Kirk Cousins couldn’t find a rhythm without his No. 1 target.None of it mattered. Not with the Chicago Bears on the other side.On a beautiful day in the Windy City, the Vikings played in the ugliest game imaginable, walking away with a 19-13 win over the Bears in the process. That helped the Vikings improve their record to 2-4 this season as they attempt to dig themselves out of a hole.Though it wasn’t a banner day for the offense in the slightest, the defense stepped up to lead the Vikings to a win. That group forced a trio of turnovers in the game, including a 42-yard fumble return for a touchdown by linebacker Jordan Hicks that broke the game open.It he...

Inmate captured days after escaping Los Angeles County facility

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

An inmate who escaped a Los Angeles County conservation camp in Santa Clarita Thursday has been apprehended, officials announced Sunday. Marcelo S. Caparrotta, 53, was discovered missing from the Francisquito Conservation Camp around 9:40 p.m. and managed to elude authorities for several days. No details about Caparrotta's capture were released in the email shared by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Sunday.News of Caparrotta's capture was announced around 9:30 a.m. Bruce Willis rendered ‘incommunicative’ by disease, ‘Moonlighting’ creator says Caparrotta had been admitted from San Bernardino County to serve a 6-year sentence for "injury to an elder causing death/GBI and is a second striker," the CDCR stated.Since 1977, 99% of all people who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended, according to the Department of Corrections.

Man lures, kidnaps teenage girl; drives her nearly 70 miles against her will 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

A man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl and coercing her to travel with him. According to a release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of a kidnapping in the 12000 block of Frederick Street in Moreno Valley at 7:16 a.m. Saturday morning. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, later identified as 42-year-old Chance Willis, had met the girl, lured her into his vehicle and took her to Gardena against her will, authorities said.  Woman arrested near burning car after allegedly slamming into Los Feliz businesses Officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office were able to track the girl to Gardena and notified the Gardena Police Department, who subsequently located and detained Willis. He was arrested for kidnapping and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in lieu of $250,000 bail. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact M...

Will ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ return to the Pac-12 in 2023? A look at the weekly options

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

For all the pomp and circumstance that accompanies the ESPN ‘College GameDay’ broadcasts around the country, the immensely popular pregame show is one of the sport’s best barometers of true relevance — as the Pac-12 knows all too well.During that forgettable stretch in the late 2010s and early 2020s, ‘College GameDay’ was rarely spotted in the Pacific Time Zone.In fact, the show was a no-show in the 2019 and 2020 regular seasons, then made a single appearance in both 2021 and 2022. Meanwhile, it set up shop on four Group of Five campuses during that stretch. It visited Athens, Ga. five times.But this year, the Pac-12 is arguably the best league in the land, with the best quarterbacks and several playoff contenders. And sure enough, ‘GameDay’ has followed: The show picked Boulder for Colorado’s early-season thriller against Colorado Stat, and final, and was in Seattle this weekend for Washington’s unforgettable victory over ...

49ers-Browns: Samuel out with shoulder injury; McCaffrey also dinged up

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

Deebo Samuel injured his shoulder on the 49ers’ third drive of Sunday’s game in Cleveland and will not return, the team confirmed after halftime.The 49ers’ do-it-all receiver went into the locker room late in the first quarter after spending a few minutes in the injury tent on the San Francisco sideline. He did not emerge until after halftime, when he was wearing a hoodie and beanie cap, rather than his pads and uniform.It was not immediately clear how Samuel suffered the injury. He had two carries for 11 yards and was targeted once by Brock Purdy.Later in the game, Christian McCaffrey missed the 49ers’ second possession of the third quarter with an oblique injury. He returned briefly on the next drive facing a 13-10 deficit, running for six yards on a play negated by penalty, but immediately went back to the sideline and eventually to the locker room at the end of the quarter. He is questionable to return.The Niners’ offense has struggled since Samuel&...

49ers-Browns live blog: Lenoir INT, Mason TD put struggling Niners back on top

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

The 49ers look to keep their perfect start intact Sunday in Cleveland, where they’ll face the NFL’s No. 1 overall defense, but won’t see starting quarterback Deshaun Watson.Follow along here as we track the action:10:58, 4Q – 49ers 17, Browns 13: Jordan Mason scored from eight yards out on a toss to the left side, breaking through after the 49ers’ offense had stalled repeatedly. The touchdown was set up by an interception and 28-yard return from Deommodore Lenoir.2:59, 3Q – Browns 13, 49ers 10: Dustin Hopkins made a 46-yard field goal to put the 49ers behind in the second half for the first time this season. The kick came Brock Purdy’s first interception of the year flipped field position earlier in the quarter.11:09, 3Q – 49ers 10, Browns 10: Cleveland scores on its first drive of the second half as Dustin Hopkins makes a 42-yard field goal. A second chunk play today by Amari Cooper — this time a 27-yard catch — was the lo...

CHP: Missing woman, 71, last seen in Livermore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

(KRON) -- Authorities are searching for a missing woman who was last seen in the East Bay. Kristine Alikhan, 71, was last seen Saturday, Oct. 14 in Livermore.Alikhan's vehicle, a 2007 gray Ford Escape, was last seen going eastbound around noon, according to California Highway Patrol. The license plate of her SUV is "POUDIE" (see photo below).She is described to be around 5-foot-7 and 165 pounds. Alikhan has white hair and green eyes. Alikhan may "be confused and/or lost due to a medical condition," the Pleasanton Police Department wrote. (Pleasanton Police Department)Anyone with information on Alikhan's location is asked to call 9-1-1 or Pleasanton police at 925-931-5100.

Tua Tagovailoa throws 3 TD passes to rally the Dolphins past the Panthers 42-21

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw three touchdown passes to three different receivers and sparked the Miami Dolphins to a 42-21 comeback victory over the winless Carolina Panthers on Sunday.Tagovailoa was 21 of 31 for 262 yards and has an NFL-leading 1,876 yards passing this season.After Miami (5-1) fell into an early 14-point hole, Tyreek Hill flipped the lead back in the Dolphins’ favor with a 41-yard touchdown catch late in the second quarter. He celebrated by grabbing someone’s phone near the end zone and recording himself doing a backflip — he was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for the second straight game.Hill caught six passes for 163 yards to bring his NFL-leading season total to 814 yards receiving. Jaylen Waddle added 51 yards on seven catches.Miami scored 35 straight points before Mike White replaced Tagovailoa with about four minutes left and threw an interception that was returned by cornerback Troy Hill for a touchdown.The play ...

Egypt’s leader incorrectly claims his country never persecuted Jewish people

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:09 GMT

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi falsely claimed on Sunday that Egypt had never persecuted Jewish people living in the country.“You spoke about the crisis and you spoke as a Jewish person,” Sisi said to Secretary of State Antony Blinken via an interpreter. “I am an Egyptian citizen, and I was born and brought up in a neighborhood where we had Jewish neighbors. And Jews who used to live here in Egypt [did] not ever suffered from oppression and persecution.”Sisi’s comments directly contradict Egypt’s history, including the enslavement of ancient Israelites as characterized in the biblical story of Moses and violence against Jews during the early centuries of Christianity. In modern times, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt led a campaign to expel Jews from the country during the late 1950s and ’60s. The Jewish population in Egypt once numbered around 80,000, but today almost no Jews live there.The comments came following a meeting between Sisi and Blinken, who trav...