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Meta's new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta's new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter — a sign that users are looking for an alternative to the social media platform that has undergone a series of unpopular changes since Elon Musk bought it.Meta Platforms' CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that 30 million people had registered for the app, including 10 million in the first seven hours of its launch Wednesday in the U.S. and over 100 other countries, including Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations.” Instagram users can log in with their existing usernames and follow the same accounts on the new app, giving Threads users a ready-made audience and an edge over other Twitter challengers like Bluesky and Mastodon.“I think I’ll just see — I’ll keep Twitter for a while and then if ever...

Asian Airlines Flight 214 remembered 10 years later

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Ten years ago today, on July 6, 2013, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from Seoul, South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport. The plane, Asiana Flight 214, had 307 passengers on board.Three Chinese teenagers who were aboard the plane were killed in the crash. About half of the people aboard the plane -- 291 passengers and 16 crew members -- were injured. Flight diverted to Oakland after AirDropped bomb threat The plane clipped a seawall on the approach to SFO, causing it to burst into flames on the runway. Video released several years after the crash shows the chaos in the immediate aftermath of the crash as slides were deployed and rescue crews rushed to the scene. Two of the teens who died in the crash were sitting in the tail section of the plane, which snapped off when it hit the seawall. The third who died was run over by two rescue workers while laying injured and covered in foam on the runway.The Aviati...

Teen arrested for robbing 7-Eleven store twice in Santa Rosa

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

(KRON) -- A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested for allegedly robbing the same 7-Eleven store twice in Santa Rosa. On Wednesday at around 11:51 p.m., police were notified of a robbery that just occurred at a 7-Eleven store located on Mission Boulevard. According to the report, the suspect pointed a handgun at the store clerk and demanded money as well as pointing the gun at a citizen who had interrupted the robbery in progress.  2-year-old girl dies after being hit by car in Vallejo This robbery marked the store’s third in three weeks. An officer was in the vicinity of the store and arrived within one minute after the call was received. The officer was informed the suspect had fled the scene towards Mission Boulevard and a nearby creek. Two officers attempted to contact a person that matched the suspect description, however the person fled on foot, police said. The suspect was eventually caught in a residential area and taken into custody. Officers located a hand...

Police say a Texas man who was reported missing as a teen in 2015 returned home the next day, gave police false names

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Police say a Texas man who was reported missing as a teen in 2015 returned home the next day, gave police false names.Source

Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares blame for Germany’s decline

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Former Germany winger Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares blame for the national team’s decline, telling British radio station Talksport that Germany lost its values because of the Spanish coach.“When Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich, when he came to the country, everyone believed we have to play this kind of football, like short passes and everything. We were kind of losing our values,” Schweinsteiger told Talksport on Thursday.Schweinsteiger, who works as a TV pundit, played under Guardiola for two seasons at Bayern following the former Barcelona coach’s arrival in Munich in 2013. Schweinsteiger left the club in 2015, while Guardiola left for Manchester City in 2016.“I think most of the other countries were looking at Germany as a fighter, we can run until the end and everything. The strengths got lost through the last seven, eight years. We forgot about that and were more focused on playing the ball nicely to each other. That’s one of the reasons,” Sc...

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar was not done yet.Just 24 hours after losing more than a minute to his biggest rival at the Tour de France — defending champion Jonas Vingegaard — Pogacar showed he was not ready to give up, and revived the suspense at cycling’s biggest race.Two-time champion Pogacar, who was dethroned by Vingegaard last summer, claimed a 10th career stage win on Thursday after a stunning counterattack that dropped the reigning champion in the finale of the second and last stage in the Pyrenees. “I would not say revenge, but it’s good to win today and take back some time,” Pogacar said after an epic day of racing in thin air. “I feel a little bit of relief and feel much better now.”Vingegaard crossed the finish line 24 seconds behind Pogacar following their pulsating duel and seized the yellow jersey, 25 seconds ahead of his Slovenian rival.“I would say it’s almost perfect the gap, and it’s going to be a big, big battle until th...

Best places to live without a car? DC, Alexandria and Arlington make the list

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

D.C., along with Alexandria and Arlington in Virginia, are parked near the top of a nationwide list of 331 U.S. cities deemed the best places to live without a car.The District ranked No. 4, Alexandria ranked No. 14 and Arlington ranked No. 16 in CoworkingCafe’s Top 20 Best U.S. Cities to Live Without a Car study.It analyzed how frequently people walked, used public transportation, drove an automobile and rode a bike, along with the costs tied to public transit and the volume of congestion observed at public transit stations and bike lanes.It found frustrating commutes, fuel costs, traffic delays and the level of air pollution as just some of the reasons why biking, public transportation and walking can be positive alternatives to driving a car.While the study found that traffic congestion is lower than pre-pandemic levels, the typical U.S. driver still lost over 50 hours to congestion last year.While relying on an automobile is a necessity in some “more sprawling areas,...

Del 1 al 10, ¿cuánto sabes de algunas de nuestras especies de animales emblemáticos más amenazadas?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

(CNN Español) — Desde la vaquita marina que habita el golfo de California hasta el huemul de la Patagonia, pasando por el imponente jaguar y el cóndor andino, América Latina es hogar de un sinfín de especies espectaculares. Pero también es, según la organización WWF, la región donde han disminuido más las poblaciones de animales vertebrados en los últimos 40 años.Algunas de las especies más emblemáticas de la región, como el cóndor andino que puedes ver en los escudos de Bolivia, Chile, Colombia y Ecuador, están catalogadas como vulnerables o en peligro de extinción. Existen múltiples iniciativas para preservarlas, propuestas que suelen confluir en un punto: la necesidad de que los humanos conozcan y entiendan a estos animales, destacados en el medio ambiente y a menudo en la cultura desde la época precolombina.¿Cuánto sabes realmente del cóndor andino? ¿De la vaquita marina? ¿Y de las mariposas monarca?The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner B...

Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia in September will be closely watched by Russia and China

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis travels to the periphery of Roman Catholicism later this summer when he becomes the first pontiff to visit Mongolia, a Central Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China with just 1,500 Catholics.The visit is steeped in geopolitical significance as it will be closely watched by both Russia, which controlled Mongolia during the Soviet era, and China, which is seeking to exert its influence through the Belt and Road initiative.No pope has visited either of those nations, and the pope is likely to choose to fly over China on his way, rather than Russia, which is waging war in Ukraine. Following papal custom, Francis can be expected to send a brief telegram to Chinese authorities in recognition, from which a word or two of meaning could be parsed, said Giorgio Bernadelli, editorial coordinator of the missionary news organization Asia News.Francis has been trying to toe a diplomatic line with both countries, sending an envoy to Russia in a bid for a p...

Dog's body dumped on Boulder road, suspect wanted

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police in Boulder are investigating an animal cruelty case after the body of a dog was found on the side of a private road.On June 23, a person found the body of a dog on the side of a road off Coal Creek Canyon Drive in unincorporated Boulder County and reported it to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. Due to the condition of the dog, deputies are investigating it as an animal cruelty case. According to BCSO, the dog had sustained multiple injuries and was dumped sometime between June 13 and June 15. Teen boy killed, another teen wounded in Aurora shooting The dog was a young, neutered male German shepherd.BCSO said that a game camera on the property caught a suspicious vehicle in the area. Deputies believe it may have been driven by the suspect. The vehicle was a rented Home Depot van that had damage on the passenger side and rear tire.Anyone who may have information on this case, or who can identify the suspect, suspect vehicle or dog is asked to contact the B...