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Oakland Unified School District teachers to vote on strike

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The Oakland Education Association, a teachers’ union, is giving its members one week to vote to authorize a strike even as negotiations continue with the Oakland Unified School District.Some parents said they do not want another disruption for students with just weeks left in the school year. "We're upset because our kids' schooling has been disrupted enough. Every three years we go through this, and we never question why,” said Lakisha Young, an Oakland parent. More racist Antioch police text messages released by District Attorney Young is a mom of three and the CEO and founder of Oakland Reach, one of the organizations behind a petition against teachers going on strike. "Parents need to have a bigger seat at the table. We need to know what's going on because backdoor negotiations have front door implications,” said Young.After unsuccessful negotiations, the Oakland Education Association is now calling on teachers to vote to authorize a strike. ...

‘No impunity’: G7 vows tough, unified stance on Russia’s war

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies vowed a unified front against Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, saying at the close of their meetings Tuesday that they were committed to boosting and enforcing tough sanctions against Moscow. The G-7 communique laying out their commitments also included strong words meant to curb what the ministers see as increasing Chinese and North Korean aggressiveness in Northeast Asia.But it was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that highlighted the three-day summit in this hot spring resort town.“There can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities such as Russia’s attacks against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure,” the ministers said. “We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,” the communique said, and would support “for as long as it takes” Ukraine as it defends itself. The foreign ministers’ document was pr...

Brewers ace Corbin Burnes leaves game with pectoral strain

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes left Monday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners in the sixth inning with a left pectoral strain. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said he thinks it’s a minor injury and he isn’t ruling out Burnes for his next scheduled start yet.Burnes had just recorded the first out of the inning when Julio Rodriguez hit a long fly ball to center field that was caught by Owen Mitchell. Burnes turned toward the Milwaukee dugout and summoned Counsell and an athletic trainer before being removed from the game. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner appeared to be pointing at his chest as he spoke with Milwaukee’s staff. Burnes pitched 5 1/3 innings and earned the win in Milwaukee’s 7-3 victory. He allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts. In his previous start, Burnes threw eight shutout innings against Arizona. ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Fox, Kings beat Warriors 114-106 for 2-0 lead; Green ejected

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points and made a backbreaking 3-pointer that led the playoff newcomer Sacramento Kings to a second straight victory over the defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-106 on Monday night.The Kings closed the game strong after Golden State’s Draymond Green was ejected for a flagrant foul and became the first team to take a 2-0 series lead over the Warriors in the Stephen Curry era.The Warriors will try to get back into this Western Conference series when it shifts less than 90 miles southwest to San Francisco for Game 3 on Thursday night.The game got heated in the fourth quarter when Green stomped on Domantas Sabonis’ chest with 7:03 to play, leading to an ejection for a flagrant foul.Fox’s 3-pointer made it 107-101 with 2:17 to play and the Kings were in control from there. Sabonis added 24 points for Sacramento and Malik Monk scored 18 off the bench.Curry led the Warriors with 28 points but made just 3 of 13 from 3-point range a...

Kings beat Warriors 114-106 to take 2-0 series lead

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points and made a backbreaking 3-pointer that led the playoff newcomer Sacramento Kings to a second straight victory over the defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-106 on Monday night.The Kings closed the game strong after Golden State’s Draymond Green was ejected for a flagrant foul and became the first team to take a 2-0 series lead over the Warriors in the Stephen Curry era.The Warriors will try to get back into the series when it shifts less than 90 miles southwest to San Francisco for Game 3 on Thursday night. The game got heated in the fourth quarter when Green stomped on Domantas Sabonis’ chest with 7:03 to play, leading to an ejection for a flagrant foul.During the review, the fans in Sacramento yelled derogatory chants toward Green, who egged them on by waving his hands, holding a hand to his ear calling for louder cheers and standing on a chair. The Warriors fought back to tie the game before the Ki...

Patrick Wisdom hits 2 more homers as Cubs pound Athletics

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Wisdom hit two more homers and drove in four runs, leading Hayden Wesneski and the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.Wisdom, who played at nearby Saint Mary’s College, connected for a solo drive in the second inning and a three-run shot in the eighth. He has five homers during a four-game streak and eight homers on the season, tied for the big league lead.Ian Happ added three RBIs and Cody Bellinger had a career-high five hits as the Cubs won for the eighth time in 11 games. Wesneski (1-0) pitched seven innings of one-run ball after struggling in his first two starts of the season.Chicago finished with a season-high 20 hits in its first game in Oakland since 2016.Oakland left-hander Kyle Muller (0-1) was tagged for six runs and 13 hits in four innings. The Athletics lost their fifth game in a row. They dropped to 3-14, matching the 1951 and ’56 teams for the worst 17-game start in franchise history.Oakland jumped...

Suprema Corte de México prohíbe escuchas telefónicas sin autorización judicial

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

(CNN) — La Suprema Corte de Justicia de México informó este lunes a través de un comunicado que invalida los preceptos de interceptaciones telefónicas sin autorización judicial.La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) dijo que el decreto por el que se reformaron, adicionaron y derogaron diversas disposiciones del Código de Justicia Militar (CJM) y se expidió el Código Militar de Procedimientos Penales (CMPP) no establecían si la intervención de comunicaciones solo podía efectuarse respecto de militares o si también implicaba las de civiles.Suprema Corte de México otorga suspensión contra reforma electoral de López ObradorEl máximo tribunal mexicano también dijo que invalida la facultad que posibilitaba a los militares efectuar cateos en residencias u oficinas públicas de cualquiera de los tres poderes de gobierno, así como de organismos constitucionales autónomos debido a que permitía a la autoridad militar ejercer medidas restrictivas que impactaban a las personas civ...

Draymond Green ejected from playoff game for flagrant foul

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was ejected from a playoff game after stomping on the chest of Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis.The play happened in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the first-round playoff series on Monday night after Stephen Curry grabbed a defensive rebound.With the Warriors pushing the ball up court and Sabonis on the ground, Green took a hard step right on Sabonis’ chest. Sabonis stayed down for a a few minutes as the officials reviewed the play. Sabonis was called for a technical foul for grabbing Green’s leg and Green was given a flagrant-2 foul that led to an automatic ejection.During the review, the fans in Sacramento yelled derogatory chants toward Green, who egged them on by waving his hands, holding a hand to his ear calling for louder cheers and standing on a chair. This isn’t the first playoff infraction for Green, who got suspended for one game during the 2016 Finals after accumulating too many...

Brewers stay hot, top Mariners 7-3, but concern about Burnes

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Corbin Burnes pitched 5 1/3 innings before leaving with an apparent injury, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games. While the Brewers continued to find success on the West Coast the immediate concern was the status of their staff ace. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner had just recorded the first out of the sixth inning on Julio Rodríguez long fly out to center field. Burnes (2-1) turned toward the Milwaukee dugout and summoned an athletic trainer and manager Craig Counsell and was removed from the game.Burnes appeared to be pointing at his chest as he spoke with Milwaukee’s staff.Burnes allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts. One of those runs scored immediately after he left the game as Ty France’s RBI double scored J.P. Crawford.In his previous start Burnes threw eight shutout innings against Arizona.Seattle starter Chris Flexen (0-3) threw six innings for Seattle, but it was the secon...

Douglas County School District settles lawsuit with former superintendent 

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:03:16 GMT

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Monday, FOX31 learned lawyers for former Douglas County School District superintendent Corey Wise agreed on a settlement of more than $830,000 with the district’s insurance company, Colorado School Districts Self-Insurance Pool.Wise told our team he feels vindicated but that’s not all he’s feeling.  “My whole career was in Douglas County schools, so it still hurts,” he said.This is in response to Wise’s controversial firing in February 2022, in a 4-3 vote led by the board’s elected conservative majority. The firing led to protests, district-wide walk-outs, and even a staged sickout, which included hundreds of teachers.  “The purpose of this charge was to show those actions were discriminatory and that’s not ok,” Wise explained. Protestors call for resignation of Denver Public Schools board Discriminatory actions laid out in a multi-page civil rights lawsuit filed last year, which also alleged his advocacy for masks in the district during the pandem...