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Today in History: January 7, Truman reveals US has developed Hydrogen bomb

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

Today in HistoryToday is Sunday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2024. There are 359 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Jan. 7, 1953, President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.On this date:In 1608, an accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony.In 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation’s first chief executive.In 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.In 1955, singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”In 1959, the United States recognized the new government of Cuba, six days after Fidel Castro led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1963, the U.S. Post Office raised the cost of a first-class stamp from 4 to 5 cents. In 1979...

Judith Light and ‘Last of Us’ actors are first-time winners at Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judith Light from “Poker Face” and Nick Offerman and Storm Reid from “The Last of Us” were winners at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards on a night when the theme was first-time Emmys for actors of all ages. Light, 74, took her first Emmy in a nearly 50-year television career for playing a 1960s radical hiding out in a retirement home on an episode of “ Poker Face,” the Peacock comedy-mystery series starring Natasha Lyonne. The star of the 1980s and 1990s sitcom “Who’s The Boss?”, Light had been nominated four times previously, including twice for her acting on “Transparent.”“I’ve been in the business a long time, and this is quite a gift,” Light said backstage. Offerman, 53, won his first Emmy in four nominations, taking best guest actor in a drama series for his role as an angry survivalist who ends up in a tender gay relationship on “The Last of Us,” the HBO video game adaptation about a fungal apocalypse that won a leading eight Emmys on Saturday...

Texans take playoff spot with win over Colts; Steelers top Ravens to move toward postseason

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans wrapped up a playoff spot with a 23-19 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night, with Devin Singletary scoring the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard run with 6:20 left.The Texans (10-7) are going to the postseason for the first time since 2019. They won seven of their final 10 games and still could win the AFC South if Jacksonville loses at Tennessee on Sunday.Indianapolis (9-8) was eliminated from the playoff chase with its third loss in five weeks. It hasn’t made the postseason since 2020.Stroud was 20 of 26 with 264 yards and two touchdowns. Nico Collins had nine catches for 195 yards and a score — a 75-yarder on the Texans’ first play from scrimmage.The Colts had a late fourth-and-1 play from the Houston 15. But a wide-open Tyler Goodson dropped Gardner Minshew’s pass, ending the Colts’ hopes.Jonathan Taylor ran for 188 yards and a TD for Indianapolis.STEELERS 17, RAVENS 10BALTIMORE (AP) — ...

Texans wrap up playoff spot with 23-19 victory over Colts

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans wrapped up a playoff spot with a 23-19 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night, with Devin Singletary scoring the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard run with 6:20 left.The Texans (10-7) are going to the postseason for the first time since 2019. They won seven of their final 10 games and still could win the AFC South if Jacksonville loses at Tennessee on Sunday.Indianapolis (9-8) was eliminated from the playoff chase with its third loss in five weeks. It hasn’t made the postseason since 2020.Stroud was 20 of 26 with 264 yards and two touchdowns. Nico Collins had nine catches for 195 yards and a score, and Singletary had 64 yards on 24 carries.The Colts had a late fourth-and-1 play from the Houston 15. But a wide-open Tyler Goodson dropped Gardner Minshew’s pass, ending the Colts’ hopes.The loss ruined Jonathan Taylor’s best game of the season. He rushed 30 times for 188 yards and a T...

Marciulionis leads Saint Mary’s (CA) past Loyola Marymount 68-64

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Augustas Marciulionis led Saint Mary’s (CA) with 22 points and secured the victory with a free throw with 1:00 left as the Gaels defeated Loyola Marymount 68-64 on Saturday night.Marciulionis was 6-of-15 shooting and 9 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Gaels (11-6, 2-0 West Coast Conference). Aidan Mahaney scored 14 points while going 5 of 15 from the floor, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the foul line. Mitchell Saxen finished 4 of 8 from the floor to finish with 10 points.The Lions (7-9, 0-2) were led in scoring by Will Johnston, who finished with 19 points and six assists. Justin Wright added 11 points for Loyola Marymount. In addition, Dominick Harris finished with 11 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Pedestrian, 91, seriously injured after being hit by car in Normal Heights

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A 91-year-old pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car in Normal Heights Saturday evening. San Diego Police responded to calls for a vehicle vs pedestrian accident on Felton Street and Adams Avenue in Normal Heights at 6:17 p.m. Saturday. SDSO: Two dead in murder-suicide at apartment complex near El Cajon, victims identified The San Diego Police watch commander confirmed to FOX 5 the 91-year-old male pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a Toyota Corrola while crossing the road. SDPD say the driver stayed at the scene; there is no word on what caused the accident or if any charges will be filed at this time. Man injured in Saturday night shooting in Oceanside SDPD closed off westbound Adams Avenue from Felton Street while they worked to clear the scene. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this crash. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with informatio...

Japan prosecutors make first arrest in the political fundraising scandal sweeping the ruling party

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

Japanese prosecutors made their first arrest Sunday in connection with a major political slush funds scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s already unpopular government.Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office apprehended former vice-education minister Yoshitaka Ikeda on suspicion of failing to report fundraising proceeds he received from his faction within the governing Liberal Democratic Party, according to officials and local media reports.Ikeda’s faction, which used to be led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated in 2022, has remained the largest and most influential within Kishida’s ruling party. The faction is suspected of failing to report more than 600 million yen ($4.15 million).The former minister was accused of not reporting the 40 million yen (about $276,500) he received from the faction as kickback from political event ticket sales, a violation of political funds control law, media reports say. Prosecutors declined to gi...

Norwegian mass killer attempts to sue the state once more for an alleged breach of human rights

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, will try for the second time Monday to sue the Norwegian state for allegedly breaching his human rights.Norway’s worst peacetime killer claims his solitary confinement since being imprisoned in 2012 amounts to inhumane treatment under the European Convention of Human Rights.Norway favors rehabilitation over retribution, and Breivik is held in a two-story complex with a kitchen, dining room and TV room with an Xbox, several armchairs and black and white pictures of the Eiffel Tower on the wall. He also has a fitness room with weights, treadmill and a rowing machine, while three parakeets fly around the complex.Even so, his lawyer, Øystein Storrvik, says it is impossible for Breivik, who now goes by the name Fjotolf Hansen, to have any meaningful relationships with anyone from the outside world, and says preventing his client from sending letters ...

The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Daniel Bermudez’s family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the U.S. to seek asylum when the freight train they were riding through Mexico was stopped by immigration officials.His wife tried to explain that her family had permission to go to the U.S. Instead, they flew her to Mexico’s southern border as part of a surge of enforcement actions that U.S. officials say have contributed to a sharp drop in illegal border crossings. In addition to forcing migrants from trains, Mexico also resumed flying and busing them to the southern part of the country and started flying some home to Venezuela. Even if temporary, the decrease in illegal crossings is welcome news for the White House. President Joe Biden’s administration is locked in talks with Senate negotiators over restricting asylum and $110 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel hangs in the balance.Bermudez said his wife became separated from her family when she talked to authorities as he gathered his...

At Florida’s only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:36 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students.At Florida’s only public historically Black university, some students now fear political constraints might get in the way of teaching parts of their history. A law signed last spring by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, blocks public colleges from using taxpayer money on diversity programs. It also forbids instruction of theories that “systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States and were created to maintain social, political, and economic inequities.”The new law, part of broader GOP efforts to rein in campus efforts on equity and inclusion, has spurred protests on campus. Some students say they are wat...