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Fox's settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

(AP) — Fox Corp.'s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower. On Tuesday, Fox settled with Dominion over charges that Fox News baselessly accused the company of rigging its voting machines against former President Donald Trump in 2020. It was the most-watched media libel case in decades. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Fox had about $4 billion of cash on hand as of December 2022, and MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman expects the company to pay the settlement during the current quarter. How much the lawsuit will actually end up costing Fox is unclear because there are ways it can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions. Fox can deduct the Dominion settlement from its income taxes as an expense necessary for the cost of doing business. Fox Chief Communi...

The front door, threshold of welcome—and perilous border

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The American front door is a place where the welcome mat offers friendly greetings, where affable neighbors knock or ring, where boxes brimming with possibility are delivered. An American front door is where signs trumpet words of warning, where cameras monitor visitors in high definition, where intruders find an entry point. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! It is where home meets a world full of potentially good things. It is where only a hunk of wood or metal separates the innermost spaces of home from a world full of chaos. They can and do exist together—usually peacefully but sometimes, particularly of late, contentiously.Both conceptions are real. In a land where private property is venerated and “get off my lawn” has become a mantra of jokey crankiness, the American front door is the landscape’s most intimate and personal of borders, the place where the public sphere encounters private space—occasionall...

Great Danes down UNH to secure home-field advantage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — UAlbany women’s lacrosse clinches the top overall seed in the 2023 America East Tournament, dispatching New Hampshire 16-11 on Senior Day.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Key Stats Katie Pascale scored five goals and added one assist and won nine draws Sarah Falk scored five goals Allie Maloney scored twice with one assist Ava Poupard scored two goals Twenty of UAlbany’s 23 shots were on-target UAlbany won 19 of 31 draws, including seven of nine in the third quarter Head Coach Katie Thomson: “Today was a great day honoring and celebrating our senior class.  We are so proud of all their accomplishments on and off the field, and for exemplifying what it means to be a UAlbany women’s lacrosse player daily.  We had a great game against a gritty UNH team.  Our strong start helped push us through and we will enjoy this one and then prep...

Saints clinch playoff birth with win over the Mount

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With major MAAC playoff implications hanging in the balance, Siena Men’s Lacrosse rose to the challenge and knocked off Mount St. Mary’s 13-12 with a stirring second-half performance in front of a raucous Hickey Field crowd on Saturday afternoon to lock down a postseason berth for a third straight season.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Saints (7-6, 5-4 MAAC) trailed 6-4 at the break, but were uplifted by a spirited defensive effort and a cavalcade of seven straight Siena goals by graduate students Zac Schuette and Christian Watts to grab the lead and not let go. Clinging to a one-goal lead, the Mountaineers (8-7, 7-2 MAAC) had an opportune moment to tie it in the closing seconds with a man-up advantage but were thwarted by an alert Siena defense that knocked the ball loose as time expired. The Saints have now beaten the top two seeded teams in the MAAC over the past two weekends...

UAlbany can't contain No. 19 Yale's potent offense

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Short Story: Men’s lacrosse hangs tight with #19 Yale in the first half but falters in the second half to fall 14-6 in the latest match against the Bulldogs ahead of Sunday’s Senior Day.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Key Stats Silas Richmond scored two goals UAlbany outshot Yale 45-36, including 25-18 in the first half Yale took 25 shots on goal to UAlbany’s 22 Yale won 41 ground balls to UAlbany’s 34 Yale goalkeeper Jared Paquette recorded 16 saves Head Coach Scott Marr: “I thought it was a good effort.  We allowed just five goals in the first half.  Yale’s goalkeeper had 13 saves in the first half, but I thought we were right there and that we had some good looks.  We didn’t bury the ball.  We had some odd-man rushes and didn’t capitalize on some of our breaks.  Our defense really gave us a chance, but unfortuna...

California bursts into wildflower 'super bloom' after relentless storms

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

After months of wintry weather battered the West Coast with torrential rains and snow, California’s hillsides are now bursting with orange, yellow and purple hues so vibrant that they are visible from space.Tourists are coming in droves to see these so-called “super blooms,” which occur when large amounts of precipitation in natural landscapes intersect with years of drought, according to California’s Department of Parks and Recreation.Prolonged drought conditions eliminated the grasses and weeds that would have otherwise consumed nutrients, enabling the growth of what the agency described as “spectacular blooms” — events that last occurred in 2019 and 2017.“The seeds hang out for years and years in the soil. And when you get a good rain, they're like, 'Oh, okay, great, time to come out,’” Valerie Eviner, a plant sciences professor at the University of California Davis, told The Hill.“So we do tend to see those big flushes,” she said, noting that “super bloom” is more of a popu...

Deal paves way for special state assembly hearing to address fentanyl epidemic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

It was a busy week at the state capitol where Republican and Democratic lawmakers agreed to a behind-the-scenes deal to schedule a special hearing in the coming week to take up delayed fentanyl bills. Democrats and Republicans say they're pleased these bills will get a hearing, but some say the process it took to get to this point is unacceptable. "We have good ideas, but you won't even vet them," California Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher said. "You won't even hold a hearing on them. That's the problem."Authors of these bills say the legislation seeks to target fentanyl dealers and increase penalties for them. However, Assembly Public Safety Committee Chair Reggie Jones Sawyer argued some of the proposals, "were duplicative or provided no rational solutions at all." "The fentanyl epidemic is impacting every city and every community in our state...And so our response has to be about coming together with real solutions," San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney said. A behin...

Kawhi Leonard’s sister gets life in prison for fatal robbery

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

The sister of Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for her role in a 2019 murder at a Temecula casino.Kimesha Williams, the elder sister of Leonard, and another woman named Candace Townsel were convicted in February of first-degree murder, robbery and elder abuse, ESPN reported. Townsel also received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kawhi Leonard’s Sister Among 2 Charged in Fatal Robbery of 84-Year-Old Woman at Pechanga Casino In September 2019, the women followed 84-year-old Afaf Anis Assad of Long Beach into a Pechanga Resort Casino bathroom, robbed her and left her in the bathroom unconscious.Assad suffered a broken skull in the attack, according to ESPN, and she died five days later. Williams' relationship with Leonard was confirmed to The Press-Enterprise by relative Denise Woodard in 2019, though Woodard stressed that Leonard "didn’t have anything to do with this."

3.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Antioch

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was reported in East Contra Costa County near Antioch on Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The agency measured the earthquake at approximately 1:20 p.m. It struck roughly two miles from Antioch, to the south/southwest.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Magnitude 3.6 quake rattles East Bay Crashes and Disasters | ‘A house of cards’: When the Big One comes, will Alameda be ready? Crashes and Disasters | Magnitude 3.1 earthquake strikes outside Healdsburg Crashes and Disasters | Before an earthquake: How to set up a family plan and make your house safer Crashes and Disasters | Earthquake kits: What to put in a go-bag, plus what supplies to keep at home and in the car The same area also experienced a 2.5 magnitude event about half an hour earlier on Sunday, the USGS reported.

Man shot while driving in Oakland

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:46 GMT

OAKLAND — A man was shot Sunday morning as he drove in the Allendale district in East Oakland, authorities said.The man, believed to be in his 30s, was in stable condition at a hospital with a wound to his lower back area, authorities said.The shooting happened about 11:11 a.m. Sunday as the man drove southbound in the 3300 block of High Street. The shooting prompted a ShotSpotter alert.The man was apparently shot by an occupant of another car, police said. The suspect’s vehicle was last seen driving toward nearby Interstate 580 and may have gotten onto the freeway.Despite his wound, the man was able to drive to the 4600 block of Foothill Boulevard, where police found him.High Street was shut down in both directions while police investigated. Several shell casings, possibly from a rifle, were recovered in the area, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Wrong-way crash on Oakland freeway leaves two hospitalized Crime and Public Safety ...