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Elon Musk names new Twitter CEO

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

Twitter CEO and owner Elon Musk is set to hand over the reins of Twitter, announcing he’s hired Linda Yaccarino to be the new CEO of the social media platform.In a tweet Friday, Musk said that Yaccarino, an outgoing NBCUniversal executive, “will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.”Musk had first tweeted that the new CEO would be a woman. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that Yaccarino was the leading candidate. With his tweet, Musk followed through on statements from February, where he said he would find a new Twitter CEO “by the end of the year” after ensuring Twitter is “in a financially healthy place.” Musk’s upcoming departure also fulfills his promise to leave Twitter after he publicly lost a poll called, “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” in December 2022. About 10 million people voted “yes” in the poll.The South African-born billionai...

5 Amtrak employees taken to hospital after early morning ‘incident’ near Readville station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

Authorities say five people were taken to a hospital after an apparent incident involving Amtrak equipment and personnel near a Boston Commuter Rail station.Boston EMS confirmed five people were transported from near the Readville station in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood early Friday morning.According to a spokesperson for Amtrak, an “infrastructure maintenance work group” for the railroad company was involved in the incident, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. “Five employees are receiving medical attention to treat non-life-threatening injuries,” the spokesperson said in a statement.When asked, MBTA officials referred 7NEWS to Amtrak, with MBTA Transit Police saying the incident involved Amtrak equipment.At the scene, crews could be seen inspecting several Amtrak work trains that remained stationary throughout the morning and early afternoon.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.https://twitter...

Dexter Lawrence contract shows how new deals help Giants create cap space

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

Before signing his new contract, Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence was due to count $12.4 million against this season’s salary cap.Now, thanks to Lawrence’s four-year extension, the Giants have lowered Lawrence’s 2023 cap hit to $6.653 million, per sources, freeing up more money that GM Joe Schoen can use to run the rest of his team this year.That’s because Lawrence’s extension, which puts him under contract through 2027, includes $22 million of his $59 million total guarantees as a signing bonus. This cap charge gets spread evenly through the five years of his new contract.A low $2.253 million base salary in 2023, plus the $4.4 million annual proration of his signing bonus, keeps Lawrence’s cost down in Year 1.This is the side benefit of signing a top player to a long-term deal, and it is why possible upcoming extensions for left tackle Andrew Thomas and running back Saquon Barkley could further help the Giants’ short-term cause.̶...

McDonald’s found liable for girl’s burns from chicken nuggets. Next up: Jury to determine how much company will pay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

McDonald’s is to blame for not warning customers about the dangers of its overheated Chicken McNuggets, one of which fell on a little girl’s lap and left her with second-degree burns on her upper thigh in 2019, a Broward jury ruled Thursday.A second jury will be empaneled to decide just how much McDonald’s and its franchise operator will be ordered to pay.The jury’s decision came after two days of testimony and arguments about what happened to a 4-year-old girl in August 2019 and who was responsible. The girl’s mother, Philana Holmes, testified that she bought Happy Meals for her son and daughter at a Tamarac McDonald’s, receiving no warning that the food might be unusually hot. After receiving the food from the drive-thru window, Holmes said she handed the food to her daughter and son in the back seat and drove away.When a piece of chicken fell on her daughter’s leg, Holmes said she did not realize at first why her daughter was screaming. The girl, identified in court as Olivia, is...

Peter Lucas: How did Americans lose their country? Just ask Biden about his awful border policy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

There is a passage in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 breakthrough novel “The Sun Also Rises” that is applicable today.It occurs during the run of the bulls at the Pamplona Fiesta in Spain where Hemingway and his drinking buddies — disenchanted World War I veterans of the “Lost Generation” used to hang out, go to bullfights and get drunk.It takes place during a boozy conversation between Mike Campbell, a roguish playboy who has squandered his fortune, and Bill Gorton, his drinking buddy.“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asks.“Two ways,” Mike says. “Gradually and then suddenly.”A similar question might be asked of Americans today in the wake of the illegal immigration invasion along the southern border, an unaddressed trickle of a problem that has turned into a disastrous flood.Sipping wine at an outdoor cafe on Boylston Street today, Bill might ask “How did you lose your country?”“Two ways,” Mike would respond, “Gradually and then suddenly.”Gradually, beginning when Joe Biden halted construct...

TSA PreCheck surpassed 2 major records. Here’s how to join

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

The number of people enrolled in TSA PreCheck just set a record high — as did the number of people applying to join.The Transportation Security Administration said in March that TSA PreCheck surpassed 15 million active members, marking an all-time high since the program launched in December 2013.And the number of people applying seems to be growing. The TSA said that on Feb. 21, 2023, a record 19,200 people applied for TSA PreCheck membership on a single day.TSA PreCheck is one of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Trusted Traveler Programs, which includes others like Global Entry and Nexus. If approved for TSA PreCheck, travelers can pass through airport security without taking off their shoes or belts. They can also leave electronics and compliant liquids inside their bags.And without all that fumbling around of clothes, shoes and laptops, TSA PreCheck tends to improve security wait times. Across airports that have separate PreCheck lanes, the TSA says, 92% of members wait...

Musk confirms Twitter’s new CEO is ad guru Linda Yaccarino from NBCUniversal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN (AP Technology Writers)Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry. “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” Musk wrote in a Friday tweet. He added that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.”Yaccarino has worked at NBCUniversal for nearly 12 years — with her team generating more than $100 billion in ad sales since 2011, her company bio notes. According to LinkedIn, Yaccarino previously served as NBC’s chair for advertising and client partnerships and as president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. Prior to her time with NBC, Yaccarino worked at global entertainment company Turner for almost two decades. Yaccarino interviewed Musk on a Miami s...

Local charities preparing for increase in migrants needing shelter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- As thousands of migrants are anticipated to cross the Southern Border nationwide now that Title 42 has expired, a local service provider, Catholic Charities, is doing everything it can to be prepared.“Hopefully we are not going to have a surge, but we have hired staff just to make sure that in case there’s a surge we have the full capacity of staffing,” the non-profit's CEO Vino Pajanor told FOX 5.Between its three locations -- one in San Diego and two in Imperial County -- Catholic Charities can house about 1,500 people each day. Asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system The charity has partnered with the government for the last two years to temporarily house migrants once they’re released from the border. Jewish Family Services, another local service provider, is doing the same.On Thursday afternoon, migrants were seen being dropped off at a hotel Mission Valley before being bussed to area shelters.Pajanor says it’s a common misco...

Marine veteran who fatally choked NYC subway rider Jordan Neely is freed pending trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold on an agitated New York City subway passenger was freed from custody Friday hours after surrendering to face a manslaughter charge filed nearly two weeks after the encounter.Daniel Penny, 24, appeared in court after turning himself in at a police station to answer criminal charges in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely. He did not enter a plea. Neely’s death sparked protests, while others embraced Penny as a vigilante hero.A judge authorized Penny’s release on bond and ordered him to surrender his passport and not to leave New York without approval. Prosecutors said they are seeking a grand jury indictment. Penny is due back in court on July 17.Penny didn’t speak to reporters as he arrived at a Manhattan police station with his lawyers Friday morning, nor did he respond to questions shouted by reporters as he was led from the police precinct house in handcuffs several hours later.Inside the courtroom, Penny fac...

Stock market today: Wall Street slips as households get more nervous

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:37:44 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday as a listless week on Wall Street appears to be heading toward a quiet close, even as big worries continue to roil under the surface.The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower and on pace for a sixth straight week where it moved less than 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 135 points, or 0.4%, at 33,174, as of 12:24 p.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% lower.Despite the seemingly placid moves for the overall market, big swings have swirled underneath amid worries about a possible recession, high inflation and the U.S. government inching toward what could be a catastrophic default on its debt.It’s not just Wall Street that’s concerned. Sentiment among U.S. consumers is tumbling, according to a preliminary survey by the University of Michigan. That’s a worry because strong spending by consumers has been one of main pillars keeping an already slowing economy from sliding into a recession. Joanne Hsu, director...