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Elon Musk says he’s cut about 80% of Twitter’s staff

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

By Michelle Toh and Juliana Liu | CNNElon Musk has laid off more than 6,000 people at Twitter since taking over the company, he told the BBC in a rare interview late Tuesday.Musk was quoted as saying in the interview that the social media platform now has only 1,500 employees, down from under 8,000 who were employed at the time of his acquisition. The reduction equates to roughly 80% of the company’s staff.It’s “not fun at all” and can sometimes be “painful,” the billionaire CEO told the British broadcaster at Twitter’s head office in San Francisco.The world’s second richest man said that “drastic action” was needed when he came on board, because the company was facing “a $3 billion negative cash flow situation.” That left Twitter with only “four months to live,” he estimated.“This is not a caring [or] uncaring situation. It’s like, if the whole ship sinks, then nobody’s got a job,&...

Students’ 1976 bicentennial mural on dam being replaced

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A giant mural that students painted on a California dam for the U.S. bicentennial in 1976 is being recreated after years of controversy over a decision to remove the original.Workers following the original design began painting the new mural on the spillway of Prado Dam this month, Southern California News Group reported.The dam is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project on the Santa Ana River, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles. More than 40 years ago, high school students from the nearby city of Corona used the dam to salute the nation’s bicentennial, painting the phrase “200 YEARS OF FREEDOM,” a Liberty Bell silhouette, and the dates “1776-1976.”The mural became a landmark but it suffered from weathering and graffiti, and the Corps announced it would be removed due to lead in the original paint. That led to a lawsuit and a failed effort to have it listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Many of the origi...

Finger surgery puts Brown’s bid for Buckeyes’ QB job on hold

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Devin Brown, who is competing with Kyle McCord for the Ohio State starting quarterback’s job, had surgery on his throwing hand Wednesday and will miss the rest of spring practice.Coach Ryan Day said McCord and Oregon State transfer Tristan Gebbia would be the top two quarterbacks in the spring game Saturday.McCord has more experience than Brown and is considered the front-runner to succeed C.J. Stroud. McCord started against Akron in 2021 and appeared in seven games last season as the top backup.Brown, who redshirted last season and did not play in a game, had surgery on a finger on his right hand. Day, who didn’t disclose how or when Brown was hurt, said Brown should resume throwing soon.Day said the competition between McCord and Brown remains too close to call.“It would be nice to have it be black and white,” he said. “I can’t sit here and tell you it is right now. I think they’ve both done really good things, they both have things th...

El gobierno de Perú reclama la presidencia ‘pro tempore’ de la Alianza del Pacífico y llama a consultas a los miembros del organismo

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

(CNN Español) — El gobierno de Perú envió una comunicación diplomática a todos los miembros de la Alianza del Pacífico y pidió realizar consultas con el objetivo de llevar a cabo el traspaso de la presidencia pro tempore del organismo, que debía efectuarse en enero de 2023.Actualmente, la presidencia pro tempore de la Alianza del Pacífico la ejerce México, cuyo presidente, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, se ha negado a entregarla dado que no reconoce al gobierno de Perú, liderado por la presidenta Dina Boluarte, que asumió el gobierno tras la destitución de Pedro Castillo luego de que este intentara disolver el Congreso de manera inconstitucional.En este sentido, el 17 de febrero, López Obrador afirmó en conferencia de prensa que consideraba “espurio” al gobierno de Boluarte y puso en manos de los miembros del Grupo de Río la decisión acerca de a qué país le corresponde liderar la Alianza del Pacífico.Dina Boluarte retira al embajador de Perú en México tras acusar a A...

US intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the country’s president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S., the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years.The documents contain purportedly private conversations between senior South Korean officials about Ukraine, indicating that Washington may have conducted surveillance on a key Asian ally even as the two nations publicly vowed to reinforce their alliance.Since taking office last year, conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol has put a bolstered military partnership with the United States at the heart of his foreign policy to address intensifying North Korean nuclear threats and other challenges. The April 26 summit with President Joe Biden is seen as crucial to winning a stronger U.S. security commitment and resolving grievances over the Biden administration’s economic and technology policies.The leaked documents were posted o...

Rockies RHP Márquez goes on IL with forearm inflammation

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Germán Márquez was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with inflammation in his right forearm.Márquez left his start Monday night against St. Louis after experiencing tightness in the middle of his forearm while warming up for the sixth inning. He is 2-1 this season with a 4.41 ERA.The 28-year-old Márquez had discomfort in his elbow in 2019 that led to the Rockies shutting him down in August. He said Monday night this was nothing like that pain.Márquez has 979 career strikeouts with the Rockies. He is six away from tying Jorge De La Rosa for the most in team history.To take his spot on the roster, Colorado recalled infielder/outfielder Nolan Jones from Triple-A Albuquerque.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Deadly apartment fire was human-caused, investigators say

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- A fire that killed one person Saturday morning in Arapahoe County was caused by a person, investigators said in a news release Wednesday.According to the South Metro Fire Rescue, the fire was "incendiary in nature." Previous: Apartment complex had multiple violations before deadly fire First responders were called to the Ivy Crossing apartment complex at 4 a.m. Saturday for reports of a fire. When they arrived at the complex, located at 2380 S. Quebec St., firefighters said the second and third-floor hallways and stairways were already consumed by flames.South Metro said many residents had to jump from the upper floors to escape, some got assistance from firefighters to get down from their balconies.Once firefighters were able to get into the building, they found two people who had been trapped. One died and the other was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Two others who lived in a nearby building were taken to the hospital for smoke inha...

What happened to White Fence Farm?

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A restaurant that operated in the Denver metro area for 45 years closed its doors at the end of 2018.White Fence Farm opened in 1973 and served the community at 6273 W. Jewell Ave. in Lakewood until Dec. 30, 2018. 5 Colorado traffic laws you might not know What happened to White Fence Farm?So, what happened to the building once the restaurant closed? In 2021, Crescent Communities announced it purchased the White Fence Farm property and would turn it into a seven-acre, multifamily community.Now, two years later, the 'NOVEL White Fence Farm by Crescent Communities' has opened. Cherry Creek School District: 2nd Eaglecrest High School teacher died over weekend The original White Fence Farm restaurant building was refurbished and is now home to the complex's clubhouse. Here is a look at some photos of the property:NOVEL White Fence Farm by Crescent Communities (Melany Robinson, Sprouthouse Agency)NOVEL White Fence Farm by Crescent Communities (Melany Robinson, Sprout...

Expelled Black lawmaker Pearson to return to Tennessee House

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to reinstate him Wednesday, nearly a week after his banishment for supporting gun control protesters propelled him into the national spotlight.The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 to reinstate Justin Pearson as a state representative.“I will continue to fight with and for our people, whether in or out of office. We and the young protesters are the future of a new Tennessee. Those who seek to silence us will not have the final say,” Pearson wrote in an op-ed published in The New York Times.Republicans expelled Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a Nashville school shooting that left three children and three adults dead.The Nashville Metropolitan Council took only a few minutes Monday to unanimously restore Jones to office. He was quickly rein...

Je ne regrette rien: Macron defends his comments on not being US ‘vassal’ over Taiwan

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:43 GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday insisted that France’s dispatch of a frigate to Taiwan showed its commitment to regional security, but doubled down on his remarks that France would not act as a “vassal” by following U.S. hardliners into a conflict over the democratic island. “Being allies doesn’t mean being vassals … Just because we are allies, just because we do things together that we decide to do, doesn’t mean that we don’t have the right to think on our own and that we will follow the most extreme people in a country that is allied with us,” Macron said during a joint press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on a visit to the Netherlands. “When we look at the facts, France has no lessons to learn from anyone, not in the Ukrainian theater, nor the Sahel theater, nor the Taiwan theater,” Macron said.His comments come after he told POLITICO and the French newspaper Les Echos that ...