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Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as environmental damage mounts from dam break

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

By VASILISA STEPANENKO (Associated Press)KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities rushed drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday as they managed a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part of the front line in the 15-month war.The collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam and emptying of its reservoir on the Dnieper River added to the misery the region has suffered for more than a year from artillery and missile attacks.With humanitarian and ecological disasters still unfolding, it is already clear that tens of thousands of people have been deprived of drinking water, many are homeless, crops are ruined, land mines have been displaced, and the stage is set for long-term electricity shortages.Some residents of Russian-occupied areas hit by high water complained that help was slow in arriving, with some stranded on roofs and streets passable only by boat in scenes more like natural disasters than wars. Othe...

Herd of cows attacks jogger on Colorado trail

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

A small herd of cattle attacked a jogger running on a Boulder County trail on Tuesday morning, prompting a closure of the trailhead.Another person on the trail saw the jogger trying to protect herself on the ground, surrounded by about 15 or 20 cattle, most of them mothers with their calves, and called 911.Boulder County Parks and Open Space rangers responded within approximately 15 minutes, according to Erin Hartnett, one of the rangers who responded. The jogger was taken to the hospital, and her condition is unknown.According to Hartnett, the cows were most likely trying to protect their calves and the jogger did nothing wrong.“This time of year they’re just very protective of their calves,” Hartnett said.The trailhead was reopened in the early afternoon, once the rancher who leases the field moved the herd to a fenced-in pasture south of the trail.Although the herd had been in the field for a couple of weeks without incident, people have reported aggressive cattle in the area bef...

Plastic surgeon charged in teen patient’s death points finger at nurse as jury trial begins

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

A Colorado plastic surgeon charged with manslaughter in a teenage patient’s death should not be held criminally responsible because a nurse was actually at fault, the doctor’s attorneys argued at the start of his jury trial Tuesday.Dr. Geoffrey Kim, 54, is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in the death of 19-year-old patient Emmalyn Nguyen. The Brighton teenager went to Kim for a breast augmentation surgery in August 2019, when she was 18, but she suffered cardiac arrest after receiving anesthesia, fell into a coma and died 14 months later, in October 2020.Kim resuscitated Nguyen with CPR after her cardiac arrest, but then failed to call for emergency help for five hours even though she needed immediate care at a hospital, which was better equipped than Kim’s outpatient surgery center, prosecutors with the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said during opening statements Tuesday.“Not only does he not call 911 himself, but (Dr. Kim) tells every other staff member...

CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after brief, chaotic tenure

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

By David Bauder | Associated PressNEW YORK — CNN ousted chief executive Chris Licht after a tumultuous year leading the struggling news network that culminated in a damning magazine profile and the growing realization that he’d lost the confidence of the network’s journalists.The change was announced at CNN’s editorial meeting Wednesday morning and came just two days after Licht said he would “fight like hell” to earn the trust of those around him.David Zaslav, CEO of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, appointed a four-person interim leadership team, and said at the editorial meeting that he would conduct a thorough search for Licht’s replacement.Licht had a mandate to try and make CNN more palatable to both sides of the country’s political divide; Republicans had become increasingly suspicious of the network following repeated attacks by former President Donald Trump.But some at the network saw Licht’s mandate for change as a ...

ChatGPT’s responses to suicide, addiction, sexual assault crises raise questions in new study

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

By Jacqueline Howard | CNNWhen asked serious public health questions related to abuse, suicide or other medical crises, the online chatbot tool ChatGPT provided critical resources – such as what 1-800 lifeline number to call for help – only about 22% of the time in a new study.The research, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests that public health agencies could help AI companies ensure that such resources are incorporated into how an artificial intelligence system like ChatGPT responds to health inquiries.For instance, with the right engineering and inputs, ChatGPT could recognize the signs and symptoms of addiction or depression within the questions someone asks it, prompting it to provide health resources in its interactions with that person. And regulators could help monitor that such responses offer accurate and reliable information and resources.“These resources exist. They’re underutilized already,” said John Ayers, an author of the study and a behavio...

Natural gas leak, water main break closes streets in San Francisco, evacuations in place

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Officials are advising the public to avoid Duboce Avenue and Castro Street due to a natural gas leak Wednesday morning. The San Francisco Fire Department has evacuated a one-block radius of the intersection, according to a tweet from Supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district includes the impacted area. Juvenile dies in fatal pedestrian collision in San Jose Emergency crews, including PG&E and the San Francisco Fire Department, are currently on scene after a 16-inch water main break and a natural gas leak occurred, according to SFFD. The water main break built up pressure underground which led to a break in a sewer line and a gas line.Gas then infiltrated the sewers and underground area, Peskin said.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; widt...

Alameda County DA to charge 2 Jasper Wu suspects with murder, gang enhancements

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

(KRON) -- Two of the suspects connected to the 2021 fatal freeway shooting of a toddler on the I-880 will be charged with murder and special gang enhancements, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Ivory Bivens, 24, and Trevor Green, 22, will be charged with murder, according to court documents filed on Tuesday. What happened to Frank Somerville? A timeline of events Twenty-three month old Jasper Wu was riding in a car with his family on the 880 in Oakland on Nov. 6, 2021 when he was struck by a stray bullet and killed. Bivens and Green are accused of attempting to ambush another vehicle while armed with an AR-15-style rifle, the DA said.Evidence cited by the DA indicates that the two followed another car in which Johnny Jackson was riding onto the 880 and while trying to kill Jackson and the driver of that car, shot and killed Jasper Wu. Man arrested for sexually assaulting minor 30 years ago Jackson was charged with felony possession of a firearm a...

San Jose rampage suspect worked for Google, had meth problem: court documents

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A man accused of going on a homicidal rampage targeting random victims across San Jose and Milpitas once worked for Google, according to court documents obtained by KRON4. Kevin Parkourana's criminal history indicates his life and mental health spiraled out of control in early 2019. At the time, his mother told police that her son was using methamphetamine, becoming violent at home, was suffering from a mood disorder, and was making bad decisions while under the influence of drugs. Parkourana, 31, formerly worked as a data collector for Google in Mountain View and lived with his parents on Kooser Road, according to court documents. At some point, he lost his job. Throughout 2019, San Jose Police Department officers were called to the Kooser Road home for "countless welfare checks" concerning Parkourana's mental health and aggressive behavior, police reports state. Officers suspected that he was experiencing paranoid schizophrenia, and he was placed on seve...

Semi-truck full of garbage overturns on I-680 in Dublin, delays expected 

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

(KRON) -- A semi-truck that appears to have been full of garbage has overturned on northbound I-680 in Dublin, according to the California Highway Patrol. The truck overturned near Andrade Road, causing delays.The CHP is recommending using I-880 northbound to 238 or 580 as an alternate route. The estimated time of reopening for 680 is unknown. A photo from the CHP shows the truck on its side with garbage spilling out onto the roadway, blocking several lanes."Thank you for your patience and please drive safely," the CHP tweeted.

Group of Global Leftist Leaders Warns “Soft Coup” Is Underway in Colombia

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:35:13 GMT

A broad swath of leftist leaders from around the world warned in a letter Wednesday that “a soft coup” is underway in Colombia, accusing the country’s opposition of illegally working to remove President Gustavo Petro and many of his key allies from power. The letter is signed by the former Colombian President Ernesto Samper; Gleisi Hoffmann, head of the Workers’ Party, the current ruling party of Brazil under Lula da Silva; Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador; former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; and the former heads of opposition parties around the world, including Jeremy Corbyn of the United Kingdom and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a former French presidential candidate. “Ever since the election of the country’s first progressive government,” the letter reads, “Colombia’s traditional powers have been organizing to restore an order marked by extreme inequality, environmental destruction, and state-sponsored violence.” The letter comes in defense ...