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AP PHOTOS: The first supermoon in August rises around the world

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

By The Associated PressThe first of two supermoons in August graced the skies on Tuesday.A supermoon is broadly defined as a full moon that is closer to the Earth than normal. That makes it appear slightly brighter and bigger in the sky.The next one is on the night of Aug. 30. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.

Cape Cod shark sightings: Great white shark was ‘circling’ 50 feet from Orleans shore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

The first day of Cape Cod’s busiest shark month was quite active, as several great white shark alerts and sightings were reported close to shore.Around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, a great white was spotted within 100 feet from the Orleans’ shoreline.“Circling 50-100 feet from shore. In front of Callanan’s pass,” reads the shark alert on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.Shark alerts on the Sharktivity app are sent out when a white shark sighting is confirmed close to a public beach. A notification goes out with each alert.Another shark alert was issued for Nauset Beach in Orleans Tuesday afternoon.“!! SHARK ALERT !! White shark ~500 ft off Nauset Beach,” tweeted MA Sharks, which is run by local shark researcher John Chisholm, who confirms shark sightings for the Sharktivity app.August has been the busiest month for shark activity along the Cape in recent years.Last year, August had the most shark detections at receivers,...

Patriots claim rookie wide receiver from Bears, place Jalen Hurd on retired list

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

The Patriots have swapped one wide receiver for another on their 90-man roster.The team placed recently signed wide receiver Jalen Hurd on the reserve/retired list on Tuesday. Hurd appeared to suffer an injury Monday in training camp and was absent from Tuesday’s session. The Patriots immediately filled Hurd’s spot on the roster and in the wide receiver room by claiming Thyrick Pitts off waivers from the Chicago Bears.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots must get creative replicating Devin McCourty’s range at free safety New England Patriots | Patriots’ O-line already dealing with injuries, load management early in training camp New England Patriots | Patriots OT Trent Brown sitting out second straight practice Tuesday, 8 others missing New England Patriots | Patriots extra points: Trent Brown reported to training camp ‘lighter than he’s been’ New England Patriots | ...

Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD (Associated Press)BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.Tissue taken from the Black woman’s tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab dishes. HeLa cells went on to become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic mapping and even COVID-19 vaccines.Despite that incalculable impact, the Lacks family had never been compensated.Lacks’ cells were harvested in 1951, when it was not illegal to do so without a patient’s permission. But lawyers for her family argued that Thermo Fisher Scientific...

Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Trump has been charged with four crimes: one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count each of obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to do so, and one count of conspiracy against rights."For more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there had been an outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won," the indictment reads. "These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false.Federal prosecutors say Trump's "knowingly false claims" created "an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger" that eroded public faith in the election, according to the indictment.Read the full indictment: Trump Indictment by NewsNation Digital on ScribdThe Trump campaign blasted the new charges in a statement Tuesday evenin...

Crews search for missing hiker near El Capitan Reservoir

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

LAKESIDE, Calif. — Officials are searching for a hiker who went missing Monday near the El Capitan Reservoir, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said.Around 5:30 p.m. Monday, the department received a call that the hiker did not return home, SDSO told FOX 5.Crews began searching for the hiker Monday evening after receiving the report. The Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team and ASTREA helicopter were deployed to assist with search. Three county parks close for month of August Officials said the last known address they had for the hiker was at the 16900 block of El Monte Road, but it is unclear which trail the hiker was on as there are many in the area.Authorities are still working to determine when the hiker initially set foot on the trail.No description of the hiker was immediately available, the department said.

Padres acquire Ji-Man Choi, Rich Hill in trade with Pirates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres have reportedly made a move ahead of the Major League Baseball trade deadline as the team pushes for a playoff spot.The Padres on Tuesday traded with the Pittsburgh Pirates to acquire left-handed pitcher Rich Hill and first baseman Ji-Man Choi, the team announced.The Padres will be sending away first baseman Alfonso Rivas and a pair of prospects -- left-handed pitcher Jackson Wolf and outfielder Estuar Suero.Hill has made 22 starts in 2023 with a 4.76 ERA. The 43-year-old pitcher is the oldest player in baseball, according to MLB. Limited-edition ‘Mr. Padre’ cans coming to AleSmith Brewing On the season, Choi is batting .205/.224/.507, but he has been on a hot streak since coming the injured list for an Achilles strain, the San Diego Union-Tribune said. In his last 44 plate appearances he has hit .268/.296/.634 with four home runs and three doubles.Hill is expected to move into the Padres starting rotation while Choi can make starts at first base a...

Prosecutors in Gilgo Beach killings are giving Rex Heuermann’s defense a vast trove of evidence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Weeks after charging a Long Island architect in a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders, prosecutors said Tuesday that they’ve begun providing his lawyer with reams of evidence including autopsy findings, DNA reports and crime scene photos.Suffolk County prosecutors said at a brief court hearing that they’ve given Rex Heuermann’s lawyer at least 8 terabytes of material — equivalent to about 2,500 pages of records, along with about 100 hours of surveillance video recorded outside Heuermann’s home and office prior to his July 13 arrest. District Attorney Ray Tierney said that’s a fraction of the evidence amassed since the bodies of four women were found buried along a remote beach highway in 2010 and 2011. More evidence will be turned over on a rolling basis, he said. This kind of evidence sharing, called discovery, is routine in criminal cases and is intended to help ensure a fair trial.“You’re talking about 13 years of inv...

Cyberattack on B.C. health websites may have taken workers’ personal information

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

VANCOUVER — A cyberattack on three websites hosted by the Health Employers Association of British Columbia may have seized personal information associated with 240,000 email addresses of health-care workers. Michael McMillian, CEO of the association, said information obtained could include social insurance numbers, email addresses, passport and licence details and other personal data. He said the affected server hosted websites for Health Match BC, the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry, and the Locums for Rural BC program.“I sincerely regret that this event happened,” he said during a news conference on Tuesday. McMillian said they’ll be reaching out to everyone whose information may have been compromised and will offer them two years of monitoring by the credit agency Equifax. Investigators cannot “conclusively determine” which information may have been stolen but caution demanded that they assume all information on the affected server had been compromised, he said,...

Trump has now been indicted for a 3rd time. Here’s where all the investigations stand

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has now been indicted for the third time, with the former president being charged Tuesday in Washington over his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.The federal investigation is the latest criminal case for Trump as he runs for the White House in 2024.Special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump in the election case, has also charged Trump in federal court with the illegal retention of top secret documents. In New York, Trump faces criminal charges in a hush money case and a civil trial over his business practices. And in Georgia, a county district attorney is expected to announce charging decisions in August over efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.Trump, a Republican, has denied any wrongdoing and says he is being targeted by Democrats trying to keep him from reclaiming the presidency.Here’s a look at some of the other top probes against the former president:CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASETrump ...