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California school board’s curriculum rejection spurs letter from Attorney General Bonta

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

Temecula’s school board president fired back Wednesday, June 7, at Gov. Gavin Newsom, explaining why he voted to reject a curriculum that mentioned gay rights leader Harvey Milk and why he called the slain activist “a pedophile.”Komrosky said during an afternoon news conference at a Murrieta church that he was not referring to Milk’s sexuality, but to reports that Milk had a relationship with a teenager.RELATED: Temecula teachers, parents protest rejection of curriculum that mentions Harvey Milk“I’ll ask you one simple question, governor,” Komrosky said. “Do you approve of a 33-year-old person, regardless of their gender identity or sexual preference, having a sexual relationship with any 16-year-old, regardless of their gender identity or sexual preference?”Temecula school board President Joseph Komrosky responds to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tweet criticizing him during a Wednesday, June 7, 2023, news conference at 412 Church Temecula Valley in Murrieta. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contr...

GameStop slumps after it fires former Amazon executive brought into modernize the gaming retailer

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

Shares of GameStop are plunging before the opening bell after the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive that was brought in two years ago to turn the struggling video game retailer around. The company gave no reason for the dismissal and named Ryan Cohen, the company’s biggest investor, as executive chairman. Cohen sent a cryptic tweet that read “Not for long” around the time the company announced Furlong’s firing. GameStop said Cohen will oversee investment and management of the company. Shares tumbled more than 19% in premarket trading Thursday. Furlong was named GameStop’s CEO in June 2021 with the mandate of heading the company’s digital remake. He had been the executive that oversaw Amazon’s Australia business and spent nine years with the company. Furlong was one of two Amazon executives hired at the time, the other being Mike Recupero, hired as GameStop’s chief financial officer. Cohen’s holding company RC Ventures ...

FuelCell Energy: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCEL) on Thursday reported a loss of $34.3 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Danbury, Connecticut-based company said it had a loss of 9 cents.The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 8 cents per share.The fuel cell power plant maker posted revenue of $38.3 million in the period, surpassing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $23.7 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FCEL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FCELSource

AstroNova: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — AstroNova Inc. (ALOT) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $848,000.On a per-share basis, the West Warwick, Rhode Island-based company said it had net income of 11 cents.The printer and electronic instrument maker posted revenue of $35.4 million in the period.AstroNova shares have increased 21% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 19% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ALOT at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ALOTSource

ANÁLISIS | Personal de CNN respira aliviado después del despido del asediado CEO de la cadena, Chris Licht. Ahora se preguntan, ¿qué sigue?

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

(CNN) — Una CNN exhausta dio un suspiro de alivio catártico este miércoles tras la salida de Chris Litch como CEO de la cadena.Después de soportar conflictos internos sin precedentes que generaron una tormenta implacable de cobertura de prensa negativa durante el año pasado, los empleados de uno de los medios de comunicación más icónicos del mundo esperan seguir adelante y dejar atrás un capítulo tumultuoso.El personal de CNN no quiere que la organización sea conocida y consumida por una telenovela interminable protagonizada por los directivos de la empresa. Quieren que el mundo lea sobre las noticias que dan sus periodistas. Quieren que la noticia sea la estrella.Con el despido de Chris Licht como presidente y CEO de CNN este miércoles por la mañana, el personal tiene como objetivo volver a esa misión. Lo anhelan profundamente.El breve mandato de 13 meses de Chris Licht como jefe de la red estuvo manchado por una serie de pasos en falso graves que finalmente le imposibilitaro...

Autoridades: las inundaciones tras el colapso de la represa en Ucrania dejan 5 personas muertas

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

UCRANIA — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, llegó este jueves a la región de Jersón, afectada por las inundaciones causadas por la rotura de una represa, para evaluar la respuesta a los daños.El mandatario escribió en su cuenta de Telegram que estaba ayudando a evaluar los esfuerzos para evacuar a la población civil, para suministrarle agua potable y otras ayudas, y para tratar de atajar los enormes daños medioambientales.Además, Zelenskyy planteó la posibilidad de asignar fondos para ayudar a compensar a los residentes y empresas que se vieron obligados a abandonar sus casas y oficinas por la crecida.Por su parte, el alcalde nombrado por el Kremlin para la ciudad ocupada de Nova Kajovka, que está a 3 millas de la represa y central hidroeléctrica derrumbadas, declaró este jueves a la televisora estatal rusa de que cinco de los siete residentes declarados desaparecidos tras el incidente habían muerto. Las otras dos personas fueron encontradas y se estaba tratando de evac...

Very young children among three critically wounded in knife attack in French Alpine town

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

PARIS (AP) — An attacker with a knife stabbed several very young children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a lakeside park in a town in the French Alps on Thursday before he was arrested, authorities said. French President Emmanuel Macron said “children and an adult are between life and death.” He described the assault in the Alpine town of Annecy as an “attack of absolute cowardice.”“The nation is in shock,” he tweeted.Police detained the attacker, said Interior Minster Gerald Darmanin. National police said the attacker was a man in his thirties. Local police said the four child victims were all aged under 5.A witness who spoke to BFMTV said at least one of the children was attacked in a stroller by the man who approached and “started stabbing.” National police said two of the children, both aged around 3, suffered life-threatening injuries. One adult also suffered life-threatening wounds. A witness who spoke to BFMTV said he saw the attacker ...

Denver weather: Isolated storms with low air quality

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) - Denver weather will see a mix of sun and clouds before some isolated afternoon storms form and push out across the plains Thursday evening.Weather today: More storm chancesEarly sunshine leads to some afternoon clouds and the chance for some showers and storms. Highs reach the middle 70s Thursday with a light wind.Pinpoint Weather: daily forecast on June 8. Tubing and swimming restricted on Clear Creek in Golden Levels of ground ozone will reach the category of "unhealthy for sensitive groups" Thursday, so an air quality warning is in effect until 4 p.m.Pinpoint Weather advisories on June 8.Weather tonight: Partly cloudyClouds stick around Thursday night with mild lows in the middle 50s. Winds stay light as a light shower is possible across the plains before midnight.Pinpoint Weather: overnight forecast.Looking ahead: Rain continues and coolerFriday has smaller chances for afternoon showers with mild highs in the lower 70s. Colorado farmers markets near you Satu...

Tom Holland says he’s on a break from acting after ‘difficult’ experience filming ‘The Crowded Room’

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

(CNN) — Tom Holland learned about the value of prioritizing his mental health after producing and starring in his upcoming AppleTV+ miniseries “The Crowded Room.”That’s part of what has led to the “Spider-Man” star taking a break from acting to simply be a “regular bloke from Kingston and just relax,” he told Extra in an interview published on Tuesday.With heavy subject matter related to mental health, making “The Crowded Room” was “a tough time,” Holland said, because he was “exploring certain emotions that I have definitely never experienced before.”Inspired by Daniel Keyes’ 1981 novel “The Minds of Billy Milligan,” the miniseries follows a young man’s arrest for a shocking crime and the “unlikely investigator” who solves the mystery behind it, according to a synopsis.And while Holland said he “really enjoyed” making the series, he added that ultimately “the show did break me.”“There did come a time where I was like, I need to have a break. I disappeared, I went to Mexico for a we...

Woman trapped in Iowa building collapse describes her fight for survival before rescuers were forced to amputate her leg

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:22:43 GMT

(CNN) — Quanishia “Peach” White Berry and her wife, Lexus, say May 28 was as normal as any other day: They scrolled through TikTok videos while waiting for the groceries they had ordered so they could cook dinner.Then, they noticed the cracks in their home. First, Lexus spotted one separating a window from the wall of the six-floor apartment building. Her wife saw an even larger one in the bathroom.“I said, ‘Something’s wrong,’” Peach, 24, recalled. “I just felt it in my soul.”The cracks were growing by the second, and they began to make a frightening noise. The pair quickly grabbed their two cats, holding one each, and reached for the door. Lexus grabbed the handle and prepared to turn it.Then, the floor gave out and the building came crumbling down on top of them.Crushed by cement and debrisThree people were killed and dozens of apartment units were destroyed when the Davenport, Iowa, building partially collapsed.Peach and Lexus recalled the disaster to CNN in an exclusive joint i...