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Ex-Binance CEO asks judge to allow him to leave US ahead of sentencing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has asked the judge to allow him to leave the United States.Zhao’s lawyers are urging U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle to reject the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to bar him from returning home to the United Arab Emirates until he is sentenced. The crypto founder stepped down from his position after being charged for failing to prevent money laundering on his company’s platform.In a filing Thursday, lawyers said Zhao voluntarily flew to the U.S. to appear before a court on Nov. 21 and has “accepted responsibility, and pleaded guilty.”Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform. The company pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Security Act, anti-money laundering act and other charges.The crypto platform agreed to pay more than $4 billion, one of the largest corporate penalties in U.S. history.His lawyers are asking for Zhao to be able to return home to his partner and t...

101-year-old bowling ball inventor inducted into NY Veterans Hall of Fame

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (WTEN) — Joseph Gentiluomo, the 101-year-old New York man who invented the modern bowling ball, was inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame on Monday.They say "a mind is a terrible thing to waste," and Gentiluomo, of Schenectady, takes that to heart. In addition to his service during World War II, the centenarian is an inventor who holds nearly 30 patents, one of them for the modern bowling ball.His modification to earlier designs put more weight inside of the bowling ball, giving bowlers more control and more power.“I noticed that if I put all the weight from the outside into the middle of the ball, it would create more power at the pins," the inventor told a room full of reporters. NY State Senator Jim Tedisco, who previously recognized Gentiluomo's contributions to the sport of bowling, also awarded him the Liberty Medal at Monday's ceremony."These are the state Senate’s highest honors for New York State citizens,” Tedisco said. Younger ...

Salmonella outbreak infects dozens, killing 2, across 32 states, including Texas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a warning Friday about an outbreak of Salmonella linked to cantaloupe that has infected nearly 100 people across 32 states, including Texas. The CDC said through interviews with sick individuals and tests, investigators have linked the outbreak to cantaloupe. Since the outbreak, several cantaloupe brands have recalled products, including Malichita brand whole cantaloupes, Vinyard brand pre-cut cantaloupes, and ALDI whole cantaloupe and pre-cut fruit products. Investigators are still working to identify additional products that may also be contaminated. Of those infected with Salmonella, 45 have been hospitalized, and two have died as a result of the illness, according to the CDC. The CDC warns consumers to discard any recalled cantaloupe or other fruit products. Additionally, wash the surfaces of anything the recalled fruit may have touched with hot, soapy water. People infected with Salmonel...

Holiday Arts Guide: Give great gifts this year from local artists’ markets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

The local arts scene thrives all year long, but artisans and makers really step up their game around the holiday season.At pop-ups and vendor markets around the Twin Cities, you can do more than admire local art: You can bring it home. Whether you keep it for yourself or give it as gifts to family and friends is up to you!Here’s a roundup of some markets, galleries and events to visit and support local artists.A stall at the 2021 European Christmas Market at Union Depot in Lowertown in St. Paul. (Courtesy of the European Christmas Market)Now through Dec. 17: European Christmas MarketThis annual outdoor holiday market returns with 70 vendors, European-inspired food and drinks and Santa’s Village. The market runs Fridays through Sundays each weekend through Dec. 17. Free admission; full list of vendors and activities at stpaulchristmasmarket.orgUnion Depot: 240 E. Kellogg Blvd; uniondepot.org/holiday/.Now through Dec. 23: Keg and Case Holiday Market + Happy Land Tree LotThe embattled ...

Soucheray: Twinkle, twinkle, little meaningless star

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

The top six submissions to become the new state flag are now in the hands of the State Emblems Redesign Commission, one of the six to be chosen by Jan. 1. The commission’s task is unenviable, but made easier by the six finalists all being equally meaningless.The finalists are the same flag. The commission can’t go wrong.All six feature a star, or a facsimile of a star. And all six feature the star placed in a variety of positions on the field, upper left, center, right middle. The fields are blue, green or white.The fear of the submissions being meaningful is palpable. Our public decision-making has been infused with timidity disguised as virtue, so as not to offend any human, animal or plant. The state holds that we are incapable of discernment and thus will enforce the whitewashing of what used to be called American history.None of this is an indictment of the applicants or their designs. They were handcuffed at the starting line. The commission presented six rules, including simp...

Working Strategies: Thanksgiving leftovers — thoughts, that is.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

Amy LindgrenEvery once in a while I like to present random thoughts and ideas that are too small to make up a column of their own. Thanksgiving week is a good time for something disjointed, given how our attention is split between shopping and family and food and football. Ready? Here are some things I’ve been pondering lately:Tech snobberyFor years I’ve been hearing that people with a legacy email address — think aol, hotmail, earthlink — are practically shouting “I’m old and I don’t understand technology.” Huh? There was even a point where career columnists (not yours truly) were sincerely advising job seekers to demonstrate their hipness by using gmail. I always wondered if there was a kickback in there somewhere.For sure someone’s going to write to tell me this is a real thing, and I welcome the input. But really?Text snobberyAnd while you’re writing, you can tell me what you think about the advice to omit periods and other punctuation from texts, for fear of looking...

Colorado snow totals for November 25, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for November 24, 2023, as of 8:45 a.m. Saturday:Air Force Academy, CO — 1.6 inches at 5:57 a.m.Arvada, CO — 3 inches at 1:12 p.m. – 11/24/2023Avon, CO — 3.8 inches at 8:23 a.m.Bailey, CO — 3.3 inches at 9:49 a.m. – 11/24/2023Beulah, CO — 2 inches at 3:49 p.m. – 11/24/2023Boulder, CO — 6.5 inches at 7:33 p.m. – 11/24/2023Chama, CO — 5 inches at 6:26 a.m.Clifton, CO — 3.5 inches at 6:30 a.m.Creede, CO — 5 inches at 8:10 a.m.Crescent Village, CO — 4 inches at 9 a.m. – 11/24/2023Related ArticlesWeather | Colorado snow totals for November 24, 2023 Weather | Colorado snow totals for Nov. 19-20, 2023 Weather | Colorado weather: Foothills west of Denver, Boulder blanketed in heavy snow Wednesday evening Weather | Colorado snow totals for Nov. 8-9, 2023 We...

Photos: Bay Area high school football NCS and CCS championships, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

 Pittsburg 37, San Ramon Valley 21See a photo you like? Click Here to see these and more and to purchase high-quality prints or a keepsake photos on mugs, buttons, greeting cards, and more.Pittsburg quarterback Marley Alcantara raises the first place plaque after defeating San Ramon Valley during their North Coast Section Division I championship game at Dublin High School in Dublin, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Pittsburg defeated San Ramon Valley 37-21. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Pittsburg’s Jadyn Hudson (10) intercepts a pass intended for San Ramon Valley’s Marco Jones (23) in the fourth quarter of their North Coast Section Division I championship game at Dublin High School in Dublin, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) San Ramon Valley’s Jack Pustejovsky (50), left, consoles teammate Kevin Spears (33) after their North Coast Section Division I championship game at Dublin High School in Dublin, Calif., on Fr...

Cal-UCLA: Bears confident they’ll become bowl eligible by winning final Pac-12 game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

Cal will bid farewell to a 108-year association with the Pac-12 Conference and its related ancestors in a Saturday night game against UCLA that will determine whether the Bears’ 2023 season is done.The Bears (5-6, 3-5), who will join the Atlantic Coast Conference next fall, have unfinished business in the Pac, their home since 1915, when the league was called the Pacific Coast Conference. Cal has won its past two games and with a victory in this one will be bowl eligible for the first time since 2019.Cal and UCLA (7-4, 4-4) will duel at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, their 7:30 p.m. kickoff making it the final regular-season game the league history.Asked this week to evaluate his progress in six starts while heading into his final game of the season, redshirt freshman Fernando Mendoza politely altered the context of the question.“I’m sorry to correct you,” he said, “but this is not going to be our last game of the season as we are going to make the bowl game and I’m extremely confident ...

There’s good news and bad news about the gray whale migration

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:51 GMT

Amazing graysThe gray whales are heading south to Baja California and passing our coast on their way to warmer Mexican waters and birthing grounds. The migration is one of the longest for any mammal.BasicsGray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)Weight: 80,000 poundsLifespan: Unknown, believed to be as long as 80 years.Gray whales migrate about 12,500 miles round trip from Alaska to Mexico. Some have been tracked for more than 14,000 miles.Migration patternGray whales can be seen passing by California in December and January during their southern migration, and again between mid-February and early May on their journey north.In December, gray whales begin to arrive at Baja lagoons where the females give birth. Throughout February and March, the males and females without calves begin to depart Baja and head north to cooler waters in Alaska. The whales spend the summer in the cool feeding grounds of the north.The pregnant mothers and females nursing newborn calves are the last to head north i...