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Chess.com cuts ties with 'St. Louis Chess Club' over sexual assault allegations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A major online chess platform and broadcaster says it's cutting ties with the 'St. Louis Chess Club.' They say it's because the club failed to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by a top St. Louis University coach and commentator.In February, a U.S. Women's Chess Champion accused Alejandro Ramirez of sexually assaulting her twice over the past decade. Several other women also came forward with allegations. Task force formed to help sidewalk squatters St. Louis Chess shared that it learned of the allegations in 2020, but didn't investigate because it didn't know the names of the accusers until September of last year. Ramirez resigned in March but denies any wrongdoing.Chess.com says it will no longer provide coverage of events hosted by the club. The chess club had no comment.

13th annual Community Resource Fair and Backpack Giveaway taking place this afternoon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - State Senator Angela Walton Mosley of Florissant is holding the 13th annual Community Resource Fair and Backpack Giveaway.It's from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the North County Recreation Complex. Students from the Ferguson-Florissant, Hazelwood, Jennings, and Riverview Garden school districts are eligible. Cannabis recall in Missouri: Dispensaries pulling 60K products They'll receive a free book bag and other school supplies. There will also be a bike giveaway.To register for the event, call 573-751-2420.

Ste. Genevieve area under boil advisory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

ST. GENEVIEVE, Mo. - Parts of Ste. Genevieve are under a boil water advisory Thursday morning.Some customers may not have water or have low water pressure. The order includes St. Genevieve Elementary School. Task force formed to help sidewalk squatters Classes start there on Monday. The boil advisory runs through Tuesday. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

2023 Colorado high school football tour: Games, storylines to watch each week of the regular season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

A look at top games each week of the Colorado high school football season. All games are on Friday unless otherwise noted.Week 0 — Aug. 18Ralston Valley at Mountain Vista, 7 p.m., Halftime Help Stadium: Two preseason title favorites clash in the start of a stacked schedule for senior QB Logan Madden and the Mustangs. Golden Eagles junior QB Austyn Modrzewski can sling it with the best of them. Both secondaries better buckle up.Honorable mention: Fossil Ridge at Pine Creek, 6 p.m., D20 Stadium; Taylorsville (Utah) at Chatfield, 7 p.m., Jeffco StadiumWeek 1 — Aug. 25Columbine at Mullen, 7 p.m., De La Salle Stadium: While the Mustangs continue establishing an identity under fourth-year head coach Jeremy Bennett, coach Andy Lowry and the Rebels’ smashmouth ways remain unchanged. Columbine features senior RB Josh Snyder, who averaged 124.9 rushing yards per game last year.Honorable mention: Fossil Ridge at Loveland, 7 p.m., Ray Patterson Stadium; Ralston Valley at Cherry Creek, 7 p...

Maui wildfire: Disasters more likely in California or Texas, not Hawaii

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

If you were going to guess where the next major American natural disaster would happen, Hawaii wouldn’t be high on your list.You’d most likely bet on California. Or Texas.Look at what my trusty spreadsheet, filled with some federal climate-risk stats, tells us about the odds of where Mother Nature’s wrath may fall.The nation’s deadliest wildfire – with 100-plus fatalities on Maui as the count grows – came in a state known for its natural beauty, not natural disasters. The cause is yet unknown, but it was likely a fatal mix of dry conditions, brisk winds and human error.Disaster history tells us a catastrophe of this scope is a Hawaiian rarity. Since 1980, the state was hit by just one disaster costing $1 billion or more – Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Only the District of Columbia had fewer billion-dollar events in this grim ranking – none – that tracks damages from wind, precipitation, heat or cold, and earthquakes.California, as a comparison, has had 46 billion-dollar losses in the 44 ...

Chick-fil-A adds pimento to its chicken sandwiches

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

Since the ““chicken sandwich wars” started in 2019, several fast food chains have added sandwiches to their menus with the same basic ingredients: battered chicken breasts sitting on toasted buns with pickles and mayonaise.Chick-fil-A will shake it up a little bit next week with an item called the Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich. It will go on the Atlanta-based chain’s fall menu beginning Aug. 28.The sandwich features creamy pimento cheese made with sharp cheddar, green chilis and red pimentos, pickled jalapeños and a drizzle of honey on the bun, according to the news release.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Maui Fire fundraisers: Restaurants, grocery stores, livestream concert Restaurants, Food and Drink | Palo Alto: Former two-star Michelin restaurant team says ‘au revoir’ Restaurants, Food and Drink | Bay Area adventures: 4 day trips via a San Francisco Bay Ferry Restaurants, Food and Drink | ...

Barabak: Another day, another Trump indictment isn’t some ho-hum event

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

It’s not every day a former president of the United States is criminally indicted.In the case of Donald Trump, it’s just about every month.As a congressional staffer noted on Twitter — er, make that X — Trump now faces prosecution “in every NL East city other than Philadelphia” — a waggish observation suggesting perhaps we’ve reached the first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce stage of Trump’s legal travails.To fill out the scorecard, the felonious former president has rolled up a rap sheet:In New York, for allegedly falsifying business documents to hush up his extramarital dalliances.In Miami, for skulking off with super-secret White House documents and spreading them like confetti around his Mar-a-Lago estate.In Washington, for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and inciting a mob that staged a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.In Atlanta, for trying to strong-arm Georgia officials into “finding” the votes needed to reverse his loss in the Peach State.If making off with the Libert...

Federal judge says San Rafael can’t enforce homeless camping law that restricts location and size of encampments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

A federal judge has temporarily banned San Rafael from enforcing a city ordinance that restricts where homeless camps are allowed and how much space they can occupy.U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson issued the temporary restraining order Wednesday after a group of homeless residents argued that the city’s ordinance was unconstitutional and violated the Eighth Amendment’s cruel and unusual punishment clause. They alleged the city law criminalizes homelessness.The ruling will halt enforcement of the city’s ordinance at least until Sept. 6, the day the next hearing on the matter has been scheduled.“This is a monumental victory for the homeless,” Eddy Metz, one of the plaintiffs in the case, wrote in an email. “I’m proud that I could help others and myself through the victory of getting this restraining order.”In a city statement, officials wrote that its ordinance “is a sound, responsible, and lawful regulation of public property,” and the city “intends to vigorously defend its reg...

‘Really alarming’: Santa Cruz County nursing homes hit hard by recent COVID spike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — Rates of COVID-19 have been steadily rising across Santa Cruz County and the nation for weeks.But as has been the case since the early days of the pandemic, the impact on elderly residents is being disproportionately felt and local health officials are concerned.Santa Cruz County Deputy Health Officer Dr. David Ghilarducci told the Sentinel that four of the county’s seven nursing homes were experiencing COVID outbreaks as of Tuesday, meaning each had three or more infections at once. He added that, tentatively, five deaths had been reported across the seven facilities in the past two weeks, though county officials are still waiting for death certificates to come through that confirm the official cause.“This is really alarming to us,” said Ghilarducci. “We think it could get a lot worse.”Lack of vaccinationsThough county officials have consistently emphasized that elderly and immunocompromised individuals are high risk for adverse outcomes from a COVID infection, Ghilard...

Opinion: Strikes show need to break up Netflix and other streamers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:57 GMT

The Hollywood writers’ strike is in its fourth month, and the actors’ strike is in its fourth week with no end in sight. Many have called the stalemate an existential crisis because it concerns new issues such as residuals from streaming services and rules for the use of artificial intelligence. These go beyond the usual labor issues such as wages and benefits and cut to the heart of an industry in which streamers such as Netflix can dominate all aspects of the business.Antitrust laws need to be invoked — as they were in the 1940s in U.S. vs. Paramount — to break up streaming services that both produce content and distribute it. This vertical integration has deeply changed the longstanding entertainment industry ecosystem, which allowed employees to survive and studios to prosper.In recent decades, U.S. antitrust law has primarily taken aim at “horizontal monopolies” in which one or two huge companies dominate an industry and can force consumers to pay more. The vertical version — c...