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WSJ: McDonald’s closes U.S. offices ahead of layoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices for a few days as the company prepares to inform corporate employees about layoffs, according to a published report.The Wall Street Journal cited an internal email from the Chicago fast-food giant saying U.S. corporate staff and some employees overseas should work from home while the company notifies people of their job status. McDonald’s declined to comment on the report early Monday. The report said McDonald’s would inform its employees this week about staffing decisions that are part of a broad restructuring of the company announced earlier. Though the U.S. labor market remains strong, layoffs have been mounting, mainly in the technology sector, where many companies over-hired after a pandemic boom. IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Facebook parent Meta, Twitter and DoorDash have all announced layoffs in recent months.There have been cuts in other sectors as well. Yet most of those job cuts are at corporate offices. There a...

No April Fools’ prank: Jogger has close encounter with cow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine jogger encountered an angry cow, and it was no joke.The Farmington Police Department shared details of the encounter on April Fools’ Day, a day after the actual encounter, and assured that this was no prank.The 43-year-old woman was preparing for a jog on the Whistle Stop Trail when she was charged by the cow, which had escaped from a farm. The cow lifted her off the ground with its horns, causing a cut that required stitches, before the jogger escaped, police said.The bovine’s owner was contacted and secured the animal, along with a pig that had escaped. The matter was forwarded to the district attorney for review.Source

Israel: Iran was behind drone incursion from Syria

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran appears to have been behind the launch of a drone that was shot down over Israeli airspace this week, the Israeli military said Monday.The army announced its conclusions on Monday, a day after air force helicopters and fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the drone when it entered Israeli territory from Syria. There were no casualties in the incident, but it added to the already heightened tensions between the two arch-enemies.The interception happened shortly after Iranian state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Syria over the weekend had died of his wounds. That made him the second Iranian adviser allegedly killed by Israel in recent days.Last week, Greece announced the arrest of two Pakistani operatives it said were planning an attack on a Jewish center in Athens. Israel has said Iran was behind the plot.The Israeli military said Monday an initial inquiry determined the intercepted drone was Iranian. It sai...

Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer: ‘Mistake’ to deny parole, appealing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — There was an “obvious mistake” in the process to deny Oscar Pistorius parole last week and the former Olympic runner is seeking to overturn that decision and have a new hearing to be considered for early release from prison as soon as possible, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday.“I’m confident that common sense will prevail,” lawyer Julian Knight said, claiming that Pistorius was not given credit in his parole application for an extra year and four months he has served in prison after being convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.The 36-year-old Pistorius was denied parole on Friday because he hasn’t served the minimum amount of jail time required, a parole board said, a surprise reasoning that prompted criticism of the Department of Corrections for holding the hearing at all if Pistorius wasn’t eligible. The parole board ruled that he will only be eligible in August 2024.PistoriusR...

Close title race exposing tensions at Bayern Munich

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich is back on top of the Bundesliga after beating main rival Borussia Dortmund but the closest title race in years is exposing uncharacteristic tensions at the Bavarian powerhouse.Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn and former player Lothar Matthäus delivered a heated exchange Saturday before the team’s win over Dortmund with Kahn angrily defending the club’s treatment of Julian Nagelsmann, who was fired as coach the week before. Kahn acknowledged it had been a “catastrophe” that Nagelsmann learned of his dismissal from the media and not from the club directly but denied Bayern club was at fault, saying it had tried several times to reach him. Nagelsmann was on vacation at the time during the international break.The coach’s management team later contradicted Kahn’s account, telling Sky TV that it heard nothing from the club before telephoning Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić for an explanation after seeing the media reports of Nagelsmann’s fi...

Mujer de Virginia muere apuñalada en hotel al noreste de DC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

Una mujer de Virginia fue apuñalada hasta la muerte dentro de una habitación de hotel en el noreste de DC el viernes, informó la policía.Los oficiales respondieron al Ivy City Hotel en la cuadra 1600 de New York Avenue NE alrededor de las 7 p.m. el viernes y encontraron a una mujer muerta por heridas de arma blanca, según el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana.La víctima fue identificada como Christy Bautista, de 31 años, de Harrisonburg, Virginia.Según la familia de Bautista, ella estaba visitando el Distrito para un concierto y no creen que conociera a su atacante.George Sydnor Jr., de 43 años, fue arrestado y acusado de asesinato en primer grado.Esta es una historia en desarrollo. Quédate con Telemundo 44 para más actualizaciones.Esta historia tiene elementos que podrían no funcionar en nuestra aplicación. Pulsa aquí para abrir la historia en el navegador de internet. Source

Falling out of love? Messi whistled by PSG fans, again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The relationship between Lionel Messi and PSG fans is not getting better. It’s actually turning bitter.Less than a week after he scored a hat-trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina, the world champion was whistled by sections of supporters before and during PSG’s 1-0 home loss to Lyon on Sunday amid persistent rumors he could leave the club soon. The former Barcelona star, who is out of contract at the end of the season, did not look better than the rest of his teammates at the Parc des Princes. He was involved in a few good moves, but also lost the ball 26 times as the French league leaders suffered a second straight defeat without scoring. PSG has lost eight of its 18 games in all competitions in 2023. It’s the most defeats after 18 games in a calendar year since Qatari owners took over the club more than a decade ago with the ambition of making it one of the most successful in Europe.Despite the hundreds of millions of euros invested, th...

Denver Broncos player arrested in Florida

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (KDVR) — Denver Broncos cornerback Faion Hicks was arrested in South Florida over the weekend, according to police. Hicks, 24, grew up in South Florida and was stopped by Hallandale Beach Police.According to officers, he was cited for disobeying a stop sign, driving with an expired license and carrying a concealed firearm without a permit. Colorado Rockies turn 30 this season, announce plans to celebrate Hicks was able to post bond and is no longer in custody in Hallandale Beach. Hicks was selected by the Broncos in the seventh round of the 2021 draft. He played two games as a cornerback in the 2022 season. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue extinguish mobile home blaze

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue was dispatched to the scene of a mobile home fire at 869 NE 63rd St, Monday. Just after midnight, first responders discovered a single mobile home that was engulfed in flames.Despite the intensity of the blaze, firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within 10 minutes and completely extinguish it within 20 minutes. While the mobile home was severely damaged, there were no injuries reported.At the time of the fire, the residents of the property were not home. An investigation into the cause of the fire is currently underway.

50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:48 GMT

(CNN) — On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men he’d been competing with to develop the device.“I’m calling you on a cell phone, but a real cell phone, a personal, handheld, portable cell phone,” Cooper, then an engineer at Motorola, said on the phone to Joel Engel, head of AT&T-owned Bell Labs.While cell phones would not be available to the average consumer for another decade, anyone walking by Cooper on the street that day could have seen history being made.In the fifty years since that first call, Cooper’s bulky device has evolved and been replaced by a wide range of thinner, faster phones that are now ubiquitous and reshaping industries, culture and the way we relate to one another and ourselves. But while the vast reach and impact of cell phones may have caught some off guard, Cooper said the possib...