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Mormon temple off I-5 set to close for renovations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Everyone knows the eye-catching, castle-like structure off the Interstate 5.The temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, located right off the freeway in La Jolla is an iconic sight in San Diego that's hard to miss.While most people can't go inside unless they're a member of the faith, pretty soon the building will be closed for all, as the church undergoes "extensive renovations."The temple's temporary closure will begin sometime in July 2023, according to a press release from the church, and likely go through the end of the year -- although the exact date of completion has not been announced.The church encourages members of the Latter-Day Saints to attend other temples in the area during the closure. The closest one to San Diego is in Newport Beach. More information about other Mormon churches can be found here. What is that castle-like building off I-5? The roughly 72,000-square foot temple was consecrated in 1993...

Comedian Nate Bargatze to perform in San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO — Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze has added 28 shows for his The Be Funny Tour, including a stop in San Diego.Bargatze, who is known for his clean and relatable brand of comedy, will perform at the San Diego Civic Theatre on Sept. 8, a news release said. Jo Koy to stop in San Diego on world tour The new 2023 show dates come on the heels of the comedian's sold-out headline show Saturday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.Tickets for the 28 new dates, including the San Diego show, go on sale April 21 at 10 a.m. Presale tickets will be available at 10 a.m. on April 20 with the code 'GREATEST', the news release said. Laugh it up with comedian Ali Wong in San Diego You can purchase tickets and get information on additional tour dates and locations here.Bargatze, who was nominated for Best Comedy Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, has released two stand-up specials on Netflix and performed on the first episode of The Standups.

3 charged with murder in Sweet 16 party shooting in Alabama

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Two teenagers and a 20-year-old man have been arrested and charged with reckless murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party in rural Alabama, investigators announced Wednesday.Tallapoosa County District Attorney Mike Segrest said two teens — Tyreese “Ty Reik” McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, both of Tuskegee — would be tried as adults. That’s automatically required in Alabama for anyone 16 or older charged with murder. Investigators said Wednesday that Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., 20, of Auburn also was arrested on the same charge. Sgt. Jeremy J. Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced the latest arrest but declined earlier to discuss specifics of how the shooting unfolded or a possible motive.“We can’t get into a motive right now, because that would be part of an ongoing investigation,” Burkett said at a news conference earlier Wednesday. “We can’t share that.”State law define...

Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT ‘propaganda’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights, its director said Wednesday.Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin said the ballet “Nureyev” had been dropped “in connection with the newly signed law, which unambiguously deals with issues related to propaganda of non-traditional values,” the Interfax news agency reported.The law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in December bans advertising, media and online resources, books, films and theater productions deemed to contain “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations,” expanding a 2013 ban on such ”propaganda” aimed at minors. The ban on any “demonstration of non-traditional relations” contained in the new law apparently prompted the Bolshoi to pull the ballet because it touches on Nureyev’s homosexuality.Rights groups have harshly criticized the law ...

Florida expands ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ House passes 3 LGBTQ bills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added more wins to his agenda targeting the LGBTQ+ community as a state board approved an expansion of what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law Wednesday, and the House passed bills on gender-transition treatments, bathroom use and keeping children out of drag shows.The Board of Education approved a ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the law that bans those lesson up to grade 3 at the request of DeSantis as he gears up for an expected presidential run.The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4-12, unless required by existing state standards or as part of reproductive health instruction that students can choose not to take. That’s the time when students are becoming aware of their sexuality.The proposal will take effect after a procedural notice period that lasts about a month, according to an education departmen...

Cost of carbon emissions nearly five times higher than previously thought: analysis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

OTTAWA — The economic cost of greenhouse gas emissions is nearly five times higher than previously thought, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday.The minister told attendees at a climate change conference in Ottawa that the government used updated scientific knowledge and economic models to revise the way it evaluates how much climate change is costing Canadians.The new numbers have been in development for months but come after a recent report from the parliamentary budget officer on the economic costs of the carbon price. That report did not specifically equate the cost of the price on carbon to the costs of climate change itself.“The updates to the social cost of carbon simply show that every tonne of greenhouse gas is costing the economy more,” Guilbeault said at the Net Zero Leadership Summit.The social cost of carbon estimates the financial impact that every tonne of emissions has on everything from food production and human health to disaster repair...

Industry minister asks telecoms for update on service agreement in Toronto subway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

Canada’s industry minister is calling on the country’s major telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto’s subway system.In a letter on Twitter, François-Philippe Champagne said he has taken note of Rogers Communications Inc.’s recent announcement that it’s acquiring the company which owns the wireless network in the Toronto Transit Commission subway system.The letter addressed to executives of Bell Canada, Telus Communications Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Rogers said arrangements are still not in place to ensure service is available to customers who are with a service other than Rogers.Champagne said he wants the telecom companies to rectify the situation with urgency to reach agreements.He requested that the companies respond to his letter within 30 days detailing their respective statuses on the issue, as well as outlining a joint plan to offer mobile service to all customers. BAI Communications Inc. won the contract to buil...

House committee hears testimony on DC health data breach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top administrator with Washington’s health insurance exchange apologized to House members on Wednesday for the data breach that resulted in the disclosure of personal information for thousands of users, including members of Congress.The leak was the result of human error, Mila Kofman, executive director of the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority, told a joint session of two House Oversight subcommittees.She said a server was incorrectly configured in mid-2018 when they installed the internal communications program Slack. That faulty configuration allowed an unauthorized individual to access the server and steal two reports containing personal information of “56,415 current and past customers including members of Congress, their families, and staff.”Some of that information was later offered up for sale in an online forum. The issue first came to public attention when members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were informed tha...

Leafs’ Bunting suspended 3 games for check to the head of Tampa’s Cernak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

Toronto Maple Leafs’ winger Michael Bunting has been suspended for three playoff games following an illegal check to the head and interference of Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Erik Černák, the league announced.The hit happened in the second period of Game 1 when the Lightning were up 4-2 against the Leafs.Michael Bunting has been suspended for 3 playoff games for an illegal check to the head and interference against Tampa Bay’s Erik Cernak, via @NHLPlayerSafety.pic.twitter.com/aY8TnNYJ6N— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 19, 2023Bunting was given a match penalty and game misconduct as a result of the hit. Černák left the game and did not return. He’s been ruled out for Game 2 in Toronto.The NHL’s Player Safety determined the hit as an illegal check to the head and interference, saying the head was the main point of contact and noting that the impact to the head was avoidable.Head coach Sheldon Keefe pencilled in rookie winger Matthew Knies on the third line in p...

Search continues for victim in collapsed NYC parking garage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:51 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Crews used cranes to pluck cars, one by one, from the rubble of a New York City parking garage Wednesday as building inspectors sought to pinpoint a cause for the century-old structure’s deadly collapse.Grim work also continued to recover the body of one garage worker presumed dead under tons of concrete and crumpled vehicles.“Right now we’re transitioning to how we safely take down that building,” Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol said at a news conference, a day after the multilevel parking lot collapsed just as a stream of customers were returning from work to retrieve their cars.It was a delicate operation to remove as many as 90 vehicles scattered on the structure’s buckled top deck and amid tons of shattered concrete.A preliminary investigation found that all three floors of the garage partially or completely collapsed, according to the city’s Buildings Department. The garage’s rear wall partially collapsed, and the fron...