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The 10 U.S. Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

By Simone Pathe | CNNIn a presidential contest cycle, Senate races don’t get the same kind of attention when there’s still a year to go until Election Day. But the start of the second fundraising quarter earlier this month brought a host of new candidate names – some declared and some still biding their time – that will help shape the race for control of the chamber in 2024 and the ultimate power dynamics for whoever is president in 2025.With more candidates launching their campaigns this month, the prospect of competitive primaries has become more real – especially on the Republican side. That’s especially true in the top three seats most likely to flip, which represent the GOP’s best chances to pick up the one or two seats they’d need to control the chamber, depending on who wins the presidency. (Rankings are based on CNN’s reporting, fundraising figures and historical data about how states and candidates have performed.)West Virginia’s GOP primary – mainly between the governor an...

7 awesome Bay Area things to do this weekend, July 28-30

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

From scary movies and amazing photographs to gorgeous hikes (with waterfalls!) we have some truly amazing ways to enjoy the heck out of this weekend. So let’s get to it, shall we?As with everything these days, be sure to double check websites for any last-minute changes in health guidelines. Meanwhile, if you’d like to have this Weekender lineup delivered to your inbox every Thursday morning for free, just sign up at www.mercurynews.com/newsletters or www.eastbaytimes.com/newsletters.1 SEE & HEAR: Great shows are happening all overFrom outdoor Shakespeare productions to a photo exhibit that will change what you think of photography, there are a ton of cool concerts, shows and exhibits to check out this weekend and beyond.Luke Howard (with his 15-month-old son on his back, snaps a photo of his sister Ella Howard, left, and his wife Isabelle Ni Ruachain at Cascade Falls in Mill Valley. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) 2 PLAY: Hikes with waterfallsIt’s sounds...

Public safety meeting with DA Pamela Price to be held tonight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

(KRON) -- A public safety meeting is being held Thursday night by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, who is facing a recall nearly seven months into her position. The meeting will cover Price's progressive criminal justice reform agenda and opponents to her plan will also be in attendance. Since Price was sworn in earlier this year, veteran prosecutors, crime victims' families and judges have all voiced their concerns that violent criminals could be let off the hook with her in charge. Alameda County DA Price defends record amid recall attempt During her campaign, she committed to taking aggressive steps to restore the public's trust by pursuing alternatives to incarceration and establishing programs to address crimes committed by young adults. Several cases have drawn controversy over how they have been handled during her time in office. DA Pamela Price spoke with KRON4's Haaziq Madyun defending her record amid the recall attempt. The public safety meeting will be he...

Spain and Manchester City great David Silva ends career at 37 because of serious knee injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Spain great David Silva announced the end of his career Thursday at age 37, one week after suffering a serious knee injury.“Today is a sad day for me,” Silva said in a video posted on his social media accounts. “It is time to say goodbye to what I have dedicated my whole life to.”He had been preparing for another Champions League campaign after helping Real Sociedad finish fourth in Spain’s La Liga last season. He damaged the ACL in his left knee in training last week.Silva is in the elite group of Spain players that was on each title-winning squad from the 2008 European Championship, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012.In that 2012 final he scored the opening goal with a header in a 4-0 rout of Italy in Kyiv. It was arguably the peak performance of Spain’s dominant era playing the high-tempo, possession-based style known as tiki-taka.Silva also won four English Premier League titles in a decade with Manchester City, where there is a statue of him outside th...

Today in Sports – The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

July 281913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two.1928 — The Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam and the Olympic flame is lit for the first time.1929 — The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.1972 — The American Basketball Association announces that San Diego will receive a franchise and the NBA’s Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego and are renamed the San Diego Clippers.1972 — The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.1984 — The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.1987 — Laura Davies shoots a 1-under 71 to defeat Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open.1987 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth U.S. jockey to win 6,000 races when he rides Lost Kitty to victory at Monmouth Park, N....

A ‘rolling recession’ or a ‘richcession’ might spare the US economy from a full-scale downturn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite more than a year of widespread warnings that a recession was near, America’s economy is, if anything, accelerating. Even as the Federal Reserve has sent borrowing costs sharply higher, the economy’s resilience has been on plain display: Consumers keep spending, and employers keep hiring. Inflation has reached its lowest level in two years, helping Americans stretch their paychecks.The government estimated Thursday that the economy expanded at a solid 2.4% annual rate in the April-June quarter, an unexpected pickup from the 2% pace in the first quarter. Businesses helped drive the growth, with robust investment in equipment, software and buildings. The latest snapshot of the economy coincides with rising sentiment that it may achieve an elusive “soft landing,” in which growth slows and inflation falls without igniting a full-blown recession. Analysts point to two trends that might help stave off an economic contraction. Some say the economy is experiencing a...

Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of the bipartisan ‘moonshot’ effort

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, aiming to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes for patients.The administration’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is launching a Precision Surgical Interventions program, seeking ideas from the public and private sectors to explore how to dramatically improve cancer outcomes in the coming decades by developing better surgical interventions to treat the disease.ARPA-H is modeled after the military-focused DARPA, which spawned the internet and GPS. The administration hopes the new investment will yield tools that will help surgeons avoid healthy nerves and blood vessels, while ensuring they can remove all cancerous cells. ARPA-H, along with the administration’s “cancer moonshot,” is a key part of Biden’s “unity a...

Today in Sports – Week Ahead, July 28 – August 3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

July 281913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two.1928 — The Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam and the Olympic flame is lit for the first time.1929 — The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.1972 — The American Basketball Association announces that San Diego will receive a franchise and the NBA’s Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego and are renamed the San Diego Clippers.1972 — The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.1984 — The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.1987 — Laura Davies shoots a 1-under 71 to defeat Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open.1987 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth U.S. jockey to win 6,000 races when he rides Lost Kitty to victory at Monmouth Park, N....

Poland’s ruling party leader vows to protect the EU border with Russia’s ally Belarus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union’s border with Russian ally Belarus has become more dangerous because of Russia’s military presence there, and securing the frontier is the Polish government’s top priority, Poland’s ruling party leader said Thursday.Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a deputy prime minister and head of the conservative Law and Justice party, made the comments while visiting the village of Koden on the EU’s border with Belarus. The Polish defense minister was due to meet with troops on the border later in the day.Amid Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, thousands of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries have deployed to Belarus over the past month, and the Kremlin says it also has moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus.“We want to say it clearly: We are doing everything that is needed and that is sufficient for us to easily repel any potential provocations or aggressive undertakings,” from the Belarus side, Kaczynski said.Last year, Poland’s rig...

Este julio será, con diferencia, el mes más cálido registrado en el planeta y el más caluroso de los últimos 120.000 años, según los científicos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:11:59 GMT

(CNN) — A medida que vastas franjas de tres continentes se calcinan bajo temperaturas abrasadoras y los océanos se calientan a niveles sin precedentes, los científicos de dos autoridades climáticas mundiales informan antes de que termine julio que este mes será el más caluroso del planeta registrado hasta ahora.El calor de julio ha sido ya tan extremo que es “prácticamente seguro” que este mes batirá récords “por un margen significativo”, según afirman el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copérnico de la Unión Europea y la Organización Meteorológica Mundial en un informe publicado este jueves.Acabamos de vivir el período de tres semanas más caluroso del que se tiene constancia, y casi con toda seguridad en más de cien mil años.Normalmente, estos récords, que registran la temperatura media del aire en todo el mundo, se superan por centésimas de grado. Pero la temperatura de los primeros 23 días de julio promedió 16,95 grados Celsius (62,51 Fahrenheit), muy po...