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San Diego Border Patrol surpasses 100,000 encounters as of October

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

SAN DIEGO - Border crossings in the San Diego sector are on the rise, up by over 30% from last April with just over 100,000 illegal encounters made in the past six months. This comes as the end of the Title 42 approaches next month. "We’ve seen an increase over the course of the last couple of years but this year up to date, we’re at 109,274 apprehensions," shared Agent Angel Moreno with the U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector. These stats follow a recent slew of African and Middle Eastern migrants amassing near San Ysidro just last week. According to Customs and Border Protection, nearly 60% encountered in the San Diego Sector were from countries other than Mexico, with single adults making up 77% of these encounters reaching 84,620 individuals. The uptick comes as Border Patrol Agents stress limited manpower; an obstacle agents tell us they're working to address. “As an organization, we try to help each other out as much as we can so we try to shift some of those apprehensions to ...

Rules of the Road: California license plate rules

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

CHP Sgt. Brian Pennings joined FOX 5 Wednesday to discuss California license plate rules.

McDonald's testing two new drinks in San Diego County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- In the mood for some new McDonald's beverages? The fast food restaurant unveiled two new Cold Brew drinks Wednesday across locations in San Diego County for a limited time.The announcement comes ahead of National Cold Brew Day on April 20. One of the selections, Cold Brew, is made from a signature blend of arabica beans and served over black ice, McDonald's said in a release. The drink is slow steeped to deliver a smooth and strong flavor. Iconic donut shop to open first location in San Diego The other option, Marble Cold Brew, is poured over ice and mixed with McDonald's new creamy syrup, which is then topped with a swirl of cream for an indulgent finish, according to the restaurant.The beverages will be available all day and can be purchased in the restaurant, at the Drive Thru and on the McDonald's app.McDonald's is offering the two new Cold Brew drinks at about 600 stores across the region.

Stock market today: Asian shares trading mostly lower

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

NEW YORK — Shares are mostly lower in Asia in narrow trading after they barely budged on Wall Street following a mixed batch of earnings reports from big U.S. companies.Oil prices also declined. Japan reported that its trade deficit narrowed in March as exports rose more than expected, helped by a nearly 40% increase in the value of vehicle exports. But exports to China fell, reflecting the slow pace of the recovery from pandemic disruptions. Growth in imports also slowed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 28,631.53 and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was virtually unchanged at 7,366.50. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index slipped 0.1% to 20,341.89. South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.3% to 2,567.96 and the Shanghai Composite index declined 0.7% to 3,347.05.On Wednesday, the S&P 500 inched down by less than 0.1%, to 4,154.42. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2% to 33,897.01, and the Nasdaq composite edged up less than 0.1%, to 12,157.23. Tesla weighed heavily ...

‘Rust’ movie reboots after Alec Baldwin shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Filming on the Western movie “Rust” could resume this week in Montana, the production company said Wednesday, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal with actor Alec Baldwin on the original production in New Mexico.Baldwin will continue his involvement as an actor and coproducer, and Rust Move Productions attorney Melina Spadone said via a representative that filming will restart Thursday at the Yellowstone Film Ranch.The production company finalized a settlement last month with New Mexico workplace safety regulars over “serious” violations, agreeing to a $100,000 fine to resolve a scathing safety review that detailed unheeded complaints and misfires on set before cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed in October 2021.Plans to resume filming were outlined last year by widower Matthew Hutchins in a proposed settlement to a wrongful death lawsuit that would make him an executive producer on a rebooted “Rust.”Pro...

Rare solar eclipse to cross remote Australia, Indonesia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

A rare solar eclipse will cross over remote parts of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor on Thursday. The lucky few in the path of the hybrid solar eclipse will either get plunged into the darkness of a total eclipse or they’ll see a “ring of fire” as the sun peeks out from behind the moon.The eclipse path will swoop from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, mostly over water. For those viewing the total eclipse, it will last a little over a minute.Such celestial events happen about once every decade: The last one was in 2013 and the next one isn’t until 2031. They occur when Earth is in the “sweet spot” so the moon and the sun are almost the exact same size in the sky, said NASA solar expert Michael Kirk.At some points, the moon is a little closer and blocks out the sun in a total eclipse. But when the moon is a little farther away, it lets some of the sun’s light peek out in an annular eclipse.“It’s a crazy phenomenon,” Kirk said. “You’re actually watching the moon get lar...

Severe storms with tornados move through central U.S.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

COLE, Okla. (AP) — Strong storms including tornadoes, strong winds and hail are moving through parts of the Central U.S. The National Weather Service began issuing tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings Wednesday evening in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa with forecasters warning people to find shelter. Central Oklahoma was seeing multiple tornadoes with damage reported. KFOR-TV reports residents south of Oklahoma City have reported being trapped in their shelters underground, mailboxes have been blown away and emergency crews are having to use GPS to find addresses, according to the McClain County sheriff.Two people in the town of Cole rode out the storm in a manhole and were not hurt, the television station reported.The National Weather Service was warning just before 10 p.m. that a storm with a tornado was moving toward the city of Shawnee. The storm was showing erratic behavior, and the weather service said people should take cover.Storms this spring have spawned tornadoes in the So...

Takeaways of AP report on watchdog probe into DEA hiring

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog is investigating whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration under chief Anne Milgram improperly awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to hire her past associates. That’s according to several people familiar with the widening probe who spoke to The Associated Press.Here are the key takeaways: WHAT’S UNDER INVESTIGATION?The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General is scrutinizing $4.7 million the DEA spent for “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts to help bring in people Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as a New York University law professor. Some of the contract hires make up Milgram’s inner circle, handling intelligence, data analytics, community outreach and public relations — at costs far exceeding pay for government officials. Investigators are also homing in on a $1.4 million contract awarded to a Washington law firm to review the DEA’s scandal-plagued foreign operati...

Missing Navy sailor recovered from Lake Michigan in Waukegan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The body of a missing U.S. Navy sailor was recovered Wednesday evening from Lake Michigan in Waukegan, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office and police.Waukegan police said the body and clothing description matches that of U.S. Navy Sailor Seamus Gray, who went missing on March 18. The coroner's office later confirmed Wednesday evening was identified as Seamus Gray. NCIS, rescue canines join search in Waukegan for missing Navy sailor Police said an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. Waukegan Police Department Chief Edgardo Navarro said ComEd workers were doing routine work around 7 p.m. near the harbor when they found the body and flagged down officers. Officer Roscoe went into the water and brought the body back to shore, Chastain said.Gray was reported missing from Ibiza bar on North Genessee Street in downtown Waukegan following St. Patricks Day. Police said he and his friends were escorted out of the bar because they were intoxicated. Video showed Gray...

New study on long COVID from Northwestern Medicine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:44:07 GMT

CHICAGO — A long-time study is revealing new information about the ailments that plague a third of COVID survivors.The findings on long COVID are very different depending on whether patients were hospitalized or recovered at home. Chicago hospital training ground for military medics Dr. Igor Koralnik, a neurologist with Northwestern Medicine, said nearly 2,000 patients from 31 states have traveled to the clinic in search of answers. "Patients complain of brain fog, headache, muscle pain, trouble with smell and taste, numbness tingling, blurry vision and ringing in ears," Koralnik said. In the 100 study, patients who were hospitalized and placed on ventilators, many with co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity prior to a COVID infection, the researchers noted broader, more serve lasting neurological symptoms. What is mifepristone and how does it work? "When people are older, had other diseases before COVID, seriously affected by COVID-19, pneumonia, maybe go t...