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Mathews: How Schwarzenegger recall victory 20 years ago affects today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Arnold Schwarzenegger becoming governor of California, after the recall of former Gov. Gray Davis.For much of the last two decades, the recall has been remembered mostly as a bizarre media circus, with 135 candidates, a hurried 60-day campaign, and a debate featuring Schwarzenegger and Arianna Huffington trading insults.This is a shame, because that strange, cataclysmic event shifted California’s political priorities and offers important lessons that might provide some much-needed hope about our power to change the future.In retrospect, the Davis recall looks like the first of three election earthquakes in the 21st century that shook up American politics. The other two are the elections of Barack Obama in 2008 and Donald Trump in 2016.For Americans, the recall election, with all its bombast, would preview how politics would grow louder, more populist, more direct. And for Californians, the recall was something more: the beginning of a new era in...

Bernstein: The Biden campaign should pivot to marijuana legalization

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

As President Joe Biden looks to boost his reelection campaign and lousy poll numbers, there’s one policy position that is popular with voters, could help unite Democrats and would leave Republicans scrambling to respond. It’s time he comes out in support of legalizing recreational use of marijuana.There’s even a ready-made playbook for rolling out the new position. In 2012, then-Vice President Biden provided the initial public push that helped President Barack Obama off the fence on the issue of marriage equality — whose views changed and evolved over two decades, like much of America.Now, it’s Biden stuck straddling the middle when his party and public opinion have already decided the issue. According to the latest Gallup poll earlier this month 70% of Americans think the use of marijuana should be legal. At the same time, 24 states have moved forward on their own and legalized recreational use, the latest being Ohio, where voters approved a ballot measure last week. Accordin...

First planeload of wounded Palestinian children from Israel-Hamas arrives in United Arab Emirates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first planeload of Palestinian children wounded in the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip reached the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, part of a pledged relief effort by the country to aid 1,000 children. The group of 15 people, including children and their family members, made it across the Gaza Strip’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Friday. They then took a flight to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Emirates.Young children lay asleep on their moms’ laps as the plane finally landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Some of the seats of the plane were removed to make room for the most critically wounded children, who needed to lie on stretchers. Some of the young had bandaged arms and legs. Others sat quietly next to their parents or relatives. Some traveled alone. The mood was somber and quiet inside the plane. Many of the mothers said they were exhausted.Twelve-year-old Amr Jandieh, his eyes welling up with tears, ...

SpaceX intenta el segundo lanzamiento de Starship, el cohete más potente jamás construido

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

(CNN) — Este sábado, SpaceX intentará el segundo lanzamiento de Starship, el vehículo de lanzamiento más potente jamás construido.Tras meses de reconstrucción y cumplir con trámites regulatorios después de la explosión en abril del primer vuelo de prueba del sistema Starship, SpaceX está preparada para su próximo lanzamiento.Se espera que el megacohete, el vehículo de lanzamiento más potente jamás construido, despegue este sábado entre las 7:00 y las 9:00 de la mañana, hora local (8:00-10:00, hora de Miami), con la esperanza de que la exploración humana de la Luna y Marte dependa de su éxito.La nave espacial Starship apilada sobre el cohete Super Heavy está destinada a desempeñar un papel clave en la misión lunar Artemis III de la NASA, prevista actualmente para 2025. El resultado del intento de lanzamiento podría tener un gran impacto en los objetivos de exploración lunar de la agencia espacial estadounidense.¿Dónde ver el lanzamiento en vivo del cohete Starship?SpaceX transm...

Cricket-mad India readies for World Cup final against Australia in 132,000-seat venue

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

AHMEDEBAD, India (AP) — India, a country of 1.4 billion people, will come to a virtual standstill on Sunday when its cricket team led by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli takes on five-time champion Australia in the Cricket World Cup final.It will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, the world’s largest cricket venue with a seating capacity of 132,000. It was commissioned in 2015 and built with the purpose of hosting the tournament final eight years later. In the process it will likely set a world cricket attendance record.From Chennai to Dharamsala and Mumbai to Kolkata, India has played in front of partisan crowds during the six-week tournament. The home side has channeled that weight of expectations and pressure to win 10 consecutive games — the only unbeaten team.“We know it’s going to be a packed house,” said Australia captain Pat Cummins. “There’s going to be 130,000 fans here supporting India. So it’s going to be awesome. You have got to embrace it. The crowd will be very one sided...

Metro train strikes shopping cart, trapping passengers and causing delays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

A Metro train on the Red Line struck a shopping cart on Friday night, trapping over a hundred passengers for nearly an hour and causing delays.Around 8 p.m., a train traveling between the Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland stations became disabled after it struck a metal shopping cart that was left on the tracks, an official confirmed to WTOP.Update Metro incident. Fire/EMS personnel standing by at Brookland & Rhode Island @wmata stations and in vicinity of disabled train. Passengers have been successfully evacuated from disabled train to rescue train. There are still no reported injuries. #DCsBravest pic.twitter.com/t60Yblrs4d— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) November 18, 2023About 160 passengers on board were trapped for nearly an hour before a rescue train arrived along with emergency personnel to safely evacuate them. No injuries were reported.Trains are no longer single tracking and normal service is expected to resume at regular hours on Saturday morning.Source

Matt Wallace birdies every hole on back 9 in Dubai and ties European record

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Matt Wallace has tied a European tour record by making nine consecutive birdies, all of them on the back nine Saturday for a 12-under 60 in the DP World Tour Championship.Wallace had a chance at the only the second 59 in European tour history. He had 202 yards to the green on the par-5 18th on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. But he hit into a bunker, and hit out to inches from the cup for a tap-in birdie.The nine consecutive birdies equal the European tour record set by James Nitties of Australia in the 2019 Vic Open. Wallace also tied the tour record with 12 birdies in one round, last done by Raphaël Jacquelin in the 2013 Turkish Open.Wallace holed from 30 feet on the 10th hole and from 18 feet on the 11th. The rest of the way, two birdies were from 6 feet and the rest were from 3 feet or closer.“That was fun,” Wallace said as he walked off the course.Players were allowed to lift and clean their golf balls in the short grass because of ...

Cómo votar en el balotaje de Argentina 2023 y qué necesito: documentos válidos, boletas y más

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

(CNN Español) — Argentina celebra este domingo 19 de noviembre el balotaje presidencial. Los ciudadanos deberán elegir a su próximo presidente entre dos candidatos: Sergio Massa, del oficialismo, y Javier Milei, de la Libertad Avanza.Acá te contamos dónde votar, cuáles son los documentos válidos y cómo es el proceso de votación.¿Dónde voto?El 22 de septiembre, cuando faltaba un mes para las elecciones generales, la Cámara Nacional Electoral (CNE) publicó el padrón definitivo de los comicios. Desde entonces, cualquiera puede acceder al padrón definitivo y saber dónde votará, haciendo clic en padrón.gob.ar.Una vez ingresado el número de documento, género, distrito donde se vota y código verificador, aparecerá el centro de votación y el número de mesa y de orden.Elecciones primarias en Argentina.Solo se puede “votar en el establecimiento y la mesa que te corresponden de acuerdo con el domicilio que tenés registrado en tu documento”, advierte el Gobierno argentino en s...

SpaceX’s giant new rocket launches on second test flight from Texas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off from South Texas on a test flight Saturday, seven months after the first try ended in an explosion.The 397-foot (121-meter) Starship rocket thundered into the sky and arced out over the Gulf of Mexico. The goal was to separate the spaceship from its booster and send it into space.SpaceX aimed for an altitude of 150 miles (240 kilometers), just high enough to send the bullet-shaped spacecraft around the globe before ditching into the Pacific near Hawaii about 1 1/2 hours after liftoff, short of a full orbit.Starship is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. Its first flight in April lasted four minutes, with the wreckage crashing into the gulf. Since then, Elon Musk’s company has made dozens of improvements to the booster and its 33 engines as well as the launch pad.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP ...

Ravens WR Odell Beckham Jr., with legs back underneath him, is starting to look like his old self

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:09 GMT

Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has always operated with the premise that his season in Baltimore is about where it ends, not necessarily where it is in the moment. In his often contemplative way, it’s about the journey and the destination.Over the past few weeks, the two have finally started to come together.That merging has been significant. In his past three games, Beckham has found a rhythm with quarterback Lamar Jackson as well as a level of speed that he had yet to display since joining the Ravens, with 10 catches for 212 yards and two touchdowns in that span. That included 116 yards in Baltimore’s 34-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night, the most he’s had in a game since Week 2 in 2019 when he was with the Cleveland Browns.It was against the Browns on Sunday that Beckham also showed off his wheels, taking a short slant and turning it into a 40-yard touchdown. On the play, he hit 19.2 mph, according to Next Gen Stats, his fastest speed ...