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San Jose State Spartans on brink of becoming bowl eligible, but can’t stop there

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

SAN JOSE — San Jose State will become bowl eligible with a win on Saturday against San Diego State. But the Spartans are shooting for more than that.Entering the week, 58 teams had already won six games to become eligible for the 82 spots in bowl games this season. SJSU (5-5, 4-2 Mountain West) is one of 24 teams with five wins. There are 36 more four-win teams that have two games remaining.SJSU learned the hard way that six wins does not guarantee a trip to the postseason.In 2013 the Spartans finished 6-6 but were not invited to a bowl game. Out of the seven bowl-eligible teams in the Mountain West that season, SJSU was the only team left out.There already are four Mountain West teams that are bowl eligible: Air Force (8-2), UNLV (8-2), Fresno State (8-2) and Wyoming (6-4). Joining SJSU with five wins is Boise State (5-5) and Utah State (5-5).After Saturday’s home finale, the Spartans end the regular season at UNLV. That game could be for a spot in the MW title game.“It’...

Armstrong gets 90 years for killing pro cyclist Wilson

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

By Jim Vertuno | Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer.Jurors deliberated for just over three hours before delivering the verdict for Kaitlin Armstrong, who investigators say tracked Wilson to the apartment where she was staying and shot her three times. They took only two hours on Thursday to convict her.Prosecutors said Armstrong, 35, gunned down the 25-year-old Wilson in a jealous rage. Wilson had briefly dated Armstrong’s boyfriend several months earlier. Wilson went swimming and to a meal with him the day she was killed.Armstrong’s defense attorneys had urged the jury to consider something less than life that could offer the chance for parole.Armstrong left the courtroom immediately after the verdict. Her father wiped tears from his eyes a...

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice care

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

By Kaanita Iyer | CNNFormer first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia, The Carter Center announced Friday.“Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home. She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and support,” read the statement, released on behalf of Jason Carter, the Carters’ grandson.Additional details about Carter, 96, were not immediately provided. The Center announced in May that the former first lady had been diagnosed with dementia.President Carter, 99, began home hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays.Speaking on his grandparents’ health, Josh Carter told People Magazine in an interview published in August that “it’s clear we’re in the final chapter.”Rosalynn Carter, he said at the time, was cognizant of her diagnosis and had signed off on the press release in which it...

ChatGPT parent company OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

By Samantha Kelly | CNNOpenAI, the organization behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT, announced on Friday its CEO and founder, Sam Altman, was fired and will be departing the company, effective immediately.The company, in a statement, said an internal investigation found that Altman was not always truthful with the board.“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” the company said in its statement. “The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”OpenAI announced Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO until a permanent successor is chosen.The news follows OpenAI’s first developer conference held in San Francisco last week, where Altman served as the master of ceremonies, unveiling a series of new artificial intelligence tool updates, includin...

Editorial: Tainted probe of Baby Phoenix fentanyl death should be halted

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

Baby Phoenix Castro, the 3-month-old San Jose girl who died of a fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose in May, should be alive today.Santa Clara County’s child protective services system failed her. The state is investigating. In the meantime, county officials should stand down and abandon their own internal investigation that was tainted from the start with conflicts of interest.This is a time for an outside independent probe that will produce findings free of any questions of bias or manipulation.However well-intentioned Damion Wright, the director of the county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services, and County Executive James Williams may be in their quest for answers, they have no business being anywhere near the investigation.The actions of the departments they have overseen are at the center of the controversy over how Baby Phoenix was allowed to remain with her drug-addicted father.Baby’s opioid withdrawalAs this news organization has detailed in a series of st...

San Jose Sharks forward taking temporary leave of absence

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

SAN JOSE — Nico Sturm is taking a temporary leave of absence from the San Jose Sharks to attend to a personal family matter and will miss the next two games, the team announced Friday.Sturm, a center, will miss the Sharks’ games on Monday in Vancouver and Wednesday in Seattle. In a statement, the Sharks said, “Out of respect to Nico’s privacy, the organization will not have any further comment.”The Sharks have also loaned winger Danil Gushchin back to their AHL affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda.Sturm, 28, has been San Jose’s third-line center for most of the season and has two assists in 17 games. He’s averaged close to 15 minutes of ice time per game, is also one of the Sharks’ leading penalty-killers, and has won a team-high 64.3 percent of his 224 faceoffs.The Sharks requested and were granted non-roster status for Sturm as he begins his leave of absence. They now have 21 players on their roster and will be free to recall another forward ...

OpenAI CEO ousted one day after speaking at APEC AI forum

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been removed from his position, the AI company announced Friday. Altman will depart as CEO and leave the company's board of directors.Altman's ouster follows a review by the board, which concluded that he "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities." Tesla crashes into kitchen of San Mateo home Friday morning "The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI," the company announced in a statement.Altman's removal comes one day after he spoke at an APEC forum on artificial intelligence.OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will replace Altman as interim CEO while the company works to identify a permanent successor.San Francisco-based OpenAI is the parent company behind ChatGPT.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Daly City mom accused of murder-suicide attempt appears in court

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

(KRON) -- A Daly City mother is accused of attempting to kill herself and her 9-year-old daughter before a crisis hotline phone operator alerted police. Kelly Chan, 39, appeared in court on Friday with her defense attorney. Chan has not yet entered a plea.According to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, Chan tried to fatally poison her daughter by using carbon monoxide on November 13 inside their Daly City home. Chan wrote a disturbing text message to a crisis hotline number, prosecutors said. The message asked questions about "how long it would take to commit suicide by turning on her gas stove, and specifically asked questions about carbon monoxide.  She also said that she wanted to take her 9 year old daughter with her," prosecutors wrote. The hotline operator managed to figure out Chan's location and alerted the police to conduct a welfare check on the family. "When the police arrived, the ex-husband was confused and did not want to allow police inside.  O...

Reviews: ‘The Killer’, ‘Rustin’ are solid Netflix watches but not quite masterpieces

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

David Fincher’s “The Killer” is currently the No. 1 movie on Netflix since its premiere last Friday.This Friday, George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin” premieres on the streamer hoping to enter the Oscar race.Which movie is worth your time? Honestly, both are solid watches but not quite masterpieces.Time for a double movie review:‘The Killer’When I first heard that the prolific David Fincher was making a new movie called “The Killer,” I naturally thought it would be about detectives tracking a serial killer, which has been Fincher’s auteur wheelhouse in crime-mystery masterpieces, such as “Se7en” (1995) and “Zodiac” (2007), not to mention the TV series “Mindhunter” (2017-2019).While “The Killer” is indeed written by “Se7en” scribe Andrew Kevin Walker, it is instead a slowburn action thriller told from the perspective of the killer —  a coldblooded professional assassin who patiently waits for his kil...

North European Oil Royalty: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:18 GMT

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — KEENE, N.H. (AP) — North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT) on Friday reported a loss of $158,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Keene, New Hampshire-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent.For the year, the company reported profit of $21.2 million, or $2.26 per share. Revenue was reported as $22 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NRT at https://www.zacks.com/ap/NRTSource