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Michigan Supreme Court rejects bid to take Trump off primary ballot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to remove former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban.A liberal-leaning group had appealed a state appeals court ruling that concluded, regardless of whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from holding office, Michigan’s secretary of state lacks the legal authority to remove him from the ballot.The state’s highest court, controlled by Democrats, let that lower ruling stand, saying in an unsigned order that it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.”The decision hands a legal victory for Trump as his lawyers seek to stave off 14th Amendment lawsuits filed across the country, aimed at preventing the former president’s return to the White House.The amendment prohibits someone from holding “any office … under the United States” if they engaged in insurrection after taking an oath as “an officer of the United States” to “suppo...

Oliver Hedrens Preps for NYE

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

Oliver Hedrens Preps for NYE: Dutch star Oliver Hedrens started DJing and producing when he was 12 years old though he admits that, in the beginning, he had no idea what he was doing.“At that time, I was more occupied playing sports and video games with friends, and high school,” Hedrens says. “However, when I was 15, I started to get very dedicated, and since then, I learned and developed very fast. In 2012 things got serious when my dream record label at that time, Spinnin’ Records, offered a 17-year-old me a record deal. A year later, I made the track ‘Gecko’ which ended up becoming my big breakthrough hit. At the same time, my ‘Heldeep Mixtapes’ started to blow up on SoundCloud, and from there, I started to get a packed touring schedule in 2014 and onwards.”Hedrens describes his sound as versatile.“Overall it’s quite melodic, but it still has groove, energy, power, and flow, mixed smoothly with all kinds of vocals too,” he says. “Then un...

Healing Post-Traumatic Stress with CBD

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

View the original article about the CBD for PTSD  at Real Tested CBD.The impact of a traumatic event can reverberate for the rest of a patient’s life. As many people know, “post-traumatic stress disorder” (PTSD) is a serious long-term mental health condition. While PTSD is commonly associated with veterans, data suggests at least 10 percent of the US population will deal with PTSD over their lifetimes.Although standard treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) show promise in managing PTSD symptoms, some patients have turned to CBD oil for relief. CBD’s anti-anxiety properties may play a positive role in future PTSD treatment strategies. How Could CBD Oil Help People Struggling with PTSD?Many recent studies suggest CBD has a noticeable impact on anxiety conditions like social anxiety disorder (SAD). Although SAD isn’t the same as PTSD, there’s a lot of crossover in how these anxiety conditions work. Also, many researchers believe the way ...

First of two rounds of wet weather this week to hit Bay Area on Wednesday

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

Related ArticlesWeather | Bay Area: Coast flooding, hazardous beach conditions expected on Christmas Day Weather | Bay Area rainfall chart: Totals for this week’s storms Weather | Winter solstice: The shortest day and longest night of the year Weather | So far, so good as Bay Area airports brace for record holiday travel a year after meltdown Weather | Bay Area could see more rain next week Wednesday’s forecast showed the first of two upcoming spouts of precipitation to swing by the Bay Area, though totals should stay relatively low according to the National Weather Service.Most of the inland sections of the region were predicted to see less than one-half of an inch of rain from Wednesday through Thursday mornings. NWS predictions forecast a stronger showing on the coast, as Santa Cruz could see as much as one inch.San Jose, Livermore and Concord were expected to top out around two-tenths of ...

30+ Bay Area events, festivals and things to do in 2024

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

From food and film to art, music and nature, here’s an epic sampling of ways to have some Bay Area fun in 2024.SF Tape Music Festival: Jan. 5-7, Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St., San Francisco. America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, SFTMF features four concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions projected over a pristine surround system to an audience seated in complete darkness. $10-$50. sfsound.org/tape/BritBeat – A Tribute to The Beatles: 8 p.m. Jan. 6, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. Step back in time to relive the iconic music of The Beatles with BritBeat, the ultimate tribute band, as they take you on a journey through the greatest hits of one of history’s greatest bands. $45-$75. bit.ly/BritBeatBankheadMonster Jam: 5 p.m. Jan. 6 and 2 p.m. Jan. 7, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco. Come out to Oracle Park for some down and dirty monster truck mayhem, where audie...

The Sharks lead the NHL in this category, and it’s had a severe effect on their season

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

After seeing Logan Couture make steady improvement this month from a lower-body injury that’s kept him out all season, San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn can’t help but begin to look ahead to when his captain is fully healthy and available to play again.“Now that he’s partaking in some team activities and out there with the team,” Quinn said before the Christmas break, “you start thinking ‘OK, when he’s ready, what’s going to happen, where are we going to insert him.’”It’s a regular occurrence for Quinn, who has had to play musical chairs with his lineup more than any other coach in the league so far this season.The Sharks, per NHL Injury Viz’s account on X, led the NHL in man games lost with 176 before their game tonight against the Los Angeles Kings.Near the top of the list, besides Couture’s 34 games, was defenseman Matt Benning (lower body) with his 20 games missed, and counting, and forward Alexander Barabanov, who sat out 18 games with a broken fin...

Person fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in East Oakland, suspect in custody

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

(BCN) -- A person was shot and killed in Oakland on Tuesday and a suspect is in custody, the police department said.Police were alerted to a possible gunshot from the city's ShotSpotter system and they headed to the 1400 block of Sunshine Court just before 2:45 p.m.Officers located a person who had sustained at least one gunshot wound. Medical personnel attended to the victim but they were pronounced dead at the scene.While investigating, police believed they identified a suspect and obtained a location for them. Food truck stolen on Christmas Eve found at homeless encampment The suspect led police on a lengthy pursuit throughout the city, Oakland Police said, but with the assistance of a helicopter and other tools the person was eventually taken into custody.This is being investigated as a homicide and police have not released the name of the suspect or the victim at this time.Anyone who may have information helpful to this case is encouraged to contact the homicide section at (5...

Pedestrian critically injured in Santa Rosa collision

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

(BCN) -- A vehicle collision in Santa Rosa left a pedestrian critically injured Tuesday night, according to police.Around 11:10 p.m., officers and medical personnel responded to a report of a collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle at the intersection of Sebastopol Road and Dutton Avenue.According to Santa Rosa police, they learned that a silver BMW vehicle hit a pedestrian, who went unconscious while lying on the road. Pedestrian hit and killed on I-880 near Oakland Coliseum Officers found the pedestrian on the northbound lane of Dutton Avenue, just north of the intersection with Sebastopol Road, with a silver BMW sedan on the side of the road with major front-end damage. The driver of the car was still on scene, police said.The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries, according to police.Investigators said there was no indication that the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The speed of the car was likely not a factor, and it wa...

T’Vondre Sweat a dominant force on the Texas defensive line heading into CFP semi vs. Washington

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Early in the Big 12 championship game, Texas defensive tackle T’Vonde Sweat was on offense, lined up in a goal line formation to deliver a what everyone expected to be a crushing block for someone else seeking a touchdown.At 6-foot-4, 362 pounds, Sweat is a masher. But he barely brushed against an Oklahoma State defender before tip-toeing toward the back of the end zone for a soft pass, a cradled catch and a TD. A big man TD, followed by a Heisman pose. Sweat’s touchdown launched the Longhorns to a 49-21 rout that secured the program’s first Big 12 title since 2009 and put them in the College Football Playoff for the first time. And it put the exclamation mark on a regular season in which Sweat could arguably be considered Texas’ most valuable player. All of it is why Sweat, a fifth-year senior and the Outland Trophy winner as the nation’s top interior lineman, chose to return to Texas this season. He is the fourth Longhorn to win the Out...

In its 75th year, the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll is still driving discussion across the sport

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:38 GMT

When the first AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll was published in January 1949, Saint Louis was installed at No. 1 ahead of mighty Kentucky, thanks to a head-to-head win a few weeks earlier in New Orleans.The poll did exactly what was intended, and what it has continued to do for 75 years: It sparked debate.Were the Billikens of coach Eddie Hickey — the defending NIT champions at a time when that tournament was more prestigious than the NCAA Tournament — really deserving of the top spot? Would the Wildcats of Adolph Rupp win a rematch? And what of Western Kentucky, Minnesota and Oklahoma A&M, some of the other powerhouse programs of the era?“It was a case of thinking up ideas to develop interest,” Alan J. Gould, then the sports editor for The Associated Press, explained years later. “Sports was then living off controversy, opinion, whatever. This was just another exercise in hoopla.”Gould had dreamed up the AP college football poll in 1936, when he asked newspaper ed...