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Tax looming for vacant San Francisco homeowners

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- People who own homes in San Francisco -- and don't actually live in them -- will be slapped with a new tax in 2025. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a vacant home tax law on Tuesday. Owners of vacant homes will have to file and pay the tax starting April 30, 2025, Supervisor Dean Preston said.The law will tax owners of buildings of three units or more, where a residential unit has been vacant for more than six months in a given year. The tax rate is higher for larger units, and it increases the longer a home is kept vacant. It is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2024, with the first filing deadline set for April 30, 2025.Preston said, "We are now taking the next steps toward providing clarity for property owners and guidance for how the tax will be collected."The law was spurred in response to sky-high housing costs, and homeowners who live elsewhere.A Victorian home in San Francisco is seen on Jan. 14, 2022. The decaying, 122-...

Neymar leaves Brazil match in tears with apparent left knee injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Neymar was in tears as he left the field with an apparent knee injury at the end of the first half of Brazil’s World Cup qualifying match at Uruguay on Tuesday.The 31-year-old striker tripped and fell during a run in the 44th minute at the Centenario Staidum and was immediately surrounded by players from both teams as he held his left knee.Neymar was carried off on a stretcher with both of his hands on his face. Richarlison came on to replace him. Brazil’s medical team had no immediate update on Neymar’s condition.Neymar, who plays for Al Hilal of the Saudi Pro League, was criticized by fans before the World Cup qualifier because of his subpar performance during Thursday’s 1-1 draw between host Brazil and Venezuela.Neymar made his national team debut in 2010 and has 79 goals in 128 appearances for Brazil.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Couturier scores on penalty shot, Hart makes 25 saves to help Flyers beat Canucks 2-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Couturier scored on a penalty shot for his first goal in nearly two years, Carter Hart made 25 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-0 in their home opener Tuesday night.After being taken down by Elias Pettersson, Couturier beat Thatcher Demko on the penalty shot to make it 2-0 with 2:37 remaining in the first period. Couturier approached the goal from the right with his back to Demko, then spun to his forehand for a snapper that went in off the far post.Couturier scored for the first time since Dec. 10, 2021. He was sidelined for the second half of the 2021-22 season and all of last season because of a back injury. The Canucks lost for the first time after sweeping an opening home-and-home set with the Edmonton Oilers.Rookie defenseman Egor Zamula opened the scoring with his first NHL goal, beating Demko to the glove side 1:45 into the gameThe Flyers kept up the pressure in the second period, outshooting Vancouver 23-2.Vancouver app...

Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

Elon Musk’s social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), broke the law when it fired one of its employees for “exercising their right to protected concerted activity” following X’s return-to-office mandate, according to a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board. Elon Musk’s social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), broke the law when it fired one of its employees for “exercising their right to protected concerted activity” following X’s return-to-office mandate, according to a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board. New York (CNN) — After Elon Musk hinted last month that X could start charging all users, the company (formerly known as Twitter) announced a test of such ...

The Rockets have traded Kevin Porter to the Thunder, and Oklahoma City will waive him

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

ADDS (AP) — Kevin Porter Jr.’s time with the Houston Rockets is over, after the team agreed Tuesday to trade him and a pair of second-round draft picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder.The Thunder announced the deal Tuesday and said Porter, whose future in the NBA is uncertain because of serious legal issues, “will be waived immediately.” Oklahoma City also sent Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl to Houston.Porter is owed nearly $15.9 million for this season and an additional $1 million that was guaranteed for next season. The Rockets already had told Porter that he was essentially barred from the team after his arrest on domestic violence charges last month.Porter was arrested after an alleged attack on his girlfriend, former WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, in a New York City hotel room Sept. 11. One assault charge against Porter was dropped this week for insufficient evidence, the New York Post reported; he still faces a strangulation charge and another assault charge in relation...

¿Quién es Raoul Cortez? El Doodle de Google recuerda al pionero de los medios hispanos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

El Doodle de Google conmemora este martes la vida y el legado de Raoul A. Cortez, pionero de la radio y la radiodifusión en español en Estados Unidos y activista de derechos civiles, en el aniversario 118 de su nacimiento.Cortez, originario de México, fundó en Estados Unidos la primera estación de radio en español y la primera estación de televisión dirigida a hispanos.El artista Rafael López, quien también es mexicano-estadounidense, fue invitado a diseñar el Doodle con el que pretendía representar “los diversos papeles que desempeñó Cortez en la promoción de la cultura latina y los derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos”, dijo Google.Cortez nació el 17 de octubre de 1905 en Veracruz, México, y su familia emigró a San Antonio, Texas, cuando él era joven. En 1946, fundó KCOR-AM, la primera estación de radio totalmente en español del país, propiedad de un hispano y operada por él, como señaló el Salón de la Fama de la Radio de San Antonio. La lanzó con el lema “La V...

Police: Woman asks for help before man drags her away by her hair

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Englewood Police Department asked for the public's help searching for a person in a potential domestic violence incident that happened around 4 p.m. last Thursday.Police said a woman went into a Burger King at 900 W. Hampden Ave. and asked for help. While in the restaurant, a man came in, dragged her out by her hair and left with her in a black Cadillac Escalade.Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Vehicle wanted in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Vehicle wanted in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)The Escalade SUV did not have a...

What is Prop HH? Voters to decide on property taxes and TABOR dollars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Most Colorado voters should get their ballots in the mail sometime this week. Everyone will see two statewide ballot questions. One is garnering a lot of attention because of how it would impact property taxes and TABOR refunds.Property taxes are a major concern for a lot of Coloradans. This spring, many saw sky-high property tax assessments. "We didn't know the severity of the crisis until the very end of session," Colorado Senate President Steve Fenberg said.Prop HH contentious among party linesAs a result, Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado lawmakers presented a plan during the final days of the legislative session to bring Proposition HH to the ballot this November. Fenberg was a prime sponsor of the measure. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox There was contention around the proposal then, with Republicans walking off the floor during the vote to place it on the ballot. There is still a lot of back and forth going on, specifically ar...

What Poland’s Surprise Election Winner Means for the World

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

You’ve got to hunt for news about the most consequential election in Europe this year. Israel has pushed even the war in Ukraine far down the headline scroll.But Sunday’s surprising vote in Poland deserves attention — for what it says about domestic small-d democratic politics and for what it means geopolitically for the U.S. and Europe.Let’s start with the first and the man of the moment: Donald T. — T is for Tusk — who both shares some qualities with his namesake and represents a rejection of Trumpist politics.Tusk led his center-right Civic Platform and two likely coalition partners to an unexpected victory over the ruling Law and Justice Party. Over eight years, PiS, as the governing party is known, blended social Catholic conservatism, nationalism bleeding into jingoism and state patronage. Its detractors saw in it an existential threat to Poland’s thirtysomething democracy and raised doubts about the election’s fairness.We’ve become so downbeat that the outcome came as a shock...

Is an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza a mistake? Grant Shapps won’t say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:52 GMT

The U.K.’s top defense official repeatedly declined to second President Joe Biden’s comment that an Israeli occupation of Gaza would be “a big mistake.”In an interview Tuesday evening, British Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps was given multiple opportunities to agree with Biden’s remark on “60 Minutes.” The president said that Israel had every right to defend itself and target Hamas during a ground invasion of the enclave. But he warned that Israeli forces shouldn’t stay behind after uprooting the militant group to control Gaza’s 2.3 million people.Shapps didn’t side with Biden’s analysis. “Judgments about how that’s done, as long as it’s within international humanitarian laws, are for Israel” to decide, he said at the U.K. Embassy in Washington, D.C. While he wants to see a proportionate Israeli response, “there’s a job to be done.”Asked again if he sided with Biden’s answer, Shapps said he didn’t want to “start advising [Israel] on precisely what they’re operation shoul...