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‘Blanket training’: Duggar family documentary shows harsh way babies taught obedience

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

It’s hard to know which is the worst thing that reality TV parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are shown doing to their 19 children in the explosive four-part documentary, “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets,” which premiered on Amazon Prime over the weekend.Was it the Duggars’ choice to impose a rigid and controlling form of Christian fundamentalism on their children, particularly on their daughters? Was it the couple’s decision to essentially cover up their oldest son’s admitted molestation of multiple girls, including his own sisters, when he was teenager? Or was it their alleged exploitation of their children’s private lives, with their TLC show, “19 Kids and Counting,” in order to be become rich, famous and influential in conservative circles?There’s so much to choose from when it comes to the outwardly happy and wholesome Duggar family and Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s loyalty to the ultraconservative Chr...

The search for a new Gerber baby has begun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

Ebony Williams | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionDo you have the cutest baby in the world? If so, they could be the next Gerber baby.Back in 1928, Gerber held a contest to find an image to represent the brand and promote the then-new idea of specialized baby food. The winning illustration, by artist Dorothy Hope Smith, has appeared on Gerber products ever since.Sine 2010, Gerber has held an annual photo submission contest to select a new Gerber Baby for the coming year. This year, Gerber invites parents to share their own childhood photos too in order to honor their “Gerber Baby Days.”“This year’s program honors the full-circle journey from baby to parent in a fun way, uniquely connecting parents with their little ones,” said Angela Madlangbayan, vice president of marketing at Gerber, in the release. “Each year we are blown away by all the submissions and look forward to supporting parents and caregivers who are nurturing this next generation.”The judges will base their search...

Journalists strike to demand change at biggest US chain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

By Alexandra Olson | Associated PressNEW YORK — Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain.The strike involves hundreds of journalists at newspapers in at least seven states, including the Arizona Republic, the Austin American-Statesman, the Bergen Record, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, and the Palm Beach Post, according to the NewsGuild, which represents workers at more than 50 Gannett newsrooms. Gannett has said there would be no disruption to its news coverage during the strike, which will last for two days at two of the newspapers and one day for the rest.The walkouts coincided with Gannett’s annual shareholder meeting, during which the company’s board was duly elected despite the NewsGuild-CWA union urging shareholders to withhold their votes from CEO and board chairman Mike Reed as an ...

SpaceX launch sends space plant babies, ‘blue jet’ lightning research to space station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

After a series of weather delays, SpaceX managed to send up a resupply mission to the International Space Station just before noon Monday.A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 11:47 a.m. on the CRS-28 mission with a cargo Dragon spacecraft carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies and science experiments.Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/alTnpRy2Bu— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 5, 2023The first-stage booster made its fifth flight with SpaceX once again recovering it downrange on its droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic. The cargo Dragon is making its fourth trip to space, and is expected to dock early Tuesday morning with the ISS.A big chunk of the weight flying in Dragon comes from the last pair of six new ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays, or iROSAs, that will be installed during a pair of spacewalks later this month. The $103 million replacements for the station’s existing arrays that have been used since 2000 will supply 30% more power and help e...

Live 105 is back and this is the first song that the radio station played

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

Live 105 made its highly anticipated return to the Bay Area airwaves on Monday, taking back the 105.3 FM spot on the dial after a six-year absence.The station went live at 10:53 a.m., of course, putting at end to the relatively short-lived adults hits station Dave FM that had been at at that spot on since 2021.“The time is 10:53 and we have some news,” a voice announced to those who tuned in to hear the switch over. “The one and only Live 105 is back.”Related ArticlesMusic | Cindy Blackman Santana visits SFJAZZ Center, Blue Note Napa Music | Live 105 returns to the airwaves on Monday, while Dave FM goes bye-bye Music | Review: The funniest man in rock ‘n’ roll delights Bay Area crowd Music | Rufus Wainwright gives himself the most amazing present for 50th birthday Music | New music: Mike Gordon, Lauren Daigle, Michael Blake release albums And the station marked its ret...

San Jose: Two arrested in 2021 death near Discovery Meadow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

SAN JOSE — Two men have been arrested in connection with the 2021 killing of a man in downtown San Jose whose death was a mystery for several months before the coroner’s office declared it was a homicide, authorities said.San Jose police officers were patrolling the area near Discovery Meadow off Woz Way on Sept. 13, 2021 when they found a man unconscious and not breathing, according to the police department. He was pronounced dead at the scene, but the cause and circumstances were not immediately clear.In March 2022, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office ruled that 40-year-old Wayne Ham had been the victim of a homicide, police said. His listed cause of death was a combination of unspecified head trauma and drug toxicity.A year-long investigation followed, and detectives identified 30-year-old David Angel Barraza and 37-year-old William Jack Jones, both San Jose residents, as suspects in Ham’s killing. On May 25, police arrested the two me...

Tussle in Texas over how elections are run could spread to other states

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

Matt Vasilogambros | Stateline.org (TNS)A move by Texas Republicans to abolish the position of Harris County elections administrator and hand new oversight powers to the governor-appointed secretary of state could provide a blueprint for GOP leaders in other states who want to tilt elections in their favor, Democratic lawmakers and independent election experts say.Republican lawmakers acted last month after arguing that Harris County — a Democratic stronghold that includes Houston and is the state’s largest and one of its most diverse counties — botched last year’s midterm election. Some precincts did not provide enough paper ballots or failed to open polling places on time, though the effects are unclear. Republicans claim the mistakes disenfranchised some voters.One of the bills the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature approved would eliminate the job of county election administrator, who is appointed by a five-member commission that includes the county judge, the tax assessor,...

Suspect wanted in Oakland shooting of 4-year-old turns himself in

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspect wanted in connection to the shooting of a 4-year-old girl in Oakland last week turned himself into authorities Sunday, according to the Oakland Police Department. Lamarion Griffin, 19, was wanted in connection to the shooting which occurred on May 31, just before 9 p.m. on the 3400 block of 68th Avenue in Oakland. Man who allegedly sold meth out of tent at San Rafael homeless camp arrested The victim in the shooting was taken to the hospital and was listed as being in stable condition.Griffin was identified as a suspect in the shooting on Friday. The Oakland Police Department and CrimeStoppers of Oakland were offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to Griffin's arrest."Thanks to our community and media partners, Lamarion Griffin is no longer wanted," Oakland PD said. "Griffin turned himself in Sunday to Oakland police officers."

Thunderstorms, rain possible for Bay Area Monday into Tuesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- There is the potential for rain and thunderstorms in the Bay Area Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The possibility for showers and thunderstorms begins late Monday morning in Monterey County and will spread into the Bay Area by evening, the NWS said. Pixar cutting 75 jobs, including ‘Lightyear’ execs: Report Monday night will see a 20-45% chance of showers and 15-30% chance of thunderstorms. The possibility of rain and thunderstorms continues overnight into Tuesday morning with a 20-45% chance of showers and a 15-30% chance of thunderstorms.Shower activity and the chance of thunderstorms should diminish during the late morning hours Tuesday. Tuesday night will see just a slight chance of lingering chances for isolated showers, the NWS said. By Wednesday, drier conditions should return. Although temperatures may still be five to 15 degrees below normal for this time of year.

Coco Gauff is back in the French Open quarterfinals; she gets a rematch against Iga Swiatek

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:24 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff put aside a bloody knee and a poor stretch of play in the first set to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the third consecutive year with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Monday.Next for Gauff will be a rematch against No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who beat the 19-year-old American in last year’s final at Roland Garros and is 6-0 overall in their head-to-head meetings.Swiatek advanced Monday when her opponent, Lesia Tsurenko, stopped playing because of trouble breathing while trailing 5-1 in the first set.Gauff grabbed a 5-2 lead against Schmiedlova, but then things got more interesting. Gauff got broken while serving for the set at 5-2 and again at 5-4.She helped the 100th-ranked Schmiedlova — who had never been past the third round at a major tournament — with a double-fault, then dumped a forehand into the net to end a 21-stroke exchange, making it 5-all. In the next game, Gauff stumbled on the slippery clay in sun-splashed but windy Court Ph...