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Why ‘French Connection II’ Was a Minor Miracle
John Frankenheimer’s “French Connection II” (1975) had the impossible task of following a massively popular thriller that forever changed the police procedural genre. William Friedkin’s “The French Connection” (1971) wasn’t just a substantial hit. It walked away with Best Picture honors at the Oscars and solidified its star, Gene Hackman, as one of the most […]
How Stanford turned back the clock to find its new football coach
STANFORD – Long before Andrew Luck became an NFL star, he was sitting on a couch in the Stanford quarterback room, a nervous freshman asking veteran starter Tavita Pritchard a basic protection question. “I worked up the courage to ask Tavita what hound-two protection was,” Luck said. “Tavita spent 20 minutes with me on the […]
Gates Foundation Warns Child Deaths Rising as Global Aid Cuts Mount
A community health volunteer visits a child who has malaria in Makalongo village, Serenje District. ©Gates Archive/John Healey In the 25 years since the Gates Foundation was established by Bill Gates and his then-wife Melinda French Gates, the organization has helped drive a steady decline in global child mortality rates. In 2000, more than 10 […]
House on Boulevard Way sells for $1.9 million
A spacious historic house in the 500 block of Boulevard Way in Piedmont has new owners. The 2,367-square-foot unit, built in 1912, was sold on Oct. 21, 2025 for $1,900,000, or $803 per square foot. The layout of this two-story home includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The property is situated on a lot spanning […]
The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DeepSeek has unveiled two new experimental AI models DeepSeek-V3.2 is designed to match OpenAI’s GPT-5’s reasoning capabilities. (Bloomberg $)+ Here’s how DeepSeek slashes its models’ computational burden. (VentureBeat)+ It’s achieved these results despite its limited access to powerful chips. (SCMP $) […]
Raven-Symone, focus on acquiring knowledge – The Mercury News
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Revenue, 40; Emmanley of Chiquiqui, 50; Meg White, 51; Kenneth Flame, 65. Happy Birthday: Focus on filling in the gaps and acquiring knowledge, experience and skills that can guide you toward a promising and hopeful future. Refuse to let negativity take over when a positive attitude will attract upbeat connections […]
840 million women faced partner or sexual violence
Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners. Nearly 1 in 3 women – estimated 840 million globally – have experienced partner or sexual violence […]
Trump Hits ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas, Citing Mass Christian Killings
President Donald Trump stated that, acting as Commander in Chief, he directed the United States to carry out a “powerful and deadly strike” in northwest Nigeria against ISIS terrorists, whom he identified as responsible for targeting and killing innocent Christians at historically severe levels. On Christmas night, President Donald Trump announced: “Tonight, at my direction […]
CENTCOM Deploys ‘Suicide Drone’ Squadron in Middle East to Deter
U.S. Central Command has launched a new task force deploying America’s first one-way “suicide drone” squadron in the Middle East, saying the move “sets the conditions for using innovation as a deterrent” as Iran and its proxies escalate low-cost attacks across the region. CENTCOM announced the activation of Task Force Scorpion Strike on Wednesday, noting […]
Italy antitrust agency fines Apple $116 million for abusing dominance with privacy feature
ROME — Italy’s antitrust authority fined Apple 98.6 million euros ($116 million) on Monday after determining that operating one of its privacy features restricted App Store competition. Apple abused its dominant position with its App Tracking Transparency policy, which forces apps to obtain permission before collecting data to target users with personalized ads, the authority […]