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Parents of people who overdosed speak about the dangers of fentanyl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

(KRON) -- As the death count from fentanyl continues to climb in the Bay Area, KRON4 spoke with the mothers of four people who died from the deadly drug. You can watch the full story using the video player above. The four mothers share a tragic bond -- each losing their beloved child to the same drug. "He was exposed by taking other drugs that he thought was something else," Tori Knopp said about her son, Xander. "He'd experimented. I came home from work and he was face-down on his bedroom floor. So, there's no way to describe that." Each of the other three mothers has a similar story. Jessica Schiller's daughter Naomi was a straight-A student before taking a $15 Uber to San Francisco's Tenderloin District to buy fentanyl that would ultimately kill her. Teenagers have experimented and made mistakes for generations, but with fentanyl on the streets, the consequences are deadly, the women said. "When we were young and we were experimenting, or whatever that is, there wasn't this type ...

Ahead of Dreamforce, SF leaders working to solve homelessness crisis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Dreamforce starts one week from Tuesday in San Francisco, and set-up is in full swing at the Moscone Center. It’s vital for this three-day conference to go off without a hitch after the Salesforce CEO threatened to pull the conference from San Francisco if conditions don’t improve in the city.Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff is pointing to homelessness and drug use in San Francisco. Supervisor Dean Preston says he hopes his new resolution will put a real dent at least in the city’s homelessness crisis, for not only the unhoused but for the entire community. Dreamforce is expected to bring 40,000 people to San Francisco, providing a big boost to the local economy. But with what’s become a common sight around the city – tents crowding sidewalks and people using drugs outdoors – Salesforce fears the dream-like atmosphere they create will turn into a nightmare the second attendees leave the gates. Marina residents, including Joe Montana, sue San Francisco over r...

Insólito: gato sobrevive a inundación glaciar y 26 días después se reencuentra con sus dueños

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

JUNEAU – Una pareja de profesores de Alaska necesitaban recibir buenas noticias luego de que perdieron casi todas sus pertenencias cuando su casa se desplomó sobre un río crecido por una inundación glaciar y su gato desapareció. Elizabeth Wilkins tenía la esperanza de que si algún animal sobreviviría a la caída de la casa al río Mendenhall el 5 de agosto sería Leo, el resistente gato blanco y negro de ojos grandes de la pareja que no parece temerle ni a los osos.“Sabía que es muy listo, así que estaba muy confiada en que escaparía y estaría bien en alguna parte”, comentó. La esperanza rindió frutos 26 días después de la inundación, cuando Tonya Mead publicó una fotografía de Leo en la cuenta de Facebook de la comunidad colectiva de Juneau. Wilkins supo de inmediato que era Leo, el “gatito COVID” que rescataron en 2020. A toda prisa acudió a reunirse con Mead. “Empecé a caminar por la calle llamándolo, y simplemente salió corriendo y fue de: ‘Oh, hola. Aquí estoy’, ya sab...

El TDAH está relacionado con un mayor riesgo de desarrollar trastornos mentales e intento de suicidio, según un estudio

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

(CNN) — El trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) se asocia con una mayor incidencia de depresión, anorexia o trastorno de estrés postraumático, así como con el riesgo de intentos de suicidio, encontró un nuevo estudio. El TDAH, una condición del desarrollo neurológico, es un patrón de hiperactividad, falta de atención y comportamiento impulsivo que interfiere con el funcionamiento o desarrollo diario.Las personas con TDAH tenían un 30% más de probabilidades de intentar suicidarse y un 9% más de probabilidades de desarrollar depresión mayor, según el estudio, que sólo pudo mostrar asociaciones y no probar una causa y efecto directo. Una vez que las personas con TDAH desarrollaron depresión, tenían un 42% más de probabilidades de intentar quitarse la vida.“El TDAH y el comportamiento suicida comparten factores genéticos comunes que pueden reflejar variantes genéticas asociadas con la impulsividad, un rasgo que es altamente hereditario”, afirmó el ...

Westburg drives in go-ahead run, Orioles outlast Angels 5-4 in 10 innings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

Baltimore Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle, right, is tagged out by Los Angeles Angels second baseman Brandon Drury, center, as second base umpire Ryan Wills watches during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)(AP/Mark J. Terrill) Baltimore Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle, right, is tagged out by Los Angeles Angels second baseman Brandon Drury, center, as second base umpire Ryan Wills watches during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)(AP/Mark J. Terrill) ANAHEM, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Westburg brought home the go ahead run on a ground out in the 10th inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the L...

France wants Brussels to help vulnerable countries stand up to Putin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

The European Union should help countries stand up to Vladimir Putin by sending a clear message about their prospects for joining the EU, French Europe Minister Laurence Boone told POLITICO.The EU is preparing for a potential wave of expansion that could bring as many as eight new members, including Ukraine and six Balkan countries, into the fold in the years to come.Several of these countries are prime targets for Russian influence campaigns that aim to weaken support for the EU and keep them out of the bloc — which is why the EU needs to be “clear and balanced” about what’s required for them to join, Boone said. “There is a lot of disinformation and interference in these [candidate] countries. It’s an issue,” she told POLITICO on the phone from Paris. “Vladimir Putin, in addition to his territorial ambitions, also aims to weaken the European Union. That’s a factor we need to take into account and fight against.”She added th...

Shintaro Fujinami, Orioles’ seventh reliever, secures 5-4, 10-inning win over Angels: ‘He’s got electric stuff’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

Shintaro Fujinami hadn’t been trusted to pitch in high-leverage situations in more than two weeks.Orioles manager Brandon Hyde had no choice Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.After using six arms out of his bullpen who blew two late leads, Hyde was forced to bring in the volatile reliever with a one-run advantage in the 10th inning, as All-Stars Félix Bautista and Yennier Cano were unavailable — the former due to injury, the latter because of workload.Fujinami delivered.The Japanese right-hander stranded the automatic runner, striking out Nolan Schanuel to end the game and hand Baltimore a 5-4 win.“Our man, Fuji. That’s the stuff we’re looking for right there,” Hyde said. “Hopefully that can get him going a little bit, because that was unbelievable pitching there in the 10th inning.”Fujinami, acquired from the Oakland Athletics in July, had the chance to record his second save of the season thanks to Jordan Westburg, wh...

The AP Interview: Harris says Trump can’t be spared accountability for Jan. 6

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that those responsible for the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and the ensuing violence at the U.S Capitol must be held accountable — even if that means Donald Trump. “Let the evidence, the facts, take it where it may,” Harris said in an interview with The Associated Press in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she was attending a regional summit. Federal prosecutors have indicted Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, for his efforts to cling to power in 2020, The former president also has been charged in Georgia in a scheme to subvert the will of voters who elected Democrat Joe Biden instead of giving Trump a second term. “I spent the majority of my career as a prosecutor,” Harris, who served as California’s attorney general before moving to Washington as a U.S. senator. “I believe that people should be held accountable under the law. And when t...

Security tight in Nigeria as appeals court is to rule on president’s disputed election victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An appeals court in Nigeria was to rule Wednesday on whether President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in February was legitimate — a highly anticipated decision that has put Africa’s most populous country on edge. The election results were challenged by the opposition, which claimed that Tinubu, who has now been in office for 100 days, was not qualified to run because he, among other things, allegedly did not have a required high school certificate or a college or university diploma.Security was tight in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, where five judges at the Court of Appeal were to hand down their ruling. Under the law, the tribunal is empowered to either uphold Tinubu’s election win, declare someone else the winner, annul the vote or order a new election. Its decision can be appealed before Nigeria’s Supreme Court.The opposition has hinted at possible protests if the court rules in favor of Tinubu. Analysts say Wednesday’s ruling...

Floods from Tropical Storm Haikui kill 2 and displace thousands in China’s Fujian province

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:19:29 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — At least two people have been killed and thousands forced to evacuate by floods brought by Tropical Storm Haikui in China’s southeastern coastal Fujian province, local authorities reported Wednesday. Schools were closed and flights suspended, while more than 30,000 people were moved to safety. Two firefighters died and one police officer is missing after floodwaters carried away a fire engine on a rescue mission, the Fuzhou fire department wrote on social media accounts.Haikui swept across Taiwan as a typhoon earlier in the week, injuring dozens and leaving thousands of people without power. It weakened to a tropical storm when it made landfall in Fujian, but continued to bring record-breaking levels of rainfall. The worst-affected area lies between the coast and inland mountains and is particularly prone to flooding, leading many over the decades to to migrate to other parts of China or move overseas. Authorities closed schools, suspended flights, stopped trains and ...