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Google to begin deleting inactive accounts this week

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

(CNN) — That Google account you haven’t checked in years might be getting wiped this week.Beginning Friday, Google is moving ahead with its plan to delete accounts that have been inactive for at least two years.The company announced the new policy back in May, saying it’s intended to prevent security risks: Internal findings show older accounts are more likely to rely on recycled passwords and less likely to employ up-to-date security measures like two-step-verification, making them far more vulnerable to issues like phishing, hacking and spam.Google has been sending warnings to affected users since August, with multiple alerts sent to impacted accounts and user-provided backup emails.In a phased approach, the first accounts to be cut are those that were created and then never revisited by the user, Google said in May.“We want to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorized access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services,” Goog...

Carolina Panthers fire head coach Frank Reich after 1-10 start to first season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

(CNN) — Frank Reich’s time as head coach of the Carolina Panthers did not last long.On Monday, the Panthers announced Reich’s termination after the team’s NFL-worst 1-10 start to the season.“I met with Coach Reich this morning and informed him that he will not continue as head coach of the Carolina Panthers,” team owner David Tepper said in a statement.“I want to thank Frank for his dedication and service, and we wish him well.”Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor will serve as interim head coach, while senior assistant Jim Caldwell will be a special advisor to offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, who will take over calling plays, Tepper’s statement said.This is the second year in a row the Panthers have fired their head coach mid-season. Last year, the Panthers fired then-head coach Matt Rhule after a 1-4 start to the 2022 season after two-plus years with Carolina.Reich was in his first season as Panthers head coach after replacing Rhule.His 11-game stint a...

Five things we learned from the Ravens’ 20-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

The Ravens again flirted with disaster thanks to a disjointed offense and a shocking 44-yard miss from kicker Justin Tucker, but their defense came up with a pair of critical fourth-quarter stops to secure a road win over the high-scoring Chargers.Here are five things we learned from the 20-10 win.This was a win to ease but not erase doubtsWe felt the dread.How could we not after similar leads evaporated, after the Ravens failed to seize similar chances, in defeats to Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland? How does a team almost never trail, yet keep its fan base in a state of near-constant anxiety? The Ravens seemed prepared to show us again after Tucker, only the most reliable kicker in the history of kicking, yanked a 44-yard attempt outside the left upright, keeping the score 13-10 with rocket-armed Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert eager to drive the other way.If you did not think the Ravens were in hot water at that juncture, you’re made of sterner (or more blindly op...

Chicago Bears Week 12 storylines: Justin Fields’ top moments, Teven Jenkins’ resurgence and the curious case of Montez Sweat’s snap count

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

With the sting of a late collapse against the Detroit Lions dissipating, the Chicago Bears have turned their focus to a potential rebound Monday night in Minneapolis. The Bears head into U.S. Bank Stadium for a rematch with the Minnesota Vikings, who beat them 19-13 in Week 6.The Bears haven’t beaten an NFC North opponent since late in the 2021 season and have yet to win consecutive games with Matt Eberflus as coach. As kickoff nears, here’s the inside slant on three notable storylines.Getting things rightJustin Fields’ first completion of a promising afternoon last week came on the move and off script, a blitz beater that required the Bears quarterback to quickly recognize pressure coming from Lions safety Brian Branch and adapt.Running back D’Onta Foreman did a terrific job of picking up Branch and steering him behind Fields in the pocket. Then Fields did his thing, stepping up, evading pressure up the middle and scrambling to his left while keeping his eye...

Theft from parked car nets suspect over $300K in jewellery

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

A suspect made off with over $300,000 in jewellrey after a smash and grab from a parked car in the Highway 27 and Albion Road area last month, Toronto police investigators say.It happened on Thursday, October 19, at around 4:20 p.m.A police release says the victim parked his car in the area, and later arrived back to see the passenger side window smashed and a bag containing the valuable jewellrey gone.On Monday, police released an image of the suspect.He’s described as 25 to 35 years old with a medium build, wearing a blue GAP sweater with blue track pants and white running shoes. He was also wearing a black baseball hat and was carrying a black/white Adidas bag.

Baytex Energy selling some Viking assets in southwest Saskatchewan for $153.8M

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

CALGARY — Baytex Energy Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell some of its Viking assets in southwest Saskatchewan for $153.8 million.Production from the assets located at Forgan and Plato is about 4,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of light and medium crude oil.The company says the net proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce bank debt.The sale is expected to close before the end of the year.Baytex has operations producing oil and natural gas in Western Canada and the Eagle Ford region in the United States.Shares in the company were down a penny at $5.21 in late-morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:BTE)The Canadian Press

As Trump’s fraud trial eyes his sweeping financial reports, executive says they’re not done anymore

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executive testified Monday at the former president’s civil fraud trial. Trump’s 2014 to 2021 “statements of financial condition” are at the heart of state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against him, his company and some of its key figures. The defendants deny wrongdoing, but James says they misled lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that greatly inflated Trump’s asset values and overall net worth. Nowadays, the Trump Organization continues to prepare various audits and other financial reports specific to some of its components, but “there is no roll-up financial statement of the company,” said Mark Hawthorn, the chief operating officer of the Trump Organization’s hotel arm. He wasn’t asked why the comprehensive reports had ceased but said they are “...

Report says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used alternate email under name of Hall of Fame pitcher

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has been using an alternative state email account under the name of a late Hall of Fame baseball player as a security measure, his spokesperson said Monday. Evers, a Democrat, used a taxpayer-funded email account with the name “[email protected]” to discuss public business with top-level Cabinet appointees and others, the conservative outlet Wisconsin Right Now first reported on Sunday. Warren Spahn is a Hall of Fame former Milwaukee Braves pitcher. Evers’ spokesperson Britt Cudaback on Monday said use of the alias email addresses is common.“As a matter of digital security, dignitaries in the state of Wisconsin have alias email addresses, including the governor, first lady, and lieutenant governor, as has been the case for at least the last decade that I’m aware of, including under former Gov. Walker,” Cudaback said.Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said he was troubled a...

Madagascar’s main opposition candidate files a lawsuit claiming fraud in the presidential election

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The main opposition candidate in Madagascar said Monday he has filed lawsuits with the country’s highest court seeking to have the results of this month’s national election canceled and incumbent President Andry Rajoelina’s victory declared invalid, claiming fraud.Rajoelina, 49, was announced Saturday as the winner of the Nov. 16 election with 58.95% of the votes, giving him a third term as leader of the Indian Ocean island.Rajoelina’s victory was announced by the national electoral commission but needs to be ratified within nine days by the High Constitutional Court.The runup to the vote saw protests led by a coalition of opposition candidates and the burning of some ballot stations on the eve of election day. Ten of the 12 opposition candidates called for a boycott of the vote, although their names appeared on ballot papers.Some Rajoelina supporters have claimed they were promised money to vote for him.Main opposition candida...

Book Review: Lauren Grodstein’s masterpiece of historical fiction set in Warsaw Ghetto during WWII

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:06 GMT

The Oneg Shabbat archive was a secret project of Jewish prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto to record their histories as they awaited deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II. Lauren Grodstein has used this historical fact as the basis for her mesmerizing new novel, “We Must Not Think of Ourselves.”It is narrated by a fictional schoolteacher, Adam Paskow, who conducts interviews for the real-life archives as he falls in love with a married woman, Sala Wiskoff, with whom he shares overcrowded quarters.Grodstein, who was inspired to write the book after a Jewish family heritage trip to Warsaw, where she first encountered the diary entries, propaganda posters and other materials that comprise the archives, excels at character development and naturalistic dialogue. In Adam, she has created an immensely appealing protagonist, notwithstanding his adulterous affair with Sala, who is equally charismatic.Before the war, Adam was living a quiet, bookish life in a prosperous neighborhood...