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Fans gear up for release of "Barbie" movie

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

In perhaps one of the most “dolled up” pop culture moments in recent history, fans of the Barbie the doll are already gearing up for the worldwide release of “Barbie” the movie.  Just steps from the Los Feliz Theater, Hailey Dickson said she’s been ready for this moment since the third grade.  “I resonate with (it) from when I was a kid, and I mean Barbie is such a fashion icon,” she said of why she’s excited for the Greta Gerwig directed film. “I just think it’s campy and silly to see all of these characters kind of come to life.”  Dickson, showing true fandom, actually had some Barbie paraphernalia with her. “I bought this when I was a kid and I think the most special piece in here is this little coat right here,” Dickson explained. “It’s actually a 1968 Julia coat and Julia was the first Black Barbie doll. She was a nurse when she started out.” “She’s like one of our best friends, who taught diversity,” Eugenia Marshall, another Barbie fan, said.   Pink...

Robbery suspect arrested after crash-filled pursuit in Orange County

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

A robbery suspect was arrested after a lengthy, crash-filled pursuit through Orange County on Wednesday.The suspect was identified as Albert Kiel, 30, from Norwalk according to the Brea Police Department.Officers responded to an in-progress theft at a Target store on the 800 block of East Birch Street in Brea around 11:45 a.m.When police arrived, they spotted Kiel driving away from the store. They attempted to pull him over but instead of stopping, he sped away, leading officers on a pursuit.The suspect continued leading officers through Fullerton and Anaheim before eventually getting onto the 91 freeway and then the 5 Freeway, police said.During the pursuit, Kiel crashed into multiple vehicles and at one point struck a Brea police car. Los Angeles man found dead at Death Valley National Park identified After crashing in Norwalk, the suspect abandoned his car and fled on foot.Multiple agencies began searching for Kiel including a helicopter crew from the Orange County Sheriff’s De...

SF sandwich shop owner frustrated after attack

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A San Francisco sandwich shop owner says he is fed up after a man punched him in the face outside of his business. The frustrated shop owner says he was trying to keep the man from urinating on the store’s trash cans when he got assaulted.He’s now hoping city leaders see his pain and step up to help out other small businesses suffering from crime and grime. Shortly after last night’s attack, the owner of Sandy’s – located in the Haight – vented his frustrations on social media.He has a black eye and a cut on his forehead after being punched, but the bigger hit might be to his hopes for the city and what it means to run a business there. Taipei-bound flight diverted back to SFO due to ‘unruly passenger’ “I love the neighborhood that we’re in and I don’t stand for something like that,” Peterson Harter said. “I’m not gonna just let things go in this neighborhood. That’s not who I am. And so I called him out on it and I was walking back and he just like hit me i...

El telescopio Hubble detecta un enjambre de 37 rocas alrededor del asteroide que chocó con la nave DART

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

(CNN) — El telescopio espacial Hubble detectó un enjambre de rocas alrededor del asteroide Dimorphos, contra el que chocó intencionadamente la nave espacial DART de la NASA el otoño pasado.La nave espacial Double Asteroid Redirection Test, de unos 544 kg, chocó frontalmente contra Dimorphos mientras avanzaba a 20.921 km/h el 26 de septiembre de 2022, con el objetivo de cambiar la velocidad de la roca espacial.Era la primera vez que la humanidad se proponía cambiar el movimiento de un objeto celeste, y los resultados mostraron cómo esta tecnología de impacto cinético podría utilizarse para desviar asteroides que podrían estar en curso de colisión con la Tierra. Ni Dimorphos ni Didymos, el asteroide más grande que orbita, suponen una amenaza para la Tierra.El impacto del DART fue un éxito, cambiando el periodo orbital de Dimorphos alrededor de Didymos en 33 minutos. Esta primera prueba de defensa planetaria, que tuvo lugar a 11,3 millones de kilómetros de la Tierra, también libe...

Aces beat Storm to improve to 20-2, matching the WNBA record for the best start to a season

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson had her 15th double-double with 23 points and 15 rebounds and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 79-63 Thursday night to match the WNBA record for the best start to a season.The Aces improved to 20-2 and matched the 1998 Houston Comets and 2016 Los Angeles Sparks for the finest opening to a season. Las Vegas improved to 3-0 against the Storm (4-17), who lost their eighth straight. The Aces won their first two games against Seattle by 41 and 33 points.Jackie Young scored 22 points and Kelsey Plumb 20 for the Aces, who were held below 80 points for just the third time this season. They lost the other games.Jewell Loyd and Ezi Magbegor had 12 points apiece and Jordan Horston added 11 for the Storm.LYNX 73, SPARKS 70MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored eight points in a late 12-0 run and finished with 22 points as Minnesota defeated Los Angeles.Collier scored 10 of her points in the fourth quarter as the Lynx (10-12) won despite squandering a ...

Canada held to a 0-0 draw by Nigeria in Women’s World Cup opener for both teams

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Olympic champion Canada was held to a 0-0 draw by Nigeria in its Women’s World Cup opener after Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie made several key saves, including one on a penalty from Christine Sinclair.It was a crucial miss for the Canadian veteran, who is the leading all-time scorer in international soccer, men or women, with 190 goals. KEY MOMENTSSinclair lined up for the shot in the 50th minute. Nnadozie dived left for the save. She pointed at her head after she blocked the kick.Sinclair exited the game in the 70th minute.Nnadozie also denied a shot from inside the box by Evelyne Viens in the 65th. At the end of the game, she fell to her knees and let out a celebratory yell.Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan also made key saves, including a close-range shot in the 80th minute.WHY IT MATTERSWith neither team able to secure a victory, winning the next two group-stage matches becomes more crucial. A loss for either Nigeria or Canada in their next ...

Wilson leads the Aces past the Storm as Las Vegas matches the best start to a WNBA season

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — A’ja Wilson had her 15th double-double with 23 points and 15 rebounds and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 79-63 Thursday night to match the WNBA record for the best start to a season.The Aces improved to 20-2 and matched the 1998 Houston Comets and 2016 Los Angeles Sparks for the finest opening to a season. Las Vegas improved to 3-0 against the Storm (4-17), who lost their eighth straight. The Aces won their first two games against Seattle by 41 and 33 points.Jackie Young scored 22 points and Kelsey Plumb 20 for the Aces, who were held below 80 points for just the third time this season. They lost the other games.Jewell Loyd and Ezi Magbegor had 12 points apiece and Jordan Horston added 11 for the Storm.Las Vegas had a 24-point lead in the third quarter before the Storm rallied and cut their deficit to 62-55. Plum then hit a short jumper, made a steal and fed Young for a layup.Seattle has not outscored the Aces in 12 quarters this season, but did manage to m...

Tories take kicking in 2 UK by-elections — but hold on in Boris Johnson’s old seat

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives suffered hefty defeats in two parliamentary by-elections — but the U.K. prime minister can breath a sigh of relief after clinging on to Boris Johnson’s former seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.Conservatives woke up Friday having seen healthy majorities wiped out in the constituencies of Selby and Ainsty, where they ceded a House of Commons seat to Labour, and in Somerton and Frome, where they took a kicking from the Liberal Democrats. But the Conservatives, who are languishing in the national polls and had been braced for a clean sweep of defeats, were given something to cheer in the outer London seat of Uxbridge, Johnson’s former turf.Localized anger over the planned expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone under the city’s Labour mayor helped the Tories hold on to the seat by just 495 votes, despite an increase in the Labour vote. It’s a disappointment for Labour leader Keir Starmer.But Sunak will face ...

US second gentleman Emhoff meets New Zealand’s Ardern to discuss online hate as World Cup begins

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, met with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Friday to discuss ways to combat online hate and extremism. Emhoff was in Auckland to lead a delegation to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and meet with officials. He told a meeting of the Christchurch Call the world was witnessing a “global epidemic of hate.”Emhoff, who is Jewish, said he was “working against this scourge of anti-Semitism and this epidemic of hate in general. So this work is very, very personal to me.” “But my work is not just about Jews. It’s about all of us. It’s about combating hate in all of its forms,” he said.The group is named after the New Zealand city where a gunman in 2019 shot and killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques while streaming his attack online. Ardern thanked Emhoff for his work and for sharing in the “joyous occasion” of the World Cup. She launched the Christchurch Call with French President...

Cambodian leader’s son, a West Point grad, set to take reins of power – but will he bring change?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:14:59 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Hun Sen has been Cambodia’s autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades, during which the opposition has been stifled and the country has grown increasingly close to China.With his Cambodian People’s Party virtually guaranteed another landslide victory in this Sunday’s election, it’s hard to imagine dramatic change on the horizon. But the 70-year-old former communist Khmer Rouge fighter and Asia’s longest-serving leader says he is ready to hand the premiership to his oldest son, Hun Manet, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who heads the country’s army.Tens of thousands of supporters packed a central square in the capital before daybreak on Friday to hear the 45-year-old’s 7 a.m. kick-off to the CPP’s final day of campaigning before the vote. With a warm smile and soft tone, a stark contrast to his father’s stern look and military-like cadence, Hun Manet said the CPP had brought peace, stability and p...