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Scrutiny rises on Titan sub’s unconventional design after deep water disaster

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for its own disaster because of its unconventional design and its creator’s refusal to submit to safety checks that are standard in the industry.All five people aboard the Titan died when it was crushed near the world’s most famous shipwreck, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said Thursday, bringing an end to a massive multinational search that began Sunday when the vessel first lost contact with its mother ship in the unforgiving North Atlantic.The Titan, owned and operated by OceanGate Expeditions, began taking people to the Titanic in 2021. It was touted for a design that included a carbon fiber composite hull, an elongated chamber for crew and passengers, and a monitoring system that continually assesses the integrity of the hull — a departure from more traditional constructions that included spherical hu...

JPMorgan fined $4 million for deleting 47 million emails including some requested in subpoenas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

New York (CNN) — The Securities and Exchange Commission fined JPMorgan Chase $4 million for mistakenly deleting 47 million emails, many of which the regulator was trying to access as part of multiple probes.The contents of some of the emails, which could not be recovered since they were permanently deleted, were requested in subpoenas for at least a dozen civil securities-related regulatory investigations, the SEC said in an administrative order published on Thursday.The emails from January to April 2018 were deleted in 2019 from 8,700 inboxes belonging to as many as 7,500 employees in the retail banking division of the nation’s largest bank.Miscommunications between the bank’s corporate compliance technology division and an outside vendor tasked with archiving and deleting communications dating back to the 1970s and 1980s led to the erroneous deletion of the 2018 emails, JPMorgan (JPM) claimed, according to the order. SEC regulations required JPMorgan (JPM)...

Mets will face the Phillies in next season’s London Series, owner Steve Cohen calls it ‘a tremendous honor’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — The Mets are headed across the pond next year to face an NL East rival.MLB and the MLBPA announced the opponents for next year’s London Series, naming the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. The two-game series will take place at London Stadium from June 8-9, and it will mark the third time the venue has hosted an MLB rivalry series. The Yankees and the Boston Red Sox played the inaugural series in 2019 and the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals will play two games there this weekend.“Alex and I are thrilled the Mets will play in the MLB 2024 London Series,” Mets owner and CEO Steve Cohen said in a statement. “Interest in baseball is growing all over the world and to bring the Mets ‘never-say-die’ attitude to sports fans in London is a tremendous honor. Our Queens family is ready to show London a great time with exciting baseball and amazing experiences that create new fans and build the Mets community throughout the United ...

Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit from states demanding that Biden administration boost deportations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican-led challenge to a Biden administration policy that prioritizes the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety or were picked up at the border. The justices voted 8-1 to allow the long-blocked policy to take effect, recognizing there is not enough money or manpower to deport all 11 million or so people who are in the United States illegally.The case was one of two immigration cases decided Friday, the other upholding a section of federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration.. In the deportation case, Louisiana and Texas had argued that federal immigration law requires authorities to detain and expel those in the U.S. illegally even if they pose little or no risk.But the court held that the states lacked the legal standing, or right to sue, in the first place.Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in his opinion for the ...

Former New Hampshire state rep charged with child pornography

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

A former New Hampshire state representative with an extensive criminal history has been arrested and charged with distribution of child sexual abuse images, which the self-declared transgender former lawmaker allegedly got from a former romantic partner who worked with children in Tyngsboro.Nashua Police arrested Stacie-Marie Laughton, 39, of Derry, N.H., on Thursday, the day that Laughton’s former partner Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, N.H., was charged in federal court in Boston with counts of child exploitation and child pornography.Laughton is due to be arraigned at 1 p.m. on the charges at Hillsboro Superior Court-South in Nashua.Groves worked at Creative Minds daycare in Tyngsboro, according to an affidavit filed in that case. Laughton appears to be the person identified only as “Person 1” in that court document. As the Herald reported Thursday, Groves is alleged to have taken nude photos of children — both boys and girls — she worked with at the daycare and then texted them t...

Live updates | Cost of Titan search will easily stretch into millions of dollars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

By The Associated PressFollow along for live updates on the submersible that imploded deep in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all five people aboard during a voyage down to the Titanic shipwreck.___COST OF SEARCH FOR TITAN WILL EASILY STRETCH INTO MILLIONS OF DOLLARSThe cost of the search for the missing Titan submersible will easily stretch into the millions of dollars for the U.S. Coast Guard alone. The Canadian Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and other agencies and private entities also rushed to provide resources and expertise.There’s no other comparable ocean search, especially with so many countries and even commercial enterprises being involved, said Norman Polmar, a naval historian, analyst and author based in Virginia.The aircraft, alone, are expensive to operate.The Pentagon has put the hourly cost at tens of thousands of dollars for turboprop P-3 Orion and jet-powered P-8 Poseidon sub hunters, along with C-130 Hercules, all utilized in the search.Some agencies can seek reimburse...

Significant warmup expected in San Diego ahead of 4th of July

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- After a cold and cloudy spring season, summer has officially arrived in San Diego and warmer temperatures are on the way. That's according to National Weather Service predictions, which show a significant warmup in the forecast starting this week and continuing into Fourth of July weekend. Though not much change is expected for Friday, temperatures are expected to be warmer this weekend and even more so into next week, according to NWS. A starry, starry night in San Diego offers a summer salutation In the short term, weather officials say a low pressure system may bring strong and gusty west winds in the mountains and deserts through Sunday.Satellite imagery from Friday showed the marine layer thinning with patchy coverage, which is allowing those on the coast to enjoy some long-awaited sunshine. The most impactful warming is expected to occur Saturday with high temperatures slightly increasing near the coast and rising around 5 degrees for inland areas, says NWS. For...

Doja Cat making San Diego stop on North American tour

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

SAN DIEGO — Grammy Award winning superstar Doja Cat is coming to San Diego as part of her newly announced North American tour.The "Kiss Me More" and "Woman" singer will be performing at Viejas Arena on Nov. 5 as part of The Scarlet Tour, Doja Cat's first North American arena tour.The tour is using an advance registration system as an attempt to limit tickets getting in the hands of bots and scalpers, according to Live Nation.You can sign up for advance registration now through June 25 at 10 p.m. here. Pre-registration does not guarantee you will be able to purchase a ticket before they sell out. These 5 popular songs mention the San Diego area Fans will be randomly selected to receive a pre-sale access code to purchase tickets on Wednesday, June 28. A limited amount of general sale tickets will be available on Friday, June 30 at 10 a.m.You can find a full list of tour dates and locations here.The tour announcement comes on the heels of Doja Cat releasing her latest track "Attentio...

Privacy board recommends City Council reject SDPD proposal to activate smart streetlights, license plate readers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to say the Privacy Advisory Board voted to recommend City Council reject the plan.SAN DIEGO — The debate over smart surveillance street lights and license plate readers in San Diego is heating up again. The San Diego Police Department's proposal would make San Diego the largest city to use street lights with license plate readers.But the City of San Diego's Privacy Advisory Board voted unanimously Thursday night to send to City Council the Option 2 plan, which rejects SDPD's proposal, according to Seth Hall with the Trust SD coalition.Some are worried about privacy. How much income is required to afford rent in San Diego? “Put the cameras away. Who watches who?” a community member said at the meeting.Community members expressed their opposition to more surveillance technology potentially hitting the streets of San Diego.“Our biggest concern is this money should be going to our communities not towards cameras and surveillance,” said...

Supreme Court ruling complicates Navajo Nation’s fight for more water

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:29 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — On some parts of the Navajo Nation, where roughly a third of the people lack reliable access to clean water, people have to drive for miles on red dirt roads to lug water home. Others rely on unregulated wells or water delivery trucks.Already facing some of the most severe water scarcity in the drought-stricken Southwest, the tribe now has to deal with a Supreme Court ruling this week that will make securing water even harder for the 170,000 enrolled tribal members who live on its reservation.“I know the battle and the strategy moving ahead is going to be a lot more difficult,” Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told The Associated Press.The tribe argued that the “permanent home” promised in treaties the U.S. government signed more than 150 years ago includes a right to some of the water crossing the reservation. The question before the court was whether the federal government had to quantify the tribe’s water needs and come up with a plan to meet them.Two deca...