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Three-bedroom home in Pleasanton sells for $1.6 million

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

2504 Larrikeet Court – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 2500 block of Larrikeet Court in Pleasanton has new owners. The 2,064-square-foot property, built in 1975, was sold on Aug. 28, 2023, for $1,600,000, or $775 per square foot. This single-story home has three bedrooms and three baths. On the exterior, the home features wood shake roofing / shingles. Inside, there is a fireplace. The property is equipped with forced air heating and central A/C. In addition, the house includes a two-car garage, offering generous space for vehicles and storage requirements. The property’s backyard additionally features a pool.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:A 2,128-square-foot home on the 5300 block of Blackbird Drive in Pleasanton sold in June 2022, for $1,750,000, a price per square foot of $822. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Turnstone Drive, Pleasanton, in February 2023, a 2,172-square-foot home was sold for $1,790,000, a price p...

Ask Amy: I can’t believe he’s still doing the thing that almost killed him

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

Dear Amy: My friend “Harry” is an alcoholic. A few years ago he ended up in the hospital facing organ failure due to his drinking. Amazingly, he survived.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: After the Father’s Day blow-up, must I forgive him? Advice | Ask Amy: I’m on edge about a suspicious meeting of my child’s grandmothers Advice | Ask Amy: If I were a mouse, I’d be applauding my husband. I am not a mouse. Advice | Ask Amy: She has some nerve to invite me to the gender reveal Advice | Ask Amy: Grandma’s diary told a scandalous story. Should I track down the family? After that, he attended a few AA meetings via Zoom. He never got a sponsor or actively worked the program.Recently, another friend told me that Harry commented that it would probably be OK for him to drink a glass of “good” wine.My friend told Harry that this wasn’t a good idea.I was shocked to hear that Harry is c...

India — and the World — After Gaza

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

The Indian government was locked in a crisis over its alleged assassination of a Canadian citizen when a war between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip broke out that threatens to upend the global order. As the liberal international system begins to fray under these pressures, Indian author and journalist Pankaj Mishra joins host Murtaza Hussain on this week’s Intercepted to discuss how the war in the Middle East is reshaping global politics, the evolution of India’s foreign policy, and its crisis with Canada over an alleged assassination.Transcript coming soon.The post India — and the World — After Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Live updates | Biden meets with Israeli leaders as tensions grow after hospital blast in Gaza

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

President Joe Biden is in Israel on an urgent mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader regional conflict and to encourage the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.The visit on Wednesday comes after hundreds of people were reported killed in an explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital a day earlier. The Hamas militant group blamed the blast on an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants.The war that began Oct. 7 has become the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides. The Gaza Health Ministry said 2,778 Palestinians have been killed and 9,700 wounded. That was before the blast at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital hospital on Tuesday night. Another 1,200 people across Gaza are believed to be buried under the rubble, alive or dead. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, and at least 199 others, including children, were captured by Hamas and taken into Gaza, according to Israel.Intensifyin...

ABB: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

ZURICH (AP) — ZURICH (AP) — ABB Ltd. (ABBNY) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $882 million.The Zurich-based company said it had net income of 47 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, came to 48 cents per share.The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 68 cents per share.The industrial automation company posted revenue of $7.97 billion in the period.ABB shares have increased 20% since the beginning of the year._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ABBNY at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ABBNYSource

ASML: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

DR VELDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — DR VELDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — ASML Holding NV (ASML) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $2.06 billion.The Dr Veldhoven, Netherlands-based company said it had net income of $5.23 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $5 per share.The equipment supplier to semiconductor makers posted revenue of $7.26 billion in the period.ASML shares have risen 11% since the beginning of the year. The stock has risen 55% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ASML at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ASMLSource

President Biden speaking after meetings in Israel

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to speak after several diplomatic meetings in Israel on Wednesday, including one with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The goal of the trip is to prevent the war with Hamas from spiraling into an even larger conflict, a challenge that became more difficult as outrage swept through the Middle East over an explosion that killed hundreds in a Gaza Strip hospital.Biden was originally scheduled to visit Jordan as well, but his meetings with Arab leaders were called off as he was leaving Washington, costing him an opportunity for the face-to-face conversations that he views as crucial for navigating this fraught moment. Biden’s trip to Jordan canceled after Gaza hospital hit Now Biden's only stop is Israel, which has been preparing for a potential ground invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas' attacks on Oct. 7, which killed 1,400 Israelis.John Kirby, a White House national security spokesman, told reporters aboard Air For...

Victoria’s Secret will sell intimate apparel for women with disabilities

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

New York (CNN) — Victoria’s Secret, for the first time, has introduced a collection of bras and panties specifically designed to meet the needs of women with disabilities.The retailer announced the launch of the VS & PINK Adaptive line on Tuesday and said the merchandise is now available to customers online and in select stores nationwide.Victoria’s Secret said its adapting offering, priced at $16.50 for panties and $36.95 for bras, is available in popular styles and in a variety of sizes under both its namesake and Pink brands, including Body by Victoria and PINK’s Wear Everywhere.Among the collection’s adaptive features are magnetic closures, sensory-friendly fabric, fully adjustable and convertible front straps and panties specially designed with magnetic side closures.The retailer said it developed the collection in consultation with GAMUT Management, a consulting firm that works with and for people with disabilities.The move by Victoria’s Secret is the latest example o...

Rare compound detected in the ‘Mona Lisa’ reveals a new secret, study says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

(CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, inventor and anatomist, to name just a few of his talents — and now, you can add innovative chemist to the polymath’s many gifts. It turns out the master artist was more experimental with his renowned “Mona Lisa” than previously thought — and was likely the creator of a technique seen in works created a century later, a new study suggests.By using X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy, a team of scientists in France and Britain has detected a rare mineral compound within the iconic piece. The finding provides fresh insight into how the work from the early 1500s was painted, according to the study recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.Along with lead white pigment and oil, the compound — known as plumbonacrite — was found in the base layer of the paint. A study published in 2019 had identified the mineral in several 17th-century works by Rembrandt, but researchers had not come across ...

Quartz crystals detected swirling in an exoplanet’s atmosphere

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

(CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica — a common mineral on Earth — within the atmosphere of a blazing hot exoplanet.It’s likely that the nanoparticles of silica, which on Earth appears in beach sands and is used to produce glass, swirl from the clouds of the exoplanet, known as WASP-17b, according to the researchers.First discovered in 2009, WASP-17b is a gas giant planet located 1,300 light-years from Earth. It has a volume more than seven times that of Jupiter, making it one of the largest exoplanets known to astronomers.The researchers detected the the quartz nanoparticles in high-altitude clouds using Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument, according to new research published Monday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.“We were thrilled,” said lead study author David Grant, a researcher at the University of Bristol, in a statement. “We knew from Hubble observations that there must be ae...