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Just seeing a sick person can trigger your immune system, California professor finds

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

Patricia Lopes (Courtesy Chapman University) You’re in an elevator with someone sneezing and dripping and hacking and coughing. You back into a far corner, horror on your face and revulsion in your gut.That’s normal!As cold, flu and COVID season sets in, we chatted with Chapman University’s Patricia Lopes, an assistant professor of biology, who studies how sick individuals impact those around them. It’s not as clear-cut as it may seem. Turns out that simply observing a sick individual triggers not only that familiar behavioral response — get away! — but a complex biological response as well.“The really interesting aspect is, it also changes your physiology,” she said.Her own experiments and reviews of scientific studies find that, when healthy animals interact with animals showing symptoms of illness, molecular pathways related to immune responses activate. Egg composition changes. And all without those animals actually being sick themselves, as if their bodies are prepping for...

Warriors’ 3 Things: Dubs provide reasons for optimism, despite season-opening loss to Suns

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Play 81 more games like that and the Warriors will be just fine.No, Golden State didn’t win its season opener on Tuesday night — it fell to the Suns 108-104 — but the positives of the Warriors’ performance were unmissable.They moved the rock. They played, at times, tight defense. They rebounded as a team. They only turned the ball over 11 times. They saw strong contributions from young players Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody. They went 10 deep.This is, unquestionably a better team than last year’s edition.There were some tough performances in the mix, too. Andrew Wiggins was sub-par, as was Klay Thompson. The team’s execution in the closing minutes left plenty to be desired.But you can’t knock the hustle — the Warriors played hard and smart on Tuesday.Do that every night and you’re going to win many more than you will lose, even if the Warriors did lose Game No. 1.“We’re all getting used to each other,” Chris Pau...

Bob Melvin leaves Padres to manage division-rival Giants and return to the Bay Area

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are hoping a recent division rival can turn them back into a contender.Bob Melvin, a Bay Area native and former Giants player who also managed a decade in Oakland, was formally announced as San Francisco's new manager Wednesday. That completed a whirlwind few days in which the Giants received permission to interview him from the division rival San Diego Padres, where the veteran skipper had one more year on his contract.An introductory news conference was scheduled for later Wednesday morning.“I could not be more excited to come back to the Bay Area and manage this great organization,” Melvin said in a statement. “I’d like to thank Greg Johnson, Farhan Zaidi and Larry Baer for giving me the opportunity to add another chapter to my Giants career. This is a tremendous opportunity and a great responsibility to lead this organization and I’m eager to get started.”Melvin, a three-time Manager of the Year who has won the award in both leagues,...

Woman armed with knife fought Brentwood supermarket loss prevention: police

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman was arrested in Brentwood last weekend after police officers responded to a theft at WinCo Foods, according to the Brentwood Police Department. The woman actively fought and threatened the supermarket’s loss prevention with a knife, police said.Officers arrived at the store on 6700 Lone Tree Way and took the woman into custody. Authorities identified the suspect as Jamila Emerson, 38, of Antioch.The knife that was used in the altercation was located, Brentwood PD said, as well as stolen merchandise and drugs. Emerson was arrested for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, shoplifting, possession of drugs, and other related charges. She was booked into Martinez Detention Facility. Man shot multiple times by Antioch police disputes their version of events “Thankfully, no one was injured during the incident,” Brentwood police said in a Facebook post. “Providing detailed information of the crime, suspect, and any vehicle information to our Dispatch is the best thing ...

NBA gets help from ‘Sopranos’ actor to promote in-season tournament

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA enlisted an actor from “The Sopranos” and borrowed the central theme of the film “Ocean’s Eleven” — a Las Vegas heist — to hype the inaugural In-Season Tournament that begins Nov. 3.The latest marketing move, released Wednesday, is a nearly 2-minute spot featuring actor Michael Imperioli narrating how seven players — Anthony Davis, Trae Young, DeMar DeRozan, Julius Randle, Kawhi Leonard, Darius Garland and Draymond Green — are in a casino plotting to steal the NBA Cup.That’s the trophy the winner of the tournament finale in Las Vegas gets on Dec. 9. The NBA says the tournament will differ from the norm of early season basketball, with different playing floors and uniforms.“We’ve launched what we believe is a comprehensive and engaging program to promote this new tournament,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday. “We hope these efforts get fans as excited as we are about this new competition.”Silver spent years proposing a tournament like this, likenin...

A man is arrested in Germany over a suspected plot to attack a pro-Israel demonstration

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A man with a previous conviction for membership in the Islamic State group has been arrested in Germany on suspicion that he may have agreed to attack a pro-Israel demonstration, prosecutors said Wednesday.The 29-year-old, whose identity wasn’t released in keeping with German privacy rules, was detained Tuesday at his apartment in the western city of Duisburg.Prosecutors in Duesseldorf said that a court on Wednesday ordered him kept in custody pending a possible indictment on suspicion of agreeing to commit murder and manslaughter.They said he is suspected of telling a “chat partner” in Syria “in a sufficiently concrete manner” that he was prepared to commit an attack and that the possible target was a pro-Israel demonstration.Prosecutors said the Duesseldorf state court in 2017 gave the man a five-year sentence under juvenile law for membership in IS and other offenses, which he served. Source

¿Por qué ninguna mujer ha sido nominada para la presidencia de la Cámara Baja?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – Mientras los republicanos siguen estancados en la elección del próximo presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, casi una docena de hombres se miraron en el espejo y, a pesar de poco o ningún reconocimiento de su nombre o la posibilidad de conseguir el puesto, se imaginaron a sí mismos como la persona más poderosa de la Cámara.Ninguna mujer dentro de las filas del Partido Republicano ha tomado medidas para hacer lo mismo.Eso no es porque no haya opciones. La representante Elise Stefanik de Nueva York es la cuarta republicana en liderazgo. Las representantes Lisa McClain de Michigan y Stephanie Bice de Oklahoma también desempeñan funciones de liderazgo. Y tres mujeres republicanas presiden los comités.Cuando se le preguntó sobre la falta de mujeres que se lanzaran al ruedo por su antiguo trabajo, el expresidente Kevin McCarthy dijo a NBC News: “No lo sé”. Republicanos nominan a Mike Johnson para presidente de la Cámara de Representantes ...

England condemns abuse of Tom Curry for making racial allegation at Rugby World Cup

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

PARIS (AP) — England captain Owen Farrell condemned the abuse targeted at teammate Tom Curry since he complained of being subject to a racial slur during the Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa.Curry alleged verbal discrimination from Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi last Saturday at Stade de France. World Rugby is investigating.Mbonambi’s participation in the World Cup final against New Zealand on Saturday is in doubt if he’s found guilty of misconduct.South Africa Sports Minister Zizi Kodwa has supported Mbonambi but social media has also been used to vilify Curry, prompting support for the flanker from England and his Sale Sharks club on Wednesday.When Curry was named to play against Argentina in the third-place game this Friday, Farrell said the online abuse was unacceptable.“Personally speaking, he has been first class like he always is. What isn’t understandable is the amount of abuse he has got, the effect that has had, not just on him,” Farrell ...

California Gov. Newsom has surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi amid warm welcome in Beijing

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday after being warmly welcomed by other senior leaders in a display of friendliness that stands in sharp contrast to the dialogue between the United States and China in recent years.The governor is on a weeklong tour of China, where he plans to push for climate cooperation. Newsom’s trip as governor, once considered routine, is drawing attention as it comes after years of heightening tensions between the U.S. and China.“I’m here in expectation, as you suggest, of turning the page, of renewing our friendship and reengaging (on) foundational and fundamental issues that will determine our collective faith in the future,” Newsom said in brief opening remarks ahead of his meeting with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, earlier in the day.Though Newsom was in China to promote cooperation in curbing climate change, Chinese officials took the opportunity in welcome ...

Stock market today: Wall Street gets back to falling and slumps toward 8th drop in the last 10 days

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:54 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slumping Wednesday following a mixed set of profit reports from two of its most influential Big Tech companies.The S&P 500 was 1% lower in morning trading, coming off its first gain in the last six days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 127 points, or 0.4%, as of 10:05 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.4% lower.Microsoft rose 3.8% after reporting stronger profit and revenue for the summer than analysts expected. Its movements carry extra weight on the market because it’s the second-largest company by market value.But Alphabet was tugging the market lower even though the parent company of Google and YouTube also reported stronger profit than expected. Its stock fell 8.5% on worries about a slowdown in growth for its cloud-computing business.Alphabet is another one of Wall Street’s biggest companies and, like Microsoft, a member of the “Magnificent Seven” group of Big Tech stocks that’s accounted for a disproportionate amount...