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Ask Amy: Would it be overstepping to deal with my neighbors’ terrible plant?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

Dear Amy: We have lovely neighbors. They are great. We feel so lucky!I am a professional landscape designer and just a little uptight about my own garden.I try not to impose my anal-retentive obsessions upon others unless they are paying me to do so, but — holy noxious weeds! – my neighbors’ lesser celandine is taking over.This is a terrible, invasive weed that smothers other plants. Native plants and pollinators do not have a chance.I have put up a fence – the nicest one I can. But it is only a matter of time before this plant has spread everywhere. It doubles every year, spreading underground and on the wind and boots of others.Chemical control is the only realistic solution, even according to top, planet-loving experts.Should I offer to have my crew take care of it?These lovely people do not care at all about their garden. That is their prerogative.They have a crew who are the worst I have ever witnessed. They whack down the whole thing to the dirt every fall, cleanin...

Sale closed in Palo Alto: $2.4 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

200 Maclane Street – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 200 block of Maclane Street in Palo Alto was sold on April 4, 2023. The $2,420,000 purchase price works out to $2,415 per square foot. The house, built in 1952, has an interior space of 1,002 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, one bathroom, a garage, and one parking space. It sits on a 6,000-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:On Maclane Street, Palo Alto, in July 2022, a 1,425-square-foot home was sold for $2,890,000, a price per square foot of $2,028. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 2,347-square-foot home on Victoria Place in Palo Alto sold for $3,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,363. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 955-square-foot home on the 3400 block of Bryant Street in Palo Alto sold in November 2022, for $2,625,000, a price per square foot of $2,749. The home has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. 

Crypto Cash Is Powering Kyrsten Sinema’s Reelection Campaign

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

After leaving the Democratic Party last year, Kyrsten Sinema will run for reelection to the U.S. Senate as an independent in 2024, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. In her bid for reelection as the senior senator from Arizona, Sinema faces a dour approval rating in her home state and will have to fend off a challenge by Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, who has launched an aggressive challenge to the incumbent.In a hyperpolarized state, winning as an independent could be daunting. But Sinema has amassed a hearty war chest, thanks in part to six-figure contributions from crypto stakeholders pouring in since she joined a congressional caucus that sought to explore issues that would affect their industry.The windfall from the crypto industry completes a two-year arc for Sinema, who went from being a proponent of regulations that some crypto giants opposed to a force for compromise with the industry. The softened legislation on regulations fell by the way...

U.S. reports no new mpox cases for first time since outbreak began

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

For the first time since the first American cases were reported last year, the United States has tallied no new cases of mpox for more than a week, according to figures published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The milestone comes after cases of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, had begun to slow last year off a summer peak of nearly 500 infections daily around the country.It is unclear how many weeks of no new cases are needed until the outbreak can be declared officially over in the U.S. The Biden administration moved late last year to end the public health emergency it had declared for mpox, when cases were averaging 16 per day.A CDC spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.Mpox resulted in painful, weeks-long lesions for most people who were infected by the virus. More than 30,000 cases and 42 deaths from mpox have been recorded by the CDC since the outbreak began in May 2022.Mpox cases have largely been among men who have sex with...

Gooch backs up Australian win with LIV lead in Singapore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

SINGAPORE (AP) — Talor Gooch backed up his Australian LIV win with an eagle on the par-5 18th after a 90-minute rain delay to shoot 7-under 64 Friday and take a one-stroke lead at the fledgling tour’s Singapore event.Gooch leads four players at the Sentosa course — British Open champion Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia and Cameron Tringale.Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen and Bryson DeChambeau were another stroke back in a tie for sixth after 66s.Gooch, Smith and Mickelson were in a featured group which started on the first tee in the shotgun-start format of the LIV Tour’s 54-hole tournaments.___More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

French actor Eva Green wins $1M in spat over ‘B movie’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Eva Green was awarded $1 million Friday by a British court in her dispute over the collapse of a project she feared was destined to become a “B movie” that could ruin her career. A High Court judge ruled in favor of the French actor in her lawsuit against the producers of “A Patriot,” a sci-fi thriller that collapsed in 2019. England-based film production company White Lantern Film countersued, portraying Green during a January trial as a diva who made “excessive creative and financial demands” and torpedoed the production. Justice Michael Green ruled that the actor was entitled to her 810,000 pound fee and he dismissed the counterclaim.“Ms. Green did not renounce her obligations under the artist agreement; nor did she commit any repudiatory breaches of it,” the judge said.Green, 42, who played Vesper Lynd in the 2006 version of the James Bond thriller “Casino Royale,” said she “fell in love” with the script for “A Patriot” and its environmental message but became incr...

WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Brasserie de la Senne-Allagash Zennegash Witbier

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

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Sony: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. (SONY) on Friday reported earnings of $969.1 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Tokyo-based company said it had profit of 78 cents.The electronics and media company posted revenue of $23.17 billion in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $6.92 billion, or $5.58 per share. Revenue was reported as $85.23 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SONY at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SONYSource

Eni SpA: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

ROME ITALY, Italy (AP) — ROME ITALY, Italy (AP) — Eni SpA (E) on Friday reported earnings of $2.56 billion in its first quarter.The Rome Italy, Italy-based company said it had profit of $1.50 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.85 per share.The energy company posted revenue of $29.37 billion in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on E at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ESource

‘Ted Lasso’ stars Cristo Fernandez and Kola Bokinni dish on roles as Dani Rojas and Isaac McAdoo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:50 GMT

Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley chats with the cast of 'Ted Lasso' (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Only five episodes remain in the final season of the hilariously heartfelt Apple TV+ comedy series “Ted Lasso.”WTOP caught up with two of the most beloved players on the AFC Richmond Greyhounds, the fabulous footballer ...