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Review: ‘Kinky Boots’ gets a shiny (red) new production in San Jose

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

Ever since its Broadway premiere in 2013, “Kinky Boots” has lived out loud with gargantuan, affirming energy. It’s a production that backs up its talk about inclusivity, taking even more steps toward this goal in recent years with shifts in dialogue that rightfully pushes away from a harmful gender binary.City Lights Theater Company’s take on the vibrant, six-time Tony Award winner does what the show has always been designed to do. There are lots of high-octane performances guided by directors Lisa Mallette and Mark Anderson Phillips, shaking the old theater space in downtown San Jose to the studs.While the staging and choreography have a few too many moments devoid of necessary precision, bouncing out of the theater on an inclusive high is mighty rewarding.Harvey Fierstein’s humorous and tender book, with a wide range of musical styles from Cyndi Lauper does plenty to wrangle the many emotional storylines. Adapted from the 2005 film of the same title, it’s based on a true sto...

Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea level rise

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

By Laura Paddison | CNNA recently discovered ice core taken from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet decades ago has revealed that a large part of the country was ice-free around 400,000 years ago, when temperatures were similar to those the world is approaching now, according to a new report – an alarming finding that could have disastrous implications for sea level rise.The study overturns previous assumptions that most of Greenland’s ice sheet has been frozen for millions of years, the authors said. Instead, moderate, natural warming led to large-scale melting and sea level rise of more than 1.4 meters (4.6 feet), according to the report published Thursday in the journal Science.“When you look at what nature did in the past, as geoscientists, that’s our best clue to the future,” said Paul Bierman, a scientist at the University of Vermont and a lead author of the study.What it indicates is “frightening,” he told CNN.Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are 1.5 times higher now tha...

Pruneyard Cinemas isn’t toying around with its ‘Barbie’-themed cocktails

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

It’s a “Barbie” world at Pruneyard Cinemas this week. In anticipation for what’s expected to be a huge response to the new movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, which opens Friday, the dine-in movie theater in Campbell has outpinked itself.The bartending staff at the Cedar Room Lounge have concocted a pair of cocktails themed to the movie, and they’re not toying around. The Malibu Barbie — made with Malibu rum, of course — is a refreshing sipper, while the Greta Gerwig, named after the movie’s director and made with watermelon vodka, tastes a bit like a Jolly Rancher candy and goes down very easy.Moviegoers can take photos in a life-size Barbie box in the lobby of Pruneyard Cinemas in Campbell. “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie as the famous doll, opens July 21, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group) Both are bright pink — did you have any doubt they would be? — and because of the sizeable number o...

1 dead after DUI driver runs red light in San Jose, police say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Within the past 72 hours, multiple deadly collisions have unfolded on San Jose roadways. At 1:11 a.m. Thursday, two men were ejected from their Scion sedan after they were struck by an SUV, the San Jose Police Department said. One of the men suffered fatal injuries and died at a hospital. The second man remains hospitalized in critical condition. Witnesses told police that the Nissan SUV driver ran a red light. The SUV driver was arrested on suspicion of felony Driving Under the Influence and vehicular manslaughter. SJPD investigators wrote, "A 2006 Nissan SUV, occupied by an adult male driver, was travelling westbound on Capitol Expressway through the intersection at Snell Avenue when it struck a 2006 Scion sedan. The Scion was traveling southbound on Snell Avenue. Witnesses stated the Nissan ran a red light at the intersection."The suspected DUI driver's name was not immediately released by police.Thursday morning's wreck was San Jose's 27th fatal collis...

Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic breaks his foot kicking a water cooler, makes emotional apology to team

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Jarred Kelenic’s emotional outburst after a tough at-bat resulted in a damaged water cooler, a broken bone in his left foot and had the Seattle Mariners young left fielder apologizing for his actions.Kelenic was placed on the 10-day injured list on Thursday, a day after he kicked a water cooler following a ninth-inning strikeout in Seattle’s loss to Minnesota.Kelenic was apologetic fighting through tears for letting his emotions get out of hand and expressing his frustration.“I made a mistake. I let the emotions get the best of me there. I just feel terrible, especially for the guys,” Kelenic said. “I just let the emotions get the best of me and I just let them down and take full responsibility for it. It’s on me. It just can’t happen.”Seattle manager Scott Servais said Kelenic will be out for an extended period of time but did not estimate a timeframe. The team doesn’t believe surgery will be needed.“I think it’s a learning lesson for him. For all players...

Homicides in Brazil at the lowest level in over a decade, report says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian researchers say the number of violent deaths last year reached the lowest level in more than a decade, puzzling some experts because there has been an explosion of firearms circulating in the country in recent years.About 47,500 people were slain in Latin America’s largest nation in 2022, said a report Thursday by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, an independent group that tracks crimes. Its statistics are widely used as a benchmark because there are no official statistics on a national level. While the number of killings in 2022 was down 2.4% from the previous year, it remained roughly even with levels recorded since 2019. The last time Brazil had less violent deaths was in 2011, with 47,215 killings.The fall in homicides has left many public security experts somewhat puzzled, as it has been accompanied by a sharp increase in the number of firearms held by Brazilians. Some studies have suggested that more guns circulating among the populati...

Bolivia boosts lithium resources estimate, cementing spot as global leader

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The total of Bolivia’s confirmed lithium resources has increased 2 million tons to 23 million tons, the Andean country’s president said Thursday.The new estimate further cements Bolivia’s position as the country with the world’s biggest known deposits of lithium, which is in high demand for use in batteries.“We are the largest lithium reserve in the world, and we have to know how to manage it intelligently to exploit and transform this resource,” President Luis Arce said at the Coipasa salt flat, around 280 kilometers (175 miles) south of the capital of La Paz.Bolivia has stepped up its search for international partners to help develop its lithium reserves at a time when demand for the metal is soaring amid the transition to renewable energy around the world and the growth in electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries.The increase in the estimate of Bolivia’s reserves came after further geological studies in the Coipasa and Pasto Grandes salt f...

W.R. Berkley: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — W.R. Berkley Corp. (WRB) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $356.3 million.On a per-share basis, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of $1.30. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, were $1.14 per share.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.07 per share.The insurance company posted revenue of $3 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $2.94 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on WRB at https://www.zacks.com/ap/WRBSource

Arson caused house fire that killed Memphis firefighter and injured 3 others, officials say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities searched on Thursday for the person who set a fire that killed a Memphis firefighter and sent three others to the hospital.The Memphis Fire Department said arson was to blame for a fire late Tuesday that killed Lt. Jeffrey Norman and injured three other firefighters when they were trapped inside a burning house.The blaze started in a trash bin located outside of the house, fire officials said in a news release Thursday. It spread to a carport and into an addition to the home above the carport.Injuries suffered by Norman and the three firefighters who were hospitalized have not been disclosed. Fire officials asked the public to help identify the person who set the fire.Norman, a 20-year veteran firefighter, was “a courageous and dedicated member of our team,” Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat said in a statement. “Jeffrey was a leader and hard worker who took pride in serving his community,” Sweat said Wednesday.Source

Scholastic: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:56:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic Corp. (SCHL) on Thursday reported earnings of $75.7 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of $2.26.The publishing, education and media company posted revenue of $528.3 million in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $86.3 million, or $2.49 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.7 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SCHL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SCHLSource