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'Vanderpump Rules' star James Kennedy arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Police say “Vanderpump Rules” star James Kennedy has been arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence. Police in Burbank, California, say officers investigated reports of an argument between a man and a woman at a residence late Tuesday night and arrested the 32-year-old Kennedy. He was released from jail after posting bail. A representative of Kennedy did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The Burbank city attorney will decide whether to file charges. Kennedy is a DJ and reality TV star who has appeared for 10 seasons on “Vanderpump Rules” — the Bravo series about the lives of employees at a set of swank restaurants. The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death moves to end their marriage MADISON, Wis. 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San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A block in downtown San Francisco has been renamed for acclaimed photojournalist Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII. The longtime staff photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle, who died in 2006 at age 94, is also remembered for the 35 years he spent documenting the city's famous and not so famous for the daily newspaper. He photographed a young Willie Mays getting his hat fitted as a San Francisco Giant in 1957. He also photographed joyous children making a mad dash for freedom on the last day of school in 1965. Nearly half of US teens are online 'constantly,' Pew report finds Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly,” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health. That's according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center. As in past years, YouTube was the single most popular platform teenagers used — 90% said they watched videos on the site, down slightly from 95% in 2022. There was a slight downward trend in several popular apps teens used. For instance, 63% of teens said they used TikTok, down from 67% and Snapchat slipped to 55% from 59%. Wander Franco's sex abuse trial has been postponed 5 months PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking, has been postponed until June 2, 2025. Dominican judge Yacaira Veras postponed the hearing Thursday at the request of prosecutors because of the absence of several key witnesses in the case. Franco’s lawyers asked the court to reconsider the postponement, arguing Franco must report to spring training in mid-February. The judge replied that Franco is obligated to continue with the trial schedule and his conditional release from detainment.For Tesla drivers in and around Seattle, the mood these days can feel a little charged. In a metro area famous for its Democratic majorities, driving an electric vehicle whose maker, Elon Musk, just helped reelect Republican Donald Trump can earn its own special version of the Seattle freeze. Parked Teslas have been spray-painted and smashed. Tesla drivers have been given unseemly hand gestures. “It’s surprising how much more often I get flipped off now than 2 days ago,” quipped a member of a Seattle Cybertruck Facebook group shortly after the Nov. 5 election. Seattle has always had a love-hate thing for Tesla, to be sure. While the area’s many thousands of Tesla-stans see their cars as climate-friendly disrupters of the petroleum status quo, others gleefully dunk on Teslas as clichéd status symbols for obnoxious tech bros. Still, Tesla dunking intensified in the run-up to the election, when Musk was roiling progressives with social media blasts on everything from “open borders” and the “woke mind virus” to an offer to impregnate Taylor Swift. Some Seattle Tesla fans have tried to steer a middle ground. “The politics of the leader of the company is unfortunate, but I don’t think it affects my view of their product,” said Matt Moreno, a Microsoft engineer from Everett who has been a Tesla fan since 2013. Others, however, are done. “People I knew would comment to me, ‘Why are you supporting him?’” said John Wyss, a 60-year-old Seattleite, who got so fed up he dumped his leased Model 3 Tesla late last year and switched to an electric Hyundai. For Wyss, Tesla had changed from a brand associated with climate action and disruptive innovation “to something that was much more divisive and representing a very specific viewpoint around right-wing politics.” Surveys show that Musk’s controversial positions turn off many left-leaning, climate-focused consumers who would otherwise embrace the upscale Tesla, which can cost anywhere from around $40,000 for a basic Model 3 to $100,000 for a deluxe version of the new Cybertruck. That “Elon Effect” may be showing up in sales data. Although shares of Tesla are up 39% since Jan. 1, overall Tesla deliveries through Sept. 30 are down around 2.4% versus the same period in 2023. In Washington state, Tesla deliveries fell further — by 11% for the same period, according to state new title registration data — even as registrations for battery-powered electric vehicles overall rose 2.4%. If that continues through December, it will be Tesla’s first yearly decline in Washington since 2014. To be clear, it’s difficult to know whether Tesla’s recent slump reflects politics or other market factors, such as growing competition from other electric vehicle brands. Tesla’s share of the state’s electric vehicle market, which peaked at 72% in 2018, was already falling before Musk started stumping for Trump; so far this year, around 48% of new EVs in Washington have been Teslas. But anecdotally, Musk is indeed having an effect. Redmond resident Theresa McNeal Ramsdell, a Tesla owner since 2016 and president of Tesla OwnersWashington, knows club members who “will not buy another Tesla again because of Elon.” Trouble in Tesla Town Tesla’s Washington swoon marks a striking shift for a part of the country that was once one of the brand’s biggest supporters. The Seattle area in particular, with its ranks of well-heeled tech workers, strong environmental attitudes and relatively cheap electricity, was fertile ground for a car that aimed to utterly disrupt the traditional petroleum-fueled car industry. “It was an investment in the future,” said David Eaton, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, of the roughly $100,000 he shelled out in 2012 for one of the first Tesla Model S vehicles. By the following year, Washington was registering more Teslas per capita than any other state, according to state data. Tesla fans were so loyal here that when the company was struggling to meet delivery goals in 2018 and turned to existing customers for help, Moreno, the Microsoft engineer, and dozens of other Seattle-area Tesla owners volunteered to offer new-driver orientation for local buyers. “No other car company could get their customers to come back in and volunteer their time,” Moreno said at the time. In 2018, nearly 3 of every 4 new electric vehicles titled in Washington were Teslas. By 2021, Tesla deliveries in Washington were increasing 55% a year, as the brand’s appeal expanded from idealists and status seekers to ordinary drivers hoping to escape the high costs of gas-powered transportation. Lyft driver Andres Cortes, 61, of Kirkland, bought a Tesla Model 3 in 2019, partly at the suggestion of his tech-industry passengers. He found he was able to more than cover the monthly car payment with the money saved not buying gas. Do the numbers, said Cortes, “and you can see that you’re going to save money.” Even then, though, there was trouble in Tesla paradise. The cars were increasingly associated with the influx of tech workers that some progressives blamed for rising inequality in and around Seattle. Tesla drivers were also feeling heat from some conservatives who saw the cars as a symbol of a growing hostility to gas-powered transportation — especially after Washington enacted legislation in 2020 that ultimately led to the mandate that all new passenger vehicles be zero-emission by 2035. “That’s when I saw a lot more of the hatred start to pick up,” said McNeal Ramsdell of the Tesla Owners club. “I think people started to feel threatened that they’re going to be forced to buy electric vehicles.” But it was also around that time that Tesla’s CEO was starting to antagonize progressives. On Twitter, which Musk would eventually buy and rename X, he offered hot takes on everything from COVID-19 (he wrongly predicted cases would fall nearly to zero by the end of April 2020) to transgender issues (“Pronouns suck”) to his suggestions that Ukraine give up Crimea as a way to negotiate peace with Russia. And well before Musk openly endorsed Trump, he had repeatedly criticized the Biden administration, which he saw as anti-Tesla due to Musk’s opposition to labor unions at Tesla. Given that Democrats were then accounting for around 40% of sales, according to research firm Strategic Vision, Musk’s antics seemed like a risky play. And, in fact, since January 2021, the share of Americans who view Tesla unfavorably has surged from 15% to 38% — and to 47% among Democrats, according to CivicScience, a consumer analytics company. That has “obvious implications” in Democratic-leaning states like Washington, said CivicScience CEO John Dick. While no one can “prove beyond any doubt that the decline in (Washington Tesla) registrations is purely a function of political tribalism manifesting itself in auto sales,” Dick said, “it would be hard to call it a coincidence.” “Culture war on wheels” Still, while some think Musk has been cavalier with Tesla’s reputation, others see it as a shrewd bet by Musk that a Trump administration will be helpful for his other businesses, including SpaceX. “He’s making a calculated decision that what he might lose in market share for Tesla cars he will preserve and protect and enhance his SpaceX and other activities that have huge government contracts,” said Lawrence Parnell, director of the Strategic Public Relations graduate program at George Washington University. For critics and fans alike, the tide of Tesla hate took a new twist late last year with the first deliveries of the Cybertruck, a Tesla that is arguably as divisive as Musk. With its stainless steel exterior, angular, fortresslike profile and $100,000 price, the Cybertruck is seen by some as being less about technological disruption than deliberate provocation. “Cybertruck customers are in it for the stares and glares,” Ivan Drury, with the Edmunds car shopping guide, told Wired last week. In a story headlined “A culture war on wheels,” The New York Times notes that Tesla’s Cybertruck designers were inspired by dystopian science fiction of the 1980s and 1990s — stories set on “dark worlds, where corporations reign over a teeming and violent urban underclass” and “cars often function as armored weapons.” The peculiar styling, coupled with half a dozen Cybertruck recalls and the truck’s less-than-perfect handling on off-road terrain, led to a storm of nasty memes and viral videos and photos of stuck Cybertrucks. That includes a Reddit thread, called “CyberStuck,” about a Seattle Cybertruck that was immobilized for weeks after being crashed into while parked on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, which drew hundreds of caustic comments. But the Cybertruck has also further scrambled the traditional Tesla love-hate dynamic. DC Ren, a Bellevue tech worker who got his Cybertruck in May, said he is regularly flipped off by people in Priuses and Subarus but also by those in traditional pickups. “At this point, it’s from every segment of the political realm,” said Ren, 37, a Tesla-stan since 2017, as he stood by his shiny Cybertruck on Mercer Island last week. Ren thinks progressives continue to be bothered by “Elon Musk’s political stances,” while the Cybertruck’s decidedly unconventional look “challenges the traditional pickup drivers’ ego and image of themselves.” Perhaps not surprisingly, of the more than 850 Cybertrucks currently registered in the state, the vast majority are in Western Washington, and especially in the suburbs to the north and east of Seattle, where the trucks are unlikely to encounter unfriendly terrain. “I like my Tesla” Whether the Elon Effect continues to hurt Tesla sales in Seattle and elsewhere remains to be seen. With more electric vehicles on the market — and with much of Tesla’s massive charging network now open to rival brands such as Ford, General Motors and Rivian — EV fans have choices. And, frankly, given Republican skepticism of electric vehicles, including the current federal $7,500 EV tax credit that Trump says he plans to cancel, the entire EV industry faces a lot of uncertainty. But many Seattle-area Tesla owners feel the brand’s momentum will carry it through, despite its mixed reception locally. Tesla’s technology, they say, is still so far ahead of other electric vehicles that it compensates for any political backlash. “It’s a love-hate relationship,” said McNeal Ramsdell, the Tesla club president. “I love the tech, but it would be nice if he would keep his mouth shut once in a while.” For Cortes, the Lyft driver, the choice is starker. A legal immigrant from Colombia, he is keenly aware of the challenges others in immigrant communities may face following the Musk-assisted Trump victory. But there’s no thought of abandoning the Tesla and its economics. “I can say that I hate that — the political part,” said Cortes. “But I like my Tesla.”

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pick your adjective to describe the Kansas City Chiefs this season — charmed, serendipitous, fortunate or just plain lucky — and it probably fits, and not just because they keep winning games that come down to the wire. Every time they need help at a position, they've found someone sitting on the couch, seemingly waiting for their call. First it was wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, who returned to the Chiefs just before the season after Marquise Brown was lost to shoulder surgery. Then it was running back Kareem Hunt, who likewise returned to his former team when Isiah Pacheco broke his fibula. Left tackle D.J. Humphries came next when other options at the position were struggling, and this week it was Steven Nelson, who came out of retirement to help a secondary that has struggled for weeks. "Just got an opportunity, got a call. Was very excited about it," said Nelson, who spent his first four seasons in Kansas City before stints in Pittsburgh and Houston, and ultimately calling it quits in June so he could spend more time with his family. People are also reading... "I've got two daughters and been spending a lot of time with him," Nelson said, "but still trying to work out. It was kind of the perfect scenario, getting the call, especially where this team has been and this point in the season. Great opportunity." It's been a perfect opportunity for all of them. Perfect fits for the Chiefs, too. Each could have signed just about anywhere else and been able to contribute, yet they were still sitting around when Chiefs general manager Brett Veach reached out. In the case of Smith-Schuster, Hunt and Humphries, there were some concerns about injuries that had kept some teams away, but the Chiefs were willing to take a risk on them. Smith-Schuster, who has dealt with knee trouble for years, missed some time with a hamstring injury this season. But he still has 202 yards and a touchdown receiving, and has provided some veteran leadership in the locker room. Hunt was coming off a sports hernia surgery, a big reason why the Browns — whom the Chiefs visit Sunday — declined to bring him back after five years spent in a one-two punch with Nick Chubb. But when Pacheco went down, Hunt stepped in and their offense barely missed a beat; he has run for a team-leading 608 yards and five touchdowns in 10 games. Humphries was still rehabbing a torn ACL at the start of the season, but the former Pro Bowl tackle was cleared just before the Chiefs called him. Kingsley Suamataia and Wanya Morris had struggled to protect Patrick Mahomes' blind side, so they brought in Humphries to help out. And while he hurt his hamstring late in his debut last week against the Chargers, the Chiefs still hope he'll be recovered and fully up to speed in time for the stretch run and the playoffs. "I'm in Kansas City, bro. I'm pretty ecstatic. It don't get much better than this," Humphries said. "Everybody is excited for me to be here and that's a really good feeling. You're getting All-Pro guys' arms outstretched, like, 'We're so glad you're here.'" The providential signings don't stop at those four players, either. When the Chiefs lost kicker Harrison Butker to knee surgery, they signed Spencer Shrader off the Jets practice squad, and he promptly kicked a game-winner against Carolina. But then Shrader hurt his hamstring and landed on injured reserve. The 49ers had just waived Matthew Wright, and the Chiefs signed him up. He's gone 8 for 9 on field-goal tries, has been perfect on PATs, and banged the game-winner off the upright and through last week against Los Angeles. Just like Smith-Schuster, Hunt and Nelson, Wright had been with Kansas City a couple of years ago. "It definitely helps, him knowing how we do things, how we practice and what we expect," Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub said. "That all helped, for sure. And he's a veteran. He's been a lot of places. It wasn't like he was a rookie off the street." Or off the couch, for that matter. NOTES: Butker planned to kick again Thursday and could come off IR to face the Browns on Sunday. "He looked good," Toub said. "We have to see how he responds." ... Humphries (hamstring) did not practice Thursday. RT Jawaan Taylor (knee) was limited. ... SS Justin Reid will likely handle kickoffs against Cleveland. He has a stronger leg than Wright and also puts another athletic and adept tackler on the field on special teams. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!KitchenAid's viral Evergreen stand mixer keeps selling out, but it's finally back in stock ahead of the holidays