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‘Marvel Snap’ comes out of Early Access on Steam with bonuses

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

“Marvel Snap” has been imagine from the ground up as mobile game, but that hasn’t stopped developer, Second Dinner, from creating a version for PC. The game has been on Steam as an Early Access title, but that’s changing today as the game is official released on the platform.“Launching the game on PC has been a dream of ours for years now, and we’ve worked really hard to ensure it’s an experience that players new and old are going to absolutely love,” Second Dinner co-founder Ben Brode said in a news release. “This is especially an exciting time for the streaming community, who have welcomed MARVEL SNAP with open arms. The game looks absolutely beautiful on PC and we can’t wait to see the epic streams on Twitch now that we’re live.”On the PC, “Marvel Snap” features native widescreen support, and it looks much better as players can appreciate the artwork more. It also makes creating and trying out new...

North Carolina coach wants Cal and Stanford “to die on the vine,” blasts ACC for considering them

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

As Stanford and Cal continue holding out hope they are invited to the Atlantic Coast Conference in the realignment game, one prominent ACC coach is blasting the potential move.Legendary North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance does not want to add the two Bay Area schools to the East Coast conference — and wasn’t shy about letting his feelings be known.“I want Cal and Stanford to die on the vine,” Dorrance said in an interview with WRAL, a television station in Raleigh.The ACC has reportedly met to consider adding the Cardinal and the Bears, but at least four schools are reportedly not in favor of the expansion move. A potential meeting scheduled for Tuesday was canceled.The moves being made in college athletics are mostly centered around football, but would impact other sports, too. That includes women’s soccer, where Dorrance has been the coach of North Carolina since 1979 and Stanford has recently emerged as a national powerhouse in the sport, winning three national cha...

AI industry will help struggling downtown, SF mayor says

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday cited progress in the effort to revitalize the city's beleaguered downtown. Earlier this year, Mayor Breed laid out a "Roadmap to San Francisco's Future," identifying a vision for revitalizing the downtown district.The plan called for five key priorities:An economically diverse and resilient job engineA welcoming clean and safe environmentA dynamic destination active at all hours, every dayA world class transportation experienceAn equitable economy that supports full participation by allOn Tuesday, Mayor Breed's office issued a six-month update on the implementation of the plan. The roadmap has made progress in changing laws to fill vacant spaces, reforming taxes, launching downtown activations, and making streets cleaner and safer, according to a statement. Person robbed, dragged by 2 armed suspects in Oakland: video “We have been working both aggressively and methodically to deliver key changes to support our ec...

Faith Kipyegon pushes pace and pulls away to defend 1,500-meter title at world championships

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon pushed the pace early and pulled away down the stretch to defend her 1,500-meter title at the world championships on Tuesday night.The 29-year-old Kipyegon only grew stronger as the race went along, finishing in a time of 3 minutes, 54.87 seconds to beat Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia by almost a second. Sifan Hassan, running from back in the pack for a chunk of the race, surged into third place.Whether it’s winning races or setting records, Kipyegon has been in quite a zone this summer. Over a 50-day span, she set world marks in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 and the mile.In Budapest, it was all about medals for Kipyegon, not breaking records.“This is a great season for me,” Kipyegon said. “I told myself, ‘You are the strongest and just keep going.’”No time for rest, though. Kipyegon will be back on the track Wednesday evening for the start of the 5,000 meters. She got a bit of a longer break than expected with officials ...

Una extraña jirafa bebé nace sin sus manchas características, dice zoológico de Tennessee

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

(CNN) — Un zoológico de Tennessee tiene una nueva superestrella. Aunque todavía no le han puesto un nombre, esta inusual jirafa bebé ya causa sensación entre su manada: no tiene manchas.Esta maravilla de 1,80 metros nació sin manchas el 31 de julio en el zoológico de Bright, una instalación privada de Limestone, y fue presentada en público este mes. La cría es una jirafa reticulada (también conocida como somalí), una de las cuatro especies de este animal.El zoológico dice que podría ser la “única jirafa reticulada de un color sólido que vive en el planeta”. (La última jirafa sin manchas en cautiverio fue probablemente una cría nacida en el zoológico de Ueno, en Tokio, en 1972, reportó CBS News).Nace una cría de jirafa increíblemente extraña en un zoológico de TennesseeSegún el zoológico de Denver, la palabra “reticulado” se refiere a la red de manchas marrones poligonales de la jirafa, interrumpidas por vetas de color blanco crema. Estas manchas sirven ...

Small but mighty Curacao back in position to make a big run at the Little League World Series

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Coming back to the Little League World Series after losing last year’s title game, Curacao doesn’t just want to be good for its size.The team from Willemstad’s Pabao Little League on the Caribbean island of about 150,000 people is aiming for bigger things, and with five players and its whole coaching staff back for a second straight year, it needs just two wins to return to the tournament championship undefeated.“Those guys that were here last year, I tell them to just keep focus and keep talking with the other guys to do their job,” manager Zaino Everett said Monday after his club beat Venezuela 2-1 — the team’s second win following another victory by the same score against Australia.Jay-Dlynn Wiel, D’Shawn Winklaar, Shemar Sophia Jacobus, Alexander Provacia Roach and Joshua Acosta Fernandez know what it’s like to come up just short of the tournament title and don’t want a repeat of 2022.The team also may be a little less star struck than most, having...

Toll Brothers: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $414.8 million.The Fort Washington, Pennsylvania-based company said it had net income of $3.73 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.86 per share.The home builder posted revenue of $2.69 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.47 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TOL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TOLSource

Serena Williams gives birth to second child, a daughter

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, she posted Tuesday on Instagram, almost exactly a year after her last match as a tennis star.Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for the 41-year-old Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Their first, Olympia, was born in 2017.Williams, who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles during a career that transcended her sport, revealed at the Met Gala in May that she was pregnant.When she told the world in August 2022 she was preparing to close her playing career, Williams cited a desire to grow her family as one of the main reasons for walking away from tennis.“Believe me,” Williams wrote last year in an essay for Vogue magazine, “I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair. If I were a guy I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”The 2022 U.S. Open was her l...

Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for heat

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There are still a few more days of summer heat in Denver weather with forecast highs in the 90s. But the best chance for rain in August arrives along the Front Range by the weekend to cool it down, according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Tuesday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day due to the heat advisory for the Denver metro area and northeastern Colorado.Rain chances for the next week from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tonight: Another mild and breezy nightThere will be a few clouds drifting across the area during the overnight hours. It will be breezy at times with southerly winds up to 15 mph. Temperatures will be warm again across the eastern plains and in metro Denver. More refreshing overnight lows will be in the Colorado mountains.Overnight lows by Wednesday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: Still hot with passing cloudsTemperatures look to return to the 90s in metro Denver on Wednesday. That would make the 27th day this Summer that the ...

14 Denver schools without air conditioning release students early due to heat Tuesday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:25:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The record high temperatures for the first day of school Monday brought challenges to some Denver schools without air conditioning. Colorado students rank 6th worst for missing school With another day in the upper 90's, 14 Denver Public Schools decided to release students early on Tuesday. Those schools are:Godsman ElementarySteele ElementaryBryant Webster Dual LanguageRobert F. Smith STEAM High SchoolStedman ElementaryPolaris ElementaryColumbine ElementaryCowell ElementarySkinner Middle SchoolGoldrick ElementaryCory ElementaryCarson ElementaryMcMeen ElementaryUniversity Park ElementaryStedman Elementary School in Park Hill has fans set up around the school. Staff have opened windows, turned off lights and closed blinds, but the temperature in some of the classrooms was near 90 degrees Monday."We had some issues. Some kids were complaining they had headaches, some of them cried," said Maddelyn Lascra, a third-grade Spanish teacher.So Principal Michael Atkins and ...