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Sunday Brunch: Seasonal peppermint mocha cheesecake, cinnamon swirl pancakes with The Cheesecake Factory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

The Cheesecake Factory joins WGN Weekend Morning News' Sunday Brunch to share a special recipe of their classic cinnamon swirl pancakes and their seasonal peppermint mocha cheesecake.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

3 dead after plane crashes into power lines in Oregon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three people are dead after a small plane collided with power lines in Oregon on Saturday. The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. in Independence, about 12 miles southwest of Salem. Emergency crews rushed to the scene along with the power company to de-energize the lines, the Independence Police Department said.Authorities determined a single-engine plane crashed into power lines, sparking a small brush fire and power outages in the area. Florida man pours eye drops on nephew’s sandwich to make him ‘puke his brains out,’ police say The identities of those killed have not been released. The Independence Police Department is investigating along with the Federal Aviation Administration.It's unclear how many people were aboard the plane. Nearly 400 people were without power as part of the outage. Initially, Pacific Power estimated repairs would take until 4 a.m. Sunday morning. As of 7 a.m., over 230 customers remained without power due to the crash, accordi...

Kevin Powell on Bears report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

Kevin Powell from WGN Radio on Bears report.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

(The Conversation) - Regardless of how you celebrate end-of-year holidays, food is probably central to your winter festivities. And a trio of spices – cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger – feature in many dishes and drinks and are an unmistakable part of the scent profile we associate with the holiday season.As a plant scientist, I was curious to know how these spices, grown in the tropics, became so closely associated with the Northern Hemisphere’s winter holidays. Just as cranberries’ fall harvest makes them a natural choice for Thanksgiving, I thought that perhaps the seasonality of spice harvest had something to do with their use during the winter months.However, this doesn’t appear to be the case. When it comes to growing spices, producers are playing the long game.Spices are prized commodities that have fueled global trade, exploration and conquest for centuries.Growing holiday spicesTake ginger, which features in both sweet and savory recipes in many cuisines worldwide...

Wil Trapp signs new contract with Minnesota United

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

Wil Trapp will return to Minnesota United for a fourth season in 2024.After entering free agency Wednesday, the defensive midfielder has signed a new contract with the Loons, a source told the Pioneer Press on Sunday.The deal is believed to be one-year term, with a one-year option for 2025.Trapp had a guaranteed compensation of $850,000 in 2023, according to the MLSPA, but is expected to earn less than that in 2024. The club was encouraged last week by contract negotiations to a lower salary figure for Trapp.Trapp wanted to remain in Minnesota for next season. The Ohio native and his young and growing family have established connections in the Twin Cities community; they wanted to continue to call it home.Trapp, who will turn 31 in January, has served as a Loons captain since he arrived in 2021 and has played 88 MLS matches with MNUFC across three seasons. Last season with MNUFC, Trapp played 2,419 minutes across 30 league matches, with above average passing statistics but average n...

Real World Economics: Fed has few laurels to rest on

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

Edward LottermanHubris can be defined as “excessive pride leading to one’s downfall.”Take, for example, Bob Woodward’s 2000 book “Maestro,” which lauds Alan Greenspan as an unparalleled manager of the U.S. economy. Not surprisingly, that author and book also serve as an example of hagiography — or “excessively flattering biography.”The definitions of hubris and hagiography are from a dictionary. The sniping at Woodward’s ridiculous book is mine. The public should keep all that in mind when reading about how well the U.S. economy is doing now and how Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a genius who has achieved a “soft landing” of the economy — something as mythical as unicorns and “surgical air strikes.”Yes, by virtually all indicators — low unemployment rates, low inflation, good growth of output, good growth in job numbers, etc. — the U.S. economy is doing very well indeed — even as Republicans would like voters to think that things are worse now t...

SUNY Cobleskill and NYSDOT want to boost technician workforce

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

COBLESKILL, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- SUNY Cobleskill and the New York State Department of Transportation are hoping to bolster the technician workforce through an internship program for students studying Agricultural Engineering and Diesel Technology. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Classrooms in the Curtis Mott building at SUNY Cobleskill aren’t your typical lecture halls. You’ll find students welding and doing hydraulic experiments.“We’ve got about 30 engines, and students go through and disassemble and rebuild them," said Kaden Marvin, SUNY Cobleskill Northeast Regional Technical Training Center Instructor."Pretty much all of our classes have a lecture component where there is a little bit of pen and paper testing, but just to kind of understand the theory of it," Marvin explained, "but then we get in, get our hands on it, they have to through and basically learn how to fix it when it’s broken, and how it operates.”Students are able to train...

Pomona church destroyed by fire Sunday morning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

A Pomona church caught fire early Sunday morning, bringing out dozens of firefighters to battle the blaze.The fire at Victory Outreach Church Pomona at 177 W. Monterey Ave. broke out at about 2:45 a.m., the Los Angeles County Fire Department said on X, formerly Twitter. The Rev. Robert Garcia and fire officials told KTLA that firefighters believe the 12,000-square-foot church, which was built in 1981, will be "a total loss.""It's a tough morning for us, because today we were getting ready to have our outreach for the whole community. We were going to give gifts; we had 500 people already registered," Garcia said.Garcia noted that Sunday is hard, but one congregant had a hopeful message."Pastor, when it's all said and done, the building is going to be burned down, but the church is still going to be standing, because we're the church," Garcia quoted the congregant as saying.No injuries have been reported and the causse is under investigation.

Santa Clara County’s responses to baby Phoenix investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

Here are statements from Santa Clara County and its officials to the Bay Area News Group in response to the news organization’s ongoing investigation into the fentanyl-related death of a 3-month-old Phoenix Castro.Date: Oct. 25Who said it: Statement from the County of Santa Clara Regarding the Death of Phoenix CastroIn response to: Bay Area News Group public records request for documents related to the county’s involvement with the family of Phoenix Castro prior to her death.Statement: “The County’s most important obligation is to protect the safety of any child who may be experiencing abuse or neglect. The family of 3-month-old Phoenix Castro had significant involvement with the County Department of Family and Children’s Services prior to her death. The Department is conducting a thorough internal review of every aspect of this case. The County is also requesting a complete external review of this case by the State Department of Social Services, which has oversigh...

Cupertino celebrates 45 years as Sister City of Toyokawa, Japan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:56:39 GMT

On Dec. 19, 1978, Cupertino City Councilmember Daniel O’Keefe, vested with full powers authorized by then-Cupertino Mayor James E. Jackson, visited Toyokawa, Japan to sign the Sister City declaration in the office of Mayor Yoshio Yamamoto of Toyokawa.Cupertino and Toyokawa are celebrating 45 years as sister cities. A virtual 45th anniversary ceremony was held over Zoom, with the mayors of the two cities exchanging greetings, sharing videos and exchanging anniversary gifts. The ceremony was hosted from Toyokawa.Toyokawa sent a painting by artist Ayako Kabeya with cherry blossoms that symbolize the friendship between the two cities. The painting can be viewed in the lobby of Cupertino City Hall.Cupertino sent a 3-foot-tall rabbit statue painted by Janki Chokshi called “Bridges: Symbol of Love.” The statue, part of a community art project by Cupertino Rotary, pairs the Golden Gate and Toyokawa bridges, intermingles California redwood trees and poppies with Japanese cherry blossom trees...