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Who currently owns the 49ers? How did the Debartolo York family make their fortune?

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In NFL team ownership, the San Francisco 49ers face criticism for their unique business approach, run by the Debartolo-York family. Fans of the Niners are expressing frustration due to what they see as a long-standing issue - the team’s reluctance to change its ways. DeBartolo comes from a family that is famous for its real estate development. Her brother, Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., was the previous owner of the 49ers football team and a controversial figure who was removed from his position by then-President Trump five years ago. After graduating, DeBartolo joined the family business, The DeBartolo Corporation, and quickly became its executive vice president. 1994, following her father’s death, she was appointed company co-chairman and ultimately oversaw the sale of all 78 DeBartolo malls, which were the foundation of their family business. Since 1999, DeBartolo has been heading the San Francisco 49ers team, which she later passed on to her son Jed York in 2007. The criticism centers ...

An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family in a southern Gaza refugee camp

Nasser Abu Quta lost 19 members of his family in an instant when an Israeli airstrike blew up his home in a crowded refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- The evacuation warning came shortly after dark. The Israeli military fired the shot just a short distance from Nasser Abu Quta’s home in the southern Gaza Strip, a precautionary measure meant to allow people to evacuate before airstrikes. Abu Quta, 57, thought he and his extended family would be safe some hundred meters (yards) away from the house that was alerted to the pending strike. He huddled with his relatives on the ground floor of his four-story building, bracing for an impact in the area. But the house of Abu Quta’s neighbor was never hit. In an instant, an explosion ripped through his own home, wiping out 19 members of his family, including his wife and cousins, he said. The airstrike also killed five of his neighbors who were standing outside in the jam-packed refugee camp, a jumble of buildings and a...