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Las Vegas police search for suspect after 5 homeless people are shot, killing 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Five homeless people were shot in Las Vegas on Friday, one of them fatally, and police were searching for a lone suspect, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. near a freeway overpass in the northeastern part of the city, according to Las Vegas police. A police commander initially said two were killed, but Las Vegas Metro Police Department spokesperson Jason Johansson later said at a briefing that one man in his 50s was pronounced dead and another was in critical condition, while three others were in stable condition.“Right now we are trying to figure out what exactly happened during the shooting, the information we have is kind of conflicting,” Johansson said. The shooting comes after police in Los Angeles announced Friday they are searching for a suspect in the fatal shootings of three homeless people in separate incidents last month. __ This story has been updated with police saying one victim died, not two. Source

Bebé muere tras ser atacada por un “híbrido de lobo” que era mascota de la familia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

CHELSEA, ALABAMA – Un bebé de tres meses murió mientras sus padres trataban de rescatarlo de la mascota familiar, un híbrido de perro y lobo, dijeron las autoridades.El bebé tenía mordeduras, pero estaba vivo cuando llegaron los socorristas antes de las 1:00 p.m. del jueves a la vivienda en Chelsea. Lo llevaron al centro médico Grandview, donde lo declararon muerto, informaron medios noticiosos.La forense del condado de Shelby, Lina Rvans, dijo que había un lobo en el linaje del perro. Bebé de 3 meses muere tras ingerir fentanilo y metanfetamina Recién nacido muere encerrado en un auto, su madre estaba en una cita de salud mental El Centro Internacional del Lobo ha publicado online una advertencia extensa sobre el peligro que representan esos híbridos en las casas de familia.“Los dueños de los híbridos suelen descubrir que la conducta de la mascota la hace difícil de cuidar”, ya que su composición genética les da una conduct...

No. 8 Miami opens ACC play with balanced 62-49 win over Notre Dame

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Cleveland scored 14 points, Norchad Omier and Nijel Pack each added 13 and No. 8 Miami beat Notre Dame 62-49 on Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.Omier added 13 rebounds for the Hurricanes (6-1, 1-0), who finished with a 16-0 edge in fast-break points.J.R. Konieczny scored 14 for Notre Dame (3-4, 0-1). Tae Davis finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Fighting Irish.With former Hurricane standouts like Bruce Brown — in town with the Indiana Pacers to play the Miami Heat — and Davon Reed sitting courtside, Miami held Notre Dame to 29% shooting, 19% on 3-pointers.Braeden Shrewsberry’s 3-pointer with 7:25 left in the first half put Notre Dame up 20-19. But Miami — in what has been a calling card for the Hurricanes this season, the big spurt — took the lead right back with a 12-0 run, with five different players scoring during the burst that started when Kyshawn George hit a 3-pointer.It was the eighth time al...

Aging dams in central and western Massachusetts to be removed in $25M project

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

Eight aging dams in central and western Massachusetts will be removed as part of a $25 million initiative announced Friday by state environmental officials.The structures to be dismantled include the abandoned high-hazard Bel Air Dam in Pittsfield.Removing the dams will restore fish and other wildlife habitats, increase biodiversity, improve water quality, promote climate resiliency and make communities safer, officials said.“This summer, we saw firsthand the catastrophic impacts of severe flooding and the stress and pressure it puts on our dams,” Gov. Maura Healey said.The floods earlier this year put a few dams at risk and raised concerns that the structures may increasingly be at risk as the region is hit by stronger and wetter storms.There are thousands of dams across New England and many were built decades if not centuries ago, often to help power textile mills, store water or supply irrigation to farms. The concern is they have outlived their usefulness and climate chang...

Massachusetts EMS providers blast Department of Public Health over new vaccine regulations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

Ambulance services across Massachusetts are required to submit the vaccination status of their employees annually to the state Department of Public Health under a new regulation that EMS providers say is a “blatant overreach.”The state Public Health Council in September adopted a series of regulations regarding COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, clumping licensed ambulance services together with health care facilities where patients reside or are treated.Most fire departments across the state operate licensed ambulance services, and EMS providers say the new regulation adds an additional “significant unfunded burden” to their plate.Ambulance services are now mandated to require and maintain proof of each employee’s current vaccination status against COVID-19 and the flu or the “individual’s exemption statement,” and they need to run a central tracking system.The data then must be submitted to the state every year.DPH sent a memo to EMS providers last week outlining steps needed to fulfi...

Massachusetts ‘mourns’ with family of Pittsfield native who died in Osprey crash, Warren says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the entire state “mourns” with the family of a U.S. Air Force member who died in an Osprey crash off the coast of Japan earlier this week.Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher was killed Wednesday during a training mission off the southern coast of Japan, according to the Pittsfield Police Department. Galliher is the only identified member of the eight-person crew of an Osprey V-22 that crashed into the ocean.Courtesy / Pittsfield PDU.S. Air Force member Jacob “Jake” Galliher (Courtesy / Pittsfield PD)Warren said her “deepest condolences” were with the family of the Pittsfield native.“My heart breaks for his wife and two sons, and his family in Lanesborough, Massachusetts. Staff Sgt. Galliher was a brave, smart, and talented young man who served his nation with honor. I am pressing the military for answers about this aircraft’s troubled history and action to keep airmen safe,” Warren said in a statement.Pittsfield police said Galliher graduated Taconi...

Defense head calls out those who advocate isolationism and ‘an American retreat from responsibility’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday denounced those who advocate “an American retreat from responsibility” and said sustained U.S. leadership is needed to help keep the world as safe, free and prosperous as possible. He also urged Congress to end the partisan gridlock that has stalled the federal budget and war spending.The United States must reject calls to turn away from global interests and become more isolationist, he told an audience of lawmakers, corporate and defense leaders and government officials attending a security conference. Those who “try to pull up the drawbridge,” he said, undermine the security that has led to decades of prosperity.In his remarks at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California’s Simi Valley, Austin delivered a lengthy defense of U.S. support to Israel in its war against Hamas and to Ukraine in its struggle to battle Russia’s invasion. He said “the world will only become more dangerous if tyrants and terror...

Racist remarks cited before cannabis regulator’s suspension, court documents say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ top cannabis regulator made race-based and “culturally insensitive” remarks, including referring to Asian people as “yellow,” before she was suspended, according to court documents.The allegations against Shannon O’Brien were included in a court filing she made in her Suffolk County Superior Court lawsuit against Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who suspended her as chair of the state’s Cannabis Control Commission. O’Brien also defended herself from the accusations, which were not previously public.O’Brien, a former state treasurer and one-time Democratic nominee for governor, said she wants a fair hearing process. “After a long career in public service, I deserve a legitimate opportunity and not a sham process, to defend my good name and reputation, which has been unfairly maligned,” she said.Goldberg issued a statement in September saying she suspended O’Brien based on “several serious allegations” in a report compiled by an ou...

Winter weather in Pacific Northwest cuts power to thousands in Seattle, dumps snow on Cascades

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh snow across the Cascade Range.Thousands of households were without power Saturday morning in the greater Seattle area after a night of rain and wind, the Seattle Times reported.Seattle City Light reported 17 outages affecting more than 1,700 customers as of late morning, roughly two-thirds of them in South Seattle, according to the utility’s outage map. The utility said it was investigating the cause.Smaller outages, some caused by fallen trees, were affecting other neighborhoods throughout Seattle, according to the Seattle Times.Communities across the region were affected. Puget Sound Energy reported 79 outages impacting more more than 4,700 customers as of about 11:30 a.m. The outages stretched from Kitsap County to as far south as the state capital Olympia, the news outlet reported. In Oregon, more than 2,000 cusotmers in the Portla...

Group of swing state Muslims vows to ditch Biden in 2024 over his war stance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:17 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Muslim community leaders from several swing states pledged to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday at a conference in suburban Detroit, citing his refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.Democrats in Michigan have warned the White House that Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could cost him enough support within the Arab American community to sway the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.Leaders from Michigan, Minnesota, Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania gathered behind a lectern that read “Abandon Biden, ceasefire now” in Dearborn, Michigan, the city with the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States.More than 13,300 Palestinians — roughly two-thirds of them women and minors, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza — have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. Some 1,200 Israelis have been killed, mostly during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war.Biden’s unwill...