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Joshua Tree man charged with murder in connection with fatal fentanyl overdose 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

A man has been arrested more than a year after he was first linked to the fatal overdose of another man, authorities said. According to a release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies from the Morongo Basin Station responded to the 56800 block of Navajo Trail in Yucca Valley on Nov. 2, 2022 for a death investigation.  Video shows pedestrian being fatally run over in South L.A. Upon arriving, they discovered a deceased male victim. Preliminary information revealed that the victim, 33-year-old Steven Lockhart, died due to a fentanyl overdose. Once the death was confirmed to be an overdose, the department’s Overdose Response Team (ORT) assumed the investigation and identified the suspect as Nicholas Koeller, 26, of Joshua Tree, SBSD said. “After the investigation was completed and autopsy results were received, the case was presented to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office and murder charges were filed,” authorities confirmed in a release...

Indian state of Tamil Nadu braces for more heavy rain, floods

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

By Rhea Mogul and Robert Shakleford | CNNIndia’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is braced for more downpours after heavy monsoon rains brought deadly flash floods and submerged entire neighborhoods earlier this week.The Indian Meteorological Department (MET) forecast further heavy rain after more than 400 millimeters (15.7 inches) fell in parts of the state from Sunday into Monday. That’s nearly half of what Tamil Nadu typically receives in a year, according to a CNN Weather analysis of MET data.At least 10 people died in the flooding, Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena told reporters on Tuesday.The downpour also occurred as the state of 72 million people reels from the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, which battered Tamil Nadu earlier this month, killing at least 12 people.Video and photo broadcast on local television this week showed people wading waist-deep in the muddy water. Indian Air Force helicopters have been dropping food and essential items to people stranded on roofto...

San Lorenzo man charged with kidnapping, robbery, extortion of his Uber driver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

It started off like any other Uber ride, with a vehicle pulling up to a Fremont apartment complex for a drive to nearby San Lorenzo.But by the trip’s end, police say the driver had survived a terrifying ordeal, which involved his male passenger allegedly making unwanted sexual advances, kidnapping and robbing him at gunpoint, threatening him for additional regular cash payments, and the suspect warning him that he could get him deported if he came forward to police, before finally asking to be dropped off at the predetermined location.Now, Alameda County prosecutors have charged 23-year-old Gabriel Torres with a litany of felonies, including kidnapping, robbery, attempted extortion, ATM robbery and dissuading a witness. In Santa Rita Jail on a no-bail hold, Torres is set to enter a plea to the charges on Jan. 3, in a Dublin courthouse.The charges stem from what police describe as a Dec. 1 Uber ride from hell. Authorities allege that Torres almost immediately asked his driver i...

USAF to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

By Brad Lendon | CNNThe US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of Pacific Air Forces, told Nikkei Asia in an interview published this week that North Airfield on the island of Tinian will become an “extensive” facility once work has been completed to reclaim it from the jungle that has grown over the base since the last US Army Air Force units abandoned it in 1946.“If you pay attention in the next few months, you will see significant progress, especially at Tinian North,” Wilsbach said. The Air Force is also adding facilities at Tinian International Airport in the center of the island.Pacific Air Forces confirmed Wilsbach’s comments to CNN but said there was no official release on the subject.Tinian is part of the Commonwealth of the Norther...

Santa Clara man dies after crashing into tree at Highway 101 and Montague Expressway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

SANTA CLARA — A 51-year-old Santa Clara man was killed in a traffic collision Wednesday night at Highway 101 and Montague Expressway in Santa Clara, the California Highway Patrol said.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | San Jose: Bicyclist dies from injuries following Monterey Road collision Crashes and Disasters | Man sentenced to 10 years after killing another driver while on fentanyl following San Bruno police pursuit Crashes and Disasters | One of three women killed in Pleasanton freeway crash is identified Crashes and Disasters | Woman killed in Oakland traffic collision is identified; suspect facing multiple charges Crashes and Disasters | Pair of men killed Monday in Campbell crash The solo-vehicle crash happened around 8:53 p.m. when a 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML430 ran off the Montague Expressway off-ramp from northbound Highway 101 and hit a tree, the CHP said in a news release.The driver — and s...

Pac-12 legal saga: After wipeout in court, 10 departing schools agree to settlement with WSU and OSU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

The fight for control of the Pac-12 is over. The 10 departing schools have agreed to a settlement with Washington State and Oregon State that ends three months of internecine litigation and provides clarity on the future of the conference.Announced Thursday afternoon, the deal comes less than one week after the Washington Supreme Court declined to review a lower court’s ruling that had established WSU and OSU as the only members of the governing board.The high court’s decision left the outbound schools with little leverage and few options.As part of the settlement, the 10 schools “have agreed to forfeit a portion of distributions over the remainder of the 2023-2024 year and provide specific guarantees against potential future liabilities,” according to a joint statement issued by WSU and OSU.Additionally, “The conference retains its assets and all future revenues.”(The full statement is below.)“We are pleased to have reached an agreement in princi...

Jury acquits 3 Tacoma officers in death of Black pedestrian

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

By Martha Bellisle and Maddy Grassy | Associated PressTACOMA, Wash. — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.Two of the officers — Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank, 38 — had been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, while Timothy Rankine, 34, was charged with manslaughter. The jury found the three not guilty on all counts.There was a gasp from the gallery when the first not-guilty verdict was read. Rankine sat forward in his seat and wiped his eyes, while Collins hugged his lawyer.Matthew Ericksen, a lawyer representing the Ellis family, said it was hard to convey how devastating the verdict was for the family and community.“The biggest reason why I personally think this jury found reasonable doubt is because the defense was essentially allowed to put Manny Ellis ...

Suspect in fatal Pacifica stabbing found dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

(KRON) -- The suspect in a fatal stabbing that led to a temporary lockdown at Vallemar Elementary School in Pacifica Thursday morning has been found dead, the Pacifica Police Department said. He was identified as Jason Gillenwater, 46. Officers responded to a report of domestic violence in the 200 block of Naomi Avenue at around 7:45 a.m.Arriving at the scene, officers located a man and woman both suffering from stab wounds. The suspected killer was seen leaving the area on foot, police said. Serial Bay Area shoplifter arrested 90 times The female victim was transported to the hospital. The male victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one else was injured, police said.“We are deeply saddened by this tragedy and keeping the family members and Pacifica community close in our hearts as they cope with this profound loss," said Pacifica Police Chief Maria Sarasua. Pacifica PD and officers from allied agencies searched the area. Vallemar Elementary, which is just five minutes by...

Joe Biden Is Driving the U.S. Into Isolation to Defend Israel’s War Crimes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

An estimated 570,000 people in the Gaza Strip are now starving. Three quarters of the territory’s 36 hospitals are closed. The remaining nine, all in Southern Gaza, are “partially functional.” The shuttered hospitals in the north are serving as impromptu shelters for some of the 85 percent of Palestinians in Gaza that have been displaced, but did not trek south to escape the ravages of Israel’s ground invasion. Beyond an estimated death toll of 20,000, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, a devastating 355,000 are suffering from infectious diseases as conditions in the territory worsen.Amid all of this suffering, President Joe Biden has now delayed a UN vote for humanitarian aid to Gaza at least 8 times.The vote is on a UN Security Council proposal, put forward by the United Arab Emirates and repeatedly watered down just for Biden, that calls for limiting the hostilities in Gaza and expanding aid distribution. Officials reportedly crafted the resolution in such a way that it wo...

‘Migration’ voice stars share how their roles in animated holiday release took flight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:39 GMT

We don’t have to have bird brains to understand migration. When it gets cold, birds fly south to warmer weather. Easy peasy … and yet, it doesn’t work out that way for our fine feathered friends in “Migration.” It is just their dumb duck luck.Kumail Nanjiani (as Mack Mallard, voice): “What is that?”Keegan-Michael Key (as Delroy, voice): “Duck à l’Orange.”Tresi Gazal (as Gwen, voice): “What’s Duck à l’Orange?”Awkwafina (as Chump, voice): “It’s you.”Duck is not on the menu for these two celebs, but how do they feel about adventurous food like…Kumail Nanjiani: “Oh, a duck embryo?”Elizabeth Banks: “OK.”Kumail Nanjiani: “I’m keeping my face very neutral, because I respect…”Elizabeth Banks: (laughs) “I mean, I eat roe, you know, like fish eggs, which doesn’t seem that exotic, either.”Kumail Nanjiani: “Yeah, sure. Are ...