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5 wounded in shooting at Morgan State in Baltimore

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

By Lea Skene and Denise Lavoie | Associated PressBALTIMORE — A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore’s Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockdown of the historically Black college.Students hunkered down for several hours, as police went room to room looking for suspects. No arrests were made.Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the five victims, four men and one woman, are between the ages of 18 and 22. Their injuries were not life-threatening, he told reporters at a news conference early Wednesday.Morgan State Police Chief Lance Hatcher said four of the victims are students at the university. The police did not release information about a suspect or suspects, and Worley said that investigators didn’t know how many shooters were involved.The shooting happened shortly after the coronation of Mister & Miss Morgan State at the Murphy Fine Arts Center, as students were heading to a campus ball...

Joe Jonas considered claiming that Sophie Turner chose Taylor Swift over kids: report

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

Before Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner agreed to begin four days of mediation this week to work through their child custody issues, the singer reportedly considered leaking some more negative claims about his estranged wife, alleging that she twice chose to go out with her new BFF Taylor Swift instead of spending time with their young daughters.Over the weekend, the gossip site, Crazy Days and Nights, revealed that Jonas was the singer mentioned in a Sept. 23 blind item. This singer, according to the blind item, planned to leak a story that his “actress ex” had “two chances to spend time with his kids” the week of Sept. 23 but instead went out with a certain “A+ list singer.” Crazy Days and Nights revealed that the “actress ex” is “Game of Thrones” star Turner, and the singer is Swift.This alleged leak would fit the early PR strategy deployed by Jonas and his team after he filed for divorce on Sept. 1: Use media leaks to portra...

Toddlers who drowned in San Jose daycare pool identified

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Two toddlers who fell into a San Jose daycare's pool and drowned were identified on Wednesday. Payton Cobb, 1, of Hollister, and Lillian Hanan, 1, of San Jose, died Monday, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.Payton and Lillian were two of three young children who fell into the pool at Happy Happy Daycare on Fleetwood Drive and were rushed to a hospital. The third child survived.The San Jose Police Department is investigating circumstances around how the girls were able to crawl, toddle, or walk through a gate and access the home daycare's backyard pool without daycare workers noticing or stopping them. Happy Happy Daycare was inspected by state authorities as recently as last month. According to the California Department of Social Services, licensing program analysts toured the home in 2020 for a pre-licensing inspection. They ordered the daycare to make changes to the pool area and ensure that it was secured by a fence. CDSS rep...

Road rage shooting on I-80 in Berkeley damages victim’s vehicle: CHP

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

(KRON) -- A non-injury freeway shooting over the weekend on westbound Interstate 80 in Berkeley resulted in damage to the victim’s vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.Officers from CHP Oakland took a report Monday about a possible freeway shooting that happened Saturday, Sept. 30, on I-80 near Gilman Street in Berkeley. The suspect in the shooting was described by police as a Black woman who is approximately 30 years old. The suspect’s vehicle in the shooting was a “newer model” gold BMW and had a boy estimated to be 8 years old sitting in the front passenger seat at the time of the incident, CHP said.It is believed that road rage was a contributing factor in the shooting, CHP said. San Ramon police use golf cart to arrest alleged fraudster on the links Police visited the victim at their residence and found damage to the victim’s vehicle as a result of the reported shooting.Anyone with information on the freeway shooting is asked to call the CHP Oakland Area office...

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it, as the city’s shelter system strains under a large influx of international migrants who have arrived since last year. The city filed a request late Tuesday asking a court to allow it to suspend the requirement when there is a state of emergency where the shelter population of single adults increases at a rapid rate.The filing came as Mayor Eric Adams embarks on a four-day trip through Latin America, starting Wednesday in Mexico, where he said he will discourage people from coming to New York, telling them the city’s shelter system is at capacity and its resources are overwhelmed. The city has been moving to suspend the so called right to shelter for months under the surge of migrants, arguing the requirement was never intended to be applied to a humanitarian crisis such as the latest influx. The shelter requirement has been in...

OPINIÓN | Recrudece la eterna crisis de Cuba

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de El Nuevo Herald en la cadena McClatchy, y analista político y columnista en CNN en Español. Los comentarios expresados en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. Mira más en cnne.com/opinion.(CNN Español) — Los próximos seis meses serán decisivos para Cuba, me dice en La Habana un empresario privado cubano. Su pronóstico se refleja en la población del país. No hay café desde hace meses, la carne de cerdo escasea, hasta la azúcar falta en el país . En octubre, afirma, empezará la crisis dentro de la crisis: no habrá pan porque no habrá harina, no habrá combustible porque el Estado no tiene dinero, no h...

Prosecutor opens trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried saying he stole at least $10 billion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor opened a fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with celebrities, before his historic fraud was exposed, leaving customers and investors without at least $10 billion they thought was secure. A defense lawyer insisted his client didn’t steal from anyone.Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Rehn repeatedly pointed at Bankman-Fried, sitting with his lawyers in a suit, and accused him of “committing a massive fraud.”He said Bankman-Fried told lies to his investors while he spent their money on himself, his friends and family, buying lavish homes and beachfront property in the Bahamas, spending millions of dollars on political donations to gain influence in Washington.Bankman-Fried, 31, maintains he was not to blame for a massive fraud that prosecutors allege in seven charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy, brought against him since his arrest last December in the Bahamas...

Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher after selloff as reports suggest economy may be cooling

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is edging higher Wednesday after reports suggested the U.S. economy may be cooling, which could mean less fuel for inflation.The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in afternoon trading, coming off a 1.4% tumble that had sent it to its lowest level in four months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 8 points, or less than 0.1%, to 33,010, a day after wiping out its gains for the year so far. The Nasdaq composite was 0.9% higher, as of 1:25 p.m. Eastern time.Stocks have struggled since the summer under the weight of soaring Treasury yields in the bond market. High yields undercut stock prices by pulling investment dollars away from stocks and into bonds. They also crimp corporate profits by making borrowing more expensive.The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which is the centerpiece of the bond market, pulled back from its highest level since 2007, down to 4.75% from 4.80% late Tuesday. Shorter- and longer-term yields also eased a bit to offer more oxygen to the s...

A Chicago woman died in a hotel freezer in 2017. Now her mother has reached a settlement

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of a 19-year-old Chicago woman who was found dead in 2017 in a freezer at a suburban hotel where she had attended a party has reached a settlement in her lawsuit against the hotel and others.A settlement was reached in August, Cook County court records show, but it has not been entered on the court docket because attorneys for Kenneka Jenkins’ mother have asked that the terms be sealed from the public, the Chicago Tribune reported.A judge denied that request Tuesday but asked the mother’s attorney to resubmit the request. A status hearing is scheduled for next week in the case, which had been set for a trial starting Oct. 16, court records show.Attorneys for Jenkins’ mother, Tereasa Martin, argued that the family’s safety and privacy trumped any reason to require that the records be publicly filed.“The widespread publicity of this case, including uncontrolled speculation and social media commentary has resulted in various threats made against various indivi...

Mets awarded 1-0 win over Marlins for suspended game, with 9th inning wiped out because of rain

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:52 GMT

The New York Mets were awarded a 1-0 win over the Marlins in the game suspended by rain on Sept. 28, with Miami’s two-run rally in the ninth voided because the inning was not completed.The game would have been resumed Monday had it impacted the postseason but was not because the Marlins were assured of the second NL wild card and Arizona the third.Major League Baseball, after consulting the Elias Sports Bureau, said Wednesday the score reverted to 1-0 under 7.02 (b) (4) (A) of the Official Baseball Rules, which deals with suspended games.“If one team is ahead, the team that is ahead shall be declared the winner (unless the game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead, in which case the score upon the completion of the last full inning shall stand,)” the rule states.Bryan De La Cruz singled leading off the ninth against Grant Hartwi...