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Southern California duo allegedly stole over $800,000 worth of tools from home improvement stores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

A Southern California duo was accused of stealing more than $800,000 worth of equipment from home improvement stores.The suspects were identified as Jalen Amir Thomas, 27, from Santa Monica, and Armia Ta’Jae Timmons, 25, from Los Angeles, by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Authorities said the duo “victimized 190 stores in 23 states with nearly 500 equipment thefts.”Both suspects were charged with an 11-count indictment including charges of conspiracy and ten counts of wire fraud related to an organized retail theft scheme.Officials said the pair's scheme involved renting high-value construction equipment and instead of returning them, they sold the stolen items through websites such as Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp.The pair traveled through 23 different states and hit nearly 200 stores, causing more than $800,000 in losses, according to court documents. 13 arrested for stealing millions from low-income Southern Californians As early as March 2022, Thomas led a group of thieves who ...

Menlo Park woman’s killer sentenced to 26 years to life in prison

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

MENLO PARK — A 30-year-old Cincinnati man has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for the brutal killing of a Menlo Park woman in 2018, prosecutors said.Handed down Thursday, the sentence follows a 19-day trial earlier this year that ended in a jury convicting Francis Wolke of first-degree murder, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. He has more than four years credit for time served.The victim, 62-year-old Kathleen Hughes Anderson, was stabbed to death in the bedroom of her home in the 900 block of Valparaiso Avenue on Dec. 12, 2018, prosecutors said.Anderson’s friend, Daniel Baggett, found Wolke inside the home, called 911 and held Wolke at knifepoint until police arrived, according to the district attorney’s office.Prosecutors said there was “no known relationship or contact” between Anderson and Wolke.Wolke used a pen and a handsaw to kill Anderson, according to the district attorney’s office.In a statement Friday, District Attorney Steve Wagsta...

A's announcer says apparent use of on-air slur was accidental

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

(KRON) -- Oakland A's announcer Glen Kuiper apologized after he appeared to utter a slur on-air while calling the team's game against the Kansas City Royals Friday night. Kuiper was referencing the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, and says his words "didn't come out quite the way I wanted it to." The word that came out of his mouth sounded like the "n-word." Oakland Roots Soccer Club announce venue change for rest of 2023 season "We had a phenomenal day today," Kuiper said before the game started. "N***** League Museum and Arthur Bryant's Barbeque." Kuiper was mentioning Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which honors the league that Black people played in before Major League Baseball integrated. Before the 6th inning began, Kuiper apologized. "A little bit earlier in the show, I said something that didn't come out quite the way I wanted it to," he said. "And I just wanted to apologize if it sounded different than I meant it to be said. I just wanted to apo...

Un avión de combate estadounidense se estrella en Corea del Sur

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

(CNN) — Un avión de combate F-16 estadounidense se estrelló el sábado durante un entrenamiento cerca de una importante base militar estadounidense en Corea del Sur, informó la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos.El avión, que estaba asignado a la 8ª Ala de Caza, “se estrelló en una zona agrícola cerca de la Base Aérea de Osan sobre las 9:45” hora local, dijo la Fuerza Aérea de EE.UU. en Corea del Sur en un comunicado.El piloto se eyectó sano y salvo y fue trasladado al centro médico más cercano, según el comunicado. Ningún civil resultó herido en el incidente, agregaron las Fuerzas Aéreas.Se envió a los bomberos locales para extinguir el fuego, escribió en Twitter el gobernador surcoreano de la provincia de Gyeonggi, Kim Dong-yeon.El piloto participaba en un vuelo de entrenamiento rutinario, dice el comunicado, y añade que está en curso la investigación del incidente.La base aérea de Osan es la más cercana de las Fuerzas Aéreas estadounidenses a Corea del Norte, a unos ...

How to give unhoused mothers in the DC area a special treat this Mother’s Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

Mother’s Day can conjure up scenes of lavish breakfasts or maybe well-meaning but gently burned toast served to mommy in bed.Because that day may look very different for unhoused mothers, a Northern Virginia organization is stepping up to show those moms some appreciation.It’s a drive called “Pack a Purse.”“So we take new and gently used purses, and we pack them up with toiletries. And then we go distribute them on Mother’s Day,” said Jay Herriott, founder of The 25th Project.They’re seeking donations, and as long as the purses are new or gently used, the tag on the bag doesn’t matter.“So we’ve had Coach purses, D&B and high-end purses and regular purses,” Herriott said, noting that donated bags can be dropped off at Burke Community Church in Fairfax County, Virginia.The church’s website says they’re accepting purses on May 7 and 14 and suggests what toiletries to include in the bags.Herriott sai...

Saleh sees ‘fire’ in Rodgers, dispels ‘silly’ wish list talk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Robert Saleh has seen all he needs to know that Aaron Rodgers is all in with the New York Jets.For one, the four-time NFL MVP has been practicing with the team during voluntary workouts, something Rodgers hadn’t done his last few offseasons with Green Bay.But there’s something else. And it goes far beyond the football field. “You just see a fire in a guy’s eye when you’re sitting and talking to him,” Saleh said Friday after the team’s first rookie minicamp practice. ”He’s coming to win. You can just feel it in his voice. You can see it in his eyes and the way he’s going about his business.”Rodgers was acquired last week by the Jets, who got a player they believe will help them snap a 12-year playoff drought that is the longest active slump in the NFL — and lead them deep into the postseason.But these are the early days of that journey, and there were some who wondered about Rodgers’ commitment to the process — especially ...

Santander grand slam among 2 homers, Orioles beat Braves 9-4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Anthony Santander is heating up, which is another good sign for the streaking Baltimore Orioles.Santander homered from both sides of the plate, including a grand slam, and Cedric Mullins also went deep as the Orioles won for the 14th time in 17 games, 9-4 over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.Dean Kremer allowed one run in six strong innings for Baltimore, which became the first team this season to reach the seats against Braves ace Max Fried.“Sweet!” Mullins exclaimed, unaware that Fried had not allowed a homer. “It was bound to happen.” Santander homered from the right side against Fried in the fourth to put Baltimore ahead to stay. Then, batting lefty in the seventh against Joe Jimenez, he delivered his first career grand slam to turn what had been a tight game into a rout.Santander came into the night hitting .241 with three homers. But he’s now homered in two straight games, and has four multi-hit outings in a row.Suddenly, he looks like the guy who hit 3...

Anonymous threat shuts down hospital construction site

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) -- An anonymous threat has shut down operations at a massive construction site in Wheat Ridge. Police said employees found a written threat on the inside of a portable toilet at the site for the SCL Lutheran replacement hospital. The threat mentioned the date of May 5, 2023.Colby Stodden, senior project manager with Haselden Construction, said he was shocked. "It was disturbing,” Stodden said. “You just don’t want to see something like that." How to challenge what you owe in property taxes As a precaution, Stodden said they decided to shut down operations at the site on May 5-6. "We want to make sure that all our employees working on the job do understand that safety is our main concern and everyone needs to go home every night to their families," Stodden said.Threats cannot be ignored, police sayCommander Jon Pickett, with the Wheat Ridge Police Department, said they take any threat very seriously. "The days have gone by where you can...

Want them back? Hoodoo Gurus make tour stop in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

On their latest album “Chariot of the Gods,” the great Australian band Hoodoo Gurus ask the musical question “Ain’t it time to settle down?” The answer, according to frontman Dave Faulkner by phone recently, is: Heck, no.“The funny thing is that’s the oldest song on the album, I wrote it 20 years ago and it finally found a place in the band,” he says. “So that’s a picture of a much younger man writing about being old and unfashionable and irrelevant  – We did another one called “Sell-By Date’ on the same idea. And the answer is that we are proud and confident in what we do, we have the same intentions, we haven’t mellowed or changed our course. Aside from looking older, there’s no difference in us.”Though their popularity has been steady at home, in the US they’re known mainly for a string of hits — “I Want You Back,” “Bittersweet,” “Come Anytime” — that were as close as ‘80s radio could go to the sound of ‘60s-style garage rock. At the time the band wore its vinta...

Lowry: It’s wrong to censor views of RFK Jr.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:17 GMT

ABC News did a wide-ranging interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. the other day. The ABC reporter asked him a number of challenging questions, notably about the lack of support from his own family for his presidential run.It was interesting stuff and good journalism — having on the heterodox, newly minted presidential candidate, allowing him to make the case for his candidacy, and forcing him to think and reflect out loud.Then, came the note at the end: ABC, as a matter of “editorial judgment,” had left out portions of the interview where Kennedy had expanded on his anti-vaccine views (which were briefly discussed).Now this is not, as a technical matter, censorship; ABC News isn’t a government entity and can exercise whatever editorial judgment it pleases. But the spirit of the exercise was in keeping with censorship, and it reflected how the press and social media platforms operated during the height of the pandemic when they were the self-appointed arbiters of ...