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What’s to blame for the senseless killing of a 16-year-old at a subway station?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

In today’s Big Story podcast, the murder of Gabriel Magalhaes at a Toronto subway station shocked the city and the country. His alleged killer, Jordan O’Brien-Tobin, had been released from custody shortly before the attack and had been in and out of jail for years. In the immediate aftermath, many treated the incident as proof that Canada needs harsher sentencing and bail reform. Others, including most notably the victim’s mother, say the incident is emblematic of a failure to provide adequate treatment to people experiencing mental health issues.Jennifer Pagliaro is a crime reporter at the Toronto Star. She joined us to discuss what we know about the young victim in this case, and the extensive criminal history of the man who allegedly committed this senseless act of violence.“There are a lot of red flags here that that experts say are incredibly common, but unfortunately the system, it seems, in Ontario, is not set up to help people like Jordan O’Brien-Tobin,” she said...

Guaidó travels to Colombia ahead of Venezuela-focused summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó on Monday said he crossed the border into Colombia “on foot” to seek a meeting with international delegations gathering there for a conference focused on his country’s political crisis.Guaidó, one of the most recognizable figures of Venezuela’s opposition and a presidential hopeful, announced his trip to Colombia in a statement. His campaign told The Associated Press he crossed the border through one of the bridges connecting the neighboring South American countries.Tuesday’s international conference organized by Colombian President Gustavo Petro is meant to jumpstart official dialogue between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his adversaries. The formal negotiations between both sides guided by Norwegian diplomats and hosted by Mexico stalled at the end of last year.“I will be requesting meetings with members of the international delegations attending the summit,” Guaidó said in the statement...

Maple Leafs aim to take stranglehold of increasingly hostile series with Lightning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

Despite a sluggish performance, the Toronto Maple Leafs got the job done over the weekend.Now the team has an opportunity to seize control of their first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Toronto leads the series 2-1 after stealing an overtime win in Saturday’s Game 3.“Huge, huge win for Toronto,” says Sportsnet’s Luke Fox.The focus now turns to Game 4 in Tampa on Monday night in what has been an increasingly hostile and violent series.“The challenge will be to get a two-game cushion, to actually stomp the throat here,” Fox says. “They’ve had a 2-1 series lead before and it hasn’t gone their way.”Coaches Jon Cooper, master puller of strings, and Sheldon Keefe, sick of settling for respect in the handshake line, are ratcheting up the off-ice gamesmanship in a series where one favourable whistle could prove the difference. @lukefoxjukebox explains. https://t.co/8MUc8JpfO1— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) Apri...

To help students, some colleges provide double the teachers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

EVERETT, Wa. (AP) — Terrica Purvis squinted through goggles as her hands carefully guided a pipette full of indigo-tinted fluid into clear glass test tubes.It was the last chemistry lab of the winter quarter at Everett Community College. Purvis was working through the steps of what chemistry professor Valerie Mosser jokingly refers to as the “post-apocalypse survival” lab — an experiment using boiled red cabbage water to test the acidity of common household chemicals.Purvis, 27, is in her first year of study for an associate degree in nursing at Everett Community College. She is also one of more than 6,000 Washington community and technical college students enrolled in the state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program. Students who need extra help in subjects such as algebra struggle to learn if the content is taught in an abstract way, educators say. So I-BEST programs feature two teachers in the classroom: One provides job training and the other teaches b...

Man found shot dead in head in car on Northwest Side

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

CHICAGO — A man was found shot dead in the head inside a car in the city's Forest Glen neighborhood Monday morning. According to police, the unidentified man was found unresponsive in the driver's seat of a car near the 5300 block of North Cicero Avenue around 4:48 a.m. after crashing the vehicle. Arson investigation underway after 2 children injured, 1 critically, on South Side Police said the man sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on the scene. There is no one in custody and the incident is under investigation.

Man, 63, robbed and struck on hand in River North

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

CHICAGO — A 63-year-old man was robbed while getting treated for a hand injury in River North Sunday night. According to police, officers responded to a robbery near the 600 block of North State Street around 9:00 p.m. and found the man being treated for a hand injury. Man found shot dead in head in car on Northwest Side The man told police that he was approached by two men armed with handguns and demanded his personal belongings after striking hm on the hand. The man said the men then fled on foot.He was relocated to a hospital in good condition. There is no one in custody and police are investigating the incident.

Former officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has new deputy job

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city.The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday confirmed the hiring of Myles Cosgrove, who was fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department in January 2021 for violating use-of-force procedures and failing to use a body camera during the raid on Taylor’s apartment, WHAS-TV reported.Taylor, a Black woman, was killed on March 13, 2020, by police executing a narcotics search warrant. None of the three white officers who fired into Taylor’s home were charged by a grand jury in her death. 9 teenagers shot at after-prom party in Texas Robert Miller, chief deputy in Carroll County, pointed to that fact in reference to Cosgrove’s hiring.A protest in Carroll County was planned Monday in response to his hiring.Investigators said that Cosgrove fired 16 rounds into the apartment after the front door was breached and that Taylor’...

Northern Lights dance in Iowa skies Sunday night

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

IOWA -- The Northern Lights dazzled Iowans late Sunday night. A major mass coronal ejection on Sunday afternoon made its way toward the Earth just in time to interact with the atmosphere late into the night. The strength of this geomagnetic storm reached so far south that even Kansas was able to few the aurora borealis. It is very unusual for the spectacle to be seen so far south. Many central Iowa viewers shared their pictures with us. The pictures are gorgeous but when you see the Northern Lights in person they pulsate and dance across the sky.Angel Stanley - AlbiaBig Creek LakeBonnie Porter - CallenderChuck Spindler - GreenfieldCody Watts - IconiumDawn Smith - BooneJustin Stallman - NewtonRob Prendergast - GrangerSamantha Mickle - Jester ParkStacy Hardney - MingoHanan Zahid - Waterloo If you have photos or videos of the Northern Lights you'd like to share with us, send them to [email protected].

Two threats of severe storms this week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Keep your KXAN Weather app set to your location and volume on loud as we are tracking two different severe weather set-ups between now and midweek. SATURDAY NIGHT HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS FOR SOME Today will be one of the quieter days of the work week with only a few spots of sprinkles/light rain possible. Mainly cloudy skies and cool temperatures (60s) can be expected areawide.A disturbance passing overhead will bring an increased chance for scattered storms Tuesday afternoon and evening. Storm development will largely depend on whether the "lid" in our atmosphere breaks (formally known as the "cap"), but current thinking points to this lid eroding and storms strengthening late in the day.A slight risk (2 out of 5) exists for areas in the eastern Hill Country, Austin-metro and eastern counties Tuesday afternoon and evening. Large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes are all possible.Scattered severe storms possible Tuesday afternoon and eveningAll mod...

Minnesota Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of ousted Otto Bremer Trust trustee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:05 GMT

The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to review a petition filed by Brian Lipschultz, a former trustee of the Otto Bremer Trust who was ousted from his seat last year by a Ramsey County District Court judge following allegations of self-dealing.Lipschultz appealed the decision by Judge Robert Awsumb to remove him from the three-member board of trustees, only to be rebuffed by the Court of Appeals in January.On April 18, the Supreme Court granted his request for a review of the Court of Appeals decision. Lipschultz will be allowed to further appeal his case before the Supreme Court through written briefs and oral argument. The decision, signed by Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, indicates that a date and time for oral argument will be determined later.The Minnesota Attorney General’s office had once sought to unseat all three trustees of the St. Paul-based philanthropy based in part on their efforts to sell the charity’s largest asset — Bremer Bank — by courting h...