Home

Oakland community groups demand city maintain violence prevention budget

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

(BCN) -- As Oakland officials consider balancing the city's next budget, members of community-based organizations on Tuesday afternoon protested potential budget cuts to the city's Department of Violence Prevention, which curbs violence only through diplomacy. Members of the same groups also protested proposed increases to the police budget. Both items went before the Oakland City Council later Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Sheng Thao has proposed cutting the budget of the Department of Violence Prevention by $3.95 million each year for two years. About 2,000 fewer people will be served each fiscal year if the cuts are approved. Victims identified after double fatal Tesla crash on Highway 1 near Pescadero "It really, really impacts us," said Vamsey Palagummi, managing director for Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, whose members protested Tuesday and who get funding for violence prevention from the Oakland Department of Violence Prevention. CURYJ and its allies or...

Atlanta Police Arrest Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

This house in the Edgewood neighborhood is where police arrested three key organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city’s proposed police training center on May 31, 2023, in Atlanta.Photo: Kate Brumback/AP On Wednesday morning, a heavily armed Atlanta Police Department SWAT team raided a house in Atlanta and arrested three of its residents. Their crime? Organizing legal support and bail funds for protesters and activists who have faced indiscriminate arrest and overreaching charges in the struggle to stop the construction of a vast police training facility — dubbed Cop City — atop a forest in Atlanta.In a joint operation with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, Atlanta cops charged Marlon Scott Kautz, Adele Maclean, and Savannah Patterson — all board members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund — with “money laundering” and “charity fraud.”The arrests are an unprecedented attack on bail funds and legal support organizations, a long-standing facet of social j...

5 men charged with 1st-degree murder in killing of missing Frederick teen

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

Police in Frederick, Maryland, have arrested five men in the killing of a teenager whose remains were found in a park in April.Police arrested Alexis Alfredo Ayala Lopez, 21; Jose Roberto Ramos Lopez, 23; Ismael Lopez Lopez, 29; Elmer Bladimir Reyes Reyes, 27, and Ismael Ivan Rivera Canales, 20, on May 26. All five men have been charged with first-degree murder.Frederick police said family members reported Limber Lopez Funez as missing on Feb. 25. Detectives discovered what appeared to be a crime scene while searching the wooded area near Orchard Way a day later on Feb. 26, but the search continued for Lopez Funez.Police said they discovered human remains on April 24 in the Gambrill State Park area after learning that Lopez Funez may have been in the area, and the remains were confirmed to be those of Lopez Funez.“Our team spent countless hours following leads and conducting searches all over the county,” said Jason Lando, Frederick chief of police. “We were all ho...

SEC puts emphasis on gambling after college sports roiled by multiple wagering scandals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — When it comes to sports wagering, information is a commodity and even a morsel of news that is not widely available can be valuable.As college sports experiences some of the negative consequences of ubiquitous legal betting on sporting events, could more transparency be among the potential safeguards?“If everybody’s giving an injury report, I have no problem giving an injury report,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said this week. “They do it in the NFL. I was in the NFL. That’s not a huge deal as long as it’s a level playing field.”A month highlighted by gambling-related firings and potential NCAA infractions in college sports motivated the Southeastern Conference to put extra emphasis on the issue at this week’s spring meetings.Commissioner Greg Sankey called on U.S. Integrity, a company that works with professional sports leagues and college conferences — including the SEC since 2018 — to monitor events for gambling improprieties, to give multiple presentation...

American Superconductor: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

AYER, Mass. (AP) — AYER, Mass. (AP) — American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) on Wednesday reported a loss of $6.9 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Ayer, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 28 cents per share.The wind turbine component maker posted revenue of $31.7 million in the period.For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $35 million, or $1.26 per share. Revenue was reported as $106 million.For the current quarter ending in June, American Superconductor expects its per-share loss to be 17 cents.The company said it expects revenue in the range of $26 million to $30 million for the fiscal first quarter.In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company’s shares hit $4.69. A year ago, they were trading at $5.34._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stoc...

PVH: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — PVH Corp. (PVH) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $136 million.The New York-based company said it had net income of $2.14 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.93 per share.The owner of the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands posted revenue of $2.16 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.13 billion.PVH expects full-year earnings to be $10 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PVH at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PVHSource

Champion UConn gets Newton back at deadline for college players to exit NBA draft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

Connecticut’s reign as NCAA champion will begin with multiple starters having left for the NBA draft and one returning after flirting with doing the same.Guard Tristen Newton announced that he is withdrawing his name from the draft Wednesday, the NCAA’s deadline for players who declared as early entrants to the draft to withdraw and retain their college eligibility. The list of players facing decisions include a pair of bigs who were voted Associated Press men’s college basketball players of the year in Purdue’s Zach Edey and Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe. The 7-foot-4 Edey was last season’s winner after guiding the Boilermakers to a No. 1 seed in the NCAAs, while Tshiebwe was the 2022 winner as a rebounding and double-double force.A number of other college players have similar decisions, including Missouri’s Kobe Brown, Syracuse’s Judah Mintz, Arkansas’ Jordan Walsh and Illinois’ Terrence Shannon Jr.For the current champions, Newton...

Answered prayers: Tennessee church recovers truckload of organ pipes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The prayers of a Tennessee church were answered when whoever stole a moving truck near its building didn’t keep what they found inside: old organ pipes, and lots of them.Calvary Episcopal Church in downtown Memphis had loaded a Penske truck earlier this month with nearly 2,000 organ pipes for transport to Spencer Organ Company in Boston, where they were to undergo restoration. But the truck was stolen after being loaded.A few days later police found the truck and many of the nearly 90-year-old pipes, but they recovered even more over the weekend, the church told news outlets. The latest recovery came after police got a CrimeStoppers tip on Sunday that led officers to a van that was parked near where they found the truck, the church said.The Memphis Police Department has impounded the van.The organ pipes will be sent for restoration, Calvary Episcopal Church Rector Scott Walters said. Source

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Denver's northern suburbs until 3:45

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Increasing clouds throughout Wednesday afternoon won't stop highs from reaching 80 degrees with shower and storm chances in the Denver weather forecast.At 3 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Denver, Thornton, Arvada and the surrounding communities that lasts until 3:45 p.m.Weather today: Storm chances lingerDenver and the Front Range will have extra clouds across the area for the first part of Wednesday, with highs topping out around the 80-degree mark. Family’s truck and trailer stolen from hotel parking lot Storms can form in the early afternoon along the foothills and will push out across the plains through the early evening.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on May 31. Weather tonight: Extra cloudsClouds stick around Wednesday night with mild lows in the low 50s. Winds will be brisk through the first half of the night with showers exiting the state.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on May 31. Looking ahead: More storm...

5-year-old missing from Aurora since Tuesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police are looking for a 5-year-old who was reported missing on Tuesday.The Aurora Police Department is asking the public to look out for 5-year-old Maha, who goes by Mahali. She was reported missing on May 30. Family’s truck and trailer stolen from hotel parking lot APD also included a photo of Mahali's mother Alexus, who is the primary caretaker.A 5-year-old out of Aurora was reported missing on May 30. She may be with her mother, Alexus, who is pictured. (Aurora Police Department)Five-year-old Maha was reported missing since May 30 out of Aurora. She may be with her mother, Alexus. (Aurora Police Department) It is not confirmed if Mahali is with Alexus, but APD is asking that if you see Alexus and Maha together, contact 911.Anyone with information on Mahali's whereabouts is asked to contact the Denver Metro Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.