By Felix Cortez Click here for updates on this story SAN MARTIN, California (KSBW) — The San Martin man charged with molesting a close relative of former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion and Salinas native Cain Velasquez may have more victims out there, according to investigators. Just days before he was allegedly targeted by Velasquez,
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alina Bushma played for Drexel in this weekend’s Collegiate Squash Championships. She’s thinking of her family in Ukraine. Her parents and two grandparents have remained in Kyiv since the Russian invasion. Her mother is part of a volunteer effort for the troops. The 21-year-old Bushma scored
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A former mail carrier pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to stealing nearly 100 sports trading cards worth thousands of dollars from the mail, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Paul O. Robinson, 26, of Richmond, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kansas City police detective has been sentenced to six years in prison for fatally shooting a Black man who was backing a pickup truck into a garage in 2019. Eric DeValkenaere, who is white, was sentenced Friday afternoon to three years for second-degree
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By Gabby Orr Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday condemned Republican “apologists” who have used positive language to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine, according to a source who was in the room as Pence spoke to top GOP donors. “There is no room in this party for apologists for
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Many NFL draft prospects have long skipped the 40-yard dash at the NFL’s annual scouting combine. This year they’re skipping the bench press. After organizers moved the weightlifting test of 225 pounds from the day before workouts to the day of, many players are opting to do everything but lift. Organizers say
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The man who walked into a Des Moines NICU without being related to any of the infants there is officially convicted. Adam Wedig bottle-fed one of the babies and changed its diaper. He was found guilty on trespassing charges Thursday.
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation’s board of directors has adopted a resolution to ban discriminatory chants at all soccer matches sanctioned by the American soccer governing body. The resolution says the federation should adopt a zero-tolerance policy on discriminatory chants and adopt FIFA’s three-step protocol, which calls for the match to be stopped
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN More than 600 homes have been evacuated as a fast-moving wildfire in Bay County on the panhandle of Florida prompted authorities to issue a state of emergency. The Adkins Avenue fire has burned more than 1,400 acres (1.6 square miles) and is 20% contained, the Florida Forest Service said. The fire
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By Sam Perez and Nicole Chavez, CNN The first Black student to attend the University of Alabama has died, days after a building on campus was dedicated in her honor, the university announced in a statement. Autherine Lucy Foster, whose last name was then Lucy, made history in 1956 when she enrolled as the university’s
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sevilla has slipped again in its chase of Spanish league leader Real Madrid after being held to scoreless draw at struggling Alavés. Madrid can open up an eight-point gap over second-placed Sevilla if it beats Real Sociedad at home on Saturday. Only some good goalkeeping by
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TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy and mild with gusty winds. Lows in the low 50s. TOMORROW: Breezy and mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 70s. A few storms possible by late afternoon and evening. Gusty winds could reach up to 35 mph during the day and night. EXTENDED: Clouds try to break up overnight,
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN The engineer at the controls of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia in 2015 has been found not guilty on all charges related to the crash that killed eight and injured more than 150 people. A jury deliberated for less than two hours before reaching an acquittal verdict Friday for
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Norton Jr. has returned to UCLA as inside linebackers coach. Norton was fired by the Seattle Seahawks in January after four seasons as Pete Carroll’s defensive coordinator. Norton previously had been the Oakland Raiders’ defensive coordinator for three years before reuniting with Carroll, his boss at Southern California from 2004
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Midfielder Romain Faivre has scored twice and Lyon has won at struggling Lorient 4-1 to move up to sixth place in the French league. Forwards Moussa Dembele and Karl Toko Ekambi set each other up on the other goals as Lyon moved two points behind Rennes in fourth spot. Fourth guarantees automatic
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTVT) — An AeroMéxico flight from Toronto to Mexico City was diverted to Texas early on March 3 to remove three passengers who appeared to be intoxicated. AeroMéxico Flight 617 landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at 3:42 a.m., according to
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to life in prison for leading a large-scale fentanyl distribution conspiracy in St. Louis. A federal judge in St. Louis on Friday handed down the sentence for 56-year-old Gerald Hunter. He was convicted in October of several drug charges as well as two money
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — Lautaro MartÃnez has scored a hat trick as Inter Milan ended its goal drought in spectacular style by beating Salernitana 5-0 to move to the top of Serie A. Edin Džeko also scored twice and Inter will remain top of Serie A for 48 hours at least. The defending champion moved a
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Fiandaca Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A man allegedly attempted to kidnap a baby from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, according to I-Team sources. It happened Sunday night. The man pushed through security officers and got into a secure wing of the hospital where an infant was being
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa man facing four federal charges related to entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack has pleaded not guilty. Kenneth Rader of Sioux City appeared in a video hearing on Friday before Judge Royce Lamberth to face charges he knowingly entering a restricted building, two
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