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Palo Alto man throws lighter fluid at worker in Thousand Oaks restaurant, chases him through business with knife: VCSO

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

A man was arrested after allegedly throwing lighter fluid on a Thousand Oaks restaurant worker and chasing him through the business with a knife before attacking another man with the liquid, officials said Monday.The incident occurred around 2:05 p.m. Sunday at a restaurant in the 400 block of East Avenida De Los Arboles, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.An initial investigation revealed that a man, later identified as Robert Haight, 61, entered the business, allegedly squirted lighter fluid on an employee and tried to set him on fire in the unprovoked attack, officials said. 3rd tourist from California dies on vacation in Hawaii Haight then grabbed a large kitchen knife and chased the worker through the businesses before the victim ran out through the back.Haight followed the worker to the parking lot where a second person tried to intervene.“Haight then turned his attention to the second victim and assaulted him, by squirting lighter fluid on him,” officials deta...

When criticism becomes a threat: Md. conference to address what elected officials should do

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

Session of Government. Conference room or seminar meeting room in business event. Academic classroom training course in lecture hall. blurred businessmen talking. modern bright office indoor(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Semen Salivanchuk) Session of Government. Conference room or seminar meeting room in business event. Academic classroom training course in lecture hall. blurred businessmen talking. modern bright office indoor(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Semen Salivanchuk) Elected officials often face criticism from angry constituents, and this year’s Maryland Municipal League summer conference will cover precautions to consider when criticism turns threatening.George Mathews, a former community relations liaison fo...

Orioles promote another top prospect, adding infielder Jordan Westburg

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles called up another of their top prospects on Monday, selecting the contract of infielder Jordan Westburg from Triple-A Norfolk.Westburg is ranked 34th on MLB Pipeline’s prospect list. The Orioles also have the No. 1 player in that ranking — Class A shortstop Jackson Holliday — and they’ve brought enough young talent to the majors to improve from 110 losses in 2021 to a 47-29 record entering Monday night’s game against Cincinnati.“It’s been a whirlwind of a day,” Westburg said. “I’m excited to be here and ready to get going.”Westburg started at second base and hit seventh. He drew a walk in his first plate appearance — during a rainy second inning — and then came in to score.“We just felt like he was ready to help impact our team,” manager Brandon Hyde said.Westburg has hit .295 with 18 home runs and 54 RBIs at Norfolk this season. There’s room for improvement in the Baltimore infield, with second baseman Adam ...

La Policía Militar asume mando de cárceles en Honduras

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

(CNN) — Tras la revuelta que el pasado martes dejó al menos 46 personas muertas en el centro de reclusión femenina en Honduras, este lunes se cumplió la directriz presidencial de que la Policía Militar del Orden Público asuma el mando de los centros penitenciarios.Al menos 46 personas muertas por revuelta en cárcel de mujeres en HondurasBajo la nueva modalidad, en la penitenciaría central en Támara, a pocos kilómetros al norte de la capital, Tegucigalpa, un operativo de intervención dio con el decomiso de armas, algunas de grueso calibre –fusil AR15–, según las autoridades; así como granadas de fragmentación, municiones, teléfonos móviles, enrutadores de internet y satelitales y otros accesorios tecnológicos.Durante los operativos, las nuevas autoridades del penal llevaron a los reclusos hacia los patios y trascendieron imágenes que algunos medios nacionales y ciudadanos calificaron en redes sociales como “al estilo del presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele”.Presidenta...

Man accused of stabbing parents at their Bethesda home identified

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his parents with a knife in Bethesda, Maryland, Sunday night, according to Montgomery County police.Officers responded to reports of a domestic-related assault in the 6500 block of Greentree Road at approximately 11:50 p.m.A Bethesda man, identified as Joseph Michael Bowers, 24, has been arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault of his parents.He’s accused of stabbing his parents following a dispute. His 62-year-old mother and father were taken to local hospitals with serious injuries from multiple stab wounds, police said. They were found outside their home.Police found Bowers inside his parents’ home and took into custody on Monday morning.Residents of the quiet neighborhood said they’re surprised and shaken by the stabbing.Neighbors told police was a large presence of police and emergency responders on their normally peaceful street.One neighbor, who lives next to the home whe...

Detienen a exjefe antisecuestros de México acusado en el caso de Ayotzinapa

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) detuvo en la madrugada de este domingo al exjefe antisecuestros de la extinta Subprocuraduría Especializada en Investigación de Delincuencia Organizada (SEIDO) Gualberto Ramírez, acusado en el caso Ayotzinapa de desaparición forzada de personas, tortura y coalición de servidores públicos, informó este lunes en su cuenta de Twitter el subsecretario de Derechos Humanos, Población y Migración de la Secretaría de Gobernación de México, Alejandro Encinas.La FGR no ha informado sobre esta detención.CNN está intentando conocer si Ramírez cuenta con defensa legal.Ramírez fue titular de la unidad antisecuestros de la entonces Procuraduría General de la República cuando ocurrió la desaparición de los 43 estudiantes de la normal rural de Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, en el sur de México, ocurrida entre el 26 y el 27 de septiembre de 2014.Fiscalía de México logra reactivar 16 órdenes de captura contra militares supuestamente implicados en ...

New video shows moments before 14-year-old was shot and killed by police

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Aurora Police Department released surveillance video showing the moments leading up to the shooting death of 14-year-old Jor'Dell Richardson by an officer. Jor'Dell allegedly robbed a convenience store near 8th Avenue and Dayton Street. He was caught in an alley behind the small strip mall by two APD officers who said Jor’Dell was armed when an officer shot and killed him. Aurora chief releases video of teen’s killing by police The officers' body camera video was released on June 9 which showed the actions of Jor'Dell and themselves in the incident. The latest video released showed the group Jor'Dell was with scatter when police showed up and the two officers chase Jor'Dell and tackle him behind the strip mall. The weapon recovered at the scene was a pellet gun that looked identical to an HK USP 9mm handgun, Acevedo said.The 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office continues to investigate the shooting.

Homeowner has box of bees thrown at her from 'nightmare RTD bus stop'

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A local homeowner is fighting for her safety living next to an RTD bus stop that she said has become a nightmare. Along Colorado Boulevard, by Bruce Randolph Avenue, people have made themselves comfortable at a bus stop just feet from what should be Gwendolyn Kasnoff’s safe space.“People sleep on top of it. They jump, they climb up on it,” Gwendolyn Kasnoff said. “They urinated on my fence, they defecate in my yard. This isn't how people are supposed to live in Denver.”Kasnoff has lived at her home for a year. She was excited to stop renting and have a place to own in Denver County. Colorado renters make half what it would take to afford a starter home “But then I started to hear the fighting and hear the drug talk and hear, you know, just so many things that were very disturbing,” she said.Her home camera has captured some of the daily and nightly disturbances: music blaring from the stop before 8 a.m. and late at night. Then, earlier this month, Kasnoff captured ...

Caught on camera: Vandalism on Miami gravesite of 2 killed in 2021 New Year’s crash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

Grave concern once again for a South Florida family after a video captured an act of vandalism at the Miami cemetery on the gravesite of two people killed in West Miami-Dade on New Year’s in 2021.Last month, a similar cellphone video showed someone defacing a gravestone with a white spray instead of the black spray that was used in the previous act of vandalism.Moments later, the vandal is seen spray-painting the flowers, hammering the grave and a memorial honoring the victims. The subject kicked everything that was placed over the grave repeatedly at the Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Cemetery. A surveillance video captured a man in a hoodie carrying the spray paint bottle in his hand.He had a blurred face because officials have yet not identified the subject and confirmed with 7 News that they have the image and they are still investigating. A heartbroken family member Ingrid Diaz, one of the victim’s sisters spoke with 7 News about the recurring act of vandalism. ...

Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:43:15 GMT

(CNN) — CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.The recording, which first aired on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” includes new details from the conversation that is a critical piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump over the mishandling of classified information, including a moment when Trump seems to indicate he was holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran.“These are the papers,” Trump says in the audio recording, while he’s discussing the Pentagon attack plans, a quote that was not included in the indictment.In the two-minute audio recording, Trump and his aides also joke about Hillary Clinton’s emails after the former president says that the document was “secret information.”“Hillary would print that out all the time, you know. Her private emails,” Trump’s staffer sai...