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L.A. Seeks Human Trafficking Investigation Of Texas Governor For Busing Migrants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

The Los Angeles City Council moved forward with a motion to investigate Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after sending multiple buses of migrants to several U.S. cities.The motion was introduced by District 1 Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, seeking to investigate possible kidnapping and interstate human trafficking offenses, specifically in the first of 11 migrant transfers to L.A.“The competition between these Republican governors about who can be more racist, I think is just an utter failure and shows clearly that they do not have any intention to govern effectively,” Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez said during the August 30 city council meeting. “The callousness and disregard for the lives of these families deserve a full investigation into the criminal actions and wrongdoing of Gov. Greg Abbott.”Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and council members alike criticized Abbott for transporting migrants from Texas border cities, to L.A. in the midst of a tropical storm on Aug...

Two-bedroom home sells in Palo Alto for $4.3 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

551 Tennyson Avenue – Google Street ViewA historic house located in the 500 block of Tennyson Avenue in Palo Alto has a new owner. The 1,451-square-foot property, built in 1925, was sold on Aug. 14, 2023. The $4,250,000 purchase price works out to $2,929 per square foot. The layout of this single-story house consists of two bedrooms and one bath. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. In addition, the home features a one-car garage, ensuring secure parking and storage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:In June 2023, a 2,959-square-foot home on Lowell Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $7,000,000, a price per square foot of $2,366. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,035-square-foot home on the 400 block of Tennyson Avenue in Palo Alto sold in August 2023, for $4,150,000, a price per square foot of $4,010. The home has 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom.On Lowell Avenue, Palo Alto, in October 2022, a 2,564-square-foot home was sold for $6,120,000, a pr...

Alameda County DA charges man in Oakland domestic violence killing from February

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

OAKLAND — Alameda County prosecutors have charged an Oakland man with murdering a woman who had previously taken a restraining order against him due to a prior domestic violence incident, court records show.Brandon Bell, 37, was charged Wednesday with murdering Shamieka Mabery in the Feb. 24 shooting. Police say Bell was quickly identified as a suspect, thanks to surveillance footage that captured the shooting, but authorities have yet to track him down.Jail records around the Bay Area indicate Bell remains out of custody. He has had an active murder arrest warrant since March, but the charges weren’t filed until Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.Mabery was shot and killed outside Mike’s Bong Shop on International Boulevard. Surveillance footage showed Bell walk up to her car and block its way, and begin arguing with her. During the argument he pulled out a gun and fired repeatedly at close range, authorities said.Early in the investigation, police discovered M...

5 teens arrested and charged in robberies, carjackings; one tied to viral video incident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

Police have arrested and charged five teens in a spree of robberies and carjackings across D.C.In a news release, police said the group of teens were arrested Tuesday evening after crashing a stolen car while fleeing an attempted robbery.Officials said a D.C. police helicopter tracked the stolen car as the driver drove “erratically” through the city before the crash.The teens were then arrested.Police said the earlier attempted robbery involved two victims and occurred about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of 12th Street Northeast.The teens in custody include three from Northeast: a 13-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy, as well as a 13-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, of Southeast D.C. All are charged with assault with intent to rob, as well as the unauthorized use of a vehicle.In addition, the 13-year-old girl was charged in connection with four incidents in the past week, including theft, robbery and unarmed carjacking — the last of those wa...

A super sky show Wednesday night: How to catch the ‘full super blue moon’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

Millions of moon lovers worldwide are watching the skies as the “full super blue moon” rises Wednesday night where they are. And the D.C. area is no exception, that is, of course, if the weather cooperates.As the saying goes, it happens once in a blue moon, and the last time there was a full super blue moon was in 2018. There will not be another event like this until Jan. 31, 2037, which will also be a blood moon — a total lunar eclipse.The moon rose in the east at 7:54 p.m. But it will be at its brightest and largest as the supermoon and officially the blue moon at 9:36 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.It so happens that this full moon is also the closest full moon to Earth in 2023. That equates to it being the largest and brightest full moon for the entire year. Tides associated with this event will be larger as well, which could add to the effects of Idalia.As for your viewing prospects in the D.C. region, clouds are present but it is still worth looking during the night to...

Dominic Stricker sings along to Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ at the US Open

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing in on the biggest victory of his tennis career, Dominic Stricker was having a terrific time at the U.S. Open — so much so that he sang along to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” as it rang out from the stadium speakers during a changeover Wednesday.Stricker needed to go through qualifying just to get into the field at Flushing Meadows and the 21-year-old from Switzerland moved into the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time by beating No. 7 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-3.Music often plays during breaks between games at the U.S. Open, and Houston’s 1987 hit was the choice while the players sat on the sideline at 5-2 in the fifth set of the 4-hour, 4-minute contest.Between sips of an energy drink and bites on a snack, Stricker bopped his head and bounced his legs to the beat of the song and then began mouthing the lyrics. He appeared to know all the words.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/te...

Road rage BMW driver arrested after shooting at car with 2 children inside in Pembroke Pines, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

Multiple bullets pierced the windshield of a BMW in Pembroke Pines in what police are calling a case of road rage involving children.Cellphone video obtained by 7News showed the moment Pembroke Pines Police officers arrested the driver responsible along the 2400 block of North University Drive, Wednesday afternoon.Investigators said 33-year-old Joshua Alion Ter Louw-Heflin opened fire at a vehicle just before 5:45 p.m. Inside sat a father and his two children.Nobody was hit, but the neighborhood was jolted by all the gun-toting action.Diners at the well-known Capriccio’s Ristorante along University Drive got an impromptu show with dinner.“We saw like 25 police cars, and I saw a guy handcuffed,” said a woman who was dining at the restaurant.The cellphone video captured the tense moments that came after the road rage shooting.Police said it started near the restaurant, at 9500 Sheridan Street, where the suspect was traveling eastbound on Sheridan Street when he was c...

Brightline officials say target date for start of Orlando route pushed to Sept. 22

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

Brightline is facing yet another service setback.South Florida’s high-speed rail service is once again delaying the launch of trips from South Florida to Orlando, which were scheduled to start Sept. 7.The company says they’re still in the final stages of the certification and testing process.The initial launch date of Sept. 1 was also pushed back, citing similar issues. Refunds will be issued.Brightline officials said the new target date for service to Orlando is Sept. 22.

Scoreless for first time in the Lionel Messi era, Inter Miami ties Nashville 0-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami failed to score for the first time since Lionel Messi joined the team, playing a scoreless draw with Nashville on Wednesday night.Messi failed to convert two free kick attempts in his first Major League Soccer match at home, and it was the first time during his Inter Miami tenure that he was kept off the score sheet.Inter Miami still earned a point in the standings as it looks to make a late-season playoff push. Miami entered the game 11 points shy of the MLS playoff line and needing to move up from 14th to ninth place to make the playoffs.Miami had won its previous nine matches as Messi’s addition gave the team an immediate boost. He has scored 10 goals, including three multi-goal performances.Messi started the game Wednesday along with former Barcelona teammate Sergio Busquets after the two entered Miami’s previous match against the New York Red Bulls in the 60th minute.Miami had no shots on goal Wednesday through the ...

Behind the Pope’s tin-eared stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:21 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.Back in 2017, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to visit an Anglican church in Rome. He made no direct reference to England’s Henry VIII, who split from Catholicism in 1534 after being denied a marriage annulment. Neither did he encourage English youngsters to respect the legacy of Henry VIII — arguably one of England’s great monarchs, albeit a cruel one — or glory in the cultural history of English Anglicism.In his homily, the Pope acknowledged that Anglicans and Catholics “viewed each other with suspicion and hostility” for centuries, but he encouraged both faiths to be “always more liberated from our respective prejudices from the past.”Yet, last week, Francis urged young Russians, gathered for an All-Russian Meeting of Catholic Youth in St. Petersburg, not to give up their “legacy” as heirs of a “great, enlightened Russian empire.” And in a clip of his address that was posted online, he invoked Peter the Great and Catherine ...