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Today in History: April 6, first modern Olympics begin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

Today in History Today is Thursday, April 6, the 96th day of 2023. There are 269 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History:On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece. On this date: In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the next day. In 1864, Louisiana opened a convention in New Orleans to draft a new state constitution, one that called for the abolition of slavery.In 1909, American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson and four Inuits became the first men to reach the North Pole. In 1917, the United States entered World War I as the House joined the Senate in approving a declaration of war against Germany that was then signed by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1943, “Le Petit Prince” (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery was first published by Reynal & Hitchcock of New York.In 1945, during Wo...

Police in pursuit of driver in suspected stolen vehicle in Los Angeles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are in pursuit of a driver suspected of stealing a vehicle, who may be armed and dangerous. Sky 5 picked up the chase as it was in the eastbound lanes of the 10 Freeway, passing Arlington. The pursuit suspect has since exited the freeway and is driving on surface streets. It is unclear if there are any passengers in the vehicle. The driver has been clocked at speeds as high as 60 miles per hour on surface streets.

New low-income housing project proposed in North County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

DEL MAR, Calif. -- A new low-income housing project has been proposed along the bluffs of Del Mar and developers are hoping to build 259 units, with 85 units set aside for subsidized housing.“If you had subsidized housing just about anywhere in Del Mar, you might be a short walk to the beach, but the craziest thing about this project right here is you could actually see the ocean possibly from the subsidized unit,” said Phillip Molnar, a real estate reporter from the San Diego Union-Tribune. The proposed project would be located at the corner of Via de la Valle and Highway 101. The city of Del Mar has pushed back against the development project, but the developers of the Seaside Ridge proposal are leaning on new state laws that allow developers to circumvent local authority if the city is out of compliance with low-income housing laws. Former SDPD detective pleads guilty to running illicit massage businesses “If you do a project and turn it into a city that has low-income housing...

Toxic cesspools, bribery at center of Hawaii lawmaker’s case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — A former Hawaii lawmaker is expected in court Thursday for sentencing in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools that release 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the state’s pristine waters every day.Cesspools — in-ground pits that collect sewage from houses and buildings not connected to city services for gradual release into the environment — are at the center of the criminal case against former Democratic state Rep. Ty Cullen. He has admitted to taking bribes of cash and gambling chips in exchange for influencing legislation to reduce Hawaii’s widespread use of cesspools. The toxic pits proliferated in Hawaii in the ’50s, ‘60s and ’70s. when investment in sewer lines didn’t keep up with rapid development. Today Hawaii has 83,000 of them — more than any other state — and only banned new cesspools in 2016. Now Hawaii is in a rush to get rid of them because of...

GOP’s DeSantis visits Whitmer’s Michigan, the ‘anti-Florida’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ahead of a highly anticipated presidential announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will visit Michigan for his first appearance this year in the state transformed by Democratic majorities under high-profile Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.The visit will put the contrasting leadership styles of the Republican and Democrat on display after they scored landslide 2022 reelection victories that vaulted them to be their parties’ brightest emerging stars.In Florida, DeSantis and the GOP-dominated Legislature have moved the state further right, waging a culture war on what the governor has called “woke” agendas. In Michigan, Whitmer has led the way on codifying abortion rights and advancing sweeping gun reform with Democrats in full control for the first time in decades. Whitmer has been a top ally to President Joe Biden and a kind of proxy for his leadership in their party — and what’s possible under Democrats. DeSantis is one of the top potential candidates looking to un...

Pakistan: Military kills 8 militants near Afghanistan border

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed eight insurgents in an overnight operation at a militant hideout near the Afghan border, the military said, and the shootout left one soldier dead and four wounded Wednesday.According to a military statement, the shootout took place in Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where an intelligence-based operation was conducted. It said the dead militants were actively involved in attacks on security forces and killing innocent citizens.The military did not identify the militant group to which the slain insurgents belonged but the mountainous region along the Afghan border has long served as a base for the Pakistani Taliban and other militants until a few years ago, when the army said it cleared the region of insurgents. But occasional attacks have continued.The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, are a separate group from the Afghan Taliban, alth...

Irvine dermatologist indicted for allegedly poisoning her husband with drain cleaner

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

An Irvine woman who works as a dermatologist has been indicted after she allegedly poisoned her husband over several weeks with liquid drain cleaner last year, officials announced Wednesday.Yue “Emily” Yu, 45, is accused of pouring the liquid into her husband’s tea, which caused him to have stomach ulcers, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.Yu was arrested last summer after her husband began noticing a strange taste in his tea. The taste continued and he decided to install cameras in the family’s kitchen to see if he could capture any evidence of why his tea tasted strange, officials said. Images of Irvine woman allegedly poisoning husband released; restraining order filed Video captured on July 11, July 18 and July 25 showed Yu pouring a liquid out of a bottle of drain cleaner and into her husband’s tea that was left on the counter.The victim also collected samples of the tea and turned them over to the Irvine Police Department, officials said. The samples ...

L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Charged For AR-15 Possession

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy was charged for possession of an “unlawful” AR-15 firearm found in the closet of his home in 2020.Deputy Brandon Garmon, 45, was charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office for one felony count of possession of an “assault weapon,” as described by state law, and one felony count for possession of a destructive device.“While I support the rights afforded to us under the Second Amendment, I also respect the laws of our state,” District Attorney Gascón said Wednesday. “It is illegal to possess an AR-15 assault rifle in California and I expect everyone, including sworn officers, to follow the law. These weapons have repeatedly led to massive loss of life across this nation and I fully intend to enforce the ban in Los Angeles.”The unregistered rifle was allegedly found in Garmon’s home when a search warrant was served on April 8, 2020. Also found in his home was tracer ammunition, which ...

Pittsburg police arrest suspect in store clerk killing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

Pittsburg police have arrested a 37-year-old man in Modesto who is suspected of killing a Pittsburg convenience store clerk late last month.Detectives tracked down the homicide suspect after receiving a tip that he was hiding out in an apartment in Modesto. Working with the Modesto Police Department, they served a search warrant shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, but the suspect refused to come out until after several hours of negotiating with Modesto Police’s crisis response unit, Pittsburg police said.Gregory Rossignon was later brought back to Antioch and booked into Contra Costa County jail on murder charges, according to police.Detectives said Abdul Raouf, 44, was working as a clerk on March 22 at a convenience store in the 1000 block of Power Avenue when Jessica Russo entered the store and got into a disagreement with another clerk. Shortly after the disagreement, Rossignon entered the store and shot Abdul for no apparent reason after which he and Russo fled, authorities said.On ...

Alameda County DA moves to disqualify judge who torpedoed plea deal in three-count murder case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:36 GMT

OAKLAND — Weeks after an Alameda County judge shot down a plea deal that would have sentenced a man accused of three homicides to 15 years, the District Attorney announced she is moving to disqualify him from all criminal cases.Alameda County DA Pamela Price announced the move Wednesday afternoon on a YouTube video, hours after Judge Mark McCannon denied motions by both the prosecution and defense to recuse him from the case of Delonzo Logwood. In the video, Price took aim at McCannon, saying the judge “overstepped his boundaries” and “created a firestorm of prejudicial comments that do not, in my view, serve justice.”It is an uncommon but hardly unheard of practice that is more often used by defense attorneys. But last July, then-DA Nancy O’Malley, Price’s predecessor, wrote that her prosecutors “cannot have a fair and impartial trial or hearing or any criminal procedure” before Judge Amy Sekany in a motion to disqualify her.In ...