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Flooding around Beijing kills at least 20

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

Associated PressBEIJING — Torrential rain in areas around China’s capital, Beijing, killed at least 20 people and left 27 missing, the government reported Tuesday, as flooding destroyed roads, uprooted trees and knocked out power.Thousands of people were evacuated to shelters in schools and other public buildings in suburban Beijing and in the nearby cities of Tianjin and Zhuozhou.The severity of the flooding took the Chinese capital by surprise. Beijing usually has dry summers but had a stretch of record-breaking heat this year.Other areas, especially China’s south, have suffered unusually severe summer flooding that caused scores of deaths. Other parts of the country are struggling with drought.Muddy water surging down streets washed away cars in the Mentougou district on Beijing’s western edge.“The cars parked on the street floated and got washed away,” said a resident, Liu Shuanbao. “A couple of cars parked behind my apartment building disappe...

VIDEO: Car crashes into Redwood City home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Fire crews are working to extricate a driver after his vehicle crashed into a Redwood City home on Tuesday morning. PHOTOS: Teen crashes Tesla after Santa Rosa joy ride, police say The driver is a 70-year-old man, and the crash took place on Roosevelt Avenue. The Redwood City Fire Department and Redwood City Police Department are at the scene. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Video from the crash shows emergency crews gathered around the tail end of a silver Lexus. The Lexus appears to have gone right through one of the home's walls.

Two victims robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspect robbed two victims at gunpoint in Oakland on Monday afternoon, according to the Oakland Police Department. Teen crashes Tesla in Santa Rosa joy ride, police say The robbery happened in the 10800 block of Bancroft Avenue around 4:45 p.m. Officers learned that two victims had been approached by someone who was armed with a gun. The person demanded their property. Both victims surrendered their belongings, and the armed suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Police are still investigating. Anyone with further information about this incident is asked to contact OPD's Robbery Section at 510-238-3326.

Nima Momeni faces preliminary hearing day two in San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Nima Momeni will be back in court for the second day of his preliminary hearing in San Francisco on Tuesday. A judge will work to determine if the evidence against Momeni is enough to bring him to trial. Teen crashes Tesla in Santa Rosa joy ride, police say Yesterday, the court heard from the first officers to arrive at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee on April 4. Police arrived just after 2:30 a.m. on Main Street where they found Lee bleeding from multiple stab wounds. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News SIGN UP NOW The knife that is suspected to have been used in the killing was found on the floor of a CalTrans parking lot nearby. Momeni's defense team took extra time to clarify that another person was a...

Lawsuit Targets FBI Probe of Racial Justice Activists

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

The FBI’s secret infiltration and subversion of the racial justice movement in Colorado was challenged Tuesday in a lawsuit alleging that federal and local law enforcement officials abused their powers when they targeted left-wing activists in the summer of 2020.The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, accuses the FBI, the Colorado Springs Police Department, and local police officers of overstepping their authority in infiltrating, surveilling, and requesting search warrants aimed at Colorado Springs activists. The FBI’s targeting of racial justice activists was revealed in February by The Intercept and the podcast series “Alphabet Boys.”In a separate federal case in Denver, the Justice Department last week did not deny that the government’s initial investigation of racial justice activists was prompted by speech. That filing — the government’s first public response to revelations that the FBI infiltrated the racial justice movement in Denver using a vio...

A teacher was caught on video abusing students. Her district is settling for over $11 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A school district in West Virginia has reached settlements totaling over $11 million in lawsuits involving a teacher who abused special education students in her classroom, according to a media report.Seven lawsuits against Nancy Boggs and the Kanawha County Board of Education were settled for a combined $11.75 million, WCHS-TV reported Monday, citing state insurance documents it obtained via a records request. The report did not indicate when the settlement was reached, and the school district did not comment to the television station.Boggs was caught on surveillance camera abusing several students at Holz Elementary School in Charleston in September 2021. She admitted to hitting one student with a cabinet door, pulling her hair and pulling a chair out from under her. Boggs also admitted to slamming another child’s head into a desk and slapping a third child. Boggs was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August 2022. County Judge Maryclaire Akers said in cou...

Efforts to help Haitians suffer grave blow with kidnapping of American nurse and daughter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Efforts to help Haitians survive the gang violence swamping their nation suffered a grave blow with the kidnapping of an American nurse from New Hampshire and her young daughter, who remained missing Tuesday. Around 200 Haitians had marched in their nation’s capital to show their anger over the abduction of Alix Dorsainvil, who was working for nonprofit Christian ministry El Roi Haiti when she and the girl were seized Thursday. The kidnapped woman is the wife of El Roi Haiti’s founder Sandro Dorsainvil.Nonprofit groups are often the only institutions in Haiti’s lawless areas and the deepening violence has forced many to close, leaving thousands of vulnerable families without access to basic services like health care or education. Doctors Without Borders announced this month that it was suspending services in one of its hospitals because some 20 armed men burst into an operating room and snatched a patient.Witnesses told The Associated P...

Minnesota Lynx rebound from 0-6 start behind strong play from rookies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

After starting the season with six straight losses, it was easy to think that the Minnesota Lynx were on their way to a second consecutive appearance in the WNBA draft lottery.The Lynx have turned it around, winning three straight, including impressive road victories over New York and Connecticut to move back to .500 (13-13) and climb into sixth place in the standings. Minnesota won both those games against the top teams without All-Star forward Naphessa Collier, who is sidelined with a sprained ankle.In Collier’s absence, coach Cheryl Reeve has relied upon veterans Kayla McBride and Aerial Powers as well as rookies Diamond Miller, who went No. 2 in the draft, and Dorka Juhasz, who was picked 16th.“She’s not afraid of the big moment,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said after Miller scored 22 points to beat New York. “Lots of times rookies can be intimidated. Look at some of the names on the other side. The rookies we had were excited for the moment.”Miller is averaging 1...

Colorado Day brings 2 new state license plates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Along with the deals and events starting on Colorado Day, two new locally designed license plates became available on Aug. 1.The license plates started as a contest to celebrate Colorado's 150th anniversary. Thousands of people across the state voted for their favorite license plate designs. What new laws are going into effect in Colorado? “Colorado’s awe-inspiring beauty was well reflected in the hundreds of great designs submitted by talented Colorado artists as we celebrate 150 years of Colorado history,” Gov. Jared Polis said during an event announcing the contest winners in March.Two license plates were chosen: Colorado 150th Anniversary license plate entry in the under-13 category by Calista Blaschke of Denver. (Credit: Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles)Colorado 150th Anniversary license plate entry in the over-13 category by Evan Griesheimer of Denver. (Credit: Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles)Both plates were designed by Denver locals. The plate o...

Photos: 47 years ago, 144 died in one of Colorado's deadliest natural disasters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:59:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Aug. 1 is celebrated as Colorado Day, the day it earned its statehood. But 47 years ago, ahead of the state's 100th birthday, Colorado experienced one of its deadliest natural disasters.On the evening of July 31, 1976, hours before Colorado's 100th birthday, a stationary thunderstorm released a deluge of rain in the upper part of the Big Thompson River drainage. Colorado Day brings 2 new state license plates According to the United States Geological Survey, the Big Thompson flood became one of the state's deadliest and costliest disasters.The National Weather Service said that an estimated 2,500 to 3,500 people drove to the area to stay in one of Colorado's most scenic spots to celebrate 100 years of Colorado. On the afternoon of July 31, heavy rain fell over the 70-square-mile region from 6:30-11 p.m.The heaviest rainfall, between 12 and 14 inches, fell on the western side of the canyon. Water levels rose quickly and raged through the canyon corridor, according to...