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Spicewood home in flames after lightning strike: How you can protect your own home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

SPICEWOOD, Texas (KXAN)-- "We saw a really strong bolt of lightning… our feet were rumbling, it was so bad," said Dan Lowe, who lives in the Spicewood neighborhood called The Summit at Lake Travis.A few minutes later, Lowe said, "Somebody knocked on our door and said, 'Hey, your neighbor's house is on fire.'" He said the smoke turned into fire within minutes. "It just started getting worse and worse and worse and pretty soon the attic was already falling apart before the fire department got here," he said. Pedernales Fire Department told KXAN Wednesday that lightning sparked a fire at the home, and the wind fueled it, resulting in a total loss. Fire officials said there were no injuries. Pedernales FD: 3-story residence collapses after fire started by lightning in Spicewood Wayne Harris lives nearby and said he saw the deciding lightning strike. "I could tell the storm was really powerful; in fact, I'd been texting my dad that the storm had a lot of energy [and] the lightning was...

Texas ranked among the states with the worst drivers in the country!

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

DALLAS (KDAF) — You're ever heading to Texas, make sure you pack plenty of extra brake pads! According to a website that ranks world populations, Texas is ranked #16 for having the worst drivers in the county.World Population said, "SmartAsset's 2020 analysis evaluated three metrics to determine the states with the worst drivers. The first metric was the percentage of insured drivers within the state. The next metric was the number of DUI arrests per every thousand drivers. The third metric was the number of fatalities per 100,000 miles driven".They also mention that based on this information, SmartAsset found that five out of the top ten states with the worst drivers were located in the South: Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, and Texas.The Top 10 Worst Drivers by State:Mississippi - 100North Dakota - 91.3California - 90.58Florida - 86.96Nevada - 84.06Oklahoma - 83.33Tennessee - 83.33Arizona - 81.88Kentucky - 78.99Missouri - 77.54

Albany PD investigating Third Street homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the city of Albany. It took place around 12:30 p.m. Thursday on the 500-block of Third Street. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police were called to a home for reports of a shooting. At the scene, police found an 18-year-old Albany man with gunshot wounds, who was pronounced dead.

Schools, food pantries prepare for summer meal programs and increased need

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Capital Region districts are just days away from school out for summer. For some families, summer doesn’t equal beach vibes and fun times — it brings anxiety wondering how to feed kids without their school breakfast and lunch. "The need is still consistent, and it’s not going anywhere," says Autumn Wallace, a high school teacher and co-coordinator for the Mohonasen Central School District summer feeding program.NEWS10 visited the Mohon food distribution center where more than 30 boxes were packed, ready to hand to families who've signed up this year. Wallace says this is more families than they'd served before the pandemic and adds the pandemic-era funding made some things easier. "They were really working on trial by fire and figuring things out as they went—like we all were," she explains of Mohon's regular food pickups during remote learning. "Then again once we were in regular school, especially that first year or so, every kid got free breakfast...

Final game checks pulled from Empire players, coaches' accounts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

ALBANY, NY (NEWS10) -- The drama surrounding the Albany Empire continues, even after the team's termination from the National Arena League. Former Empire interim head coach Moe Leggett tells NEWS10 ABC Sports Director Griffin Haas that multiple Empire players and coaches had their final game check pulled out of their bank accounts. Leggett says the players and coaches that had their payroll accounts set up were originally paid for the team's final game against Orlando. Leggett and multiple players noticed that money was gone by Thursday morning. Leggett says he has reached out to Empire owner Antonio Brown's accountant, Alex Gunaris, but has been unable to reach him. NEWS10 has also reached out to Gunaris, and we have not yet heard back. This comes after the Empire were kicked out of the National Arena League for not paying their league assessments. Stay tuned to NEWS10 ABC both on-air and online as we learn more about this developing story.

Marion Porterfield talks campaign with News10

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Primary elections for many municipal offices are happening on June 27. One of the races is for the city of Schenectady. Democrat Marion Porterfield is trying to unseat three-term mayor Gary McCarthy.Porterfield has been on the city council for more then ten years. She says the downtown area has seen some improvements the past few years but more attention needs to be focused on other neighborhoods.The democrat claims the city is facing an alarming trend. "We are losing staff at city hall at a rapid rate", said Porterfield. She adds, "Part of that is because of the leadership at city hall, when people leave they feel they are under appreciated, morale is very low and we need to keep those people in order to keep the progress going in the city of Schenectady."The democrat sat down with News10 to discuss the issues facing the city ahead of the Tuesday, June 27 primary.

Missouri woman imprisoned for 42 years to get court hearing that could lead to release

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who has spent more than four decades in prison for a murder her supporters believe she did not commit will get a court hearing that could lead to her release.The Missouri attorney general's office has agreed to an evidentiary hearing for Sandra Hemme, 63, who was convicted of murder in the Nov. 12, 1980, killing of Patricia Jeschke, a library worker in St. Joseph, The Kansas City Star reported Thursday.Lawyers for the Innocence Project filed a petition in February seeking to exonerate and free Hemme, who was a patient at a psychiatric hospital when she gave conflicting statements about the murder to investigators.In a response filed last week, the attorney general’s office asked Circuit Judge Ryan Horsman to require lawyers involved in the case to be ready to set a date for the evidentiary hearing when they meet on July 10. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car Her attorneys say the only evidence link...

2023 NBA draft tracker: Picks, updates and more live coverage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

Live coverage of the 2023 NBA draft from The Denver Post, including live updates, picks around the NBA and selections from the Denver Nuggets.

Former LAPD officer convicted of raping woman after DNA links him to crime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer has been convicted of raping a woman while off-duty in 2015.William Rodriguez, 38, was arrested in July 2019 on multiple counts of sexual assault, including two alleged rapes.Rodriguez, a ten-year LAPD veteran, was taken into custody and immediately relieved of his duties. According to the Police Department, Rodriguez was identified as the suspect in a 2015 rape after police received a "cold hit" on his DNA through the Combined DNA Index System, aka CODIS.Detectives began investigating Rodriguez after a woman came forward to accuse him of rape in 2018. That incident led to the DNA hit tying him to the 2015 attack. Both alleged attacks happened while Rodriguez was off-duty. The 2015 attack happened in August when Rodriguez drove the victim to an unspecified location and then raped her, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.Rodriguez had originally pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape when he made his initial ...

Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:06 GMT

KTLA’s political series, Inside California Politics, will air a special program on California’s 2024 Senate race on Thursday at 7 p.m. on KTLA and Nexstar Media Group’s local stations around the state.The special, “Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate,” will feature the three leading candidates running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein after she retires in 2025: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank).The special will be hosted by KTLA's Frank Buckley and Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo.