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Teen sought in deadly Worcester State University shooting captured in NY

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

An 18-year-old wanted in connection with a deadly shooting at Worcester State University has been arrested in New York, the district attorney’s office announced.Kevin Rodriguez, 18, was arrested on a warrant in connection with the fatal shooting at Worcester State University on Saturday.He was wanted on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and armed assault with intent to murder.Police announced that they were seeking Rodriguez soon after the shooting on campus left one person dead and another hospitalized.Randy Armando Melendez Jr., 19, of Southbridge was identified as the victim killed, while authorities described the other individual shot as a 21-year-old man who suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Officials said neither the victims nor the alleged assailant were Worcester State students. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early said the incident did not appear to be random, adding that the parties involved appeared to know each other.This is a developing ...

Two SuperLotto Plus tickets worth over $15K sold in Southern California

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB) -- Two lucky SuperLotto Plus ticketholders in Southern California won thousands of dollars Wednesday night after both hitting five numbers. Wednesday's winning numbers were 8, 10, 23, 26, 45 with Mega number 19, which was the only digit missed by both of these players. Kids in San Diego County can trade in their Halloween candy for cash Though they slightly missed their shot at the $10 million jackpot, both ticketholders won $15,453 respectively. One 5/5 ticket was sold at Primm Vallety Lotto, which is located at Interstate 15 Stateline Nev. in the unincorporated San Bernardino County community of Nipton.The other 5/5 ticket was sold at a gas station called United Oil, which is located at 8899 La Mesa Blvd. in the east San Diego County city of La Mesa. Headed to Coronado? Expect heavy daytime traffic through Friday There were a total of 86,447 winning tickets in Wednesday night's SuperLotto Plus drawing, according to the California Lottery. Since t...

Woman found dead in motel room after standoff identified

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A woman found dead inside a motel room after a SWAT standoff last week in the Del Cerro neighborhood was identified, authorities said.Shantia Marie Brown, 31, of San Bernardino, was announced as the deceased, Lt. Adam Sharki with the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said in a news release Wednesday.The incident occurred Friday morning at the Days Inn at 5343 Adobe Falls Road, according to authorities. Police received a call about a man refusing to leave his motel room, and then another call reported the man had a knife, broke a window and threatened several members of the hotel staff."In addition, blood was seen in the room and there was an odor emanating from the room that indicated there might be a deceased person inside," Sharki said.When officers arrived at the location, they tried to have the man exit the hotel room peacefully, but the armed man did not want to exit the room and barricaded himself inside, police said.The SWAT team was then called in to assist wit...

Camp Pendleton monitors vegetation fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

CAMP PENDLEDTON, Calif. -- Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton warned residents Tuesday that smoke may be visible amid a vegetation fire, which remained active as of Wednesday night. The impacted area, according to the Marine Corps base, is confined within the Whiskey Impact Area. The map below shows the exact location of the fire: Man arrested after deadly North County fire A vegetation fire was reported within the Whiskey Impact Area on Camp Pendleton Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Credit: Camp Pendleton) Headed to Coronado? Expect heavy daytime traffic through Friday The Camp Pendleton Fire Department (CPFD) responded to the scene Tuesday, and reported around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday that the fire had been 20% contained with 3,500 acres burned.Camp Pendleton says there are no current threats to personnel or structures. CPFD will remain on scene to monitor to the blaze until it is fully extinguished.

China and Southeast Asia nations vow to conclude a nonaggression pact faster as sea crises escalate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese and Southeast Asian diplomats renewed a vow to finalize a nonaggression pact for the South China Sea in three years, two regional diplomats said Thursday. The pledge came during a meeting last week in Beijing, where they expressed alarm over recent confrontations in the disputed waters. The Philippines has protested what it says are increasingly dangerous and provocative maneuvers by China’s coast guard and navy ships in recent months. On Oct. 22, two Chinese ships blocked and separately collided with two Philippine vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.Following the collisions, the United States renewed a warning that it’s obligated to defend the Philippines, a longtime treaty ally, if Filipino forces come under an armed attack anywhere in the contested waters. The Philippine government summoned a Chinese diplomat in Manila for a strongly worded protest.Association of Southeast Asian Nations diplomats separately expr...

Local state of emergency in Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., as two water pumps fail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, B.C. — A state of local emergency has been declared in the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, east of Vancouver, as two of three pumps at the community’s water treatment plant have failed. A statement from Mayor Ed Wood says the availability of water for drinking and firefighting could be at risk.He says the water treatment plant is operating normally on a single pump and a backup external pump has been rented, in case the third one fails.The two broken pumps have been sent for repairs and Wood says one is expected to be returned within days.In the meantime, he says the reservoir is at full capacity, so water supplies are not threatened, and plans to handle the situation are being developed with the Emergency Management Ministry, neighbouring communities and other partners.Officials in Harrison Hot Springs have not said what might have caused the two pumps to fail.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 2, 2023.The Canadian Press

Cross-examination of Peter Nygard to continue at his sex assault trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard is expected to continue testifying Thursday under cross-examination at his sexual assault trial in Toronto.The 82-year-old founder of a now-defunct women’s clothing company has pleaded not guilty to five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s.Multiple complainants in the trial have alleged they were taken to Nygard’s Toronto headquarters under pretences ranging from tours to job interviews, with encounters ending in a top-floor bedroom suite where they allege they were sexually assaulted.Nygard denied those allegations as he testified in his own defence last week, and said he has never done the things the five complainants have accused him of. Related: Complainant in Peter Nygard trial testifies about aftermath of alleged Toronto rape Crown suggests inconsistencies in Peter Nygard’s statements during cross examination ...

Canada’s health spending growth ‘modest,’ remains below pre-pandemic levels: CIHI

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

Growth in Canada’s health spending increased slightly but has remained below pre-pandemic levels and is expected to reach $344 billion in 2023, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information says.That’s about $8,740 per person, CIHI’s national health expenditure trends report said Thursday.The institute’s health-care spending data includes money spent by the public sector, private sector and money paid by individuals.The projected total for 2023 is a rise of about $9 billion from last year, but still well under the year-over-year growth seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.Between 2015 and 2019, health-care spending increased by an average of 4.3 per cent per year. The pandemic drove a sharp 13.2 per cent rise in 2020, followed by a 7.8 per cent increase in 2021.But in 2022, the annual growth in health spending decreased to 1.5 per cent — and has risen by a “modest” 2.8 per cent in 2023, said Christopher Kuchciak, manager of health expen...

Key Swiss rail tunnel damaged by derailment won’t fully reopen until next September

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment.The Swiss federal railway operator, known by its German-language acronym SBB, said the damage from the Aug. 10 derailment in the Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland’s main north-south rail thoroughfare, is “much more significant than first imagined.”“The rail tracks need to be entirely replaced over 7 kilometers (4.2 miles). The work will take much more time than anticipated,” SBB said. The cost of the repairs is expected to be 100 million to 130 million Swiss francs (about $110 million to $140 million).Limited passenger and cargo train traffic through the tunnel is continuing. Previously, SBB said repair work would continue through the end of this year. No one was injured in the derailment, but the damage was considerable. Large swaths...

King Charles III observes a drill In Kenya by the African country’s British-trained marine unit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:41 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III observed a drill by an elite unit of British-trained Kenya Marines in the coastal city of Mombasa on Thursday, the third day of his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. Earlier in the visit, Charles cited the “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence” committed against Kenyans as they sought independence though he didn’t explicitly apologize for Britain’s actions in its former colony as many Kenyans wanted. Charles, who holds the rank of Captain General of the Royal Marines, and Queen Camilla visited the Mtongwe Naval Base in the city of Mombasa, where the British monarch inspected an honor guard and together with Kenya’s President William Ruto attended a military ceremony Thursday. They watched as Kenya Marines demonstrated a covert beach landing, after which the royal couple met the marines and their families.Kenya and the United Kingdom have a long-standing defense cooperation and in May this year, they partnered to cr...