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Man with hatchet kills 4 children at daycare in Brazil

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

By David Biller and Lais Martins | Associated PressRIO DE JANEIRO — A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said.The assailant turned himself in at a police station and did not appear to have any connection with the center, which offers nursery services, preschool education and after-school activities. The dead were between the ages of 5 and 7, authorities said.Authorities were searching for a motive, the police detective leading the investigation, Ronnie Esteves, told television reporters in Blumenau, a city of 366,000 in southern Brazil, near the Atlantic coast.Images broadcast on networks showed weeping parents outside the private daycare center called Cantinho do Bom Pastor. The attack took place on the center’s playground, according to the local affiliate of television network Globo. NSC, the affiliate, showed a photo of the suspect with a closely shaved ...

Former Cal Bears, NFL star hanging on, helping others despite grim ALS diagnosis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

By Melissa Heckscher, Contributing writerIn the four years since former NFL player Eric Stevens was diagnosed with ALS, a fatal, degenerative neuromuscular disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, he has lost a lot of things:He has lost his ability to feed and bathe himself. To brush his own teeth or get himself dressed. To get up from a chair — or lift his 2-year-old daughter into the air.But he hasn’t lost his hope. After all, he can still walk unassisted inside his family’s San Pedro home. He can still eat normal foods. He can still read his daughter bedtime stories, sing her songs and cuddle her in bed.And he’s still here.“Even though it seems like the end of the world, your perspective changes on what’s really important in life,” said Stevens, 33, who wasn’t feeling well enough to do an in-person interview but instead communicated via email. “Just being alive and being present is enough.”Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a disease in which motor nerve cells can no longer send...

Man who allegedly kicked toddler arrested in Hercules for child endangerment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who police say kicked a toddler near a Hercules playground has been arrested for child endangerment, according to an incident report from the Hercules Police Department. The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 4, just after 4 p.m. Officers were dispatched to Refugio Valley Park at 1515 Refugio Valley Road for a report of a man who kicked a toddler near the playground, police said. The suspect was described as an adult male wearing a white shirt and black pants. Motorcyclist dies in collision with SUV in San Rafael Police located a 21-year-old man from Richmond near the playground with his girlfriend and two small children. He matched the description of the suspect and was detained.Witnesses told officers that the victim, a two-year-old girl, and her mother had left the park. A witness told the officers that the suspect appeared to get upset at his child being knocked over and intentionally kneed the victim while yelling at the mother.The victim's mother was contact...

Motorcyclist dies in collision with SUV in San Rafael

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

(BCN) -- Aryan Rajesh Solanki died in the collision reported at 12:33 p.m. on Bellam Boulevard near Anderson Drive, sheriff's officials said. Solanki was riding a 2014 Yamaha motorcycle south on Bellam Boulevard when a 2014 Mercedes-Benz SUV going north tried to turn into a parking lot and crossed into the path of the motorcycle. Palo Alto basement prowler being investigated by police Solanki was unable to avoid the collision and struck the passenger side of the SUV, causing him to be ejected from the motorcycle, according to the Sheriff's Office. He was taken to a hospital and succumbed to his injuries there. No other details about the collision were immediately available from the Sheriff's Office or San Rafael police. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Palo Alto basement prowler being investigated by police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

(KRON) - A Palo Alto resident discovered a man prowling in his basement Sunday night and police are now investigating the incident, according to a press release from the Palo Alto Police Department. The victim, a man in his eighties, was at home with his wife when he heard noises coming from the basement.Thinking an animal may have gotten inside, he went to investigate. After checking the basement, he found nothing out of the ordinary. As he went to lock the exterior door, he saw a man run up the stairs from the basement and head east on University Avenue, police said. Woman vanishes in San Francisco during cruise vacation The victim contacted Palo Alto PD's 24-hour dispatch center at around 11:46 p.m. to report the incident. Police responded immediately to the house, which is located on the 800 block of University Avenue. They were unable to located the suspect.The exterior entrance to the basement had been unlocked, according to police. No property was missing from the basement,...

Trump’s bravado tested as legal woes overlap with campaign

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump stepped into a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon, his usual bravado was replaced with palpable anger and notable silence as the former president was reduced to a criminal defendant in custody. By the time he returned to his Mar-a-Lago club hours later, he was ready to unleash.“The only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it,” the first former president to be indicted told a crowd of hundreds of loyal supporters.Trump made an unlikely transformation from reality television star to U.S. president by tapping into the grievance of Republican voters disillusioned with the political establishment. As he wages a comeback bid for the White House, Trump and his campaign hope that his indictment will serve as a rallying cry that will galvanize the same voters. Already, he has raised millions of dollars off the news.It’s an approach that will test Trump’s “all publicity is good publicit...

AP sources: Frustrated team owners boycott NASCAR meeting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR teams boycotted a meeting with series leadership Wednesday as a show of frustration over the slow pace of negotiations on a new business model.Three team representatives told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that the owners collectively decided to skip the quarterly meeting because they don’t believe NASCAR has negotiated in good faith. The request for anonymity is due to the sensitivity of the negotiations.The owners went public last October with their frustration over what they consider a broken business model in which racetracks and NASCAR make the bulk of the money and teams are forced to fund their organizations through outside sponsorship.NASCAR has said it is willing to work with the teams on financial security, and reiterated that commitment Wednesday after no owners showed for the meeting.“NASCAR is committed to open and productive dialogue on a regular basis with all industry stakeholders,” NASCAR said in a statement. &...

White Sox slugger Jiménez sidelined by strained hamstring

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox expect slugger Eloy Jiménez to miss two to three weeks because of a strained left hamstring he suffered running the bases.The team placed Jiménez on the 10-day injured list Wednesday and recalled infielder Jake Burger from Triple-A Charlotte.Jiménez sustained a low-grade strain running from first to third on Andrew Vaughn’s RBI double in the seventh inning of Monday’s 12-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants. The White Sox were off Tuesday. “The most important thing was how he was gonna wake up today and walk in here,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “He was in the weight room right now. I saw him, I spoke to him. He’s strong. He feels better than what anybody else thought he was gonna feel like.”The 26-year-old Jiménez is 4 for 19 in five games. He slugged 31 homers as a rookie in 2019, but played in just 55 games in 2021 after rupturing his left pectoral tendon trying to make a leaping catch in spring training. He had surgery on his r...

Indiana’s governor signs bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors, joining other states with health care bans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor signs bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors, joining other states with health care bans.Source

Assault case dismissed against former Nebraska coach Joseph

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The felony assault case against former Nebraska interim head coach and assistant Mickey Joseph was dismissed Wednesday because the alleged victim refuses to testify.Joseph had faced a charge of assault by strangulation or suffocation in connection with a November domestic disturbance at a Lincoln home.A preliminary hearing was scheduled, but prosecutor Erica Pruess told Lancaster County Judge Laurie Yardley the alleged victim emailed her in February to say she wouldn’t testify. Pruess said a law enforcement officer in Arizona, where the alleged victim now lives, unsuccessfully attempted to serve a subpoena compelling the alleged victim to appear as a material witness. According to a court filing Monday, the officer made seven attempts to serve the subpoena at a Phoenix-area residence between March 22-27. The officer said on at least one occasion he saw somebody in the residence through a window.Joseph, dressed in a suit and tie, appeared at Wednesday’...