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Southern California jailbreak mastermind convicted

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An inmate who organized a daring, elaborate Southern California jailbreak in 2016 was found guilty Thursday of the escape but acquitted of kidnapping a taxi driver while on the run, authorities said.Jurors in Orange County Superior Court also convicted Hossein Nayeri, 44, of Newport Beach of stealing a van but acquitted him of kidnapping during a carjacking and lesser offenses, the district attorney’s office said in a statement.On Jan. 22, 2016, Nayeri and two other men broke out of the Orange County Central Jail Complex in Santa Ana, prompting a weeklong manhunt.Using smuggled tools, they cut through a metal grate in their maximum-security dorm cell, then climbed through plumbing shafts within the walls to reach the roof, where they rappelled down five stories using a rope made of bed linens, according to authorities and a cellphone video shot by Nayeri.The men later kidnapped a 72-year-old unlicensed taxi driver. The driver was sometimes held at gunp...

North Korea says ICBM launch was response to rivals’ drills

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over combined U.S. military exercises with South Korea, blaming those for creating a “most unstable security environment” in the region.Thursday’s launch from North Korea’s capital area came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol traveled to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida. The meeting underscored Seoul’s urgency to tighten security cooperation with a fellow U.S. ally in the face of North Korean nuclear threats. The ICBM launch was North Korea’s fourth missile event in about a week as it ratcheted up a tit-for-tat response to U.S.-South Korean military drills, the biggest of their kind in years, which began Monday and run through March 23. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of the Hwasong-17 ICBM from Pyongyang’s international airp...

Daughter of 1 of 3 missing women in Mexico hasn’t lost hope

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

PEÑITAS, Texas (AP) — The daughter of one of two sisters from Texas who went missing in Mexico along with their friend three weeks ago while traveling to a flea market says she hasn’t lost hope that they’ll be located.“We are waiting for them to come back home,” Maria Guadalupe Ramirez, 27, told KRGV-TV in Weslaco.The FBI said in a statement Thursday that it was unable to comment on the investigation but said the agency “relentlessly pursues all options when it comes to protecting the American people, and this doesn’t change when they are endangered across the border.” The three women — Ramirez’s mother, Marina Perez Rios, 48; Ramirez’s aunt, Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios, 47; and their friend, Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz, 53 — were headed to a flea market to sell clothes in the Mexican city of Montemorelos in the state of Nuevo Leon. The state prosecutor’s office in Nuevo Leon has said it is investigating the women’s disappearance.The sisters live in Peñitas, a small Texa...

Rats invade stove near pregnant NYC woman's bedroom

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

UPPER MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Samantha couldn’t believe her eyes when her sister started playing cellphone video last Wednesday morning in the kitchen of their family apartment in Upper Manhattan.“My sister recorded 13 rats in the kitchen, and one got caught in the mouse trap,” Samantha told PIX11 News in New York.She shared the shocking video from her sister, Yovanka Landa, which showed rat after rat scampering across a kitchen counter and slipping through an opening in the stovetop."They go through the stove to get to the gas line so they can go into the hole that’s behind the refrigerator," Samantha said. Shop at IKEA? You may be entitled to part of a $24M class action settlement Seven family members live in a six-bedroom apartment on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard; a pregnant woman sleeps in a room next to the kitchen.“I have a video of me killing one yesterday,” Landa said of the rats, telling PIX11 News she used a baseball bat.The family realized they were in for some t...

'Full of spirit': Family remembers Englewood High School senior shot and killed

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

CHICAGO — The family of a South Side high school senior is pleading for answers after she was shot and killed earlier this month.Family members of DeShawnay Yoakum, 18, said she fought for her life for 10 days after she was shot on March 1 near 45th and South Drexel. Girl, 17, shot in head while inside Hyde Park residence: police "She didn't deserve this," Artamese Prewitt, Yoakum's mother, said. "My baby was full of spirit. She wasn't mean, she wasn't evil. She was not."Prewitt should be helping her daughter get ready for prom and graduation, but instead, she's now planning her funeral.She said the family still doesn't have any answers or justice."Just speak up, just speak up," Prewitt said. "Anonymous tip, I don't care. Just speak up for my baby."DeShawnay YoakumYoakum not only fought for days in the hospital, but also turned 18 while she was there. It was a milestone they celebrated, but one that should have looked much different for the Englewood High School senior.Prewitt wan...

APA! asks for help caring for 2 dogs with gunshot wounds

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Pets Alive! asked for help Thursday with two dogs who were shot.APA! said the dogs were admitted into the nonprofit shelter’s clinic this week, and both were recovering from gunshot wounds from separate shootings.  “Yodeling Pickle is a 10-month-old Lab mix who was initially surrendered to Austin Animal Center (AAC) after being shot, as his owners could not afford the medical costs of treating the wounds,” APA! said.According to the shelter, Yodeling Pickle had roughly 50 pellets embedded in his leg, and because of his severe injuries and inability to benefit from surgery, he’s receiving daily, hour-long bandage changes and was on bed rest to promote healing.“Samia is a five-year-old German Shepherd mix who was also brought to AAC this week when her owners found her with a gunshot wound. Samia had run away from home and was found with the injuries. Her owners also had to surrender her due to financial reasons,” APA! said.According to APA!, the City of Austin’s...

Patrick Peterson left the Vikings, but played role in them landing replacement Byron Murphy

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

Cornerback Patrick Peterson left the Vikings earlier this week, but he helped them land a replacement.Peterson, a starter the past two seasons, agreed Tuesday to sign a two-year, $14 million deal with Pittsburgh. That same day, free agent cornerback Byron Murphy agreed to sign a two-year, $17.5 million contract with Minnesota.Peterson and Murphy were Arizona teammates in 2019 and 2020. And on Thursday, Murphy talked about Peterson helping sell him on the Vikings.“Pat Pete, he’s been my mentor since my rookie year,’’ Murphy said while being introduced to the media. “So that’s like my big brother. … That’s my guy. I talked to Pat.”Murphy said he also got a call during the process from Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks, who was his Arizona teammate from 2019-21. He said Hicks provided guidance in what was a “great conversation.’’The Vikings brought the three outside free agents they’ve signed so far to TCO Performance Center on Thursday. Tight end Josh Oliver was also introduced to...

Frozen Four: High-scoring Buckeyes built in their coach’s image

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

DULUTH — “A lot of teams can win one, but can you defend it?”Those are the words Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall uttered during a press conference on Thursday after her Buckeyes practiced for the 2023 Frozen Four semifinals set for Friday at Amsoil Arena. After winning the program’s first national championship in 2022, top-seeded Ohio State is back and ready for more.“I’m extremely competitive, so I want to win all the time, and I’m sure my athletes think the same,” Muzerall said. “I wouldn’t use the word nervous or anxious or anything like that, it’s just like adrenaline and you have a passion that you want to win all the time. So, that’s what’s fueling me and going through my soul, is just to win, and I think that that bleeds into (my players).”The Buckeyes once again come in as the No. 1-ranked team in the nation leading to their 2:30 p.m. puck drop against No. 5 Northeastern (34-2-1). Their 32-5-2 record includes three losses to Minnesota, Muzerall’s alma mater...

Attorney for alleged abuse victim reacts to bankruptcy filing

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Reactions continue to come in after the Albany Catholic Diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Lawyers for some of the alleged sexual abuse victims said they disagree with claims from diocese leaders that they are running out of money. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Attorney Cynthia LaFave told NEWS10 that the diocese controls more than $600 million in assets. She believes the bankruptcy filing is simply meant to delay the hundreds of unsettled cases because legal action against the diocese cannot move forward until the bankruptcy proceedings are resolved."Now, we find that the cowardly diocese is putting itself into a bankruptcy because it wants to hide a little more and not pay a little more," she said.Attorneys said a committee of alleged victims will negotiate a settlement with the diocese in bankruptcy court. It's unclear when those proceedings will take place. St. Clare’s lawsuit against ...

New York students take part in job skills competition at SUNY Schenectady

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:35:20 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- About 300 students from the Capital Region and across New York state took part in a job skills competition on Thursday at SUNY Schenectady.The competition covered different field skills ranging from automotive and heating equipment repair to nursing, carpentry, and cooking. Students challenged each other in various job skill events.Organizers said it was about students pushing each other. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "So today, we are looking forward to having our students have a great time doing something that's outside their comfort zone," SkillsUSA Advisor Deb Toy said. "Trying something new and challenging themselves and seeing how they place against students from around our region in their chosen career field."Students were able to prepare for jobs in their career fields, have opportunities to network with future employers, and get jobs in high demand.