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Contra Costa County judge shows no leniency to man convicted of killing two girls during 2018 crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

A man accused of killing two small girls while driving a stolen truck received no leniency Friday from a Contra Costa County judge, who had been tasked with reconsidering his sentence after an appellate court tossed one of the man’s five convictions.Noe Saucedo, 29, saw his potential prison term effectively reduced by only a few years after Judge Rebecca Hardie imposed the stiffest possible remaining sentence against him during an emotional and tear-filled hearing inside a Pittsburg courthouse.Calling the case “profoundly disturbing and sad,” Hardie said she saw few, if any, mitigating factors suggesting Saucedo should walk free anytime soon. She also expressed regret that that she couldn’t do more to help ease the enduring pain felt by the girls’ parents.“These little girls will never go to school, have a wedding, find love — and that’s not going to change today,” Hardie said.During the hearing, the girls’ father, Jesus Ca...

Got the shutdown blues? Enjoy these free events around the DC area this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

As the U.S. government inches closer to a shutdown starting Oct. 1, the D.C. area and its many federal workers will likely be among the hardest hit.It might be a good time to enjoy the crisp fall air, let your hair down and get out of the house for a while — without opening your pocketbook.Here are some free events taking place around D.C., Maryland and Virginia this weekend.DC2023 World Culture FestivalSept. 29-Oct. 1The National MallOrganized by D.C.-based nonprofit Art of Living foundation, the World Culture Festival offers “a platform for the preservation of local and indigenous traditions through music and dance as well as the opportunity for everyone else to relish and enjoy,” according to its website.A list of programming is available online, with Saturday featuring events celebrating go-go music, Garba dancing and Chinese classical music.In the event of a shutdown, Sunday’s programming will be moved “to a private venue” and livestreamed for audi...

New Anaheim Ducks forward Alex Killorn is out 4-6 weeks with a broken finger

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — New Anaheim Ducks forward Alex Killorn will be sidelined for four to six weeks with a broken finger, the team announced Saturday.Killorn was injured Wednesday night in an exhibition game against San Jose. He signed a four-year, $25 million deal with Anaheim in July after playing the previous 11 seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning.The 34-year-old Killorn won two Stanley Cup championships and scored 198 goals with Tampa Bay. He was signed to bring a winning veteran presence to the Ducks, who have missed the playoffs in a franchise-record five consecutive seasons.The injury is yet another early-season blow for the Ducks, who are in an increasingly ugly contract stalemate with Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale. Both players are missing training camp with Anaheim while general manager Pat Verbeek conducts negotiations.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHLSource

House passes bill to avert a shutdown after Republicans abandon push for steep cuts; next steps in Senate are uncertain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes bill to avert a shutdown after Republicans abandon push for steep cuts; next steps in Senate are uncertain.Source

Fiji avoids a mega shock to come back and beat Georgia 17-12 at the Rugby World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Fiji just avoided the kind of mega shock it is more used to dishing out at the Rugby World Cup.The Flying Fijians were constrained by a fully committed Georgia effort for 50 minutes before coming back from 9-0 down to win 17-12 in their Pool C game on Saturday.The fighting victory put Fiji on the cusp of making the quarterfinals for the first time since 2007, but not quite there yet and the deal will have to be sealed in a final pool game against another underdog in Portugal.Captain Waisea Nayacalevu began the Fijian fightback with a 51st-minute try deftly finished with inches to spare in the left corner as he dotted down off his feet and almost behind his back before he was tackled into touch. Replacement Vinaya Habosi finally subdued the Georgians when he ran onto an offload from tireless flanker Levani Botia with 12 minutes to go to make it 17-9.Georgia still had enough in the tank to kick a very late penalty and chase what would have been a scintillating ...

Chase Elliott looks for his first win in a season of disappointment for NASCAR’s most popular driver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — It’s been a year since Chase Elliott won a Cup Series race, a drought that played a role in NASCAR’s most popular driver missing the playoffs in what’s guaranteed to be the worst season of his career.As Elliott returns for Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, site of his last victory, there’s no sugarcoating his season.“I am disappointed in his season, for sure,” team owner Rick Hendrick told The Associated Press. “I think Chase is an unbelievable talent, the most popular driver, under a lot of pressure from the fans, not as much from the sponsors — they want to win. I feel like he deserves to win races, he’s got the talent. So we’ve just got to get him in that position.”It fell apart for Elliott before the third race of the season when he broke his leg in a snowboarding accident in Colorado ahead of the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Elliott missed six races to put him in an enormous hole, and then he was suspended for a seventh for ...

Hatless Cantlay gets the last laugh after a day of ribbing from Europe’s fans at the Ryder Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Waiting to hit his tee shot on the reachable par-4 16th, Patrick Cantlay smiled and gestured with his hands for the pro-Europe spectators to keep up the ribbing they had been giving him all day long for not wearing a hat.Turns out Cantlay got the last laugh.The hatless Cantlay holed birdie putts on the final three holes to earn the Americans a win in the final fourballs match on Day 2 of the Ryder Cup. He and partner Wyndham Clark beat Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick 1-up Saturday.“Hats off for your bank account,” the gallery chanted in Cantlay’s direction as thousands of spectators waved their hats at him on hole after hole.“I’ve never had so many standing ovations going to tee boxes and greens,” Cantlay said. “I told Wyndham when we were going to the 1st tee today that we were going to use all the energy out there as fuel. And we did.”It was all a response to an unsubstantiated report from Sky Sports — the broadcast partner for the European tour...

Osimhen comes off bench to help Napoli win 4-0 at Lecce. Pulisic scores and Milan beats Lazio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Victor Osimhen came off the bench to help Napoli win 4-0 at Lecce in Serie A on Saturday as the defending champions notched four goals for the second straight match.Osimhen, who had been angered by the club following a social media post this week, doubled Napoli’s lead early in the second half. Leo Østigård, Gianluca Gaetano and Matteo Politano also got on the scoresheet.Napoli moved third, four points behind league leader AC Milan, which beat Lazio 2-0 following a goal from United States standout Christian Pulisic.Inter Milan can move back level with its city rival with a win at Salernitana later.It was a second straight defeat for Lecce, which was unbeaten before Tuesday’s 1-0 loss at Juventus and had won its previous four home matches.Napoli had ended a three-match winless run with a 4-1 win over Udinese midweek but coach Rudi Garcia opted against starting Osimhen on Saturday ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League match against Real Madrid.Napoli took the lead in the ...

Serious crash in Aurora causes road closure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora investigated a crash with serious injuries Saturday afternoon in the area of East Quincy Avenue and Parker Road.As a result of the crash, all northbound traffic on Parker Road at Quincy Avenue was closed as of 1:37 p.m., and expected to remain closed for several hours.According to police, multiple people were taken to hospitals with varying injures. Details were limited, police said, and the investigation was still active.

Howie Carr: How’s indictment, ex-Methuen Police ‘Don’ Joe Solomon?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:46 GMT

An indictment is always a disappointment, so why is this man smiling?But what does ex-Methuen police chief Joseph Solomon care? His motto is, if you’re indicted, you’re invited.How did he run the Methuen PD, you ask?Like “the don of an organized-crime family,” according to one of the several scathing reports about him over the years.Don Solomon was paid $326,272 a year as chief. Plus he got to run a business on the side — “security.” He got a “night deferential.” He didn’t have one police car, he had two.The second cruiser was used by Chief Solomon to smoke cigars in. Or so said one of the dissident city councilors, who by the way happened to be a Lawrence police officer. You can’t be a real organized-crime don unless you smoke cigars.As he stuffed holiday envelopes full of bribes for his bent feds and crooked local police, Whitey Bulger used to quip, “Christmas is for cops and kids!”For Joseph Solomon, the capo di tutti capi of the Methuen PD, every day was Christmas.When they even...