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3 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Nashville school; female shooter also dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday, authorities said. The suspect also died after being shot by police.The violence occurred at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade.The killings come as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence, including the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last year; a first grader who shot his teacher in Virginia; and a shooting last week in Denver that wounded two administrators.Police said the shooter appeared to be in her teens. The Nashville victims were pronounced dead upon arrival at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Other students walked to safety Monday, holding hands as they left their school surrounded by police cars, to a nearby church to be reunited with their parents. ...

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirms that company's planned job layoffs will begin this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

The Walt Disney Co.’s planned job cuts are expected to begin this week, the first of three rounds that will cut 7,000 jobs from the company’s workforce, CNBC reported.Disney CEO Bob Iger sent a memo, obtained by the publication, explaining that the company will begin notifying employees “whose positions are impacted by the company’s workforce reductions.”“Leaders will be communicating the news directly to the first group of impacted employees over the next four days. A second, larger round of notifications will happen in April with several thousand more staff reductions, and we expect to commence the final round of notifications before the beginning of the summer to reach our 7,000-job target,” the memo said.“In tough moments, we must always do what is required to ensure Disney can continue delivering exceptional entertainment to audiences and guests around the world – now and long into the future. Please know that our HR partners and leaders are committed to creating a supportive a...

Casey Tuff Arrested after DUI Crash on Bear Valley Road [Victorville, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

32-Year-Old Driver Arrested after 2-Car Accident near Jacaranda RoadVICTORVILLE, CA (March 27, 2023) – Wednesday night, Casey Tuff was arrested after a DUI crash on Bear Valley Road.Officers responded to the scene around 6:48 p.m., near Jacaranda Road.Per reports, the driver of a white Kia Optima struck a red Ford Expedition and continued traveling west on Bear Valley Road.First responders located both vehicles with extensive damage. Medics transported the 62-year-old female driver of the Explorer and her 19-year-old female passenger to a nearby hospital for further treatment.Meanwhile, police arrested driver of the Kia, 32-year-old Casey Tuff, of Hesperia. Officers charged her with driving under the influence causing bodily injury and other related offenses.At this time, authorities have not released additional information about the hit-and-run crash, but an active investigation is still underway.Operating a vehicle is a responsibility that should not be taken lightly. If you find ...

Celebs balk at paying Twitter for a blue check mark

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

By Matt O’Brien | Associated PressWilliam Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.They could get the marks back by paying up to $11 a month. But some longtime users, including 92-year-old Star Trek legend Shatner, have balked at buying the premium service championed by Twitter’s billionaire owner and chief executive Elon Musk.After months of delay, Musk is gleefully promising that Friday is the deadline for celebrities, journalists and others who’d been verified for free to pony up or lose their legacy status.“It will be glorious,” he tweeted Monday, in response to a Twitter user who noted that Friday is also April Fools’ Day.After buying Twitter for $44 billion in October, Musk has been trying to boost the struggling platform’s revenue by pushing more peop...

Downtown Oakland housing highrise could be city’s tallest tower

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

OAKLAND — A highrise with hundreds of homes and some office space is being proposed for a downtown Oakland site, a project that would become one of the East Bay city’s tallest towers if it’s built.The mixed-use development would feature 425 rental units and a few floors of office space on the lower floors of the project, proposed for 2044 Franklin Street, which is a short distance from the 19th Street BART station in Oakland.Preliminary plans for the tower, along with some images for the proposed project, were filed by the project’s developer with the Oakland city planning department, which posted the proposal on a municipal public website.The 39-story tower would soar 440 feet. If built right now, it would be higher than the current tallest tower in Oakland, the Ordway building, which is 404 feet tall.Two tower proposals that are in the works in Oakland, though, would be taller than either the Ordway or the 2044 Franklin Street building. These other projects...

Fundraiser started for family of woman killed during Hercules police chase

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

HERCULES — Friends have started an online fundraiser for the family of a 31-year-old woman who died last week when a person driving a stolen SUV and chased by police crashed into her vehicle.The crash also injured her two 6-year-old twin sons, including one who has life-threatening injuries, authorities said.The fundraiser identified the woman as Ryniqueka Dowell. Authorities on Monday did not identify her publicly.By 10:30 a.m. on Monday, the fundraiser had raised $6,080 of the $50,000 it was seeking for expenses to help with Dowell’s funeral and the children’s medical costs.“More importantly, please keep Ryniqueka’s family in prayer during this time of adversity,” the fundraiser entry said.Police identified the driver who trying to escape police as 20-year-old Ralph E. White III, of Vallejo. Hercules Police Chief Joseph Vasquez said White was was arrested on suspicion of one count of second-degree murder; three counts of evading a police officer...

NCAA winners and losers: Gonzaga and UCLA hammer each other as lower seeds thrive and UConn emerges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

The rapidly intensifying Gonzaga-UCLA postseason rivalry has one winner and, it seems, two victims.Twice in the past three years, the Zags eliminated the Bruins from the NCAA Tournament in thrilling fashion, with their epic Final Four game in 2021 and then a riveting Sweet 16 matchup last week.The Zags won the former on Jalen Suggs’ 40-foot buzzer beater and the latter on Julian Strawther’s long 3-pointer with  seven seconds remaining.But in each case, the effort required to oust the Bruins appeared to exact a significant physical and emotional toll as Gonzaga struggled to recover adequately for its next assignment.The Zags trailed Baylor by double digits early in the 2021 national championship game and could not keep pace with UConn in the second half in the Sweet 16.So while they hit the Bruins with two gut-punch losses, UCLA made sure to grab a pound of flesh on its way out.Now the teams, which had designs on the Final Four when the tournament began, will watch the se...

Netanyahu delays Israeli judicial reforms after mass protests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

By Ilan Ben Zion and Tia Goldenberg | Associated PressJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan Monday, saying he wanted to give time to seek a compromise over the contentious package with his political opponents.Netanyahu made the announcement after two days of large protests against the plan.“When there’s an opportunity to avoid civil war through dialogue, I, as prime minister, am taking a timeout for dialogue,” Netanyahu said in a nationally televised address.Striking a more conciliatory tone than in previous speeches, he said he was determined to pass a judicial reform but called for “an attempt to achieve broad consensus.”Immediately after Netanyahu’s statement, the head of the country’s largest trade union said it would call off a general strike that threatened to grind Israel’s economy to a halt.Netanyahu spoke after tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside pa...

Man and girlfriend charged after body parts found stuffed in plastic tote, dumped on shore of Minnesota lake

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

KATHIO TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two people have been arrested and charged after human remains were found last Tuesday along the shore of Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota.Bradley Allen Weyaus, 21, of Isle, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder, fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, and interference with a dead body or scene of death-concealing a body and evidence.Bradley Allen Weyaus, 21, of Isle, Minn., faces charges in connection with the death of Rodney Pendegayosh Jr., 25, of Isle, whose remains were found March 21, 2023, stuffed in a plastic tote dumped on the shore of Lake Mille Lacs. (Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office via Forum News Service) Weyaus’s girlfriend, Alexis Marion Elling, 21, of Rochester, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony aiding an offender as an accomplice after the fact.Officials identified the victim as Rodney Pendegayosh Jr., 25, of Isle. His remains were found Tuesday after highway workers clearing an area near Mille Lacs Lake fo...

Single-family home sells in Saratoga for $3.9 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:09 GMT

20579 Ashley Way – Google Street ViewA 2,633-square-foot house built in 1973 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 20500 block of Ashley Way in Saratoga was sold on March 15, 2023. The $3,857,000 purchase price works out to $1,465 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 0.3-acre lot.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:In August 2022, a 1,748-square-foot home on Foothill Lane in Saratoga sold for $3,400,000, a price per square foot of $1,945. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Paramount Court, Saratoga, in October 2022, a 2,930-square-foot home was sold for $4,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,365. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 7,262-square-foot home on the 13000 block of Paramount Court in Saratoga sold in February 2023, for $8,550,000, a price per square foot of $1,177. The home has 5 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms.