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‘We try people in court, not on the internet’: Norfolk DA decries harassment of witnesses in Karen Read murder case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey is sounding off against the harassment of witnesses in the ongoing, high-profile murder case involving a woman accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, last year. In a video statement posted online, Morrisey said of the witnesses, “To have them accused of murder is outrageous. To have them harassed and intimidated based on false narratives and accusations is wrong. They are witnesses doing what our justice systems asks of them.”“We try people in the court and not on the internet for a reason,” he continued. “The internet has no rules of evidence. The internet has no punishment for perjury and the internet does not know all the facts.” Prosecutors have said Karen Read ran over her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her SUV in January, 2022 after a night of drinking. Read, prosecutors said, then left the scene. She maintains her innocence and says he was attacked by a...

Lawsuit claims Trump ineligible for presidency because of his role in insurrection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

A South Florida lawyer has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump seeking to have the former president declared ineligible to run for another term as president.The lawsuit, citing Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, wants the federal courts to enforce the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, added after the Civil War to prevent people who engaged in rebellion against the United States from holding office again.Lawrence Caplan’s lawsuit asserts the provision clearly applies to Trump:“President Trump’s efforts both in Washington, as well as in Georgia and perhaps other states, as well as the consequential assault on the U.S. Capitol … make him ineligible to ever serve in federal office again. Now given that the facts seem to be crystal clear that Trump was involved to some extent in the insurrection that took place on January 6th, the sole remaining question is whether American jurists who swear an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution upon their entry to the bench, wil...

How much rain has San Diego had this year to date?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Over the last year, San Diego has been slammed by storm after storm, bringing with it historic levels of rainfall to the state.After the driest three-year period on record in California, the region has seen extensive precipitation, particularly given the consecutive atmospheric rivers that hit this past winter and more recently, Tropical Storm Hilary. The rainfall has provided some needed -- and unexpected -- relief to the drought-stressed state, while at the same time causing widespread flooding, mudslides and rockslides.Through March, unrelenting winter storms brought on San Diego County's first bouts of significant rainfall this year, dropping more in about 45 "wet days" than in the entirety of 2022.When Hilary hit the region months later, residents saw even more rain, breaking records in some parts of the region for the wettest August day on record.While the 2023 is far from over, the "water year," which is a 12-month period from Oct. 1 to Sep. 31 that is used to me...

Can you shower during a boil water advisory?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- With a boil water advisory affecting residents portions of Coronado’s Silver Strand, Imperial Beach, San Diego and Chula Vista, many are wondering -- is it safe to shower?The advisory first went into affect Thursday with residents now wagering safety and cleanliness as they look ahead to their weekend plans.The short answer to that question: yes, you can shower. However, the CDC has advised the public to use precaution while doing so. 7 San Diego-area companies ranked among ‘best employers’ in US: Forbes For example, be careful not to swallow any water when bathing or showering. The CDC also recommends that parents and caregivers consider giving young children and babies a a sponge bath to reduce the chance of them swallowing water.The same goes for handwashing. The CDC says to scrub your hands with soap and water for 20seconds and rinse them well under running water. Hands should then be completely dried with a towel or by letting them air dry. The CDC says this is ...

Man dies after trolley stop stabbing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO — A man was killed Thursday after a stabbing at a Barrio Logan trolley stop, San Diego police said.According to SDPD, shortly after 10:30 p.m. police received a call reporting that a man had been stabbed at the trolley stop located on Harbor Drive.Upon arrival, officers found a man with at least one stab wound to his chest, Lt. Steve Shebloski said in a news release. The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.The circumstances that led to the stabbing are still under investigation, however police have learned that the man was involved in an argument with a small group of people that escalated into a fight, officials said. Pilot killed in jet crash near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar During the physical altercation the man was stabbed and the group fled the scene, Shebloski said.The identity of the victim has not yet been publicly released, but he was described as a 70-year-old man by police.SDPD homicide detectives are still in the proces...

Smugglers take shots at Border Patrol agents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was moving in to apprehend a group of migrants last week was fired upon by smugglers, the agency announced Friday.The incident took place on Aug. 18 after the agent encountered a group of suspected unauthorized migrants in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area, officials said. Border Patrol agents fired upon from Mexico As the agent approached the group, an unidentified individual fired multiple shots in his direction.Additional agents responding in the area heard the gunshots and observed "muzzle flashes coming from the vicinity of the group," officials said. Moments later, agents heard a second series of shots fired at them. Heavily armed smugglers operating just south of California border, Mexico warns None of the agents were hit by the bullets, but as the agents took cover, the group of migrants and the assailant returned to Mexico, Border Patrol officials said.Recent picture taken from infrared surveillance cameras alo...

Rulings in Texas, Missouri jumble again where US transgender youth can receive treatment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Friday ruled against Texas’ ban on gender-affirming health care for minors while a separate judge in Missouri let a similar ban take effect, jumbling again where in the U.S. transgender youth can receive treatment. The conflicting decisions, handed down hours apart in two Republican-led states, added to the legal unpredictability that is unfolding nationwide over a historic wave of new laws this year that target LGBTQ+ rights. Underscoring the fast-changing landscape, Texas swiftly appealed to keep its new restrictions on track to take effect Sept. 1, when it would become the largest state in the U.S. to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. “Across the country, countless transgender youth are having their well-being threatened and their lives uprooted by dangerous and unconstitutional bans,” said Elizabeth Gill, an attorney for the ACLU, which represented families and doctors challenging the Texas ban.More than 20 states have adopt...

Alabama seeks nation’s 1st execution by nitrogen hypoxia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to become the first state to carry out an execution by nitrogen hypoxia.The Alabama attorney general’s office on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date for Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, a method the state has said for years that it was working to develop.Nitrogen hypoxia is caused by forcing the inmate to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of oxygen and causing them to pass out and die, according to the theory. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air inhaled by humans and is harmless when inhaled with oxygen. Critics have likened the untested method to human experimentation.Alabama authorized nitrogen hypoxia in 2018 but the state has not attempted to use it until now to carry out a death sentence. Oklahoma and Mississippi have also authorized nitrogen hypoxia. The court filing did not disclose the details of the how the execution would be carried out. Corrections Commissioner John Hamm told reporters last m...

Charges dropped against man accused of fleeing police in a high-speed chase that killed a bystander

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charges were dropped on Friday against the man who was accused of fleeing police in a high-speed chase that resulted in the death of a bystander in Minneapolis two years ago. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office dismissed counts of fleeing police and auto theft against James Jeremiah Jones-Drain, 20, citing an “inability to prove all of the charges beyond a reasonable doubt at this time,” according to a brief court filing, the Star Tribune reported.Jones-Drain remains in custody with other cases pending — including felony charges of robbery and illegally possessing a gun — according to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s website.Brian Cummings, the former Minneapolis police officer involved in the chase, was sentenced in July to nine months in the county workhouse, with eligibility for electronic home monitoring in three months, after pleading guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in the high-speed chase.Prosecutors said at the time that Cummings was pursuing a suspect...

Supermodel Bella Hadid criticized Israel’s far-right security minister. Now he’s lashing out at her

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:24:35 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid on Friday for criticizing his recent fiery televised remarks about Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.In an interview earlier this week with Israel’s Channel 12 following two deadly Palestinian attacks on Israelis in the occupied territory, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argued that his right to freedom of movement as a Jewish settler outweighs the same right for Palestinians. “My right, the right of my wife and my children, to move around Judea and Samaria is more important than freedom of movement for the Arabs,” Ben-Gvir said Wednesday, using the biblical name for the West Bank. “The right to life comes before freedom of movement.”Addressing Mohammad Magadli, a well-known Israeli-Arab television host who was in the studio, Ben-Gvir added: “Sorry, Mohammad. But that’s the reality.”Hadid, a supermodel and social media influencer whose father is Palestinia...