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AG: Man found dead after killing toddler daughter, her mother, injuring 5-year-old in NH triple shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

Authorities say man fatally shot his 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter and her mother, and also wounded the woman’s 5-year-old daughter in a horrific triple shooting in Franklin, New Hampshire on Saturday that set off an hourslong manhunt that ended with the discovery of his body near the Merrimack River.Officers responding to a reported shooting at a home on Elkins Street around 12 p.m. found Nicole Hughes and her daughter, Ariella Belle, dead from gunshot wounds, according to the New Hampshire Attorney Generals’ Office. Her 5-year-old daughter was also suffering from a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital.The triple-shooting sparked a manhunt for the toddler’s father, Jamie Bell, 42, who police warned should be considered armed and dangerous.Around 5:30 p.m. Bell was found dead on the banks of the Merrimack River with a self-inflicted wound to his neck. Investigators say he had an intimate relationship with Hughes but declined to discuss the nature of their r...

Jake Bauers, Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole — Yankees’ California natives — lead the way in win over Dodgers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Jake Bauers had never played in a major league game at Dodger Stadium until Friday, but the Yankees outfielder is no stranger to Chavez Ravine.Bauers, a Newport Beach native who starred for Marina High School in Huntington Beach, played for a CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship at the ballpark as a high school senior in 2013. While Marina did not come away with a section title, Bauers called the contest at Dodger Stadium “a great game, and “an emotional one,” according to the Los Angeles Times.Bauers must have felt the same way during Saturday’s game at Dodger Stadium, as he recorded the first multi-homer game of his career with a pair of two-run bombs off Los Angeles starter Michael Grove.The first blast came in the second inning and traveled 414 feet at 107.6 miles per hour. The second landed 409 feet away and left Bauers’ bat at 109.2 mph. He admired both shots to right field, which propelled the Yankees to a 6-3, series-...

Justin Turner steps up as Red Sox split doubleheader against Rays

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

Justin Turner is widely renowned as one of baseball’s best teammates and leaders, and on multiple occasions Saturday he demonstrated why.Shortly after arriving at the park Turner attended Rob Refsnyder’s press conference announcing his new contract extension. During his remarks Refsnyder revealed Turner was the only player he confided in while the negotiations were ongoing, and that ever since his arrival from Los Angeles Turner has completely changed the Red Sox clubhouse for the better.A couple of hours later, Turner led the charge as the Red Sox came from behind to beat the first-place Tampa Bay Rays 8-5, delivering the decisive blow with a bases-loaded, three-run double.“He’s a good player, he’s a good influence on the kids,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora, whose club went on to lose the nightcap 4-2 to split the day-night doubleheader. “We fell behind today and the way we did it wasn’t a good taste, but he kept going in the dugout...

Pedestrian killed in two-vehicle North County crash identified

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. -- A man who was hit and killed by two vehicles last month in the Valley Center area has been identified, local medical officials said.Richard Vaughn Dye Sr., 32, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.The crash occurred on May 17 near Lilac Road, located west of Hideaway Lake Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Dye Sr. was walking across Lilac Road when he was struck by a Nissan Kicks and Dodge Caravan, per authorities. 2 killed in Mission Bay crash identified Both drivers remained at the scene while waiting for first responders to arrive. Dye Sr. was later pronounced dead.The victim's cause of death was due to blunt force injury and determined as an "accident," according to the medical examiner's office.

China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn’t have any problems with “innocent passage” but that “we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation (patrols), that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation.”U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the same forum Saturday that Washington would not “flinch in the face of bullying or coercion” from China and would continue regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to emphasize they are international waters, countering Beijing...

16 South American migrants who entered US through Texas flown to California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom and migrant rights advocates said Saturday. The young men and women were dropped off Friday outside the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento with only a backpack’s worth of belongings each, said Eddie Carmona, campaign director at PICO California, a faith-based community organizing group that has been assisting the migrants. The migrants had already been processed by U.S. immigration officials and given court dates for their asylum cases when “individuals representing a private contractor” approached them outside a migrant center in El Paso, Texas, Carmona said. They offered to help the migrants get jobs and get them to their final destination, he said. “They were lied to and intentionally deceived,” Carmona said, adding that the migrants had no idea where they wer...

CPD: 17-year-old boy missing from West Pullman

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding a 17-year-old boy who went missing from the West Pullman neighborhood Saturday evening.Missing 17-year-old Lamaren Masters.CPD said Lamaren Masters was last seen in the area of East 125th Place and South Indiana Avenue Saturday, and describe the 17-year-old as being around 6-foot-1-inches tall, weighing around 165 pounds and having brown eyes with a dark brown complexion and black dreadlocks.Police said Masters did not disclose where he was going when he left and is known to frequent the area of 132nd Street and Riverdale Avenue, as well as the general area of the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood.If you or someone you know has information that can help police find Masters, CPD encourages you to reach out to the Area Two Special Victims Unit at 312-747-8274, or call 911.

American Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Las Vegas due to bird

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An American Airlines flight headed for Dallas, Texas was forced to land in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon due to mechanical issues. According to Harry Reid International Airport, a bird collided with American Airlines flight 2845, causing it to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas around 1:10 p.m. Some Apple customers frustrated by new savings accounts Flight 2845 departed from Salt Lake City, Utah, and was headed to Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport. The aircraft landed safely and a replacement aircraft was scheduled to leave Las Vegas around 8 p.m.A statement released by American Airlines read in part: "We never want to disrupt our customers' travel plans and apologize for the trouble this may have caused."No injuries were reported, according to Harry Reid Airport.

Rain & storm chances continue into work week

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Strong to severe storms continue to push south and east of Austin. Storms brought beneficial rain with many LCRA gauges recording 3/4" to an inch of rain. A 59 mph wind gust was also recorded at Austin-Bergstrom Airport. Expect drying conditions overnight as the atmosphere recharges.Shower/thunderstorm chances go up to 60% Sunday. The forecast includes a Marginal Flash Flood Threat from brief times of heavy rainfall. Afternoon highs Sunday will average the middle to upper 80s. Monday's maximums will be mostly in the low to mid 80s with a lower, 40% chance of rain. BLOG: Summer forecast released: When do 100º days begin The National Weather Service is looking at some decent rain totals the next seven days.Expected rainfall totals trending lowerKeep the KXAN Weather App handy for GPS-based weather alerts. INVESTIGATION: LCRA didn't plan for climate change until KXAN investigation FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Stay up to date with your Central Texas forecast, sign up for ...

Lynx get their first win of season in Washington

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:35:18 GMT

Necessary desperation.That’s how Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve described her team’s mindset as it set out in search of its first win of the 2023 season Saturday night.And, in the end, it was that urgency that assured the Lynx got the task accomplished – even after it looked like things might again be slipping away late.Point guard Tiffany Mitchell hit a layup with three seconds left as Minnesota withstood a fourth-quarter comeback bid to beat the Washington Mystics 80-78 on the road at Entertainment and Sports Arena.“We didn’t waver in our belief and we had really strong leadership,” Reeve said of her players. “I really felt like this was a group that had the necessary desperation you’d expect from a team that had been winless. So I’m super-happy for them.”With the victory, Minnesota avoided matching the worst start to a season in franchise history. The 2007 Lynx began the season 0-7.Guard Kayla McBride finished with a season-best 24 points. Forward Napheesa Collier a...