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Florissant man sentenced to life without parole for murdering ex-wife

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A Florissant man received a life sentence without parole, along with an additional three years, for the 2001 murder of his ex-wife, Charlisa Turner.On November 3, 28-year-old Christopher Turner of Florissant faced sentencing after the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he shot and killed his wife with premeditation on July 31, 2021, in St. Louis County.The trial showed home camera footage capturing the murder. The video showed Turner approaching his ex-wife and firing two shots. He then walked back to his car. He then turned around, walked back to his ex-wife and then fired eight more shots.The St. Louis County Police Department conducted a thorough investigation into the tragic event.

Beaver Creek men’s World Cup downhill canceled for the second consecutive day

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Snowfall and heavy wind caused the cancellation of a men’s World Cup downhill race on Saturday, the second day in a row an event was called off at the Birds of Prey course.This is already the fourth downhill that has been scrapped because of the weather early in the World Cup season, following two in Switzerland on Nov. 11-12.There is a super-G scheduled in Beaver Creek for Sunday, when the forecast calls for more snow and wind.Friday’s downhill was called off because of snow Thursday night. There was more snow overnight and heavy wind forecast for Saturday, with gusts predicted to top 35 mph (55 kph).___AP skiing: https://apnews.com/hub/alpine-skiing

Video shows chase, shooting involving knife-wielding man in Calabasas

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

Warning: This video contains profanity and disturbing subject matter. We omitted footage that shows the actual shooting.Footage released on Friday shows the terror that unfolded in the streets of Woodland Hills and Calabasas when a homeless man first attacked someone with a machete and then ran into a popular restaurant where he was fatally shot by police.The incident took place on Nov. 1 when 911 dispatchers received a call from a man who said he had been attacked by another man with a machete at the McDonald's at Mulholland Drive near the 101 Freeway."I was able to get away from him, and then he kept attacking me," the victim told the 911 dispatcher.Benjamin Pritchard (LAPD)“We need to get in control of these homeless people,” he added. The man said he was not seriously hurt and did not require a paramedic. His attacker, later identified as Benjamin Pritchard, 35, had dropped the machete and was wandering through the parking lot of the busy shopping center when police arrived.Dash...

San Jose approves hundreds of homes east of downtown

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

(BCN) -- San Jose officials have signed off on plans for more than 900 apartments near a future BART station east of downtown.The massive housing project near the city's Little Portugal and Roosevelt Park neighborhoods is being planned by San Jose-based Roygbiv Real Estate Development. It gained approval Wednesday at the San Jose Planning Director's hearing. Lawsuit: Santa Rosa school failed to help slain student Jayden Pienta "This is such a significant community project," Roygbiv CEO Loida Kirkley told San Jose Spotlight. "That part of San Jose needs to revitalize and this will do it."The project is an anchor of the Five Wounds Urban Village plan, one of numerous designated growth areas where city officials are encouraging development of dense housing and job opportunities near public transit.Plans call for constructing six buildings with 913 apartments, with 407 priced below market rate, often referred to as affordable housing.Of the affordable apartments, most will be priced f...

One person injured after Mission Bay stabbing in SF

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

(KRON) – The San Francisco Police Department is investigating a stabbing that occurred in the area of Mission Bay on Friday. San Francisco police officers responded to a residential building on the 600 block of Mission Bay Boulevard North on a report of an aggravated assault between two subjects at approximately 7:53 p.m. on Dec. 1. ‘Killer preying on the unhoused’: LA police seek suspect after 3 men found dead Once the officers were on the scene, they located a victim suffering from an apparent stab wound.  Officers rendered aid and summoned paramedics to the scene, according to police. The victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.   There has not been an arrest in this case. Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at (415)-575-4444.

Girona scores 2 late goals to stun Valencia 2-1 and regain lead in Spain

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Veteran striker Cristhian Stuani came off the bench to rally Girona past Valencia in a 2-1 win that put the season’s surprise package back on top of the Spanish league on Saturday.The 37-year-old Stuani started the stunning comeback with a goal in the 82nd minute from a cross by fellow substitute Yan Couto.Girona took the lead in the 88th when another cross by Couto intended for Stuani appeared to be turned into the goal by Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera, although the league’s website credited Stuani with the goal. Stuani himself said that he believed it was an own goal.Girona moved three points clear of Real Madrid, which holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with Girona, before the powerhouse hosts the relegation-threatened Granada later.“The team showed its pride in this victory,” Stuani said. “We are living a dream, fighting right up there at the top, and we will give it our all to stay there.”The former Uruguay striker joined Girona from Mi...

Don’t ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming — and they have the pope’s blessing.Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday’s high-level speeches at the U.N. climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face — while trumpeting their own natural resources that swallow heat-trapping carbon in the air.The 28th annual U.N. Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, featured about 150 presidents, prime ministers, royals and other leaders who are presenting their plans to cut heat-trapping emissions and mostly seek unity with other nations to avert climate catastrophe that seemed to draw closer than ever in 2023.Injecting moral authority into the talks, Pope Francis said “the destruction of the environment is an offense against God” in a letter read on his behalf because he had to cancel pl...

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor paved a path for women on the Supreme Court. Four are serving today

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an “amazing” sight.The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women in black robes among the nine justices.Recalling that day, O’Connor said she “saw a woman on the far right end of the bench, one on the far left end and one near the middle. That was pretty amazing.”O’Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. What was once a novelty when she was the first woman to sit on the high court has become almost commonplace. In a sense, O’Connor was witnessing the culmination of her own journey, in which she struggled to get any legal job after graduating from law school in the 1950s, then ended more than 190 years of male exclusivity on the Supreme Court when President Ronald Reagan nominated her in 1981.O’Connor, who left the court in 2006, died Friday in Phoenix...

Historia y disputas entre el Reino Unido, Guyana y Venezuela por el Esequibo

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro convocó a un referendo para, según dice, reafirmar sus derechos sobre el territorio del Esequibo, que está en disputa con Guyana desde finales del siglo XIX. En esa consulta popular, que se llevará a cabo el 3 de diciembre, Venezuela les preguntará a sus ciudadanos si quieren anexar la Guayana Esequiba y otorgarles a las personas que viven allí la ciudadanía de ese país.¿Cómo votar en el referéndum de Venezuela sobre el Esequibo, el territorio que disputa con Guyana?Venezuela asegura que le despojaron el territorio en 1899 en el Laudo Arbitral de París, que calificó como nulo e “írrito” al denunciar en 1962 ante la ONU supuestos vicios en el procedimiento. Por su parte, Guyana rechaza este referendo y ha pedido a la Corte Internacional de Justicia que emita una orden de emergencia para que detenga la consulta popular, pues, por derecho, el territorio le pertenece.¿Qué es el territorio del Esequibo y desde cuándo está en...

Macron says Israel ‘must more precisely define’ goal of Hamas assault

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:40:53 GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel “must more precisely define” what it seeks to accomplish in its war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “We are at a moment when Israeli authorities must more precisely define their objectives and their final goal: the total destruction of Hamas — does anyone think it is possible? If this is the case, the war will last 10 years,” Macron said on Saturday.Macron told a press conference at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai: “There is no lasting security for Israel in the region if its security is achieved at the cost of Palestinian lives.” Macron made the comments after the Israeli military intensified its bombing of the Gaza Strip, on the second day after a truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed, with Israel accusing Hamas of violating the terms of the agreement.A Palestinian official familiar with the truce efforts told the BBC the negotiations are completely stalled and there are currently no...