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Investigators: Gunmen fired into crowd at Sweet 16 party

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators said five people charged in a deadly shooting at Sweet 16 birthday party had fired guns into the crowd at the celebration. Investigators wrote in court documents filed Thursday that they believe the five were present at the party and “discharged firearms into the crowd” resulting in the deaths of four people. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced two additional arrests on Thursday, for a total of five people facing facing reckless murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting. The shooting at the Sweet 16 birthday killed four young people, ranging in age from 17 to 23 and shocked the small east Alabama city of Dadeville. Besides the four slain, 32 others were injured, four of them critically. The party, at a dance studio just off the town square, was in full swing when gunfire erupted. Investigators have not discussed a motive or what they believe led to the shooting. Tyreese “Ty Reik”, 17, of Tuskegee and Travis McCullough, 1...

Restricting news links to Canadian users remains on table as Google opposes C-18

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

OTTAWA — A senior executive says Google hasn’t made a final decision whether it will limit journalism links from Canadians if the federal government’s online news bill passes. Earlier this year, Google ran a five-week test that prevented 3.3 per cent of its Canadians users from seeing news links when searching for journalism on its search engine. It affected more than one million IP addresses, Google confirmed.While the test ended in March, it remains a longer-term option for Google in response to the bill, which it opposes.“We are continuing to raise concerns … we think there’s a better model,” said Kent Walker, Google’s president of global affairs and chief legal officer, while testifying Thursday at the Canadian Heritage committee. “We have not reached a final decision as to what business actions we might have to take.”The online news bill, also known as Bill C-18, would require tech giants to pay Canadian media companies for ...

Families fear more delays in Texas school shooting case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Family members of those killed and injured during a 2018 attack on a Texas high school in which 10 people were fatally shot expressed concern Thursday the case against the accused gunman — delayed for years over questions of his mental competency — could be further held up pending removal of the trial judge, facing allegations of bias and prior legal ties to the defendant.“We don’t even have any confidence we’re ever going to trial at this point,” said Scot Rice, whose wife Flo, was one of 23 people shot and injured during the attack at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018.Scot and Flo Rice, who was a substitute teacher, spoke after a court hearing over motions filed by lawyers for Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 22, the accused shooter who has been at a Texas state hospital since December 2019, when he was found incompetent to stand trial.Pagourtzis has been charged with capital murder. Eight students and two teachers were killed at the school, located about 35 miles ...

‘Our data has never been stored in China,’ TikTok CEO tells Ted Talks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

VANCOUVER — The CEO of TikTok dropped into a Ted Talks in Vancouver to address concerns over data security on his social media platform. Shou Zi Chew told Chris Anderson, the head of Ted Talks, that TikTok data has never been stored in China and while they have some legacy data to be deleted on their servers in the United States and Singapore, that will be completed this year.TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, has been under intense scrutiny over concerns it could hand over user data to the Chinese government or promote pro-Beijing propaganda. Both the Canadian and U.S. governments have banned TikTok’s app on government-issued cellphones and other companies around the world have done the same. Chew says his team has already built an unprecedented project which allows them to store U.S. data on “American soil by an American company, overseen by American personnel.”At the end of the conversation, Chew and Anderson made a TikTok video together, ...

'I'm cancer free': White Sox closer Liam Hendriks is in remission

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

CHICAGO — The White Sox along with all of Major League Baseball got some great news from one of the best closers in the game on Thursday.On his Instagram account, Liam Hendriks posted that he's in remission and is cancer free after undergoing treatments for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during the first part of 2023.Along with a collection of videos and photos from his treatments, Hendriks wrote: "How It Started VS How It’s Going….REMISSION. It’s official. I’m cancer free." Liam Hendriks' positive update on his cancer treatments on Opening Day The closer, who has been with the White Sox since 2021, announced that he was diagnosed with disease back on January 8 and began treatment the next day. On April 5, Hendriks announced that he completed his chemotherapy sessions, posting a video of himself ringing the "victory bell' along with a lengthy tribute to his wife, Kristi, and medical personnel.The White Sox had a number of efforts to show support for the closer during his cancer fight, inc...

Twins roster movement expected after Thursday’s loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

BOSTON — Even before Kenta Maeda was struck by a batted ball in Thursday’s game, putting his availability in the near-future in question, the Twins’ pitching plans had some moving pieces. The team was already planning on calling up a starter from Triple-A to make a start, possibly this weekend, breaking up a stretch of 13 games in 13 days to give their starting pitchers some extra rest.Now, the Twins will wait to see how Maeda feels but will need bullpen reinforcements in the coming days. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said based on how Thursday’s game went and their desire to give some guys an extra day, he was expecting some roster movement.“It may be Kenta-related or other, but we’re kind of in a little bit of a long run here and now we’ve kind of burnt up and now we have a guy go down with an injury,” Baldelli said. “We’ll see what the coming days look like.”Maeda aside, the Twins have not yet announced a starter for Sunday’s game, which would be Sonny Gray’s day to start. If the ...

Kenta Maeda leaves with injury, avoids broken bone in blowout loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

BOSTON — Somehow, Kenta Maeda got up, scrambled to the ball and made an on-target throw to first base to get the out. And then he crumpled into a heap near the Fenway Park mound, the result of being struck on the left ankle by a batted ball traveling at 111.6 miles per hour.A group of players and staff quickly gathered around Maeda, who, after staying down on the ground for a couple minutes, gingerly walked off the field with what the Twins called a left ankle contusion. X-rays did not reveal a break, a stroke of good fortune for the Twins and the veteran pitcher, on a tough day — the Twins lost 11-5 to the Red Sox — at Fenway Park.“He got hit squarely,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “You’re really hoping not to get a really bad result, like a broken ankle or something like that. We were fearful, to be honest, watching him on the ground out there.”But for as scary as the moment was, the Twins (11-8) seem to have avoided the worst with Maeda, who said after the game that he didn’t exp...

Proposed working group would probe issues at Hastings veterans home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs funding bill expected to debated in the Senate Thursday includes money for a new working group to probe the quality of care at state veterans homes where workers have complained of a ‘toxic culture.’The Senate wants to spend $190,000 to study how veterans living in two domiciliaries in Hastings and Minneapolis are cared for and whether changes are needed. The domiciliaries are not nursing homes, but care homes that are often a last resort for veterans struggling with medical problems and substance abuse.In March, more than a dozen workers at the Hastings home spoke publicly about a long-standing culture of bullying and retaliation of caregivers. They said medical decisions about care for residents were often overruled by those without medical training.Lynn Wachtler, a certified nurse practitioner and former primary care provider at the Hastings veterans home, testifies Tuesday, March 21, 2023 to the Senate veterans committee a...

Debt ceiling showdown continues as Republicans offer up new budget proposal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Republicans are laying out their demands in the high stakes debt ceiling fight. For the first time, Republican leaders have offered a specific budget proposal. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled the plan on Wednesday afternoon. "To limit government spending, save taxpayers money, and grow the economy," McCarthy said.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The proposal would cut spending back to 2022 levels and claw back money from COVID funds, new climate change programs, and the IRS expansion. If that happens, Republicans would agree to raise the debt limit by enough to cover the country's debts into next year. Senator Rick Scott says that's an important tradeoff. "We need to live within our means, we need to get people back to work. The things they're talking about are very logical things," Scott said.  Lawmakers left frustrated by briefing on classified documents leak Democrats a...

Funeral held for longtime NYSP investigator

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:44 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A funeral took place on Thursday to honor the life of Patrick Hogan, a longtime investigator with the New York State Police. He died after a long battle with an illness stemming from his response to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001.He was 61 years old. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! A long line of law enforcement officers gathered outside Sacred Heart Church in Troy waiting to pay their respects. Hogan, who is from Wynantskill, served in the state police for more than 20 years. Officers said he was a role model for others."The man that Patrick was at home, or for the Marines, or on patrol, was the same man in the community. He was a compassionate, loving, faithful man, and he loved his community, and he loved serving it. And that will be his legacy."Hogan spent 22 years with the state police, retiring in 2018. He is survived by his wife and three children.