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Conflicts over Pride celebrations arise at Danville school board meeting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

(BCN) -- Tensions rose at the first San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education meeting of the 2023-24 school year on Tuesday as members of the public debated the display of Pride flags on school campuses. Before the meeting, people filled the meeting space and spilled out into the hallway and filled the lobby of the small building in Danville on Old Orchard Drive. Occasionally, murmurs, chatter and cheering would make their way from the hallway into the meeting room. Much of the debate came as the school board prepared to vote on several resolutions for the school year, including ones that would mandate flying a Pride flag during the month of June and recognition of the National Day of Silence, a day meant to bring awareness to anti-LGBT bullying. NAACP says rise in crime due to firing of Oakland police chief Dozens in attendance Tuesday signed up for public comment, prompting the school board to split the public comment section so that board members could add...

Funeral planned for boy, 6, stabbed in San Jose home

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

(KRON) -- A funeral service is planned for a 6-year-old boy who was stabbed to death inside a San Jose home. Jordan Cam Walker and his great-grandmother were violently slain on August 4 inside an apartment in the Buena Vista neighborhood."With heavy hearts, we must come to celebrate the life of Jordan Cam Walker, a beloved 6-year-old child who loved the outdoors, swimming, playing baseball, and basketball," the boy's family wrote. A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday evening to celebrate and remember Jordan. A funeral service is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on August 18 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 467 N. White Road in San Jose. "Following the funeral, there will be a repast where attendees can gather to share stories and support each other during this difficult time," organizers wrote."We invite those who wish to express their condolences and who cannot attend the funeral services to consider sending flowers or gifts to the Emmanuel Baptist Church on the day of the service," ...

Georgia prosecutor seeks March trial date for Trump and 18 others in election case

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor in Atlanta who obtained an indictment this week against former President Donald Trump and 18 others wants to take the case to trial in March.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in a proposed scheduling order filed with the court Wednesday that she wants the trial to start on March 4. That would have the trial starting a day before Super Tuesday, when the most delegates are at stake in the primary contest to decide the next Republican presidential nominee. Roughly 14 primaries are set to be held across the country, from California and Texas to Massachusetts and Maine.Willis is also proposing that arraignments for the defendants happen the week of Sept. 5.Trump and 18 others were indicted Monday by a Fulton County grand jury. They are accused of committing various crimes as part of a scheme to keep Trump in power after his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.Trump’s Georgia-based legal team did not immediately respond to a text mes...

South Carolina to retire No. 25 jersey of two-time SEC player of the year Tiffany Mitchell

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will retire the No. 25 jersey of two-time Southeastern Conference player of the year Tiffany Mitchell. The 5-foot-10 Mitchell, from Charlotte, N.C., will be honored Nov. 12 prior to tipoff of the Gamecocks home game against Maryland, the school announced Wednesday. Mitchell played at South Carolina from 2012 through 2016 and helped the program to its first Final Four in 2015. Mitchell was voted the SEC’s top player in 2014 and 2015. She said in a statement she was “honored, humbled and blessed” with the jersey retirement. “Being a part of the foundation and trusting the process with Coach (Dawn) Staley when I was in high school and knowing that I’m laying that foundation for the players after me means a lot to me,” Mitchell continued. Mitchell was a first-round WNBA draft pick in 2016 and played seven seasons with the Indiana Fever before moving to Minnesota this year. “Coaching players like Tiffany is one of my greatest rewards,” Sta...

Former Brazilian military police officer convicted in 2015 deaths arrested in New Hampshire

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — A former military police officer who was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for his part in a 2015 Brazilian massacre has been arrested in New Hampshire, immigration officials said. Antônio José de Abreu Vidal Filho, 29, became the subject of an active Interpol Red Notice issued by the international criminal police organization after he was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced in June to nearly 276 years in prison, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations office based in Boston said in a news release Wednesday.He was arrested Monday in Rye, New Hampshire and will remain in custody pending a hearing before a federal immigration judge. No further details were provided on how he was tracked to New Hampshire or his activities there. Vidal Filho was convicted by a criminal court in Brazil, along with three other military police officers, for the slaying of 11 people, three attempted homicides and torture ...

Evacuations ordered after winds whip Northern California wildfire near site of 2022 deadly blaze

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said.The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 20 fires — most of them tiny — that erupted in the Klamath National Forest as thunderstorms brought lightning and downdrafts that drove the flames through timber and rural lands.“This has been a fire that has moved extremely quickly,” Forest Supervisor Rachel Smith told The Associated Press. “Just in a matter of a couple of minutes yesterday afternoon the fire grew from just 50 acres (20.2 hectares) to nearly 1,500 acres (607 hectares). This is the kind of growth that historically we have not experienced on our forest prior to the last couple of years.”An overflight late Tuesday measured the fire at 4.2 square miles (10.8 square kilometers), slightly smaller th...

Así llamaba Trump a López Obrador, según un exfuncionario mexicano

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

WASHINGTON – El expresidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, solía referirse al actual mandatario de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, como “Juan Trump”, por las similitudes entre ambos, reveló este miércoles el exsecretario mexicano de Economía, Ildefonso Guajardo.Guajardo lideró la delegación del gobierno del expresidente mexicano Enrique Peña Nieto, junto con el entonces canciller, Luis Videgaray, que negoció con la administración de Trump el nuevo tratado de libre comercio T-MEC, unas conversaciones que se alargaron incluso cuando López Obrador ya era presidente electo.“Cuando visitábamos de vez en cuando Washington para las negociaciones, el presidente Trump nos saludaba en su oficina, a Luis Videgaray y a mí, ¿y saben cómo se refería al actual presidente Andrés? Solía preguntarnos, ¿cómo está Juan Trump?’”, explicó Guajardo en una charla en el centro de ideas Wilson Center, en Washington.Según Guajardo, Trump utilizaba este mote para Lóp...

Fort Lauderdale Police employee arrested, charged in killing of woman in Coral Springs

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

A Fort Lauderdale Police employee has been arrested after, investigators said, he shot and killed a woman in a Coral Springs home. Chase Harder, 21, was hired as a detention officer by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in 2022. Detectives are calling the fatal shooting a domestic incident. According to officials, their investigation began around 10 p.m. Tuesday after calls about a shooting near the 9200 block of Ramblewood Drive. The police department notified the public to avoid the area in a tweet. Police said the gunman, later identified as Harder, was seen carrying a young child over his shoulder as he left an apartment and took off in an SUV.Investigators said the suspect dropped the child off at the home of the child’s biological father at around 11 p.m., then turned himself in at the Coral Springs Police station. Jason, a nearby neighbor, said he heard at least five gunshots that kept them from going to sleep. “It was one gunshot and it was about a five-second...

Miami Beach libraries offering free water and AC escape from summer heat

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

With the summer heat setting new records, the City of Miami Beach has rolled out a cooling initiative for residents and visitors alike. Offering relief from the sweltering temperatures, the city encourages people to take advantage of the air-conditioned comfort at any of its three library branches while enjoying a complimentary bottle of Proud Source Water. The offer will be available on days when the National Weather Service issues an Excessive Heat Warning for Miami-Dade County.The cooling break is due in part to a partnership between the Miami-Dade Public Library System and PepsiCo Beverages North America and their recent 10-year plastic-free pouring rights agreement, which aims to provide a free aluminum, reusable bottle of Proud Source Water to library patrons.“These unprecedented temperatures that we’ve been experiencing can result in illness or death, particularly in our most vulnerable populations,” said Miami Beach Commissioner Alex Fernandez. “We want to thank PBNA and Pro...

Lionel Richie apologizes after last-minute concert cancellation: ‘I tried to bribe the pilot’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:19 GMT

(CNN) — Lionel Richie performed on Monday after he had to cancel a concert at the last-minute over the weekend.The singer was forced to postpone a scheduled New York City concert with Earth, Wind, & Fire at Madison Square Garden on Saturday an hour after the show was supposed to begin. He then announced it would take place on Monday night instead.The Grammy winner explained the cancellation was due to poor weather conditions.“I had two ‘no’s’ to come at the same time,” Richie said. “And when those two decided it’s a no — when God says no and when the pilot says no, the answer …” Richie explained on stage Monday in video shared by concertgoers. “I tried to bribe the pilot. And the pilot said, ‘I do want to see my wife tomorrow.’ So tonight we are going to make up for that. I apologize for that a thousand times.”He had also posted to X, (formerly Twitter) to make the announcement.“Due to severe weather and being unable to land in the NY and surrounding areas, I’m un...