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Prosecutors in Gilgo Beach killings are giving Rex Heuermann’s defense a vast trove of evidence

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Weeks after charging a Long Island architect in a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders, prosecutors said Tuesday that they’ve begun providing his lawyer with reams of evidence including autopsy findings, DNA reports and crime scene photos.Suffolk County prosecutors said at a brief court hearing that they’ve given Rex Heuermann’s lawyer at least 8 terabytes of material — equivalent to about 2,500 pages of records, along with about 100 hours of surveillance video recorded outside Heuermann’s home and office prior to his July 13 arrest. District Attorney Ray Tierney said that’s a fraction of the evidence amassed since the bodies of four women were found buried along a remote beach highway in 2010 and 2011. More evidence will be turned over on a rolling basis, he said. This kind of evidence sharing, called discovery, is routine in criminal cases and is intended to help ensure a fair trial.“You’re talking about 13 years of inv...

Cyberattack on B.C. health websites may have taken workers’ personal information

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

VANCOUVER — A cyberattack on three websites hosted by the Health Employers Association of British Columbia may have seized personal information associated with 240,000 email addresses of health-care workers. Michael McMillian, CEO of the association, said information obtained could include social insurance numbers, email addresses, passport and licence details and other personal data. He said the affected server hosted websites for Health Match BC, the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry, and the Locums for Rural BC program.“I sincerely regret that this event happened,” he said during a news conference on Tuesday. McMillian said they’ll be reaching out to everyone whose information may have been compromised and will offer them two years of monitoring by the credit agency Equifax. Investigators cannot “conclusively determine” which information may have been stolen but caution demanded that they assume all information on the affected server had been compromised, he said,...

Trump has now been indicted for a 3rd time. Here’s where all the investigations stand

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has now been indicted for the third time, with the former president being charged Tuesday in Washington over his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.The federal investigation is the latest criminal case for Trump as he runs for the White House in 2024.Special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump in the election case, has also charged Trump in federal court with the illegal retention of top secret documents. In New York, Trump faces criminal charges in a hush money case and a civil trial over his business practices. And in Georgia, a county district attorney is expected to announce charging decisions in August over efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.Trump, a Republican, has denied any wrongdoing and says he is being targeted by Democrats trying to keep him from reclaiming the presidency.Here’s a look at some of the other top probes against the former president:CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASETrump ...

Helicopter crashes near South Carolina airport, leaving pilot with non-life-threatening injuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A helicopter belonging to a county sheriff’s office crashed near the Charleston International Airport in South Carolina on Tuesday, prompting the airport to temporarily suspend commercial flights.The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office said on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that crews were on the scene. The pilot was the only person on the helicopter and suffered “non-life-threatening injuries,” authorities said. Charleston County Aviation Authority Executive Director Elliott Summey told WCIV-TV that the helicopter’s pilot anticipated the crash and maneuvered the aircraft to the middle of the airfield before the helicopter went down.Summey told the television station that the helicopter is “in shambles.” The airport posted on X on Tuesday afternoon to say commercial flights have been temporarily suspended “due to an ongoing incident.”“Travelers are asked to check in with their individual airlines before arriving at CH...

Astros reacquire Justin Verlander from Mets, a deal owner Jim Crane tells AP was an easy decision

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — The Astros are bringing back Justin Verlander, acquiring the three-time Cy Young Award winner from the New York Mets in a trade deadline blockbuster Tuesday, Houston owner Jim Crane told The Associated Press.The Astros are shipping outfield prospects Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford to New York. Crane said the Mets will send roughly $54 million to Houston to help pay off Verlander’s contract. The 40-year-old pitcher signed an $86.7 million, two-year deal with the Mets in December that includes a vesting option for 2025 at $35 million.“(General manager) Dana (Brown) and his team worked on it hard,” Crane told the AP. “After we looked at the numbers — it’s always tough to give up prospects, but I think they determined that it was the right move. We needed starting pitching. He’s been throwing well. And I think the other factor is they ate a lot of the contract. So it wasn’t a really hard decision. It was just would we give up enough prospects?”The underperforming Me...

Pac-12 leaders hear details of media deal, but no vote to accept terms as league future stays murky

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

With speculation swirling about the future of the Pac-12, Commissioner George Kliavkoff presented details of a long-awaited media rights deal to league stakeholders who concluded Tuesday’s meeting without voting on whether to accept the terms, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.The meeting comes just days after Colorado decided not to wait and see what Kliavkoff could deliver and announced it would re-join the Big 12 in 2024 while USC and UCLA are leaving at the same time for the Big Ten. With nine members still committed to trying to stick it out, the media rights deal could make or break the Pac-12.The person discussed the meeting with AP on the condition of anonymity because the Pac-12 is not making its internal discussion public, and gave no details about prospective network or streaming partners nor the value. ESPN reported the deal would make Apple’s online streaming service, Apple TV, the primary home of Pac-12 football games, and the t...

Prosecutor involved in Jan. 6 cases says indictment has been returned as Trump braces for charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a frantic but ultimately failed endeavor that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol.The indictment, the third criminal case brought against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024, follows a long-running federal investigation into schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the peaceful transfer of power and keep him in office despite a decisive loss to Joe Biden.The criminal case comes while Trump leads the field of Republicans vying to capture their party’s presidential nomination. It is sure to be dismissed by the former president and his supporters — and even some of his rivals — as just another politically motivated prosecution. Yet the charges stem from one of the most serious threats to American democracy in modern history.They focus on the turb...

CPD: USPS mail carrier shot on North Side

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department responded to the North Side following reports of a USPS mail carrier had been shot Tuesday evening.According to the Chicago Police Department, officers responded to a shooting on the 3200 block of North Kildare Avenue in the Kilbourn Park neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. Woman dies after road rage incident on DuSable Lake Shore Drive CPD reports that the USPS mail carrier was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time.No further information has been made available. The investigation is ongoing.Stay with WGN-TV as this story develops.

White Sox trade Jake Burger ahead of Tuesday's deadline, reports say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

CHICAGO — One of the White Sox best power hitters in the 2023 season who is also a former first round pick will be starting a new chapter of his career elsewhere this August. Per multiple reports, the first from Craig Mish of SportsGrid and the Miami Herald, infielder Jake Burger has been traded to the Marlins in exchange for Miami pitching prospect Jake Eder. The White Sox have yet to confirm the move.In the most productive season of his career, Burger is second on the White Sox with 25 homers in 88 games. He's sporting a .214 batting average with 15 doubles and a triple in a career-high 323 plate appearances. Burger was listed in the White Sox starting lineup on Tuesday as they open a three-game series against the Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington. He was slated to play second base and bat seventh.In return for Burger, the White Sox are getting the Marlins' No. 4 prospect in their system in Eder, according to MLB.com. The left-hander is currently pitching for Double-A Pensa...

3rd inmate gets 24 years for federal prison murder of child sexual abuse ring leader

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:11:02 GMT

MILAN, Mich. (AP) — A federal prison inmate was sentenced Friday to more than 24 years for killing a fellow prisoner convicted of leading a child sexual abuse ring.Alex Albert Castro, 43, of Fontana, California, was sentenced after pleading guilty in March to second-degree murder in the killing of Christian Maire, the mastermind of an international child exploitation ring.U.S. District Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey ordered the sentence to run consecutively to a 42-year sentence Castro is serving for a drug crime.Castro stabbed Maire with a shank 28 times in the head, neck and back at Milan federal prison in January 2019, court records say.Two other inmates, Jason Dale Kechego and Adam Taylor Wright, are accused of kicking and stomping Maire in the head before he was thrown down a flight of metal stairs.The detention center is on the grounds of a federal prison in Milan, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Detroit. Men are housed at the center while awaiting trial, sente...