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Prosecutors seek death penalty in Idaho slayings

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

By Rebecca Boone | Associated PressBOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year.Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, university campus last November. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson filed the notice of his intent to seek the death penalty in court on Monday.A not-guilty plea was entered in the case on Kohberger’s behalf earlier this year. A hearing in the case is scheduled for Tuesday.The bodies of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found on Nov. 13, 2022, at a rental home across the street from the University of Idaho campus. The slayings shocked the rural Idaho community and neighboring Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University.Police released few details about th...

Scorching temps in Texas expected to spread north, east

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

By Ken Miller | Associated PressScorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand during the coming week, putting even more people at risk.“Going forward, that heat is going to expand … north to Kansas City and the entire state of Oklahoma, into the Mississippi Valley … to the far western Florida Panhandle and parts of western Alabama,” while remaining over Texas, said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service.Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) are forecast in parts of western Texas on Monday and relief is not expected before the Fourth of July holiday, Oravec said.WHAT IS A HEAT DOME?A heat dome occurs when stationary high pressure with warm air combines with warmer than usual air in the Gulf of Mexico and heat from the sun that is nearly directly overhead, Texas State Cli...

Opinion: Warriors need to part ways with Draymond Green

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

Editor’s note: This story is part of the annual Mosaic Journalism Workshop for Bay Area high school students, a two-week intensive course in journalism. Students in the program report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.Draymond Green’s time with the Warriors is up. He was the heart and soul of this team, anchoring Golden State’s defense for years, but times have changed. His antics on and off the court have squandered the Warriors’ chances again and again. He has simply crossed the line.Don’t get me wrong, Green deserves immense love and credit for everything he has done for the Warriors during their dominant dynasty over the past decade. He was the engine that kept the team going, part of the Big Three along with Steph and Klay.However, he has hurt the Warriors’ chances to win on numerous occasions. Let’s start with the 2016 NBA Finals. After a record-setting 73-9 season and overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the Western Conference finals, the Warriors s...

Letters: Re-register copter | Edwards’ challenge | Tax industry | Trump’s arrogance | Don’t pardon | Good works | Stats fail

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Sheriff’s departmentshould re-register copterI see in the ad for the upcoming Stars & Strides that the Sheriff’s Department helicopter still bears the initials and birthday of Laurie Smith, the disgraced ex-sheriff.I urge Sheriff Bob Jonsen to re-register the aircraft to N409PB, the badge number and initials of Deputy Paul Bush. Paul was killed in the line of duty in 1990, yet the county of Santa Clara has never done anything to formally recognize his sacrifice.I know that I am joined in this by Paul’s fellow friends and colleagues. Let’s recognize someone who deserves to be honored rather than a self-indulgent politician who personalized a piece of publicly owned property.Ted AtlasSanta Clara County Sheriff’s Dept., Sergeant (Ret.)CampbellEdwards will overcomehis latest challengeRe: “His biggest fight” (Page C1, June 18).I was saddened to see that Harry Edwards is fighting bo...

Pedestrian killed while trying to cross I-580 Monday morning

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

(BCN) -- A pedestrian was killed Monday morning after running onto Interstate Highway 580 in the unincorporated Alameda County community of Ashland, according to the California Highway Patrol. These Bay Area cities could see 90-plus degree temps this week The person, whose name wasn't released, was reportedly trying to cross the highway east of 167th Avenue when they were hit by a vehicle at about 9:35 a.m. in the westbound lanes. The driver stopped and is cooperating with investigators, according to the CHP. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Information Warfare Was Key to Prigozhin's Mutiny Against Putin

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

Long before he plunged Russia into its most significant political crisis in three decades, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin caterer turned mercenary warlord and then mutineer, had built a profitable empire interfering in the politics and crises of countries around the world.Prigozhin’s sprawling businesses include not only the Wagner mercenary group that became a household name when it joined Russian forces in Ukraine — before launching an armed insurrection against Moscow last week — but also an online army that has fought wars over information from Sudan to the United States, where Prigozhin remains under federal indictment over his alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.“The misinformation piece is a huge part of the narrative,” Raphael Parens, a fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program who has long researched Prigozhin and Wagner, told The Intercept. He added that influencing public discourse is one of Wagner’s “top tools.”P...

Putin y Prigozhin rompen el silencio tras la rebelión que sume a Rusia en la incertidumbre

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, y el jefe de Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, rompieron su silencio tras la breve y caótica insurrección del grupo mercenario este fin de semana, que sumió al país en la incertidumbre. Una serie de hechos que Putin describió como “traición” al país.Última hora y noticias en vivo de la guerra de Rusia en UcraniaEn un breve discurso a la nación, Putin dijo que los combatientes de Wagner tomaron la “decisión correcta” al detener su avance, y añadió que la “rebelión armada habría sido reprimida de todos modos”.Esas fuerzas tendrían ahora la oportunidad de firmar un contrato con el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia “u otras agencias de seguridad, o de regresar con su familia y amigos”, dijo. Añadió que los combatientes también podrían optar por ir a Belarús, adonde se espera que vaya Prigozhin tras un acuerdo aparentemente mediado por el presidente de ese país, Alexander Lukashenko.ANÁLISIS | ¿Có...

Memphis Grizzlies exercise option on Xavier Tillman Sr.

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies have exercised their contract option on Xavier Tillman Sr. for next season, the team announced Monday.The 24-year-old forward/center has averaged 6.2 points and 4.2 rebounds over 173 games in three seasons with Memphis. He averaged 7.0 points and 5.0 rebounds, both career bests, last season.Tillman was a second-round pick out of Michigan State in 2020.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Kingston Heath to get next Presidents Cup in Australia

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Presidents Cup is headed Down Under for the fourth time, this time to Kingston Heath for the 2028 matches.Kingston Heath is among the more popular golf courses on the fabled sand belt in Melbourne that has hosted several events, none more highly charged than Tiger Woods winning the Australian Masters in 2009. The tournament attracted some 25,000 fans each day.Gary Player won the Australian Open there in 1970, while Karrie Webb won at Kingston Heath in the 2008 Women’s Australian Open. It most recently hosted the Australian Open last December for both men and women, a championship in which half the field played at nearby Victoria.The PGA Tour announced the deal Tuesday morning in Australia. It is part of a commitment with Visit Victoria to bring the Presidents Cup to Melbourne in 2028 and 2040.Royal Melbourne hosted the Presidents Cup the previous three times. It was the site of the International team’s only victory in 1998, with the Americ...

Club Q shooting victim after sentencing: 'It’s a weight off my shoulders'

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:51:30 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- Emotions ran high in the arraignment Monday of the Club Q shooter in Colorado Springs.Many of the victims' families and survivors gave victim impact statements.Anderson Aldrich will never leave prison after they were sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murder charges, as well as an additional 2,208 years for attempted murder.Survivor Michael Anderson was bartending the night of the shooting and gave a victim impact statement Monday. Judge sentences Club Q shooter with 5 life terms “My initial reaction, it’s a weight off my shoulders. A huge sigh of relief to know that we can get justice and it won’t take years and a jury trial and going on the witness stand and reliving this for years to come,” Anderson said.A plea agreement was reached before Monday’s hearing.After pleading guilty, family members of those who were killed talked about the impact the murder had on their lives.The mother and father of Daniel A...