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California man accused of smuggling endangered Pakistani sheep trophy into the U.S.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

(KTXL) -- A Galt man is facing a possible 20-year sentence for working with a Pakistani individual to smuggle into the United States a Ladakh urial, an endangered sheep, according to the Department of Justice. Jason Keith Bruce, 49, of Galt and Pir Danish Ali, 43, of Pakistan, face charges of conspiracy to violate the Endangered Species Act, to make false statements and to smuggle goods into the United States, the DOJ said in a news release Friday after Bruce's arrest. Bruce is also charged with smuggling and violating the Endangered Species Act. Bay Area storm cleanup: Roads closed for cleanup ahead of next storm According to the DOJ, Bruce, a big game hunter, met Ali, the CEO of a hunting outfitter and guide company based in Pakistan. In February 2016, the two men allegedly began to draw up plans to hunt a Ladakh urial, an endangered wild sheep, in Pakistan, and bring back to the United States the resulting "trophy," the whole animal or part of the animal that is prepared for d...

SFPD searches for an at-risk man missing for 4 days

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Police Department is searching for a missing 77-year-old man who is considered at risk due to his age, according to SFPD officials. He was last seen at his home on the 2100 block of 22nd Avenue on Monday around 9:30 p.m., officials said.Boon Kwa is described as an Asian man, about five feet, three inches, 120 pounds and bald with brown eyes. ‘My heart is crushed’: JV’s wife releases heartbreaking statement Anyone who locates Mr. Kwa should call 911 and report his current location and physicaldescription. Anyone with information on his possible whereabouts should call the SFPD Tip Lineat 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD. You mayremain anonymous.

2 dead in Missouri flash flood; tornado threat in the South

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

DECATUR, Texas (AP) — Two people died early Friday in Missouri when a car was swept away during torrential rains that were part of a severe weather system roaring across parts of the Midwest and South.The accident happened just after midnight in a sparsely populated area of southwestern Missouri. Authorities said six young adults were in the vehicle that was swept away as the car tried to cross a bridge over a flooded creek in the town of Grovespring.Four of the six made it out of the water. But the body of Devon Holt, 20, of Grovespring, was found at 3:30 a.m., and the body of Alexander Roman-Ranelli, 19, of Springfield, was recovered about six hours later, Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Thomas Young said.The driver told authorities that torrential rains made it difficult to see that water from a creek had covered the bridge, Young said.Meanwhile, the search continued in another southwestern Missouri county for a woman who was missing after flash flooding from a small river was...

March Madness: Low-cut sneakers gain traction on court

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The squeaks from the sneakers on the court sound the same. But these are far from your classic Chuck Taylors or vintage Air Jordans. Or any version of high tops at all.The iconic shoe designed to extend slightly over the ankle has pretty much fallen out of favor in the lanes across basketball.Glance down at the footwear the players are lacing up for March Madness and many are wearing a version of a low-top sneaker (with the occasional mid-cut throw in). It’s a way to put their fastest, most comfortable, foot forward, especially since studies are inconclusive on whether high tops actually do what they were intended to do — prevent sprained ankles. As Colorado guard Kindyll Wetta points out, “we get our ankles taped anyway, so I don’t feel like I need the extra high-top support.”There’s also fashion to consider and “low tops,” TCU guard Damion Baugh said, “just look better.” High tops had been a familiar sight since the dawn of Converse’s Chuck Taylors ...

Review: Lana Del Rey’s ‘Ocean Blvd’ is an intimate epic

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

“Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” by Lana Del Rey (Interscope Records)Lana Del Rey is a complicated, enigmatic pop star — since the height of her breakout album, “Born to Die,” the singer has been labeled one of the best songwriters of her generation. Her songs tell stories of dark, wistful American glamour, yearning for a dangerous time in our history with glimmers of red-hot, toxic infidelity-riddled romances and an audaciously psychedelic allure.“Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” is the next mega storytelling adventure for the singer-songwriter — she cuts deep into her fears, future and family instead of longing for things that aren’t hers to dream about. This time, she’s enduring the human experience in the real world — not a pretend one.The lengthy, 16-song album explores themes of spirituality with religious undertones featuring gospel singers in “The Grants” and an interlude with Pastor Judah Smith, the leader of...

Grains, Livestock higher

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

Wheat for May advanced 26.50 cents at $6.8850 a bushel; May corn gained 11.25 cents at $6.43 a bushel, May oats was up 7 cents at $3.6850 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 8.75 cents at $14.2825 a bushel.Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Apr. live cattle rose .85 cent at $1.63 a pound; Mar. cattle was up .63 cent at $1.8965 a pound; while Apr. lean hogs gained 1.42 cents at $.7717 a pound.Source

Ford’s Tenn. plant could make 500K electric pickups a year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

STANTON, Tenn. (AP) — Ford said Friday that its assembly plant under construction in western Tennessee will be able to build up to 500,000 electric pickup trucks a year at full output, part of the automaker’s drive to produce 2 million electric vehicles worldwide annually by late 2026.The company made the announcement as it provided updates on the so-called BlueOval City project at an event attended by Ford executives, project leaders, politicians and residents who live near the sprawling Tennessee site.The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker announced the project in September of 2021 that would build the truck plant and a battery factory on 3,600 acres (1,460-hectares) in rural Stanton, located in Haywood County northeast of Memphis. Known as the Memphis Regional Megasite, the land designated by the state for industrial development sat unused for years before Ford moved in. Ford’s assembly plant, and the battery plant run by South Korean battery maker SK On, will employ about 6,000...

New this week: ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Tetris,’ ‘Riverdale’ and Chlöe

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.MOVIES— Romantic comedy fans would do well to make an evening around “Rye Lane,” a Sundance Film Festival breakout that arrives on Hulu on Friday, March 31. The 80-minute charmer follows 20-somethings Dom (“Industry’s” David Jonsson), sensitive and a little uptight, and Yas (Vivian Oparah), a lively free spirit, on one eventful day in South London. When they meet, they are strangers who are reeling from bad breakups and appear to be polar opposites. The feature debut of director Raine Allen-Miller and writers Tom Melia and Nathan Byron, “Rye Lane” has garnered comparisons to Richard Curtis in his heyday and had critics singing about Jonsson and Oparah’s terrific chemistry its freshness.— “Tetris,” a new film coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, March 31, explores the wild origin story of how one of the most popular video g...

Hundreds of students, teachers gather outside state Capitol

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A crowd of people - many of them students and teachers - gathered outside the state Capitol on Friday to rally against gun violence.Footage from SkyFOX showed hundreds of people outside of the Capitol. The rally came two days after a shooting at East High School injured two faculty members. The 17-year-old suspect in that shooting was found dead near a car he had driven to Bailey. East High shooting suspect killed himself with ghost gun, failed prior diversion program Denver Public Schools were closed Friday for what the Board of Education said would be a "mental health day" after the shooting at East High.This was the second day in a row that protests were carried out at the Capitol. Students from East High filled the halls Thursday to call for policy changes.There are three gun bills that have been proposed in the legislature this session. One bill that would raise the minimum age to buy a gun to 21 made its way one step closer to becoming law Monday, passing a ...

Students at Denver Academy of Torah learn life-saving skills

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- While safety is at the top of everyone's mind, one school is equipping students with life-saving skills.On Friday, students at the Denver Academy of Torah learned CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. The training came from certified EMTs with the Jewish organization NCSY. There's also a summer program called NCSY Rescue where students can get real-life experience on an ambulance. Learning CPR could help save a life, survivor says "I think it's really incredible to have the opportunity to be taught these things, so that when we are in situations like we can stand up take a deep breath and go out and help," Hunter Frank, a student at the school, said.The event was organized by Rabbi Yonatan Nuszen with Denver NCSY. He said it's important for students to get the skills early on."There's a lot of unfortunate circumstances where people are showing hatred in many different ways, and to be able to educate the kids as to what to do in god forbid such a terrible situation is a v...