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Gunman arrested for series of rifle shootings in East Los Angeles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

A gunman wanted for a series of rifle shootings targeting East Los Angeles residents was arrested Saturday.At least three shootings were reported from 6:20 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. as the suspect allegedly fired randomly at victims in East L.A. and Boyle Heights.One shooting took place at the intersection of 1st and Cummings Streets around 7:20 a.m. According to Los Angeles police, a masked man armed with a rifle began firing shots before fleeing the scene in his car.An hour earlier, a male victim in his 30s was shot and left critically injured while he was walking near Mission Road and Zonal Avenue. He was also shot by a suspect with a rifle who drove off after the shooting.Another victim told KTLA he narrowly escaped being shot as he spotted a man with a rifle firing off in a Boyle Heights neighborhood. The victim said a bullet struck his vehicle just as he was pulling in to work at a construction site.A search is underway for a man suspected in a series of rifle shootings targeting the ...

911 dispatch system in Oakland fails again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

(KRON) -- Issues continue to plague the city of Oakland's 911 system. After failing Thursday, the automated system failed for a second time Saturday and was down for hours. However, residents and the city's police union say the issues have been going on a lot longer than that.Adding warnings of the system's imminent collapse have been ignored. KRON4 spoke to one man who says he struggled to get through to a dispatcher when he was trying to report a dead body he found. Underground vault fire leads to explosion in SF’s Pacific Heights That man says it breaks his heart that it is this difficult to reach 911. He says it makes him sad for his city and something needs to change.There was a busy signal as Alan Liang, owner of an Oakland auto shop, tried to call 911. In September, he found a body crushed in the tow yard.He says he was placed on hold for 10 minutes. Then, he had to continue to wait."The officers didn't respond until maybe about 40 minutes later after the 911 call. So it's ...

Corea del Norte pide a la comunidad internacional que detenga el vertido de aguas residuales tratadas de Fukushima previsto por Japón

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

(CNN) — Corea del Norte pidió este domingo a la comunidad internacional que detenga el vertido de aguas residuales tratadas de Fukushima previsto por Japón, en una declaración difundida por su medio estatal KCNA.“La justa comunidad internacional no debe sentarse a observar la acción malvada, antihumanitaria y beligerante de la fuerza corrupta que intenta perturbar el hogar de la humanidad del planeta azul, y debe unirse para detenerlos y destruirlos por completo”, decía una declaración atribuida al director de asuntos exteriores del Departamento de Protección de la Tierra y el Medio Ambiente.La declaración se produce tras el informe del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) de la ONU de la semana pasada, que consideraba que el plan de Japón para verter las aguas residuales tratadas de Fukushima se ajustaba a las normas internacionales de seguridad medioambiental.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Com...

Ruiz directs Real Salt Lake to 4-0 win over Orlando City

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Pablo Ruiz had three assists as Real Salt Lake got goals from four different players in a 4-0 victory over Orlando City on Saturday night.Zac MacMath finished with four saves to earn the clean sheet for Real Salt Lake (9-7-6) as the club upped its unbeaten run in all competitions to eight straight.Orlando City (9-6-7) entered play having scored three or more goals in back-to-back matches for the first time since June of 2021.Real Salt Lake improves to 6-0-2 in its last eight matches. The club was coming off a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC. The clean sheet ended a club-record 27 regular-season matches without a shutout. Cristian Arango gave Real Salt Lake the lead for good when he took a pass from Ruiz and scored his first goal of the season in his first career match with the club. Arango tallied 30 goals over the past two seasons for Los Angeles FC. Ruiz picked up another assist in the 41st minute on defender Justen Glad’s fourth netter of the campaign to give...

Volkanovski beats Rodriguez with third-round TKO for featherweight title in UFC 290

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski re-asserted himself as the featherweight champion with a technical knockout over Yair Rodriguez at 4:19 of the third round Saturday night in UFC 290.Rodriguez was the interim champion after Volkanovski temporarily moved up to lightweight, but the Australian left little doubt who the better fighter in running his record to 26-2 in what was scheduled as a five-round bout.Former President Donald Trump, who is running for the Republican nomination in 2024, was among those in attendance. He entered the venue shortly before the main card began, walking next to UFC President Dana White and drawing roars from the T-Mobile Arena crowd. Trump shook hands with Las Vegas Raiders star defensive end Maxx Crosby, a major UFC fan who sat behind him. Jamal Murray of the NBA champion Denver Nuggets also had a floor seat.Volkanovski, a minus-390 favorite according to FanDuel Sportsbook, took Rodriguez (16-4) to the mat near the 2-minute mark of the first round an...

Galván’s PK goal lifts Rapids over Dallas 2-1 for 1st home win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Braian Galván scored on a second-half penalty kick and the Colorado Rapids won at home for the first time this season, beating FC Dallas 2-1 on Saturday night.Galván’s PK score was his first goal this season and it came in the 62nd minute for the Rapids (3-10-8), who tied but didn’t break the league record with a nine-match winless run at home to begin the season. Cincinnati went nine straight home matches without a win to begin the 2021 season.Dallas (8-9-5) has lost six straight times at Colorado after playing to a draw there in the first meeting. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the most recent team that the Rapids beat six straight times at home from 2013-16. Dallas took an early 1-0 lead when defender Sam Junqua took a pass from Alan Velasco in the 18th minute and scored his second goal of the campaign.The Rapids pulled even in the 31st minute when defender Andreas Maxsø used an assist from Connor Ronan to score his first career goal.William ...

Betts ties MLB record with 10th leadoff homer in first half to help Dodgers rout Angels 10-5

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers ended the first half of the season with a bang.All-Star Mookie Betts hit his 10th leadoff homer — tying the most in the first half in major league history — and Los Angeles homered five times for the second straight game to beat the slumping Angels 10-5 on Saturday night.“I think Mookie might be the only guy that wants to play through the break,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. The Dodgers head into the All-Star break a season-high 13 games over .500 with a record of 51-38, a half-game behind NL West-leading Arizona.“We wanted to finish strong through the first half,” Roberts said. “Once we get going again, there’s another finish line at the end of October.”The Angels dropped their season-high fifth straight to fall below .500 at 45-46. It was their 10th consecutive loss in the Freeway Series, the club’s longest-ever skid against the Dodgers. The Angels gave up 11 hits in an 11-4 loss Friday.Angels All-Star Shohei Ohtani hit his major le...

Blake Snell strikes out 11 in 6 shutout innings in the Padres’ 3-1 victory over the Mets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Blake Snell allowed only one hit and struck out 11 in six shutout innings, Matthew Batten hit a two-run shot for his first homer in the majors and the San Diego Padres beat the New York Met 3-1 on Saturday night.The Padres ended the Mets’ winning streak at six, winning for the fourth time in five games.Snell (6-7) had his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the season, all in his past six starts. He has won his last six decisions, lowering his ERA to 2.85.Josh Hader pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save of the season.The Padres took a 3-0 lead in the second inning against Mets starter David Peterson (2-7). Gary Sanchez doubled and eventually scored from third on Brandon Dixon’s sacrifice fly. Batten, who was filling in for the injured Ha-Seong Kim at second base, added his two-run homer to left field. He was called up from Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday.Peterson lasted 5-1/3 innings, giving up three runs, five hits and striking out seven.New York cut it to...

Driussi propels Austin to 4-1 victory over Minnesota United

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sebastián Driussi scored a pair of goals, the first one on a penalty kick, and Austin FC breezed to a 4-1 victory over Minnesota United on Saturday night.Diego Fagundez staked Austin (8-8-5) to a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute when he used an assist from Daniel Pereira to score for a second time this season.Driussi’s PK goal came in the 45th minute and gave Austin a 2-0 lead at halftime.Driussi stretched the lead to 3-0 six minutes into the second half. His sixth goal of the campaign came with assists from Pereira and Ethan Finlay.Defender Devin Padelford scored the first goal of his career to get Minnesota United (6-8-6) on the scoreboard in the 85th minute. The 20-year-old has played 111 minutes in four appearances this season. Hassani Dotson and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi had assists.Brad Stuver saved six shots for Austin. Clint Irwin finished with four saves in his fourth start of the regular season for Minnesota United. Minnesota United was coming off a 4...

South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:18 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant during a tense meeting in Seoul on Sunday, with protesters screaming outside the door.Rafael Mariano Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s director general, arrived in South Korea over the weekend to engage with government officials and critics and help reduce public concerns about food safety. The planned release of the Fukushima plant’s treated wastewater emerged as a major political issue in South Korea after the IAEA last week approved the Japanese discharge plans, saying the process would meet international safety standards and pose negligible environmental and health impacts.South Korea’s government has also endorsed the safety of the Japanese plans, saying that the contamination levels of water pumped out from the pla...