Owner of SF ice cream shop says vandalism incident being investigated as 'hate crime'
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The owner of a San Francisco ice cream shop that was vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti last week said the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. Smitten Ice Cream in SF's Mission District was vandalized and graffitied last Wednesday.The front windows of the shop were shattered and the shop was vandalized for "unknown reasons," the San Francisco Police Department said at the time. However, according to a report in Mission Local, the vandalism included graffiti that read "FREE PALESTIEN," with a misspelling of "Palestine.""The graffiti suggests that the shop was targeted because I am Jewish," wrote Smitten owner Robyn Sue Fisher in a post on Instagram, "and it is currently being investigated by authorities as a hate crime." Body found in suitcase floating in Lake Merritt Tuesday "When I learned what happened at the store and saw the shattered and graffitied glass, I initially felt only fear and deep sadness," wrote Fisher, who had initially ca...Third division Port Vale advances to English League Cup quarterfinals
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — While Premier League giants Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal do not yet know if they will advance to the quarterfinals of the English League Cup, third-division Port Vale has already secured its place in the next round.The Midlands-based team has never played higher than the second tier of English soccer and has never won one of its major trophies.But it could be rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest teams in the land in the last eight of the cup after a 1-0 win against Mansfield on Tuesday. Alfie Devine’s goal five minutes into the second half at One Call Stadium ended fourth-division Mansfield’s own hopes of a potential quarterfinals matchup against top-flight opposition.Port Vale will not be the only team from outside the Premier League in the next round after Middlesbrough came back to beat third-division Exeter 3-2.Middlesbrough won the League Cup in 2004 and is hoping to secure promotion to the Premier League this season unde...Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns from US to Peru to serve the remainder of a sentence in separate murder
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns from US to Peru to serve the remainder of a sentence in separate murder.SourceMiles de personas huyen del incendio de Highland en California, mientras los vientos de Santa Ana avivan las llamas
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
(CNN) — Un incendio forestal en el condado de Riverside, California, se extendió en tamaño debido a los vientos cálidos y secos de Santa Ana. Las llamas calcinaron múltiples estructuras y obligaron a miles de personas a abandonar sus hogares.Cuando el incendio, llamado Highland, se reportó por primera vez este lunes a las 12:37 p.m., hora del Pacífico (3:27 p.m., hora de Miami), cerca de Aguanga, California, cubría apenas 5 hectáreas. Siete horas más tarde, el incendio consumía más de 485 hectáreas, según el Departamento Forestal y de Protección contra Incendios de California, Cal Fire.A primera hora de la mañana del martes, el incendio de Highland había calcinado 890 hectáreas y estaba contenido al 0%, informó la agencia. Sus llamas destruyeron al menos tres estructuras y dañado otras seis.Las órdenes de evacuación se emitieron por primera vez en la tarde de este lunes, pero se ampliaron rápidamente horas después y de nuevo el martes por la mañana.Más de 1.100 hogares fueron...Games 2 and 3 of the World Series were the least-viewed in recorded Fall Classic history
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
The fears of this year’s World Series between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks becoming the least-viewed Fall Classic in TV history are becoming a reality.Games 2 and 3 are the least-watched on record according to Nielsen. Monday’s 3-1 victory by the Rangers averaged 8.13 million on Fox, according to fast national figures. Saturday’s 9-1 Diamondbacks’ win averaged 8.15 million. Before this year, the least-watched World Series game was Game 3 in 2020 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, which averaged 8.34 million.Game 1 was also the least-watched World Series opener recorded. The three-game average of 8.48 million is on pace to become the least-viewed Series ever, fewer than the 9.79 million in 2020 that watched the Dodgers beat the Rays in six games.Last year’s series — when the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games — had an 11.76 million average.Game 3 went up against “Monday Night Football” for the first time since 2...Bruins’ McAvoy suspended 4 games for an illegal check to the head of Panthers’ Ekman-Larsson
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended four games by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson.The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Tuesday, saying after a disciplinary hearing that McAvoy made Ekman-Larsson’s head the principle point of content on a hit in which head contact was avoidable.McAvoy hit Ekman-Larsson in the head with his left shoulder midway through the third period of the teams’ game Monday night. McAvoy was ejected with a match penalty, and Ekman-Larsson did not return after leaving the ice.The Panthers also took issue with a hit that McAvoy delivered on Carter Verhaeghe in the first period. Asked after the game what his view of the hit to Ekman-Larsson was, Florida coach Paul Maurice said, “I thought it was exactly like the hit on Verhaeghe in the first.”McAvoy scored the tying goal about two minutes before the hit on Ekman-Larsson.It’s McAvoy’s second NHL suspension ...Israel-Hamas conflict: Has Israel’s war in Gaza expanded beyond Hamas?
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's J.J. Green speaks with Fadi Mansour, Washington correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Israel’s attack on the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in Northern Gaza killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.Fadi Mansour, Washington correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, spoke with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green on the day before the attack, saying that the number o...Trayectoria de la tormenta tropical Pilar: a dónde se dirige y qué países y estados amenaza
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
(CNN Español) — La tormenta tropical Pilar se mantiene la tarde de este martes frente a las costas de El Salvador y se esperan lluvias, vientos y oleaje para esa zona, incluidos algunos estados de México, según la actualización más reciente del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) mexicano.Por su ubicación, países como Guatemala y El Salvador también se ven afectados por esta tormenta.En ese sentido, fue la propia Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador quien declaró la emergencia nacional ante el riesgo de inundaciones y derrumbes que podría causar la tormenta tropical Pilar.Hasta el aviso más reciente emitido por el SMN la tarde de este martes, la tormenta tropical Pilar se encontraba a 260 kilómetros al sur de San Salvador, El Salvador, y a 445 km al sureste de la desembocadura del Río Suchiate (frontera entre México y Guatemala).Pilar tiene vientos máximos sostenidos de 85 km/h con rachas de hasta 100 km/h y desplazamiento hacia el este-noreste a 6 km/h.La tormenta podría est...Sheriff: Man who spurred chase from Loudoun Co. to Tysons was driving stolen Hummer that had been painted a different color
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
The man who authorities said led police and deputies on a chase through two Northern Virginia counties while driving a stolen Hummer has been identified.Joseph C. Daniel, 44, of Leesburg, was arrested in the Tysons Corner area Monday, after a chase that started in Ashburn. He faces charges in both Fairfax and Loudoun counties related to the pursuit.The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said that deputies showed up to a reported “abduction in progress” just before 2 p.m. Monday.Daniel, in the Hummer, drove northbound on the Loudoun County Parkway and ignored commands and signals to pull over.The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said in an update Tuesday that the Hummer was reported stolen in Chantilly last March and had been repainted from its original green color to black.Daniel ended up on Interstate 495 by Tysons Boulevard, with officers from Virginia State police and Fairfax County on his tail.Helicopter footage, released by Fairfax County police on Tuesday, ...Man arrested after alleged road rage incident in Wheat Ridge
Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:33:12 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) -- A man was arrested for a road rage incident in Wheat Ridge on Monday where he allegedly drove up to a vehicle and fired a gun three times.Police said the incident started on Kipling Street at around 10:10 p.m.A couple called 911 and said a silver Ford truck drove up next to them and they heard three loud gunshots. An officer spotted a truck that matched the description on Colfax Avenue and Kipling Street.Wheat Ridge police said a traffic stop was made at the intersection of Colfax and Balsam Street with the help of the Lakewood Police Department. These 11 Colorado cities are growing, but these 3 are shrinking Three men in the truck handed themselves over to police without incident 18 minutes after the initial 911 call. Two handguns were found in the truck, including one with three rounds missing. According to police, the men initially denied any knowledge of the incident.However, police said after testing for gunshot residue, 21-year-old Christopher Apocada admitt...Latest news
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