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Police investigating after three cars, items stolen in Pelham, N.H.

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

Three vehicles were stolen overnight in Pelham, New Hampshire, and “numerous additional vehicles” had missing items, police announced Sunday morning.Pelham police said that all the vehicles that were stolen had the keys in them, and the vehicle that had been gone through and had items stolen were unlocked.The thefts were around the neighborhoods of Leonard Drive, Grouse Run, Loretta Ave, Fletcher Drive, Birch Lane and Deer Hill Circle.The three stolen cars are a blue 2018 Hyundai Genesis, a black 2013 Honda Accord and a black 2021 Dodge Durango with red racing stripes.Anyone with any information is asked to contact Pelham detectives at (603)635-2411 ext. 3026.

Lynn man charged with drug trafficking after selling to undercover deputy

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

A Lynn man was charged with drug trafficking after selling cocaine to an undercover deputy, officials announced Sunday.Joseph Yves Frejuste, 31, was arrested Friday night after an undercover Middlesex Sheriff’s deputy bought $80 worth of cocaine from him in the area of Andover Street in Tewksbury. Tewksbury police and the Middlesex Sheriff’s Department found two types of white powdery substances, a kilogram of marijuana, a scale and other drug paraphernalia when they searched the suspect.Frejuste will be arraigned Monday in Lowell District Court.

Jumping allowed from the Ocean Beach pier during this event

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Jumping from the Ocean Beach Pier will be allowed during a select timeframe on Monday as part of a fundraiser. The Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego and the San Diego Junior Lifeguards are inviting the public to join them for the annual SDJG Pier Jump.With a minimum donation of $150, those brave enough to leap into the waters will be given a ticket to jump from the OB Pier. This is the only time this is allowed. Marine expert discusses shark sighting in North County Proceeds from this event will benefit the foundation's efforts to provide SDJG scholarships and free swimming lessons for underserved youth in San Diego. Event organizers say space is limited to the first 100 people for each jump session with the first session taking place from 8 a.m. to noon and the second session happening between noon and 3 p.m.Jumpers must be at least 18 years of age and will be required to wear fins as well as attend a safety lecture prior to the pier jump. It is recommen...

New museum in Alabama tells history of last known slave ship to US and its survivors

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the vessel arrived in Alabama’s Mobile Bay.Ceremonies dedicating the $1.3 million Africatown Heritage House and “Clotilda: The Exhibition” took place Friday and Saturday in Mobile. The exhibit tells about the ship, its survivors and how they founded Africatown community in Mobile after they were freed from five years of slavery following the Civil War.The Clotilda departed Alabama in 1860, more than 50 years after Congress outlawed the importation of additional enslaved people, on a clandestine trip funded by Timothy Meaher, whose descendants still own millions of dollars worth of land around Mobile.The Clotilda illegally transported 110 captive people from what is now the west African nation of Benin to Alabama. The captain, William Foster, transferred women, men and children off the Cl...

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.Judge Caroline Wall on Friday dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit trying to force the city and others to make recompense for the destruction of the once-thriving Black district known as Greenwood.The order comes in a case by three survivors of the attack, who are all now over 100 years old and sued in 2020 with the hope of seeing what their attorney called “justice in their lifetime.”Spokespersons for the city of Tulsa and a lawyer for the survivors — Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis — did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday. Wall, a Tulsa County District Court, wrote in a brief order that she was tossing the case based on arguments from the city, regional chamber of commerce and other state and local government agencies. She’d...

Blue Jays reliever Jordan Romano added to MLB All-Star game

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jordan Romano has been added to the American League roster of the MLB All-Star Game, per Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith.Jordan Romano added to AL All Star team #BlueJays— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) July 9, 2023Romano will replace Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros. Astros manager Dusty Baker told media Sunday morning that Valdez would not be pitching.This season, Romano has a 4-4 record with an ERA of 2.95, 47 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.15 and four saves in his last seven games.He will join Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Whit Merrifield representing the Blue Jays at the All-Star Game.Pitcher Kevin Gausman was named to the starting pitcher roster for the game, but will not be attending in order to spend the week with his family.

1 man arrested, 1 sought in connection with Kansas nightclub shooting

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a mass shooting a week ago inside a Kansas nightclub, and police have identified a second man being sought.Wichita police arrested the man Friday as a suspect in the shooting on July 2 at City Nightz in downtown Wichita. Nine people suffered gunshot wounds and two others were trampled in the chaos that followed the 1 a.m. shooting. No one died.It wasn’t immediately clear if the man has been charged. Police on Saturday also asked for the public’s assistance in finding a 23-year-old man they believe is connected to the shooting.A St. Louis-area man was arrested July 3, but prosecutors later determined he fired his gun acting in self-defense after shots were fired by two other men at the club.The gunshot victims — seven men and two women — ranged in age from 22 to 34, police said. The two people trampled were a 30-year-old woman and a 31-year-old male.Wichita is a city of nearly 400,000 people, located ...

UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital of Khartoum.Guterres warned late Saturday that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region, according to Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the U.N. chief.Sudan descended into chaos after months of tension between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and his rival, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in mid-April.Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim said last month that the clashes have killed over 3,000 people and wounded over 6,000 others. The death tally, however, is highly likely to be much higher, he said. More than 2.9 million people have fled their homes to safer areas inside Sudan or crossed into neighboring countries, according to U.N. fi...

1 dead, 15 injured after SUV traveling wrong way collides with Chicago bus

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — An SUV traveling the wrong way along a Chicago lakefront road collided with a city bus Sunday morning, killing one of the SUV’s passengers and injuring 15 other people, authorities said.A man was driving a Dodge Journey south along northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive when it crashed into a Chicago Transit Authority bus about 6 a.m. near the city’s Kenwood neighborhood, police said.A female passenger in the SUV, which caught fire after the crash, was pronounced dead at a hospital, while the SUV’s driver and another female passenger were taken to hospitals in critical condition, police said.Chicago fire officials said the driver of the bus and 12 passengers were taken to area hospitals in good condition, WLS-TV reported. Seven other people refused treatment at the scene, fire officials said.The Associated Press

The FDA is being asked to look into viral energy drink that has the caffeine of 6 Coke cans

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:38:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — An influencer-backed energy drink that has earned viral popularity among children is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine.On Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate PRIME, a beverage brand founded by the YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI that has become something of an obsession among the influencers’ legions of young followers.“One of the summer’s hottest status symbols for kids is not an outfit, or a toy—it’s a beverage,” said Schumer, a Democrat from New York. “But buyer and parents beware because it’s a serious health concern for the kids it so feverishly targets."Backed by two of YouTube’s best-known stars, PRIME was an immediate sensation when it launched last year, prompting long lines in grocery stores and reports of schoolyard resale markets. Girl, 14, found at California Marine base two weeks after being reported missing Advertising itself as zero ...