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Biden will head to Israel this week as Israel-Hamas war rages

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and onto Jordan Wednesday to meet with both Israeli and Arab leadership, as concerns increase that the raging Israel-Hamas war could expand into a larger regional conflict.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s travel to Israel as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire and as Israel prepares for a possible ground attack on the 141-square-mile (365-square-kilometer) territory to root out Hamas militants responsible for what U.S. and Israeli officials say was the most lethal assault against Jews since the Holocaust.Biden is looking to send the strongest message yet that the U.S. is behind Israel. His Democratic administration has pledged military support, sending U.S. carriers and aid to the region. Officials have said they would ask Congress for upward of $2 billion in additional aid for both Israel and Ukraine, which is fighting Russia’s invasion. What...

Keeler: Broncos coach Sean Payton, we’re begging you. Less Jerry Jeudy. More Marvin Mims Jr.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

The Broncos already know what they have in Jerry Jeudy: a $15 million contract and a five-cent head.A Nuke LaLoosh without a Crash Davis to set him straight. A mercurial talent who doesn’t want to be here. A first-round draft pick who hasn’t made a Pro Bowl, getting chippy on social media with a bunch of ex-Broncos who actually have.We’ve seen enough.Unless the plan is to showcase No. 10 for a trade, Sean Payton, we’re begging you here:Less Jerry. More Marvin.As in rookie Marvin Mims Jr.Remember him?Oh, right. Those Jets fumbles.So?The former Oklahoma star is averaging 19.9 yards per offensive touch for a bull junk — thank you, Coach Prime — offense. Yet Mims has touched it only 13 times — 10 catches, three runs — in six games.Related ArticlesSports Columnists | Keeler: Holy Holker! CSU Rams, Jay Norvell got what they deserved. So did dirty Boise State, which sent Kennedy McDowell to the hospital. Sports Columnists | Keeler: C...

Feds begin investigation of train derailment as long I-25 closure continues near Pueblo

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

A team of federal investigators on Monday began probing a fatal Pueblo County train derailment and bridge collapse that blocked Interstate 25 as officials sorted out who owned the 65-year-old structure and who had responsibility for its integrity.The Sunday afternoon incident sent train cars and coal falling onto the highway, killing a 60-year-old truck driver and closing I-25 indefinitely in both directions — potentially for longer than a week.It may take up to two years for investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to complete their work and release a final cause for Sunday’s derailment and bridge collapse, though an initial report should be released within a month, the NTSB said.The interstate can’t be cleaned up or reopened until investigators finish their on-site inspection, state and federal officials said Monday. That process is expected to take at least several days.In an interview, Shailen Bhatt, the leader of the Federal Highway Administ...

Hamas releases video of 21-year-old hostage Mia Shem

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

Hamas has released what is believed to be the first video of an Israeli hostage kidnapped during its surprise incursion on Oct. 7.“Hi, I'm Mia Shem, 21 years old from Shoham. Currently, I'm in Gaza,” the young woman says in Hebrew, according to The Jerusalem Post. “I returned early Saturday morning from Sderot; I was at a party. I was seriously injured in my hand. I underwent surgery on my hand at the hospital [in Gaza] for 3 hours.”The video, which was posted on Hamas’s Telegram channel on Monday, shows Shem apparently receiving medical treatment to her right arm.Hamas released video of Mia Shem, 21, one of the hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack.“They are taking care of me, giving me medicine, everything is fine. I only ask that they bring me home as soon as possible to my parents, to my siblings. Get me out of here as soon as possible. Please,” she pleads.The video’s caption says Shem was captured on the first day of the attack, dubbed the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle. She was among ...

Shooting leaves 1 dead, another injured in Wilmington

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

Police are searching for at least one suspect after a deadly shooting Monday in Los Angeles’ harbor region that killed one man and sent another to the hospital, authorities confirmed to KTLA.  Calls about the shooting in the 1000 block of East M Street, near Sanford Street, in Wilmington came in at around 5:15 p.m. Details are limited and it’s unclear what led to the shooting, but authorities said a 50-year-old man was and a second unidentified male were suffering from gunshot wounds.  Paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the scene and transported both victims, where one of the victims succumbed to their injuries.  Aerial footage of the scene captured by Sky5 showed a heavy presence of first responders, as well as a canopy that was set up at the location.  L.A. police on the scene of a deadly shooting in Wilmington on Oct. 16, 2023. (KTLA)The shooting suspect, described a Hispanic male, approximately 25 years old, standing 5 foot 9 inches ...

Family trapped by flames when stolen car crashes into home

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

Police in San Bernardino are searching for two suspects who fled the scene after crashing a stolen car into a home occupied by a family of three, causing a massive fire that trapped the residents in the backyard on Sunday. Officers with the San Bernardino Police Department responded to the 911 call in the 3100 block of Casa Loma Drive at around 4 a.m. on Oct. 15.  The stolen Kia crashed into a child’s room, according to a GoFundMe campaign organized to help the family, who are now homeless, relocate. Body-worn camera footage released by the San Bernardino Police Department shows heavy flames coming from the home on their arrival.  Flames shoot from a San Bernardino home after two suspects crashed a stolen Kia into the house and fled the scene on Oct. 15, 2023. (SBPD)“Responding officers from the communications center were updated that several occupants from inside the home fled to the rear yard but were now trapped as the fire began to grow,” a SBPD news release state...

With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded Monday for water, food and fuel for dying generators, saying the tiny Palestinian territory sealed off by Israel after last week’s rampage by Hamas was near total collapse.U.S. President Joe Biden planned to travel to Israel on Wednesday to signal White House support for the country and to Jordan to meet with Arab leaders. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the trip early Tuesday in Tel Aviv during his second visit to Israel in less than a week amid fears that the fighting could expand into a broader regional conflict.In Gaza, hospitals were on the verge of losing electricity, threatening the lives of thousands of patients, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their homes searched for bread. Israel maintained punishing airstrikes across Gaza as a ground invasion loomed, while Hamas militants kept up a barrage of rocket attacks, a...

Four-bedroom home in Milpitas sells for $2.6 million

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

521 Shelley Court – Google Street ViewA 2,590-square-foot house built in 1997 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 500 block of Shelley Court in Milpitas was sold on Sept. 25, 2023. The $2,600,000 purchase price works out to $1,004 per square foot. This two-story home offers a capacious living environment with its four bedrooms and three baths. Additionally, the house comes with a two-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage and additional storage space.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:In May 2023, a 1,545-square-foot home on Escuela Place in Milpitas sold for $1,701,000, a price per square foot of $1,101. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,913-square-foot home on the 600 block of Troon Court in Milpitas sold in March 2023, for $2,718,000, a price per square foot of $933. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Donahe Place, Milpitas, in March 2023, a 792-square-foot home was sold for $164,500, a price per square foot of $208...

FBI investigating bomb threats emailed to private schools in Fremont

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

FREMONT – Bomb threats were emailed to a pair of private schools Monday in Fremont, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | One of two killed in Richmond triple shooting identified Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man arrested for wrong-way intoxicated driver after Highway 101 crash Crime and Public Safety | East Oakland shooting leaves teenager dead on Saturday night Crime and Public Safety | Man killed in Oakland’s 101st homicide is identified Crime and Public Safety | Man fatally shot in Oakland’s 100th homicide of the year Students at the four campuses operated by the two schools were sent home out of an abundance of caution, the Fremont Police Department said in an advisory. The schools were not named in the advisory, and a spokesperson for the department did not immediately return a message seeking additional details about the incident.Around 6:25 a.m., the schools recei...

Two Nuestra Familia leaders get 14 years in federal prison for murder conspiracies

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:06:17 GMT

OAKLAND — Two of the most powerful people within the secretive and violent Nuestra Familia prison gang have been sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in federal prison after admitting to involvement in conspiracies to kill subordinate gang members across California, court records show.Samuel Luna, 48, and Antonio Guillen, 58, were both sentenced by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to 175 months in federal prison. Both men pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy involving murder plots that authorities say were only thwarted because federal investigators were secretly listening as the two talked on their contraband prison cellphones.Both men are already serving life in state prison for violent crimes, but federal prosecutors hope the federal prison sentence will isolate them and inhibit their influence over the Nuestra Familia, a prison gang that runs the massive network of Norteño gangs in Northern and Central California.Guillen, according to authorities, is one of thre...