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Sharing the sentence: Separation takes toll on incarcerated moms and their kids

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Dressed in her Sunday best — pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu — Crystal Martinez’s 4-year-old daughter proudly presented her with a multicolored bouquet of carefully crafted tissue paper flowers. With her 5-year-old son nestled on her lap, laughing in delight, Martinez held out her arms and pulled the girl into a hug so tight that her glasses were knocked askew.“I want you! I don’t want the flowers,” Martinez said, smiling and holding her children close.Martinez’ five children, including the three aged 13, 10 and 6, last month traveled for three hours from Chicago to visit her in Logan Correctional, Illinois’ largest state prison for women and transgender people, on the Reunification Ride. The donation-dependent initiative buses prisoners’ family members 180 miles (290 km) from the city to Logan every month so they can spend time with their mothers and grandmothers.The number of incarcerated women in the United States dropped by tens of thousa...

Nuggets’ Michael Malone questions team’s effort after Game 2 showing: “This is not the preseason”

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

In the disappointing aftermath of Sunday night’s Game 2, Nuggets coach Michael Malone asked his team if they knew why they’d suffered their first home loss of the postseason.According to Malone, the answer wasn’t elusive. They knew what he was getting at.“Let’s talk about effort,” Malone said after Miami seized Game 2 with a 111-108 win, snatching homecourt advantage in the process. “This is the NBA Finals, we are talking about effort; that’s a huge concern of mine.”Malone tried to warn inquiring media tempted to deem the series over after Game 1 when he insisted the Nuggets didn’t play well. But Sunday reaffirmed the defensive lapses he’d seen when he professed concern. He knew Miami, which had been a great 3-point shooting team throughout the playoffs, wasn’t going to remain cold for long.That effort he cited trickled into numerous alarming aspects of the night.“We had guys out there that were just whether feeling sorry for themselves for not making shots or thin...

Bicyclist dead after crash in South Los Angeles

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

A bicyclist was struck and killed Sunday night after an alleged collision with a vehicle in South Los Angeles.  Calls about the fatal accident, located near the intersection of South Central and East Florence Avenues, came in just after 8 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.  Police said that the victim was possibly a minor.  Footage from the scene showed both LAPD and personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department at the location. A white tent set up to cover the victim had been erected, and a bicycle can be seen on the nearby sidewalk.  LAPD on the scene of a fatal crash involving a bicyclist on June 4, 2023. (OnScene TV)LAPD on the scene of a fatal crash involving a bicyclist on June 4, 2023. (OnScene TV)LAPD on the scene of a fatal crash involving a bicyclist on June 4, 2023. (OnScene TV)Details surrounding the crash are limited and it's unclear if police are searching for anyone else who may have been involved in the fatal collision.  

Video captures dangerous stunt on 91 Freeway in Corona

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

A motorist on the 91 Freeway captured video of man pulling a dangerous stunt on Sunday, standing out of the driver’s side window of his vehicle as it traveled down the roadway in Corona.  The footage shows the man, wearing a green colored shirt, dark jeans and what appears to be a red bandana on his head, standing straight up on the ledge of the open window, his arms open as the wind whips his shirt around.  The man then crouches down as if to get in the car, but then glances back, toward the motorist taking the video.  Video captured a man, seen here, standing out of the driver's side window as his car traveled down the 91 Freeway in Corona on June 4, 2023. (AJ)Video captured a man, seen here, standing out of the driver's side window as his car traveled down the 91 Freeway in Corona on June 4, 2023. (AJ)It’s unclear if there was anyone else in the car with the man or how the vehicle was maintaining its speed and steering.  

NCAA baseball: Stanford stays alive, forces decisive game vs. Texas A&M

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

The Stanford baseball team made a habit last season of playing at its best whenever it mattered most.The Cardinal are showing that same tendency again this year.Top-seeded Stanford won two elimination games on its home field Sunday, including a 13-5 victory over Texas A&M in the nightcap, and is now one win away from advancing to the Super Regionals of the NCAA Division I tournament for the second straight year.Stanford and Texas A&M play again in a winner-take-all game Monday at 6 p.m. Including 2022, the Cardinal are now 7-0 in Regional and Super Regional games in which they’ve faced elimination.Sunday against the Aggies, the Cardinal was up 6-5 when Alberto Rios kicked off a seven-run inning with an RBI double that scored Braden Montgomery. Malcolm Moore then hit a two-run homer with no outs before Tommy Troy had a three-run blast with one out to give Stanford a 13-5 lead.Montgomery, Nick Dugan, and Brandt Pancer combined to allow just one earned run in 8 1/3 innings of r...

San Jose councilmember to spend night in homeless shelter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A formerly homeless San Jose resident is challenging local officials to spend the night in a shelter. She wants them to experience it firsthand before voting to open up more.Councilmember Omar Torres says he's up for the challenge. He says he wants to serve the unhoused community in San Jose. SUV crashes into business after losing control in Oakland street race: police Torres thinks spending a night in a shelter will help him better understand how he can help those individuals long term. Torres is getting ready to pack a bag and spent a night at a local homeless shelter."We're willing to listen, we're willing to come where they're at and have these brutal discussions about why they are unhoused and what other services they need," Torres said.Torres was just elected last November. He says he has visited overnight shelters, but only during the day when they're nearly empty. Then he received an email asking him to spend the night in a shelter.He knew it wa...

Miami Heat revive en el último cuarto para superar a Denver Nuggets y empatar la serie 1-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

(CNN) — Los Miami Heat aguantaron los 41 puntos de Nikola Jokic y se animaron en el último cuarto para derrotar por 111-108 a los Denver Nuggets este domingo en el segundo partido de las finales de la NBA y empatar 1-1 la serie.Miami tuvo un comienzo arrollador en el segundo partido, con una ventaja de 21-10 a mitad del primer cuarto, antes de que los Nuggets respondieran con una racha de 45-14 en el segundo cuarto, dando la vuelta al marcador con 26 puntos y haciéndose con el control.El dos veces Jugador Más Valioso, Nikola Jokic, quien sólo intentó tres tiros en la primera mitad del primer partido, se mostró más activo ofensivamente este domingo, encestando 6 de 13 tiros de campo y sumando 13 puntos, el mejor del equipo, al descanso.Las estrellas de la postemporada de los Heat, Max Strus y Caleb Martin, se sacudieron una miserable salida en el primer partido, en el que el dúo tiró un triste 1 de 17 puntos desde el campo, para combinarse para 26 puntos en 9 de 16 tiros, mient...

Stanford wallops Texas A&M, 13-5, forces Monday showdown for Stanford Regional title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Malcolm Moore hit a two-run home run and Tommy Troy belted a grand slam, both in the seventh inning, as Stanford beat Texas A&M 13-5 Sunday night to force a winner-take-all showdown for the Stanford Regional championship and a berth in the super regionals. The Aggies knocked Stanford into Sunday’s elimination rounds with an 8-5 win Saturday. The Cardinal knocked Cal State Fullerton out, 6-5 earlier Sunday, with freshman Nick Dugan working 3 ⅔ innings of relief to earn the win.Dugan came back against the Aggies and pitched 3 ⅔ and earn the save after left fielder Alberto Rios made a diving catch in left to end the game. Dugan worked 7 ⅓ innings Sunday, throwing 112 pitches and allowing just one run on seven base hits, walking a batter while striking out six.Troy had a stellar day at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI against the Titans and 3-for-5 with a grand slam against the Aggies. Troy Wansing (3-4) started for Texas A&M a...

Storm has 10 Ks, Southern Miss uses big 9th inning to stay alive at Auburn Regional

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Justin Storm pitched 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with 10 strikeouts and Southern Miss exploded for eight runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat Pennsylvania 11-2 Sunday night at the Auburn Regional. Southern Miss (44-18) has won three straight elimination games to force a decisive rematch with the Quakers on Monday for the regional title and a trip to the super regionals. Penn (34-15) had its 10 game win streak snapped.Starter Niko Mazza gave up four hits and two runs before Storm (6-2) came on with one out and the bases loaded in the fourth inning and struck Seth Werchan and Calvin Brown to get out of the jam. Storm didn’t allow a hit until Jarrett Pokrovsky hit a two-out double in the ninth and Ryan Taylor followed with a groundout to end the game. Carson Paetow hit an RBI triple and then scored on a throwing to give Southern Miss the lead for good in the sixth inning.Wyatt Henseler hit a two-out solo shot for the Quakers in the bottom of the f...

‘I am haunted by it’: Survivors of deadly train crash in India recount trauma

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:22:39 GMT

BALASORE, India (AP) — Gura Pallay was watching another train pass by the one he was sitting in when he heard sudden, loud screeching. Before he could make sense of what was happening, he was thrown out of the train. Pallay, 24, landed next to the tracks along with metal wreckage of the train he’d been riding in, and instantly lost consciousness. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the twisted remains of three trains on the tracks.His train had derailed after colliding with a stopped freight train. Another passenger train, the one he had seen pass by moments earlier, had hit the derailed carriages.“I saw it with my own eyes, but I still can’t describe what I saw. I am haunted by it,” he said Sunday at a hospital, where he lay on a stretcher with a broken leg and dark wounds on his face and arms.Pallay is a laborer, like most of the people onboard the two passenger trains that crashed Friday in the eastern Odisha state, killing 275 people and injuring hundreds. H...