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Chase of carjacking suspect in stolen vehicle ends in arrest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) -- Police chased a suspect through Vallejo and Hercules on Sunday, according to the Vallejo Police Department. Officers said the male suspect was driving a stolen car for which he allegedly attacked a woman and carjacked her. Police noticed the reported stolen Honda Accent traveling south on Mare Island Way near Harbor Way. The San Francisco Police Department told officers with the Vallejo PD the owner of the Accent had been attacked and carjacked. Police shoot man involved in hostage situation in Brentwood Vallejo PD officers tried to stop the driver of the Accent who sped away and led police on a chase into Hercules. The driver ultimately lost control of the car near the I-80 westbound and Hercules exit, police said. Photos show the car overturned. (Vallejo Police Department)Police said the suspect exited the car through the rear passenger door and continued to flee on foot. Officers ultimately arrested the suspect and brought him into custody.The suspect ...

Jimmy Garoppolo agrees to deal with Raiders: AP source

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal can't be announced until Wednesday. March Madness: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue the 1 seeds Garappolo's contract includes $34 million in the guaranteed money, the person said.Garappolo played for the San Francisco 49ers the past six seasons. He took the Niners to the Super Bowl in the 2019 season.Before that, he played for the New England Patriots for three years under then-offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, now the Raiders coach.

Principal at school where student was fatally stabbed placed on leave

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

(KRON) -- The principal at a North Bay high school where one student fatally stabbed another student earlier this month has been placed on leave, the school district confirmed Monday. Montgomery High School Principal Adam Paulson and Assistant Principal Tyler Ahlborn are on leave, Santa Rosa City Schools announced on Monday. Swastikas, image of Hitler discovered at Stanford University dorm Laurie Fong, who previously served as principal at the school between 2006 and 2016 will serve as principal for the remainder of the school year, the district said. Fong has resigned her position from the local Board of Education to return to Montgomery "to be part of the healing and to work closely with the district and school community as we build the security and social emotional supports for the school," the district said in a statement.Kaesa Enemark and Ryan Thompson, both former site administrators, will also be joining the administrative team at the high school, the district said. In addi...

Jurors can’t agree on death penalty in NYC bike path attack

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury said Monday it could not reach a unanimous decision on whether to impose the death sentence on an Islamic extremist who killed eight people using a speeding truck on a popular New York bike path. Jurors told a federal judge they were unable to agree on whether Sayfullo Saipov should live or die for the October 2017 attack. A unanimous verdict is required for a death sentence.It was the first such trial since Democrat Joe Biden became president. Saipov, 35, was convicted in January of killing five Argentine tourists, two Americans and a Belgian woman in the attack. Inspired by Islamic State group propaganda, Saipov drove a truck down a busy riverside path, running over cyclists before crashing into a school bus. He is a citizen of Uzbekistan but lived in New Jersey. Source

US coach Berhalter likely assaulted now-wife, report finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation said Gregg Berhalter remains a candidate to stay on as men’s national team coach after a report by a law firm concluded that he did not improperly withhold information about a 1992 domestic violence allegation involving the women who later became his wife.The report also concluded that Berhalter’s conduct “likely constituted the misdemeanor crime of assault on a female.”The firm Alston and Bird was retained after former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna and wife Danielle Egan Reyna, the parents of current American midfielder Gio Reyna, went to the USSF with allegations of the 1992 incident following the decision by Berhalter to use Gio Reyna sparingly at last year’s World Cup.The firm concluded the Reynas were not guilty of extortion but said Claudio Reyna’s conduct might have violated provisions of FIFA’s code of ethics for conflicts of interest, protection of physical and mental integrity, and abuse of position.___AP soccer: https://...

Threat on United Airlines plane shuts down Vermont airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A threat aboard a United Airlines aircraft prompted a massive emergency response that shut down Vermont’s international airport for about three hours before authorities determined the plane to be safe. The threat was made Sunday afternoon on a flight en route from Newark, New Jersey, to the Burlington International Airport, Burlington police said. After landing, the plane was taken to a separate area on the tarmac.Authorities searched the plane and its 65 passengers with bomb-sniffing dogs, one of the passengers, State Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth, told WCAX-TV.The passengers were able to deplane after sitting on the tarmac for almost two hours, Baruth said. Video from WCAX showed emergency personnel lining up the baggage on the ground in front of the aircraft before searching each piece.Baruth said the passengers were taken into a hangar.“They isolated us with police at both ends and they don’t know whether one of us could be a bad actor, ...

AMLO dice que México es más seguro que Estados Unidos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

(CNN) — En su conferencia de prensa matutina de este lunes, el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (mejor conocido como AMLO), dijo que México es un país más seguro que Estados Unidos.“Es más seguro México que Estados Unidos. No hay ningún problema para viajar por México con seguridad. Pero eso además lo saben los ciudadanos estadounidenses y lo saben, desde luego, nuestros paisanos que están allá, ellos están bien informados”, comentó López Obrador.Los comentarios del presidente se produjeron después del secuestro de cuatro estadounidenses —dos de ellos murieron— que viajaban a la ciudad fronteriza mexicana de Matamoros, y la noticia de la desaparición de tres mujeres tras cruzar la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México hace dos semanas.Un reportero que trabaja en EE.UU. le preguntó a López Obrador sobre la crisis de seguridad a la que se enfrenta México y si podría garantizar que los ciudadanos mexicanos que viven en Estados Unidos puedan visitar c...

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A large group of migrants in Mexico who were poised to barge into the U.S. over the weekend were blocked from crossing a bridge leading from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said.The migrants were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,” and physical barriers were put up to restrict their entry at the Paso Del Norte International Bridge on Sunday afternoon, spokesman Roger Maier said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday.Barricades also were used in El Paso for a short time Sunday afternoon at other border crossings including the Bridge of Americas and the Stanton-Lerdo bridge, Maier said.Video of the scene at the Paso Del Norte bridge on Sunday showed hundreds of migrants brush past Mexican National Guard officers on the Mexican side, some carrying children on their shoulders. Many appeared to be Venezuelan, by their accents.Shouting “We want to get through!,” the migrants ran up to th...

Colorado unemployment down to pre-pandemic levels in 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado's unemployment levels were at pre-pandemic levels in January, according to household survey data. The state's unemployment, jobs recovery and hourly earnings outpace the national rates. Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment released survey data Monday that says 2022 ended with a fully recovered employment picture, at least in terms of the number of Coloradans with jobs. Single and childless? You’re 15K short of living comfortably in Denver metro Colorado's unemployment rate was 2.8% in January. Revised estimates say this is the same as December's rate. This measurement is now matching the state's unemployment rate of 2.8% in February 2020.This is the ninth straight month wherein Colorado's unemployment rate was below 3% and a better picture than the overall national trend. The U.S. unemployment rate was 3.4% in January 2023.The state now has more nonfarm payroll positions than before the pandemic. While it lost 376,900 jobs ...

Everything to know about men's NCAA Tournament in Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Mountain West Conference will host six games at Ball Arena for the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Men’s Tournament.The games will take place on Friday and Sunday in Denver. These teams will play in Denver for NCAA Tournament March 17 games at Ball ArenaHere is a look at the schedule of games for March 17:No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 UC Santa Barbara: 11:30 a.m.No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 NC State: 2 p.m.No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Grand Canyon: 5:35 p.m.No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Arizona State or No. 11 Nevada: 8:05 p.m.TicketsThe tickets are separated by sessions. There are three sessions that will take place at Ball Arena. The first two games on March 17 count as session one, the second set of games count as session two, and the two games on Sunday count as session three.Session one tickets are available on Ticketmaster and are $84 and up as of Monday morning.Session two tickets are available on Ticketmaster and are $89 and up as of Monday morning....