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Twenty-year-old charged with murder following stabbing death of teen on B.C. bus

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

SURREY, B.C. — A 20-year-old man from Burnaby, B.C., has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a teenager on a Metro Vancouver transit bus last week.Seventeen-year-old Ethan Bespflug was killed on a bus in Surrey, B.C., last Tuesday. The province’s integrated homicide investigations team says 20-year-old Kaiden Mintenko was arrested Sunday and the charge was laid on Monday.Police say they are still working to determine the exact nature of the relationship between Bespflug and Mintenko but can confirm this was not a random attack.The teen’s family has said Bespflug’s mother realized something was wrong when she tracked her son’s phone to a hospital in New Westminster. When she arrived she was told he had died. The teen’s murder is among a series of violent incidents on commuter buses and trains in several Canadian cities recently. B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Monday that he has spoken to his federal counterpar...

Police: Man charged with attempted murder after ax attack in Arlington Heights parking garage

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — A man has been charged with attempted murder after he ran over another man with a bicycle, then hit him with an axe in an Arlington Heights parking garage early Sunday morning, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department.Mitchell Nowak, 50.Mitchell Nowak, 50, was charged with one count of attempted murder Monday in Cook County district court, which is a class X felony that carries a 6-30 year prison sentence, if convicted.Police said they were called to an underground parking garage in the 0-100 block of South Evergreen Avenue around 6:35 a.m. after a disturbance could be heard by a 911 telephone operator on an emergency call.When police arrived on scene, they found a man lying on the ground who was able to identify the offender who attacked him as a person he knew, giving police a description of Nowak. Dog attacks CPD officer on South Side, officer fires shots Police said the victim was asleep in the underground parking structure when an offende...

'We're so scared right now': Indiana couple caught in downtown Chicago violence

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

CHICAGO -- A husband and wife drove from Indianapolis to see the sights on a warm spring weekend in Chicago, but their Saturday night ended with their minivan being attacked by an angry mob of young people and the husband hospitalized."For 4 hours after the incident my husband and I were just shaking,” the wife told WGN.The Indiana woman was a passenger in the car, while another relative was in the back seat and her husband was at the wheel as they drove near the Chicago Cultural Center. Weekend violence in the Loop worries businesses as summer nears “Suddenly a mob of teens between 16 and 18-year-olds began climbing and hitting our truck,” she said. "We even saw them get on top of a bus.”The husband was treated at a hospital for cuts; but his wife says the injuries are more emotional than physical."We're so scared right now,” she said. "We don't want to step out of the house.”WGN is not identifying the couple for their safety. The family is now back home in Indiana."One of our da...

Man accused of fatally shooting New York woman who went to the wrong address

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

WASHINGTON CO., N.Y. (WTEN) - A woman was fatally shot Saturday night after a homeowner allegedly opened fire on her and her friends, who mistakenly drove to the wrong address in upstate New York, authorities said.According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis and her friends mistakenly found themselves at the wrong home in the town of Hebron, located roughly 55 miles north of Albany along the Vermont border. The property owner, 65-year-old Kevin Monahan, allegedly opened fire on the group's vehicle without any provocation. Man charged in shooting of Black Kansas City teen who went to the wrong house "This is a very sad case of some young adults that were looking for a friend's house and ended up at this man’s house,” said Sheriff Jeff Murphy during a Monday press conference. “While they were leaving the residence, once they determined they were at the wrong house, the subject came out on his porch, [and] for whatever reason and fired two shots. One...

Chicago woman suing Netflix, filmmakers of Kanye West documentary: TMZ

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman has filed suit against Netflix and the filmmakers of the Kanye West documentary "Jeen-Yuhs" claiming she was exploited with the film's release, according to TMZ reports.Cynthia Love filed a suit against Netflix and filmmakers Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah on Monday, claiming the filmmakers and studio both exploited her with the documentary release, according to TMZ. Chicago & House Music: A relationship over four decades in the making The Chicago woman said she originally made an appearance in Kanye West's "Through the Wire" music video that was released in 2003. Simmons and Ozah both directed the music video.The music video reportedly served as Kanye West's breakout hit and opens with Love dancing inside a restaurant. She claims she was paid $20 for her role in the music video.Love alleges the footage has now caused her emotional distress and harmed her reputation, according to TMZ. She says her appearance represents a part of her past she'd like to ...

Inmate dies while in custody at Travis County Jail, TCSO says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- On Monday, the Travis County Sheriff's Office confirmed an inmate died in-custody while in the Travis County Jail Sunday, according to a news release from TCSO.At approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 27-year-old Timothy Roberts, of Austin, was brought into the Travis County Jail Central Booking Facility without incident and was charged with a parole violation, TCSO said.According to the release, Roberts became unresponsive during the booking process. TCSO staff immediately began CPR and the Austin-Travis County EMS medics took over when they arrived on the scene.Roberts was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m., TCSO said.The incident remained under investigation by TCSO's Internal Affairs Unit, Criminal Investigations Division, Texas Rangers and the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, the release said.TCSO said an autopsy was conducted Monday, and the final report was pending.

Tim Tebow scheduled to speak at Austin church event April 22

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Heisman Trophy winner and former professional football and baseball player Tim Tebow is slated to appear at a worship event April 22 in Austin.Tebow, a devout Christian who is also a New York Times best-selling author, is part of the lineup of speakers for Life Surge, an event at Shoreline Church, located at 15201 Burnet Road.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersTebow rose to national prominence while leading the Florida Gators to a BCS National Championship in 2008 while also being part of the 2006 Gators team that won the title. His charisma and heavy lean into his faith helped propel him to motivational speaking engagements and religious events across the country following his NFL and professional baseball careers. He played in the NFL for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets from 2010-2012, and then made practice squads for New England in 2013 and Philad...

Rochester ABC news anchor leaving for NBC role in Duluth

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

ABC 6 News anchor Laura Lee’s path to TV news was different from that of most young reporters. She didn’t bounce out of college into an anchor job right away. She was already enmeshed in life’s responsibilities.Lee, 38, was the mother of three young children when, in perhaps the biggest gamble of her life, she made the move to Austin, Minn., from Minneapolis to launch her on-air news career.Now 13 years later, she is making another career move. Lee is heading to Duluth to become the main anchor of the NBC station in Duluth, Northern News Now.With her oldest child graduating from Rochester’s John Marshall High School this spring, Lee felt the time was right.“The decision may be a surprise to some, to be honest,” Lee said on Facebook. “It was a surprise to me, too. Duluth was my first choice more than a decade ago when I started my career as a reporter, but God took me to southern Minnesota. Now, God is taking me back there.”You started as an evening repo...

Alabama birthday girl begged dying brother to ‘stay with me’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY (Associated Press)DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alexis Dowdell’s Sweet 16 birthday party ended with her kneeling beside her fatally wounded brother on the blood-slicked floor of a dance studio in small-town Alabama, the bodies of other wounded teens scattered around them.Dowdell told the story of Saturday’s terror in Dadeville to The Associated Press on Monday surrounded by family. The shooting left her 18-year-old brother, Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell, and three others dead, along with another 32 injured, some critically.“I got on my knees and he was laying face down. And that’s when I grabbed him. I turned him over, I was holding him,” Dowdell said, recalling the moment she found her brother with the life ebbing out of him. “I wasn’t crying at the moment because I was trying to be strong instead of panicking. And so I said, ‘You’re going to be all right. You’re a fighter, you’r...

Keeler: Cale Makar is primed for Colorado Avs’ Stanley Cup run? Then you can kiss plucky Kraken goodbye.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:07 GMT

Cale Makar owns the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs the way Laurence Olivier owned the stage. He owns it the way Hank Williams owned the Grand Ole Opry, the way Flamma owned the Colosseum in Rome.King Cale’s appeared in 16 opening-round games since 2019. He’s won 15 of them. He’s put up 21 points in those games, or 1.31 per tilt. He’s got a plus/minus rating of plus-12.Whether it’s a pass that defies logic or a screamer of a goal that ends a game in overtime, this round is his canvas, his dais. His moment.“I’d say I’m as close (to 100%) as I can be right now,” Makar, Colorado’s all-world defender, told the media scrum Monday at Ball Arena, on the eve of Colorado-Kraken Game 1. “So I’m feeling good. I feel good (Monday). It’s just going to be getting back into the physicality aspect and making sure I’m ready at puck drop.”Looking for a first-round upset, you bloodthirsty NHL rubber-neckers? Best look elsewhere.Oh, sure, th...