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Ukrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS (Associated Press)KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest Saturday after Ukraine’s top security agency said he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense. It was the latest move in a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery.Metropolitan Pavel is the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site. He has denied the charges and resisted the authorities’ order to vacate the complex. In a court hearing earlier in the day, the metropolitan said the claim by the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, that he condoned Russia’s invasion was politically driven.“I have never been on the side of aggression,” Pavel told reporters in the courthouse. “This is my land.”After the court’s ruling, a monitoring bracelet was placed around his ankle, despite his objections that he has diabete...

At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake Midwest, South

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 21 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage's scope.Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees, and lay waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included seven in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, four in Illinois, and three in nearby Sullivan, Indiana. Other deaths from the storms that hit Friday night into Saturday were reported in Alabama and Mississippi, along with one near Little Rock, Arkansas, where the mayor said more than 2,000 buildings were in a tornado's path.Stunned residents of Wynne, a community of about 8,000 people 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Memphis, Tennessee, woke Saturday to find...

Delivery driver robbed of firearms and ammo outside Brentwood sporting goods store

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

Three unarmed suspects robbed a delivery driver dropping off boxes with firearms and ammunition at an outdoor sporting goods store in Brentwood on Thursday morning, police said.The suspects, believed to be male, were wearing face masks and hoodies when they rushed the delivery truck outside the Sportsman’s Warehouse at 5491 Lone Tree Way at around 9:30 a.m., said Capt. Walter O’Grodnick.They threatened the United Parcel Service driver and grabbed the shipping boxes before taking off in a mid-2000s gold Toyota Camry with the rear bumper missing, O’Grodnick said. Police are still searching for the suspects.No one was injured in the robbery.Authorities are asking anyone with information about the robbery to call the Brentwood Police Department at 925-634-6911.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Redwood City police seek information after hit-and-run crash involving bicyclist Crime and Public Safety | Alec Baldwin’s codefendant get...

Two arrested on arson charges after Rohnert Park condominium complex fire

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KRON) -- Two women were arrested in connection with a January fire at a condominium complex in Rohnert Park, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety. VIDEO: Crews respond to car fire near beach in Half Moon Bay The suspects were identified as Danesha Morales, 26, and Breanna Lewis, 36, both of San Francisco. Both women were former tenants of the complex, DPS says. The fire was reported on Jan. 9 around 1 a.m., when DPS received a 911 call about flames in the 1000 block of Golf Course Drive. The first investigation did not reveal what caused the fire, and the resident was not home when the fire initially started, DPS said. However, when the resident returned home, they smelled smoke. The fire was considered suspicious, so an arson investigator from the Community Oriented Problem Solving Team joined the investigation. Authorities determined that the condominium had been vandalized, and evidence showed that the fire could have been set intenti...

Novak’s goal, 3 assists lead Predators over Blues 6-1

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tommy Novak scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Nashville Predators over the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Saturday.Luke Evangelista had a goal and two assists; Cody Glass and Colton Sissons also scored; and Juuse Saros made 21 saves for the Predators, winners of two of three.Nashville kept its slim playoff hopes alive, now three points behind the Winnipeg Jets for the Western Conference’s second wild-card berth. The Predators have played one fewer game than Winnipeg.“Tonight was a big game for us. Winnipeg won last night, so this was a big one for us to be able to cut it back to three,” Predators coach John Hynes said.Calle Rosen scored and Thomas Greiss made 29 saves for the Blues. St. Louis had won four of five, but the loss places the Blues on the brink of mathematical elimination from the playoffs.Nashville came out fast, scoring twice on its first five shots in the opening period.“That wasn’t a great game, right from the get-go,” St. Louis coach ...

Chandler Smith earns first NASCAR Xfinity Series win

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Chandler Smith outran John Hunter Nemechek out of a restart with six laps to go Saturday at Richmond Raceway to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Nemechek chose the inside lane on a restart with 12 laps left, relegating Smith to the outside. When another caution came for a crash at the back of the field, Smith had taken the lead and chose the outside for the sprint to the finish.Smith won in just his 10th career start in the series. Nemechek was second, followed by Josh Berry, Kaz Grala and Cole Custer.Justin Allgaier, one of four drivers contending for the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus, gambled by stopping under green for his last set of tires with about 40 laps to and was cruising through the field.But when another caution came with 28 to go, the rest of the leaders pitted, leaving him on older tires and basically defenseless. Three contenders — Sammy Smith, Daniel Hemric and Sam Mayer — had more difficult days and Allgaier won despite finishing 13th. “It...

Morris reunion with Mulkey has NCAA title game finale at LSU

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Alexis Morris will finish her college career playing in a national championship game for Kim Mulkey, the coach who five years ago kicked the standout guard off another team.For Morris, it has been quite a journey of growth and maturation from her freshman season at Baylor and through two other programs before a reunion with Mulkey at LSU that will end on the biggest stage. “Every player just has that coach that’s for them. Coach Mulkey, she’s my coach,” Morris said Saturday, a day before the Tigers play Iowa. “I asked God, if you ever gave the opportunity (to play for her again), I will never waste that. I will literally maximize it, maximize the opportunity, and that’s what you’re witnessing.”Morris had 27 points in the national semifinal game Friday night, when the Tigers beat top-seeded Virginia Tech 79-72 to advance to the school’s first national championship game in basketball — for women or men.Mulkey has known Morris since she was a seventh-grader at a private s...

Man City vs. Liverpool turns toxic again after 4-1 rout

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s 4-1 rout of Liverpool on Saturday was marred by more off-field trouble as one of English soccer’s fiercest rivalries turned toxic again. Despite securing a statement win in the race for the Premier League title, the defending champions were left to condemn an apparent attack on their rivals’ team bus and address “hateful” chants from its supporters. Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, was forced to defend his touchline antics, after accusations he showed a lack of respect by celebrating directly in front of Liverpool substitutes Kostas Tsimikas and Arthur Melo.“I was happy and I said how nice our goal was. That’s all,” the City manager said when asked about his actions. “Do you think it’s a lack of respect? Ah OK, sorry. I’m so sorry.” As if those incidents weren’t enough to sour the mood around the club’s Etihad Stadium, Arsenal’s 4-1 win against Leeds later in the day restored the league leaders’ ei...

Official confirms 3 more deaths in Illinois from storms, bringing death toll in US to 21

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

NEW HEBRON, Ill. (AP) — Official confirms 3 more deaths in Illinois from storms, bringing death toll in US to 21.Source

Wildfire burning in the Cache la Poudre Wilderness

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:50 GMT

BELLVUE, Colo. (KDVR) — A fire spanned dozens of acres in northern Colorado on Saturday afternoon.The Stove Prairie Fire was burning grass in the Cache la Poudre Wilderness, according to the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service. Colorado Wildfire Map: Updates, warnings, and smoke forecast No structures were threatened as of around 2:45 p.m. The fire was estimated to be about 34 acres.The fire marked yet another after days of whipping winds in Colorado, including hurricane-force winds on Friday, which led to fires across the Front Range. The Pinpoint Weather team said gusts continued to hit northern Colorado on Saturday and were expected to pick up at night, with more windy weather in the forecast ahead.The National Weather Service had issued a hazardous weather outlook for northeast Colorado and into the Front Range mountains, with a red flag warning also in effect for South Park, the Palmer Divide and adjacent plains south and east."Wind gusts up to 25 to 35 mp...