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EU wants to sanction Russians involved in child abductions, says Dutch prime minister

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

The European Union is looking to broaden sanctions against Russia to target people involved in the abduction of children from Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (pictured) said on Wednesday (31 May)."The eleventh package of sanctions we are working on includes the option to go after those responsible for child abductions," Rutte said at a joint news conference with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in The Hague."That's something we are working on. The other point of focus is sanction circumvention. Making it possible to go after the people responsible."The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant in March against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.The ICC at the time said those children had been taken from orphanages and children’s homes to Russia, with many alleged to have been given up for adoption there.Moscow has repeatedly denied these accusations.

2 people hospitalized after gunfire erupts in Mid-City neighborhood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

Two gunshot victims, an adult and a juvenile, were taken to the hospital after gunfire erupted in a Mid-City neighborhood Thursday evening while residents on the street watched the terrifying incident play out. Officers responded to the area of Guthrie Avenue and Corning Street at around 6:42 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.  At the scene, police located two victims, a 14-year-old and a 30-year-old who were conscious and breathing. Both were taken to the hospital by personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department.  Aerial footage from Sky5 showed officers on the scene of the shooting where a portion of Guthrie Avenue had been cordoned off for the investigation.  A witness to the shooting, George Valle, told KTLA that he had a feeling something bad was going to happen when he saw coming up the street. "Like, they were driving at walking speed. They come, they stop," he said. "The first thing I see is just the gun pointed out the car. Then I heard se...

Dangerous freeway onramp causing rollover crashes in San Dimas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

Locals are fed up with a dangerous 57 Freeway onramp in San Dimas that is continually causing rollover crashes that tumble down into a parking lot.Residents want officials to address the dangerous issue before a crash eventually turns deadly.Business owners said they remain frightened to park their vehicles underneath the onramp, wondering whether the next car that tumbles down the embankment will kill someone.Surveillance video captured the latest crash as an SUV is seen running off the ramp, tumbling down an embankment and smashing through a fence before landing on a parked car.The crash happened on Wednesday around 5 p.m. just behind the Salvage Hair Studio in San Dimas.“I was just terrified,” said Jesica Davenport, a stylist at the salon who witnessed the crash. “I just saw this 4Runner launch and roll about three to four times and hit a red Honda on its way down.”Locals are fed up with a dangerous 57 Freeway onramp in San Dimas that sees cars continually rolling over and crashi...

Crime spree leaves three dead in South Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

SAN JOSE – Two people were run over and killed and two others were critically injured in separate stabbings in San Jose, while a fifth person was stabbed to death in Milpitas – all apparently by the same suspect – on Thursday afternoon, police said.A suspect was arrested near the scene of the fatal stabbing in Milpitas, according to the Milpitas Police Department. The suspect’s name was not released Thursday.The rampage began around 3:10 p.m. in San Jose, when the first stabbing was reported at Kooser Road and Dellwood Way. The second stabbing was reported roughly 20 minutes later in the 1800 block of Hillsdale Avenue.The victims were taken to area hospitals, where they were listed in critical condition, said San Jose police Sgt. Jorge Garibay.Around 4:10 p.m., the same suspect intentionally ran over two people in a parking lot in the area of 16th and East Santa Clara streets, Garibay said. Both died of their injuries.Garibay said there were “a lot of incidents that occurred through...

DA Price shares details of gruesome Hayward killing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

(KRON) -- In a video posted on Thursday, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price revealed details about a Hayward homicide that happened on May 11. The suspect, Vaughn Boatner, 33, of San Mateo, was arrested on May 22 in Seattle, Washington. Boatner is accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend, 30-year-old Monique Alridge of Hayward. Price was told by police that Boatner also shot Jacques Jackson Fields, who was Aldridge's new boyfriend. Aldridge was shot seven times in the head, per DA Price. Jackson Fields was shot in the head and in the arm. 3 dead, 2 injured after crime spree in San Jose, Milpitas; suspect arrested Price said Boatner and Aldridge's 5-year-old son was present for the shootings. Jackson Fields was able to protect the child, according to Price. Aldridge was pregnant with Jackson Fields' child at the time she was killed. Boatner has prior convictions of gun possession and cocaine possession. He also had a pending case for robbery. Price said she authori...

¿Cómo podrían sobrevivir cuatro niños a un accidente aéreo en el Amazonas? Un nuevo informe ofrece pistas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

(CNN) — Un mes después de que cuatro niños desaparecieran en el Amazonas colombiano, un informe preliminar de la Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil ofrece pistas sobre cómo pudieron sobrevivir al devastador accidente aéreo en el que murieron todos los adultos que viajaban a bordo.La extraordinaria historia de los niños desaparecidos ha suscitado un gran interés en Colombia y en el resto del mundo, al tiempo que prosigue una operación de búsqueda en la selva dirigida por el ejército.En el desafortunado vuelo del 1 de mayo viajaban el piloto Hernando Murcia Morales, el líder indígena yarupari Herman Mendoza Hernández, una mujer indígena llamada Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia y sus cuatro hijos, el mayor de 13 años y el menor de solo 11 meses.Según el informe, poco después de despegar a primera hora de la mañana de la remota comunidad de Araracuara, el piloto comunicó por radio al control de tráfico aéreo que buscaría un lugar de aterrizaje de emergencia.“…Mayday, May...

Defensive stalwart Gordon jump-starts Nuggets’ offense in Game 1 rout of Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Aaron Gordon isn’t just the Denver Nuggets’ defensive stalwart, he’s their jump starter.Gordon hounded Jimmy Butler into one of his worst playoff performances Thursday night, but it was on the offensive end that he really sparked the Nuggets’ 104-93 win over the Miami Heat in the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance in its 47-year history.“Aaron really kind of set the tone on both ends of the floor for us,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said after Gordon muscled his way past smaller defenders in the paint to score 16 points while also helping to hold Butler to just 13 points on 6-of-14 shootng.Gordon did most of his offensive work in the first quarter, scoring a dozen points on 6-of-8 shooting and pulling down four of his six rebounds as the Nuggets shook off a 10-day layoff to win their seventh straight playoff game and improve to 13-3 in the postseason and an NBA-best 43-7 at home.Then, he spent the rest of the night making sure Butler...

Inside Europe’s Parliament of bullies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

EU authorities have repeatedly failed to protect victims of bullying by powerful politicians, amid a culture of indifference toward harassment within the European Parliament, a major POLITICO investigation reveals. A picture built up over four months, based on dozens of interviews and confidential documents, showed a system in crisis that has left junior staffers scarred by years of abuse. Witnesses and victims, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly, described feeling “physically and mentally dead” or even suicidal as a result of harassment, and suffering anxiety and sleep deprivation as they waited for several months — or longer — for their complaints to be processed. One likened the experience of the delays to waiting like “prisoners on death row.” Some insiders said the scale of bullying within the headquarters of EU democracy was “out of control” while others alleged they had suffered sexual harassment and said “mind games” were rife. Often, it was eas...

Here's how you can celebrate Pride Month in San Diego County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- June 1 means that Pride Month is officially here, with plenty of festivities taking place across the county to celebrate.Pride Month is held every June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, which marked the beginning of the movement to overturn discriminatory laws against LGBTQ+ Americans, and celebrate the community at-large.While San Diego's biggest Pride event takes place in July, there's no shortage of things members of the community or allies can do to commemorate the month. San Diego community colleges fly Pride flag for first time Here's a list of Pride Events hosted this month:QTAPI Week: The San Diego Queer APIMEDA Coalition, a group of queer and transgender Asian American Pacific Islander individuals, has ended AAPI Heritage Month and kicked off Pride with a series of events to celebrate those who live at the intersection of the two communities. While a few of the events for QTAPI week have already passed, there are two more set to take place this month:Nig...

Mayor says Coronado's approach to homelessness works, but would it across the bay?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:37 GMT

CORONADO, Calif. -- As homelessness continues to increase in San Diego, there's one mayor in San Diego County who believes he may have the right approach. The latest homeless count from the Downtown San Diego Partnership in April showed a record high number of nearly 2,000. But across the bay, it's a different story.Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey says his city is tough on homelessness, and the latest data reflects it, showing the count is zero there. Were homeless people told to move to the Beverly Hills area? "We have to at least come to an understanding that the policies that have been in place region-wide, and also throughout the state of California, have really failed the homeless population and they've also failed the surrounding communities," he said to FOX 5 on Thursday.Bailey believes his three-step approach could be used in other areas, and that geography isn't one of the solutions. Those steps include:Starting to use real-time data to show where shelter beds are available...