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Woodbridge man accused of kicking kitten to death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

A Woodbridge, Virginia, man faces an animal cruelty charge for allegedly kicking a kitten to death.Eighteen-year-old Frederick Grant Pierce was arrested Friday after investigators found a 3-month-old kitten dead inside of a home at the Stone Pointe apartment community.The Prince William County Police Department said officers were called to the building earlier that day for a domestic dispute. Detectives believe the owner left her kitten, which was a Maine Coon and Siamese mix, in the apartment with Pierce.She came back later and found the kitten unresponsive in the bedroom.According to a police news release, detectives alleged Pierce had kicked the kitten in the head several times.Pierce was taken into custody on one felony count of torturing or maiming a cat. He is scheduled for arraignment on June 13.Source

Bayern Munich brings back Rummenigge to supervisory board

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

MUNICH (AP) — Former chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is returning to Bayern Munich as a member of the club’s supervisory board.Bayern said on Tuesday that 67-year-old Rummenigge, a former player and long-time employee of the club before he made way for incoming CEO Oliver Kahn in December 2021, was coming back to ensure its continued success.“He is one the biggest figures in the history of our club, everyone knows what he has done,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer said. “His experience, his competence and his international network will enormously help Bayern be successful in the future, too.”Bayern was without a sporting director following the dismissal of Hasan Salihamidžić along with Kahn on Saturday, when it won a record-extending 11th consecutive Bundesliga title.Bayern presented Jan-Christian Dreesen as Kahn’s replacement on Sunday, when Hainer said he would propose Rummenigge’s return at the club’s shareholders’ meeting on Tuesday.Rummenigge, a former striker who scored ...

President Biden to visit Colorado for Air Force graduation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- President Joe Biden will travel to Colorado this week to serve as the commencement speaker at this year's Air Force Academy graduation.The ceremony will be held at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs on Thursday and will start at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are required to attend.The ceremony will also be streamed online. Counties with the warmest summers in Colorado This is not the first time Biden has served as the academy's commencement speaker, but it is his first time as president. He spoke at the ceremony twice as vice president -- once in 2009 and again in 2014.After the ceremony, there will be a performance by the Air Force Thunderbirds.There will also be a graduation parade on Wednesday at Stillman Field.

Man previously sentenced for sexual assault found guilty in 2nd case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A man who was previously sentenced for sexually assaulting a woman was found guilty for a second case that occurred while he was out on bond.Damiage Plasencia was originally sentenced to 26 years to life in March 2023. According to the Weld County District Attorney's Office, Plasencia's sentencing stemmed from an incident where the court said he broke into the home of an elderly woman late at night and sexually assaulted her. Colorado mom killed in Ecuador home invasion Last week, Plasencia was found guilty by another jury of sexual assault.According to the DA, in August 2019, Plasencia allegedly sexually assaulted a woman who had passed out due to being intoxicated. At that time, Plasencia was out on bond and had an ankle monitor.Plasencia's next sentencing hearing will be scheduled for June 16. He faces an additional eight to 24 years to life in prison.

Hollywood police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach on Memorial Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police launched a search Tuesday for three suspects they believe to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded Florida beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding nine people and sending others frantically running for cover.Hollywood police sought the public’s help in identifying the gunmen, who ran from the scene during the chaos of hundreds of people fleeing for their lives and diving for cover as shots hit bystanders.Two people involved in the altercation that led to the shooting have been arrested on firearms charges, police said. Five handguns have been recovered, with one of them reported stolen in the Miami area and another in Texas, they said.Police and witnesses said the shooting began as a group of people fought in front of a busy stretch of shops on the Hollywood Oceanfront Broadwalk about 7 p.m. Monday.The sound of gunshots sent witness Alvie Carlton Scott III ducking for cover behind a tree before he fled on foot at the command of a pol...

97-year-old WWII veteran awarded high school diploma 80 years later

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

THOMASVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — The Grand Marshall for Thomasville’s Memorial Day parade was a local World War II veteran. After the parade, he was awarded something that he’s been wanting for 80 years, his high school diploma.In 1943, Glenn Ray Leonard enlisted in the military. He then found out that he was to be shipped out 2 weeks before his graduation from Thomasville High School.“He tried to have that changed and it was unable to so he promptly got on board the bus and didn’t look back,” Rick Leonard, Glenn’s son said.Glenn went on to fight in WWII for the Navy but said one of his regrets is that he wasn’t able to get his high school diploma.So, 80 years later, Thomasville City Schools finally awarded it to him.“As soon as we found out, the family reached out to us, and we were able to award his diploma today, and it’s just so special,” said Chris Kennedy, the Thomasville City Schools superintendent.Rick said, “He went through these year...

Police: Baby dies after parents leave her in car to go to church in Palm Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

PALM BAY, Florida (WESH) — A baby left in a car while her parents went to church in Palm Bay has died, according to police.On Sunday at 1 p.m., officers responded to the 6100 block of Babcock Street about an unconscious 11-month-old girl inside of a car.The child was taken to Palm Bay Community Hospital. There, she was pronounced dead.The police department said the baby girl was left in the car for three hours while her parents attended a church service. Based on the location provided by the Palm Bay Police Department, it’s unclear which church the child’s parents attended.The investigation is still ongoing. Police did not say whether they expect to file charges.“This is an unfortunate incident, and our condolences and prayers go out to the family,” Palm Bay police Chief Mario Augello said.WESH 2 is working to find out exactly where the car was parked and where the baby’s parents went.

Man accused of yelling racial slurs, threatening group of teens with gun makes plea deal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

A man who went on a racist tirade and wielded a gun back in 2019 on Martin Luther King Day in Miami Brickell, was set to make a plea for his deplorable conduct and is facing charges. Mark Bartlette made a deal to avoid jail time at the Metro Justice building in Miami, Tuesday. Bartlette would have faced up to 55 years in prison, but instead, he will be on 10 years of probation. Video back from 2019 showed how he went on this racist tirade and at that time he was 51 years old when he was caught on camera with a gun in his hand yelling racial slurs at a group of teens that were on bikes in Brickell. After Tuesday’s hearing, he pleaded guilty and offered an apology in court. “I apologize for my conduct that day, I was wrong to use those words and direct the pain that my words have caused anyone around or anyone that has seen it and I sincerely apologize,” said Bartlette.The attorney for the victims also addressed his concern for his clients. “Whether it was si...

Experts say wild box turtles as pets is a bad idea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

(CNN) – As the temperatures warm up in the summer, people like to spend more time outdoors and many animals and reptiles are doing the same.Conservationists are informing the public that if they would come across a wild box turtle, they should leave it alone and not keep it as a pet.“We can tell who is who we all have nicknames for them all,” said Joanna Prosser at the Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Center. Joanna Prosser is passionate about taking care of animals.“I wish I could find Mr. Handsome,” said Prosser. As the animal care director of Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Center, she sees people taking wild box turtles and turning them into pets.“And they come out in the spring and summer,” said Prosser. “You can’t take any turtle that’s less than four inches and so these are two regulations.”All the turtles in a Nashville encampment are the ones that the owners didn’t want anymore. A turtle named Kenny keeps ...

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, Carter Center says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:48 GMT

Washington (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter Center announced on Tuesday.“The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones,” the center announced. Additional details about Carter, 95, were not immediately provided and the Center said it did not expect to comment further.The Center said that, in sharing news of Carter’s diagnosis, it helped to “increase important conversations at kitchen tables and in doctor’s offices around the country.” As first lady, Carter made mental health advocacy her platform and formed a presidential commission on the matter during her time in the White House, a legacy that continues today.President Carter, 98, began home hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays.At an event in...