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Three men charged in St. Charles County trafficking case plead not guilty

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - Three men arrested in a St. Charles County trafficking case, all accused of beating a victim and forcing him into labor for several months, have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges.Venkatesh R. Sattaru, Sravanvarma Penumetcha, and Nikhil V. Penmatsa all pleaded not guilty to felony charges on Friday. Their cases include abuse through forced labor, trafficking, kidnapping and armed criminal action, among other offenses.Authorities arrested Sattaru, Penumetcha, and Penmatsa after helping a victim who the three allegedly trapped for several months. Police say the victim is a 20-year-old Indian national who came to the United States on a student visa with intentions to attend college at Missouri S&T. Court documents state the victim is a cousin of Sattaru and a brother-in-law of one of the other suspects.Authorities learned of the trafficking allegations during a wellness check Wednesday in Defiance, Missouri. Investigators say the victim came out the fr...

Grading The Week: Why Nikola Jokic, Rudy Carey, Jamal Murray deserved Sports Illustrated honors more than Coach Prime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

LeBron’s on the fade. Steph Curry’s supporting cast is slipping. Do you hand it to Patrick Mahomes again? Kirby Smart? Ick.In Sports Illustrated’s defense, while 2023 proved to be a solid year for storylines, it was a down one as far as North American sports icons. The guys who sell magazines.Enter Deion Sanders.The Grading The Week team loves them some Coach Prime. But Sanders being named SI’s Sportsperson of the Year earlier this week? That was the magazine equivalent of Harold Baines getting strong-armed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Tony La Russa into Cooperstown.With a 4-8 record? Last in the Pac-12? Come on. That lowers the bar a bit. For everybody.Now before you accuse the crack GTW staff of being pro-CSU and a bunch of FoCo homers — they’re not, and Jay Norvell and his staff have some explaining to do after a squad with Tory Horton and Mo Kamara failed to reach a bowl — we do respect SI’s argument. However flimsy.Sanders opened doors for Black un...

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican’s bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision amounts to a sharp rejection to challenges the Trump defense team had raised to the four-count indictment in advance of a trial expected to center on the Republican’s multi-pronged efforts to undo the election won by Democrat Joe Biden.Though the judge turned aside Trump’s expansive view of presidential power, the order might not be the final say in the legal fight. Lawyers for Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing, are expected to quickly appeal to fight what they say an unsettled legal question.In her ruling, Chutkan said the office of the president “does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.” “Former Presidents enjoy no special conditions on their federal crimina...

U.S. proposes plan to help the snow-dependent Canada lynx before warming shrinks its habitat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century.The proposal marks a sharp turnaround from five years ago, when officials in Donald Trump’s presidency said lynx had recovered and no longer needed protection after their numbers had rebounded in some areas. President Joseph Biden’s administration in 2021 reached a legal settlement with environmental groups to retain threatened species protections for lynx that were first imposed in 2000.Populations of the medium-sized wildcats in New Hampshire, Maine and Washington state are most at risk as warmer temperatures reduce habitat for lynx and their primary food, snowshoe hares, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service documents indicate.But declines for lynx would be seen in boreal forests across the contiguous U.S. under even the most optimistic war...

Clutch performances help San Jose Sharks finally end misery on road

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

The San Jose Sharks made the most of their limited opportunities — and survived some hairy moments – to earn their first road win of the season on Friday.Jacob MacDonald and Anthony Duclair each scored twice and goalie Kaapo Kahkonen made 45 saves as the Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 at the Prudential Center to improve to 1-10-0 away from home this year.Duclair’s second goal, at the 5:07 mark of the third period, proved to be the winner as the Sharks took a 4-2 lead. After Ondrej Palat scored with 7:02 left in the third period, Mikael Granlund scored his second of the season, helping the Sharks seal their first win on the road since April 1 when they beat the Arizona Coyotes in Tempe.William Eklund added an empty-net goal with 18 seconds left in regulation time as the Sharks (6-16-2) started December on a positive note, despite having just 18 shots on net.San Jose had been outscored 42-6 in its 10 previous road games this season — and matched that offensive outpu...

Target in Albany reopens after hazmat situation, 'unusual odor' shut store down

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

ALBANY, Calif. (KRON) -- A Target in Albany was closed Friday evening due to a hazmat incident, city officials confirmed. The store was evacuated after fire crews reported an "unusual odor" inside the store.As of 6:20 p.m., the Albany Fire Department has cleared the scene, and there is no longer a hazmat situation. City officials say the Target has reopened. No injuries have been reported. No one has asked for medical attention. The chemical causing the odor is unknown at this time. A snapshot of a video from the Citizen App shows employees and guests exiting the Target (below).The Target in Albany was evacuated due to a hazmat incident on Dec. 1, 2023 (Citizen App). Shake Shack to open new location in South Bay The Target is located at 1057 Eastshore Highway. It is located near Golden Gate Fields.This story will be updated. KRON4 has sent a crew to the scene.

Florida State advances past Clemson in women’s College Cup behind goals from Zipay and Dudley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Kaitlyn Zipay and freshman Jordynn Dudley each scored and Florida State beat Clemson 2-0 on Friday night to clinch its seventh berth to the national championship game. Florida State (21-0-1) advanced to the title game for the fourth time in the last five seasons. Clemson (18-4-4) was making the program’s first appearance in the national semifinal. The Seminoles, in their 14th College Cup, beat the Tigers for the third straight time this season and the last eight overall. The Seminoles’ second series victory this season secured the program’s fourth straight ACC championship. Zipay scored her fourth goal of the season in the 38th minute to open the scoring. Zipay, who entered as a substitute in the 30th, ran past the defense for Heather Gilchrist’s over-the-shoulder pass and one-touched it home.Dudley scored on a breakaway in the 53rd for her 13th goal of the season, and third of the NCAA Tournament. Florida State is now unbeaten in 160 games when leading...

Jueza rechaza dos mociones de Trump para desestimar el caso de interferencia electoral

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

Una jueza federal rechazó el viernes dos de las mociones del expresidente Donald Trump para desestimar el caso de interferencia federal en las elecciones en su contra.La jueza de distrito Tanya Chutkan, que supervisa el caso, falló en contra de la primera moción al decir que los presidentes no tienen inmunidad absoluta frente al procesamiento penal por actos que caen dentro de sus responsabilidades oficiales a menos que primero sean acusados y condenados en el Senado.“El texto, la estructura y la historia de la Constitución no respaldan ese argumento”, escribió Chutkan en su opinión. Corte rechaza pedido de inmunidad de Trump ante demandas por ataque al Capitolio Corte restablece la orden mordaza contra Trump en caso de fraude empresarial “Ningún tribunal, ni ninguna otra rama del gobierno, lo ha aceptado jamás. Y este tribunal no opinará así. Cualesquiera que sean las inmunidades que pueda disfrutar un presidente en e...

Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey out for Sixers vs. Celtics

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers were without reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid and guard Tyrese Maxey, their top two scorers, for Friday night’s game against the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics.Both players were listed as having an illness. Nicolas Batum (finger), Kelly Oubre Jr. (rib) and Danuel House Jr. (sore leg) were also out.Embiid, who is averaging 32 points and 11 rebounds per game, missed a game at Minnesota last week as well as Wednesday’s game at New Orleans. The Sixers lost both.Boston (14-4) led Philadelphia (12-6) in the Atlantic Division heading into Friday night’s game, the third meeting between the teams this season. Each team had won one of the previous matchups.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBASource

Un tribunal federal de apelaciones ordena a Texas retirar las controvertidas boyas fronterizas del río Grande

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:26 GMT

(CNN) — El Tribunal de Apelaciones del Quinto Circuito de Estados Unidos falló este viernes a favor del Gobierno de Biden y ordenó a Texas que retirara sus boyas fronterizas del río Grande.En una decisión de 2 a 1, el tribunal confirmó la orden judicial preliminar de un tribunal inferior emitida en septiembre.En julio, el Departamento de Justicia demandó a Texas por las barreras fronterizas flotantes en el Río Grande, que el gobernador republicano, Greg Abbott, desplegó como parte de su iniciativa de seguridad fronteriza conocida como Operación Estrella Solitaria. En el tribunal inferior, el Departamento de Justicia argumentó que Texas desplegó las barreras sin autorización, mientras que Abbott dijo que Texas tiene autoridad constitucional para instalarlas.Legisladores de Texas aprueban ley que permite arresto de migrantes sospechosos de ser indocumentados“El fiscal general Paxton y yo solicitaremos una nueva audiencia inmediata ante todo el tribunal. Iremos a la Corte Suprema...