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Suspect wanted in two St. Louis County ATM burglaries

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Police are searching for a suspect in connection with two recent ATM burglaries in north St. Louis County. The St. Louis County Police Department released several photos Thursday of the wanted suspect during an apparent ATM heist earlier this week. Police say the suspect broke into an ATM around 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 9200 block of Lewis and Clark Boulevard, taking off with thousands of dollars. Missouri expecting two rounds of winter weather The suspect was caught on camera with black clothing and used a newer-model Jeep Grand Cherokee in the crime, possibly a Trackhawk model.Investigators say the Jeep was possibly a black or gray Jeep that was recently painted white. The jeep also had dark wheels and two hood vents.The St. Louis County Police Department released several photos Thursday of the wanted suspect during an apparent ATM heist earlier this week. (Courtesy: St. Louis County Police Department)The St. Louis County Police Department released several ...

Over a decade after their Super Bowl matchup, Harbaugh brothers soaring again with Michigan, Ravens

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

By NOAH TRISTER (AP Sports Writer)OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Eleven years after turning the Super Bowl into one of football’s most memorable family reunions, John and Jim Harbaugh are again at the forefront of the sport.This time, the two coaches are chasing different prizes — and won’t be in each other’s way. John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens have the NFL’s best record and have clinched the top seed in the AFC playoffs. Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan team faces Washington on Monday night in Houston for college football’s national title, a game John said he’s planning to attend.“I’ve never seen either of them have as much fun with their team as they’re having now,” said Joani Crean, their younger sister. “It brings a pure smile to my face.”The family should be used to the publicity by now. At the end of the 2012 season, John’s Ravens defeated Jim’s San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl....

Denver sheriff’s firearms instructor unintentionally shoots rifle into neighbor’s house

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

A Denver Sheriff Department firearms instructor unintentionally fired a rifle into his neighbor’s kitchen in August, according to a disciplinary letter released Wednesday.Deputy David Steckman will be suspended for 14 days over the incident, according to the Dec. 14 letter. Steckman, a firearms instructor and 27-year employee of the sheriff’s department, unintentionally fired the gun while in the bedroom of his Commerce City home on Aug. 21.The bullet shot through his bedroom wall and into his neighbor’s kitchen, according to the disciplinary letter. Steckman told investigators he was practicing how to handle the rifle if it were to malfunction and going through the steps of a “malfunction drill.” The rifle was loaded and had a round in the chamber, but Steckman failed to check the chamber, and when he completed the drill and pulled the rifle’s trigger, the gun fired.Steckman said he immediately put the rifle down and went to check on his neighbor...

Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer admits 'mistakes,' seeks MLB comeback

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

Trevor Bauer wants Major League Baseball to give him another chance.The former Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher and Cy Young award winner appeared on Fox News Channel on Thursday in his first television interview since he was suspended by MLB amid allegations that he sexually assaulted and beat a woman in 2021. Charges were never filed and Bauer and his accuser settled dueling defamation lawsuits out of court last year. “I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone. Never will. Never have. It's not who I am as a person,” Bauer told FNC’s Bill Hemmer. “It’s been excruciating the last two and a half years being seen that way.”In February 2021, Bauer signed a three-year, $102 million contract with the Dodgers after winning the National League Cy Young Award the previous year.  Once the assault allegation surfaced, the North Hollywood native was placed on administrative leave by MLB in July 2021. He was suspended an unprecedented 324 games, which was later reduced to 194 gam...

Public Health warns of botulism risk from mulberry jam, molasses

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

Shemshad’s Mulberry Molasses and Mulberry Jam food products sold in the Los Angeles area may be contaminated with the bacteria that causes botulism, according to the California Department of Public Health.The molasses and jam sold at Woodland Hills Market in Woodland Hills, Q Market in Van Nuys and Wholesome Choice Market in Irvine may contain Clostridium botulinum, CDPH said in a news release."[The molasses and jam] were produced outside of the CDPH Cannery Program oversight, making them susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum," CDPH said. "Ingestion of botulism toxin from improperly processed jarred and canned foods may lead to serious illness and death."The products come in 16-ounce glass jars dates APR 25 2025, officials said."CDPH recommends consumers experiencing any ill effects after consuming this product should consult their health care provider," officials said. If you see these products for sale, you're encouraged to call the CDPH toll-free complaint line ...

Verizon customers could get $100 each: Who qualifies and how to get paid

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

Verizon customers may be entitled to a piece of a $100 million sum the company agreed to pay to settle a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges Verizon customers were hit with an administrative charge as part of a "deceptive scheme." Verizon denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to pay affected users up to $100 each.The group of people who qualify includes all Verizon customers, current or former, in the U.S. who "received postpaid wireless or data services from Verizon and who were charged and paid an Administrative Charge and/or an Administrative and Telco Recovery Charge between January 1, 2016 and November 8, 2023." More people are canceling their streaming subscriptions "Postpaid" phone plans are the opposite of prepaid plans. With postpaid plans, you sign a contract with a phone provider, and then you're billed monthly based on your usage.People who qualify should have also received a notice by mail or email.To claim your payout, you'll need the ID and confirmation code f...

Glynis Johns dies at 100; award-winning actress was best known for role in ‘Mary Poppins’

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

By Mark Kennedy | Associated PressNEW YORK — Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100.Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes. “Today’s a sad day for Hollywood,” Clem said. “She is the last of the last of old Hollywood.”Johns was known to be a perfectionist about her profession — precise, analytical and opinionated. The roles she took had to be multi-faceted. Anything less was giving less than her all.“As far as I’m concerned, I’m not interested in playing the role on only one level,” she told The Associated Press in 1990. “The whole point of first-class acting is to make a reality of it. To be real. And I have to make sense of it in my own mind in order to be real.”Johns’ greatest triumph was ...

Lululemon distances itself from founder’s diversity criticism

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

By Ramishah Maruf | CNNLululemon’s controversial founder is back with criticisms about its diversity and inclusion efforts — and the athleticwear company is distancing itself from his comments.It’s been almost a decade since Chip Wilson left the company, but the founder has gripes about Lululemon’s “whole diversity and inclusion thing,” according to a new profile in Forbes. Wilson had founded the yogawear brand in 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia.“They’re trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” Wilson told Forbes. “And I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody… You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.”He also used a flurry of descriptions for the faces in the athleticwear’s ads: “unhealthy,” “sickly” and “not inspirational.”In a statement to CNN, Lululemon said that Wilson does not speak for the company and that his views don’t stand for its values or beliefs. It said it’s a “very different company...

Police: Moraga shooting deaths being investigated as murder and suicide

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

MORAGA — A man and woman were found fatally shot inside their home Wednesday and police are investigating the deaths as a murder and suicide, authorities said Thursday.The names of the two people will not be released until it is ensured that all family members have been notified, police said.The bodies were found about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday inside a home on Southard Court.Moraga Chief of Police Jon King said in a news release that police received a call requesting a welfare check at the residence by someone who said they had been unable to contact their parents, who resided there.Officers responding to the home were met by a neighbor who told them he had not been able to contact the residents and was also concerned about their welfare.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Walnut Creek lawyer charged with 26 counts of child molestation, allegedly kept itemized files of child pornography Crime and Public Safety | Stockton woman killed at Oakland side...

Documents show Epstein’s influence among the powerful

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:12 GMT

By Larry Neumeister | Associated PressNEW YORK — Newly released court documents describing Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls provide a reminder of how the financier leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes.The more than 40 documents released late Wednesday — the latest of thousands that have been made public — were sprinkled with the names of celebrities and politicians who socialized with Epstein or worked with him in the years before he was publicly accused nearly two decades ago of paying underage girls for sex.Most of those names were familiar to anyone who has followed the scandal closely, including the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Epstein’s former girlfriend, household manager and chief recruiter of young, vulnerable females.It was during Maxwell’s criminal trial two years ago that Epstein’s victims, some of whom aspired to be models or artists, described how he d...