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‘This is what they get’: Long-ignored Antioch residents feel vindicated over police indictments

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

ANTIOCH – They insisted the Antioch cops were dirty all along, that the officers targeted and mocked their sons and fiancés and loved ones because they were Black, but no one believed them.When Kathryn Wade heard the news Thursday morning that six Antioch officers were among the 10 indicted in a wide-ranging police corruption scandal in federal court Thursday – with reams of racist text messages bolstering some of the charges – she broke into tears. Her son, she said, had been beaten five times by Antioch police, who joked about it.Kathryn Wade, of Antioch, embraces a graduation photograph of her son Malad Baldwin while at her home in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Malad graduated from Antioch High School in 2012. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) “Thank you, Jesus,”  she said. “I know God answered my prayers because we weren’t just saying this was happening, we weren’t just putting in complaints, I wasn’t just protesting, I wasn’t going to...

Michael Parkinson, Britain’s talk show king, dies at 88

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

By Pan Pylas | Associated PressLONDON — Michael Parkinson, the renowned British broadcaster who interviewed some of the world’s most famous celebrities of the 20th century from Muhammad Ali to Miss Piggy, has died. He was 88.His family said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday that Parkinson died “peacefully at home last night” after a brief illness.After training and working as a journalist, Parkinson got his big television break in 1971 when the BBC offered him his own eponymous talk show.Hosting “Parkinson” over three spells through to 2007, he earned his status as Britain’s talk show king by putting his guests at ease, drawing out insights others could not. Flirty, funny and serious by turns, he would spar with his guests, rather than seeking anecdotes, although those were welcome when they came.Over four animated interviews with the great heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, Parkinson knew he had met his match.“I’m not going to argue with you,” Parky tol...

Trader Joe's crackers product recalled, may contain metal

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

(KRON) -- Trader Joe's is recalling a product named "Multigrain Crackers with Sunflower and Flax Seeds," the grocery chain announced Thursday. Boxes with "Best If Used By" dates between 03/01/24 and 03/05/24 may contain metal. Dutch Bros opens new location in East Bay There have been no injuries reported to date, Trader Joe's said. All potentially affected products have been removed from the shelves and destroyed.Trader Joe's advises anyone who purchased or received donations of this product to not eat it. "We urge you to discard the product or return it to any Trader Joe's for a full refund," the company wrote. Last month, Trader Joe's recalled two cookie products.

Abogados de Trump piden que el juicio federal por interferencia electoral se retrase hasta el 2026

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

WASHINGTON – El expresidente Donald Trump, el favorito en las encuestas para la nominación republicana de 2024, busca retrasar su juicio federal por cargos relacionados con sus supuestos esfuerzos para detener la transferencia pacífica del poder y retener la Casa Blanca luego de su derrota en las elecciones de 2020.En un documento judicial presentado el jueves, los abogados de Trump recomendaron comenzar el juicio en abril de 2026, más de dos años después de la fecha en que los fiscales intentan iniciar el proceso.El pleito judicial de interferencia electoral presentado contra Trump en la capital de la nación por el fiscal especial Jack Smith es uno de los cuatro casos penales que el expresidente enfrenta ahora, y uno de los dos presentados a nivel federal por los fiscales del Departamento de Justicia. Él es Jack Smith, el fiscal especial que se ha convertido en el dolor de cabeza de Trump Uno por uno, cuáles son los cuatro casos penale...

Hacker brasileño dice que Bolsonaro le pidió que interviniera las máquinas de votación y le prometió un indulto

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

(CNN) — El hacker brasileño Walter Delgatti Neto afirmó este jueves que el expresidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro le preguntó si podía intervenir las máquinas de votación, según su testimonio en la investigación del Congreso sobre los resultados de las elecciones y el asalto a edificios gubernamentales el 8 de enero de 2023.Delgatti le dijo a la Comisión Parlamentaria Conjunta de Investigación (CPMI) que durante una reunión de agosto de 2022 con Bolsonaro, el expresidente le ofreció el indulto en caso de enfrentar alguna consecuencia legal.Los disturbios del 8 de enero en Brasilia fueron un “intento de golpe”, dice Lula da SilvaDelgatti relató que Bolsonaro le dijo: “Tenga la seguridad de que si por casualidad alguien lo arresta, haré detener al juez”. También le habría dicho que recibiría “un indulto si el arresto fue por acciones relacionadas con las máquinas de voto electrónico”.El expresidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro.En la audiencia, De...

Colorado fugitive takes plea deal in dramatic Vegas Strip casino standoff

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A fugitive from Colorado who was arrested after a spectacular standoff on the Las Vegas Strip last month that had furniture flying from a window at Caesars Palace has taken a plea deal that is expected to send him to his home state to serve any prison sentence, his attorney said Thursday.Matthew John Ermond Mannix, now 36, pleaded guilty to felony property destruction and misdemeanor negligence charges and has agreed to pay nearly $55,300 in restitution, attorney David Roger said. Police: Customer shot employee at Santiago’s restaurant in Commerce City The judge in Nevada could also fine Mannix up to $12,000 and sentence him to one-to-five years in prison concurrent with a 364-day jail term.Prosecutors agreed to drop more serious felony kidnapping and coercion charges, according to court documents. A conviction in Nevada on the kidnapping charge can carry the possibility of life in prison.Mannix is from Golden, Colorado. Roger said his client would be transferred ...

Deion Sanders-led Colorado is driving a lot of college football betting

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The excitement of Deion Sanders taking over at Colorado is making the Buffaloes an unlikely favorite of bettors for this college football season.At least with what is considered the betting public. For the pros, not so much. Here's when the Denver Nuggets will raise their championship banner Colorado has a win total of 3 1/2 at FanDuel Sportsbook and other books for its final Pac-12 Conference season. The professional gamblers are the reason why that number isn't higher, and they're the ones who carry the most influence when determining lines.“We're seeing a lot of over action from the public,” said Chuck Esposito, Red Rock race and sportsbook director in Las Vegas.Sanders overhauled the vast majority of that roster, bringing in 86 new players — 56 since Colorado's spring game — to revive a once-proud program that went 1-11 last season. This isn't the first rebuild for the charismatic Sanders, who calls himself Coach Prime after a Hall of Fame playing career in wh...

The volunteers vital to Colorado's state parks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) — There are people who love the outdoors. There are people who work in the outdoors.And then there are people who love to work in the outdoors — for free. Those are the folks who keep Colorado state parks running. They are the volunteers. Artist gets his inspiration from the Colorado outdoors Pull up to the entrance at Barr Lake State Park and volunteer Linda Reitz will greet you with a smile. She is just one of over a hundred volunteers that you might say has the right stuff. They play a major role in keeping the park just about perfect. Volunteers lead school groups, work at the entrance station, check boats, teach hunter education and teach archery classes, to name just a few of the things that volunteers perform every week. And, yes, they even clean the toilets. The one thing volunteers do not do is perform law-enforcement duties.Barr Lake State Park in Brighton, Colorado (Getty Images)'We could not do it without volunteers'Michelle Seubert, manager at B...

Maui’s emergency services chief resigns after facing criticism for not activating sirens during fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency resigned abruptly Thursday, a day after saying he had no regret about not using sirens to warn residents of wildfires that devastated the seaside community of Lahaina and killed at least 111 people.That decision from the agency directed by Administrator Herman Andaya, coupled with water shortages that hampered firefighters and an escape route that became clogged with vehicles that were overrun by flames, has brought intense criticism from many residents.Mayor Richard Bissen accepted Andaya’s resignation effective immediately, the County of Maui announced on Facebook. Andaya cited unspecified health reasons for leaving his post, with no further details provided.“Given the gravity of the crisis we are facing, my team and I will be placing someone in this key position as quickly as possible and I look forward to making that announcement soon,” Bissen said in the statement.A day earlier, Andaya defended the de...

Police search for suspects after shooting caught on camera in NH

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:37:22 GMT

Authorities are searching for the people who were caught on camera taking part in a shootout in Nashua, New Hampshire on Wednesday night.Witnesses tell 7NEWS the bullets nearly struck a mother who was sitting in her car. Surveillance video from several angles obtained by 7NEWS show two groups arriving in the area at the same time. From one angle, a group pulls up in a white car in front of an auto repair shop. Across the street, another group sneaks up in an alley before one opens fire.The shooting prompts the other group to return fire across the street. The owner of the store that captured the video didn’t want to go on the camera but both said the shooters are regular customers.The owner of the store that captured the video said a woman inside an SUV parked outside with in the car with her children and said a bullet nearly struck her.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.