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Report: Teacher shot by 6-year-old student has resigned

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

By Ben Finley | Associated PresThe first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million.The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner notified human resources in March that she wouldn’t be returning next school year.Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom on Jan. 6. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, has endured multiple surgeries and told NBC that she sometimes ” can’t get up out of bed.”Zwerner filed her lawsuit in early April, alleging that school officials ignored multiple warnings that the boy had a gun and was in a violent mood that day.The school board has pushed back, asking a judge to dismiss the case and arguing that Zwerner should get workers c...

Oakland: Infant girl overdoses on fentanyl but survives, mother charged with child abuse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

OAKLAND — A city resident has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse after her infant daughter went unconscious from a suspected fentanyl overdose, but survived after emergency responders administered an antidote, court records show.The woman, a 27-year-old Oakland resident, was charged with child an abuse and an enhancement alleging the victim was vulnerable. She pleaded not guilty at a May 12 court appearance, and was released from jail 11 days later after a bond hearing, court records show.The woman was arrested May 10 after calling 9-1-1 to report her infant daughter was breathing but unconscious and unresponsive, according to court records. When police arrived, she told them she had an empty container that had previously held fentanyl, which she believed her daughter had touched while she was asleep.Though the container was empty, authorities say it contained enough of the deadly drug for the young girl to ingest. The girl was given Narcan and transferred to a ...

Police investigating shooting at Antioch birthday party that left 18-year-old woman dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A shooting broke out at a birthday party crashed by uninvited guests, leaving 18-year-old Nadia Tirado dead and six wounded in Northern California, police said.The shooting happened early Sunday during a birthday party for a 19-year-old man at a home in Antioch, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco, the Antioch Police Department said in a statement. Those responsible for the violence fled before officers arrived and no one was arrested, police said.Some of the victims drove themselves to local hospitals after “a panic where attendees ... fled in multiple directions and into the neighborhood,” according to police, who noted that they responded to multiple 911 calls about the shooting just before 1 a.m.The 18-year-old woman was taken to a hospital, where she died. Wounded guests included four other women, ages 19 and 20, and two men, age 18 and 19, police said. Their injuries were not life-threatening.Tirado's aunt Sandra Rangel said her nie...

Enough fentanyl to kill 900K people seized in Bay Bridge traffic stop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two pounds of fentanyl -- enough to kill 900,000 people -- along with other drugs were seized when a car driven by two juveniles was stopped on the Bay Bridge earlier this month, according to the California Highway Patrol. A CHP Golden Gate Division officer conducted an enforcement stop on the vehicle for a vehicle code violation on Friday, June 2. The vehicle was heading west on the bridge at the time. Suspect wanted in East Palo Alto sexual assault considered armed and dangerous The officer conducting the stop learned that the vehicle's two occupants were both juveniles and neither had identification. After being granted permission to search the vehicle, officers discovered nearly two pounds of fentanyl, methamphetamine and supplies to package the drugs for sale.Two pounds of fentanyl is enough to deliver over 900,000 lethal doses, police said. It takes as little was two milligrams of fentanyl for an adult to overdose. Without immediate intervention, an o...

Missing man with dementia sought by San Leandro PD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Leandro Police Department is searching for a missing man who is considered at-risk, according to a social post from the department. Wayman Hall is described as 5'11", 120 pounds with brown/gray hair and brown eyes.Hall is 72 years old and was last seen on Tuesday when he left his residence for a doctor's appointment around 10 a.m. He never arrived. A’s stadium bill approved by Nevada State Senate Hall is considered at-risk because he has dementia. However, police say he is able to care for himself and drive. He was last seen wearing a maroon t-shirt and blue cargo shirts. He was driving a 2012 gran Honda Crosstour with CA license plate number 6YDV808.Anyone who sees Hall is asked to call the San Leandro Police Department at (510) 577-1700.

Homa comes home: Los Angeles’ own Max Homa aims for major breakout at US Open

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Homa knows he could walk around Los Angeles Country Club this week like he owns the place.After all, he’s returning to his hometown to play in the 123rd U.S. Open, and he’s doing it at a hallowed venue where he set the course record with a 61 at the Pac-12 championships a decade ago.Homa will have big, loud, supportive galleries at this Beverly Hills-adjacent golf haven while he chases his first major title this week. He already tasted that atmosphere Tuesday when he played his practice round with Michael Kim, his college teammate at California when he shot that course-record 61.“On a regular basis I get people yelling my college if they went there, (but) getting people yelling my high school is different, so that’s been awesome,” Homa said. “It’s just a really great golf course in my favorite city in the world.”Homa is already one of the most interesting players on the PGA Tour, and his latest return to LA has the potential to be a landmark moment...

German court orders Cologne archdiocese to pay clergy abuse victim over $300,000

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A court on Tuesday ordered a German diocese to pay 300,000 euros ($323,000) in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s, a ruling that a victims’ association said was the first of its kind in Germany.The state court in Cologne ruled in a case in which the plaintiff, a man now aged 62 who was raped and otherwise abused more than 300 times by a now-deceased priest, had sought 750,000 euros from the Cologne archdiocese, German news agency dpa reported. The archdiocese decided against invoking the statute of limitations in the case.Presiding Judge Stephan Singbartl said that the court hadn’t ordered higher compensation because the victim’s life fortunately hadn’t been destroyed, noting that he had married, had children and been able to work.The German church has been making voluntary payments to abuse survivors. Victims’ groups criticized the amounts as too small. A system that took effect ...

Alexander eager to help Packers wideouts by lining up against them in practice

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander got some early evidence that second-year receivers Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson will make major strides this upcoming season.Doubs beat Alexander for a catch on a red zone drill Tuesday during the first day of the Packers’ mandatory minicamp. Watson raced past Alexander to catch a deep pass from new starting quarterback Jordan Love.Neither of those scenes happened very often last season.“Doubs caught a touchdown on me today, and I gave him a hug almost,” Alexander said. “I was like, ‘Good stuff,’ because the year before he didn’t catch anything on me.”Opponents also don’t catch much against him.Alexander, 26, had a career-high five interceptions and was a second-team selection in the All-Pro balloting last season. Alexander delivered one of the top individual single-game performances by any cornerback when he helped the Packers limit Justin Jefferson to one catch for 15 yards in a 41-17 victory over the Minnesot...

¿Cuánto cuesta ir a ver el debut de Messi en el Inter Miami?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

(CNN Español) —  Lionel Messi anunció que su futuro futbolístico está en Estados Unidos. El crack argentino deja atrás dos temporadas en el Paris Saint Germain, donde, pese a haberse coronado recientemente campeón en la liga francesa, nunca terminó de estar a gusto. Las grandes críticas y hasta abucheos que recibía de la propia hinchada tampoco ayudaron a una mejor despedida de allí.Por esta razón, Messi decidió continuar su carrera en el Inter Miami, equipo que compite en la Major League Soccer (MLS). Y, al conocerse la noticia, sus seguidores argentinos comenzaron a buscar opciones de pasajes y paquetes turísticos a Miami para ir a ver a su ídolo.El Inter Miami no está pasando su mejor momento. Está último en la liga y perdió el último partido que jugó (1-3 contra New England). Sin embargo, eso parece importar poco a sus seguidores argentinos, que tienen unas expectativas tan altas por la llegada de Messi que ya sacan cuentas para ir a verlo en su debut.Tan es así que el cof...

Vikings get Jefferson back for minicamp as star WR takes contract talk in stride

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Justin Jefferson jogged onto the sun-soaked practice field, proceeding to jump in the air with a karate kick of his left leg as he approached his teammates.Absent all spring on his own offseason training and business agenda, Jefferson’s salient presence was a natural highlight for the Minnesota Vikings as they convened for minicamp.“You can just tell when he’s walking the halls in our building, just the energy and the juice that he brings,” coach Kevin O’Connell said Tuesday. “He was in great shape, moving around today like I expected him to be, mentally still really sharp.”Jefferson, an unanimous All-Pro pick for 2022 who has two years remaining on his rookie contract, has entered the window for what will likely be an extraordinarily expensive extension with his 4,825 yards and 324 receptions that are the most in NFL history over a player’s first three seasons.The Louisiana native has been working out in the Miami area during the voluntary port...