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Florida detective accused of falsifying sex crimes cases

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A detective who has been with a South Florida sheriff’s agency for nearly 21 years is accused of falsifying information in multiple cases and of threatening one victim with deportation.Detective Demetrious Campbell, 48, was arrested Tuesday on nine counts of official misconduct and one count of extortion, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. He was suspended without pay and remained in the Broward County Jail on Wednesday morning.“Sex offenses are such heinous crimes to recover from because of the emotional and sometimes physical scars endured by victims that last for many years,” Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a statement. “Failure to fully investigate such serious crimes is reprehensible and downright disgraceful.”The investigation began when a victim called the agency’s sex crimes unit to ask about her case, the new release said, and Campbell told his supervisor the victim was uncooperative.The sergeant reopened that ca...

Start mammograms at 40, not 50, a US health panel recommends

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50, according to a draft recommendation from a federal task force.The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has long said women can choose to start breast cancer screening as young as 40, with a stronger recommendation that they get the X-ray exams every two years from age 50 through 74.Tuesday’s update -– if the draft proposal is finalized -– would mark a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines although it’s not likely to end confusion. Other health groups differ over when and how often to screen.“This new recommendation will help save lives and prevent more women from dying due to breast cancer,” said former task force chair Dr. Carol Mangione.The task force noted that Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, making mammograms at 40 an especially important step -– but also urged more research to better understand and combat the dispar...

Police search for missing 13-year-old boy from Oakland Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

Police are searching for a missing 13-year-old boy.Cristobal Hernandez-Cruz was last seen on May 2nd, near the 800 block of E. Commercial Boulevard in Oakland Park.He was last seen wearing a black shirt, white and grey shorts, and blue Puma sneakers. If you have any information you are urged to call Broward Sheriff’s Office at 954-321-4268.

Kyiv Mayor Klitschko urges Berlin to do more to help wounded Ukrainians

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

BERLIN — Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is seeking assurances from his counterpart in Berlin that Ukraine will be able to send seriously injured soldiers to Germany’s capital safe in the knowledge that their medical costs will be met. In a letter to new Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner seen by POLITICO, Klitschko noted that some 250-500 Ukrainian troops will need treatment each month for lost limbs. “At least some of these patients could certainly be cared for in your city in view of the special expertise of the clinics in Berlin — but at present it will unfortunately not be possible to reimburse the costs in your city,” he wrote in his two-page letter. Germany had pledged that injured Ukrainian civilians and soldiers have unbureaucratic and fast access to high-quality medical care after their arrival in Germany without having to bear any costs themselves, but private groups have to take over the organization and financing of urgent medical care in some regions, with Berlin among them. T...

PMQs scorecard: Starmer gloats over election results as the dad jokes keep on coming

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from this week’s session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through.What they sparred about: Keir Starmer used the opportunity to gloat after last week’s local elections drubbing for the Conservatives. The Labour leader claimed Rishi Sunak intends “ignore the message” he was sent by the voters — and that the prime minister thinks the troubled U.K. economy is doing just fine. Sunak dusted off some PMQs classics — pointing to Starmer’s habit of U-turns, his previous support for extra coronavirus lockdowns, historic anti-monarchy views … and (deep sigh) that Liam Byrne note from 2010. It’s all in the delivery: Starmer came armed with some jokes of, well, questionable quality. How about these classics from the Labour leader? “Sunak lost a beauty contest to [Liz Truss], who then lost to a lettuce.” … “He said he&...

‘I’m never going hiking with her again:’ Townsend Police rescue sisters lost in the woods

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

A Townsend mom thanked police officers for rescuing her two daughters after they got lost hiking. Police were dispatched after the two girls, ages 8 and 16, called their mom and told her they were lost. Officers were able to ping the girls’ phones to Barker Hill Road and use the sound of their horns to guide them back. The girls were located approximately 20 minutes from time of dispatch, according to police. When asked if they were alright, the 8-year-old sister said, “I’m never going hiking with her again.”

Remains of Sober Grid app founder, Mass. native identified in California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Human remains found last month in Southern California have been identified as those of the Sober Grid app founder who disappeared in 2021, authorities said.The remains of Beau Mann were found on April 25 in the courtyard of an abandoned property in Santa Monica and were identified by the Los Angeles County coroner on May 6, the Santa Monica Police Department said in a statement Monday.The coroner’s office was trying to determine the cause of death, police said.Sober Grid is a social media-style app that provides peer support coaching, an online community and other resources to people in recovery from addition. It was founded in 2015.“Simply put — Beau was our light,” Sober Grid said in a statement. “After an experience in his early years with drugs and addiction, he turned his focus and passion towards helping others.”Mann was 39 when he was last heard from on Nov. 30, 2021, after he got into an Uber near Sober Grid’s Los Angeles office, ...

Video appears to show father hitting school employee on bus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

A Florida father is accused of hitting an employee from his son’s school. The alleged incident happened on a school bus and was caught on camera by another student. The sheriff’s office report said 50-year-old Esdras Burges-Crus went to his son’s bus stop last week “unhappy with his son being suspended from the bus.” He had been told he couldn’t get on, but did anyway, according to the report. The report says Burges-Cruz “struck the victim in the chest.” However, he denied touching the victim and only grabbed a paper out of their hand.

‘He’s been our horse’: Lucas Giolito pitches the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win after a 2-hour rain delay in Kansas City

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

Lucas Giolito walked MJ Melendez to load the bases for the Kansas City Royals in the sixth inning Tuesday.There was one out and the Chicago White Sox were clinging to a one-run lead.Giolito fell behind in the count 2-0 to the next batter Hunter Dozier. The training staff checked on Giolito for a callus, but he got the OK to continue and rebounded to get Dozier to popout to shortstop Elvis Andrus on the next pitch.Giolito escaped the jam, getting Freddy Fermin to bounce into a fielder’s choice.“Two walks, 2-0 to (Dozier) with the bases loaded, really, just trying to trust myself to execute a fastball at the top of the zone,” Giolito said. “Got the popout.“From there, really get that focus on each individual pitch, execute this pitch. Whether I did or didn’t, forget about it. Move on to the next one. It’s so huge in those moments.”The Sox added an insurance run in the next inning on a Seby Zavala RBI single and held on for a 4-2 victory ...

Sources: US Rep. George Santos facing federal charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:45 GMT

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, who faced outrage and mockery over a litany of fabrications about his heritage, education and professional pedigree, has been charged with federal criminal offenses, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.The charges against Santos, filed in the Eastern District of New York, remain under seal.The people could not publicly discuss specific details of the case until it is unsealed and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity. The unsealing would happen when Santos appears in court, which could come as soon as Wednesday.Reached on Tuesday, Santos said, “This is news to me.”“You’re the first to call me about this,” he said in a brief phone interview.A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment. The charges were first reported by CNN.The New York Republican has admitted to lying about having Jewish ancestry, a Wall Street background, ...