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Shooting at major Bangkok shopping mall kills 2 people, and a teen suspect is arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday afternoon, killing two people before being apprehended, authorities said. Police said a suspect was taken into custody less than an hour after the first reported gunshots at the Siam Paragon Mall, one of Bangkok’s biggest and most upscale shopping destinations. Video uploaded to social media and broadcast on television showed a long-haired teenage boy in the custody of police. Major Thai media said he was 14 years old, though recently appointed police chief Torsak Sukvimol confirmed only that he is a minor and that he had a record of being treated for mental illness. He said police had not yet learned where the suspect obtained his gun.Torsak said two people had been killed, a visitor from China and a Myanmar national, and five people hurt. Earlier, Yutthana Sretthanan, director of Bangkok’s Erawan Emergency Medical Center, had said three people were...

Jews spitting on the ground beside Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land sparks outrage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land.The spitting incident, which the city’s minority Christian community lamented as the latest in an alarming surge of religiously motivated attacks, drew rare outrage on Tuesday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.Since Israel’s most conservative government in history came to power late last year, concerns have mounted among religious leaders — including the influential Vatican-appointed Latin Patriarch — over the increasing harassment of the region’s 2,000-year-old Christian community. Many say the government, with its powerful ultranationalist officials, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, has emboldened Jewish extremists and created ...

Laphonza Butler sworn in to replace late California Sen. Feinstein, becomes third Black female senator in US history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Laphonza Butler sworn in to replace late California Sen. Feinstein, becomes third Black female senator in US history.Source

Connor Bedard breaks into NHL as Chicago Blackhawks look for more progress with rebuild

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKSCOACH: Luke Richardson (26-49-7 in his first season).SEASON OPENER: Oct. 10 at Pittsburgh.DEPARTURES: C Jonathan Toews, G Alex Stalock, D Caleb Jones, F Jujhar Khaira.ADDITIONS: C Connor Bedard, F Taylor Hall, F Nick Foligno, F Corey Perry, F Ryan Donato.GOALIES: Petr Mrazek (10-22-3-0, 3.66 goals-against average, 0.894 save percentage) and Arvid Soderblom (2-10-2-0, 3.45, 0.894).FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK STANLEY CUP ODDS: 200-1.LAST SEASON: Ugly, but that was the idea all along. The Blackhawks scored an NHL-low 202 goals on their way to the Central Division basement. It was almost worse, but Richardson directed the team to surprising wins against Boston, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Calgary in the final weeks of an encouraging first season in charge for the former NHL defenseman. Patrick Kane, Jake McCabe and Sam Lafferty were dealt in a series of deadline trades that netted even more draft capital for the rebuilding team. STRENGTHS: Patience. Even with the offseason additi...

Braga snatches late 3-2 win at Union Berlin in the German team’s 1st Champions League home game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — André Castro scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time for Braga to snatch a 3-2 win at Union Berlin in the German team’s first home game in the Champions League on Tuesday.Sheraldo Becker scored twice to give dominant Union a two-goal lead, but Sikou Niakaté scored before the break, Bruma equalized soon after it, and Braga substitute Castro scored with the last attack of the game for the visitors to leave Union ruing another late defeat.Union also conceded late to lose 1-0 at Real Madrid in its tournament debut.On German Unity Day, Union – a former East German club — crossed the former divide to play its first home game in the Champions League in what was West Berlin. More than 73,000 fans attended the match in Berlin’s Olympiastadion, traditionally the home of city rival Hertha Berlin.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Source

Pepco to pay $57 million for Anacostia River contamination, cleanup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

Potomac Electric Power Company, or Pepco, agreed to a $57 million settlement with the D.C. Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday to resolve allegations of toxic chemical discharge at its Buzzard Point and Benning Road Northeast facilities.The District contends the power company’s actions resulted in persistent toxic pollution of the Anacostia River.Under terms of the settlement, Pepco will pay $47 million toward cleanup for the Anacostia River, and $10 million in penalties.The settlement also requires Pepco to clean up contamination at its Buzzard Point and Benning Road facilities and investigate environmental impact.“We’re going to continue to monitor Pepco to ensure that they don’t just pass those costs on to ratepayers,” said D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb.Schwalb said the settlement paves the way for future settlement with Anacostia polluters.“For decades, Pepco routinely discharged hazardous chemicals into the soil, groundwater and storm s...

House vote removes McCarthy as Speaker: live coverage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

The House voted Tuesday to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a vote that hasn't taken place in more than 100 years.Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) followed through on his promises and moved Monday to force a vote on a motion to vacate. On Tuesday afternoon, the chamber voted 216-210 on the motion to vacate, following a 208-218 vote on a motion to table Gaetz’s resolution to oust McCarthy.All Democrats voted to remove McCarthy.Follow along with live updates below.

Police arrest 27-year-old man after surveillance video captures him peeking into windows at home in Hollywood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

Police arrested a man who was caught on surveillance video looking and taking pictures through the windows of a South Florida home. The couple who lives at the home told 7News they were glad that police were able to make an arrest. From the surveillance footage, the suspect was seen creeping around the couple’s home at the 2200 block of Johnson Street in Hollywood. After checking their cameras, the couple realized that the suspect was poking around the front of their home, peeking through windows and was taking pictures with his cellphone. The couple said that their cameras caught the suspect doing the same thing for three consecutive nights. On the third night, they found the suspect hiding near the front of their home.After calling police, officers began tracking him down and were able to take 27-year-old Mckenzie Hoosier into custody. Officers said Hoosier was hiding in some bushes across the street. The couple is now relived after police made the arrest. “He tried to...

David Beckham reflects on his soccer career, mental health and meeting Posh Spice in Netflix doc

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

LONDON (AP) — David Beckham delves back into the hateful treatment he received following his infamous 1998 World Cup red card — and its impact on him — in a new Netflix documentary series pegged to the 10th anniversary of his retirement.“This whole process has been like an emotional rollercoaster,” Beckham said of the “Beckham” series in an exclusive video interview with The Associated Press. “I’ve never talked about these certain moments in my career and in my life.”The intimate four-part series explores Beckham’s upbringing, his courtship with his wife and his triumphs on the field, but perhaps the most difficult part was revisiting his painful sending off during England’s World Cup match against Argentina.“I hadn’t actually watched it and I hadn’t actually watched the interviews and what people said about me after,” he said, adding that it left him “shocked and emotional.”Beckham was red carded for deliberately kicking the back of Diego Simeone’s leg. He lashed out after the Arge...

McCarthy ousted as House speaker in dramatic vote as Democrats join with GOP critics to topple him

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:39:06 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history, The 216-210 vote, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives, throws the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, brought forward the “motion to vacate” drawing together more than a handful of conservative Republican critics of the speaker and many Democrats who say he is unworthy of leadership.Next steps are uncertain, but there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s grip on the gavel was at serious risk Tuesday after the House voted to move ahead with a historic effort by hard-right critics to oust the embattled Republican leader from the job.The dramatic showdown forced by McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, brought together...