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Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, after her agency spent many months hosting public meetings and talking with Native American leaders about curbing the pace of oil and gas development in the San Juan Basin and protecting culturally significant sites.But her return to Chaco Culture National Historical Park on Sunday was derailed when a group of Navajo landowners blocked the road, upset with the Biden administration’s recent decision to enshrine for the next 20 years what previously had been an informal 10-mile (16-kilometer) buffer around the World Heritage site.Social media posts showed protesters yelling “Go Home!” as some held signs that read no trespassing on allottee land.The landowners and Navajo leaders have said Haaland and the Biden administration ignored efforts to reach a compromise that would have established a smaller buffer to protect cultural sites while keeping intact the viability of tr...

10 dead, another dozen injured in Australian bus crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

As many as 10 people are dead and at least a dozen more are injured after a bus crashed on the east coast of Australia.According to the New South Wales Police Force, the crash happened late Sunday night when the bus rolled over near a highway in the town of Greta, which is two hours north of Sydney.“Initial inquiries indicate 10 people have died. 11 people were transported to hospital via helicopter and road, and 18 passengers are uninjured,” police said in a brief statement. The 58-year-old driver of the bus was among those injured and taken to hospital. According to investigators he is under police guard pending mandatory testing and assessment. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Oldest of 4 siblings who survived Colombian plane crash told family their mother lived for days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died.The kids, aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday, but some are already speaking and wanting to do more more than lying on a bed, according to family members.Manuel Ranoque, father of the two youngest children, told reporters outside the hospital Sunday that the oldest of the four surviving children — 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy — told him their mother was alive for about four days after the plane crashed on May 1 in the Colombian jungle. Ranoque said before she died, the mother likely would have told them: “go away,” apparently asking them to leave the wreckage site to survive. He provided no more detail...

CFD: 4 in hospital after shooting near CTA Red Line Station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

CHICAGO — Four people are in the hospital after a shooting that happened near a CTA Red Line Station Sunday afternoon, according to the Chicago Fire Department.Fire officials said an EMS plan one was called around 2:40 p.m. where four people total were taken to various hospitals from 15 West 95th Street.One man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, while two other men were taken to Trinity Hospital in fair condition, according to fire officials.One adult female was taken to Trinity Hospital in good condition as well. Man, 70, found dead in house fire on far South Side ID’d It is unclear what led up to the shooting and the circumstances surrounding the incident at this time.No further information is available at this time.Stay with WGN News as this article will be updated once more information becomes available.

'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center, AP sources say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Emergency responders performed CPR and revived him before he was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead later Saturday morning, the people told the AP. They were not authorized to publicly discuss Kaczynski’s death and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.Kaczynski’s death comes as the federal Bureau of Prisons has faced increased scrutiny in the last several years following the death of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who also died by suicide in a federal jail in 2019.Kaczynski had been held in the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998, when he w...

FDNY veteran drowns trying to pull daughter from ocean

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

NEW YORK (WPIX) – A father who drowned Friday near Sylvania Avenue Beach in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, has been identified as FDNY firefighter Mark Batista.The FDNY said Batista, a veteran assigned to Engine Company 226 in Brooklyn, lost his life while he and his family visited the Jersey Shore. The tragic incident occurred when Batista reportedly rushed into the water 8:30 a.m. Friday when he noticed his teenage daughter struggling to swim. Dad drowns, daughter pulled from ocean at Jersey Shore beach A rescue team searched the waters for about 10 minutes before finding his daughter and pulling her from the ocean, according to police. She was rushed to an area hospital. Batista, 39, was found submerged in the water around 10 a.m. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.Lifeguards were not on duty when the incident happened, according to authorities, but many were seen rushing over from area beaches to help with...

$45M settlement reached in case of Randy Cox, man paralyzed in police van

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – A joint settlement of $45 million has been reached in the civil case of Richard Cox v. the City of New Haven, according to New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker.Richard “Randy” Cox was paralyzed while he was being transported in the back of a New Haven police transport van last June. Five officers were charged after failing to intervene when it became apparent he was injured. The five officers pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment and cruelty. Two of those officers were terminated by the New Haven Police Commission on Wednesday.All parties in the civil case participated in a settlement conference on Friday, and with the judge's assistance, agreed on a settlement of $45 million to resolve all of the claims against the city, officials said. Of the $45 million, the New Haven city insurance covers $30 million of the total settlement. The city of New Haven will pay the rest of the settlement amount."What happened to Randy Cox was unaccepta...

WATCH: Central Texas bull and fawn become furry friends

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

LLANO, Texas (KXAN) — A Llano-based KXAN viewer captured a sweet interaction between their pet bull and a fawn last week.Charlie, a two-and-a-half-year-old Brahman bull, was outside making a new furry friend, as his owners looked on. "Around lunch on [June 6] I heard a fawn while outside and I looked up to see this sweet interaction between 'Charlie' the Bull and this new baby fawn. It immediately made me think of the book 'Are You my Mother?'" the viewer wrote in an email to KXAN.

Orioles sweep Royals, 11-3, to win 4th straight and improve to 17 games over .500 for first time since July 2016

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

Gunnar Henderson has a patient approach at the plate, wisely watching for the right pitch to drive.On Sunday, fans who have been patient with the Orioles’ 21-year-old blooming star were rewarded with one of his best performances in the major leagues.Henderson — who hit just .189 through March and April but has batted over .300 for the past month, one-upped himself Sunday, totaling a career-high seven bases, including a 462-foot missile in the seventh inning. The three-run homer, the Orioles’ longest of the season, landed on Eutaw Street and provided insurance runs as the Orioles crushed the Royals, 11-3, in front of an announced crowd of 23,255.With the win, their fourth straight and first this season by more than five runs, the Orioles (41-24) improved to 17 games over .500 for the first time since July 2016.Batting leadoff for the second straight game in place of the injured Cedric Mullins, Henderson finished 3-for-5 and just a triple short of the cycle. He’...

After enduring rough patch, Twins reliever Griffin Jax bounces back

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:58 GMT

TORONTO — Shortly after watching Griffin Jax suffer his fourth loss in seven appearances last month, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli professed his desire to find the struggling reliever some “softer landing spots” if possible — dropping him into some lower-leverage situations to ease the pressure on him.Problem was, the Twins had been playing very close, tight games at the time and there really weren’t many opportunities for that.“If not, we’re just going to have to keep using him and relying on him to go out there and battle through it,” Baldelli said in May. “He could easily just go out there and one outing and a guy like this can solve a few things. We’ve seen that happen before, and I believe that he’s a guy that could do that.”Since that point?The reliever entered Sunday having made eight appearances since Baldelli said that. Over the course of 7 2/3 innings, he had given up just two hits and no runs while striking out 10.Opponents are hitting .080 against Jax in that period of ti...