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A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the owner and publisher’s home, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her weekend death.Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department’s actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press. The Marion County Record’s editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, worked with his staff Sunday to reconstruct stories, ads and other materials for its next edition Wednesday, even as he took time in the afternoon to provide a local funeral home with information about his mother, Joan, the paper’s co-owner. A search warrant tied the raids by Marion police, led Friday morning by Chief Gideon Cody, to a dispute between the newspaper and a local restaurant owner, Kari Newell. She is accusing the newspaper of invading her p...

Car crashes into coffee shop, damages property in East York

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

A car has crashed into a coffee shop in the Donlands Avenue and O’Connor Drive area of East York on Sunday night.Police responded to reports at approximately 7:45 pm of a vehicle driving into a coffee shop.Upon arrival on scene police reported no injuries, only damage to the property.Drivers are urged to use caution in the area.

North Korea’s Kim orders sharp increase in missile production, days before US-South Korea drills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made another inspection tour of major munitions factories and ordered a drastic increase in production of missiles and other weapons, state media said Monday, days before South Korea and the U.S. begin annual military drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.Kim’s push to produce more weapons also comes as U.S. officials believe Russia’s defense minister recently talked with North Korea about selling more weapons to Russia for its war with Ukraine.The Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited factories producing tactical missiles, mobile launch platforms, armored vehicles and artillery shells on Friday and Saturday.During a stop at the missile factory, Kim set a goal to “drastically boost” production capacity so the facility can mass produce missiles to meet the needs of frontline military units, KCNA said.“The qualitative level of war preparations depends on the development of the munitions industry and the f...

'Mass casualty incident' as boat runs aground with multiple people injured, 1 missing on Lake Austin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a "mass casualty incident" on Lake Austin after a boat ran aground Sunday evening. Officials said seven total people were involved in the incident, with a teenager missing and unable to be located.Two patients were transported with serious injuries, an additional two with potentially serious injuries and two transport refusals at the scene. Officials added in a follow-up social media post the situation had been switched to a recovery effort for the missing person. Multiple ATCEMS ambulances, Austin Police's Lake Patrol Unit, several fire departments along with Travis County STAR Flight responded to the scene Sunday evening. The incident happened just after 6 p.m. in the 10600 block of River Terrace in northwest Austin.

1 dead following boat, jet ski crash on Lake Travis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

POINT VENTURE, Texas (KXAN) -- One person is dead and several others are hospitalized following a crash on Lake Travis involving a boat and jet ski Sunday afternoon.Austin-Travis County EMS initially said in a social media post one adult was transported to St. David's South Austin Medical Center with potentially serious injuries. An update confirmed four additional people were transported from the crash: one via ATCEMS, two by the North Lake Travis Fire Department to St. David's Round Rock Medical Center and one by Travis County STAR Flight to Dell Seton Medical Center.Officials confirmed an adult died at the scene after resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.One person is dead and a second is hospitalized following a crash on Lake Travis involving a boat and jet ski Sunday afternoon. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)One person is dead and a second is hospitalized following a crash on Lake Travis involving a boat and jet ski Sunday afternoon. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)One person is dead...

Police: 1 found dead in SWAT call at Cedar Park hotel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) -- A SWAT situation at a Cedar Park hotel has ended, according to the Cedar Park Police Department. Police said officers and SWAT personnel were at the Best Western hotel on Whitestone Boulevard Sunday afternoon "in reference to a high risk warrant service," per a department social media post. Around 6 p.m., police said the Central Texas Regional SWAT team entered the location and found a dead person. The investigation was turned over to Cedar Park detectives. Police said there would be no further updates on the investigation Sunday.

Colorado woman dies in fall at Rocky Mountain National Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

A 21-year-old Colorado woman died Saturday in Rocky Mountain National Park, and two men were critically injured over the weekend in two separate falls that required helicopter rescues.The woman, who was from Severance, fell approximately 300 feet while she and a partner were descending the Flying Dutchman couloir between Longs Peak and Mount Meeker, according to a news release from the National Park Service. The Flying Dutchman stretches across a snowy, icy and rocky 1,600-foot path from the west end of Chasm Lake to the north end of the Loft.Her body had not been removed from the mountains as of Sunday evening because of weather conditions. Officials hoped to recover her on Monday, weather and resources permitting, the news release said.Her death is under investigation. The Boulder County coroner’s office will release the woman’s identity once next-of-kin have been notified.A 25-year-old man from San Angelo, Texas, who was climbing with the woman also fell 300 feet down...

Violent head-on collision kills 2, injures 4 in L.A. County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

Two people were killed, and four others injured after a head-on collision in Lancaster ejected multiple passengers from the two vehicles Sunday afternoon.  Personnel with the Los Angeles County Fire Department received calls about the crash on Avenue E, near 50th Street East, at around 12:43 p.m., authorities told KTLA.  At the scene, two people were declared dead, two others were in critical condition and the remaining two sustained minor injuries. The four surviving patients were taken to the Antelope Valley Medical Center, an independent news agency reported.  Video footage of the scene showed a heavy presence of first responders, along with the wreckage of the violent collision. A dark colored sedan in the roadway can be seen nearly totaled while just off the road, a lighter colored vehicle, possibly a pickup truck, is flipped over with debris strewn across the brush.  Two people were killed and four others injured in a violent head-on collision in Lancaster on Au...

Kurtenbach: The 49ers should trade Trey Lance. It’s what’s best for the player and team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

When the 49ers traded three first-round NFL Draft picks to move up and select quarterback Trey Lance No. 3 overall in the spring of 2021, they expected they were picking the franchise’s future.Three years later, he’s San Francisco’s No. 3 quarterback.And that might be a generous interpretation.So why is he still on the team?This preseason is Lance’s chance to show that he still has a future with the Niners, but his performance in Sunday’s preseason debut against the Raiders makes it hard to imagine what that future might be.In Brock Purdy, the 49ers believe they have their franchise quarterback.The Niners believe they have capable, veteran backups in Sam Darnold and Brandon Allen. Both looked good in Las Vegas.What do the 49ers have in Lance?Still, a raw and bewildering prospect in his third NFL season.That’s why if the 49ers can get any draft pick in a trade for Lance today, they should take it.Yes, the Niners might have run out of quarterbacks l...

Family says body of 17-year-old Saratoga teen found in Santa Cruz mountains

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

The body of 17-year-old Katherine Schneider has been found in the Santa Cruz mountains, just over a month after she was reported missing from her Saratoga home, according to a statement her family shared on Instagram.“It is hard to put into words how much Katie will be missed,” the teen’s family said in a social media post on Sunday. “She taught us all how to live our biggest life without reservation.”According to the post, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office told Schneider’s family that she had died in a car accident, and that her remains were found in a ravine near Castle Rock State Park.“At this time, the circumstances surrounding the heartbreaking incident are still under investigation,” the post stated.On July 5, Schneider left her residence without taking money, identification cards, or a cell phone with her, Schneider’s mother said in a social media post. After she was reported missing, a search for the teenager ...