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Tentative deal reached in port strike on Canada’s west coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A tentative deal was reached Thursday between employers and workers in a strike that has halted shipments in and out of ports in Canada’s west coast region of British Columbia for nearly two weeks.A statement from the BC Maritime Employers Association said it had reached a tentative agreement with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The strike by 7,400 members of the union began July 1 and shut down more than 30 west coast ports. The statement said the four-year deal is subject to ratification by both parties, so details are not yet being released.The affected ports handle cargo worth over 800 million Canadian dollars ($600 million) every day.Business groups and the provincial governments had called on the national government to force an end to the strike. Source

Phone of man who killed 3 at Indiana mall had Hitler photos, `extremely graphic’ videos of killings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The cellphone of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people last year at an Indianapolis-area mall contained photos of Adolf Hitler, Nazi propaganda, firearms and “extremely graphic” videos of previous mass killings, police said Thursday.Police said the FBI found nothing on the phone about the mall or plans for last year’s mass shooting, but it contained what appeared to be a suicide note Jonathan Douglas Sapirman had written more than two years before the attack.Greenwood police said the FBI was able in May to unlock the phone, which Sapirman dropped into a mall toilet before he opened fire inside the food court of Greenwood Park Mall last July 17. Sapirman was fatally shot by an armed shopper shortly after the shooting began in the city just south of Indianapolis.Police said the FBI recovered more 200 videos and more 3,400 images from the phone, along with notes kept on the device, call and text logs and internet searches. Many of the videos were of ...

Virgin Galactic plans its next commercial flight to the edge of space for August

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic is aiming for early August for its next flight to the edge of space, a trip that is expected to include the first of many ticket holders who have been waiting years for their chance at weightlessness aboard the company’s rocket-powered plane.The company announced Thursday that the window for the commercial flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico will open Aug. 10. The short up-and-down flight will be streamed live on Virgin Galactic’s website.Virgin Galactic confirmed that three private passengers will be on the flight. The plane has room for six — two Virgin Galactic pilots and four passengers. Hundreds of people have purchased tickets over the years, including celebrities, scientists and entrepreneurs. The company is expected to release more details about the crew and three passengers next week.The flight will mark Virgin Galactic’s third this year. The most recent was in June — a research flight during which ...

Iraqi officials are defending a barter deal with Iran, say it doesn’t violate US sanctions on Tehran

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials defended Thursday a deal inked this week to barter oil for gas with Iran, saying it does not violate U.S. sanctions on Tehran but will help alleviate a worsening electricity crisis in Iraq.The remarks come as the government in Baghdad struggles to balance between its two key allies, Washington and Tehran. A previous arrangement in which Iraq was buying gas from Iran and paying dollars for it was held up because Washington declined to approve sanctions waivers. That in turn led Iran to cut the gas supply, triggering severe power shortages in Iraq.After decades of electricity shortages because of war, corruption and mismanagement, oil-rich Iraq has become heavily reliant on imported Iranian gas to meet its electricity needs. The shortages in recent months are in part due to U.S. restrictions on transferring funds to Iran.Imports from Iran are especially vital during the scorching summer months when Iraqis are forced to pay for private diesel generators o...

Mexico frees 20 kids who worked 12 hour days selling snacks, trinkets at Playa del Carmen resort

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in Mexico rescued 20 kids ranging in age from 1 to 17 from rented rooms in the resort town of Playa del Carmen, where they were forced to work 12 hours per day selling snacks and trinkets on the streets and beaches, authorities said Thursday.Prosecutors in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo, where Playa del Carmen is located, said that the children and adolescents were from the largely indigenous and impoverished state of Chiapas. The children had been promised that they would be paid and could send money home to their families. But when they asked for their pay, the adults they worked for said it had already been sent to their parents. Notebooks were found with registers of names and amounts, prosecutors said, but it remained under investigation whether the money had been sent. Prosecutors said the kids were forced to work dawn to dusk, and were filthy, poorly dressed and undernourished when found. Two suspects were detained at the low-slung complex...

9 suspects wanted after gun store burglaries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Nine people are wanted after a series of gun store burglaries this week across the southern Denver area.According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, there were five gun store robberies in Centennial, Englewood and Denver on July 9 and July 10. July 9 at 12:05 a.m. – Centennial Gun Club, 11800 E. Peakview Ave., CentennialJuly 9 at 12:25 a.m. – Bowers Tactical, 6931 S. Yosemite St., CentennialJuly 9 at 5:41 a.m. – Bighorn Firearms, 2175 S. Jasmine St., DenverJuly 10 at 3:35 a.m. – The Shootist, 2980 S. Galapago St., EnglewoodJuly 10 at 5:30 a.m. – Mile High Armory, 785 S. Vallejo St., DenverWhen investigators arrived at the Centennial Gun Club they found a smashed window. Surveillance video showed nine people trying unsuccessfully to get into the building, all of whom were wearing hoodies or hooded sweatshirts and covering their faces. Problem Solvers: No punishment for detective after teenage son uses duty weapon to shoot homes Video from Bowers Tactical show...

Hialeah Police investigate shooting at Rainbow Motel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

Hialeah Police are currently investigating a shooting incident that occurred at the Rainbow Motel that sent one person to the hospital.The shooting occurred at 2801 W. Okeechobee Rd, Thursday afternoon. Authorities responded to the scene and made contact with a white Hispanic male in his mid-20s, who sustained a non-life-threatening injury. The injured individual was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.The shooter was found in close proximity to the scene and had been waiting for the arrival of police. The suspect was taken into custody without any further disturbance or resistance.Detectives from the Hialeah Police Department are currently conducting interviews with both parties involved in the incident, along with additional individuals who may have witnessed the event. As of now, this case remains an open and active investigation.

France tells EU Commission to rethink American choice for top job

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

French ministers lashed out Thursday at the European Commission for picking a U.S. professor for a top antitrust job overseeing U.S. Big Tech firms.France’s Europe Minister Catherine Colonna said she was “astonished” by the choice of Fiona Scott Morton as chief competition economist, “which deserves to be reconsidered by the Commission.”Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the Commission should rethink the hire, which raises “legitimate questions” at a time when the EU is rolling out ambitious digital enforcement legislation.Some Commission officials earlier questioned the appointment and how it was made earlier this week without wide consultation and without any in-depth discussion of Scott Morton’s previous consulting work for Big Tech firms. Pressure is now growing on EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager over the appointment.French Secretary for Europe Laurence Boone swiftly joined her government colleagues, saying she’d ta...

Manchester police arrest suspect after learning he returned to crime scene less than 24 hours after shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, say they have made an arrest in connection with a shooting on Front Street that left a victim with non-life-threatening injuries.Anthony Barahona, 26, was taken into custody a day after authorities spent hours searching for him, warning the public at one point that he was considered armed and dangerous.Barahona was arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred around 3 p.m. at 389 Front Street. Police said a 34-year-old victim was later hospitalized and treated while they continued to look for the shooter. The 26-year-old Manchester resident was named a suspect soon afterwards. In an update Thursday morning, Manchester PD said Barahona was apprehended after police learned he had returned to 389 Front St.“Police again set up a perimeter, deployed a drone, and searched for Barahona,” the department stated. “He was located hiding inside, on the second floor of the house.”According to authorities, the 26 year old is now...

Man accused of trying to open jet’s door, attacking crew, found not competent for trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:14 GMT

A man charged with attacking a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight in March is not currently competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled.Magistrate Judge Judith Dein, basing her decision on a mental health evaluation of Francisco Severo Torres and her own observations in court, determined Wednesday that further treatment is warranted, according to court records.“The Court hereby finds … that the defendant is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense,” Dein wrote in her decision.She also wrote that she denied a request by Torres to be freed so he could “further investigate the conspiracy which eventually led to his actions on the plane.”Torres, of Leominster, Massachusetts, is ...