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Model killed in downtown Los Angeles was pregnant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

Loved ones of a model who was found brutally killed in her downtown L.A. apartment are still distraught as they've received no answers about her death so far.Nearly a month after the body of Maleesa Mooney, 31, was found inside her apartment on the 200 block of South Figueroa Street, her family said they’ve been mostly left in the dark with no suspect information being released to them.Mooney was an expectant mother and an aspiring model and real estate agent when she died.“It’s honestly so stressful,” said Jourdin Pauline, Mooney’s sister. “I have thousands and thousands of scenarios in my head of what could have happened because we don’t know.”Pauline said she’s frustrated as she’s been waiting weeks for answers about her sister's murder sister since Sept. 12.“This person is still out there and the police are not telling us anything,” Pauline said. “What is the hold up? What did the guys see? Can you share it with us? Suspects? Surveillance video that you do have? Show us somethin...

Kevion Hunt Killed in Rollover Collision on 14 Freeway [Acton, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

31-Year-Old Driver Pronounced Dead after Single-Vehicle Accident near Santiago RoadACTON, CA (October 5, 2023) – Saturday evening, a rollover collision claimed the life of Kevion Hunt on the 14 Freeway. The incident took place at approximately 9:40 p.m., near the Santiago Road on-ramp.As of now, the sequence of events leading up to the accident remains shrouded in uncertainty. However, reports suggest that a blue Honda CR-V overturned.Emergency responders pronounced the sole occupant and driver of the vehicle deceased at the scene.The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office later identified the deceased individual as 31-year-old Kevion Hunt. Hunt’s city of residence remains undisclosed. Currently, the California Highway Patrol is actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash on the 14 Freeway.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sincerest sympathies go out to the friends and family of Kevion Hunt. May the memories of your loved one give you st...

Big Ten schedule format revealed: USC, UCLA, Oregon and UW to face heavyweight foes in first season in the new conference

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

The Big Ten on Thursday announced the football schedule model over a five-year period that begins next season when USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington join the conference.For the four West Coast schools, the 2024-28 rotation includes the showdowns they were hoping to play.Next year, in fact, Oregon plays Michigan and Ohio State, USC plays Michigan and Penn State, Washington plays Penn State and Michigan, and UCLA plays Penn State.“When you see the quality of the matchups, there are so many great games,” Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said.The Big Ten has identified the USC-UCLA and Oregon-Washington rivalries as two of the so-called “protected games,” meaning they will be played every year on a home-and-away basis.Non-conference games are controlled by the schools and were not included in the rotation model released Thursday.“It has been a whirlwind eight weeks,” said Kerry Kenny, the Big Ten’s chief operating officer. “When Oregon and...

Police blame some deaths on ‘excited delirium.’ ER docs consider pulling the plug on the term.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

By Markian Hawryluk and Renuka RayasamThe way Sheldon Haleck’s parents see it, the 38-year-old’s only crime was jaywalking. But that March night in 2015, after Honolulu police found him behaving erratically, they pepper-sprayed him, shocked him with a Taser, and restrained him. Haleck became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital. Before his parents could get from their home in Utah to Hawaii, the former Hawaii Air National Guardsman was taken off life support.“Nobody’s supposed to die from something like this,” said Haleck’s father, William.An initial autopsy ruled Haleck’s death a homicide and his family filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against the three officers who tried to remove him from the street. The case should have been “one of the easiest wrongful death cases” to win, said Eric Seitz, an attorney who represented Haleck’s family.But the officers’ attorneys seized on a largely discredited, four-decade-old diagnostic theory called “excited delirium,” which has been ...

Warriors announce WNBA expansion team for 2025

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

(KRON) – The Golden State Warriors have officially been awarded a Women's National Basketball Assocation expansion franchise; the WNBA announced Thursday. The team will begin play in the 2025 WNBA season and play home games at the Chase Center.The announcement marks the first WNBA expansion in 15 years.  VIDEO: First look at Chris Paul practicing in Warriors threads “The Bay Area is the perfect market for a WNBA team, and we are thrilled this opportunity has finally come to fruition,” said Warriors Co-Executive Chairman & CEO Joe Lacob. “We have been interested in a WNBA franchise for several years, due in part to the rich history of women’s basketball in the Bay Area, and believe now is the ideal time to execute that vision and build upon that legacy. The WNBA continues to solidify itself as the preeminent women’s professional basketball league, and we look forward to supporting the best women’s basketball players in the world and our team starting in 2025.”The new WNBA ...

Indian Nationalists Cite Inspiration for Foreign Assassinations: U.S “Targeted Killing” Spree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

Protesters stomp on an Indian flag and a cutout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sept. 25, 2023, over the Indian government’s alleged involvement in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia, Canada.Photo: Cole Burston/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the wake of Canada’s claim last month that the Indian government was behind the murder of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, observers in the West have compared the alleged state-sanctioned killing to the actions of authoritarian states like Russia and Iran.In India, however, pro-government media outlets and politicians across the spectrum have pointed to a Western democracy that they believe has most legitimized the practice of extrajudicial assassination: the United States.The U.S. government has been supportive of Canada’s investigation of Nijjar’s murder. U.S. officials shared intelligence with the Canadian government that informed the allegations and have stated that there is...

Sheehan returns for Ireland and Scotland’s Ritchie passed fit for Rugby World Cup clash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Dan Sheehan returns at hooker for top-ranked Ireland’s final Rugby World Cup pool match against Scotland on Saturday.Second-placed Ireland has a four-point advantage over Scotland in Pool B and is the heavy favorite to book a quarterfinal spot. Scotland has an outside chance but has lost the past eight contests with Ireland.Iain Henderson comes in at lock for James Ryan in the only other change from the side which beat defending champion South Africa 13-8 in a titanic encounter.Sheehan sprained a foot ligament six weeks ago in the warmup win over England in Dublin. He was in contention to start against the Springboks but coach Andy Farrell held him from that ferocious clash.He takes over from Ronan Kelleher at Stade de France, where flanker Peter O’Mahony will win his 100th Ireland cap. He becomes the 10th player to reach the milestone for Ireland, following in the footsteps of flyhalf Jonathan Sexton, scrumhalf Conor Murray and winger Keith Earls, who are all in ...

No. 5 Florida St. hosts Virginia Tech seeking first 5-0 start since 2015

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

Virginia Tech (2-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) at Florida State (4-0, 2-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC)Line: Florida State by 23 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Florida State leads 23-13-1.WHAT’S AT STAKENo. 5 Florida State looks to extend its winning streak to 11 games and improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2015. The Seminoles are coming off a bye, which follows a pair of nail-biting wins on the road ( Boston College and Clemson ). Virginia Tech snapped a three-game slide with a home victory over Pittsburgh and is seeking its first win over a top-10 opponent in two decades (they knocked off No. 2 Miami 31-7 in 2003).KEY MATCHUPKyron Drones completed 12 of 19 passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns in his first college start, a 38-21 victory over Pittsburgh. But the 6-foot-2, 234-pound Drones also is a threat to run, picking up 41 yards and two rushing TDs. Drones is the likely starter as Grant Wells recovers from injury. Florida State has struggled t...

Wisconsin Republicans want to make it a crime to be naked in public

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans want to make it a crime to be naked in public for any reason and for a child to attend any event, like a naked bike ride, where people don’t have clothes on.A state Senate committee held a hearing Thursday on two bills introduced after a photograph circulated earlier this year of a child who attended Madison’s annual naked bike ride. The picture outraged some Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland at a congressional hearing last month about what he was going to do about it.“It’s kind of a joke, but it’s not a joke,” the bills’ lead sponsor, Republican Senate President Chris Kapenga, testified Thursday. “This is a pretty serious, especially in today’s society.”The World Naked Bike Ride has been happening in cities across the world for more than 20 years. The events are meant to encourage body positivity and to promote cycling as a form of transportation that lessens ...

England pick Farrell and Ford together to face Samoa at the Rugby World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:16:19 GMT

LILLE, France (AP) — Owen Farrell will captain England beside flyhalf George Ford with Tom Curry back from suspension to face Samoa at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.England has won Pool D with three straight wins and is gearing up for the quarterfinals next week after a two-week break. The side has 13 of the 15 who started against Argentina on the opening weekend, when Curry was sent off after three minutes and Ford kicked England to a 27-10 victory.The only changes are Farrell and Jonny May. May and fellow wing Joe Marchant have kept out Henry Arundell, who scored a record-tying five tries against Chile.Farrell has started at 12 only once before under coach Steve Borthwick, in his first game in charge at the start of the Six Nations. Farrell was outside Marcus Smith. Ford and Farrell have not started together since the 2021 Six Nations. Smith is in the reserves.Farrell requires two more points to become England’s all-time leading point-scorer, and end Jonny Wilkinson’...