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Police: Woman to face animal cruelty charge for allegedly abandoning puppy in Groveland alleyway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

A woman is expected to be charged with animal cruelty for allegedly abandoning a puppy in an alleyway in Groveland, according to police. Groveland Police Chief Jeffrey T. Gillen said his department received a report on Monday afternoon about an apparent abandoned puppy being discovered near a business on Main Street.Reviewing evidence, including surveillance footage, police found that an Australian Shepherd puppy had been abandoned in an alleyway by a woman driving a black SUV.The dog was found to be uninjured, but police released a photo of the woman on Tuesday, asking for the public’s help to locate her. The woman has since been identified and is expected to appear in court at a later date. No additional information has been released.

Man who fatally shot 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis after car turned in wrong driveway will remain in jail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

(CNN) — The man who fatally shot 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis, who was in a car that mistakenly turned into his driveway, will remain in jail after a judge remanded him back to police custody at a bail hearing Wednesday.Gillis was one of several passengers in a vehicle, along with several others, that accidentally turned into the wrong driveway Saturday while the group was looking for a friend’s house in rural upstate New York. When the friends realized their mistake and began leaving, 65-year-old Kevin Monahan fired two shots from his front porch, Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy said in a news conference Monday.No one is believed to have exited the car, and there was no interaction between Monahan and anyone in the vehicle before shots were fired, Murphy said.Monahan faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with Gillis’ death. He entered the courtroom Wednesday wearing a dark suit and was shackled at the feet and around his waist.Prosecutors ar...

‘23 Kia Telluride still tops the charts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

23 Kia Telluride. Photo By Marc Grasso23 Kia Telluride. Photo By Marc Grasso23 Kia Telluride. Photo By Marc Grasso23 Kia Telluride. Photo By Marc Grasso23 Kia Telluride. Photo By Marc GrassoShow Caption of ExpandWith Kia continuing to deliver outstanding vehicles in 2022, 2023 looks to be no different. Their flagship Kia Telluride delivers a huge bang for the buck and gets even better with additional models and availability.Our week-long tester, a 2023 Kia Telluride SX-Prestige X-Pro AWD. Yes, a whole lot of letters in their naming convention, but one that I think you will come to enjoy. Back in January of 2022, we experienced the Telluride SX-Prestige, which really gained a lot of traction from my readers and with the X-Pro additions in 2023, reviewing this was a must.And a must it is, the X-Pro is awesome! Additions to last year’s test model don’t include powertrain adjustments yet we notice 18 inch black wheels, all-terrain tires, exterior color offset styling, i...

Dolphins NFL draft options: Defensive tackles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

The South Florida Sun Sentinel concludes its eight-part series previewing top players in the 2023 NFL draft (April 27-29) with defensive tackles. The Dolphins are good with their top three among Christian Wilkins, Zach Sieler and Raekwon Davis, but they could use some more depth. John Jenkins left via free agency so he must be replaced.The Dolphins were good against the run last season. If they can get a bit more inside push from the pass rush they’ll be hard to stop up front defensively. It’s a good year to get Day 2 help from the inside and it’ll be interesting to see how the Dolphins approach the interior defensive line when it comes to the draft.Jalen Carter, GeorgiaCarter (6 foot 3, 314 pounds) has the versatility and skill to cause havoc all over the field. He’s got a quick first step that he can employ as a lead-in to using his strength for a pass rush or using his amazing range to pursue runners along the line of scrimmage. He had involvement in a pos...

Are mortgage rates finally back to normal?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends.Buzz: Mortgage rates are back above the inflation rate for the first time in nearly two years.Source: My trusty spreadsheet compared Freddie Mac’s average 30-year month rates vs. the 12-month change in the Consumer Price Index as a way to gauge where this important loan rate should be.Fuzzy math: What’s the proper level for mortgage rates without the Federal Reserve’s meddling?ToplineMortgage rates in March averaged 6.5% vs. a 5% inflation rate. That put home loans 1.5 percentage points above the rise in the cost of inflation. That’s the largest premium for home loans since November 2020.Home loans priced above the inflation rate make economic sense. Lenders don’t want to be paid back with dollars deflated by a surging cost of living.But during the pandemic era, the Federal Reserve used its powers to create historically cheap money as a boost to a coronavir...

More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment. But a new poll suggests that investigations in Georgia and Washington could prove more problematic.Only 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in New York, where he has been charged in connection with hush money payments made to women who alleged sexual encounters, according to the new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. More — about half — believe he broke the law in Georgia, where he is under investigation for interfering in the 2020 election vote count.The poll finds about half feel similarly about his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and his handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, which are both under investigation by the Justice Department.The findings suggest potential future charges in those cases against Trump may resonate more deeply with the American public than his allege...

Anger at new retirement age fuels further protests in France

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

GANGES, France (AP) — Hundreds of people opposed to the new law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 gathered Thursday in a small town in southern France ahead of a visit by President Emmanuel Macron, while scattered protests were staged elsewhere.Macron’s trip to Ganges comes amid a concerted new effort by him and his government to move on from the furor caused by the pension reform.Demonstrators sang what has become the anthem of the retirement protests: “We are here, we are here, even if Macron doesn’t want (us to be here), we are here.” The French president met with teachers and students at a middle school, where he promoted his education policies. At his arrival, the site was hit by a power cut, which the local branch of the hard-left CGT union said was a protest action. Dozens of police were deployed in the small town to prevent protesters from getting close to the school. They briefly used tear gas to disperse people who tried to storm the barriers. On Wednesday, Macron w...

Fighting in Khartoum threatens to unravel Sudan cease-fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Fighters from Sudan’s rival factions battled around the main military installation in central Khartoum and other parts of the country’s capital on Thursday, threatening to unravel the latest attempt at a cease-fire as foreign governments looked for ways to extract their citizens trapped in the conflict.With some parts of the Sudanese capital relatively calmer than previous days, the exodus of residents in Khartoum from their homes appeared to accelerate. “Massive numbers” of people, mostly women and children, were leaving in search of safer areas, said Atiya Abdulla Atiya, secretary of the Doctors’ Syndicate.The 24-hour cease-fire, which came into effect Wednesday evening, is the most significant attempt yet to halt violence between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The rivals’ fight for control of Sudan has turned the densely populated Khartoum, its neighboring city of Omdurman and other parts of the country into war zones, with mi...

NATO head defiantly says Ukraine belongs in alliance one day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg defiantly declared Thursday that Ukraine deserves to join the military alliance and pledged continuing support for the country on his first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s invasion just over a year ago.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Stoltenberg, who has been instrumental in marshaling support from NATO’s members, to push for even more from them, including warplanes, artillery and armored equipment.The Kremlin has given various justifications for going to war, but repeated Thursday that preventing Ukraine from joining NATO was a key goal behind its invasion, arguing that Kyiv’s membership in the alliance would pose an existential threat to Russia.NATO leaders said in 2008 that Ukraine would join the alliance one day, and Stoltenberg has repeated that promise throughout the course of the war — though the organization has established no pathway or timetable for membership.“Let me be clear, Ukraine’s rightful place is in...

Suspect in deadly Maine shootings to appear in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:21 GMT

WEST BATH, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who police say confessed to shooting seven people — killing four of them, including his parents — after being released from prison was due to appear before a judge Thursday.Police have not discussed what might have been a motive behind the shootings on a rural property in Bowdoin and then along a busy interstate highway in Yarmouth, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Maine’s largest city, Portland.The suspect, Joseph Eaton, has been jailed since his arrest Tuesday at a chaotic scene along Interstate 295, where traffic backed up as heavily armed law enforcement searched the area.Eaton, 34, had been released four days before the shootings from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham. Police say his mother picked up from prison April 14 after he completed a sentence for aggravated assault.The latest in a string of mass shootings in the United States began in the small town of Bowdoin, where four people were killed Tuesday, with three bodies d...