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Pittsburg resident identified after fatal stabbing in apparent domestic dispute

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

PITTSBURG — Authorities on Tuesday released the identity of a man stabbed to death last week in an apartment complex.Eric Taylor Jr., 37, died at the scene on May 11 after what police said was a domestic dispute. Police said officers found Taylor with a stab wound to his chest after responding to the Belmont Apartments at 1010 Power Avenue about 3:30 p.m.Officers provided care to Taylor along with fire-department paramedics, but he could not be saved.In a statement, Pittsburg police said they detained a woman after the stabbing and arrested her. The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has not filed formal charges against the woman, pending further investigation by Pittsburg police, according to DA spokesperson Ted Asregadoo. Such requests are not uncommon in homicide investigations.It was unclear Tuesday afternoon whether that suspect still was in custody.Pittsburg police have investigated two homicides in 2023. The other killing happened March 22 at an E-Z St...

Britney Spears has lost relationship with sons amid post-conservatorship struggles, doc reports

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

The new TMZ Britney Spears documentary poses a provocative question about her life since the end of her conservatorship: Has freedom been good for her?That question may be difficult to answer, but the documentary, “Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom,” strongly suggests that her freedom hasn’t been good for her relationship with her teenage sons, Preston, 17, and Jayden, 16. It reports that the bond has suffered over the past 18 months, to the point that the boys have not seen their mother for “well over a year,” producer Katie Hayes said.“By the end of the summer (2022), tensions got so bad that the boys weren’t even responding to her texts. And she was furious,” Hayes claimed. Page Six confirmed that Spears last saw her children “at the very beginning of 2022,” before her June 2022 marriage to personal trainer Sam Asghari.Britney Spears and sons Sean Federline and Jayden James Federline attend the Los Angeles premiere of “The ...

Five arrested in connection to Oakland armed robbery spree

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Five individuals believed to be connected to at least 10 armed robberies over the past 30 days have been arrested, according to the Oakland Police Department. The suspects were described as three adults and two juveniles. In addition to the arrests, officers also recovered a loaded firearm and evidence connecting the group to additional crimes. The robberies the suspects are linked to occurred citywide. 15-month-old child struck by gunfire during attempted robbery in Oakland "Through the relentless and collective efforts of the OPD's Intelligence Division, Robbery Division, Community Resource Officers, Violent Crime Operations Center (VCOC), Patrol, and Ceasefire Division, these five dangerous individuals were safely taken into custody," said OPD in a social media post.The cases will be presented to the Alameda County DA's office for charging. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the subjects were involved in additional robberies. Police describe the inves...

Post Malone announces summer tour, concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

(KTXL) — Post Malone announced a new tour on Tuesday that includes a stop in the Sacramento region.The Grammy-nominated recording artist will perform at the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland on Tuesday, Aug. 15 for the “If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying” tour. •Video Above: Former Kings player tries to recover belongings sold at auctionThe 24-city tour also includes other California stops in San Diego, Mountain View and San Bernardino. Malone’s tour will begin on July 8 in Noblesville, Indiana with stops in Detriot, Tampa, Atlanta and Dallas before wrapping up the tour in San Bernardino on Aug. 19.  Sacramento’s biggest festivals, concerts of 2023 Tickets for the Wheatland show go on sale to the public on May 19 at 10 a.m. Presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general sale. Citi card members will have presale access beginning May 17 at 10 a.m. until May 18 at 11:59 p.m.Click or tap here to buy tickets. Along with his tour announcement, the rapper...

Actor Danny Masterson used drugs, Scientology to get away with raping women, prosecutor tells jury

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danny Masterson drugged women’s drinks so he could rape them, then relied on his prominence in the Church of Scientology to avoid consequences for years, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in closing arguments at the actor’s trial. “The defendant drugs his victims to gain control. He does this to take away his victims’ ability to consent,” Deputy District Attorney Ariel Anson told the jury of seven men and five women. “You don’t want to have sex? You don’t have a choice. The defendant makes that choice for these victims. And he does it over and over and over again.”The 47-year-old former star of “That ’70s Show” is on rape trial for a second time after the first ended in a mistrial in December, with a jury hopelessly deadlocked on all counts. Masterson has pleaded not guilty to raping three women at his home between 2001 and 2003. His attorney, Philip Cohen, who briefly began his own closing and will continue in the afternoon, told jurors that inconsiste...

Four years after a car accident nearly ended his career, Braden Shattuck reaches the PGA

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Braden Shattuck can’t quite explain why he was so intent on spending a not-insignificant portion of his childhood hitting 30-yard pitch shots from one side of his family’s backyard in the Philadelphia suburbs to the other.Where some might see monotony, Shattuck saw opportunity. There was something about the feel of that first plastic set of clubs in his hands. Something about the challenge of firing to an imaginary pin. Something about the game that gripped him early and never let go.“He was obsessed with (golf),” Scott Shattuck said of his son. “We had to almost drag him inside the house.”So yes, Shattuck always believed there was a chance he’d make it to the sport’s biggest stage. Yet the 4-year-old who took delight in tearing up his parents’ yard deep into the twilight couldn’t have imagined the circuitous route that brought the now-28-year-old to the 2023 PGA Championship.The 12-footer for par that Shattuck drained...

Wounded man who invaded Senate with knife sentenced to prison for Capitol riot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

An Alabama man was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly two years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and invading the Senate floor with a knife on his hip and a gaping wound on his face.A police officer shot Joshua Matthew Black in his left cheek with a crowd-control munition outside the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The bloody hole in his face didn’t stop Black from occupying the Senate with other rioters after lawmakers evacuated the chamber.“Black was a notorious offender during the attack on the Capitol,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing. “The nation was shocked and appalled at the events of January 6, and perhaps no other incident sparked as much as outrage and distress as Black and other rioters’ occupation of the Senate Chamber.”Prosecutors had recommended a five-year prison sentence for Black, 47, of Leeds, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Black to 22 months in prison followed by two years of supervised relea...

Biden administration clarifies 1872 Mining Law; says Nevada lithium mine can proceed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

RENO, Nevada (AP) — The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at a Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and tribal leaders.At the same time, in a broader response to recent U.S. court rulings that more strictly interpret a Civil War-era mining law, the Interior Department announced Tuesday it is taking steps to clarify mineral rights under the 1872 law to reflect the “realities of the 21st century.”The moves come after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a proposed copper mine in Arizona last year. The Appeals Court is considering a related appeal filed by environmentalists and Native American tribes challenging construction of the huge Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon line.Lithium is a key element needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles — a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s “clean energy” agenda intended to expedite a transit...

Potomac River earns ‘B’ grade from clean water advocacy group

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

In the 1960s, the Potomac River was declared a “national disgrace” by President Lyndon B. Johnson.Decades later, the condition of the river has earned a “B” from the Potomac River Conservancy.At a news conference Tuesday, the Potomac Conservancy released its report on the health of the river that runs into the Chesapeake Bay.Among the findings in the report, the decline of industrial and agricultural pollution has resulted in improved health of the river. Hedrick Belin, President of the Potomac Conservancy explained “that pollution reduction really drives a number of the other successes we were able to report on, whether it’s for wildlife or for people.”Fish and wildlife, including bald eagles, have rebounded, according to the report, and Belin said that includes the appearance of bottlenose dolphins in the southern end of the river.“Those dolphins are coming into the Potomac to raise their young in the shallow tidal waters,” he ...

Prince George’s Co. Schools sues TikTok, other social media sites

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

The mental health of students is a growing concern among parents and schools, and more and more focus is being put on social media platforms and the role they might play. Now another local school system is doing what others around the country have done: filing a lawsuit.Prince George’s County, Maryland, Public Schools has filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, Snap Inc., Byte Dance and Google alleging public nuisance, negligence and gross negligence. The nearly 200-page lawsuit accuses the social media companies — which run Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube — of intentionally targeting children with platforms designed to be addictive.The county said the end result is that those companies continue to rake in profits while schools and parents deal with the fallout that comes from their impact. In particular, the lawsuit cites increases in eating disorders, depression and suicidal ideations among teenagers.Meta sent a lengthy response to WTOP from Antigone Davis, Meta’...