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Hoosick Falls police looking to ID burglary suspect

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Hoosick Falls police are attempting to identify an individual involved in a burglary and larceny from Hoosick Falls Jewelry on John Street. Police report the theft occurred on Monday, April, 3 between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police explain the individual used what seemed to be a hammer to break a plate glass window in the front of the store. The person then reached in and took a piece of jewelry. The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information, contact the Hoosick Falls Police at 5186867651.

Deputy fires at driver after being struck by vehicle in South Los Angeles: LASD

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy opened fire on a suspected assailant in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Gramercy Park early Saturday morning, but it remains unclear as to whether the suspect was hit.A few minutes before 3 a.m. near Western Avenue and 87th Street, a deputy fired at least one shot, the department confirmed in a press release. A deputy had pulled over a white Porsche for a traffic stop, but then that driver sped away, officials told KTLA.Footage from the scene appears to show a deputy on the ground after he was struck by a vehicle, which reportedly prompted the shooting.The deputy was hospitalized with a broken leg, but was not struck by gunfire.No further details were available.

Access to abortion pill in legal limbo after competing rulings

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.For now, the drug the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2000 appeared to remain at least immediately available in the wake of two separate rulings that were issued in quick succession by federal judges in Texas and Washington. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a decision that overruled decades of scientific approval. But that decision came at nearly the same time that U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice, an Obama appointee, essentially ordered the opposite and directed U.S. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the drug in at least 17 states where Democrats sued in an effort to protect availability. The extraordinary timing of the co...

State touts gun seizures from prohibited persons, but will it slow rate of violence?

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

California officials announced in a news release that they had seized guns from people who had become legally prohibited from owning weapons they had once purchased legally.The seizures came from people convicted of crimes, those who may have been hospitalized due to mental illness or threatened suicide, or those who were the subject of restraining orders. Officials identified 23,869 people on its list, they said, and seized 1,437 firearms.In a state of nearly 40 million people, with approximately 3.35 million registered gun owners and 20 million legally owned guns, how significant is that number?You could be forgiven for scoffing at it, violence prevention advocate Julia Weber said; she has a unique view. Currently the director of the National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships, she served for nearly 18 years as the supervising attorney for the Judicial Council of California. That council helped created the Armed and Prohibited Persons System, the California program that track...

Home values drop in more than half of US off pandemic peaks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: Home values have declined from pandemic-era peaks in more than half the states and metropolitan areas, according to some new price data.Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed home-price indexes created by Freddie Mac for all U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and 382 metropolitan areas. These “paired sales” benchmarks track values by comparing price changes in individual single-family homes and townhomes based on data from sales transactions and loan refinancings.ToplineLet’s first consider the fall from home pricing’s dizzying heights, found inside Freddie Mac’s data.Prices are off 2022 highs in 31 of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. They’ve also fallen from pandemic peaks in 199 of the 382 metros tracked. And prices were off all-time tops in all 26 California metros studied.Sti...

Prep roundup: Amador Valley stuns Mitty, wins pool at Livermore Stampede softball tournament

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

SoftballAmador Valley, a traditional East Bay softball power, hasn’t had a powerful start to its season.The Pleasanton school had lost four in a row and seven of eight entering the second day of the prestigious Livermore Stampede tournament on Friday.The Dons squeaked past Carondelet 2-1 in an early-morning game to break their losing streak.But up next was a matchup against pool leader Archbishop Mitty, which was coming off back-to-back perfect games and three consecutive shutouts. The Monarchs had lost just once all season.Well, let’s just say the outcome didn’t go as projected.Amador Valley shocked Mitty 3-2, scoring a run in the first on a sacrifice fly by Aleena Helms and two in the bottom of the third on Helms’ single to center.Mitty — ranked fifth by the Bay Area News Group — had gone ahead in the visitor’s half of the third when Megan Sutton’s single knocked in Lindsey Miller and McKenna Woliczko for a 2-1 lead.Kaylee Davis stru...

Hate crime incident in parking garage under investigation by Palo Alto police

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

PALO ALTO, Calif. (KRON) -- Palo Alto police are investigating a hate crime incident that occurred at a downtown parking garage after someone allegedly wrote comments directed against people from India on Thursday. ‘Save Women’s Sports’ advocate Riley Gaines says she was attacked after speech at SFSU Shortly before 9 a.m., a public works employee discovered "offensive writing" inside the ground floor bathroom of a parking garage located at 445 Bryant Street. Police arrived to the scene and observed the writings, which were written in black marker, police said.According to Palo Alto police, the writings were directed against people from India, but did not specify further. Public works crews removed the writings shortly after.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; widt...

Masters Live Updates | Tiger Woods makes 23rd straight cut

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from Saturday’s second and third rounds of the Masters (all times local):10:35 a.m.Tiger Woods has backed into more history at the Masters.On a cold, rainy morning, Woods made his 23rd consecutive cut at the Masters despite closing the weather-delayed second round with back-to-back bogeys.He ties the record shared by Gary Player and Fred Couples. Woods has never missed the Masters cut since turning professional. Woods finished the round with a 1-over 73 and walked off the course a shot above the projected cut line of 2-over 146. But the line climbed to 3 over when Justin Thomas made a bogey at the 17th. Woods’ spot in the final two rounds was secured when Thomas failed to make a birdie at the 18th. Thomas wound up missing the cut himself when he made another bogey at the 18th.___10 a.m.Tiger Woods is in danger of missing the Masters cut for the first time in his professional career.Woods closed out his weather-delayed second round with ba...

Senate approves gun bill, but not without heated late debate

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.After some procedural maneuvering and heated debate, the Senate gave final approval on an expansive gun bill about 30 minutes before midnight Friday.Sen. William C. Smith Jr. (D-Montgomery) summarized a gun bill on the Senate floor on April 7, 2023 (Courtesy Maryland Matters/William J. Ford)The 28-13 vote on House Bill 824 focuses on expanding prohibitions on those who can possess firearms.The vote may not have happened if Sen. Antonio Hayes (D-Baltimore City) didn’t make a motion to reconsider a special order that would have postponed additional debate until Monday.The postponement came after Sen. Jill P. Carter (D-Baltimore City) successfully attached an amendment to the bill that would have allowed a person who completed a sentence for illegal gun possession to enroll in a firearms training course. And, after completing the course...

48 people displaced by Woodbridge apartment fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:23:58 GMT

A destructive fire Friday displaced 48 residents at an apartment building in Woodbridge, Virginia, according to fire officials.Prince William County’s Department of Fire and Rescue said the fire impacted 14 units at the Woodbridge Station Apartments in the 1300 block of Eisenhower Circle. The flames started around 4 p.m. and by the time firefighters arrived on the scene, there was heavy fire on the fourth floor of the building.The Woodbridge Station Apartments after a fire on April 7, 2023 (Courtesy Prince William County Fire and Rescue System)Fire crews were able to put out the flames and no injuries were reported, but the building official declared the structure unsafe to occupy.The Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the incident.The apartments were not built with sprinkler protection, which officials said would have minimized the damage of the blaze.The American Red Cross of the National Capital and Greater Chesapeake Region said trained volunteers fr...