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Police: Toxic gas leak in S. Africa kills at least 16 people

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

By Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray | Associated PressJOHANNESBURG — At least 16 people, including three children, died when toxic gas leaked from a cyclinder near Johannesburg, South African police said Wednesday.Emergency services said that as many as 24 people might be dead. It wasn’t immediately clear why there was a discrepancy in the death toll.Search and rescue teams were still working through the area trying to ascertain the extent of the casualties.The incident happened in an informal settlement in the city of Boksburg on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg, the South African Police Services said.Emergency services spokesman William Ntladi said the deaths were caused by a leak from a gas cylinder being kept in a shack in the Angelo settlement. He said the leak had stopped and teams were searching a 100-meter (100-yard) radius around the cyclinder to check for more casualties.The bodies were still lying on the ground “in and around the area,” Ntladi said...

2 killed, 14 shot in violent night in Hayward

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

(KRON) -- Multiple people were shot on Tuesday night in several instances of violence across the City of Hayward, the Hayward Police Department confirmed to KRON4. Hayward PD are investigating at least five separate incidents, including two fatalities.The incidents involved four shootings and one stabbing, according to Hayward PD. In total, 14 people were shot in Hayward from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. “The sheer number of incidents in Hayward last night was unprecedented," said acting police chief Bryan Matthews. "What should have been a celebration of our nation’s independence amongst family and loved ones ended in tragedy for too many." At 10:14 p.m., six people were shot on Ranker Place near Manon Avenue, according to authorities. Two of the victims have critical injuries. HPD said there was a fight among several people before shots were fired. One of those who was critically injured is believed to be one of the shooters. Police believe there is likely at least one...

Bodies strewn around state capital outside Mexico City suspected to have been left by violent cartel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg hanging from a pedestrian bridge Wednesday in the city of Toluca, just west of Mexico City. The trunk of the body was left on the street below the bridge near the city’s center, along with handwritten signs signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel. Other parts of the body were found later in another neighborhood, also with handwritten drug cartels signs nearby. The victim was apparently a man between the ages of 35 and 40.Two other bodies were found elsewhere in the city Wednesday. In a neighborhood on the city’s east side, police found another dismembered body, along with a sign similar to those in the first case.And later, in an industrial neighborhood on the north side, a body was found in a burning car.The mayor of Toluca, which is the capital of the State of Mexico, appealed for calm. The Familia Michoacana has dominated rural areas in the state for years, but may now be trying to...

Timberwolves were where Naz Reid wanted to be all along, even if he’s a backup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Naz Reid might well have found a bigger role had he hit the open market. Staying in Minnesota just felt right. The Timberwolves had no interest in letting him leave, even with all that precious salary cap space committed to their big men.“I started my career here. I wanted to continue my career here. I’ve gotten better each and every year here as well, so it only made sense,” Reid said. “I didn’t want to go anywhere else.”After eschewing unrestricted free agency for a three-year, $42 million contract with the Wolves last week, Reid participated in a news conference on Wednesday at the Southside Village Boys and Girls Club in Minneapolis, one of his favorite places to volunteer. With almost $90 million — two-thirds of the $136 million salary cap — earmarked for three natural post players in 2023-24, Reid will start the season as a backup behind Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns as the Wolves hit the reset button on their against-the-grain experiment with playing t...

Octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores 2023: Flamengo y Palmeiras, los últimos campeones, parten como favoritos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

(CNN Español) — Los duelos mano a mano son los que le dan a cualquier competencia ese condimento tan especial. Es ahí donde la competitividad adquiere más dramatismo, apasionamiento en sus seguidores y se ve de qué están hechos los equipos que aspiran a quedarse con la máxima gloria deportiva.El sorteo de octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores 2023 se realizó este miércoles, con lo cual quedaron definidos los enfrentamientos de la primera fase eliminatoria del torneo y las llaves hasta la final, que se disputará en Brasil.Palmeiras y Flamengo parten como los máximos favoritos a quedarse con “La Gloria Eterna”, tal el lema de la Conmebol para la Copa Libertadores 2023. Se ganaron la supremacía por jerarquía en sus intérpretes, brillo en su juego, mística y por haber ganado, entre ambos, las últimas cuatro ediciones de esta competencia. Debajo se ubican equipos de gran categoría como River Plate, Fluminense, Atlético Paranaense y Atlético Mineiro.Los octavos de final de la edi...

Jenson Brooksby tells the AP he accepted a provisional ban for allegedly missing 3 doping tests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

American tennis player Jenson Brooksby accepted a provisional suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Wednesday after being accused of missing three doping tests in a 12-month period, he told The Associated Press.“Taking the provisional suspension is the best decision that we have to make right now,” Brooksby, a 22-year-old from Sacramento, California, said in a telephone interview. “I’ve never failed a drug test. I’ve never taken any bad substances.”He plans to go to arbitration.Under antidoping rules, athletes can be penalized without failing a test if they have three “whereabout failures” within a year’s span.Brooksby has been ranked as high as No. 33 and is currently at No. 101 after going nearly six months without competing because he needed two operations for dislocated wrist tendons: on his left arm in March, and on his right in May.He has not played on tour since January, when he upset three-time Grand Slam runner-up Casper Ruud in the second round of th...

Back on the bus: Montgomery County sees bump in Ride On numbers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

The Ride On buses in Montgomery County, Maryland, still have plenty of unoccupied seats, but ridership figures are climbing.According to Montgomery County Transportation Director Chris Conklin, ridership is at 80% of pre-pandemic levels, with Ride On service carrying 55,000 people per day. “We continue to see increases in our transit ridership each month,” Conklin said during a briefing Wednesday with Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich.Elrich said he doesn’t expect everyone to switch over to mass transit to get to their destinations, but he added the need to incentivize mass transit use, as well as the encouragement in the use of telework policies to reduce traffic on area roads.Along with increasing Ride On bus ridership, Conklin said there’s a new tool for bus riders to use to get the latest information on bus arrival and departure times.The Trip Planner app, which has been operating for a few weeks now, has information to tell you when you should leave to get to your nearest...

Bras and panties stolen from laundry rooms: Do you recognize this man?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Lakewood are looking for a man accused of stealing around $4,881 in items, primarily women's bras and underwear, from various laundry rooms at an apartment complex.At least 26 thefts occurred have occurred between August 2021 and May 2023, police said.The suspect allegedly took the items from laundry rooms on each floor of Lakeview Towers at Belmar Apartments, in the 600 block of South Reed Court. Caught on camera: Guests dodge out-of-control fireworks He is not a known resident of the complex, according to police.He is described as a possibly Middle Eastern or Hispanic man with short black hair, a black goatee and dark eyes. He is of average height and has a muscular build.The man was most recently seen in the building in June of this year.

Drivers face detours and delays as Sumner Tunnel shutdown begins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

Long in the making, the nearly two-month shutdown of the Sumner Tunnel between East Boston and Downtown Boston got underway Wednesday. Just hours into the closure, many were already feeling effects on area roads. “I’m going to have to figure out my GPS now,” said Brandon Sacchetti while navigating the closure. “I don’t know where I’m going to go.”The tunnel will be closed through the end of August as crews work nonstop to replace the structure’s ceiling, pavement and lighting. After previous weekend closures, the now ongoing shutdown is the longest such shutdown to date in a multi-year Sumner Tunnel schedule of repairs.Crews closed the tunnel at midnight on Wednesday. Work quickly began within the tunnel, with new video from the state’s Department of Transportation already showing crews busy.As crews continue to work, traffic is being diverted through Everett, Route One and the Ted Williams Tunnel. 7NEWS tested the first option for the evening commut...

Brayan Bello shuts down the slumping Rangers to help the Red Sox win 4-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Brayan Bello took a shutout into the sixth inning, Justin Turner had two hits and a pair of RBIs and the Boston Red Sox beat the slumping Texas Rangers 4-2 on Wednesday night.Corey Seager had three hits for the Rangers, and Adolis Garcia celebrated being selected for the Home Run Derby by hitting one that counted, a two-run shot in the sixth that made it 3-2.But those were the only runs against Bello, who took a no-hitter into the eighth against the Marlins in his last start. In all, Bello (6-5) allowed two runs on eight hits in seven innings, striking out three and walking none. He has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 10 of his last 11 starts.Kenley Jansen, Boston’s only All-Star selection, pitched the ninth for his 18th save. The Red Sox won for the fourth time in five games.Jon Gray (6-5) allowed four runs – three earned – on nine hits and three walks in six innings. The Rangers, who have spent all but one day this season in first place in the AL West, have...