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‘Senseless killing’ of California business owner over pride flag shocks LGBTQ community, residents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

Colorful flower bouquets threaded through the door handles, handwritten cards, and rainbow pride flags hanging in the awnings — this has been the scene for several days outside the Mag.Pi clothing store in Cedar Glen, a mountain community bordering Lake Arrowhead.Locals, members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies are mourning the death of the business owner, whom officials say was shot during a dispute over a pride flag hanging outside her shop.On Friday, Aug. 18, Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton, 66, confronted Travis Ikeguchi, 27, of Cedar Glen, outside of the store, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said. According to witnesses, Ikeguchi tore down the pride flag hanging outside the shop, and Carleton confronted Ikeguchi in the street. During the conflict, Ikeguchi reportedly shouted homophobic slurs before shooting Carleton, and fled on foot. Carleton died at the scene.San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies who responded to multiple 911 calls located Ikeguchi about a mile awa...

Much-hyped USC freshman Tackett Curtis set to play big role vs. San Jose State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

The kid didn’t come all the way from a tiny town in Louisiana to Southern California to sit around.No, Tackett Curtis, as his uncle and Many High football coach Jess Curtis said, did not come to USC to kick around empty paper cups on the sidelines. The 2023 recruit saw USC, saw the glory days of Junior Seau and Brian Cushing and Clay Matthews, saw the program Coach Lincoln Riley was building – and saw himself as a missing piece, Jess Curtis said.He saw a need for help. And there would be no redshirt freshman year. No ease-into-fall-camp.“He’s there,” Jess Curtis said, “to help improve them right now.”It’s an audacious belief for a true freshman, particularly one entering a crowded linebacker corps. Shane Lee and Eric Gentry, the Trojans’ second- and third-leading tacklers in 2022, were still around, after all. But Curtis came into spring camp after graduating high school early with a heap of coaching praise behind his name – “Oooh, this freshman coming in,” as a smirking Caleb Willi...

Kidnapped 19-year-old California woman found dead; suspect arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

Detectives have found the body of a 19-year-old Downey woman in Moreno Valley and arrested a suspect in her slaying.Andrea Vazquez, a student at Fullerton College, was abducted in Whittier early Sunday morning, officials said.Gabriel Esparza, 20, of Whittier, was taken into custody around 3 p.m. on Monday at his job in Lakewood, according to a police statement. He was booked on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Police also seized a firearm they believe was used in the early Sunday morning crime, as well as Ezparza’s 2013 white Toyota Tacoma truck.Police didn’t say how they identified Esparza as the suspect or why the two-day search for Andrea Vazquez happened “in large open land areas of Moreno Valley.” However, Vazquez’s sister, Edlyn, told KTLA that she traced her sibling’s phone to a field in Moreno Valley. She found blood there but not the phone or her sister.Investigators said they found Vazquez’ body in a field off Alessandro Boulevard and Merwin Street in Moreno Valley Mond...

California parolee out on bail accused of killing woman, domestic violence suspected

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

A parolee out on bail for possessing a gun while a felon was arrested Monday for fatally shooting a woman at her Pasadena apartment complex after a standoff with SWAT officers. Police say the shooting appears to be related to domestic violence but have not revealed the relationship between the suspect and the victim.Guary Lonnie Shuford III, 32, of Los Angeles barricaded himself in the victim’s apartment in the 200 block of South Raymond Avenue then surrendered to SWAT officers after several hours. He was arrested without incident, said Lt. Monica Cuellar, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Police Department.She identified the victim as Jamila Elysse Moss, 34, of Pasadena.Police headed to the 200 block of South Raymond Avenue after getting calls of gunshots in the area shortly after 10 a.m. Officers found Moss lying outside the apartment complex and facing the nearby train tracks, Cuellar said, adding the victim wasn’t on the railroad tracks. She was unresponsive and pronounced dead at th...

Republicans Pushed Almost 400 “Education Intimidation” Bills in Past Two Years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

As students across the country grapple with mass shootings and the looming threat of a decimated planet, Republican lawmakers have trained their energy instead on education. Over the last two-and-a-half years, state lawmakers introduced 392 so-called educational intimidation bills, according to a report from PEN America published on Wednesday. As of earlier this summer, only four state legislatures had not seen this type of bill, according to the report, which spans legislative activity from January 2021 to June 2023. All but 15 of the bills were sponsored solely by Republicans. The wave of legislation documented in the report is complementary to but distinct from “educational gag orders” that explicitly ban materials and content, the authors wrote. Educational intimidation bills create “the conditions for censorship indirectly, threatening the freedoms to teach and learn with death by a thousand cuts.” Such efforts, the authors explain, “pressure educators to be more timid in ...

Kohl’s: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (AP) — MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $58 million.The Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of 52 cents per share.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 24 cents per share.The department store operator posted revenue of $3.9 billion in the period, which met Street forecasts.Kohl’s expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.10 to $2.70 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KSS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/KSSSource

Analog Devices: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $877 million.On a per-share basis, the Wilmington, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of $1.74. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.49 per share.The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.53 per share.The semiconductor maker posted revenue of $3.08 billion in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.09 billion.For the current quarter ending in October, Analog Devices expects its per-share earnings to range from $1.90 to $2.10. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had forecast adjusted earnings per share of $2.50.The company said it expects revenue in the range of $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $3.11 bi...

ANÁLISIS | Un día extraordinario en la cárcel del condado de Fulton mientras se avecina la entrega de Trump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

(CNN) — Un desfile de coacusados de Donald Trump acordando fianzas y entregándose en una cárcel de Atlanta está marcando un camino de rendición de cuentas que el expresidente y cabecilla de la supuesta conspiración de manipulación electoral seguirá este jueves, en uno de los días más discordantes en la historia presidencial.Pero los nuevos ataques de Trump a los fiscales y las maniobras legales de algunos de sus excolaboradores subrayan su creencia de que se puede desafiar la ley y de que no debería haber consecuencias por subvertir la democracia, la misma actitud que alimentó las falsas pretensiones de victoria de Trump en 2020 y que sigue impulsando sus acciones mientras busca regresar a la Casa Blanca. Esto es especialmente preocupante dado que Trump, a pesar de haber decidido saltarse el primer debate de las primarias de este miércoles, tiene muchas posibilidades de convertirse en el candidato presidencial del Partido Republicano en 2024.Una vez más —como ocurrió con la co...

Tropical Storm Franklin nears Haiti and the Dominican Republic, bringing fears of floods, landslides

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin chugged toward the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti early Wednesday, bringing fears it would trigger deadly landslides and heavy flooding in both countries. Franklin was expected to swirl above the island for most of Wednesday, with forecasters warning the storm could dump up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, with a maximum of 15 inches (38 centimeters) in isolated areas.By early Wednesday morning, the storm was centered about 120 miles (190 kilometers) southwest of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It had maximum winds of 50 mph (85 kph) with higher gusts and was moving northward at 10 mph (17 kph).Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Harold weakened into a tropical depression Tuesday night after making landfall in South Texas, bringing strong winds, rain and leaving thousands of homes without power.In the Caribbean, offi...

Foot Locker: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:28 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Foot Locker Inc. (FL) on Wednesday reported a loss of $5 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 4 cents per share.The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 5 cents per share.The shoe store posted revenue of $1.86 billion in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.88 billion.Foot Locker expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.30 to $1.50 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FLSource