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East Bay police department offering $75K hiring bonus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) – It is growing more difficult to recruit people into the field of law enforcement. Police departments find themselves competing for the same small pool of candidates. Now, one East Bay police department is offering one of the largest bonuses in the country.The Alameda Police Department says its staffing is down nearly 30% from where it should be. That is why, by a unanimous vote, the Alameda City Council recently adopted a temporary recruitment and hiring incentive.  Rendon suspended for altercation with A’s fan "The bonus right now is $75 thousand dollars for anyone who wants to be a police officer. As far as we can find, this is the largest hiring incentive in the entire country,” said APD Chief Nishant Joshi.The authorized staffing level of 88 officers for the department has not changed, but the number of cops in uniform has decreased from 73 to 64 in 2022. Staffing being at a critically low level impacts public safety, which is a big deal for the d...

Vosler’s three-run blast lifts Reds past Cubs 7-6

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jason Vosler, a non-roster invitee to spring training, hit a go-ahead three-run home run, his second of the season, as the Cincinnati Reds held off the Chicago Cubs 7-6 on Monday. Cody Bellinger collected his first hit as a Cub: a three-run home run in the first. Derek Law stranded the tying and go-ahead runners in the ninth to earn his first save since 2019. Alex Young (1-0) earned the victory. Bellinger, who was 0-for-11 to begin his Cubs career, launched a 3-1 pitch from Connor Overton with two runners aboard in the first to make the score 3-0. But it was a rough first inning for Drew Smyly (0-1) too, as the Reds pounded out four straight singles, driving in three runs to tie the score. Eric Hosmer’s two-run double off left-hander Young in the fifth put the Cubs ahead 6-4. He was 0-for-7 coming into the game. Vosler who entered the game as a pinch-runner in the second, hit a go-ahead, three-run home run off Smyly to put the Reds ahead 7-6. Vosler has two h...

Turang hits slam for 1st MLB homer as Brewers rip Mets 10-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brice Turang kept expecting the jitters to come as he played his first major-league home game.They never arrived.Turang hit a grand slam for his first major league home run, capping a seven-run fifth inning as the new-look Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule by routing the New York Mets 10-0 on Monday.“It’s just another game,” Turang said. “It’s baseball. Like I said, I just try to go up there, compete every pitch and win us a ballgame.”Shut out in their first 16 innings this season, the Brewers have scored 22 runs in their last 20 innings.Brian Anderson also homered and Freddy Peralta pitched six innings of two-hit ball as the Brewers won their third straight with the first shutout victory in a home opener since beating Atlanta 2-0 in 2014.Anderson spent his first six seasons with Miami before signing with the Brewers in the offseason. He was one of six hitters in the Brewers’ starting lineup Monday who didn’t play for the team at t...

Former Md. chief of staff McGrath found in Tennessee after weekslong search

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

Roy McGrath, a former aide for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, has been found in Tennessee after disappearing on March 13  — the eve of his federal trial on charges including fraud, theft and falsifying records.More Local NewsMore Maryland NewsThe FBI said that during McGrath’s arrest, he sustained an injury and was taken to the hospital.“The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,” the bureau said in a statement, adding that the shooting is under investigation by its Inspection Division.Earlier this month, a $20,000 reward from the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service had been offered for information in the search for McGrath.The Baltimore Banner first reported that McGrath had been found in Tennessee.This story is developing. Check back with WTOP News for updates. Source

Presidencia de México pide a la Suprema Corte revertir suspensión de reforma electoral

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La Consejería Jurídica de la Presidencia de México informó que pidió formalmente a la Suprema Corte de Justicia que revierta el acuerdo de ese tribunal que suspende los efectos de la reforma electoral aprobada por el Congreso e impulsada por el presidente, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien la promulgó el pasado 2 de marzo.En el comunicado emitido por el gobierno de México este domingo, se argumenta que la corte no debió admitir la demanda presentada por el Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE).“La Constitución prohíbe al máximo tribunal tramitar este de tipo de controversias constitucionales en contra de leyes electorales, como son el conjunto de normas que integran el ‘Plan B’”, señaló.Corte de México otorga suspensión contra reforma electoral de López ObradorOtro de los argumentos que se exponen es el planteamiento “futuro e incierto” de que el llamado “Plan B” podría “causar afectaciones a los derechos humanos”.Ante el pedido del INE, el ministro de la Corte Javier...

Jill Biden praises Colorado for progress on workforce training

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden was in Colorado Monday. Before her flight was diverted, the first lady stopped by the state Capitol as part of the Biden administration's "Investing in America" tour, touting how federal dollars from spending plans passed in Congress are being used in communities throughout the nation.The major spending plans are set to open the door for major projects in the state, but you need people working for the projects to become a reality. The first lady praised Colorado for making progress in that area."You've been investing in these pathways for years," Biden told a group of bipartisan lawmakers and education leaders Monday.Job opportunities, even without a college degreeThe first lady commended state leaders at the legislature and in education on the state's efforts to bolster its workforce, saying more jobs are set to open thanks to bills passed in Congress and signed by the president, like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American Rescu...

Parents gather for East High update before school return

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Just days from returning to school after a campus shooting, the Denver East High School community returned to campus to listen to a safety update. Dozens and dozens of parents packed a room to listen to district officials and law enforcement. The update became heated at times as parents pressed education leaders for answers. Concerned parents demand safety dialogue with Denver Public Schools Two weeks ago on Wednesday, two school administrators were shot. Both have since been released from the hospital. Parent Christine Muggleton said her son, a sophomore, will not be returning to class.Muggleton said her family had planned on moving to Wisconsin long before the late-March tragedy. “It’s (school safety) the most massive problem,” she said. “It’s national. It’s not an East High problem.” 'The kids deserve so much better'She knows that moving to another state doesn’t necessarily fix the nationwide school safety issue. “There just needs to be more feet on the ground,...

Fire at Sunrise townhouse complex affects 8 homes, deemed unsafe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

A fire broke out at a South Florida townhouse complex, which affected eight homes that inspectors have deemed unsafe.Sunrise Fire Rescue crews arrived to the Country Squire Townhouses at 10725 NW 30th Place, Monday afternoon, around 2:30. According to fire rescue, it was a three-alarm fire, and Lauderhill Fire Rescue also responded to the scene to assist. “We heard a big noise,” said a child whose family was affected by the fire, “and then we heard another big noise, and everybody was like, ‘Come on! Come on!'”Firefighters believe the fire started at the first home in the corner. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.7Skyforce hovered over the fire where smoke was seen coming from the roof of one of the homes.“The end units are single story and the middle units are two-story,” explained Sunrise Fire Chief John McNamara, “but ironically enough they all share a common attic space, and that sometimes impacts our ability to stop fire once it’s ...

Neighbor’s tree causes water leak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

It seemed like a minor problem: a water leak on their neighbor’s property, but the result was a long trench. They lost their cable TV and their sprinklers were broken. Who is responsible for fixing it? Iit’s tonight’s Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.Some things bring great pride. For the Harrypersads it was buying their own home.Sunil Harrypersads: “This was the, this is the first and only property that they have purchased … and this house they’ve lived in for 30.”They take care of the house, the lawn and, lately, they’ve had to take care —when they walk outside…Sunil Harrypersads: “What appeared to be something simple, my dad identified that there was water gushing from the front.”Sunil’s parents checked to make sure it wasn’t a sprinkler, then called the City of Coral Springs.Sunil Harrypersads: “The city identified that the issue was a broken pipe, water pipe at the neighbor’s house, but it required trenching, digging to understa...

Who is Petteri Orpo? Meet Mr. Dependable, Finland’s election winner

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:22 GMT

Finns have played it safe with a post-pandemic recession looming and their giant eastern neighbor Russia waging a brutal war in Ukraine. In center-right leader Petteri Orpo, the Finnish electorate has backed someone with a trusted track record in party politics that stretches back decades. Orpo convinced voters that the Finnish economy was in trouble and that he — rather than his free-spirited and freer-spending rival Sanna Marin — was the steady hand Finland needs. The shift will mark a radical change in tone for Finland and for the wider European political scene. Marin, a popular personality on the left of EU politics, found herself in hot water last year after a video emerged of her dancing exuberantly at a party with friends. Yet it was her government’s reputation on economic policy that cost her. In Sunday’s election, Orpo’s get-it-done persona won out. He played on deeply rooted (if mundane) Finnish fears about rising government debt and of...