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Man charged with stealing ‘Wizard of Oz’ slippers from Minnesota museum expected to plead guilty

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” was expected to change his plea to guilty in court Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunnit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry Jon Martin, 76, was indicted in May on one count of theft of a major artwork. The shoes from the film were stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in the actress’ hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and recovered in 2018 by the FBI. No one was arrested in the case until Martin, who lives near Grand Rapids, was charged earlier this year. Martin’s attorney, Dane DeKrey, said his client, who is in poor health, has been cooperative with authorities.“I think Terry is facing his own mortality and I think when people are reaching that point in their life, they cut through the pleasantries and talk turkey,” DeKrey said in an interview ahead of Friday’s scheduled hearing.The one-page indictment gave no details of th...

How all three phases, “boneheaded mistake” from Broncos coach Sean Payton before halftime conspired to make comeback vs. Chiefs even more difficult

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Beating the Chiefs here any time is difficult enough.Thursday night or Sunday afternoon. October or January. Pristine weather, persistent wind or pelting snow.The job becomes essentially impossible if a visitor fails in all three phases of the game.That’s exactly what happened for the Broncos at the end of the first half in a 19-8 loss Thursday night.Overall, the defense played well, the offense stunk and the special teams checked in somewhere in between. But they all had a hand in allowing Harrison Butker’s 60-yard field goal to end the half. And head coach Sean Payton played a key role, too.Consider this: The Broncos started their final possession of the half with just 47 seconds left on the clock.Russell Wilson followed an ideal drive-starter — a 15-yard screen to running back Samaje Perine out to the Denver 39-yard line — with an incompletion and a low throw to Courtland Sutton that prompted Payton to take his first timeout.On third-and-5 from his own 44...

New call worth €96.6 million for doctoral training and postdoctoral fellowship programmes thanks to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

The Commission opened a new call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions' (MSCA) co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND). With a budget of €96.6 million, this call will co-finance doctoral training programmes and post-doctoral fellowship programmes of outstanding quality. Through MSCA COFUND, any kind of organization, including universities, research centres, companies, or regional or national authorities can receive funding to develop and support their own training programmes, which can have a regional, national or international component, to attract international talent and increase their research and innovation capacities. Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Commissioner Iliana Ivanova, said: “Thanks to this initiative, European organizations that perform, fund or support research have an excellent opportunity to receive co-funding for their new or existing programmes on training, career development and mobility of researchers. This wil...

Long Beach man sentenced to 17 years for attempted burglary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

A Long Beach man was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Wednesday for attempted residential burglary earlier this year. On January 9 at approximately 2:15 a.m., Simi Valley police responded to a report of an attempted break-in on Township Avenue. Shawn Hernandez, 31, of Long Beach and other unidentified co-conspirators shattered a rear glass sliding door in an attempt to burglarize a home. When officers arrived, the driver of a Dodge Charger, later identified as co-defendant Karenga Williams, fled the neighborhood, leaving Hernandez and others at the scene and leading police on a short, high-speed pursuit before he crashed the car. Authorities recovered personal identifying information that belonged to Hernandez after searching the car. They also found evidence at several residences surrounding the victim’s home, including a black ski mask, sweatshirt, gloves, and a bag in a neighbor’s backyard.Detectives identified Hernandez as a possible participant after they discovered his DNA m...

Golden Knights’ second-period goals deflate Sharks in season-opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks game on Thursday against the Vegas Golden Knights carried with it all the pomp and circumstance — and the hope – that’s usually associated with a season-opener.But with the Sharks in the depths of a rebuild, and the Golden Knights seeking a second straight Stanley Cup, perhaps it was only a matter of time before the game started to tilt in a certain direction.The Sharks gave up goals to Nicolas Hague and Nicolas Roy in the final 89 seconds of the second-period in what became a 4-1 loss to the Golden Knights before an announced sellout crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.The two teams were tied 1-1 when a shot by Hague got through Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen’s legs at the 18:31 mark of the second-period. Roy added another goal 53 seconds later, putting the Sharks in a hole they couldn’t escape.“I thought that really deflated us,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. “I thought we played a good period for 18 minutes. They had two scori...

Don't leave 'love locks' on fences, Grand Canyon says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

(KRON) -- Some people demonstrate their love for their significant other by leaving a padlock -- or a "love lock" -- on a fence. The Grand Canyon says you should not do that. People who leave love locks often carve the couple's initials into the lock before throwing the key away. This is where the danger lies. These Bay Area cities were once the capitals of California — some of them might surprise you Rare and endangered condors inhabit the Grand Canyon, and they are drawn to shiny things. When lovebirds chuck their key into the canyon after leaving the lock on a fence, a real bird might swallow it. "Condors love shiny things. They will spot a coin, a wrapper, or a shiny piece of metal, like a key from a padlock that has been tossed into the canyon and eat it. Condors are not meant to digest metal and many times cannot pass these objects," the National Park posted on Facebook. The post included an X-ray of coins lodged in a condor's digestive tract. The park said that the bird ha...

What to know on the seventh day of the latest Israel-Hamas war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has ordered the evacuation of some 1.1 million people in northern Gaza as the latest Israel-Hamas war entered its seventh day, the United Nations said Friday. The order could signal an impending ground offensive, though the military said Thursday that while it was preparing, a decision had not yet been made.The Israeli military pulverized the Hamas -ruled Gaza Strip with airstrikes and blocked deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity ahead of a possible ground invasion as Palestinians tried to stock up on supplies.International aid groups warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis after Israel prevented entry of supplies from Egypt to Gaza’s 2.3 million people. The Israel-Hamas war has claimed at least 2,800 lives on both sides since Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Oct. 7.Some key takeaways from the war:WILL ISRAEL LAUNCH A GROUND ASSAULT?Israel has ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people in northern Gaza, and directed hundreds o...

ONU: Israel pide a la población del norte de Gaza que de inmediato se mueva al sur

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) confirmó la noche de este jueves que Israel pidió que toda la población al norte de Wadi Gaza que se reubique en el sur de Gaza en las próximas 24 horas.“Justo antes de la medianoche, hora local, los jefes de equipo de la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas y el Departamento de Seguridad en Gaza fueron informados por sus oficiales de enlace en el ejército israelí de que toda la población de Gaza al norte de Wadi Gaza debería reubicarse. al sur de Gaza en las próximas 24 horas.“Esto equivale aproximadamente a 1.1 millones de personas. La misma orden se aplicó a todo el personal de la ONU y a aquellos refugiados en instalaciones de la ONU, incluidas escuelas, centros de salud y clínicas”, informó Stéphane Dujarric, portavoz del secretario general de la ONU.Las Naciones Unidas consideran imposible que tal movimiento se produzca sin consecuencias humanitarias devastadoras, alertó el vocero....

Broncos’ Russell Wilson throws 2 picks, struggles mightily in loss to Chiefs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The best throw that Russell Wilson made all night gave the Denver Broncos a chance against the Kansas City Chiefs.He made precious few good ones on either side of it.Wilson was 13 of 22 for 95 yards with a marvelous touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton and two interceptions on Thursday night, and his inability to keep the Denver offense on the field proved costly in a 19-8 loss. Wilson was sacked four times, missed too many open targets and looked a lot more like he did last season than he had the first few weeks of this season.“We knew it was going to be a four-quarter battle,” said Wilson, whose quarterback rating of 46.6 was among the worst of his career, and who has only thrown for fewer than 95 yards twice. “We had some opportunities we could have capitalized on. We had a chance. We have to play better and play cleaner. I have to play better.”After a miserable season by any standard a year ago, Wilson came into Thursday night’s game completing ...

Mikal Bridges scores 23 points, Nets beat Maccabi Ra’anana of Israel 135-103

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:15 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges hit six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help, Harry Giles III had 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets beat Maccabi Ra’anana of Israel 135-103 on Thursday night in preseason play.Dwayne Bacon and Quindarry Weathers each scored 17 points for Ra’anana, with team members deciding to play the game despite war at home. Bacon played at Florida State and Weathers at Mississippi State.Spencer Dinwiddie added 15 points for the Nets.BULLS 133, NUGGETS 124, 2 OTDeMar DeRozan scored 19 points and Zach LaVine had 17 as Chicago outlasted defending champion Denver.Denver’s Braxton Key forced overtime with an alley-oop layup over two defenders off an inbounds pass from Hunter Tyson.Nikola Jokic scored 17 points for visiting Denver. Rookie Julian Strawther had 16,PISTONS 128, THUNDER 125In Montreal, James Weisman made all eight of his shot attempts and had 20 points and 10 rebounds to help Detroit beat Oklahoma City.Cason Wallace missed a 3-pointer w...