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Review: Border blockade divides families in new bittersweet TheatreWorks play

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

A border is a strange thing.An imaginary line in the ground divides nations, and people have died to defend it or sometimes simply to cross it.The arbitrary nature of that border is a central feature of “A Distinct Society,” the play by Kareem Fahmy that TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is now premiering at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.The play is set in the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a real building that straddles the border of the United States and Canada, part of the library in Vermont and part of it in Quebec. During the Trump Administration’s infamous Muslim Ban, some people from nations whose citizens were forbidden to travel to the United States were able to at least visit with U.S.-based relatives inside the library.“A Distinct Society” depicts just such a family in just such a situation. A father has traveled from Iran to Canada to see his daughter who’s a medical student in Boston, but they keep getting separated by timing, bad luck and strict regulat...

Birthing center at Roseville hospital struck by gunfire

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

(KTXL) -- A shooting in Roseville on Wednesday night forced the lockdown of the Kaiser Permanente campus along Eureka Road, according to the Roseville Police Department. The shooting took place just before 9 p.m., near the intersection of Douglas Boulevard and Eureka Road. Teenager killed, another injured in shooting near Stockton park Some shots struck the lobby of the hospitals birthing center, but no injuries were reported. The lockdown was lifted shortly after police arrived on scene and secured the area. Law enforcement did not provide any suspect information or about a possible suspect vehicle. On Thursday, the Citrus Heights Police Department confirmed with FOX40 that an early shooting in Citrus Heights is connected to the Kaiser shooting. 4-year-old dies days after Woodland crash involving 13-year-old suspect Prior to the Roseville shooting, an unknown person was traveling in a vehicle northbound along Auburn Boulevard, at around 8:45 p.m., when they reportedly fired m...

After Spying on Standing Rock, TigerSwan Shopped Anti-Protest "Counterinsurgency" to Other Oil Companies

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

A new business model for breaking down environmental movements was being hatched in real time. On Labor Day weekend in 2016, private security dogs in North Dakota attacked pipeline opponents led by members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as they approached earth-moving equipment. The tribal members considered the land sacred, and the heavy equipment was breaking ground to build the Dakota Access pipeline. With a major public relations crisis on its hands, the pipeline’s parent company, Energy Transfer, hired the firm TigerSwan to revamp its security strategy.By October, TigerSwan — founded by James Reese, a retired commander of the elite special operations Army unit Delta Force — had established a military-style pipeline security strategy.There was one nagging problem that threatened to unravel it all: Reese hadn’t acquired a security license from the North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board. Although Reese claimed TigerSwan wasn’t conducting security services at all, ...

AP sources: FBI wants to question member of Massachusetts Air National Guard in leak of classified documents

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: FBI wants to question member of Massachusetts Air National Guard in leak of classified documents.Source

Browns drop agreement with FirstEnergy, change stadium name

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns ended their stadium naming rights partnership with FirstEnergy Corp. after 10 years, and will return to their lakefront stadium being called Cleveland Browns Stadium.The sides announced the agreement Thursday. Terms and conditions were not disclosed.FirstEnergy’s partnership with the NFL franchise came under scrutiny after the utility company admitted to paying bribes to Ohio lawmakers. There had been a push by some city and state officials for the Browns to sever ties.“We’ve had a great association with FirstEnergy for more than two decades, and we appreciate this partnership and what it has created for our team and the broader northeast Ohio community,” said Dave Jenkins, COO of Haslam Sports Group founded by Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam. “We reached this amicable agreement that is consistent with the productive relationship we have always enjoyed, and we wish FirstEnergy success with their future initiatives.”It’s not ...

Whitmer signs stricter background check, safe storage bills

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Anyone who wants to buy a gun in Michigan will have to undergo a background check, and gun owners will be required to safely store all firearms and ammunition when around minors under new laws signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.The signing took place on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, where a gunman killed three students and injured five others two months ago. Flanked by students and gun safety advocates, Whitmer, a graduate of MSU, told the more than 100 people in attendance to “buckle up, we’re going to continue this work.”“Gun violence is a scourge that is unique to this country,” Whitmer said. “We don’t have to live like this and today, we are showing we are not going to anymore.”The legislation is part of a sweeping 11-bill gun safety package that was introduced in the weeks following the MSU shooting but was predominately drafted after the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in which four students were killed. The bills saw l...

2 plead guilty to charges stemming from inmate assault

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Two former correctional officers at an eastern Kentucky prison have pleaded guilty to charges related to the assault of a restrained inmate, authorities said.James D. Benish, 36, and Randy L. Nickell, 54, admitted that they witnessed fellow officers assault a nonviolent inmate who was lying face down in a prison shower cell wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, the Justice Department said in a statement Monday.Benish pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of an inmate’s civil rights and Nickell pleaded guilty to three counts of obstruction of justice, the department said. Benish admitted that he was present during the assault and failed to intervene. Nickell admitted that he falsified records and lied to investigators, authorities said.Two other former officers have also pleaded guilty to charges in the case. The inmate who was assaulted wasn’t identified.Benish and Nickell are scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 11. Benish faces up to 10 years in pris...

US 40 closed from Craig to Steamboat due to flooding

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

HAYDEN, Colo. (KDVR) -- A major waterway that runs through the middle of a Colorado town crested its banks Thursday, causing flash flooding.In a release, Town Manager Mathew Mendisco said the flooding could continue throughout the day due to rapid snow melt from increasing temperatures. Fire danger: These areas are under a red flag warning A flood advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for Routt County and the intersection of Dry Creek and Highway 40. The advisory is in effect until 12 p.m. on Saturday.ClosuresThe Colorado Department of Transportation said Highway 40 between Craig and Steamboat Springs will be closed in both directions until at least 12 p.m.All schools and parks have been closed in Hayden due to the flooding. Worst floods in Colorado history Mendisco asked that residents avoid the following areas of Hayden:3rd Street4th StreetPopular Street at the fairgroundsAreas that border Dry Creek on the southwest part of townNeed to evacuate?If flooding ...

Drake Bell 'is safe' after alert was issued for former Nickelodeon star, Florida police say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

(WFLA) — Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell, known for his role on the network's hit show "Drake & Josh," was said to be "safe" and in contact with Florida officials after he was reported missing on Thursday by the Daytona Beach Police Department."At this time we can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe," a public information officer for the Daytona Beach PD told Nexstar.The department had first issued an alert for Bell, whose legal name is Jared Drake Bell, on Thursday morning. In a Facebook post, police said Bell was last seen on Wednesday just before 9 p.m., in the area of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida."He is considered missing and endangered," the department wrote on Facebook. The police later clarified that that their post was "legitimate," presumably in response to commenters questioning the accuracy of the alert.Police did not share any additional details concerning Bell's whereabouts, nor the circumstances surrounding the...

Advocates warn against driving high ahead of 4/20

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Ahead of 4/20, Native Roots, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Mothers Against Drunk Driving reviewed the state of impaired driving in Colorado, discussed emerging trends to prevent impaired driving on all types of drugs, and shared how cannabis consumers can plan ahead to get home safely.   Survey Results  Native Roots released the results of a new survey from 520 customers which includes how likely they are to drive or use transportation while feeling the effects of cannabis.About 71% of survey takers use cannabis at least once a day, and 4% always consume alcohol and marijuana together.   Denver no longer nation’s top city for weed The survey showed that 41% of people might drive while under the influence of marijuana. It also showed that 11% of people said they are very likely to drive, 8% said probably and 22% said it depends on the amount of marijuana they consumed.  About 59% said they don't feel comfortable driving after consuming ma...