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Israel's war on Hamas: A conversation with a Middle East expert

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There were several developments this week as the war between Israel and Hamas enters another day. Senior Middle East analyst Ryan Bohl with the RANE Network, a risk intelligence company, sat down with KXAN’s Sally Hernandez for an in-depth conversation.Hernandez: "Tell me a little bit about the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding right now, about the Rafah crossing and some history behind it?" How Texas is supporting Israel Bohl: “So the Egyptians don't want to open up the Rafah crossing for fear that it could cause a refugee flood into the Sinai Peninsula, their territory where they've been fighting an Islamist militant group. They've been fighting a version of ISIS there for over a decade.So they don't want to cause a humanitarian crisis of the Sinai; they could destabilize the security situation.They're also worried that if Palestinians move into the Sinai, they may never go home, and that the Gaza Strip may end up being essentially ethnically cleansed of Pale...

Police recover stolen patrol rifle, give update on investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

RUTLAND, Vt. (NEWS10) -- Vermont State Police have announced they recovered a stolen patrol rifle that was taken Tuesday. Timothy Gabriel was arrested Thursday in connection to both the patrol rifle and a cop car being stolen. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Vermont State Police Police say a cop car was stolen outside of a Rutland City home between 2 and 4:40 a.m. on Tuesday. The cruiser was located elsewhere in the city, but a patrol rifle was missing from the car.Around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Vermont State Police found Gabriel walking on Cherry Street in Burlington. Police say he ignored commands directing him to surrender and was subdued by troopers. At the time, the patrol rifle wasn't accounted for. Search warrant yields firearms and drugs in Albany Police say the rifle was found abandoned in a pull-off in the vicinity of Exit 3 in Arlington, Vermont. Vermont State Police say uniformed officers are assigned take-home c...

Smoke from scrap metal recycling center fire near Warrenton can be seen for miles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

JONESBURG, Mo. -- Smoke from a scrap metal recycling center fire can be seen for miles. The center is located along I-70 around the 185-mile marker. Bommarito Automotive SkyFOX Helicopter captured images of firefighters working to put out the fire.Drivers can see the smoke rising high into the air. The fire does not seem to be slowing traffic in the area.It is not clear what started the fire. The recycling center owners say that there are no injuries associated with this fire. More details will be posted here as they come into the FOX 2 newsroom.

Burglars smash through wall to get into pharmacy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

A group of thieves smashed a glass door and broke through a wall to burglarize a pharmacy in Van Nuys early Friday morning.At about 12:30 a.m., a group of two or three people wearing masks broke the glass door of a tax services company at 13745 Victory Blvd., then used a sledgehammer to smash through a wall and get into the neighboring pharmacy, a witness told the Los Angeles Police Department, as reported by stringer service OnScene.TV.Footage from the scene shows drywall and boxes strewn about the entry point for the bandits.The burglars took merchandise from the pharmacy, though the exact amount has yet to be determined, and also rifled through office cabinets before fleeing in a red sedan.No further information was available.

Sorry, Barbie: SAG-AFTRA issues Halloween costume rules amid strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

Sorry, Barbie. Sorry, Ken. SAG-AFTRA is handing out some strict Halloween costume guidelines for members currently on strike. On Wednesday, the union posted the rules to its website.Via: SAG-AFTRA A-list actors offer $150M to end SAG strike Members are prohibited from dressing up as popular characters from struck content and then posting the images to social media. This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ryan Gosling, left, and Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)So that means anything from "Barbie" to "Wednesday" will be frowned upon. Instead, the guild recommends costumes based on general characters and figures like ghosts, zombies, spiders, etc. Members are also encouraged to dress up from characters from "non-struck content" like an animated television show. The actors' strike is nearing its 100th day after talks with studios fell apart last week with no deal.

2 hurt when driver slams into tobacco shop in Brea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

Stunning surveillance video shows the moment a vehicle crashed into the front of a tobacco store in Brea Thursday evening.The crash happened around 4:40 p.m. at Tobacco Buzz on West Imperial Highway.Video shows a BMW crash into the store, hitting two people and knocking down store shelves.The two people, a maintenance worker and a customer, were injured in the crash. Security camera footage captured the moment a vehicle slammed into the front of a tobacco store in Brea on Oct. 19, 2023. (OnScene.TV)The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.The store owner said the building sustained major damage and it was red-tagged by the city code enforcement.The driver of the vehicle, identified by witnesses as a middle-aged woman, was taken away from the scene. Police have not said if she suffered any injuries or if she is expected to face criminal charges.

Deputy in stable condition after getting hit by fleeing suspect in West Hollywood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy was seriously injured Thursday evening after they were injured by a vehicle driven by a fleeing burglary suspect.The incident unfolded around 4:40 p.m. near the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and Cynthia Street in West Hollywood.According to the Sheriff's Department, deputies from the West Hollywood station responded to a report of a burglary. Deputies eventually located the suspect's vehicle and a brief pursuit began.The injured deputy was standing beside his vehicle when the suspect hit him, slamming into the patrol car's door in the process, officials said. Video from Sky5 showed what appeared to be the deputy sitting in the front passenger seat of an LASD cruiser before paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived on scene to render first aid.The deputy suffered serious injuries and was transported to a hospital. He is currently listed as being in stable condition, according to Sher...

Katie Von Schleicher Gets Down in Nashville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

Katie Von Schleicher Gets Down in Nashville: Brooklyn-based songwriter and musician Katie Von Schleicher told us about her Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings experience.Katie Von Schleicher: I’m not the finest concert goer. I’ve fallen asleep for the duration of a Grouper show I was psyched to see, spaced out watching Ahmad Jamal, talked over Big Thief in a room that holds 30 people.Still, I’ve seen a lot of good ones, and enjoyed the ones I slept during. For my “favorite” I’ll choose a formative experience, seeing Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings in Nashville in 2007 or so.I was majoring in songwriting at college and they shipped us down on a bus to sit in the Warner Bros offices daily and get lectured by some mainstays like Rodney Crowell and the woman who wrote “This Kiss” for Faith Hill.One evening they closed down a small dive and let this small group of us, songwriting idiots, experience a duo Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings set. I cried like a baby, doing that thing w...

Billions of snow crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know what happened to them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

By Rachel Ramirez | CNNBillions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.The finding comes just days after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the snow crab harvest season was canceled for the second year in a row, citing the overwhelming number of crabs missing from the typically frigid, treacherous waters of the Bering Sea.The study, published Thursday by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found a significant link between recent marine heat waves in the eastern Bering Sea and the sudden disappearance of the snow crabs that began showing up in surveys in 2021.“When I received the 2021 data from the survey for the first time, my mind was just blown,” said Cody Szuwalski, lead author of the study and fishery biologist at NOAA. “Everybody was just kind of hoping and praying that that was an error in the s...

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Ryan McKendry, Liberty football

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:48 GMT

Liberty’s Ryan McKendry is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete. (Courtesy of Liberty High) Liberty football player Ryan McKendry is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete for Oct. 9-14 after he received 42.30% of the vote.Bishop O’Dowd football player Miles Dixon (34.32%) took second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.McKendry caught eight passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns as Liberty, playing at home in Brentwood, edged Antioch 41-40 in a Bay Valley Athletic League game.Liberty is 5-2 overall and 2-0 in the league.To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.