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Trial and prelim dates still pending for Martinez man accused of 2 killings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

A Wednesday trial has been vacated and will be rescheduled for 52-year-old Martinez man accused of an April 2022 killing in Fairfield and a preliminary hearing date for a second killing later in December in Suisun City remains pending, The Reporter has learned.Richard Raymond Klein, 52, of Martinez, appeared in Department 11 during a January proceeding in the Justice Center in Fairfleld.(Reporter file photo/Joel Rosenbaum) Richard Raymond Klein — ill Tuesday and did not appear in Department 15 for proceedings — was ordered to return for a new trial setting in the first case and a hearing setting in the second at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Justice Building in Vallejo, court records showed.Judge Robert Bowers also ordered Klein and his lawyer, Dustin M. Gordon, to appear Thursday for a trial management conference in the first case. Chief Deputy District Attorney Bruce Flynn leads the prosecution.The latest reschedulings come after Klein appeared in Department 11 in Fairfield, where S...

General Mills: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $614.9 million.The Minneapolis-based company said it had net income of $1.03 per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs and non-recurring costs, were $1.12 per share.The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.05 per share.The maker of Cheerios cereal, Yoplait yogurt and other packaged foods posted revenue of $5.03 billion in the period, missing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.18 billion.For the year, the company reported profit of $2.59 billion, or $4.31 per share. Revenue was reported as $20.09 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GIS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GISSource

Donald Trump demanda a E. Jean Carroll por difamación

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

(CNN) — Donald Trump demandó a E. Jean Carroll por difamación después de que un jurado determinara que abusó sexualmente de la excolumnista de una revista y la difamó.En una contrademanda presentada este martes por la noche, Trump alega que Carroll le difamó cuando apareció en CNN la mañana después de que el jurado le concediera US$ 5 millones por daños y perjuicios. A Carroll se le preguntó por el veredicto, según el cual Trump abusó sexualmente de Carroll pero no la violó, como ella alegó. Carroll respondió: “Oh, sí lo hizo”.En respuesta a la nueva demanda, la abogada de Carroll, Roberta Kaplan, dijo en un comunicado: “Donald Trump vuelve a argumentar, en contra de la lógica y de los hechos, que fue exonerado por un jurado que determinó que abusó sexualmente de E. Jean Carroll”.E. Jean Carroll pide a juez que modifique su demanda en respuesta a dichos de Trump en foro de CNNY añadió: “La presentación de Trump no es, por tanto, más que su último ...

Un profesor que mató a su esposa es declarado culpable de abusar sexualmente de una estudiante con quien comenzó una nueva vida

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

(CNN) — Un profesor de educación física de Australia que asesinó a su esposa para poder comenzar una nueva vida con una estudiante adolescente fue declarado culpable de abuso sexual.La jueza Sarah Huggett del Tribunal de Distrito de Sydney Downing Center condenó este miércoles a Chris Dawson por el cargo de “acceso carnal de una niña mayor de 10 años y menor de 17”.El cargo se relaciona con la misma estudiante con la que Dawson comenzó una nueva vida después de asesinar a su esposa Lynette en 1982. Más tarde se casó con la estudiante y tuvo un hijo con ella, pero luego se divorciaron.Dawson fue declarado culpable el año pasado de asesinar a su primera esposa, Lynette, en una condena que puso fin a uno de los casos sin resolver más antiguos de Australia.Su exesposa desapareció hace 36 años de forma misteriosa; ahora él fue arrestado acusado de asesinarlaDurante mucho tiempo había negado el asesinato, alegando que Lynette lo había dejado a él y a sus dos hijos pequeños antes de ...

Celebrity volunteers interact with children at Boys & Girls Club in West Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

A group of children from a Broward County Boys & Girls Club spent a day of play with Super Bowl NFL legend Tom Brady, Super Bowl Champion Odell Beckham Jr. and Grammy Award winner DJ Khaled. On Tuesday, the global digital sports platform Fanatics hosted a Merch Madness giveaway event for the children at the Carver Ranches Boys & Girls Club where the celebrity volunteers interacted with the children and handed out bags of college gear to the youths of the club. One girl said she wanted to be just like Brady when she grows up as he is a role model and inspiration to her. Other youngsters showed off their college clothing that was given to them, as a reminder that university is always an option for them. Matt Organ, the co-CEO of the Boys & Girls Club, said there are people in the world to support the youths of the community. “We give them hope. [I think] that’s the greatest thing we can give our young people is hope,” said Organ. “So when I see cele...

North Carolina lawmakers send governor last-minute changes to state’s recently passed abortion law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

(CNN) — The North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that includes some last-minute changes to the state’s recently passed abortion law.The Republican-controlled legislature sent the bill to the Democratic governor’s desk, just a day before a federal judge is set to hear a motion seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the abortion law from taking effect. The new law, which bans most abortions after 12 weeks, is set to go into effect on July 1.CNN has reached out to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office about his plans for the bill.The surprise amendment, which makes significant tweaks to the new abortion law, was added to House Bill 190, an unrelated measure focusing on the Department of Health and Human Services late last week in the state Senate.In a Tuesday filing in opposition to granting the temporary restraining order, on behalf of Republican House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger, attorneys admitted that the changes contained in the...

PMQs scorecard: Starmer and Sunak scrap over housebuilding hypocrisy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from this week’s session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through.What they sparred about: Housing policy. Labour’s Keir Starmer went for Rishi Sunak on the Tory target to build 300,000 homes a year, which was included in the 2019 manifesto yet … looks a rather tall order.UK politics in a paragraph: Starmer pointed out that some Tories oppose housebuilding in their constituencies, yet national Conservative policy is to build more homes. Sunak hit back by pointing out that while national Labour policy is to build more homes … some senior Labour figures oppose housebuilding in their own constituencies. It’s gonna be a long, long election year.Biggest Labour cheer of the day: Starmer: “At least the Tories are not claiming to be the party of home ownership — because we are!”Second biggest Tory cheer of the day: Sunak said shadow Cabi...

New Quran-burning in Sweden risks inflaming Turkey tensions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

Swedish police have authorized another Quran-burning in Stockholm planned for Wednesday afternoon, risking new tensions with Turkey as Sweden waits for Ankara’s backing for it to gain entry to the NATO military alliance in July.The Quran protest — which reportedly includes two people only — is planned in front of the main mosque in the Swedish capital, according to Swedish media, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha.Earlier this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that if Sweden did not show respect to Turkey or Muslims, he would not support the country’s NATO bid. The remark came after a far-right politician burned a Quran in Stockholm near the Turkish embassy, exacerbating tensions between the two countries. The police said that the burning “may have foreign policy consequences,” but the security risks and potential ramifications linked to the protest did not allow for the application to be rejected.It comes after Sweden’s cou...

EU lawmakers agree to make non-consensual sex a criminal offense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

European Union lawmakers on Wednesday agreed on a push to make non-consensual sex a criminal offense across the bloc, heralding a clash in future negotiations with EU governments, which rejected the plan. Several forms of cyberviolence like revenge porn, AI-generated porn deepfakes and online harassment could also become criminal offenses after a majority of lawmakers in the committees on civil liberties and for women’s rights adopted their version of a first-ever EU law to protect women from abuse.“We are facing a crisis of violence in Europe. Women are increasingly the target,” said European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.”It’s not only about best practices or recommendations that will deal with it but legislation that can be enforced.”The directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence garnered the support of lawmakers on a 71-5 vote. Seven lawmakers abstained. The vote will have to be confirmed in a Parliament plenary sessi...

Former Tyngsboro day care worker to appear in court on child porn charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:32 GMT

A former day care worker is slated to appear in federal court Wednesday in connection with a child pornography case, officials said. Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire. is accused of taking nude pictures of children at the Creative Minds Early Learning Centers day care in Tyngsboro, where she was an employee. Nashua police later announced the arrest of Stacie Laughton, a former New Hampshire state representative, in the case.From May, 2022 to June of this year, the US Attorney’s Office said Groves allegedly took nude pictures of children at Creative Minds and sent the photos to someone she was previously in an intimate relationship with.Groves, the US Attorney’s office said, allegedly took the pictures during routine diaper changes. Investigators said they found 2,500 text messages on Groves’ phone talking about the exchange of images, as well as at least four sexually explicit photos of children around three to five-years-old. The US Attorney’s Office said Groves wa...