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Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer serving time for George Floyd’s murder, pleads guilty to tax evasion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer serving time for George Floyd’s murder, pleads guilty to tax evasion.Source

International court issues war crimes warrant for Putin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court said on Friday it issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.The court said in a statement that Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of (children) and that of unlawful transfer of (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.”It also issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, on similar allegations.The move was immediately dismissed by Moscow and welcomed by Ukraine as a major breakthrough. Its practical implications, though, could well be negligible. Even if the court has court has indicted world leaders before, it was the first time it issued a warrant against one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. The court’s presid...

$800K worth of cocaine seized in Summit County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A traffic stop in Summit County led detectives to find $800,000 worth of cocaine.According to the Summit County Sheriff's Office, on March 8 at 12 p.m., their K-9 Narcotic Interdiction and Detection Team initiated a traffic stop based on information they received from law enforcement agencies that were monitoring the movement of narcotics around the state. SCSO said that during the traffic stop, K-9 Babe and her handler detected 25 kilos worth of cocaine that has an estimated street value of $800,000. Is it legal to set a booby trap at your home? According to SCSO, the cocaine tested positive for both cocaine and fentanyl."The goal of this team is to keep our community safe through combating drug trafficking. We take this mission seriously and work hard to detect illegal narcotics and prevent them from entering and being distributed in our community," Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons said. The driver of the car was booked on an outstanding misd...

Officials: Man arrested in ‘ambush’ killing of Florida father; suspect is married to victim’s ex-wife

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (WESH) — Another person has been arrested in the “ambush” killing of a Florida father of four.Jared Bridegan was shot to death in front of his 2-year-old daughter in February 2022 in Jacksonville Beach.According to First Coast News, authorities announced the arrest of Mario Fernandez Saldana Thursday. He was taken into custody at his Orlando home.Fernandez Saldana is married to Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, Bridegan’s first wife, with whom he had two children.The arrest comes after a man previously charged in Bridegan’s death, Henry Tenon, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case. Tenon reportedly agreed to testify against Fernandez Saldana and anyone else who conspired in Bridegan’s murder.Fernandez Saldana has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony and child abuse.State Attorney Melissa Nelson declined to say if more arrests were coming but said ...

Police search for 3 men accused of armed robbery at pawn shop in Lauderdale Lakes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

There was a smashing steal after three men held up a pawn shop. One of the suspects posed as a customer. It was a brazen robbery in Lauderdale Lakes. The employees at the store were frozen in fear when the thieves walked in. Surveillance video showed one suspect drawing his gun and pointing it at an employee. The incident occurred on March 10, before 5 p.m, at the Cash America Pawn store, at 2880 FL-7.The first crook entered the store, appearing to shop when the other two men walked in within seconds. All three men rushed behind the counter, forcing employees to open the registers.The crooks were seen attempting to bash open the glass counter to take anything they could from the display cases.According to police, the trio left in a blue 4-door Kia with the tag QFPL03. If you have any information on this crime, you are urged to contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477(TIPS).

Can he fix it? Rishi Sunak the problem-solver, rated

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak is having a good 2023 — so far.Since taking office late last year, the British prime minister has been wading through the intimidating in-tray he inherited from his predecessors Liz Truss and Boris Johnson.After the chaos of Johnson’s scandal-stuffed time in office and the nightmare Truss weeks in Downing Street, Sunak’s No. 10 operation has attempted to emphasize the new leader’s competence and apparent capacity for problem-solving. So how does he stack up? Let POLITICO guide you — ably assisted by the refrain from classic kids’ TV show Bob the Builder, natch.Brexit, done?The vast majority of Sunak’s Tory MPs greeted his Windsor Framework deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland with glee, seeing it as salving one of the remaining running sores left by the U.K.’s exit from the EU. The striking of the deal in February even saw the British PM appear in a pally joint press conference with the EU’s Ursul...

ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over child deportations from Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the forced transfer of children to Russia after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.Ukrainians accuse Russia of attempting genocide against them and seeking to destroy their identity — partly through deporting children to Russia. Putin is “allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children)” and that of “unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation,” the Hague-based court said in a statement Friday.“There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Putin bears individual criminal responsibility” for these crimes, the statement read.The Russian president, the court argued, failed “to exercise control properly over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts” and who were “under his effective authority and ...

‘Shitshow’: Key UN climate report was delayed by scientist strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

The global body drafting the U.N.’s biggest climate science report faces intense criticism ahead of the publication of its latest landmark report, with one author describing a “total shitshow” following a strike by scientists.The final instalment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth major assessment of the state of the climate — due to be released Monday — was originally scheduled to land in October 2022. But the report’s publication was delayed, a move the IPCC at the time blamed on “operational reasons.” The delay upset countries, scientists and green campaigners who had counted on having the report in hand going into global U.N. climate talks in Egypt in November.Now, minutes from a meeting in September recently uploaded to the IPCC website, detail how scientists “paused” their work on the report in protest over an “abrupt change” in support personnel.Former Swiss government scientist Jose Rome...

Building declared total loss after raging fire burns through Lawrence liquor store, bakery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

Crews battled a raging fire at Sweeney’s Package Store on Essex Street in Lawrence Friday morning. Firefighters responded to the scene around 4 a.m. and stayed on scene for hours to extinguish the blaze. Witnesses saw the roof cave in and flames burst out from the liquor store and a cake shop next door. The fire caused the back of the building to collapse. Firefighters could only fight the flames from the outside. According to the Chief Brian Moriarty, fighting the fire was especially difficult because there were no sprinklers in the liquor store. “We had pretty heavy smoke conditions in not only the cake factory, but the package store behind us,” Moriarty said. “As it turns out, we think the majority of the fire was in the package store, but it’s just that the alarms in the cake factory are what notified us.”Officials say no injuries were reported, but the building is a total loss. The owner of Sweet Grace Heavenly Cakes spoke with 7NEWS on scene...

Silicon Valley Bank’s former parent company has filed for bankruptcy protection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:34 GMT

(CNN) — SVB Financial Group, the company that owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank until the US government took it over last week, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Silicon Valley Bank was not included in the bankruptcy filing in New York on Friday. Also not included in the Chapter 11 process are venture capital company SVB Capital and broker-dealer business SVB Securities, which will remain operational.Trading of the company’s stock has been halted since Thursday, and a bankruptcy was largely expected.“The Chapter 11 process will allow SVB Financial Group to preserve value as it evaluates strategic alternatives for its prized businesses and assets, especially SVB Capital and SVB Securities,” said William Kosturos, chief restructuring officer for SVB Financial Group, in a statement.“SVB Capital and SVB Securities continue to operate and serve clients, led by their longstanding and independent leadership teams,” he added.SVB Financial ...