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Two Bay Area students declared co-champions at state spelling bee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

(KRON) -- After three hours of spelling, two Santa Clara County junior high school students were named as co-champions of the 2023 California State Spelling Bee, and earned spots to compete in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.Eighth-grader Vikrant Chintanaboina from Discovery Charter School - Falcon Campus, and seventh-grader Shradha Rachamreddy from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper School, became co-champions last weekend. Judges declared Rachamreddy, 13, and Chintanaboina, 14, as winners after exhausting an extensive list of words at the state's spelling bee championship held in Stockton. The two super spellers out-spelled 41 stellar students from counties across the state.Shradha Rachamreddy is seen competing at the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., on May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)“A big congratulations to them both for their determination and dedication to challenging their competitors and themselves," said County Superintendent of ...

MATCHDAY: Man City hosts Real Madrid in Champions League semifinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Wednesday:CHAMPIONS LEAGUEArguably the two best teams in Europe face each other in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals when Manchester City hosts Real Madrid at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. The repeat of last year’s semifinal is tied at 1-1 after the first leg in Madrid. Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti will once again go head-to-head, with City having a score to settle after losing in dramatic circumstances last season. City led 5-3 on aggregate going into the 90th minute of the second leg at Bernabeu Stadium, but went on to lose 6-5 after extra time. Guardiola is trying to win the Champions League for the first time as City manager, while Madrid can win it for a record-extending 15th time.ENGLANDMiddlesbrough hosts Coventry at Riverside Stadium in the second leg of the Championship playoffs semifinals. The first leg on Sunday ended in a 0-0 draw. ___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitt...

Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department watchdog probe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential issues, her attorney said Tuesday. The Justice Department’s watchdog has yet to release its report detailing the findings of its investigation, but an attorney for Rollins told The Associated Press that she will be submitting a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden by close of business Friday. “Rachael has been profoundly honored to serve as U.S. Attorney over the past 16 months and is incredibly proud of all her office has accomplished during that limited time, especially in the areas of gun violence and civil rights,” her attorney, former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich, said in a statement. “She is optimistic that the important work she started will continue but understands that her presence has become a distraction...

Child dead, 23 missing after hippopotamus capsizes canoe in Malawi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A 1-year-old child died and 23 people were missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in southern Malawi, authorities said Tuesday.The long wooden canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River on their way to neighboring Mozambique when it was hit by the hippo in the Nsanje District on Monday. Malawian police rescued 13 with the help of World Food Program personnel who were working in the area and provided boats for the rescue operation, Nsanje District Police Commissioner Dominic Mwandira said.The people were feared dead because the search had been going on for more than 24 hours, police spokesperson Agnes Zalakoma said.Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera sent Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia to the scene. She said locals told her hippos often caused problems in the area and they wanted authorities to relocate some of the animals.___More AP Africa news: https://apnews.com/hub/africaSource

Girl allegedly abducted in Illinois by noncustodial mother found safe in North Carolina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A girl who was allegedly abducted in suburban Chicago in 2017 by her noncustodial mother has been found safe in North Carolina after she was spotted at a business, authorities said.The child was found safe Saturday in Asheville, North Carolina, by officers who were called to a business by someone who “believed she had recognized a woman who kidnapped a child in 2017,” Asheville police said Tuesday in a news release.Officers found a woman and a minor child at the business and were able to confirm their identities, police said. They said the woman, Heather Unbehaun, was wanted on an extradition warrant out of Illinois for child abduction.Unbehaun was taken into custody and booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility on a $250,000 secured bond, police said.The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said the girl was 9 when Unehaun, her noncustodial mother, allegedly abducted her from South Elgin, Illinois, on July 5, 2017.In its news release, t...

Jackson Mahomes grabbed and kissed woman against her will three times, prosecutors say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, grabbed a woman by the neck and kissed her against her will three times earlier this year, according to new information in an affidavit. Mahomes was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of battery after the incident at Aspens Restaurant and Lounge in Overland Park, Kansas, on Feb. 25.During a brief hearing on Tuesday, a Johnson County judge agreed to Mahomes’ request to have his bond agreement modified so he could talk to three of four people listed as witnesses, who are his friends.Mahomes declined to comment before and after Tuesday’s hearing. He has been free after posting $100,000 bond. The hearing came a day after a redacted affidavit provided more details of the alleged assault on the restaurant’s owner, Aspen Vaugh.Investigators said Mahomes shoved a waiter at the restaurant who tried to come into a room where he was with Vaughn. After the waiter l...

Jurors deliberate in trial over limousine wreck that killed 20 people in rural New York

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A jury heard closing arguments and began deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a limousine company manager accused of deadly indifference to safety rules before a crash that killed 20 people.Nauman Hussain is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2018 wreck of a stretch SUV limousine in Schoharie, New York — one of the deadliest U.S. road wrecks of the past two decades.In closing arguments to the jury Tuesday, special prosecutor Frederick Rench said Hussain intentionally failed to follow maintenance regulations for the 2001 Ford Excursion, which was packed with birthday revelers when it hurtled down a hill, went off the road, and hit a parked car and trees before stopping in a streambed.Prosecutors say defective brakes failed to stop the heavy limo. Rench said that if Hussain had done routine state vehicle inspections, as required, it would’ve revealed brake defects and prevented the wreck.Hussain̵...

Grains mostly lower and Livestock mixed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

Wheat for Jul. lost 13.25 cents at $6.4750 a bushel; Jul. corn fell 11.25 cents at $5.8125 a bushel, Jul. oats was up 4 cents at 3.45 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans declined 36.75 cents at $13.64 a bushel.Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Jun. live cattle was off .45 cent at $1.6387 a pound; May. feeder cattle fell .80 cent at $2.0570 a pound; while Jun. lean hogs rose 1.05 cents at $.8720 a pound.Source

How you can help migrants in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Hundreds of migrants are arriving in Denver with the expiration of Title 42, and the city has teamed up with other cities asking the Biden Administration for more help.Title 42 began as an emergency health authority in March 2020 as an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and it came to an end on Thursday along with national COVID-19 emergencies. Denver mayor calls for more federal action to address migrant surge The authority allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants and deny them the right to seek asylum.Now that hundreds of migrants are in Denver, whether as a stop in their journey to seek asylum or as a place to start a new life, people in the community have the opportunity to help, here's how.Donating supplies to help migrants in DenverYou can donate essential items to help support the migrant community. The Denver Dream Center is the primary donation site recommended by the city starting Wednesday, and The Potter's House of Denver will accept coordin...

Denver weather: Rain chances increase Thursday, Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay in the 70s on Wednesday with a chance for an isolated storm. Better chances will stay east on the plains of Colorado. Denver will see wet weather and cloud cover return on Thursday and Friday. Weather tonight: Mostly clearThere will be isolated showers and storms on the Front Range and Eastern Plains Tuesday evening. These will be spotty, meaning most places will stay dry. The strongest storms will stay on the plains with lightning and gusty winds being the main threats.Tuesday night will cool to the upper 40s with mostly clear skies. Weather tomorrow: Warm, isolated stormsWednesday will be warm with high temperatures in the upper 70s. There will be scattered storms in the afternoon and evening. Denver has a 20% chance for storms with lightning and gusty winds possible. Storms could turn severe on the far Eastern Plains with a marginal risk in place. Looking ahead: Wet Thursday and Friday Colorado's next storm system moves in Thursday ...