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Lizzo brings drag queens on stage, protesting Tennessee law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a concert Friday night in Knoxville, Tennessee, Lizzo filled the stage with drag queens in a glittery protest against the state’s legislation designed to restrict drag performances in public. While performing at Thompson-Boling Arena, the Grammy-winning “Juice” singer brought out a number of drag performers, including Aquaria, Kandy Muse, Asia O’Hara and Vanessa Vanji. On Saturday, Lizzo posted videos on Instagram from the show, including comments to the crowd that referenced the pending law. In February, Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed the legislation against “adult cabaret” in public or in front of minors. A federal judge temporarily blocked the law in late March, saying it was too vaguely written. Civil rights groups have criticized the law as a violation of free speech. The Tennessee law is part of a wider Republican effort to restrict drag shows and other LGBTQ+ public gatherings. “In light of recent and tragic events and current events, I was t...

$50M claim filed over fatal eviction shooting in Tucson

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The family of an Arizona property manager who was fatally shot during an attempted eviction in Tucson last year has filed a $50 million claim against Pima County and others.An attorney representing Angela Fox’s family alleges in the claim that county Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay had cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and alcohol in her system at the time of the fatal shooting and also was under investigation by the county for felony fraud, the Arizona Republic reported Sunday.Fox, 28, was a property manager for a management company that included Lind Commons Apartments in Tucson. She went with Martinez-Garibay to evict tenant Gavin Lee Stansell on Aug. 25 last year.An eviction complaint filed 10 days earlier by a landlord in Pima County Consolidated Justice Court indicated Stansell had previously threatened and intimidated neighbors with a gun in July.Tucson police said the 24-year-old Stansell fatally shot Fox, Martinez-Garibay and a neighbor at the ap...

Bird strike sparks plane engine fire shortly after takeoff

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bird strike sparked an engine fire on a plane shortly after it took off Sunday from an Ohio airport, and the aircraft returned safely with no injuries reported, authorities said.American Airlines flight 1958 had departed from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus around 7:45 a.m. and was headed to Phoenix. The fire was detected a short time later and the Boeing 737 returned to the airport, where firefighters quickly doused the flames.It wasn’t clear how many passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft. The airline said the plane was taken out of service for maintenance and it was working to get the passengers on other flights.Airport officials said the facility remained operating as usual and the fire only caused some minor flight delays.The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate.The Associated Press

39 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death.Malindi sub-county police chief John Kemboi said that more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on April 14 over links to cultism.The total death toll is 43, because a further four people died after they and others were discovered starving at the Good News International Church last week.Police have asked a court to allow them to hold Makenzi longer as investigations into the deaths of his followers continue.A tipoff from members of the public led police to raid the pastor’s property in Malindi, where they found 15 emaciated people, including the four who later died. The followers said they were starving on the pastor’s instructions in order to meet Jesus.Police had been told there were dozens of shallow graves spread across Makenzi’s farm and digging ...

Chicago police ask for help to identify young boy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police are asking for help identifying a young boy found in Austin.The boy, who is between 2 and 3 years old, was found in the 100 block of North Lotus Avenue, Chicago police said.Read more: Latest Chicago news headlinesAnyone with information on the identity of the boy's guardians is asked to call Area 4 Special Victims Unit at 312-746-8255.Additional information hasn't been released.

Northern lights could be visible in US Sunday, Monday: Here's where

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - Residents living in more than a dozen U.S. states have the chance to see the northern lights Sunday thanks to recent activity on the Sun.A coronal mass ejection and a minor solar flare happened Friday night, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. In addition to sparking a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, the solar activity means the northern lights will be visible as far south as Nebraska and Iowa. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are explosions of plasma and magnetic material from the Sun that can reach Earth in as little as 15 to 18 hours, NOAA explains. Slower CMEs, like the one observed Friday, can take days to impact us. While both solar flares and CMEs (which can occur at the same time) can impact navigation, communication and radio signals on Earth, CMEs are able to create a stunning show in the night sky. According to NASA, CMEs can create currents in Earth's magnetic fields that send particles to the North and South Poles. When those particl...

Facebook notifies users who may be eligible for $725M privacy settlement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Some Facebook users received a notification Saturday that wasn't a friend request or comment (nor a scam, for that matter). The social media platform informed users they may be eligible for a piece of the massive $725 million settlement.Clicking on the notification leads to a badge that reads, "You may be entitled to payment from the settlement of a lawsuit." The lawsuit stems from accusations that Facebook allowed users’ personal data to be shared with third parties, the most famous being Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that supported Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The firm harvested the data of as many as 87 million Facebook users, the Associated Press reported. How big will my Facebook settlement payment be? Lawsuit questions answered "The lawsuit claimed that Facebook shared people's data with third parties and didn't monitor how that data was accessed and shared," the badge on Facebook continues. Meta has agreed to settle the claim, but den...

Man arrested, charged in 42-year-old Texas cold case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – A San Antonio man was arrested last week and faces a murder charge in a 42-year-old cold case out of Comal County, Texas. Larry Allen West, 68, was arrested by Texas Rangers on April 13 and charged in the 1981 murder of 18-year-old Carol Joyce Deleon, who was killed just days after graduating high school, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced. Woman seeking parents on TikTok reignites Oklahoma cold case West was linked to the murder through new evidence, obtained through advanced DNA testing made possible by DPS' Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program.Deleon's body was found in June 1981, along IH-35 in southern Comal County, but she wasn't identified until 27 years later. Investigators tried to determine her identity using fingerprints and a composite sketch that was released to local media at the time, but she was ultimately buried as a Jane Doe. Larry Allen West, 68, faces a murder charge in a 42-year-old case. (Texas Rangers/Texas Depa...

Nine Pin Cider Works volunteers to cleanup the Warehouse District for Earth Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Despite the rain, many folks stopped by for Nine Pin Cider Works Annual Warehouse district cleanup. The owners of nine pin cider works started the cleanup initiative in 2015 in recognition of earth day. And since then, local businesses in the area have also chipped in.Sonya del Peral is the Co-founder and Co-owner and says that the area continues to transition. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “And [it’s becoming] a very exciting and vibrant area of Albany,” she said. “But, it accumulates garbage. There’s a wind tunnel. Garbage flies through here. And we wanted to do something about it.”Their neighbor was so excited about the cleanup they decided to lay grass seeds where there was once just mud. So every year since then, neighbors, friends, and even new faces stop by to help them.Brian Gonyeau’s wife is a part of the Albany Knicks Rugby Club. The team decided to come volunteer. So he decided to ask hi...

Nathan MacKinnon after Avalanche’s Game 3 win spoils Seattle Kraken’s home playoff debut: “Definitely the hardest first round I’ve been in”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:32 GMT

SEATTLE — Ask Nathan MacKinnon after any Avalanche loss this season about the team’s performance that night, and he’ll downplay defeat.With a stubborn, protective loyalty toward the perpetually bruised Avs — his Avs — he’ll reiterate that it’s a long season. That losses happen. That he’s not concerned about what a singular loss means in the grand scheme of 82. Knowing this has been a more obstacle-clogged season than last, he has aimed to remain relentlessly upbeat.As he held court at his locker-room stall after a resounding display of his individual virtuosity Saturday night, the 10-year Avalanche center stayed optimistic but did share a big-picture takeaway from three playoff games, crediting the Kraken. “This is definitely the hardest first round I’ve been in,” MacKinnon said, knowing there’s considerable distance and difficulty remaining in a series the Avs lead 2-1.“Sometimes the last few years, we...