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Northern California seashore searched for missing swimmer after unconfirmed report of a shark attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searched a remote section of California’s Point Reyes National Seashore on Monday for a swimmer missing since a possible shark attack during the weekend.The swimmer was reported missing late Sunday morning near Point Reyes, northwest of San Francisco Bay, said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Hunter Schnabel.The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday morning. “We didn’t find the individual so there’s no way for us to confirm whether or not it was a shark attack,” Schnabel said.The National Park Service continued a search along the shore of Wildcat Beach and by watercraft, said Christine Beekman, the Point Reyes public information officer.Beekman said other swimmers reported the disappearance. The missing person’s identity had yet to be positively confirmed, she said.The Associated Press

Woman charged with attempted abduction of boy, 4, in Hamilton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

Police in Hamilton have charged a woman in the attempted abduction of a four-year-old boy who was with his mother at the time of the alleged incident.Officers were called to the Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South area just before 7 p.m. on Oct. 1.It’s alleged that a female suspect approached a four-year-old boy while he was with his mother. The woman hugged the boy and then walked away with him in her arms.Police said when the mother confronted her, she placed him back on the ground and left the area. The suspect was arrested a short time later.The boy was not harmed.Authorities noted that the accused and the mother and boy are not known to each other. They identified the woman as 37-year-old Simithy Mansaray of Hamilton.She’s been charged with the abduction of a person under 14.A Hamilton police spokesperson said that “given the nature of the incident,” the woman’s photo was released to the public.

Hundreds join search for 9-year-old girl who vanished during camping trip in upstate New York park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers, forest rangers and others searched an expanding swath of upstate New York on Monday for a 9-year-old girl who vanished during a camping trip over the weekend.Charlotte Sena disappeared while riding her bicycle Saturday evening in Moreau Lake State Park, about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany, according to the state police. Police fear she may have been abducted.The girl’s family pleaded with the public for help in finding Charlotte, including providing any tips to the state police.“We just want her returned safely like any parent would,” the family said in a statement. “No tip is too small, please call if you know anything at all.” About 400 people took part in the search Monday, up from more than 100 the day before, state police said. The searchers included state and local police, forest rangers, local volunteer firefighters, and some private search and rescue groups, officials said. Authorities also requ...

House Republican duo calls for fraud probe into federal anti-poverty program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government should investigate potential fraud in one of its largest anti-poverty programs, two Republican members of Congress say. In a Sept. 20 letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodoro that was made public Monday by Mississippi’s state auditor, U.S. Reps. Jason Smith, of Missouri, and Darin LaHood, of Illinois, said the Government Accountability Office should review non-assistance spending in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.The TANF program provides about $16.5 billion in federal funding to states for services intended to help families who cannot afford their basic needs.Smith chairs the House Committee on Ways and Means, and LaHood chairs the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare. The congressional Republicans linked their concerns about fraud to Mississippi’s sprawling corruption scandal in which authorities say $77 million in federal welfare funds intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people were diverte...

Brazil’s government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government on Monday began removing thousands of non-Indigenous people from two native territories in a move that will affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.The South American nation’s intelligence agency ABIN said in a statement that the goal is to return the Apyterewa and Trincheira Bacaja lands in Para state to the original peoples. It did not say whether or not the expulsion of non-Indigenous people has been entirely peaceful.The territories are located around the municipalities of Sao Felix do Xingu, Altamira, Anapu and Senador Jose Porfirio in Para state. Brazil’s government said the country’s Supreme Court and other judges had ordered the operation.Indigenous groups estimate more than 10,000 non-Indigenous people are living inside the two territories. ABIN said as many as 2,500 Indigenous people live in 51 villages within.“The presence of strangers on Indigenous land threatens the integrity of the Indigenous (people) a...

Mohawk Mothers worry evidence of human remains at McGill work site will be destroyed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

MONTREAL — After losing their bid to halt construction at the site of a former Montreal hospital, a group of Indigenous women who believe there may be unmarked graves at that location say they’re worried evidence could be jeopardized if work continues.Workers want to move piles of material — without sifting through them — that were excavated from an area where sniffer dogs have indicated remains could be located, a spokeswoman for the group known as the Mohawk Mothers told reporters Monday.Moving that material without analyzing it first risks making the search for potential bodies more difficult at the site, where McGill University is expanding its downtown campus, said Kwetiio, who uses one name.“You want to take remains that need to be sifted, need to be investigated and you just want to pick them up and throw them in a truck and move them somewhere else,” she said. “Well, what happens when you find something in that pile somewhere else? You will have already sta...

Police search for suspects in Near West Side armed robberies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department is searching for suspects involved in multiple armed robberies on the city's Near West Side Sunday night and early Monday morning.According to one of the victims, they said three suspects, between the ages of 18 to 22-years-old, attacked him near the Phoenix STEM Military Academy on the 140 block of South Campbell Avenue.Nearby, a 24-year-old man was walking on the 100 block of South Western Avenue, when two men got out of a white sedan and took his bag and other items at gunpoint. Gunfire erupts amid armored car robbery attempt near Walmart in Country Club Hills Earlier in Chicago's Greektown neighborhood, a 28-year-old woman walking on the 200 block of South Halsted Avenue just before 1 a.m. was robbed reportedly by a man and woman who were also in a white sedan. The 28-year-old's purse and cell phone were taken at gunpoint.These armed robberies are still under investigation.The CPD Area Three Commander said their current solve rate on ro...

Trump seethes through start of trial in New York lawsuit accusing him of lying about his wealth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump sat through hours of sometimes testy opening statements Monday in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties.“Disgraceful trial,” he declared during a lunch break, after listening to lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James excoriate him as a habitual liar. The state's lawsuit accuses the business-mogul-turned-politician and his company of deceiving banks, insurers and others by misstating his wealth for years in financial statements.“They were lying year after year after year,” Kevin Wallace, a lawyer in James' office, said as Trump sat at the defense table. He looked straight ahead, arms crossed, facing away from a screen that showed details of Wallace's presentation.Trump denies wrongdoing and voluntarily attended a trial that he called a “sham,” a “scam,” a waste of the state’s time and “a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time...

New AI app screens children for autism — and more

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

Medical Watch Digest for Oct 2AI and autism diagnosisArtificial intelligence helping to diagnose autism.An autism diagnosis can be tricky and for some it can take years. Now a new tool may be able to spot the disorder in 10 minutes while children play on a tablet.Duke University doctors developed an app to help screen for autism.Children play a bubble popping game that has serious benefits. The app measures and weighs a variety of distinct behavior indicators for autism, accurately reflecting the complexity and variability in each child.   It's called "Sense to Know" and developers say it is easy to use.The AI not only makes a potential diagnosis for the autism spectrum disorder but also indicates exactly how it reached the diagnosis.Weight & Heart DiseaseWeight leads to heart disease in both men and women and now experts say they know why.Fat on the outside is also circulating in the blood inside the body.A new study by researchers at Boston University School of Medic...

Marathoner with ALS has ran 50 races in 50 states

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:19 GMT

Andrea Lytle Peet is an inspiration for everyone.She is an athlete who was diagnosed with ALS in August 2014 at the age of 33 but she hasn't let it  stop her. She is the first person with ALS to complete 50 marathons in 50 states And she's got a new film documenting her story.She and her husband David joined the WGN Evening News to talk about the race and doc.More information on her websiteThe film will be screened at the following theaters:October 4, 20236:30pmUniversity Park, IllinoisGovernors State University October 5, 20237p.m.Glen EllynGrace Lutheran Glen Ellyn October 7, 20232 p.m.ChicagoShowplace ICON October 8, 20237 p.m.Oak ParkClassic Cinemas Lake Theatre