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Toronto byelection reaction: Chow becomes mayor, Ford issues statement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

Olivia Chow is the 66th mayor of Toronto, edging out Ana Bailão in what turned out to be a two-candidate race after both women received over 200,000 votes each.Bailão, who was endorsed by former mayor John Tory days before Toronto residents headed to the polls, emerged strong out of the gate and led Chow for a portion of the evening.“The time is now to come together as a city to solve our biggest challenges,” Bailão said.In Chow, voters have elevated a progressive — and the first woman of colour — to lead Toronto, ending more than a decade of conservative rule at city hall. She maintained a steady, commanding lead in the polls for most of her campaign, and her front-runner status made her a target for most other leading candidates in the race.Former police chief Mark Saunders, who placed third in Toronto’s byelection with over 61,000 votes, often targeted Chow as he recognized her as public enemy number one.Here are some notable moment...

Still Cruising: Tom premieres new ‘Mission Impossible’ adventure in Abu Dhabi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The red carpet unfurled Monday in Abu Dhabi for Hollywood action megastar Tom Cruise, who was on hand for the Middle Eastern premiere of “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”Cruise was met by an enthusiastic crowd of fans and movie buffs eager to catch a glimpse of the star at the Emirates Palace Hotel in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.Dressed in a tailored tuxedo and flashing his signature smile, Cruise appeared moved by the exuberant reception, stopping to speak with many attendees. The evening’s buzz was punctuated by the “Mission: Impossible” theme, its familiar chords adding a layer of cinematic nostalgia to the night.“I’m a cinephile, I love movies and the history of cinema and how this art form develops,” Cruise told The Associated Press on the red carpet. “I didn’t know whether the audience was going to embrace (the first Mission: Impossible movie), it was the first film I ever produced and I did it because I wanted ...

Poll: Kamala Harris sets record low for Vice President net favorability

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

Nearly half of the respondents have a negative view of Vice President Harris, according to a new NBC News survey. The poll, published on Monday, found that 49 percent of respondents have a negative opinion of Harris, while 32 percent of those surveyed have a positive opinion of the vice president. Harris received a net negative rating of -17, which is the lowest net negative rating for a vice president in the history of the poll. For example, In October 2019, 38 percent of respondents had a negative view of Harris’ predecessor, former Vice President Pence, while 34 percent of those surveyed had a positive view of the now Republican Presidential candidate, according to the poll. The poll comes as White House officials have been working with Harris to repair her image and bump up her polling numbers ahead of the 2024 election, according to Axios. White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told the media outlet that he meets with Harris on a weekly basis to discuss...

Man posing as Las Vegas hotel owner steals more than $1M in casino con job: police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - A man is accused of posing as a Las Vegas hotel owner and convincing a casino employee to give him more than $1 million in bogus payments for fire safety equipment, according to documents obtained by Nexstar's KLAS.Erik Gutierrez, 23, is charged with theft of more than $100,000, records said.On June 17, Las Vegas Metro police said they responded to the Circa Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas for a report of a possible scam. A person from the hotel’s security office told detectives “an unknown person” had contacted the casino cage “claiming to be the owner of the hotel” and asking for $320,000 for an emergency payment to the fire department, police wrote in court documents.A restored neon sign known as "Vegas Vickie" is on display as workers finish the Circa Resort & Casino, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. The casino is scheduled to open in downtown Las Vegas in October. (AP Photo/John Locher)Police interviewed the cage supervisor, who said they r...

Mom charged after child, left at home alone during vacation, dies: prosecutors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

CLEVELAND (WJW) - A Cleveland mother now faces murder charges after investigators say she left her 16-month-old daughter alone for over a week while she went on vacation, leading to the child's death.*The video above is from a previous report.*A Cuyahoga County grand jury returned an indictment charging 31-year-old Kristel Candelario with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and endangering children. According to a court complaint, Candelario admitted she left her daughter alone and unattended while vacationing in Detroit and Puerto Rico.As the WJW I-Team previously reported, the complaint says she left on June 8 and returned on June 16, when she found her daughter unresponsive. Airport worker 'ingested' into plane engine, death ruled a suicide The child died in a West 97th Street home. Investigators say the child was extremely dehydrated at the time of her death. “As parents, we are supposed to protect and care for our children," said Prosecutor Michael O’Malley. "Imagin...

Texas border policies take center stage in Ron DeSantis' GOP rally

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted his first presidential rally on the Rio Grande River on Monday, he made a promise to deliver on an immigration policy the state's top Republicans sought all legislative session."The states should be permitted to send people back," the second-most-popular candidate for the Republican nomination told supporters. "As president, we are going to fully deputize all state and local governments to be able to enforce immigration law. You will be able to have that authority."In the audience was State Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, who carried major legislation that would have asserted Texas' powers to police the federal border. His House Bill 20 would have established the Border Protection Unit, deputizing state police to use force against unauthorized immigrants independent of the federal government. It failed late in the legislative session among concerns that it would amount to an unconstitutional insubordination of federal power.But th...

APD: 17 year old, 3 juveniles arrested in connection with southeast Austin shooting death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Ervin Coronado-Palacio, 17, faces a capital murder charge in the death of Brian Serrano, 19, according to an affidavit for the suspect. The Austin Police Department said three juveniles have also been arrested in relation to the case. PREVIOUS: APD searching for suspects in deadly southeast Austin robbery On May 15, APD received a 911 call about the shooting and found Serrano dead inside his car on Springfield Drive in southeast Austin. APD said a group of people - whom Serrano did not know - attempted to rob him and another woman. According to the affidavit, Coronado-Palacio's prints were found in a stolen vehicle left on the scene. The affidavit also revealed a witness called police two days after the shooting to tell investigators they knew a juvenile who was also involved.The witness told police that the juvenile's family implicated Coronado-Palacio in a conversation they had with the witness. Coronado-Palacio's attorney Jeff Peek told KXAN it's still early i...

Hutto's Will Hammond on success, focus and Texas Tech

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) - Major programs like Texas A&M, Penn State and Auburn came calling to offer Hutto's Will Hammond a scholarship late in 2022. Despite the name value of those schools, the Hippos' quarterback stayed locked in on the university that had been locked in on him."[Texas] Tech was there from day one," said Hammond. "Spring of two years ago and they text me like every day. That's really what recruiting should look like."MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersThe Lubbock-bound senior was invited to compete at the Elite 11 competition for the best quarterbacks in the country earlier in June. Hammond was able to train with some of the other most highly-recruited high schooler passers in the country."Really what it is is like a childhood dream come true," said Hammond. "I remember getting the text...and I was like this is nuts. No way."Getting to compete at Elite ...

Braves break away late to send Twins to a 4-1 loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

ATLANTA — Monday night’s matchup between Twins veteran starter Sonny Gray and young Atlanta ace Spencer Strider looked, on paper, as if it could be quite the pitcher’s duel.And for most of the night, the two starters lived up to the billing. Twins hitters, most getting their first look at Strider, could do little against the 24-year-old righty. Joey Gallo’s solo home run, which he hit out to dead center, was the only blemish on a night in which he otherwise dominated Twins hitters.And for most of the night, Gray matched him. It wasn’t until the seventh inning that the Braves broke through, scoring three runs to lift them to a 4-1 win on Monday night at Truist Park.Up until the seventh inning, Gray had allowed just one run, which came around to score on a fielder’s choice in the fourth inning. But otherwise, he maneuvered his way through one of the best lineups in baseball efficiently, earning himself the chance to return to the mound for the seventh.But the decision to send him back...

bill alkofer, former Pioneer Press photojournalist, dies at 61

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:40 GMT

bill alkofer could no longer lift a camera, but he was still a journalist.“The last time I saw him, a couple of days before he died, we looked at slides,” says Craig Lassig, a fellow photojournalist and friend. “We were looking at slides of his photos of Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols and David Byrne from Talking Heads. I was holding a light table and a loop against his eye so he could look at the slides and decide what pictures he wanted to give to friends.”alkofer, a former Pioneer Press photojournalist who had been living with a variation of ALS for about five years, died on Friday at Sholom in St. Paul. He was 61.(He had legally changed his name to a lowercase format, so we are honoring that in the styling for this obituary.)If one photograph can encapsulate his career and his determination to always get the photo, for alkofer that image might be from the Grand Forks flood in North Dakota. On April 19, 1997, as a Pioneer Press photojournalist also wor...