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Republicans propose spending $614M in public funds on Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium upgrades

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican legislators announced a bill Monday that would devote more than $614 million in public funding to repair and renovate the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium — far more than taxpayers spent to build it more than two decades ago.Under the proposal, the state would give the team $60.8 million next fiscal year and up to $20 million each year after that through 2045-46. The city of Milwaukee would contribute a total of $202 million and Milwaukee County would kick in $135 million by 2050.The team would contribute about $100 million and extend its lease at American Family Field through 2050, keeping major league baseball in its smallest market for another 27 years.Reports commissioned by the Brewers and another by a state consultant found the stadium’s glass outfield doors, seats and concourses should be replaced, its luxury suites and technology such as its sound system and video scoreboard need upgrades, and its signature retractable roof needs repairs. Fire sup...

Retrial delayed for man whose conviction in the death of former NFL player Will Smith was overturned

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The long-awaited retrial of the man whose conviction in the death of former NFL star Will Smith was thrown out because the jury verdict wasn’t unanimous was delayed without explanation Monday.State District Judge Camille Buras announced the continuance after meeting with prosecutors and defense attorneys for Cardell Hayes in her chambers Monday morning. No new date was set but a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for Wednesday.Hayes, 36, has insisted he shot Smith in self-defense during an April 2016 confrontation. At his December 2016 trial, he said he fired at Smith, hitting him once in the side and seven times in the back, only because he believed Smith had retrieved a gun from his SUV. He insisted on the stand that he heard a “pop” before he started shooting and that he did not shoot at Smith’s wife, who was hit in the legs.There was no other witness and no forensic evidence to back up Hayes’ claim that Smith had wielded or fired a weapon.Prosecutors ...

Person with knife allegedly threatening people in East York

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

A person with a knife is allegedly threatening to stab people in the Victoria Park Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East area on Monday afternoon.Police responded to reports at approximately 12:14 p.m. of a male in the area allegedly threatening people, but did not locate the suspect.There have been no reported injuries.The man is described as male, white, 30 years old, 5’11, medium build, with short hair, wearing a camouflage hat, green vest and black pants.Police are on scene investigating and advise those in the area to be extra cautious.

Families of slain First Nations women disappointed by meeting with Anandasangaree

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

OTTAWA — The families of two First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a Winnipeg landfill say they were left feeling disappointed by a meeting with a Liberal cabinet minister in Ottawa.The remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are suspected to be in the Prairie Green Landfill, a private facility north of Winnipeg, and families have been calling for provincial and federal leaders to fund a search.Their families say they expected Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree to tell them the federal government would tell them the federal government would fund the search when they met with him today.Daughter Cambria Harris is instead calling the meeting a retraumatizing experience, and says federal government has not yet promised to help.Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Harris, Myran and two others — Rebecca Contois, whose partial remains were found in a different landfill last year, and an unidentified woman Indi...

Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan start in Beirut

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan and other defendants started in Beirut on Monday with lawyers of both sides meeting the judge in charge of the case, judicial officials said.The former Nissan CEO filed the case against Nissan in May in Beirut, alleging he was detained in Japan in 2018 on false charges because of what he calls the automaker’s disinformation against him. The 69-year-old Ghosn is seeking half of the $1 billion in damages and half for compensation including salary, retirement funds and stock options.Ghosn is also seeking monetary compensation from a Nissan affiliate based in Lebanon, as well as from entities that took part in the investigation leading up to his arrest.He was arrested in Japan in November 2018 on charges of breach of trust, misusing company assets for personal gains and violating securities laws by not fully disclosing his compensation. In December 2019, he jumped bail in Japan in a d...

Authorities identify 2 California pilots who died in air racing event in Reno, Nevada

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of two California pilots who died over the weekend in a collision during an air racing event in Reno.Officials identified the victims as Chris Rushing of Thousand Oaks and Nick Macy of Tulelake.The two planes collided at the end of the T-6 Gold race Sunday afternoon on the final day of the National Championship Air Races at Reno-Stead Airport, authorities said.Race officials said they are cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and local authorities to determine the cause of the fatal crash.“It wasn’t a racing accident. It was indeed a post-race landing accident,” Reno Air Racing Association CEO Fred Telling said. “We all are curious of how this came to pass.”Telling described Rushing and Macy as skilled, expert pilots who had just finished in the top two spots in the T-6 Gold race.Rushing was the defending champion in the race. He was dedicated to promoting the history of th...

Monday Forecast: Temps in low 70s with decreasing clouds

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

CHICAGO — Mostly sunny Monday with isolated showers and patchy fog. Winds: ENE 5-10. High: 70. Interactive Radar: Track showers and storm here Mostly cloudy today with a few showers. Winds: S 0-5. Low: 55.Tuesday Forecast: Mainly cloudy to overcast, showers and thunderstorms. Winds: SSW 5-10 G20. High: 68.Full forecast details and more at the WGN Weather Center blog

MedWatch Digest: One factor in cardiac deaths has tripled over 20 years — and more

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

For Monday, Sept. 18, WGN’s Dina Bair has new medical information, including: More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch Obesity as a factor in cardiac deaths triples The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, tracked deaths from 1999 to 2022. Black Americans were impacted more than any other group with Black women having a slightly higher mortality rate than Black men. Researchers also found that Ischemic heart disease, where the arteries narrow and high blood pressure were the most common causes of obesity-related deaths. Researchers found that the increase in obesity related deaths contrasted with a steady decline in heart disease deaths overall. Forever chemicals linked to cancer in women A new study reveals a link between women with cancer and exposure to endocrine-disrupting substances like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and bisphenol A (BPA), which are also known as forever chemicals. They are used in thousands of hou...

Attorneys for Delphi murder suspect want client moved, lay out alternative theory of 'ritualistic' murder

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

DELPHI, Ind. – A ritualistic killing involving cultists. A conspiracy among prison guards.Investigators fixated on a single suspect.Those are among the stunning allegations made in court documents filed by defense attorneys on behalf of Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen. Attorneys for Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen want search warrant evidence thrown out Allen is charged with two counts of murder in the February 2017 killings of Abby Williams and Libby German in Delphi. Investigators announced his arrest in October 2022, more than five years after the killings.Attorneys Bradley Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin filed a 130-page motion that lays out, in their opinion, the reasons the October 2022 search warrant for Allen’s property should be thrown out.The attorneys filed an amended motion to suppress the search warrant last week. They’ve now requested a Franks hearing, alleging that investigators withheld information from a judge in order to get the warrant approved. Richard Allen...

'It was fun': Connor Bedard puts on a show in first Blackhawks exhibition game

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:11:52 GMT

ST. PAUL, MN — It was only an exhibition featuring prospects, yet the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft did what he could to live up to the incredible hype surrounding himself.Leave it to Connor Bedard to steal the show the first time he stepped onto the ice for a competition of any kind as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks. On Saturday, the center took the ice for the first time at the Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase in St. Paul, Minnesota, and made an immediate impact. Bedard registered a hat trick while also dishing out an assist in a 5-0 victory over a group of prospects from the St. Louis Blues.In the second period, Bedard got the puck on the right side of the net and fired a wrist shot into the goal from the circle to put the Blackhawks up 1-0. Later in the second period, the center got the puck in the mid-slot, then moved his way around defenders to the left before putting another shot into the goal from a difficult angle.In the third period, Bedard once again took the ...