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Ivanka Trump mocked for saying she can’t testify during ‘the school week’: ‘Find a babysitter’

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

Ivanka Trump was mocked online for her failed attempt to argue that she should be spared having to give midweek testimony in her father Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York because she is a busy mother of school-aged children in Florida.An appeals court curtly denied Ivanka Trump’s request to delay her testimony, which is scheduled for next Wednesday, The Guardian reported. Meanwhile, people online used the “school week” argument to criticize the former White House senior adviser for either thinking she’s above the law or to show that she’s “privileged” and out of touch with the daily challenges of regular people, Newsweek said.“Ivanka has to find a babysitter,” MSNBC host Katie Phang wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Don’t look now, but someone’s privilege is showing,” Phang added.“As always, Ivanka has her finger on the pulse of the hardships faced by America’s working men and women,R...

Berkeley police release video of fatal police shooting at Toyota dealership in September

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

(KRON) -- The Berkeley Police Department released critical incident video Friday related to a police shooting that occurred during an active shooter situation in September. Graphic videos from officers' body cameras and surveillance footage detail Berkeley PD officers responding to a report of an active shooter at a Toyota dealership on the Albany border just before 11:15 a.m. on Sept. 21.Officers were dispatched to the Toyota of Berkeley Service Center at 1025 Eastshore Highway in Albany after a 9-1-1 call came in reporting an active shooter. According to the caller, a man entered the service center and shot a woman.In the video, which you can watch here (warning, graphic video), the initial 9-1-1 call reporting the active shooter can be heard. Surveillance video released by BPD appears to show the suspect, 24-year-old Lamar Walker, entering the second floor of the service center, retrieving a handgun and firing at the victim, identified as 24-year-old Alonna Gallon. Gun store o...

Petaluma Army veteran arrested for allegedly threatening multiple military personnel

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

(KRON) – A Petaluma resident has been charged with a felony offense for allegedly posting online videos of himself threatening to kill multiple military personnel at the Fort Irwin army base in San Bernardino County, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. Christian Ernest Beyer, 41, was charged with making interstate threats. A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco ordered Beyer to be jailed without bond. Beyer was an Army veteran formerly stationed at Fort Irwin who was court-martialed in 2021 for assault. 3 passengers sue Alaska Airlines after off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut engines mid-flight Beyer posted a YouTube video, using an account in his own name, threatening to kill specific military personnel at Fort Irwin, according to an affidavit filed with the complaint on Oct. 30.“I had a great…life and I will…die for what I believe in. If you come to…get me and you have a …uniform on, you’re a[n]…enemy and I will not look at you as anything else. I will…f...

Mavs coach Jason Kidd has non-COVID illness, will miss game in Denver

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd will miss Friday night’s game at Denver with a non-COVID-19 illness.Kidd didn’t make the trip and will be replaced by top assistant Sean Sweeney. It’s the second time Sweeney has filled in. He went 3-1 when Kidd was in the health and safety protocols during the 2021-2022 season, Kidd’s first with the Mavericks.Dallas goes into its first meeting with the defending NBA champion Nuggets as the only undefeated team in the Western Conference. The Mavs are 4-0 for the first time since 2004-2005.Source

A Maine community awaits Biden as it mourns after a mass shooting that left 18 people dead

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington. Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine, to mourn with the community after 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington. Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine, to mourn with the community after 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine, to mourn with a community where 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in ...

Larimer County deputy shoots at vehicle in kidnapping case after chase

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KDVR) -- Deputies chased a vehicle potentially involved in a kidnapping in Weld County which led to a deputy firing their weapon early Friday morning.On Thursday night, Fort Collins Police Services received information on a vehicle involved with a possible kidnapping in Weld County. Local law enforcement was advised to be on the lookout.Per the Larimer County Sheriff's Office Public Information Office report, the incident started early Friday morning when the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office located a potential match for the vehicle near Shields Street and Elizabeth Street.The driver refused to stop after deputies turned on their sirens and deputies tracked the vehicle for several miles through west Fort Collins. Rep. Ken Buck explains speaker vote, talks death threats After 1 a.m. on Friday, a deputy set up tire spikes at the intersection of Horsetooth Road and College Avenue. The suspect drove at the deputy and the deputy fired their weapon.The vehi...

Police arrest student who allegedly brought gun to Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

Police arrested a student who is accused of bringing a gun to a South Florida high school. Fort Lauderdale Police arrived at the scene at Dillard High School, located at 2501 NW 11th St, Friday morning. Accoding to police, they first arrived at the school when they received reports of two juveniles who trespassed. The school was placed on lockdown as officers searched the school. The subjects were found and were detained. Later that morning, at around 11:20 a.m., police were notified that a student potentially had a gun. With the school still on lockdown, officers found the student, but they were not in possession of a gun. After searching the school, officers found a firearm.The student, 17 years old, was arrested and will be charged. Their identity or the charges they face have not been disclosed. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Biden arrives in Maine to mourns with community after a mass shooting that left 18 people dead

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden touched town Friday to mourn with a community where 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history. It’s the type of trip that is becoming far too familiar.“Too many times the president and first lady have traveled to communities completely torn apart by gun violence,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on the eve of the Bidens’ trip on Friday. “We can’t accept it as normal.”Besides those killed, 13 people were injured in the Oct. 25 shootings at a bar and a bowling alley.The Bidens will pay their respects to the victims, meet with first responders and grieve with families and community members affected by the shootings, Jean-Pierre said.The Democratic president has said he’s determined to fight gun violence in the U.S. He created the first White House office of gun violence prevention, which is charged with finding solutions and fully implementing...

Court denies Ivanka Trump’s bid to pause testimony after she claimed ‘undue hardship’ if made to appear during school week

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

(CNN) — A higher court on Thursday denied Ivanka Trump’s request to postpone her upcoming testimony in her father’s civil fraud trial, shortly after she claimed she’d suffer “undue hardship” if forced to appear during a school week.“Ms. Trump, who resides in Florida with her three minor children, will suffer undue hardship if a stay is denied and she is required to testify at trial in New York in the middle of a school week, in a case she has already been dismissed from, before her appeal is heard,” her attorney argued in part in an appeal filed Thursday.With the appeal, Trump sought to block New York Judge Arthur Engoron’s previous order for her to testify until an appeal could be heard by the New York appellate court. The appeal also asked the court to pause the entire fraud trial against former President Donald Trump, two of his adult sons and his company until her appeal could be heard.The motion for a stay was swiftly denied in a filing Thursday night.Ivanka Trum...

Armed home invasion in Dracut leaves resident with severe laceration, another victim with minor injuries

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:25:32 GMT

Police are searching for a pair of suspects who broke into a home and assaulted two residents in Dracut on Thursday night.The Dracut Police Department said its officers were called to Arkansas Drive around 8 p.m. on Nov. 2, where authorities learned two men had forced their way into a home.According to police, the two armed suspects restrained a resident and later pistol-whipped another person who returned to the address during the home invasion.Authorities said the second resident suffered a severe laceration to the head as a result, but was expected to recover. The other resident was said to have suffered “less severe injuries” and was treated at the scene.Police described the suspects as males who were wearing masks and dark clothing, who ran down Arkansas Drive toward Bouchard Avenue after the incident.As an investigation continues, police ask that anyone with information call Dracut PD at 978-957-2123.