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Homeless woman accused of throwing urine at Santa Rosa officer booked for assault

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

(KRON) -- An unhoused woman accused of throwing urine at a police officer on Sunday has been booked for felony assault, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department. A Santa Rosa PD officer was dispatched to check on the welfare of a woman behind a building on the 400 block of Sonoma Avenue at around 8 p.m. Sunday.The reporting party heard the woman yelling and making other noises, according to police. When the officer arrived on the scene, they made contact with the woman, later identified as 37-year-old Ana Valquiria Taylor, a transient who lives in Santa Rosa. Thousands of people attend unauthorized sideshow in Alameda Taylor was reportedly agitated when the officer was checking on her well-being. Police say the officer offered assistance and resources, but that Taylor continued to yell and tell the officer to leave. Taylor also threatened to throw urine at the uniformed officer, who noticed she was holding a plastic container full of an unknown liquid.At this point, the offic...

Volunteers swoop in to help fallen Leesburg eaglet

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

(Courtesy Dulles Greenway)One of the three eaglets in the nest near the Dulles Greenway in Leesburg, Virginia, had to be rescued after a fall from its nest early Monday morning.Terry Hoffman, public and customer relations manager for the Dulles Greenway, said he woke up to texts and emails alerting him to the situation.“I got an email at about 1:30 saying that there were only two eaglets in the nest, and then I went to our camera and I only saw two, so I’m like — uh-oh, we’ve gotta do a rescue,” he told WTOP.Hoffman said the eaglet was found at the base of the tree where the nest is located.“We didn’t see any signs of any major injury or anything like that,” Hoffman added.Volunteers helped find, check and then transport the eaglet to Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce, Virginia, for evaluation.A video taken by volunteer Liz Len showed Billy Rojas, who volunteers with Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, Maryland, gathering up DG4 and getting the bird...

French Open 2023: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff finally get started on Day 3 at Roland Garros

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek finally gets her French Open title defense started on Day 3 of the clay-court tournament.Swiatek is seeking her third championship at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam trophy overall. She also hopes to hold onto the No. 1 ranking that has been hers since April 2022.Depending on how both women do over the next two weeks in Paris, current No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka could overtake Swiatek atop the WTA.Swiatek will play the last match of the day session in Court Philippe Chatrier on Tuesday against Cristina Bucsa, who is ranked 70th and owns a career record of 0-1 at the French Open.Another past champion in Paris, 2021 winner Barbora Krejcikova, meets Lesia Tsurenko on Court 7.Also getting started Tuesday will be Coco Gauff, the 19-year-old American who was the runner-up to Swiatek at Roland Garros a year ago. The sixth-seeded Gauff faces Rebeka Masarova, who is ranked 71st and making her main-draw debut at the French Open.The runner-up to Rafael Nadal in last year...

Royals’ Staumont, Mayers within 6 outs of perfect game in 7-0 win over Cards

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Josh Staumont and Mike Mayers came within six outs of the first combined perfect game in major league history before Nolan Arenado lined a leadoff single in the eighth inning of the Kansas City Royals’ 7-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.“You’re definitely aware of it,” Mayers said of a perfect game. “I tried to keep it business as usual. The goal was to throw up as many zeroes as you possibly can and that’s the mindset I stayed in.”Staumont,, a 29-year-old right-hander, served as the opener in a planned bullpen game for the Royals. He made his first major league start in his 167th appearance and struck out two in a 1-2-3 inning, throwing 14 pitches.“That was one of the most exciting moments for me of the year,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “For him to set the tone like that was unbelievable.” Mayers, a 31-year-old left-hander who pitched for the Cardinals from 2016-19, made his third appearance for the Royals this season after eig...

Newgarden earns record $3.6M for Indy win; Pedersen gets rookie of year honor

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden celebrated his first Indianapolis 500 win Sunday night.He cashed in Monday at the race’s annual victory dinner.The two-time IndyCar champ earned a record $3.666 million for the biggest win of his career, an increase of more than $500,000 over last year’s race winner, Marcus Ericsson. Newgarden’s win also extended Team Penske’s record total to 19.Indy’s total purse of $17,021,500 also broke last year’s mark by more than $1 million.Race organizers estimated more than 330,000 attended the race. It was the second-largest race-day crowd since 2000 though actual attendance figures are not announced.“This is the greatest race in the world, and it was an especially monumental month of May featuring packed grandstands and intense on-track action,” Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles said in a statement. “Now, we have the best end card possible for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500: a record-breaking...

Hendriks activated by White Sox, making his return from non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Liam Hendriks has been activated by the Chicago White Sox, clearing another hurdle in his return from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.The closer was reinstated from the 15-day injured list before Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Fellow reliever Jimmy Lambert was placed on the IL with right ankle inflammation.The 34-year-old Hendriks had no record and a 10.80 ERA in six rehab appearances with Triple-A Charlotte. The Australian right-hander allowed one run and one hit in one inning in his last game with the Knights on May 16.The White Sox opened a six-game homestand Monday night against the Angels. The team said all along that Hendriks’ return depends entirely on how he is feeling. He threw live BP on Friday.Hendriks could provide a big lift for a Chicago team that has struggled for much of the season. The White Sox (22-33) are coming off a tough series in Detroit, blowing late leads on Saturday and Sunday while dropping three of four against the Tigers.He...

Manhattanhenge: dónde ver el especial espectáculo del atardecer en Nueva York

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

(CNN) — El horizonte de Nueva York —famoso en todo el mundo— deslumbra a los espectadores desde hace casi un siglo. Pero durante cuatro días al año, el sol se alinea perfectamente a través de los espacios entre los edificios para proyectar un asombroso haz de luz al atardecer que recuerda al antiguo Stonehenge de Inglaterra.Esta versión muy moderna, apodada “Manhattanhenge”, aparecerá por primera vez en 2023 al atardecer de la noche de este lunes (8:19 p.m., hora local).Manhattanhenge: el mágico atardecer de Manhattan que solo ocurre dos veces por añoLos espectadores verán un medio sol flotando sobre la red de calles de la ciudad a las 8:13 p.m., y habrá una visión del sol completo el martes a las 8:12 p.m., según afirma el astrónomo Neil deGrasse Tyson en el sitio web del Museo Americano de Historia Natural.El efecto dura sólo unos minutos, cuando la luz de la puesta de sol se proyecta por las calles de este a oeste que no están bloqueadas por ninguno de los gigantescos...

Crews fighting abandoned warehouse fire in Denver

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Fire Department responded to a warehouse fire near 48th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard Monday afternoon.According to DFD, the amount of fire warranted crews to attack the fire defensively after completing initial searches. DFD said the warehouse is currently abandoned.

Teenager walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head for knocking on wrong door

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm last month after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at a brain injury awareness event Monday in his first major public appearance since the shooting.The 17-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was shot while trying to pick up his younger brothers in April, the Kansas City Star reported.Yarl walked with family, friends and other brain injury survivors Monday at Going the Distance for Brain Injury, a yearly Memorial Day race at Loose Park in Kansas City, Missouri.“It takes a community. It takes a family. It takes a support group, all of that,” Yarl’s mother, Cleo Nagbe, said ahead of the race, adding: “Let’s raise more awareness to stop the things that cause brain injuries and should not be causing them, especially gun violence.”As many as 1,000 people raced through the park, including many in neon green T-shirts who registered to be part of “Team Ralph,” said Robin Abramowitz, executive dir...

DA identifies woman fatally shot at Fall River car wash, man facing murder charge

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:50:32 GMT

A 33-year-old Fall River man is being charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman at a car wash in that city on Monday afternoon, officials saidOfficers responding to a reported shooting at the Globe Car Wash on Broadway around 12:30 p.m. found Jessenia Simmons, 45, of New Bedford, dead in one of the car wash bays, according to the Bristol District Attorney’s Office.Angelo O. Leo initially fled from the scene of the shooting but turned himself in to police in Tiverton, Rhode Island, about a half-hour later.If he waives rendition, Leo could be transported to Fall River District Court for arraignment Tuesday.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.