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Military Families Welcome Week taking place now through Sunday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - More than 600,000 military families move across the country every year because a spouse or parent is on active duty. Now, the Blue Star Families Missouri chapter is welcoming military spouses and children who have recently moved to the area.Their welcome week started this weekend and goes until next Sunday. Organizers help families find area resources and connect with other military families. Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say We'll talk to the leaders of the Blue Star Families Missouri chapter later Monday morning about how you can get involved.

Suspect in officer-involved shooting dies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

AFFTON, Mo., -  The man who was involved in a shootout with police in Affton last week has died.Police responded to the call for a domestic disturbance at the man's house on Wednesday evening. 59-year-old Karl Schuhe was said to be sitting on the front porch of his residence holding two guns. Think twice before buying something from Temu The police explained that he was intoxicated and refused to let the person who called 911 out. They added that Schuhe pointed his weapons at the officers, and then they exchanged gunfire. Schuhe was struck and then taken into custody at a nearby hospital, where he died of his injuries on Saturday night.

The multidimensional poverty index will serve as a barometer of changes within the country

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

On 20 September, a high-level conference was held at the UN Headquarters in New York within the framework of the UN General Assembly on the topic: "Leveraging the Multidimensional Poverty Index to Topple Interlinked SDGs", organized by the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).The purpose of the event was to put the problem of poverty at the center of the discussion, as well as to stimulate action and develop cooperation to develop sustainable solutions that have a greater impact on people living in poverty and contribute to the well-being of the whole society.Director of the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) Obid Khakimov made a report at the high-level event.In his speech, the head of CERR noted that in recent years the government of Uzbekistan has made significant progress in solving the problem of poverty within the country. Uzbekistan is a country with a lower–middle income and a population of m...

California’s psychiatric bed shortage in blamed for failure to keep mentally ill from hurting themselves, others

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

First came the voices.Kevin Cataneo Salazar heard them, his mother told the Los Angeles Times, before he allegedly gunned down a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Sept. 16 in Palmdale.Leonard Patton heard them, urging him to fly from his home in Minnesota to Orange County, where he bludgeoned a mother of two to death in 1994.Both their families have said in published reports they tried to get them help. But then catastrophe hit.Time and again, psychosis precedes violence. Red flags abound. Yet experts in law enforcement, mental health and gun laws point to cracks in the system designed to keep society safe from those whose mental illness drives them to attack.To be sure, the vast majority of the severely mentally ill do not commit violent crimes. Mental illness contributes to only about 4% of all violence, and even less to gun violence, according to researchers.But when it does happen, the outcome is devastating and the outcry loud.‘Mistakes happen’“There’s no silver bullet,” said...

California mall forced to close early — dozens of teens climb on cars, light fireworks

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

The Lakewood Center closed its doors early on Saturday night as hundreds of teenagers were involved in disturbances that spilled into the mall parking lots, where around 100 teenagers climbed on cars, lit fireworks and caused additional mayhem, authorities said.Group of teens force Lakewood Center Mall to close early after causing "disturbance" https://t.co/ag63lndqHa— KCAL News (@kcalnews) September 24, 2023Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lakewood Station responded to the Lakewood Center at around 8 p.m. on Saturday night and found dozens of teens causing a disturbance in the area, said watch commander Sgt. Robert Martinez.Deputies began to try and separate the teens and send them home.Earlier, a social media post led about 300 juveniles to gather starting at 2 p.m. at the mall at Lakewood Boulevard and Candlewood Street, said Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The juveniles came and went throughout the afternoon.The...

Motorist, horse killed in California collision

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

A motorist was killed after fatally striking a horse that had gotten loose in a semi-rural area of Jurupa Valley on Sunday evening, Sept. 24, authorities said.Just before 9 p.m., the driver of a sedan was heading southbound along Van Buren Boulevard, near the intersection with 56th Street, when the driver collided with the horse that was in the roadway, said Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Deirdre Vickers. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and the horse was also killed in the collision.Information on the driver who died was not immediately available pending notification of family.It was not immediately clear how the horse had gotten loose and the owner had not yet been located Sunday evening, authorities said. Animal control personnel were also called to the scene while authorities continued their investigation into the night.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Hit-and-run kills two East Bay residents in their 60s Crime and Public Safety | ...

Five-bedroom home sells for $2.5 million in Dublin

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

5092 Royal Pines Way – Google Street ViewA 3,815-square-foot house built in 2003 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 5000 block of Royal Pines Way in Dublin was sold on July 24, 2023. The $2,500,000 purchase price works out to $655 per square foot. This single-story home offers a roomy layout with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Additionally, the house comes with a three-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage and additional storage space. The property’s backyard additionally features a pool.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:A 3,818-square-foot home on the 4900 block of Grayhawk Court in Dublin sold in June 2023, for $2,600,000, a price per square foot of $681. The home has 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.In June 2022, a 2,690-square-foot home on Landmark Way in Dublin sold for $2,075,000, a price per square foot of $771. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Palatino Court, Dublin, in May 2023, a 2,856-square-foot home...

Cuban embassy in DC hit with Molotov cocktails, foreign minister says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

The Cuban embassy in D.C. was hit with Molotov cocktails Sunday evening, according to the country’s foreign minister.“The Cuban embassy in the U.S. was the target of a terrorist attack by an individual who launched 2 Molotov cocktails,” Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodríguez said on a social media post. “The staff suffered no harm. Details are being worked out.”In the evening of today, Sep 24, the Cuban embassy in the US was the target of a terrorist attack by an individual who launched 2 Molotov cocktails. The staff suffered no harm. Details are being worked out.This is the second violent attack against #Cuba‘s diplomatic mission — Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) September 25, 2023The embassy is located at 2630 16th Street Northwest.“We were contacted by embassy officials last night around 8:00 that an individual had thrown what would appear to be Molotov cocktails at the building,” U.S. Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi said in a s...

U.Md. program wants to reduce stigma around receiving mental health help

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage.You may know how to give first aid physically when an adult or child is in an emergency situation, but do you know what to do when someone is having a mental crisis? A local group is teaching Maryland communities how to administer mental health first aid.Julie Slivka, community educator and project manager for the University of Maryland’s ROPTA Program. (Courtesy Julie Slivka)“We go out into the community and we work to elevate people’s knowledge base about behavioral health issues, whether those be mental health or substance use,” said Julie Slivka, community educator and project manager for the University of Maryland’s ROPTA Program.ROPTA stands for Reinforcing Overdose Prevention through Training and Advocacy.She said her organization is also trying to breakdown the barriers and stigmas when it co...

Dan de alta de un hospital al único sobreviviente de una presunta intoxicación por hongos mortales en Australia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:37:00 GMT

(CNN) — El único superviviente de un envenenamiento con presuntos hongos mortíferos que mató a otras tres personas en Australia fue dado de alta del hospital tras una notable recuperación que ahora podría ayudar a la Policía a reconstruir lo sucedido.Ian Watkins, un reverendo de 68 años, quedó gravemente enfermo a finales de julio después de ingerir una comida de carne Wellington en el pueblo rural de Leongatha que había sido cocinada y servida por Erin Patterson, según informó la policía de Victoria.A los pocos días, Gail Patterson, de 70 años, y su hermana Heather Wilkinson, de 66, murieron en el hospital, seguidos por el marido de Gail, Don, de 70 años, un día después.Watkins sobrevivió, estaba gravemente enfermo y supuestamente necesitaba un trasplante de hígado, pero se recuperó lo suficiente como para abandonar el hospital de Austin en Melbourne el pasado viernes, casi dos meses después.“Nos complace anunciar que Ian Wilkinson logró avances significativos en su recuperac...