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Police: NH woman arrested for DUI after driving wrong way down I-93

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

A New Hampshire woman is facing criminal charges after police say they had to use tire deflation devices to stop her from driving the wrong way down I-93 early Sunday morning.Kayiba K. Christelle, 22, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes around 2 a.m. and went from I-93 Hooksett into Bow, where troopers popped her tires, though she continued until mile marker 36.2, state police said.Christelle has been charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, disobeying a police officer, reckless operation and driving while intoxicated. She was released on bail and will appear in Merrimack Superior Court on May 18.

Knicks take control of playoff series after Jalen Brunson’s dominance and Julius Randle’s benching

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

The best player in this series, and especially on Sunday afternoon, wasn’t Donovan Mitchell.Not even close.The star has been Jalen Brunson, the point guard who carried the Knicks to a pivotal 102-93 victory, giving Tom Thibodeau’s squad a 3-1 series lead.Brunson scored 29 points while totally outplaying Mitchell, who missed 13 of his 18 attempts in a miserable showing.RJ Barrett added 26 points, drawing chants from another supercharged MSG crowd, as Julius Randle was benched for the entire fourth quarter.Randle had been a disaster in the third quarter, showing little effort on defense as the Knicks squandered an earlier 15-point advantage. Thibodeau made the bold move of sitting down his All-Star, who finished with just seven points in 27 minutes on 3-of-10 shooting.In his place, Obi Toppin played all but 40 seconds of the final period as the Knicks ran away down the stretch.In Friday’s Game 3, the Knicks held the Cavs to 79 points, the smallest total for any team ...

Helicopter rescue prompted at Three Sisters Falls

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

JULIAN, Calif. -- A helicopter rescue was prompted in North County after a woman was injured while hiking to Three Sisters Falls in the Cleveland National Forest, Cal Fir confirmed.The hiker, a 61-year-old woman, was reported to have suffered an ankle injury during the 4.1-mile out-and-back trail near Julian. 1 injured in South Bay structure fire According to AllTrails, the trek is considered to be a moderately challenging route.Cal Fire Capitan Brent Pascua says the woman will be taken to the trail head by helicopter and will then be evaluated my medics. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday.While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to cross the northern border into Egypt.“My family — my mother, my siblings and my nephews — are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,” prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abual-Ala wrote on Facebook.Fighting raged in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Khartoum, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.“We did not see such a truce,” Amin al-Tayed said from his home near state TV headquarters in Omdurman, adding that heavy gunfire and thundering explosions rocked the city.Over 420 people, including 264 civili...

Public-service strike: Union stepping up picketing efforts starting Monday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

OTTAWA — Canada’s biggest federal public service union is preparing to ramp up its ongoing strike by moving picket lines to strategic locations such as ports on Monday.Public Service Alliance of Canada National President Chris Aylward says civil servants don’t want to disrupt Canadians’ lives, but need to further affect the economy to push Ottawa for a solution.He says that means going beyond office buildings where public servants work to include locations he says will have more impact on the government.Aylward’s comments, provided in a Sunday interview with The Canadian Press,  come on the fifth day of one of Canada’s largest strikes. More than 100,000 union members walked off the job Wednesday after contract talks broke down following months of negotiations.Aylward says Ottawa presented a  package on Saturday which the union responded to later that day.He says the government has not presented anything new as of Sunday afternoon, and the federal Treasu...

Ex-Disney employee allegedly shot videos up women's skirts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Walt Disney World employee is facing a charge that he surreptitiously took a video up the skirt of a female customer, allegedly telling investigators he had done it more than 500 times over the past six years.Jorge Diaz Vega, 26, worked at the Star Wars gift shop inside Disney World's Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida until his recent arrest on one count of video voyeurism, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.According to court records filed by Orange County Sheriff's detectives, Vega was spotted by a witness shooting a video up an 18-year-old woman's skirt. She later told security officers she was not aware of Vega's actions. Animatronic dragon goes up in flames at Disneyland Detectives said that Vega volunteered during questioning that he takes the videos as a “guilty pleasure" and showed them multiple examples on his cellphone.He was arrested March 31 and released on $2,500 bail. Court records do not show if Vega ha...

Chicago fire: Woman dead after house fire in Dunning

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

CHICAGO — A woman is dead after a fire Sunday in Dunning, Chicago fire said.According to the Chicago Fire Department, the fire happened in the 3800 block of North Odell Avenue. 3-year-old boy shot while inside home in Chicago, police say A woman in her 70s died, Chicago fire said. Her identity hasn't been released.The cause of the fire hasn't been determined yet.

Earthquake felt around New York Sunday afternoon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. (WSYR) — An earthquake was felt around Northern New York on Sunday, April 23. The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake of a 3.6 magnitude hit Adams Center in Jefferson County, just 10 miles southwest of Watertown. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Photo taken from USGS website.The earthquake was felt in parts of Phoenix, Watertown, Fulton, Oswego, Fort Drum, and even spurred some 911 calls in the Capital Region. The earthquake had an 8.9-kilometer depth and hit exactly at 2:10 p.m.

Rockies give up four homers, strike out 15 times in 9-3 loss to Phillies as early season slide continues

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Or another.With a fifth consecutive poor start by right-hander Jose Urena, an offense that’s sputtering like a ’70s Ford Pinto, and a seventh-inning meltdown by reliever Dinelson Lamet, the Rockies were drubbed, 9-3, by the Phillies on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.Colorado has lost 11 of its last 12 games and its 6-17 record is tied with the 2005 club for the worst record after 23 games in franchise history. Some perspective: the 1993 expansion team went 8-15.Philadelphia, which took three of four games in the series and celebrated the Philly Phanatics’ 45th birthday, launched a season-high four home runs. They mashed eight homers during the series vs. two for the Rockies.Urena continues to be a weak link in the rotation, hurt by walks and home runs.The right-hander was gone after 3 2/3 innings, having given up four runs and departing the mound with a 9.82 ERA. He was charged with four runs on four hits, in...

Dragon prop catches fire during Disneyland show; Disney temporarily suspends similar fire effects globally

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:03:14 GMT

An intense fire broke out at Disneyland in Anaheim on Saturday night as packed crowds were enjoying a show at the theme park.The fire ignited on Tom Sawyer Island during the Fantasmic! nighttime water and fireworks show held on the Rivers of America.Citizen video captured by parkgoers shows massive flames fully engulfing Maleficent's dragon prop on stage. The flames first ignited from the dragon's face before spreading to the rest of its body.A fire broke out during a nighttime Fantasmic! show at Disneyland Park on April 22, 2023. (TW/@brenda_coutino)A massive fire broke out during a nighttime Fantasmic! show at Disneyland Park on April 22, 2023. (Citizen)A fire broke out during a nighttime show at Disneyland Park on April 22, 2023. (Brenda Coutiño)A fire broke out during a nighttime show at Disneyland Park on April 22, 2023. (Citizen) A fire broke out during a nighttime show at Disneyland Park on April 22, 2023. (Citizen) A fire broke out during a nighttime show at Disneyland Park...