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Oakland PD searching for suspects in Tuesday shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Sept. 19 on the 4100 block of Santa Rita Street. A ShotSpotter activation notified Oakland officers of gunfire around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.  According to officers, they did not find any victims who had been struck by gunfire at the scene. However, officers did locate evidence of a shooting, including multiple vehicles struck and an occupied residence struck.   Oakland’s ex-police chief controversy: ‘It’s a mess,’ legal analyst says The preliminary investigation revealed that four unknown individuals were shooting at an unknown individual or object, police said. Also while on the scene, the officers recovered multiple stolen vehicles.  This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Felony Assault Unit at (510)-238-3426. 

Shooting on I-880 in San Leandro under investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

(KRON) -- An early Sunday shooting on northbound Interstate 880 in San Leandro is being investigated, the California Highway Patrol Hayward Area said Tuesday.On Sept. 17 at around 3:16 a.m., the CHP Hayward Area office received a report of a possible freeway shooting on I-880 south of Davis Street in San Leandro.Authorities located one victim who did not sustain any injuries. The victim’s vehicle was struck twice in the shooting, CHP said. Investigators believe the shooting occurred at approximately 1:45 a.m. Police: Santa Rosa student, 14, arrested for bringing imitation firearm to school No suspect has been identified and the incident remains under investigation. CHP Hayward Area is asking the public to please call the CHP Hayward Area office at (510)-489-1500 with any information regarding the shooting.

Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

As tech luminaries like Elon Musk issue solemn warnings about artificial intelligence’s threat of “civilizational destruction,” the U.S. military is using it for a decidedly more mundane purpose: understanding its sprawling $816.7 billion budget and figuring out its own policies.Thanks to its bloat and political wrangling, the annual Department of Defense budget legislation includes hundreds of revisions and limitations telling the Pentagon what it can and cannot do. To make sense of all those provisions, the Pentagon created an AI program, codenamed GAMECHANGER. “In my comptroller role, I am, of course, the most excited about applying GAMECHANGER to gain better visibility and understanding across our various budget exhibits,” said Gregory Little, the deputy comptroller of the Pentagon, shortly after the program’s creation last year. “The fact that they have to go to such extraordinary measures to understand what their own policies are is an indictment of how they operate....

UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years, in contentious retreat on climate measures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

LONDON (AP) — UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years, in contentious retreat on climate measures.Source

Al menos dos muertos por un coche bomba en contra de sede policial en el sudoeste de Colombia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

(CNN Español) — Un coche bomba que explotó este miércoles contra una sede policial en el departamento del Cauca, en el sudoeste de Colombia, dejó al menos dos muertos y dos heridos, informó el general Tito Castellanos, subdirector de esa institución.Los hechos ocurrieron en el corregimiento de Timba a las 7:15 a.m. (hora local) “aproximadamente a 50 metros” de la estación policial.En un video publicado en X, antes Twitter, Castellanos agregó que tienen apoyo aéreo de las Fuerzas Militares y que se desarrollan operaciones de contingencia.La Fiscalía General de la Nación informó en X que dispuso un equipo especializado para “atender actos urgentes que permiten apoyar la investigación y esclarecer el caso”.Noticia en desarrollo.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Browns re-sign running back Kareem Hunt after star Nick Chubb lost for season with left knee injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Kareem Hunt ran right back to the Browns.Desperate to find a quality running back after losing star Nick Chubb for the season, the Browns have reunited with Hunt, who was available as a free agent and is expected to be able to help Cleveland’s offense immediately.The team is giving Hunt a one-year deal worth up to $4 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Hunt’s deal includes numerous incentives, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team is not making the terms public.A Cleveland-area native, Hunt spent four seasons with the Browns before the team decided not to re-sign him this offseason. His departure came following a turbulent 2022 during which he asked for a new contract and to be traded.Because he already knows the system, the 28-year-old Hunt can step right in and likely will play Sunday when the Browns (1-1) host the Tennessee Titans (1-1).Hunt will back up Jerome Ford, wh...

At Security Council, Ukraine leader accuses Russia of “criminal and unprovoked aggression” that violates U.N. Charter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At Security Council, Ukraine leader accuses Russia of “criminal and unprovoked aggression” that violates U.N. Charter.Source

Man found dead on trail near Horsetooth Reservoir was shot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Larimer County deputies have released new information about a suspicious death on a trail near Horsetooth Reservoir in the hopes someone will come forward with information on what happened.On Sept. 10 at around 10:18 a.m., 64-year-old Paul Gallenstein of Fort Collins was found dead on the Foothills Trail near Horsetooth. At the time, deputies called his death "suspicious."Teams search for weaponOn Tuesday, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said Gallenstein's death was caused by a gunshot injury. However, the manner of his death has still not been determined. Driver accused of trying to hit parkgoers in Boulder Emergency personnel conducted an extensive search of the area but did not find a weapon. Anyone who may have found a gun or other items on the Reservoir Ridge Foothills Trail is asked to contact the Larimer County Sheriff's Office immediately. Deputies want to speak to good Samaritan Aside from locating the weapon, investigators also want to speak to a goo...

Russia reports peacekeepers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia — A military vehicle carrying Russian peacekeepers came under fire and its crew was killed as Azerbaijan stepped up its attacks on the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Moscow confirmed Wednesday.In a statement released by the Ministry of Defense, officials said that the patrol was hit near the village of Dzhanyatag. “A car with Russian servicemen came under small arms fire. As a result of the shelling, the Russian servicemen in the vehicle were killed,” the message reads. The number of dead was not disclosed. The incident comes after Azerbaijan launched attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh and its armed forces announced they had effectively taken control of the breakaway region in a lightning offensive operation. A Moscow-brokered ceasefire has since been agreed, with talks on the future of the territory slated for Thursday.The Armenian government has presided over an increasingly fierce row with the Kremlin, citing Russian peacekeepers’ inaction in the...

German president says country at ‘breaking point’ over migration

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:52 GMT

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the number of migrants coming to the country had pushed it to “breaking point,” as he called for a fairer European system of migrant distribution.“Germany, like Italy, is at the limit of its capacity,” Steinmeier said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Wednesday ahead of a visit to Italy. “Italy and Germany have heavy loads to bear,” he said, adding that “Germany has already accepted more than 1,000 refugees from Italy within the previous voluntary solidarity mechanism, more than any other European state. In the negotiations on the common European asylum system, a permanent solidarity mechanism” should also be created “so that it does not remain solely with this voluntary system.”“In the first half of this year alone, 162,000 people applied for asylum in Germany — more than a third of all applications within the EU,” Steinmeier sai...