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In Bahamas, a struggle to save conch, and a way of life

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the seabed.But in recent years, Davis, 49, and conch fishers like her have had to go further and further from shore – sometimes as far as 30 miles – to find the mollusks that Bahamians eat fried, stewed, smoked and raw and are a pillar of the island nation’s economy and tourism industry.Scientists, international conservationists and government officials have sounded the alarm that the conch population is fading due to overfishing, and a food central to Bahamians’ diet and identity could cease to be commercially viable in as little as six years.“When I was a child, we never had to go that far to get conch,” said Davis, speaking at a Freeport market where she sold her catch. “Without conch, what are we supposed to do?”Conch’s potential demise reflect...

Missing 16-year-old last seen Friday at Avalon Park gas station

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police are looking for a missing 16-year-old boy last seen Friday at a gas station in Avalon Park.Demarco Clark is described as being about 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with brown eyes and black eyes. Firefighter dies after Gold Coast high-rise blaze; second in last 2 days According to Chicago police, he was last seen on March 31 at a gas station in the 8300 block of Stony Island Avenue.He was last seen wearing a black North Face jacket with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath, black jeans and all white Nike Air Force Ones, police said. He also has both of his ears pierced. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or Area One SVU detectives at 312-747-8380.

California woman indicted for allegedly poisoning husband with drain cleaner

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

IRVINE, Calif. (KTLA) - An Irvine, California dermatologist has been indicted after she allegedly poisoned her husband over several weeks with liquid drain cleaner last year, officials announced Wednesday.Yue “Emily” Yu, 45, is accused of pouring the liquid into her husband’s tea, which caused him to have stomach ulcers, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.Yu was arrested last summer after her husband of 10 years began noticing a strange taste in his tea. The taste continued and he decided to install cameras in the family’s kitchen to see if he could capture any evidence of why his tea tasted strange, officials said.Video captured on multiple days in July 2022 appeared to show Yu pouring a liquid out of a bottle of drain cleaner and into her husband’s tea that was left on the counter. Images of Irvine woman allegedly poisoning husband released; restraining order filed The victim also collected samples of the tea and turned them over to the Irvine Police Depar...

Snow on the beach: Florida deputies say $100,000 in cocaine washed ashore

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — Deputies in Walton County, Florida say they are investigating after three packages of cocaine were discovered washed ashore on three different areas of the beach.One of three packages of cocaine that recently washed ashore in Florida. (Walton County Sheriff's Office) Deputies responded to Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach on Monday after a beachgoer found what appeared to be some type of narcotics. "The package was in a clear Ziploc bag wrapped in clear plastic. The package was confiscated and submitted into evidence for destruction," deputies wrote in a news release. But later the same day, deputies were called to the Gulfview Heights beach access where they found a brick of cocaine, sometimes referred to as 'snow,' washed up on the shoreline."The package was wrapped in a bio bag and was black in color with a logo sticker on the outside," deputies wrote. "The package was brought to the South Walton substation where it later tested positive for cocaine ...

'Prisoner of war': Attorneys for Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen want him moved to Cass County facility

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

WESTVILLE, Ind. – Citing the deteriorating physical and mental condition of their client, attorneys for Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen want him moved to a new location.In an emergency motion filed Wednesday, Allen’s defense team contends said their client has endured poor conditions at Westville Correctional Facility. He was assigned to the facility for safekeeping, given the high-profile nature of his case.They want him moved to the Cass County Jail, saying it would be better for logistical reasons as well as the wellbeing of their client.A booking photo shows Richard Allen, was arrested in Oct. 2022 and charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German, whose bodies were found on Feb. 14, 2017, after the girls went for a walk on the Delphi Historic Trails. (Indiana State Police via AP)Allen faces two counts of murder in the deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German in February 2017 in Delphi. The case went unsolved for years before Allen’s arre...

Increasingly wet Thursday, but drier by the weekend

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Isolated showers and storms slowly increase in coverage this evening, but widespread rain doesn't arrive until Thursday morning. Overnight lows drop down to 50 on a cool night by recent standards.Tonight's forecastThursday morning's rain starts to spread northwest from our eastern counties to the I-35 corridor. As the rain overspreads the area the Hill Country will be the last to see the widespread soaking rain, but just about everyone will have rain by late morning or early Thursday afternoon. Rain will be heavy at times with the low risk for an isolated strong or severe storm with hail up to 1" in diameter. Thursday severe weather risk (SPC)Flash flooding is a slightly higher concern, but not all that high given our drought and need for rain. Still, the Weather Prediction Center has the Austin Metro and our eastern counties in a 2 out of 4 flash flood risk Thursday. Thursday Flash Flood Threat (WPC)Additional widespread rain is expected Friday, but of the two days...

Gregg Popovich talks Hall of Fame induction ahead of Spurs swing in Austin

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is one of the six new members of the 2023 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. His accomplishments run pretty deep and for his remarkable efforts as the Spurs head man, he enters the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, which is an esteemed distinction. MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersPopovich has coached the Spurs since 1996, winning five championships, and has been named Coach of the Year three times. Despite reaching heights that few in his profession have attained, Popovich remained humble about his induction when speaking to members of the Austin and San Antonio media ahead of their two-game slate at the Moody Center. "It's not something you think about when you're growing up, while you're in the business, that's not in your head," Popovich said. "When people would say, 'Hall of Fame,' to me that always and st...

Sandy Hook family's attorney calls for sanctions against Alex Jones' legal team over motion for new trial

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Attorneys representing the family of a Sandy Hook shooting victim are facing off with Infowars host Alex Jones' attorneys again. This time, they're asking the judge to sanction Jones' legal team over what they call "false statements" in his motion for a new trial. Last summer, a jury handed down a nearly $50 million judgement against Jones in the defamation and mental anguish case filed against him by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis -- the parents of a 6-year-old who died in a shooting at the Connecticut elementary school in 2012. TRIAL COVERAGE: Jury orders Alex Jones to pay $45.2M in additional punitive damages They sued the well-known talk show host and conspiracy theorist over repeated assertions on his show that the shooting was fake. Both parents testified during the trial about years of personal harassment that followed. In February, his legal team motioned for a new trial, asserting that the court's previous sanctions against Jones' attorneys interfered wi...

Knicks makeshift Big 3 becomes first trio in team history to each score at least 30 points since 1979 in win vs. Pacers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

The Knicks’ regular Big 3 was unavailable and a new one filled in exceptionally.Immanuel Quickley, Obi Toppin and Quentin Grimes became the first Knicks trio to each score at least 30 points in a game since 1979, lifting their team to a 138-129 victory Wednesday over the Pacers.Grimes dropped a career-high 36 points in the frantically-paced game. Quickley added 39 and Toppin dropped 32.The Knicks (47-33) won their fifth consecutive.With the fifth seed locked up, the Knicks pivoted to the playoffs by resting Jalen Brunson (right hand maintenance) and RJ Barrett (illness). They were joined on the DNP list by Julius Randle, who remains out with a sprained ankle.The Pacers (34-46) are out of the playoffs and sat their two best players, Myles Turner and Tyrese Haliburton.The previous Knicks trio to score at least 30 points in a game was Earl Monroe, Ray Williams and Toby Knight. ()

With St. Paul gun violence down this year, here’s a look at behind-the-scenes prevention work

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:29:30 GMT

A shooting that killed two people and wounded three more outside a funeral reception in February didn’t only get a police response in St. Paul. Behind the scenes, city and community workers fanned out to hospitals to provide support to loved ones and to try to keep anger from boiling over into retaliatory violence.It’s an example of the kind of work that’s underway in preventing, intervening and enforcing when it comes to gun violence, leaders of St. Paul’s Office of Neighborhood Safety, police, Parks and Recreation and Ramsey County’s Healing Streets told city council members Wednesday.Overall, gun crimes in St. Paul are down this year, compared with the same time last year. There have been 41 people shot, compared with 66 at this time last year, according to police statistics. Five of the shootings have been fatal; there were 10 fatal shootings as of this date last year.Still, there have been high-profile tragedies. In addition to the two men killed o...