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La guerra entre Israel y Hamas repercute en hostilidad contra judíos y musulmanes en EEUU

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

Un ataque a puñaladas en Illinois, una pistola apuntada a una manifestación en Pensilvania, vandalismo contra sinagogas y el acoso a los empleados de un restaurante palestino están suscitando temores de que la guerra entre Israel y Hamas está desatando violencia en Estados Unidos.Las tensiones siguen un patrón conocido, en que aumentan los ataques contra judíos o musulmanes cuando estalla un conflicto en el Medio Oriente y ciudadanos estadounidenses mueren o son tomados como rehenes.“Tenemos una amenaza doble contra las comunidades religiosas estadounidenses”, señaló Brian Levin, director fundador del Centro para el Estudio del Odio y el Extremismo en la Universidad Estatal de California en San Bernardino. Biden parte hacia Israel, en medio de la guerra con Hamas Ministerio palestino reporta al menos 500 muertos tras bombazo en un hospital en Gaza Si bien es muy temprano como para decir si los crímenes antimusulmanes o antijudíos ...

Lo hallan culpable de matar a su exnovia y un hombre en Virginia

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

Un hombre fue hallado culpable el lunes de asesinar a su exnovia y su amigo dentro de un hogar en Dumfries, Virginia el año pasado. Desmond Daniel se declaró culpable de disparar mortalmente a Alyssa Trynese Gainey de 22 años y Javon Alberto Williams de 24 años en una casa en Isle Royale Terrace el 16 de noviembre del 2022, según fiscales. Un perro también recibió un impacto de bala y tuvo que ser “sacrificado humanamente”, de acuerdo a las autoridades. Imágenes de una cámara Ring revelaron que Daniel disparó por una ventana del sótano esa noche, entró a la casa por la ventana y le disparó a las víctimas antes de huir por la misma ventana, informó la oficina del fiscal del estado para el condado Prince William.La policía encontró y arrestó a Daniel horas después del tiroteo en un estacionamiento cerca del Aeropuerto Internacional Washington-Dulles. Había comprado un pasaje de ida a Panamá, dijeron las autoridades. Los investigadores dijeron que Daniel tuvo una relació...

Denver sheltering more than 3,000 migrants daily

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's migrant shelters are hosting more than 3,000 people each day as the city works to accommodate a rise in daily arrivals.After a lull over the summer, daily occupancy at the city's migrant shelters climbed above 1,000 people in early September and has risen to more than 3,000 daily since early October. As of Tuesday, some 3,091 migrants from Central and South America were in Denver shelters. ‘It’s freedom’: Migrant finds housing after 9 months in Denver shelter The numbers this month are higher than at any point since Denver started publicly tracking its migrant support last winter. At the last peak in December, daily shelter occupancy did not surpass 1,900 people, according to the city's estimates.This month, city officials say daily arrivals are in the hundreds, including days when several buses arrived from Texas. Recent changes in shelter policies now limit how long people can stay there.Denver said it's served nearly 24,700 migrants since December at a ...

UPDATE: Police ID driver caught on camera hitting child on bicycle in East Bridgewater

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

Authorities have identified the Florida woman who was caught on camera hitting an 11-year-old girl in a bicycle with her car in East Bridgewater over the weekend before leaving the scene, officials said.The 62-year-old woman, whose name was not released by police, will be summoned to Brockton District Court to face charges of negligent operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury, according to East Bridgewater police.Police say the woman has relatives who live in the area.Officers responding to a reported crash involving a bicyclist and a motor vehicle in the area of 143 Bedford St. around 5:30 p.m. determined the girl had been struck while riding her bike through a small path that leads from Route 18 to the rear parking lot of Central Elementary School.Her mother responded to the scene and declined medical transportation on behalf of her daughter.East Bridgewater Police Chief Michael Jenkins thanked area residents who offered tips after see...

Celtics takeaways: Joe Mazzulla gives regulars a longer run, C’s overcome sloppy play to beat Knicks

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

As the Celtics’ lead started slipping away in the third quarter, frustration began to boil on their bench.For Joe Mazzulla, this wasn’t simply a preseason game. He’s treated every moment leading into this season with a purpose.Everything looked great for the Celtics in the first half, when they were generating open looks on what seemed like every possession and built a lead as large as 27. But when things unraveled in the third, Mazzulla’s patience wore thin. The Celtics were too sloppy. Too many turnovers and fouls. Then Mazzulla lost his cool with an official during a timeout, resulting in a technical foul. As the Celtics’ lead suddenly slipped to eight, Mazzulla called a quick timeout.The Celtics responded, going on a 9-0 run. Their talent prevailed against the Knicks’ backups as they ultimately cruised to a 123-110 victory. They looked great for stretches, especially offensively as they flashed their potential. But it wasn’t perfect, and It proved to be a necessary tune-up as th...

‘Brave’ Winthrop police officer cleared of wrongdoing in shooting

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

Winthrop Police Sgt. Nicholas Bettano, who shot and killed a committed racist who killed two black bystanders during a rampage in 2021, has been cleared of any wrongdoing.“Our investigation makes clear that the officer’s actions were justified that tragic day,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement released with the investigation’s findings on Tuesday.“Indeed, it is likely that this officer’s brave actions saved others from being injured or killed as a result of Nathan Allen’s racially motivated rampage,” the DA added. “This was a terrifying incident for Winthrop, rooted in Nathan Allen’s deep White Supremacist hatred.”DA: Winthrop rampage shooter Nathan Allen. (Suffolk DA photo.)Allen, 28, had written in his journal, in an entry decorated with a Swastika and featuring many racial epithets, at an unknown date that he had determined that “Racism is good. Natural. Killing (expletive) is in our blood. We need to do this while we are apex predators.”Come...

Gun control proposal will get a vote after lawmakers attach it to ‘shell game’ budget bill

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

Following a procedural move gun rights groups are calling a legislative “shell game,” lawmakers will vote on a controversial new gun bill this week, after House leadership revealed they had attached much of the bill to the 2023 close-out budget.On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee polled its membership on whether they might vote in favor of recommending “H.4090 ‘An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2023 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects’ in part, as amended; see attached.”Attached to that bill, which was submitted in September by Gov. Maura Healey with an aim toward closing the books on the state’s fiscal 2023 budget, was the third version of the House’s gun legislation.Originally proposed by Stoneham Rep. Michael Day as HD. 4420, or An Act modernizing firearms laws, gun owners met the first draft bill with alarm at many of its provisions. As written, according to opponents, the bill would mak...

Harvard student denounces anti-Israel open letter roiling campus

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

One of the Harvard students embroiled in the anti-Israel furor is now saying “terrorism is never justified” as he attempts to distance himself from the controversy.Josh Willcox, the 22-year-old son of British perfume magnate Jo Malone, said he hasn’t been on the Cambridge campus and had nothing to do with the letter signed by the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, the New York Post first reported.That letter, signed by 34 Harvard sub-committees, has set off a storm on campus that has brought condemnation from donors to alums alike, as the Herald has reported.In his lone Instagram message, Willcox writes, “In contrast to the (Palestine Solidarity Groups’) open letter, I believe that anyone who inflicts violence on civilians is solely responsible for their actions. I therefore do not support the letter’s attribution of blame for (the Oct. 7) attacks to Israel. Terrorism is never justified under any circumstances.”In the lone Instagram post, seen by the ...

Driver killed after colliding with pole on I-805

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A 63-year-old woman was killed after crashing into a pole on Interstate 805 Monday evening, authorities said.The collision occurred around 11:46 p.m. on I-805 near the State Route 94 transition ramp, Salvador Castro with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said in a news release Tuesday.According to law enforcement, the woman was driving a white Nissan Maxima on I-805 northbound transitioning to SR-94 when her vehicle went off the roadway and crashed into a metal pole. 3.0-magnitude earthquake reported off San Diego coast The driver died at the scene due to major injuries, CHP confirmed. A female passenger was also removed from the car and taken to a hospital with major injuries. The passenger's condition is not known at this time.Authorities shut down the SR-94 transition ramp for about two hours as a result of the crash.It is unknown if driving under the influence was a factor in the collision, as CHP is awaiting a toxicology report from the San Diego County Medical...

Elderly woman loses $200,000 after targeted with these common scams: DA

Published Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:11 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego County District Attorney announced criminal charges against a 22-year-old San Gabriel man on Tuesday in connection to two common, but sophisticated scams that robbed an elderly San Diego woman of her life savings.The man, Zhi Gao, was arrested in a sting operation at the 65-year-old victim's home last Thursday and faces charges of attempted grand theft among others. According to prosecutors, he is accused of being courier for a larger theft ring that defrauded the woman over several weeks by posing as both Microsoft Tech Support and Chase Bank to convince her to pay more than $200,000 in cash to them. San Diego District Attorney meets with businesses to crack down on organized retail crimes DA Summer Stephan said that the scam included two of the most common ruses encountered by law enforcement: the "tech support scam" and "banking scam."The woman was first targeted with the "tech support scam." According to Stephan, the victim's encountered a pop-up mes...