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Former respiratory therapist in Missouri sentenced in connection with patient deaths

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri respiratory therapist who pleaded guilty in the deaths of two hospital patients has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.Jennifer Hall was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder but pleaded guilty in April to reduced first-degree involuntary manslaughter counts in the deaths of 75-year-old Fern Franco and 37-year-old David Wesley Harper. She also pleaded guilty to one count of attempted second-degree assault. She was sentenced Friday, KCTV-TV reported.Franco and Harper were among nine patients who died at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe over several months in 2002 in what charging documents describe as “medically suspicious” events. “A sentence 20 years in the making,” Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren said in a statement. He noted that Hall will eventually be eligible for parole. “But for now, we all sleep better knowing she is behind bars,” he said.From December 2001, when Hall started working at th...

Potential new rivalries in Big 12 with BYU becoming league’s 3rd private Christian school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

There could be some new rivalries between Christian schools brewing in the evolving Big 12 Conference.With BYU coming in this season, the Big 12 has three private Christian schools from different denominations. The Cougars, the 1984 national champions who played the past 12 seasons as an independent, are now in the same league with Baylor and TCU — whose 118-game “Revivalry” in Texas dates to a scoreless tie in 1899.“I think that will be really intriguing to see … is there more of a long-term interest amongst TCU and Baylor fans in BYU as an opponent compared to some of the other Big 12 teams that are coming in,” said Northern Kentucky professor Joe Cobbs, an expert in sports rivalries.BYU was founded by and still supported by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church. Baylor is the world’s largest Baptist university, and TCU partners with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). All three schools were founded in the 1800s.Ther...

Suzuki and Amaya hit solo homers, Cubs beat Royals 4-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki and Miguel Amaya hit solo homers, helping Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday.Chicago, in position to claim of the NL's three wild cards berths, won two in a row after losing the series opener. Jordan Lyles (3-14) became the major leagues' first 14-game loser as Kansas City fell for the fourth time in five games and dropped to 40-86, better only than Oakland among the 30 major league teams. YESTERDAY: Cody Bellinger hits 2 homers, Justin Steele pitches 6 strong innings as the Cubs beat the Royals 6-4 Hendricks (5-6) won for the first time since July 25, allowing one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He retired 10 in a row before his lone walk, to Matt Beaty in the fifth inning.Mark Leiter Jr. got two outs in the seventh, Julian Merryweather pitched a perfect eighth, and Adbert Alzolay got his 18th save in 19 chances after allowing pinch-hitter Maikel Garcia's run-scoring single and Matt Beaty's RBI groundout. ...

Hawaii governor says more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for after devastating wildfires

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

(The Hill) – Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) said on Sunday more than 1,000 people were still unaccounted for, as search and rescue operations continue to scour the devastation left behind by the wildfires in Maui County. “More than 1,000 are unaccounted for, about 1,050. It will take several weeks still. Some of the challenges are going to be extraordinary. As you reported, 85 percent of the of the land of the impact zone has been covered now by what amounts to an army of search and rescue teams and 41 dogs,” Green said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “So 85 percent of the land has been covered. Now we go into the larger buildings which require peeling back some of the floors and structures. That last 15 percent could take weeks,” Green added.Green said that the final stretch of the search may not yield the results that the community is hoping for, as some remains “may be impossible to recover meaningfully.”“We do have extreme concerns that, because of the temperat...

Public Utility Commission of Texas calls for 'voluntary power conservation'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) is echoing calls from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for "voluntary power conservation" Sunday. PUCT officials requested Texans to "voluntarily reduce electricity use" due to ongoing extreme temperatures and high power demand.The latest voluntary conservation notice is effective from 7-10 p.m. Sunday.At this time, ERCOT isn't experiencing emergency conditions, officials said in the release. The PUCT's voluntary conservation notice is part of ERCOT's Texas Advisory and Notification System, the release added.ERCOT is currently requesting all government agencies — including city and county offices — to "implement all programs to reduce energy use at their facilities.""Voluntary conservation is a widely used industry tool that can help lower demand during a specific period of time, typically late afternoon and evening," the release read in part.The PUCT's website outlines tips for electricity use reductions...

Fire danger rises before rain chances

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We continued our triple digit stretch on Sunday thanks to abundant sunshine and strong high pressure still in place.Tonight will be mostly clear the majority of the time, but some patchy low clouds could develop early Monday as humidity increases a little bit.In advance of a tropical system heading for Texas on Tuesday we'll notice winds picking up on Monday.The sunshine, relatively dry air and additional wind will mean our fire danger worsens on Monday. Red Flag Warnings have been issued to draw attention to the fire risk.Red Flag Warnings for Monday's fire dangerHigh temperatures on Monday should push close to 106º in Austin, but some scattered clouds may float in later in the day to prevent our numbers from getting even hotter.Monday's ForecastClouds will thicken up Monday night with a low (10%) rain chance ahead of our best chances for rain in weeks coming on Tuesday.Read all about Tuesday's rain chances and the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico in our updat...

Deluge from Tropical Storm Hilary hits California after making landfall along Mexico’s Baja coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

DAMIAN DOVARGANES and JORDI LEBRIJA (Associated Press)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Deadly floodwaters inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary moved ashore carrying torrential rain into Southern California, and concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such heavy rain.Forecasters said Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing the potential for flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes, high winds and power outages.Hilary made landfall along the Mexican coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of Ensenada, on a path to hit mudslide-prone Tijuana Sunday evening, threatening the improvised homes that cling to hillsides just south of the U.S. border. At least 9 million people were under flash-flood warnings as heavy rain fell across normally sunny Southern California ahead of the brunt of the storm. Desert ar...

Fire on Davis Terrace in Schenectady under investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Crews from the Schenectady Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Davis Terrace on Saturday night. Two people were treated for minor injuries on the scene. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On August 19 at 9 p.m., firefighters arrived to the sight of heavy smoke coming from a two-family house at 835 Davis Terrace. All residents were either able to get out on their own, or were assisted in escaping as crews knocked down the fire. No firefighters sustained injuries during the operation. The fire remains under investigation, although the incident does not appear to be suspicious at this time, according to SFD.

Tropical Storm Hilary: interactive map with storm path and advisories

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

Track Tropical Hilary with the latest satellite and radar imagery, time-lapse loops, wind speeds and rainfall amounts with this interactive radar.Please wait a moment for the map to load.Select "layers" to view additional interactive tools.Rainfall amounts from the storm are expected to range from 2-7 inches and could exceed 10 inches in some areas.California doesn't often see tropical storms or hurricanes since they derive their energy from warm ocean waters, typically around 80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The coastal waters off California are much cooler than this and don't provide the necessary heat energy to fuel the development and intensification of hurricanes. These storms, however, do form in the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean further south and can maintain intensity as they move northward, which is the case with Hilary.

Tropical Storm Hilary: how much rain has fallen so far? 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:32:49 GMT

Southern California is getting soaked by Tropical Storm Hilary, and while even more rain is expected through Monday, a staggering amount of rainfall has already fallen in some areas. Locally, Los Angeles County has seen the most rain as of 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon, with several locations nearing three inches of accumulation over the last two days, according to data from the National Weather Service. Local areas with the most rainfall as of 1 p.m. on Sunday are largely within L.A. County:Lake Palmdale, 2.96 inchesWrightwood, 2.76 inchesValyermo, 2.73 inchesSaugus, 2.60 inchesNewhall, 2.20 inchesCastaic Junction, 2.12 inchesAntelope Valley Poppy Reserve, 2.04 inchesMill Creek, 1.89 inchesPalmdale, 1.87 inchesCastaic, 1.83 inchesCamp 9, 1.73 inchesDel Valle, 1.68 inchesA flooded road in Palmdale, California. Aug. 20, 2020. (LASD)Other areas that have seen significant rainfall during the first hours of Tropical Storm Hilary include:Piru, 1.23 inchesNorthridge, 1.19 inchesVan Nuys, 1...