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St. Paul murder sentencing: ‘He is a coward,’ victim’s sister says of man who shot through window of home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

Lashonda Nix had so much going for her and to look forward to.The 40-year-old mother of four was expecting her second grandchild and was to soon graduate from her studies in medical billing and coding.Lashonda Nix (Courtesy of the family)But then Curtrez Darale Johnson showed up at her St. Paul home last December carrying a gun and grudge. He knocked on the door of the Payne-Phalen home, where his son was shot and injured six days earlier.When Nix peeked through a curtain of her interior porch door, Johnson fired once, shooting her in the head and killing her.“A person like the defendant doesn’t deserve to see the light of day,” Nix’s younger sister, Sharonda Nix, said Wednesday before Johnson, of St. Paul, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the Dec. 16 killing. “He is a coward.”Jurors found Johnson, 41, guilty of second-degree intentional murder on Sept. 11, following five days of testimony and about six hours in deliberation. Johnson, who denied being the shooter, was a...

New course for 2023 Troy Turkey Trot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Some people spend Thanksgiving morning exercising before eating their holiday meal. The Troy Turkey Trot is one of the largest and longest-running road races in the country.More than 45,000 people have signed up so far, and this year's race will be a little different than previous ones. The 5K will have a new course. It starts at the corner of Fulton and Fourth Streets and goes over the Green Island Bridge before heading up River Street. The race finishes in Monument Square. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Organizers hope it will be safer for participants since it will go through fewer intersections."The streets are narrow. It's an out and back course, so it's important that we recognize the fact that going out from the start to the Green Island Bridge is very wide, and this will give the ability for runners to string out as they go over," event director George Regan said.The turkey trot also raises money...

Broncos roundtable: Can Denver get above .500 by the time a three-game road trip starts?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

Parker Gabriel, Broncos beat reporter: The Broncos are doing their best Will Ferrell impersonation and going streaking. They’ve got three straight wins to get to 4-5 on the season. To make it a quad, they’re going to have to beat Minnesota at home in prime time. In order to be better than .500 (Who’d have considered that conversation in early October?) when a three-game road trip against Houston, the Chargers and Detroit starts in early December, they’ve got to get the Vikings and Cleveland at home the next two Sundays. Can they do it? Minnesota’s hot, too, having won five straight, and the Browns have one of the best defenses in the NFL. But they’re also starting Josh Dobbs (great story and a literal rocket scientist) and Dorian Thompson-Robinson (or P.J. Walker), respectively, at quarterback. Denver squandered a gettable two-game home set to open the season against Las Vegas and Washington. It still feels like a split to me. What do you fine gen...

Keeler: Why would Deion Sanders stiff Texas A&M football? CU Buffs give him one thing Aggies can’t: Absolute power.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

Can you imagine the first time Bubba Booster suggests to Deion Sanders who oughta play tailback?Or asks Coach Prime to entertain his foursome on some random Thursday at the PGA Resort in Frisco? Or wants Sanders to fly out and meet his momma?“Deion, we got a, urmmm, business agreement with this here young man, so …”Click.“Prime? Prime. Bubba here. We musta got cut off, ‘cuz …”Click.Nobody — not Bubba, not Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork, not John Ross Ewing — tells Deion Sanders what to do.Well, unless they’re directing the commercial he happens to be shooting that day. Or they’re Mike Zimmer.“NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) is not a problem with me,” Sanders told our old pal Joel Klatt of Fox Sports a few months back. “Collectives are.”Go on, Coach Prime. Preach. Stephen A. can’t hear you over the sound of his own bull junk.“Collectives, you could be Tom, Dick, Harry and Larry and...

Man falls from moving big rig on 91 Freeway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

A bizarre and dangerous incident was captured on cell phone video in Orange County when a man fell from the back of a big rig Wednesday morning.The video obtained by Traffic News Los Angeles shows a man clinging to the rear of the tractor-trailer as it traveled along the 91 Freeway.The man tries to carefully step off the bumper of the moving vehicle only to tumble and fall onto his chest, the video shows.Video obtained by Traffic News Los Angeles shows a man clinging to the rear of the tractor-trailer as it traveled along the 91 Freeway. Nov. 15, 2023. (TNLA)The truck driver may have been aware of the man's presence since they appeared to be driving slowly compared to other vehicles.Nothing else is known about the incident and was not immediately clear if the man was injured.

Body found on Orange County freeway onramp

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

Police are investigating after a body was found on a Buena Park freeway.On Sunday, authorities responded to reports of a body found on a dirt embankment near the Knott Avenue onramp onto the eastbound 91 Freeway lanes.The body was later identified as Victor Fregozo-Alcaraz, 45, a La Habra resident, according to California Highway Patrol.The nature of the victim’s fatal injuries was not released and no suspect was located at the scene.The man was found near a busy onramp area just over a mile away from Knott’s Berry Farm theme park.Details are limited as the case remains under investigation by homicide detectives. Violent follow-home robbery in North Hollywood caught on camera Anyone with information can call CHP’s Major Crimes Unit at 657-391-4017 or Investigator Joaquin Gill at 714-240-3754. 

Biden hails Xi talks as most productive they’ve had yet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee | CNNPresident Joe Biden hailed his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Wednesday as the two agreed to take steps to curb fentanyl production and restore military communication during their summit.The results, which were expected ahead of the talks, amount to progress in improving the still-tense US-China relationship. During a news conference following the summit, Biden said the negotiations with Xi were “some of the most constructive and productive discussions we’ve had.”“We haven’t always agreed,” Biden said, but his talks with Xi are always “straightforward.”Biden had aimed to use the meeting to put the US-China relationship on steadier footing after months of tension between the two superpowers. Ahead of the talks, US officials were careful to manage expectations, saying they did not expect a long list of outcomes or even a joint leaders’ statement, as is customary after such summits. The primary objective for the talks appeared to be the restoratio...

Lafayette kidnapping suspect arrested after escape from mental health program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

(KRON) -- A kidnapping suspect was arrested on Tuesday several weeks after he escaped a mental health diversion program, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said. Kenneth David McIsaac was assigned to the program 13 months after he allegedly held a Lafayette family hostage at gunpoint. McIsaac was sent to the program on Sept. 5 despite "a vigorous opposition" from the Contra Costa County DA's office, according to a press release from the office. He was in custody for more than a year before that. He escaped on Oct. 24. Man found in suitcase on Lake Merritt identified "The court determined that a mental health diversion program would provide more effective treatment for McIsaac's condition and released him from custody," the DA's office wrote in a press release. McIsaac had a no-bail warrant for his arrest after his escape. The Lafayette Police Department was notified on Tuesday that McIsaac had possibly been sighted in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood, the departme...

Gayle Jr. scores 20, Ohio State uses big second-half run to defeat Merrimack 76-52

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Roddy Gayle Jr. scored 20 points, Zed Key added a double-double off the bench and Ohio State used a big second-half run to break away from Merrimack in a 76-52 victory for the Buckeyes on Wednesday night.A 3-pointer from Bryan Etumnu and a pair of free throws by Samba Diallo had Merrimack within six points with about 9 1/2 minutes to go. Ohio State responded with a 16-0 run in which Jamison Battle hit two 3-pointers and scored eight points, giving the Buckeyes a 65-43 lead with 5 1/2 minutes remaining.The Buckeyes extended the run to 24-3 and led 73-46 with 2:13 to go.Gayle finished 8-for-12 from the field and made 3 of 4 3-pointers, to go with five rebounds and three assists. Key had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Battle scored 13 points.The Buckeyes (2-1) shot 44.1% overall, including 8 of 14 3-pointers.Devon Savage made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 20 points for the Warriors (2-2) and Eutmnu finished with 11 points.Gayle hit two 3-pointers to open the game a...

Sonia Citron scores 23, Hannah Hidalgo has 21, No. 16 Notre Dame women overwhelm Northwestern 110-52

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:54:06 GMT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 23 points, Hannah Hidalgo added 21 and No. 16 Notre Dame won its 29th-straight home opener, coasting to a 110-52 win over Northwestern on Wednesday night.Maddy Westbeld had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (2-1) and Anna DeWolfe and Kylee Watson scored 10 each.Hailey Weaver and Melannie Daley had 11 points each for the Wildcats (2-1).After Northwestern scored the first eight points of the game, the Fighting Irish reeled off the next 15, nine by Hidalgo on two 3-pointers and a three-point play. Citron hit a jumper and a buzzer-beating 3 to make the score 25-16 after one quarter.Citron then had the last 11 points of a 13-0 run to end the half, including another buzzer beater, for a 56-26 lead at the break.Citron had 19 points and Hidalgo 15 in the first half.Hidalgo continued the impressive start to her freshman season, going 9 of 12 from the field with 2 3s, and six rebounds, six steals and five assists. She has 21 steals an...