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Survivors, loved ones call on Hochul to sign Fair Access to Victim Compensation Act

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Victims and survivors of crimes are eligible to receive funding through New York State under specific guidelines. Activists are now calling for those guidelines to be expanded, leading to easier access to funding.Right now, people can access money through the Office of Victim Services (OVS) to pay for things like medical bills, burial cost and crime scene clean up. But in order to get the money, they must report their incident to police within a week of it happening, and file their claim with OVS within a year. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Erie County Legislator Howard Johnson was shot in 2008. He said the week that followed his injury was difficult, made worse by being overwhelmed with the OVS process."Being in the hospital and the amount of paperwork that you had to fill out, and the amount of police you had to talk to, and to have things to be itemized - it was just nonstop," he said.The Fair Acces...

BTK killer named ‘prime suspect’ in unsolved cases in Missouri, Oklahoma

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

The BTK serial killer has been named the “prime suspect” in two unsolved killings — one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri — leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property in Park City, authorities announced Wednesday.Osage County, Oklahoma, Undersheriff Gary Upton told The Associated Press that the investigation into whether Dennis Rader was responsible for additional crimes started with the re-examination last year of the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney, a 16-year-old cheerleader in Pawhuska. The case, which was investigated on and off over the years, was reopened in December.Sheriff Eddie Virden told KAKE-TV that a bank was having new alarms installed across the street from the laundromat where Kinney was last seen. Rader was a regional installer for ADT at the time, although the sheriff wasn't able to confirm that Rader installed the systems. He also was involved in Boy Scouts in the area.Virden said he decided to investigate when he learned...

Missouri Baptist Hospital forced to transfer patients after chiller failure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Probably the safest place you can be during a heat wave is inside a hospital.Unfortunately, Wednesday morning, that was not the case for the same patients at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in west St. Louis County when one of the building's chillers shut off.This extreme heat wave is proving more than just a minor inconvenience. Air conditioners and chillers worked overtime to beat the heat, so much so that one of the chillers at Missouri Baptist Hospital stopped working.The hospital acted quickly, moving several patients to Barnes Jewish West County Hospital with nursing and physician support. The hospital did not have to wait long for repairs. Within a few hours, a new chiller was brought in, and maintenance workers began installing the new chiller Wednesday evening. ‘Surprise’ donation to help Francis Howell schools tackle student lunch debt In a statement to FOX 2, a spokesperson for Barnes Jewish Care Healthcare wrote, “At times like these, we are grate...

Rockies bullpen crumbles in third straight game as Colorado loses 6-5 to Rays in 10 innings to drop series in Tampa Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

For the second straight night, the Rockies had the Rays right where they wanted them — until they didn’t.Tampa Bay scored two runs off Justin Lawrence in the ninth to tie the game, then Brandon Lowe singled home the winning run off Brent Suter in the 10th to lift the Rays to a 6-5 comeback victory over the Rockies.The bullpen crumbling in crunch time came a day after Colorado gave up nine runs in the eighth inning in the opening game of the series at Tropicana Field en route to a 12-4 loss.Suter took the defeat in both games, and going back to Sunday’s homestand finale against the White Sox, the bullpen’s blown three games in a row in ugly fashion. In that 10-5 defeat in LoDo, Chicago plated seven runs in the eighth to uncork a comeback.“These are tough ones,” manager Bud Black told reporters. “These will test you, for sure. Nobody wants to contribute more than bullpen guys when the game is close. They’re feeling it hard right now̷...

Bay Area native studying in Kona helps Maui fire victims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

(KRON) -- Two weeks ago, we introduced you to a San Leandro native studying in Kona. Kaleo Lee told us how he was organizing a donation drive and then heading to Maui to help distribute those items to those impacted by the fires in Lahaina. Lee and several others did just that last week, and now have returned to Kona. KRON4 spoke to him Wednesday about taking part in the relief effort. Hawaii gov. says travel outside of Maui is encouraged, but should you travel to the islands? "I feel like in any community when someone needs, needs help and needs a hand, if you have the ability to you should be there to help out. So that's what we're doing," Lee said. For three days last week, Lee was in Maui with a group of volunteers unloading, sorting and distributing a warehouse full of donations for those impacted by the fires in Lahaina."Some of the biggest things that people needed were food," Lee said. "We had a ton of food donations, snacks, a lot of spam, ramen, canned goods, bread, we h...

Lionel Messi y el Inter Miami logran una remontada milagrosa para avanzar a la final de la US Open Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

(CNN) — Lionel Messi y el Inter Miami siguen encontrando el camino de la victoria.Inter Miami derrotó al FC Cincinnati en una tanda de penales después de un empate de 3-3, con lo que completaron una milagrosa remontada en la semifinal de la US Open Cup este miércoles en el TQL Stadium de Cincinnati.FC Cincinnati abrió el marcador temprano con un gol de Luciano Acosta en el minuto 18. Al salir del medio, FC Cincinnati amplió su ventaja von el gol de Brandon Vázquez desde fuera del área en el minuto 53. Los aficionados en el estadio dieron al mejor club de la Major League Soccer (MLS) de esta temporada una gran ovación mientras los jugadores celebraban en el campo.Pero el Inter Miami comenzó su remontada.Messi es un éxito en la MLS: ¿puede crecer aún más la liga de EE.UU.?El delantero del Inter Miami Leonardo Campana encontró un tiro libre de Messi y lo cabeceó para reducir la diferencia a un gol.Con ocho minutos de descuento añadidos, el Inter Miami necesitaba un gol más para m...

Brandon Lowe has 10th-inning RBI single, Rays rally late to beat Rockies 6-5

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a game-ending single leading off the 10th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from another late deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Wednesday night.Lowe’s hit to right off Brent Suter (4-2) scored automatic runner Osleivis Basabe.“He got a pitch he could handle, smoked it down the line,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Yandy Díaz tied it at 5-all with a two-run single in the ninth off Rockies closer Justin Lawrence, who blew his sixth save in 16 chances. The AL batting leader went 2 for 4 and raised his average from .328 to .329.“Look, we’ve been fortunate that it seems like (when) we need a big hit Yandy’s either up or he’s coming up soon, and it does feel like he comes through more times than not,” Cash said. “Lawrence is really, really tough on righties … but Yandy can hit anybody.”Pete Fairbanks (2-4) pitched a perfect 10th.Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes homered for the AL wild card-leading Rays, who scored nine...

Messi converts PK, assists on 2 goals, leading Miami past MLS-best Cincinnati in US Open Cup semi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Lionel Messi had two assists and converted a penalty kick as Inter Miami rallied from a two-goal deficit and beat MLS-leading Cincinnati 5-4 in penalties in a U.S. Open Cup semifinal on Wednesday night. Cincinnati jumped to a 2-0 lead before Messi set up a pair of goals by Leonardo Campana, tying the game at 2. Miami moved ahead when Josef Martínez scored three minutes into the first extra period, but Cincinnati tied the game at 3 when Yuya Kubo scored in the 114th minute, forcing penalty kicks.Messi made Miami’s first attempt in the shootout, and both teams were perfect through four rounds. Herons goalkeeper Drake Callender saved Nick Hagglund’s kick in the fifth round, and Benjamin Cremaschi made his PK to send Miami to another tournament final.Miami advanced to face the winner of Wednesday’s late semifinal between Houston and Salt Lake in the final in Sept. 27.Messi was held scoreless for the first time since joining Inter Miami in late July. His first assist of...

Anthony Santander hits 2 homers to back Dean Kremer as the Orioles beat the Blue Jays 7-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer throws to the Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer throws to the Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander homered twice, Dean Kremer threw six innings of five-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Wednesday night.The Orioles extended their streak of series without being swept to 80 and maintained their two-game lead in the AL East over Tampa Bay. Toron...

USA Gymnastics wants to build a centralized training center for all disciplines by the 2028 Olympics

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:23 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — USA Gymnastics is looking to centralize its national training programs before the 2028 Olympics.President Li Li Leung said Wednesday over a dozen cities have responded to the organization’s request for an “expression of interest” in taking on the project, which would serve as the training and wellness headquarters for the organization’s various disciplines.The national camps for the programs are currently scattered across the country. The women’s artistic gymnastics national team trains in Texas. The men train in Colorado. The rhythmic gymnastics team meets in New York and the trampoline and tumbling programs split their camps between Utah and New Jersey.“The vision of this facility is that it is going to be the heart hub of gymnastics in America,” Leung said. “So it’s going to be where the national teams will train. It’s going to be where athletes of all ages and levels will be able to see their role models train. They will be able to...