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Halfmoon celebrates Champlain Canal's 200th anniversary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

HALFMOON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The town of Halfmoon announced they will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Champlain Canal with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event will be held on September 16 at the start of the Champlain Canal Trail Walk. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The canal, which connects the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, first opened on September 10, 1823. The ceremony will dedicate two historic markers for the Champlain Canal and the Waste Water Weir, funded by grants from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, aiming to highlight the canal's significance and impact on the community. “We are honored to receive these grants from the Pomeroy Foundation and to share our town’s rich history with the public. The Champlain Canal is a vital part of our past and present, and we are proud to celebrate its 200th anniversary with two beautiful commemorative historical markers.” said Halfmoon Town Superv...

Participants announced for 10th Annual Wing Walk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Have second thoughts about visiting Schenectady for the 10th Annual Wing Walk? If so, check out the vast array of flavors being offered by participating restaurants and you will most likely change your mind! Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! There is one wing sample per restaurant. Participants can get their maps/ballots stamped at each restaurant. Once you sample at least ten wings, you can vote your favorite by marking it on the map/ballot and dropping it at a drop-box location.The event ends at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $20 and will go on sale on Tuesday, September 12, through Proctors. Tickets can be purchased online, in person, or by phone.The participants are:20 North Broadway Tavern - The Game Time Decision WingAnnabel's Pizza Co. at Frog Alley - Pretzel Wing tossed in Honey Mustard & Pretzel SaltArmory Studios NY - Blackened "Bat" WingBackstage Pub LLC - Chipotle Mixed Berry BBQ Wing with Pork ...

Nurse's aide faces rape charges in alleged patient assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

BRIDGETON, Mo. – A nurse's aide is accused of sexually assaulting a patient at DePaul Hospital in April. Felix Mumba, 38, is facing felony rape charges. The court has set the bond at $500,000 in cash only.The Bridgeton Police Department reported that on or about April 8, 2022, Mumba sexually assaulted a woman. At the time, Mumba was employed as a certified nursing assistant at DePaul Hospital, where the victim was a patient. Study reveals potential health risks associated with household cleaning supplies Mumba denied any sexual contact with the victim, who promptly reported the incident. A DNA test from a rape kit matched Mumba to the victim.“Needless to say, a hospital should be the safest of spaces. If a medical professional does the unthinkable and sexually assaults a vulnerable person placed in their care in St. Louis County, we will hold them accountable. If anyone experiences inappropriate touch or contact from a medical professional, please report it immediately - or whene...

US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

By LOLITA C. BALDOR (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces’ chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, as criticism persists that the deadly assault could have been stopped.The interviews, ordered by Gen. Erik Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command, were triggered in part by assertions by at least one service member injured in the blast who said he was never interviewed about it and that he might have been able to stop the attackers.The interviews are meant to see if service members who were not included in the original investigation, have new or different information.The decision, according to officials, does not reopen the administration’s investigation into the deadly bombing and the withdrawal two years ago. But the additional interviews will likely be seized on by congressional critics, mostly Rep...

Disbarred Denver attorney Steve Bachar to plead guilty again after judge rejected first deal. He now faces up to 6 years in prison.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

A disbarred Denver attorney accused of defrauding an investor of $125,000 is set to plead guilty in Denver District Court on Monday — six months after a judge rejected the first plea agreement reached in the case on the grounds it was too lenient.Steve Bachar, 57, on Wednesday asked to plead guilty to a single count of felony theft in a deal with prosecutors in which the two other felony counts against him — securities fraud and a more serious theft charge — would be dismissed, according to a series of court filings.Bachar could be sentenced to as much as six years in prison under the terms of the new agreement — a change from the last plea deal, which Denver District Court Judge Eric Johnson rejected because it would have allowed Bachar to avoid prison time and have the felony wiped from his record if he’d met certain conditions.Bachar pleaded guilty under the first plea agreement in November, but then withdrew his plea when Johnson threw out the agree...

EU lets Ukrainian grain ban expire even as countries threaten to pass their own

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Friday decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food heading to nearby countries that have complained that an influx of agricultural products from the war-torn nation has hurt their farmers.The move sets up a clash with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, which have said that food coming from Ukraine has become stuck within their borders, creating a glut that has driven down prices for local farmers and hurt their livelihoods. The issue threatens European unity on supporting Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reacted by saying that his government will extend its own the ban on Ukrainian grain, regardless of any lack of consent from the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm. Officials said the measure would be published Friday.“We will do that because it is in the interest of Polish farmers,” Morawiecki said during a campaign rally ahead of Oct. 15 parliamentary e...

Pipe-wielding Tesla driver sentenced in road rage attacks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

A man convicted of attacking other motorists with a metal pole last year and earlier this year was sentenced to five years in prison this week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.Nathanial Walter Radimak, 36, was identified as the attacker in incidents in 2022 in Glendale and Atwater Village and in January on the 2 Freeway in Northeast L.A. and in Pasadena.Before this most recent spree, Radimak had faced charges in a 2020 road rage case in Hollywood during which police reportedly found steroids and more than $30,000 in cash in his car.The suspect was seen getting out of a Tesla SUV and attacking a victim with a large pipe on a SoCal freeway. (DroneZone_LA)The DA's Office said these attacks, in which he would exit his Tesla in the roadway and attack other vehicles with a metal pole, were not the only time Radimak has faced charges. Prosecutor: Tesla road rage driver targeted at least 6 motorists, was selling steroids Radimak has been terrorizing drivers for year...

Disneyland expansion moves a step closer to reality

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

Disneyland’s long-term plan to expand the Anaheim resort has made a significant move from concept to reality after the city of Anaheim released a key report on how the proposed expansion would impact the environment.On Thursday, the city of Anaheim released a 17,000-page environmental impact report for Disney’s proposed expansion plan, known as Disneyland Forward.The report states that the expansion would significantly impact air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and noise, but have minimal impact on transportation and neighborhood aesthetics. Disneyland pitches theme park expansion plans to Anaheim neighbors Greenhouse gas emissions were considered to have a significant impact on the environment partly because the factor wasn’t studied in the 1990s, when the last master plan for the resort was approved, the report stated.The report also looked at the project’s impact on energy, water conservation, waste reduction and sustainability efforts, but many of those conservation measures...

San Jose State Spartans look to keep rolling at Toledo before kicking off Mountain West play

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

SAN JOSE – Waiting for San Jose State on Saturday at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio, is a program that has won 15 conference titles, played in 20 bowl games and has been a mid-major powerhouse for almost a century.San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan envisions similar success at SJSU.“In my memory (Toledo) has always been good and that’s something that speaks to the tradition and history of the program,” Brennan said.Brennan, 50, is in his seventh season as the head coach at SJSU. He’s guided the Spartans to two bowl games and won the Mountain West championship in 2020. His success has, not surprisingly, led to interest from other schools: In 2020, he was reportedly a finalist at Arizona, and was a candidate for the Stanford job last winter.But Brennan is still here, and he’s indicated he’d like to keep it that way. Toledo is a pretty good blueprint for what can be done at a mid-major program.“That kind of that high-level sustainability, that kind of consistency...

Kurtenbach: Are Farhan Zaidi and Gabe Kapler a packaged deal for the SF Giants?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:10:50 GMT

Gabe Kapler and Farhan Zaidi will return for their respective contracts’ final seasons in 2024.In comments to the San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, Giants owner Greg Johnson made it official — again.But what about after next year?With this Giants’ season proving to be a Rorschach test for fans and media alike, it’s fair to wonder if this organization’s long-term future involves both men.Moreover, it left me wondering if Zaidi — who hired Kapler in 2018 without serious looks at other managerial candidates — sees the manager and himself as a packaged deal.“I think with any GM, when you hire a manager, there’s some joint responsibility there. I don’t know whether the two of us view ourselves as a package deal — whether it’s in baseball or socially or anything like that — but there’s joint responsibility,” Zaidi told me and Adam Copeland Thursday afternoon on KNBR. “There’s an aspiration for us to be better, certain...