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San Jose: Man accused of ‘swatting’ ex with school violence threats

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a series of school bombing threats and assorted fake emergency calls in the South Bay to seemingly harass his ex-girlfriend, authorities say.Efren Loredo, 49, of San Jose, was arrested Monday in connection with the alleged hoax scheme, which led to large police responses at the victim’s home and multiple city schools, including Yerba Buena High School and unspecified San Jose Unified School District campuses, according to San Jose police.Police say that between Sept. 1 and Sept. 11, Loredo fixated a string of 911 calls on his ex-girlfriend’s San Jose home, where she lives with her husband. One of the first calls linked to him, made Sept. 1, involved a “call of a person making threats towards the school” at Yerba Buena High, police said in a Thursday news release.The woman’s home was also the target of a Sept. 4 emergency call, from someone purporting to live there, reporting that he “...

DNA identified this World War II soldier. Finally, almost 80 years later, he receives a proper burial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

A bitter cold enveloped him. He wore wool clothing, but even that hardly withstood the harsh conditions.Roy Searle, only 22 at the time, was huddled in that cold German winter on Dec. 9, 1944, when he died, wounded by shrapnel, during World War II. He was one of the more than 400,000 United States soldiers killed, and until last year, his body had never been recovered.On Wednesday morning, almost one year after he was identified, Searle was given a proper burial and service at South Florida National Cemetery, west of Lake Worth Beach.Betty Rhodes, 77, of Boynton Beach, Searle’s first cousin once removed, received a visit from the military last year, revealing Searle’s remains had been found and identified.“They brought all of the forensic studies that were done. They explained everything to me and how he was buried initially in a cemetery in Germany, transferred to the American cemetery in Normandy, and then in 2021, his body was exhumed and sent to the U.S. for testing,” she said. ...

Family mourns slain Pleasanton mother Rachel Buckner

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner was a "beautiful and radiant light," her grieving family wrote in the wake of her violent death. The 27-year-old Pleasanton woman was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, dismembered, and dumped along Bay Farm Island's shoreline in Alameda in July, according to the Alameda Police Chief. Buckner is survived by her daughter. "Rachel -- referred to affectionately by close family and friends as Imani -- was tragically taken from this Earth. To anyone that got to know and be around Imani, she was a beautiful and radiant light. She had an infectious spirit that you could not help but smile when around," the victim's mother wrote on a GoFundMe page created to cover funeral expenses and support Buckner's young daughter.Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner (Image courtesy GoFundMe) Buckner graduated from Howard University for undergraduate studies and earned a juris doctorate at Golden Gate University, her family said."Imani was an accomplis...

Police: Man who threatened San Jose school as hoax arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who allegedly threatened to blow up a San Jose high school was identified and arrested by police this week. Efren Loredo, 49, of San Jose, made threats against multiple targets, including Yerba Buena High School, between September 1-11, according to police. Loredo claimed that he planned to "blow up the campuses" on September 1, San Jose Police Department spokesperson Stacie Shih wrote. While students sheltered inside locked classrooms, officers searched Yerba Buena High School's campus. Police did not find any dangerous devices. Police officers also responded to multiple calls for suspicious circumstances at various locations throughout the city involving bomb threats and swatting calls. "A swatting call is when a hoax call is made regarding a serious crime to draw a large response from law enforcement," Shih explained. On September 11, SJPD officers went to a home where Loredo's ex-girlfriend lives in San Jose. The address was linked to an online message that state...

Man shot in his car by unknown suspect in Sunnyvale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

(KRON) -- A man remains in critical condition after he was shot in his car by an unknown suspect Tuesday night, according to the Sunnyvale Police Department. Around 10:39 p.m., officers responded to the report of gunshots and a collision in the area of Hawthorn and Arbutus avenues. A man was found with one gunshot wound and was treated at the scene, police said. Family mourns slain Pleasanton mother Rachel Buckner He was taken via ambulance to a local hospital where he is currently listed in critical condition.The preliminary investigation revealed a car with an unknown suspect approached the victim, who was inside his car, and fired two shots. One of the shots struck the man and the suspect drove off shortly after, SPD said. This investigation remains open and active. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective N. Kakis at 408-730-7110.

Pope’s Ukraine peace envoy raises stalled Black Sea grain exports in Beijing talks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy discussed the need to resume Ukraine grain exports to feed the world’s hungry during a meeting Thursday with a Chinese official while on a mission to Beijing, the Vatican said.Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with Li Hui, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, at the Chinese foreign ministry. According to a Vatican statement, the meeting focused on the war, “emphasizing the need to join efforts to foster dialogue and find paths leading to peace.”Food security and Ukraine’s stalled grain exports were discussed “with the hope that it will soon be possible to guarantee the export of cereals, especially to the countries most at risk,” the statement said.Last month, Russia halted a U.N.-brokered agreement to guarantee safe exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea after Russia’s invasion impeded shipments at a time of growing world hunger. Russia said it was suspending the deal until its demands to get ...

Charges in St. Louis more than doubled after embattled St. Louis prosecutor resigned

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Criminal prosecutions have more than doubled in St. Louis since the city’s progressive prosecutor resigned under fire, a newspaper analysis found. The St. Lois Post-Dispatch found that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed more than 1,400 case over the three-period that started with his May 31 swearing-in. That compares to 620 cases filed over the same period when Kim Gardner led the office.Gardner, a Democrat, was elected in 2016 to become the city’s first Black circuit attorney. She was part of a movement of prosecutors who sought diversion to mental health or drug abuse treatment for low-level crimes, pledged to hold police more accountable, and proactively sought to free inmates who were wrongfully convicted.But she announced in May that she would resign as she faced an ouster effort by Missouri’s attorney general and scrutiny from Republican state lawmakers. Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson picked Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney, to replac...

No. 2 Michigan hosts Bowling Green, playing without suspended Jim Harbaugh one more time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

Bowling Green (1-1) at No. 2 Michigan (2-0), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network)Line: Michigan by 40 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Michigan leads 2-0.WHAT’S AT STAKE?The Wolverines want to win and stay healthy, staying on pace to contend for Big Ten and national championships. The Falcons have a chance to show their largest audience who they are under coach Scot Loeffler, who is in his fifth season and coming off the school’s first bowl game since 2015.KEY MATCHUPMichigan’s passing game against Bowling Green’s overmatched defense. J.J. McCarthy leads college football, connecting on 87.3% of his passes. Bowling Green is giving up nearly 200 yards passing and two touchdowns through the air per game.PLAYERS TO WATCHBowling Green: QB Connor Bazelak. The fifth-year player, who spent his first three years at Missouri, started for Indiana against Michigan last year. He completed 25 of 49 passes for 203 yards with one touchdown and one intercepti...

Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearms charges in a long-running probe weeks after a plea deal fell apart

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearms charges in a long-running probe weeks after a plea deal fell apart.Source

Warren Buffett’s company trims its investment in printer maker HP by selling 5.5 million shares

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:19 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company sold off 5.5 million of its HP Inc. shares this week, trimming a stake that it established just last year, but even after the sales, Berkshire Hathaway still owns nearly 12% of the printer and computer maker’s stock.HP stock dropped nearly 2% to sell for $27.80 Thursday in the first trading session after the stock sales were disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Many investors follow Buffett’s moves closely because of his remarkably successful track record over the years.Even after this week’s sales, Berkshire still holds more than 115 million HP shares. But it likely won’t be clear for some time whether Buffett is just trimming the position or whether he has soured on the stock. The billionaire investor never comments on these transactions that he’s only required to disclose because Berkshire owns such a big chunk of the company.The HP investment raised some eyebrows last spr...