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Police recover illegal handguns during search warrant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On Tuesday morning, Albany police detectives executed a search warrant at 161 Lark Street. Detectives located a loaded 9mm handgun and a loaded .38 caliber revolver. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police say the revolver was reported stolen in Troy in September 2022. Detectives also found materials commonly used for distributing illicit narcotics inside the home.Kahlim Smalls, 34, and Jessica LaClair, 34, were taken into custody. Smalls was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree. Smalls was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court and remanded to the Albany County Jail. Police: Male arrested for leaving 3-year-old unattended in Berne LaClair was charged with ...

End of NY session: liquor store hours extended, no wine in grocery stores

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Major changes to New York’s wine and spirits industry were proposed this legislative session, but the big package of bills wasn’t passed by lawmakers in its totality. Some industry insiders are relieved not all parts of the omnibus bill went through last week, while others believe it's time for a new approach to the adult beverage business. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “We’re caught in this mindset that, somehow, the alcohol beverage and control law is New York State is sacrosanct, and it’s not," said Paul Zuber, Executive Vice President of the Business Council of New York State," it was written in 1930-ish right after prohibition. Society has changed."Zuber thinks it’s time to revamp some state liquor laws he considers to be “antiquated.” He pointed to some recent progress, like the law changed several years ago allowing New Yorkers to be served drinks before noon at Sunday brunch.This session, ...

Survey: Are streets safe for Glens Falls students?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Glens Falls's middle and high schools have a traffic problem. the city school district is looking to make things safer at streets and crossings connecting the Quade Street school campus to the student body - which almost entirely makes its way to school by foot. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! A QR code leading to a survey regarding traffic issues around Glens Falls Middle School and High School.This week, the district has put out a survey to get a better handle on the traffic safety topic. Created in collaboration with the city of Glens Falls and the Adirondack/Glens Falls Transportation Council, the survey asks residents who bring their middle and high school-aged kids to school to share the state of traffic safety as they see it. The survey includes an interactive map, letting users identify the exact place where traffic has been seen as hazardous.Like many city schools, Glens Falls' middle/h...

Corliss Park shooting suspect sentenced to 15 years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Hector Rodriguez, 35, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision. In late May, Rodriguez pled guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The charges stem from a shooting in Corliss Park that hospitalized three individuals. At the time of the incident, police believed Rodriguez was the lone gunman involved and that the shooting was not a random act of violence. The three victims were an adult male, a teenage male, and an adult woman.

Teen hired by SpaceX after graduating from Santa Clara University

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Kairan Quazi, 14, just made history as Santa Clara University's youngest-ever graduate. The Bay Area's wonder kid earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering, and completed graduate-level courses in machine learning, a branch of Artificial Intelligence. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! So what's next for Quazi? "Next stop...SpaceX!!! I accepted a position as Software Engineer at one of the coolest companies on the planet! Thank you everyone for continuing to follow my crazy journey!" Quazi wrote in a post to his Instagram page, which included screenshots of his SpaceX job offer.This summer, he will be moving with his biggest supporter, his mother Julia, from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington to join SpaceX’s Starlink team, according to The Mercury News. SpaceX was "one of the rare companies that did not use my age as an arbitrary and outdated proxy for maturity and ab...

Man died holding apartment door closed as sister fled shooter, police say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Investigators have released new information on Monday's double shooting at a St. Charles apartment.According to Lt. Thomas Wilkison, the shooting happened just before 11 p.m. in the 2100 block of Clock Tower Square.Officers found two victims, a 20-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, inside one apartment. The man had been shot several times in the torso. The woman suffered a gunshot wound to her right leg. Violent twist follows parents’ intervention on daughter’s Snapchat sessions Both victims, who are siblings, were taken to a local hospital. The woman’s injuries were not life-threatening. However, her brother, identified as Fithawi Gebremedhin, could not be saved.The woman told police she'd arrived at her apartment building, saw a man with a gun, and ran for her unit when the armed man began shooting. Gebremedhin closed the door behind her and held it shut as the gunman fired several additional rounds.The gunman ran from the scene.A 21-year-old person of inte...

Giants rally for extra-innings win over Cards, complete 3-game sweep

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

ST. LOUIS — Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and Thairo Estrada had the go-ahead single in 10th, and the San Francisco Giants rallied to complete a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with an 8-5 victory on Wednesday.Yastrzemski’s shot, which came on a 2-2 count with two outs in the ninth inning off Cardinals closer Giovanny Gallegos, made it 5-5. The Cardinals extended their skid to five games and fell to a season-worst 15 games under .500. It was the third blown save of the season for Gallegos.The late offensive spark lifted the Giants' winning streak to four games. Violent twist follows parents’ intervention on daughter’s Snapchat sessions Estrada’s single scored Yastrzemski, who was the automatic runner at second base. Wilmer Flores and LaMonte Wade Jr. followed with RBI singles off Steven Matz (0-7).Tommy Edman’s second career grand slam gave the Cardinals a 4-2 lead in the second inning and Jordan Walker added an RBI single in the t...

Johnny Miller honored by USGA on 50th anniversary of winning US Open with final-round 63

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

By BERNIE WILSON (AP Sports Writer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Miller was back behind a microphone on Wednesday and the subject was himself.Specifically, the 1973 U.S. Open championship that he clinched with a final-round 63 at Oakmont that remains one of the greatest rounds in major championship history.Miller was honored with the 2023 Bob Jones Award, the USGA’s highest honor given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. The award coincides with the 50th anniversary of Miller’s memorable round, which he began six shots off the lead and trailing 11 players, including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Lee Trevino.Miller can still spin a yarn some four years after retiring following a 30-year run as NBC’s unfiltered lead analyst.“The secret of a 63 is the fact that I shot it on Sunday and it was enough to win the U.S. Open. There will be guys that will shoot 61 or 62, but can they do it on Sunday to win?” Miller said at the...

Active-duty Marine arrested on federal charges for allegedly firebombing O.C. Planned Parenthood

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

An active-duty U.S. Marine and another man have been arrested on federal charges alleging they firebombed an Orange County Planned Parenthood clinic last year.Chance Brannon, 23, of San Juan Capistrano who is stationed at Camp Pendleton, and Tibet Ergul, 21, of Irvine, were taken into custody Wednesday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.They are charged with using an explosive or fire to damage property affecting interstate commerce, officials said.A criminal complaint alleges that Ergul and Brannon attacked the clinic during the early morning hours of March 13, 2022, by lighting and throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Costa Mesa clinic, officials said.The office was forced to close the next morning and canceled about 30 appointments.Videos described in the affidavit allegedly show the two men wearing hoodies and face masks approaching the facility around 1 a.m., lighting the device and throwing it at the front door of the building.“The device landed against a southern wall...

Antisemitic flyers again found across Southern California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:35:39 GMT

Southern California officials are again warning the public about antisemitic flyers and posters that have been placed in public areas and on doorsteps in several cities.Earlier this week, several plastic bags containing leaflets with antisemitic messages were left on driveways of homes throughout the city of Redlands in San Bernardino County. One resident apparently told the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) that it was the second times they've experienced something like that in the last several years.The San Bernardino Police Department is investigating the leaflets, and CAIR released a statement in which it loudly condemned the hateful media and called on anyone with information to come forward.“We are extremely alarmed by this disturbing show of antisemitism. Hate has no place in our society, much less in our neighborhoods and homes, where people should feel safe, respected, and free from discrimination," said CAIR-LA Executive...