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New York returns ‘extraordinarily rare’ gold coin to Greece — after it set auction record for $3.5 million

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

(CNN) — New York officials have returned more than $20 million worth of ancient artifacts to Greece, including an “extraordinarily rare” gold coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar which set auction records in 2020 as the most expensive coin ever sold.The repatriation ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Greek Consulate in New York City and included 29 Hellenic antiquities dating back as early as 5,000 BCE, according to a news release from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. All of the antiquities were seized in connection with trafficking and smuggling investigations; New York Homeland Security Investigations special agent Ivan J. Arvelo said in a statement that Grecian artifacts are “especially susceptible” to trafficking because ancient Greece has “long (been) acknowledged as the cradle of Western Civilization.”Among the repatriated items is the “Eid Mar Coin,” which ...

Man detained after loaded gun found in car following collision

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A man was detained following a Logan Heights car crash Saturday after police say they discovered a loaded handgun in a vehicle.Around 10 a.m., the man was driving southbound on Ocean View Boulevard when the driver crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with two parked cars, police said. The man was not injured in the crash.Responding officers to the crash said they found the loaded handgun in the vehicle's glove compartment, prompting law enforcement to detain the man, police said.The driver has not been identified by authorities and it is not clear what charges the man might be facing.However, SDPD said the driver did not have a concealed carry permit. Under California state law, it is also illegal to be in possession of a loaded gun inside a vehicle.The investigation into the events leading up to the collision is ongoing.

Roads closed for hours after accident with toxic materials

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Roads in East County were closed for several hours Saturday after crews responded to a traffic accident involving toxic materials, according to Heartland Fire.Crews shut down the surrounding area at the Claydelle Avenue and Lexington Avenue intersection, after a car collided with a pool maintenance truck. Authorities said that the collision led to a chemical spill. The roads were closed by responders for clean-up. Video shows violent road rage incident in downtown San Diego Residents in El Cajon were asked to avoid the intersection during the clean-up efforts before roads were reopened shortly before 3:20 p.m., according to police.It is unclear if there were any injuries, although early reports indicate that at least one person was taken to a nearby hospital.Authorities have not released information yet on what led up to the crash that resulted in the chemical spill.FOX 5 has reached out to Heartland Fire and El Cajon Police for more details on the incident.

Biden’s Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Rejon Taylor hoped the election of Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to campaign on a pledge to end the death penalty, would mean a more sympathetic look at his claims that racial bias and other trial errors landed him on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana.But two years on, Justice Department attorneys under Biden are fighting the Black man’s efforts to reverse his 2008 death sentence for killing a white restaurateur as hard as they did under Donald Trump, who oversaw 13 executions in his presidency’s final months.“Every legal means they have available they’re using to fight us,” said the 38-year-old’s lawyer, Kelley Henry. “It’s business as usual.”Death penalty opponents expected Biden to act within weeks of taking office to fulfill his 2020 campaign promise to end capital punishment on the federal level and to work at ending it in states that still carry out executions. Instead, Biden has taken no steps toward fulfilling that promise. But ...

Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

Ukraine’s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.One Ukrainian official said that Russia “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.”But Moscow said it was making the move in response to the West’s increasing military support for Ukraine. Putin announced the plan in a television interview that aired on Saturday, saying it was triggered by a U.K. decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.Putin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of the United States. He noted that Washington has nuclear weapons based in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.“We are doing what they have been doing for decades, stationing them in certain allied countries, preparing the launc...

Two-time organ recipient designs Green Shirt Day logo five years after bus crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

Brandy Hehn was a regular in the kidney dialysis unit at the Regina General Hospital when the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened five years ago.Sixteen people died and 13 were injured after a transport truck went through a stop sign and into the path of a bus carrying the Saskatchewan junior hockey team on April 6, 2018.Hehn, now 39, remembers a nurse walking into the room where she was getting a dialysis treatment a couple days later and commenting on the crash.“She said, ‘Did you know one of the boys was an organ donor?'” Hehn recalled in an interview from Regina.“I said, ‘No, I had no idea.'”Hehn was not on a recipient list at that time, but she said everyone in the room looked around and wondered if anyone they knew got their long-awaited kidney transplant.Logan Boulet, 21, had signed up to be an organ donor on his birthday — five weeks before the bus crash.Six people across Canada benefited from Boulet’s organs and the Logan Bou...

For one tech company, Indigenous values are central to hiring, projects and strategy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

TORONTO — One word you don’t expect to hear at the boardroom table is “love.” But at Indigenous-owned tech company Animikii, you can find it everywhere — including in company decisions about hiring, remote work and flexibility. The company says centring love in its decisions — from accepting clients to partnering with investors to supporting employees during a global pandemic — is key to its success, now and for generations to come. Animikii uses as a guide the Anishinaabe Seven Grandfather Teachings, which include love, truth and respect. These values help inform the company’s day-to-day decisions but also its longer-term goals, like bringing more Indigenous people into the technology sector, and using technology to support Indigenous economic development. “Some people call it decolonizing. Others may call it centring Indigenous wisdom and values,” said Animikii CEO Jeff Ward, who is Ojibwe and Métis and lives in Victoria on Lekwungen territory.“We know that...

Search on for 4 people missing in deadly chocolate factory explosion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

WEST READING, Pa. (WHTM) -- An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday killed three people and left four people missing, authorities said. One person was pulled alive from the rubble overnight.Rescue crews using dogs and imaging equipment continued to search through the rubble Saturday — hours after the blast that erupted just before 5 p.m. Friday at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in the borough of West Reading, about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia.West Reading Borough Chief of Police Wayne Holben said the death toll rose on Saturday with the discovery of a third body at the site. The Berks County Medical Examiner and Coroner on Saturday night also confirmed three fatalities. Officials: 2 dead, 5 missing in chocolate factory explosion Borough Fire Chief Chad Moyer said four people remained missing as emergency personnel continue searching for victims and state and local fire investigators examine the scene to determine a cause.“Due to the violence of the explosio...

Satellite images show 5,000-mile seaweed belt creeping closer to US

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Over the next few months, a massive belt of seaweed is projected to make its way closer to Florida and the Caribbean, and pile up in mounds as it washes ashore. It's not just an eyesore — the seaweed, called sargassum, smells terrible as it rots, and can cause breathing issues for some.The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. It's not a new occurrence, but satellite images captured in February showed an earlier start than usual for such a large accumulation in the open ocean. Massive seaweed belt still on track to hit US: When will it arrive? More images taken in March (below) show the bulk of the mass is still out in the Atlantic Ocean, but traces can be seen coming up into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Satellite images show the sargassum belt in March 2023. (Courtesy USF/NOAA)Satellite images show the sargassum belt in March 2023. (Courtesy USF/NOAA)Some sargassum has already started washing up in Florida, t...

Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years. Blame fentanyl.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:10 GMT

(The Hill) – Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students.  The main reason is fentanyl. Teens consume the powerful opioid unwittingly, packaged in counterfeit pills tailored to resemble less potent prescription medications. Drug traffickers lace pills with fentanyl to boost the black-market high. Dangerously addictive, fentanyl can be lethal, especially to children experimenting with drugs.  “Fentanyl, it’s just a different beast,” said Dr. Hoover Adger Jr., professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “And it’s so deadly. You have a milligram of fentanyl being equivalent to 50 milligrams of heroin, being equivalent to 100 milligrams of morphine. And right now, fentanyl is creeping into everything.” Deaths from drug and alcohol rose from 788 in 2018 to 1755 in 2021 among children ages 15 to 19, according to data from the Centers for Disease...