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Suspect accused of kidnapping Charlotte Sena arraigned

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The man accused of kidnapping Charlotte Sena was arraigned in Milton Town Court on kidnapping charges. Craig Ross Jr., 46, is currently held at the Saratoga County Jail. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! According to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office, Sena was found in a cabinet inside a trailer on Monday evening. The investigation ramped up after a ransom note was discovered at the Sena family home around 4:20 a.m. A fingerprint on the ransom note matched prints from a DWI in 1999. Police located a house to search in Milton, including a trailer found on the same property. Sena was located covered up in a cabinet inside the trailer.Ross initially resisted arrest and is still being questioned on whether Sena was targeted and if he is known to the family. Sena has received medical attention and is with her family.Police are still searching the property for more clues. Ross' next court date is set f...

14-year-old fends off home invader with baseball bat

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Walden man was arrested after forcibly entering an apartment and breaking property inside at a Hudson Terrace Apartment, per Hudson Police. Matthew McNamara, 31, is also accused of attacking a female victim, who was defended by her 14-year-old son with a baseball bat. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On Friday, around 10:02 p.m., Hudson Police responded to the Hudson Terrace Apartments for reports of an altercation. Upon arrival, police spoke with a female victim at the apartment with her son and a friend.Police say the victim reported someone knocked loudly on the door and forcibly entered the apartment. The victim reportedly never had seen the suspect, identified as McNamara, before that night. Suspect accused of kidnapping Charlotte Sena arraigned Police say once inside, McNamara began smashing property and attacked the victim physically. He allegedly tried to drag her outside, if it weren't for...

Florissant plans to trade a park for developer's land

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

FLORISSANT, Mo. – Some Florissant citizens are in an uproar over the city’s plan to trade 30 acres of land at Koch Park for land owned by a housing developer.The developer wants to build over 100 homes on the park land.“Florissant is wanting to put houses in a park. It’s been a park for 62 years. We do not feel that they should be able to take park property and develop it into houses. Park property that we all have paid taxes on to enjoy all these years.”Mayor Tim Lowery and other city officials say that’s just part of the story. Dispute over noose outside St. Charles County home “Well, first of all, the parkland that would be transferred is 30 acres in Koch Park, in the back of Koch Park, which is land that is really un-utilized by the city and by our citizens,” he said. “We feel like this is a great opportunity for the city to add new housing development—some that we have not seen since the early 1970s, and we’ve not had housing.”As compensation, the city would receive 43 acres ...

New report identifies student deaths linked to Colorado’s Native American boarding schools: “No child should ever die at school”

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

A new examination of the abuses children suffered at Native American boarding schools in Colorado identified at least 65 students who died more than a century ago at the state’s two most prominent schools, the grim legacy of a federal assimilation program that inflicted intergenerational trauma on Indigenous families.History Colorado on Tuesday released a 139-page report by State Archaeologist Holly Norton that pieces together local and national archival records, newspaper clippings, letters and archaeological findings to illustrate the experiences of Native children who at times were kidnapped and coerced into the schools. There, they faced neglect and unsanitary conditions, as well as horrors that included forced labor and even sexual abuse.The report, titled “Federal Indian Boarding Schools in Colorado: 1880-1920,” shows the institutions in this state carried out the same mission as the hundreds of other federal boarding schools across the country: ripping Indig...

European Union lifts sanctions on some Russian businessmen

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

The restrictions against them turned out to be unfounded, like earlier sanctions against SyriansLast week, the European Union decided to remove three Russian businessmen from the EU sanctions list: the former CEO of the online marketplace Ozon, Alexander Shulgin, the former co-owner of gas producer Nortgas, Farkhad Akhmedov, and the founder of ESN Group, Grigory Berezkin.Restrictions against them were introduced in April 2022 under the same justification, namely that they are “leading businesspersons” from economic sectors “providing a substantial source of revenue to… the Government of the Russian Federation.”Shulgin, who stepped down as Ozon CEO a few days after being targeted by personal sanctions, managed to successfully appeal the restrictions this month. The European Court of Justice ruled that the EU Council did not provide sufficient evidence that Shulgin can still be considered an influential businessman after having left Ozon.Lawyers for Akhmedov and Berezkin told the Russ...

Turkish diplomats attacked on USC campus

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

A demonstration at the University of Southern California turned to chaos Friday when violence erupted between Armenia protesters and Turkish diplomats.  The violence broke out following a conference on Turkish foreign policy at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Armenian students and community members were protesting the timing of the conference when things grew heated.  Video captured a handful of protestors chasing after the diplomats, including the Turkish Ambassador, yelling and throwing bottles at them. When one of the diplomats was backed up against the wall, fists started flying. “It’s incredibly shameful that USC Annenberg chooses to host an event like this in this time of mourning,” Sonia Meroian, a board member on the Armenian Student Association, told KTLA. “I know USC ASA only had condoned peaceful demonstrations and the peaceful actions of the students. With regard to anybody who was not a student, we don’t represent them, and we won’t...

Authorities investigating fatal RV fire in Sun Valley

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

A motorhome in Sun Valley erupted in flames Monday night, leaving one person dead and another in need of medical attention.The fire was reported around 9 p.m. in the 11800 block of West Strathern Street. Emergency crews responded to a fatal RV fire in Sun Valley on Oct. 2, 2023. (RMG News)Los Angeles police officers patrolling the area responded to the scene along with Los Angeles County firefighters. Crews doused the flames and found a body inside the motorhome, according to stringer news service OnScene.TV. Woman killed by hit-and-run driver while walking her dogs A second fire victim was transported to a hospital in unknown condition, video showed. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

L.A. city councilman accused of violating ethics laws

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee has been accused of violating government ethics laws as part of an investigation by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.Lee, who represents the 12th District, which encompasses the northwest half of the San Fernando Valley, is alleged to have accepted gifts in excess of the government set gift limit, allegedly failing to report gifts, misusing his position, and aiding and abetting another person's misuse of a city position.The other person in this instance is Mitchell Englander, a former Los Angeles City Councilmember who was sentenced to prison on federal corruption charges.The investigation revolves around multiple trips to Las Vegas when Lee was serving as Englander's chief of staff. During one of those trips in 2017, Lee allegedly accepted multiple gifts from a businessperson and a developer, most of which exceeded the allowable limit, the Ethics Commission states. That Vegas trip was a lynchpin in the case against Englander, which led ...

Phones, TVs, radios to send nationwide alert tomorrow, here's why

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, at approximately 12:20 p.m., two odd-sounding national alerts will go off on all TVs, radios and phones.Just remember: this is only a test. The messages are part of a nationwide test conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission.The point of these alerts is to test out the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency System.The alert will only last a minute on the radio, television broadcasts, cable systems, satellite radio, television providers and wireline video providers. The message will read:“This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. This is only a test. No action is required by the public." Demonstration on USC campus turns violent In an actual emergency, this system provides the president with the capability to address Americans within 10 minutes.Meanwhile, the Wireless Emergency Sy...

6LACK Releases Homicide

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:55 GMT

6LACK Releases Homicide: Groundbreaking 6LACK has released two new singles simultaneously: “Homicide” (featuring Jessie Reyes) and “Mean It.” Both are great, though we’re making “Homicide” our Track of the Week.“‘Homicide’ sees both 6LACK and singer / songwriter Jessie Reyez coming together after many years of friendship and deep admiration for one another,” reads the press release. “Here, the two artists breathe life into the complexities of intense love, infatuation, and the synergy of the two, painting a portrait of a fatal tango between two lovers. The strong, years-long bond between the two artists is almost palpable through the track, as it tastefully bridges their equally-compelling vocals together.”The song seems to have 6LACK explaining that he can’t be out there cheating on his significant other, because she will get even.“She put some sugar in my tank, come up to my job, probably key...