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Solve It 7: Crypto Contest

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

A Braintree man won a virtual sweepstakes — but when he didn’t get his prize, he contacted Solve It 7. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Conor’s computer skills have earned him a few digital dollars.  “I saw an opportunity,” Conor said. He made about 100 bucks buying and selling cryptocurrency.Then he entered a computer contest.“It was pretty much like playing a video game. You would just move your character around. The goal was to go around the map and get as many coins as you could,” Conor said. And he won — what he calculated to be about $1700 worth of crypto.“I was excited for that. That made me pretty happy that happened that I won so much,” Conor said. He filled out a form and signed an affidavit sent by the event sponsor“I made sure I got it in time,” Conor said. But a year passed, and he says he didn’t get his digital dough.“It was always an excuse week after week aft...

Ex-State Street VP charged with serial rape at knifepoint allowed to go on fishing, crabbing trip

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

The former State Street vice president charged with a series of violent, knife-point rapes of women and girls has been granted allowances to his release conditions to take part in family events next month.“Specifically, Mr. (Ivan) Cheung requests permission to stay out past his curfew on specific dates and, on one occasion, to sleep with the rest of his family at the home of his sister … along with her family,” the motion filed by his attorney Peter Parker states.A hearing scheduled the same day was continued to Oct. 3. The release condition allowances were approved and signed by pen on the motion itself.“Mr. Cheung’s family is important to him, and he is important to his family,” the motion later continues. “The very limited modifications he seeks in his bail conditions will permit him to spend quality time with his entire family before his eldest son departs for college.”Cheung, 43, faces 11 charges in Suffolk Superior Court: four counts of forcible rape of a child under 16, two c...

Child falls from apartment window in Mission Valley

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A child fell out of a window from an apartment building Wednesday in the Mission Valley neighborhood, authorities said.The fall occurred around 2:08 p.m. in the 4300 block of Russell Park Way, the San Diego Police Department told FOX 5. Motorcyclist killed in crash on Silver Strand identified Police say the child fell multiple stories, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries.An investigation is underway.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Alabama’s first execution since they were paused last November may proceed on Thursday, court says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to stop an upcoming execution in Alabama, rejecting an inmate’s argument that the state has a history of botched lethal injections. James Barber, 64, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening at a south Alabama prison, in the first execution scheduled in the state since Gov. Kay Ivey paused them in November for an internal review. Ivey ordered the review after two lethal injections were called off because of difficulties inserting IVs. Advocacy groups said a third execution, carried out after a delay because of IV problems, was botched, though the state disputes that. A divided panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Barber’s execution could proceed. The judges said the state conducted a review of execution procedures and his assertion that the “same pattern would continue to occur” was “purely speculative.”Barber was convicted in the 2001 beating death of 75-year-old Dorothy...

Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings files for divorce

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The wife of Rex Heuermann, charged in the deaths of three women whose remains were found along a Long Island beach roadway, filed for divorce Wednesday, her attorney said.Asa Ellerup filed the complaint in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Her attorney, Robert Macedonio, declined any additional comment.Meanwhile, authorities spent another day at the Massapequa Park home where the couple had lived, continuing their search of the premises.Heuermann, an architect, was charged last week with murdering the three women, and is a suspect in a fourth death, a prosecutor said.He has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody under suicide watch; an email seeking comment about the divorce filing was sent to his attorney.The bodies of Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello and Megan Waterman were discovered in a quarter-mile (0.4-kilometer) section of Ocean Parkway.They were among 10 sets of human remains found along Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2010 and 2011, an acci...

Protesters in Iraq storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad amid continuing anger over Quran burning

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire. Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr. It wasn’t clear if there were any staff inside the complex at the time.The Swedish Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The videos showed dozens of men climbing over the fence at the complex, with the sound of them trying to break down a front door. Another showed what appeared to be a small fire being set. Other footage showed men, some shirtless in the summer heat, inside what appeared to be a room at the embassy, an alarm audible in the background.Others later performed predawn prayers outside of the embassy.Iraq’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attack.“The Iraqi government has instructe...

Police searching for suspect in Mimico sexual assault

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

Toronto police are working to identify a man wanted in connection with a sexual assault in Mimico.Investigators say at some point between the evening of July 16 and the morning of July 17, a victim was approached by the suspect in a vehicle near Mimico Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West.It’s reported the victim entered the suspect’s vehicle at which point the suspect pulled out a black handgun and sexually assaulted the victim.The victim was able to leave the vehicle and fled the scene. The suspect was last seen driving eastbound on Mimico Ave.THe man is descried as white, 30 to 35 years old, approximately five foot six inches, with a large build, short spiked hair with white coloured tips and clean shaven.He was wearing a black sweater, black track pants and white shoes at the time of the incident. The vehicle is described as a older red two-door sedan with a brown-coloured passenger door and several dents, rust and peeling paint.Anyone with information that could ide...

Southern California man convicted in 2018 spa bombing that killed ex-girlfriend

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was convicted Wednesday of blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018, killing her and seriously injuring two clients.A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Stephen Beal of four felonies including use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office.Beal could face at least 30 years and up to life in prison when he’s sentenced in November.He was retried after a mistrial was declared last year when the jury deadlocked.Beal, 64, of Long Beach, was charged with killing Ildiko Krajnyak on May 15, 2018, with a homemade bomb in a cardboard box that he slipped into her Aliso Viejo spa, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Los Angeles.Krajnyak, 48, was killed in the fiery blast when she opened the box. Two clients — a mother and daughter — she had just treated were knocked off their feet.The blast destroyed the business and tore a large hunk f...

Shooting at a South Florida Walmart kills 1 and wounds another

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A shooting Wednesday afternoon at a South Florida Walmart killed one person and wounded another, authorities said, adding that several other people were injured in the commotion that followed.The shooting occurred following a quarrel between two groups at the Walmart in Florida City, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Miami, Miami-Dade police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta said. One person was arrested, and police were looking for five more suspects.Rescue workers transported two victims to a Miami trauma center, and one later died. The man who died was involved in the confrontation, while the other victim was a bystander who was shot in the foot, police said.Several others were injured during the commotion caused by the shooting, officials said. A woman who fell and hit her head was taken to a hospital. Rescue workers treated five other people for minor cuts and scrapes outside the store.David Fischer, The Associated Press

B.C. police issue Amber Alert for brother, sister after mother failed to return pair

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:28:29 GMT

KELOWNA, B.C. — An Amber Alert has been issued across all of British Columbia for an eight-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother after they failed to return from a vacation with their mother.Surrey RCMP say Aurora Bolton and Joshuah Bolton were last seen in Krafty’s Kitchen and Bar in Kelowna on June 30, and police are also looking for their mother, Verity Bolton, who is five feet two inches tall, with brown hair and eyes.Police say Verity Bolton took the children on vacation on June 28 and were supposed to return the pair to their father, who has primary custody, on July 17.The father notified police after his children did not arrive as scheduled and no one was able to make contact with any of the three people on the trip.Surrey RCMP Cpl. Vanessa Munn says police are worried about the well-being of the children because of information collected by investigators, which leads officers to be “concerned for the mental health and wellness of Verity Bolton and her ability ...