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Ottawa girl, 12, becomes youngest university graduate in Canadian history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

OTTAWA — Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis has become the youngest person in Canadian history to graduate from university.The 12-year-old accepted her University of Ottawa diploma for a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science at a convocation ceremony Saturday evening.Patricia Dennis started her university studies when she was nine years old.She completed a 40-page thesis about the relationship between the brain and the hand for right-handed versus left-handed people.Her mother Johanna Dennis said she knew her daughter was special when she was about two-and-a-half years old.The not-yet-teenager is looking to attend postgraduate school next.She told The Canadian Press in an interview that she’s excited to get her own lab and work with others on her research about the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for co-ordinating balance and movement. “I can now call myself a researcher,” she said. “I feel like the master of the cerebellum.”This report...

Trump pledges to endorse Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Saturday night in North Carolina that he would endorse Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson for governor in a move many delegates expect will cement Robinson’s place as the front-runner in a competitive GOP primary and propel him to the governor’s office.Trump threw his support behind the similarly sharp-spoken Robinson at the state GOP convention in Greensboro during one of his first public appearances since he was hit this week with a historic indictment — the first federal case against a former president. Trump said he would save his formal endorsement for another time but told Robinson from the stage, “You can count on it, Mark.” He referred to Robinson as “one of the great stars of the party, one of the great stars in politics.”The former president, meanwhile, faces 37 felony counts for improperly storing in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, enlisting aides to help him hide r...

"Most importantly, he loved Amelia:" Cook County ME ID's teen couple killed in car crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Hoffman Estates police believe alcohol may be involved in a crash Saturday morning that left two teens dead.The three-car crash was reported just before 9 a.m. near Higgins Road and Barrington Road. Huntley police: Man fired shots at officers, one officer fired round The driver of one of the cars involved, an 18-year-old woman, and their passenger, an 18-year-old man, were killed, according to a news release from the Hoffman Estates Police Department.According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the 18-year-old woman has been identified as Amelia Mazeikis, and the 18-year-old man has been identified as D'Shaun "DJ" Tudela.According to family, the two were in a 3-year relationship and had just graduated from Schaumburg High School in May."He was such an amazing, amazing person," said Khailani Davila-Tudela, DJ's cousin. "He loved to bake. He loved to play with his brothers. He has a dog and he loved her to pieces. But most importantly, he loved Ame...

AMBER Alert for 2 children abducted in Dilley discontinued

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

DILLEY, Texas (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety discontinued an Amber Alert for two children who were abducted out of Dilley shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday.According to the Dilley Police Department, a 6 year old and 8 year old were previously missing.DPD were previously looking for Cassandra Alvarez, 27, who was considered a suspect in the abduction.It was not immediately clear if Alvarez was still considered a suspect after the abduction was discontinued.There were not other updates on the incident Saturday.

Storms fade as attention turns to long lasting heat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Isolated storms in Milam County continue to bring a wind and hail threat. The most widespread storms will miss the KXAN viewing area and impact areas mainly between Waco and Dallas, but isolated strong or severe storms will be possible this evening for us too. We'll keep rain chances at 10% rain chances through 1 a.m., focused on northern areas only.Another low storm chance exists for Sunday and Monday, which will generally be hot and dry days that start with low clouds and end with mostly sunny skies. Rain chances on those days also favor northern areas.A ridge of high pressure will build further over the region next week, leading to dangerous levels of heat and humidity, and even several daily record high temperatures.Highs next 7 daysOur best chance for record breaking highs will be Thursday and Friday. Hydrate up! "The future is smoky": Northeast U.S. air quality problems linked to climate change INVESTIGATION: LCRA didn't plan for climate change until KXAN...

Demand for energy expected to peak as hot temperatures continue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Energy experts say the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) forecasts peak demand for energy to hit in less than a week if this latest heat wave continues.Doug Lewin, president of Stoic Energy Consulting and author of the Texas Energy and Power Newsletter, said on Twitter that ERCOT's current projection is that demand will reach 81.6 gigawatts on June 15 and 82.1 gigawatts on June 16.“If the forecast holds, we'll set a peak demand record. So, that's a little alarming that the record will be broken in June. It's a record that was set last year on July 20," Lewin said.Despite reaching that same energy usage a month earlier than last year, Lewin said the power grid should be able to withstand demand in the coming days.“We have a lot more solar in the system. Thermal outages like gas, and coal and nuclear plants, they are a little higher than they should be, but nothing too alarming. It looks like a good week for wind as well. You put all those things together I...

Video captures armored truck robbed at gunpoint in Hyde Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

Video captured the moment an armored truck in Hyde Park was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Saturday. The brazen attack happened in front of a 7-Eleven store on Crenshaw Boulevard and Florence Avenue around 11:10 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Video shows the armored truck driver walking out of the 7-Eleven store and heading back to his vehicle across the parking lot. Suddenly, the suspects are seen suddenly pulling up in an SUV and stopping in front of the truck. Two masked men quickly hop out of the SUV, one armed with a rifle, as they cornered the victim.An armed robber is seen shoving his rifle against the victim's body before the man is forced onto the ground.The suspects eventually got away with an unknown amount of cash before fleeing the scene as a getaway driver awaited. The thieves were last seen driving a white, older model Lexus SUV down Florence Avenue.The armored truck driver was not injured during the ordeal...

Sex offender allegedly kidnapped girl from West Oakland RV park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

OAKLAND — Two years after being convicted of committing a lewd act upon a child, a local resident is back in jail facing charges that he kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from an RV park in West Oakland, then sexually assaulted her at his home eight miles away.Kevin Gene Harris, 39, of Oakland, was charged June 1 with one count of kidnapping to commit a sex crime, and one count of forcible rape. In addition to those felony counts, Harris is being charged with violating his parole on a 2021 child molestation conviction that required him to register as a sex offender, according to court records.The evidence against him included eyewitness identification and a DNA match, according to prosecutors.Police allege that in December 2022, Harris abducted a 15-year-old girl as she walked to a portable restroom at an RV park at 20th Street and Willow Avenue in West Oakland, near the Wood Street commons. He allegedly put her into the backseat, with child locks turned on, and drove her roughly e...

College baseball Super Regional: Stanford’s stunning collapse lets Texas steal game one

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

STANFORD – All Stanford needed was three more outs to win game one of the college baseball Super Regional against Texas.Instead, it got a jaw-dropping collapse in the top of Saturday’s ninth inning, which started with a three-run Stanford lead.First came two walks and a hit-by-pitch as closer Ryan Bruno loaded the bases. He was then yanked by coach David Esquer in favor of freshman Matt Scott.When the righthander got light-hitting nine-hole hitter Mitchell Daly to fly out to right, he got no help from his team.Right fielder Saborn Campbell muffed the running catch when center fielder Eddie Park flashed in front of him, committing the most notable of Stanford’s three errors and allowing two runs to score.A groundout drove in another, and after a couple walks loaded the bases again, Texas left fielder Porter Brown completed the comeback.He laced the ball into right field, dropping the pitch right in front of Campbell and driving in two more Texas runs.“Coach sa...

Agyemang helps Charlotte rally for 3-3 draw with Sounders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:20 GMT

CHARLOTTE N.C. (AP) — Patrick Agyemang scored his first career goal, coming off the bench to find the net in the 89th minute, to rally FC Charlotte to a 3-3 draw with the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.Cristian Roldan gave Seattle (8-6-4) the lead in the 11th minute when he took a pass from Jackson Ragen and scored his second goal of the season.Defender Jaylin Lindsey scored the equalizer for Charlotte (6-8-4) in the 17th minute. Lindsey’s first netter of the season came with assists from Karol Swiderski and Ashley Westwood. Seattle took a 2-1 lead into intermission on a goal by Raúl Ruidíaz in the 36th minute. Léo Chú notched his seventh assist this season on Ruidíaz’s third netter.Charlotte knotted the score in the 53rd minute when Westwood took a pass from Benjamin Bender and scored his first career goal.The Sounders regained the lead in the 70th minute on another goal by Ruidíaz — his fourth — with assists from João Paulo and Roldan.Stefan Frei did not make a sav...