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EU data authority launches probe into Frontex migrant interview breaches

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency is collecting information from migrants that could end up identifying vulnerable people seeking sanctuary from persecution in their homelands, according to a report by the EU’s data protection watchdog.The European Data Protection Supervisor, or EDPS, also announced that it is launching an investigation into whether Frontex gathered information that it is not entitled to collect and illegally provided those details about migrants to the EU’s police agency Europol.Frontex said Thursday that it conducts “debriefing interviews” with migrants entering Europe without authorization “on a voluntary and anonymous basis.” It said the interviews aim to collect information about migratory routes and cross-border crime and help to plan its operations.But in a report submitted to Frontex last week, the EDPS said that some debriefings reveal “a combination of distinguishing features about that individual and their journey that wou...

Senegal opposition leader Sonko convicted of corrupting youth, acquitted of rape

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her.The court sentenced Sonko to two years in prison. He did not attend his trial in the capital, Dakar, and was judged in absentia. His lawyer said a warrant had not been issued yet for the politician’s arrest. “With this verdict, the authorities want to prevent him from standing in the next presidential election,” lawyer Cire Cledor Ly said. Sonko placed third in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election, and he and his supporters maintain his legal troubles are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. Sonko is considered President Macky Sall’s main competition. Under Senegalese law, the conviction would bar Sonko from running in next year’s election, said Bamba Cisse, another defense lawyer.“The conviction for corruptio...

PSG coach confirms Lionel Messi’s departure from French league club

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season after two years at the club, coach Christophe Galtier said Thursday.Galter said ahead of PSG’s game against Clermont on Saturday that it would be Messi’s last match at the Parc des Princes.“I had the privilege of coaching the best player in the history of soccer,” Galtier said. “This will be his last match at the Parc des Princes, and I hope that he will receive the warmest of welcomes.”___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsThe Associated Press

4-year-old girl accidentally shot, killed by another child inside home in River Grove

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

RIVER GROVE, Ill. — An investigation is underway after a 4-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by another child inside a home in River Grove.Officers responded around 10 a.m. Wednesday to a residence in the 2400 block of West Street. Upon arrival, police discovered that a child was accidentally shot by another child who lives in the same household.The child later died, according to police. The medical examiner has identified her as 4-year-old Camila Arianaduart. Officer injured in Blue Island shooting; investigation underway According to police, the father of the child told authorities he was outside when he was alerted of the accidental shooting and immediately called 911.Police said the father is a FOID cardholder and admitted to being the owner of the gun, which he claimed to store on a high shelf in a closet.The father is cooperating with investigators, police said.

US tries to force company to issue recall of air bag inflators after deaths, injuries

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is stepping up its quest to force ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond.NHTSA argues that the recall is justified because two people have been killed in the United States and Canada and at least seven others have been injured by ARC’s inflators. The explosions, which first occurred in 2009, have continued as recently as this year.The special order from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asks multiple questions about whether ARC expects any of its inflators to blow apart in the future, and whether it has notified customers about the risk. 2.5M vehicles with ‘urgent recalls’ unrepaired in US The agency wants ARC Automotive Inc., based in Knoxville, Tennessee, to recall the inflators, which could explode with such force as to blow apart a metal canister and expel shrapnel. But ARC is ref...

Over 100 bees attack 81-year-old Oklahoma man for hours, causing him to break hip

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) - An 81-year-old man was saved by a Good Samaritan after a bee attack left him with a broken hip. Carl Amos, of Maysville, was mowing his yard last Friday when bees started to swarm him. “I hit some of them with my hands and you just can’t kill 'em fast enough,” said Amos. The man said they were aggressive and relentless. OSU professor killed when wrong-way driver causes head-on collision during busy holiday “They were going in my hair and going in my ears and in my nose, and I thought I better keep my mouth shut because those bees will be in my mouth,” said Amos. He did everything to get rid of them.  “I crunched ‘em and then they didn’t come out, so I blew and then some of them came out and then I stuck my finger in my nose and pulled them out," he said. At one point he started to run, but he fell and injured his leg. “I fell to the ground and I knew I had broken my leg because I heard it pop, so I thought this is not good,” said Amos, who had actually...

Del Valle Day on its way to COTA this weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

DEL VALLE (KXAN) — A free festival for Del Valle residents will take place at Circuit of the Americas on Saturday afternoon.The Del Valle Community Coalition will host the inaugural Del Valle Day Community Festival from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.The festival will be full of fun family activities including rides, live music and free food. There will also be a wide variety of available community resources, a vendor market along with a Tesla job fair.According to the Del Valle Community Coalition, the city in eastern Travis County has swiftly expanded over the past decade, with a population currently around 77,000 residents. Census Bureau: Texas continues to top the charts with fastest-growing cities Despite its growth, there are still some ongoing issues that its residents face every day. This includes Del Valle’s food desert, healthcare access and environmental concerns.On Saturday, local leaders hope to bring about a sense of community to address these issues.DVCC board president Susanna Le...

Wrong-way driver dies, as does driver they hit, in crash on I-694 in Oakdale

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

Interstate 694 in Oakdale is open again after a wrong-way crash early Thursday killed two drivers and sent a juvenile to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.The driver of a Toyota Corolla was traveling south in the northbound left lane of I-694 and crashed head-on into the Pontiac Vibe traveling north at 2:24 a.m. near Stillwater Boulevard, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The Pontiac Vibe spun out and hit a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van in the northbound right lane.The Pontiac’s driver was ejected from his vehicle and died. The juvenile passenger was taken to Gillette Children’s Hospital with critical injuries.First responders extricated the Toyota’s driver and he was pronounced dead soon after, the State Patrol said.The driver of the Sprinter van was taken to Regions Hospital with minor injuries.I-694 west was closed at exit 57, which is 10th Street North in Oakdale.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Judge orders year in jail/prob...

5 things to know this Thursday, June 1

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Happy almost Friday! Per Meteorologist Jill Szwed, we're expecting a toasty start to June, with today kicking off the warmest three months of the year. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Nauman Hussain was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison on Wednesday following victim impact statements at the Schoharie County Court. Meanwhile, two teenagers were taken into police custody after incidents at Madison Park in Albany. These stories, and more, are covered in your five things to know this Thursday morning. 1. Hussain sentenced in fatal limousine crash trialNauman Hussain was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison following victim impact statements at the Schoharie County Court on Wednesday morning. He was convicted on 20 counts of both manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide on Wednesday, May 17, in the fatal limousine crash that killed 20 people in 2018.2. Two teens arrested at Madison Park ...

Becky Rothman, 'Queen of Carpet' funeral today

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:27 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The funeral for the businesswoman known on TV as 'Becky, Queen of Carpet' is Thursday. Becky Rothman died last Sunday of kidney failure. Her commercials showed her flying on a carpet over the Gateway Arch in ads for her store, Becky's Carpet and Tile. Victim in fatal St. Louis Kitchen shooting identified Visitation is from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at Berger Memorial Chapel on Olive Boulevard. A private graveside service will follow. Becky Rothman was 67 years old.