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2 more Cook’s Corner mass shooting victims ID’d as deeper picture of accused killer emerges

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

Two more people killed in a shooting rampage at a Trabuco Canyon bar were identified on Friday,  as a clearer picture emerged of the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of the gunman who authorities say critically injured his wife with a bullet to the face.Tonya Clark, 49, was killed in the mass shooting at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon. (Courtesy of OC Sheriff’s Department) Tonya Clark, 49, of Scottsdale, Arizona and Glen Sprowl Jr., 53, of Stanton were killed when retired Ventura Police Department Sgt. John Snowling marched into the Cook’s Corner biker bar just past 7 p.m. Wednesday and without word opened fire on his wife and others, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said.John Leehey, 67, was killed in the mass shooting on Weds., Aug 23, 2023 at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon. (Courtesy OC Sheriff’s Department) John Leehey, 67, an urban planner and landscape architect from Irvine, was earlier identified as one of the three killed. Six people were injured and taken to hospitals, th...

Cook’s Corner mass shooting a horrifically common display of domestic violence

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

Authorities say the shooter at Cook’s Corner, John Patrick Snowling, was taking his marital complaints, however misguided, public.If true, experts say it’s the latest in a long string of examples of how marital friction, guns and silence can combine to end in death.Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said this week that Snowling, a 59-year-old retired Ventura Police Department sergeant, was specifically targeting his soon-to-be ex-wife when he walked into the family-friendly biker bar in Trabuco Canyon on Wednesday, Aug. 23 and shot nine people, killing three.That his wife was among those who were gravely injured, not killed, and that Snowling died during a shootout with Orange County Sheriff’s deputies, not by his own hand, are only slight variations in what experts describe as a grim pattern: When domestic violence escalates to its apex and turns deadly, what was private often becomes public, and the range of victims often spreads beyond the fighting couple.It’s also not rare.In Oran...

El Segundo wins Little League World Series with walk-off HR by Louis Lappe

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

El Segundo’s Louis Lappe hits a solo walk-off home run off of Curacao’s Jay-Dlynn Wiel during the sixth inning of the Little League World Series championship game on Sunday in South Williamsport, Pa. El Segundo won, 6-5. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)El Segundo’s Louis Lappe watches his solo walk-off home run off Curacao’s Jay-Dlynn Wiel during the sixth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. California won 6-5. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)El Segundo’s Brody Brooks scores sliding past Curacao catcher Yaedon Lourens Martie on a double by Jaxon Kalish during the third inning of the Little League World Series Championship game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)Curaçao’s Nasir El-Ossais (13) celebrates as he runs to first on his grand slam home run off of El Segundo’s Max Baker during the fifth inning of the Little League World Series Champion...

Violent crowds of teens shut down Emeryville mall, 1 stabbed

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KRON) -- One juvenile was stabbed following several fights that broke out between hundreds of juveniles on Sunday at the Bay Street Mall, according to the Emeryville Police Department.KRON4 Reporter Amanda Hari was live at the scene Sunday night. Watch her report in the video player above. Timeline4:30 p.m.A business at the Bay Street Mall called Emeryville police in regards to a group of around 50 juveniles causing a “disturbance” inside the store. Officers arrived at the business and escorted the juveniles outside, police said. 5:15 p.m.Officers were patrolling the area when they located another group of around 100 juveniles that arrived at the mall. According to police, around 100 to 150 more juveniles arrived within 30 minutes.5:40 p.m.Several fights began near the courtyard area of the mall. EPD tried to break up the fights while other smaller fights began to break out. Officers called neighboring law enforcement agencies for assistance in stopping...

Victim shot in verbal dispute in Oakland: police

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

(KRON) -- One person was hospitalized after being shot following a verbal dispute east of the Oakland International Airport on Saturday, police said.Around 5:15 p.m., officers arrived in the 1000 block of 16th Street and learned two individuals were involved in a verbal dispute. One of the individuals brandished their firearm and shot the victim, Oakland police said.  Violent crowds of teens shut down Emeryville mall, 1 stabbed The armed suspect fled the area after the shooting. The victim was transported to a local hospital and was listed in stable condition, OPD said. This investigation is currently ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD Felony Assault Unit at 510-238-3426.

Person found dead inside car near Oakland elementary school

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

(KRON) -- A person was found dead inside a car Saturday night near East Oakland Pride Elementary School, according to the Oakland Police Department. Around 8:15 p.m., OPD received a report of an unresponsive person in a car in the 7900 block of Plymouth Street. Officers arrived at the scene and located a victim with at least one gunshot wound, police said. Violent crowds of teens shut down Emeryville mall, 1 stabbed The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the victim is being withheld until next of kin is notified.  This investigation currently remains open and active. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD Homicide Section at 510-238-3821 or the TIP LINE at 510-238-7950.

Nordic American Tankers: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (NAT) on Monday reported earnings of $26.8 million in its second quarter.The Hamilton, Bermuda-based company said it had profit of 13 cents per share.The tanker company posted revenue of $67.8 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NAT at https://www.zacks.com/ap/NATSource

El huracán Franklin se convierte en el primer gran huracán de la temporada ciclónica atlántica

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

(CNN) — El huracán Franklin continúa fortaleciéndose en el Atlántico abierto este lunes por la mañana y alcanzó la categoría 3 de huracanes, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 185 km/h. Esto convierte a Franklin en el primer gran huracán (categoría 3 o superior) de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico 2023.El huracán Franklin se encuentra actualmente a unos 650 kilómetros al norte de las Islas Turcas y Caicos y a unos 800 kilómetros al suroeste de las Bermudas.La trayectoria prevista para el huracán Franklin lleva a la tormenta entre la costa este de EE.UU. y las Bermudas antes de girar hacia el este y pasar al norte de las Bermudas.La tormenta Franklin se fortalece y se convierte en huracánNo hay avisos ni advertencias en vigor para la tormenta, aunque tanto las Bermudas como la costa este de EE.UU. verán mar gruesa de la tormenta, lo que podría poner en peligro la vida de las olas y las corrientes de resaca durante los próximos días.Esperamos que la tormenta tropical Idali...

Pope says ‘backward’ U.S. conservatives have replaced faith with ideology

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.Many conservatives have blasted Francis’ emphasis instead on social justice issues such as the environment and the poor, while also branding as heretical his opening to letting divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receive the sacraments.Francis made the comments in a private meeting with Portuguese members of his Jesuit religious order while visiting Lisbon on Aug. 5; the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, which is vetted by the Vatican secretariat of state, ...

Shakira to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:03:35 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shakira will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards next month. Previous recipients include Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, and Missy Elliott.She will also perform on the VMA stage for the first time in 17 years.The Colombian singer has won four VMAs across her career, starting with her win in the International Viewer’s Choice (Latin America North) back in 2000. This year, she is nominated for four awards: artist of the year, best collaboration (for “XQG,” with Karol G ) and two noms in the best Latin category — for the same Karol G collab, and for her solo single, “Acróstico.”“Shakira is a true global force who continues to inspire & influence the masses with her unique, musical prowess. She’s a trailblazer for women around the world & one of the first artists to lead the globalization of Latin music,” said Bruce Gillmer, chief content officer of music at Paramount+ and president o...