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Karina Castro remembered as 'hero' after killer found guilty by jury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) -- A San Mateo County jury delivered its second verdict for Karina Castro's killer on Tuesday. One day after convicting Jose "Rafa" Solano Landaeta of first-degree murder, jurors also found several aggravating factors to be true. The Hayward man plotted and murdered his 27-year-old ex-girlfriend in a manner that was egregiously vicious and cruel on Sept. 8, 2022, according to the second verdict. Prosecutor Josh Stauffer said the case’s level of pre-meditated planning, violence, and the victim’s vulnerability were all aggravating factors. Landaeta chased Castro with a sword outside her San Carlos apartment building, nearly slashed off her arm, and decapitated her. Eye-witnesses testified that he continued swinging the sword into her head and neck even after she was dead.Karina Castro (Images via Facebook) The victim's two young daughters, both under age eight, were inside the apartment at the time. Landaeta was the father of the youngest daughter. Martin C...

Banco BBVA: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (BBAR) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $31.5 million.The Buenos Aires, Argentina-based bank said it had earnings of 15 cents per share.The financial holding company posted revenue of $2.05 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $1.02 billion, which topped Street forecasts.In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, the company’s shares hit $5. A year ago, they were trading at $2.70._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BBAR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BBARSource

Así será el reality del “El juego del calamar” en Netflix: premios, pruebas y más

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

(CNN Español) — Tal fue el éxito de “El juego del calamar” (“Squid Game”) en Netflix que sus creadores se aventuraron a crear un reality show inspirado en la serie de ficción que fascinó a sus seguidores en todas partes del mundo. Incluso replicaron algunos de los juegosEn “El juego del calamar: el desafío”, que se estrena este 21 de noviembre en Netflix, 465 personas se inscribieron para competir por un millonario premio en una serie de juegos que, según los avances del nuevo reality, se parece mucho a lo que se vio en “Squid Game”, de una de las producciones más exitosas de la plataforma de streaming.Tres personas recibieron atención médica en el rodaje del reality de “Squid Game”, pero Netflix niega cualquier “lesión grave”“The Challenge”, a diferencia de lo que retrataba el distópico drama surcoreano en el que las personas jugaban juegos de niños con la esperanza de ganar el millonario prem...

Oregon judge rules that voter-approved gun control law violates the state constitution

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge ruled Tuesday that a voter-approved gun control law violates the state constitution, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure.The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the first gun restrictions to be passed after a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year changed the guidance judges are expected to follow when considering Second Amendment cases.The decision was handed down by Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Raschio, the presiding judge in Harney County in rural southeast Oregon.The law requires people to undergo a criminal background check and complete a gun safety training course in order to obtain a permit to buy a firearm. It also bans high-capacity magazines.Measure 114 has been tied up in state and federal court since it was narrowly approved by voters last November.The state trial stemmed from a lawsuit filed by gunowners claiming the law violated the right to be...

¿Quién es Karina Milei, “El Jefe” de la exitosa campaña presidencial de Javier Milei?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

(CNN Español) — Tras la victoria del candidato populista de derecha, Javier Milei, en las últimas elecciones de Argentina, muchos ojos se posaron sobre los artífices de la victoria obtenida. Una de las personas centrales en la vida del nuevo presidente de Argentina es su hermana y confidente Karina Milei, llamada por el público libertario “El Jefe”.Karina Milei tiene 50 años —dos años menos que su hermano, es soltera y solo tiene “hijos perrunos”—. El departamento de prensa de la campaña informó que ella creció junto a su hermano en Villa Devoto, un barrio de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, y fueron juntos a la secundaria en el Instituto Cardenal Copello. Estudió durante cinco años alta repostería, Marketing y Comunicación en la Universidad de Belgrano y Relaciones Públicas en la Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE). Su fuerte hermetismo hace que pocas veces dialogue con la prensa. CNN intentó contactarse con Karina Milei en diversas ocasiones para una...

Capturan a sospechoso de matar a tres vecinos tras una discusión en Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

Autoridades lograron capturar al presunto sospechoso de matar a tiros a tres personas y herir a una mujer adicional durante una pelea por una propiedad en una zona rural de Colorado. La Oficina del Sheriff del Condado Custer anunció el martes por la tarde que tienen detenido al sospechoso, Hanme K. Clark, de acuerdo con The Associated Press. El hombre fue arrestado por la Policía Estatal de Nuevo México y US Marshals. Dos hombres y una mujer fueron asesinados a tiros mientras otra mujer estaba siendo tratada en una unidad de traumatología del hospital pero se esperaba que sobreviviera, según la Oficina del Sheriff. Las víctimas mortales fueron identificadas como Rob Geers, Beth Wade, y James Daulton. La mujer herida es Patty Daulton. Las autoridades respondieron a un reporte de disparos cerca de la ciudad de Westcliffe, a unas 80 millas al sur de Colorado Springs, justo antes de la 1 p.m. del lunes. Piernas rotas y hemorragias: espeluznantes detalles en caso de padre a...

Independent Assessment Committee investigating KHSC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

An independent panel of nursing experts sent by the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) have begun an investigation into inadequate staffing concerns at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). The investigation, focused on KGH’s Connell 10 internal medicine unit, kicked off on Monday due to the ONA and members feeling that the “current work environment fails to support the delivery of quality, safe patient care and puts these vulnerable patients at risk of serious harm”, with an aim of ultimately improving the specialized care patients receive in the unit.An Independent Assessment Committee (IAC) at a specific unit is deemed necessary when concerns have already been brought to the attention of the employer but the issues haven’t been resolved to the satisfaction of nurses or the ONA. The process involves three RN experts examining professional responsibility and assessing workload issues, reviewing evidence from both union members and hospital administrators. O...

Trump ballot case to be heard by Colorado Supreme Court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump "engaged in insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, but can still appear on the state's ballot.Oral arguments will take place on Dec. 6, the court announced. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The appeals were filed Monday night. The ruling by District Court Judge Sarah Wallace on Friday — which said Trump is not covered by the Constitution’s ban on insurrectionists holding office — was the latest in a series of defeats for the effort to end Trump's candidacy with Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.A group in Michigan has filed an appeal with that state's Supreme Court.The constitutional provision has only been used a handful of times since the years after the Civil War. It was created to prevent former Confederates from returning to government positions....

Coloradan's young doodle dies from contagious respiratory illness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Dog owners across Colorado are being warned by local veterinarians who are seeing an increase in a deadly respiratory disease sweeping across the state."We've had cases that require oxygen, some require surgery and there have been fatalities with this throughout the region, unfortunately," said Dr. David Israel, medical director of the Veterinarian Emergency Group on Colfax Avenue. Denver dog becomes ill, tests positive for meth after walk in RiNo Israel said that right now, his clinic and other emergency clinics around Colorado are seeing multiple cases of this infection daily. "We are seeing one or two or three or even more of these cases coming up," Israel told FOX31.Over the past several months, Israel said the clinic has seen dogs with a respiratory disease similar to kennel cough, but this year, the regular treatments aren't working. "It's progressing to pneumonia, which is infection in the lungs, and getting much sicker than we’ve seen in the past," Israel...

Video shows suspects in 18 car break-ins in Highlands Ranch

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:26 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) — On Sunday morning, Jason Franklin and his wife realized their cars and others in their Highlands Ranch neighborhood had been broken into."There's five just on my block," Franklin said. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox When he checked his home security video, he saw a woman rifling through his vehicles and then loading into a truck with a man.The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said it received at least 12 reports involving 18 vehicles that were broken into early Sunday morning. The streets that were hit included Strathfield Lane, Walden Court, Laguna Circle, Goldsmith Drive and Weeping Willow."These are crimes of opportunity," Sheriff Darren Weekly said. He said all but one of the vehicles were unlocked, and nearly $7,000 in property was stolen."They were looking for anything from clothes to sunglasses. There was one firearm stolen from one of the vehicles," Weekly said.Security video shows a woman rifling through v...