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2 multi-car pileups causing traffic delays, first responders arriving on scene

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department said there were two multi-car pileups Saturday afternoon on opposite sides of Austin. AFD said the first was at the 12000 block of South Interstate 35 heading northbound in south Austin. The second was at the 12100 block of Research Boulevard heading northbound in northwest Austin.Crews with Austin Fire, as well as Austin-Travis-County EMS personnel, were responding to both incidents, according to AFD.ATCEMS is evaluating patients for transport to hospitals. Officials ask that drivers slow down and move over for first responders.This is a developing story. Check back for details.

Man accused of Travis County murder found to be incompetent to stand trial

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man that faced a murder charge out of Travis County was found to be incompetent to stand trial in February after a competency evaluation was performed.Records showed that 34-year-old Jose Fernando Martinez-Ruiz would be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility for inpatient observation and treatment for a period not to exceed 120 days. PAST COVERAGE: 32-year-old arrested in stabbing death of man in northern Travis County The court said that committing Martinez-Ruiz to a mental health facility or residential care facility was not a result of any factual determination that the defendant is not a danger to himself or others.All of the documents made available to the court during the proceedings will be provided to the facility, according to records.Travis County court records showed Martinez-Ruiz faced charges for murder, as well as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to a May 2021 incident.

Can the big-ball Timberwolves guard in the playoffs? The early returns suggest not

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

For the second time in two games, the Timberwolves fell short in Friday’s Game 3 against the Nuggets because they couldn’t get stops. A team that when at its best in the regular season was a defensive juggernaut now looks helpless on that end of the floor in the first round of the playoffs.Part of the credit for that belongs with Denver, an offensive annihilator featuring the likes of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., who can all score 10 points in the blink of an eye. It’s nearly impossible to contain all three of them.Which made it all the more troublesome when the Nuggets got easy offense in Game 3 from Bruce Brown simply sizing up Karl-Anthony Towns at the top of the arc, and driving by the big man for easy buckets at the rim. Those are the types of plays that turn good offensive nights for a team into great ones, and vice versa for the defense.“I thought I saw a lot of 1 on 1 beats,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “You ...

Will Byron Buxton play in the field this season? ‘I don’t think anyone truly knows,’ Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

It was Byron Buxton jersey day at Target Field on Saturday, and fans who came to the park were able to watch the Twins star bat at the designated hitter.Again.Twenty games into the 2023 season, one of baseball’s best outfielders has yet to step on the grass for anything other than pregame drills. Are the Twins really going to DH Buxton all season?“I don’t know what I’m doing,” he said before Saturday’s 1:10 p.m. first pitch against Washington. “One day at a time.”Buxton was penciled in as the leadoff hitter against the Nationals. He woke up Saturday hitting .242 with two home runs, six RBIs, 11 walks and 25 strikeouts in 18 games. Hip and knee injuries limited him to 92 games last season, and his season was over on Aug. 22.It’s not a surprise that the Twins are being cautious with Buxton, who signed a seven-year, $100 million contract extension before the 2022 season. Plagued by injuries, he has played as many as 100 games only once in his career , 140 in 2017, but was the American ...

Humane Society seeks adopters amid a spike in seized and stray dogs

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Local humane societies are struggling as many are operating over capacity. While the number of strays and seized dogs is on the rise, adoption rates are trending in the opposite direction. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, approximately 6.3 million pets enter animal shelters in the United States every year. In just the first quarter of 2023, the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society is experiencing a 38% increase in stray and seized dogs.“This is not even our busiest time of year,” said CEO Ashley Jeffrey Bouck. “We expect to see spikes in strays during the summer months, but there has been no decrease in stray and seized dogs since reducing our contracts. We have 85 dog kennels and today there are 126 dogs in our care with 19 in foster homes. At the same time, adoptions are down by 25%.”Bouck points to a number of factors contributing...

Berkshire Bird Sanctuary continues to rebuild its safe haven for animals in need

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

PETERSBURGH, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Berkshire Bird Sanctuary has been around for over 50 years and has saved thousands of animals. Peter Dubacher started the sanctuary with his father after serving as a Vietnam War soldier. He says that creating the sanctuary helped him while he struggled with PTSD after the war.“One of the things that really helped me was to be around animals,” he said. “And back in that time, it was during the Vietnam War… There were a lot of soldiers that came back and had different problems.”But he says the sanctuary helped him refocus his energy on helping wildlife. The organization has saved thousands of animals from around the country and beyond.In 2009, the sanctuary was able to save an eagle who lost his wing during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. And he continues to get calls about animals needing a safe haven.“I’m a firm believer that every life is precious,” he said. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox...

WashU claims 'appropriate policies' followed amid transgender center investigation

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Washington University issued a statement Friday amid an investigation into the St. Louis Pediatric Transgender Center at Children’s Hospital, claiming no evidence of misconduct. In a statement released Friday, WashU said it physicians and staff at the center have followed "appropriate policies and procedures" while treating patients "according to the accepted standards of care." Top Story: St. Louis police chief’s comment about prosecution crisis may surprise you The center has been accused by a whistleblower of using experimental drugs on children, distributing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones and giving children life-altering drugs without parental consent.In response, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey launched an investigation in February and created an online form for which people can report on what his office calls "questionable gender transition interventions." Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. ...

Five-story parking garage at SouthGlenn mall shut down by police activity

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

A five-story parking garage at the Streets at SouthGlenn mall is closed by police activity.“Deputies are investigating a suspicious circumstance,” the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a 10:59 a.m. Saturday tweet.The mall is located at South University Boulevard and East Arapahoe Road. The public is asked to stay clear of the parking facility until the situation is resolved.#ALERT The five story parking garage at The Streets at SouthGlenn at S. University Blvd. and E. Arapahoe Rd. is closed until further notice due to police activity in the area. Deputies are investigating a suspicious circumstance. No other details are available yet. Please stay… pic.twitter.com/m99Sl7HbVD— Arapahoe Sheriff (@ArapahoeSO) April 22, 2023 

'The most amazing story': Writer of 'Homeland,' 'A Spy Among Friends' saved a life while serving as soldier before Hollywood career

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

Alexander Cary won an Emmy Award for his work on the television show "Homeland" in part by writing what he knows.In the hit Showtime program, Carrie Mathison and Saul Berenson are no strangers to explosions and their gruesome aftermath. As it turns out, neither is Cary.Before his career in Hollywood, Cary was a soldier, serving in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and in Iraq during the Gulf War.When he sat down with KTLA's Frank Buckley on "Frank Buckley Interviews" to discuss his newest project, MGM+'s "A Spy Among Friends," Cary also opened up about the time he helped save a fellow soldier's life in Northern Ireland.Cary, a young officer in the Scots Guards in the British Army, served as commander of the Army's Quick Reaction Force in South Armagh in the 1980s. One day, when Cary was on patrol in a helicopter with the QRF, the heard reports of British soldiers being struck by mortar fire from the Irish Republican Army."We responded and flew into that situation and landed," he ...

Kurtenbach: There’s bad luck, then there’s Oakland luck — five more thoughts on the A’s relocation farce

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:51 GMT

I can continue to point out that A’s owner John Fisher is a soulless ghoul or that team president Dave Kaval is a charlatan, but, let’s be honest, it’s becoming reductive.There is plenty of blame to go around, after all.The A’s will move to Las Vegas (at some point) primarily because of those two mountebanks, but systems and people also enabled them.Those two weren’t clever enough to make this happen on their own.This by no means exonerates them, but when the A’s leave Oakland — and that day can’t come soon enough — there will be green blood on more hands than just Fisher and Kaval’s.Related ArticlesOakland Athletics | SF Giants issue statement on A’s, and a former Athletic talks Coliseum: ‘I loved every aspect of it’ Oakland Athletics | How much do the A’s matter to Oakland’s identity? Oakland Athletics | A’s end 7-game skid on Diaz’s pinch-hit HR in ...