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Joint funeral planned Saturday for 2 slain western Wisconsin police officers

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

Hundreds of people lined the streets and somberly paid their respects as the flag-draped caskets carrying the bodies of police officers Emily Breidenbach and Hunter Scheel returned home to western Wisconsin on Monday.Breidenbach, 32, of the Cameron Police Department, and Scheel, 23, of the Chetek Police Department, were killed in the line of duty during a shootout in a traffic stop Saturday in Cameron. Their bodies were taken to the Twin Cities for autopsies as part of the investigation.A procession of law enforcement vehicles carried both officers from the medical examiner’s office to their respective funeral homes. Officers stood, and will stand, vigil by each officer’s side until the services are complete.“We are carrying our dead. We are mourning,” said Marianna Fuentes. “We are holding each other up by the skin of our teeth.”Breidenbach and Scheel were conducting a traffic stop shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday when there was an exchange of gunfire, the Wisconsin Department of Jus...

SPORTIME Schenectady catches fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) —SPORTIME Schenectady was hosting their school vacation week programs when a fire forced them into action. Carman Fire Chief, Scott Sloan, was in the area for a different call. "A lot of the wires were down, there was a traffic accident. Originally, we were on our way there. We then got the call to come here," stated Sloan. Teen steals firearms from Calamity Jane’s Fire investigators are still looking into whether the downed wires led to the fire. The conditions caused by the accident made the fire difficult to put out until National Grid could step in. "Initially there was a large power line down across the driveway, so responding apparatuses couldn't get in," explained Sloan. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Even with conditions working against them, the fire department responded as quickly as possible. "We had one working hydrant on the compound here. The next one was out in the road, we had t...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is just as tired of potholes as you are 

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

If you were driving through Brentwood and thought you saw The Terminator filling a pothole, you weren't completely wrong.Movie star and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was out personally fixing a pothole in his neighborhood on Tuesday, with motorists stopping by to thank him for taking action to repair the pothole that had been in the road for weeks.Potholes have been ravaging streets across Los Angeles and the rest of California, especially after the torrential downpours the region saw this past winter. Now, a former Governor has taken it upon himself to fix a pothole in his neighborhood. Recently, nearly 50 drivers on the 71 Freeway in Pomona were forced to pull over, many of them with flat tires, due to massive potholes that opened in the northbound span of the freeway. The problem is affecting all California drivers, including former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Video posted on Twitter by Schwarzenegger on Tuesday showed him personally repair...

Athletics destroyed by Ryan Mountastle’s two homers, nine RBIs in loss to Orioles

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

What happens when you intentionally walk someone to load the bases and bring up a hitter that has already driven in five runs?If you’re the Athletics, Dany Jimenez serves up a grand slam to Ryan Mountcastle in a 12-8 loss to the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night at Camden Yards.Mountcastle’s nine RBIs in the game is three more than A’s team leader Jace Peterson has for the season (seven).The loss was the latest disappointment, especially considering the A’s at one point had a 7-3 lead in the fifth inning courtesy of a three-run homer by Shea Langeliers, and had their No. 1 starter on the mound in rookie left-hander Kyle Muller.With their sixth straight loss, the A’s fell to 2-9, with Baltimore improving to 6-5. Bryan Baker got the win for the Orioles with one inning of scoreless relief, with Sam Moll taking the loss for the A’s, having put on two of the baserunners before Mountcastle’s slam.Mountcastle drove in his first five runs off Muller w...

UC Berkeley sexual assault suspect connected to assault in Palo Alto

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) -- A suspect in a series of sexual assaults on UC Berkeley's campus was taken into custody on Tuesday, university police confirmed to KRON4. The Palo Alto Police Department said that the suspect was also believed to have committed another sexual assault at a Palo Alto underpass. Video shows ex-SF fire commissioner assaulted with pipe in Marina District The suspect was identified as 34-year-old Daniel Widyanto Condronimpuno of San Francisco. He was arrested on the UC Berkeley campus at about 12:40 p.m. UC Berkeley police believe four on-campus assaults were connected, and they released images of the suspect on Tuesday morning. The most recent assault happened just after midnight on Tuesday, involving a young woman being grabbed from behind and knocked to the floor near the Foothill Complex residence hall. The woman was able to fight back and get away.In the other three cases, the suspect grabbed female students in inappropriate areas over their clothes. On ...

Whale found on San Leandro shore was likely struck by boat

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Scientists with the California Academy of Sciences and The Marine Mammal Center said a juvenile gray whale that washed ashore near the San Leandro Marina last week likely died from injuries sustained in a vessel strike. In a necropsy conducted Saturday, scientists identified several areas of hemorrhage found in the soft tissue around the whale’s eye, lower jaw, and shoulder indicating blunt force trauma that occurred while the whale was alive. In addition, they noted severed tail flukes and propeller lacerations along the body of the whale consistent with vessel collision."This specific gray whale incident puts into perspective the added challenges that human activity poses for a species that has lost nearly 40 percent of its population since 2019," said Dr. Jeff Boehm of The Marine Mammal Center.According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the number of gray whales migrating along the West Coast has dropped 38 percent since the last popu...

Jets clinch playoff spot with feisty 3-1 win vs. Wild

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored his 42nd goal, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves and the Winnipeg Jets clinched the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.Adam Lowry and Mason Appleton also scored goals in Hellebuyck’s 13th consecutive start for the Jets, who won for the fifth time in six games to secure the second wild card and eliminate Nashville.Kirill Kaprizov had a power-play goal early in the third period for the Wild, who lost for the first time in four games this season to the rival Jets and had their long-shot chance to win the Central Division end.Colorado entered the day with 104 points, before hosting Edmonton on Tuesday night, and Dallas has 104 points. Minnesota has 102 points. The Avalanche and Stars still have two more games left this week, and the Wild only have one. The Stars hold the tiebreaker over the Wild on regulation wins.Lowry gave the Jets the lead with just 3:53 elapsed when...

Bruins break NHL points record with win over Capitals

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand and Tyler Bertuzzi had power play goals and the Boston Bruins broke the NHL points record with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in their regular-season home finale.Under chants of “We want the Cup!” the Bruins’ won their seventh straight to push their points total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Those Canadiens played in an era with regulation ties, with the Bruins getting 11 points this season for overtime and shootout victories.Tomas Nosek, Garnet Hathaway and Jake DeBrusk also scored for Boston in win No. 64.A night after reaching 60 goals in a season for the first time, David Pastrnak posted his 50th and 51st assists. Linus Ullmark finished with 19 saves, and left the game with just over nine minutes left with an undisclosed issue. Nick Jensen and Tom Wilson scored for the Capitals. Charlie Lindgren had 33 saves, including a one-handed, gloveless save on Pastrnak early in the third period.HURRICANES 4, ...

Flyers snap 7-game skid with 4-3 OT win over Blue Jackets

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Owen Tippett scored his second goal of the game with 15.5 seconds left in overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.James van Riemsdyk scored his 300th career goal and Joel Farabee added a score for the Flyers. Carter Hart made 28 saves.Trey Fix-Wolansky, Sean Kuraly and Liam Foudy scored for Columbus, which has lost four in a row and eight of nine.Neither team had great chances in the overtime until Tippett shot high over goalie Michael Hutchinson (35 saves) from close range with seconds left in OT. Ivan Provorov and Cam York assisted the winner.“Provy made a great pass coming into the zone,” Tippiett said. “Ideally, I was going back to him on my backhand and just opened up room to bring it back to my forehand and try to put it in there.”The game matched two of the league’s worst clubs. The Blue Jackets entered last in the Eastern Conference and tied with Chicago for...

Call-up Woll makes 46 saves, Maple Leafs beat Lightning 4-3

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:10 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Minor league call-up Joseph Woll made 46 saves, William Nylander had a goal and two assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Tuesday night in a preview of an opening round playoff series next week.Woll, recalled on an emergency basis from the AHL Toronto Marlies, stopped Nikita Kucherov from the low right circle during a 6-on-4 with 1:31 to play.After flying into Tampa on Tuesday, Woll was informed around six hours before faceoff that the NHL approved the transaction. Over several stints this season with the Maple Leafs, he has won five in a row after losing his debut.“It’s been a little crazy,” Woll said. “Pretty special to come out here and get the win.”Tampa Bay beat Toronto in the first round of last season’s playoffs en route to its third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Maple Leafs rested forwards Auston Matthews and Mitchell Marner, and defenseman Mark Giordano. Matt Onuska from Windsor of the OHL serve...