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An asteroid sample is set to land on Earth Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- A mission seven years in the making will be fulfilled on Sunday when a sample of an asteroid will land on Earth. NASA launched a spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in 2016. The spacecraft set its sights on asteroid Bennu. As the spacecraft approached the asteroid in 2020, a robotic arm reached out and took an 8.8-ounce sample of dust and rock off the surface. How will El Niño affect winter? New long-range outlook released The arm tucked the sample safely away into a capsule inside the spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx continued to orbit and study the asteroid for six months before beginning its journey back to Earth in 2021. On Sunday, as the spacecraft approaches Earth, the capsule containing the sample will be ejected into Earth's atmosphere. The capsule will deploy parachutes to slow it down and it is expected to safely land in the Utah desert where researchers will be waiting to retrieve it. It will immediately be taken to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas where the sample w...

LIVE: Battle of the Lakes takes center stage, Lake Travis and Westlake clash in top 10 tilt

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's one of the most anticipated games on the high school slate in Texas, and this year it's a showdown with two of the Lone Star State's top 10 teams.Westlake and Lake Travis face off in the Battle of the Lakes at 7:30 p.m. from Cavalier Stadium, and whoever comes out on the short end of it will do so for the first time this season. Westlake enters the game No. 4 in the Dave Campbell's Texas Football/Associated Press Class 6A Top 25 and Lake Travis is No. 8.REPORT YOUR SCORE: We'd love to post your team's score on our website, but we need your help to do it. Email the score of your game to [email protected] and we'll get it on our websiteThe Chaparrals (3-0, 1-0 District 26) have had two weeks to prepare for the game with a bye last week while the Cavaliers (4-0, 2-0) dispatched Akins 37-0 in district play.The Cavs last won the Battle of the Lakes in 2019 by one point, 26-25. The game wasn't played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Westlake has picked up the la...

Round Rock ISD expects to be compliant with school safety bill by 2025-26

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock Independent School District said it expected to be compliant with House Bill 3, which included a requirement of an armed security guard at each campus, by 2025-26.RRISD’s police chief said was until the district police department had the right number of officers for each campus, it would prioritize presence on high school and middle school campuses.The district said it would assign officers to groups of elementary schools and reduce the number of elementary schools assigned to each officer as staffing increases.RRISD said it would, however, need to find the money to afford the new officers.The district said it had enough funds for eight officers--two from the School Safety and Security Grant and six would come out of the money from the state.A resolution claiming a good cause exception during the 2023-2024 school year was due to the lack of funding and available personnel.RRISD’s Police Chief Dennis Weiner spoke on HB3 during the RRISD board mee...

Suspected car thief crashes into Grand Avenue pizza parlor, rams sheriff’s vehicle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

A suspected car thief driving a stolen Jeep Wrangler smashed into a Grand Avenue pizza parlor and then crashed into a Ramsey County sheriff’s vehicle during an unsuccessful attempt to escape capture, St. Paul police said.According to St. Paul police Sgt. Mike Ernster, about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, police in St. Paul learned that a vehicle stolen in Oakdale was parked behind Toppers Pizza at 1154 Grand Ave.When officers surrounded the vehicle, it sped away, hitting a corner of the Toppers building and then striking a sheriff’s vehicle. The man driving the Jeep jumped out and ran. A female passenger in the vehicle was detained. The man was caught a few blocks away.After it appeared he was overdosing on narcotics, he was revived with Narcan and taken to the hospital for evaluation.Three people were ultimately arrested in connection with the incident. No further information was available Friday.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Jury finds Oakdale man guilty...

Acting New York State Police superintendent Steven Nigrelli announces retirement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Steven A. Nigrelli, a Western New York native who has served as the acting superintendent of the New York State Police since October 2022, is retiring from his post.Nigrelli announced his retirement late Friday afternoon. A state police spokeswoman in Albany would only confirm that Nigrelli retired. Sources tell NEWS10 sister station News 4 Nigrelli made the move after Gov. Kathy Hochul decided he would not be her final choice for state police superintendent. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! As acting head of the state police force, Nigrelli oversaw more than 5,000 officers, investigators and staff.Nigrelli began his career with the NYSP in 1990 and spent much of his career with the force's Troop "A" serving eight Western New York counties. He was part of teams working high profile cases such as the Ralph "Bucky" Phillips manhunt, the "Bike Path Killer" case and the investigation into the crash of Flight 3...

13 charged in St. Louis drug conspiracy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Authorities arrested 13 people linked to a conspiracy to sell drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamine in the St. Louis area earlier this week. The U.S. Department of Justice reports the following suspects have been arrested and charged in federal court: Stanley Harris, 49, of Los AngelesChristopher Sosa, 31, of Los AngelesVictor Medina, 41, of Los AngelesMarco Chavira, 35, of El Paso, TexasAlvieno Johnson, 40Versail Freeman, 39Neil Phifer, 38Latasha Spellman, 34Robert Smith, 64Gary Pulcher, 71Demetrius Gilmore, 37Portia Everett, 35Michael Williams, 28During the course of the investigation, authorities recovered around $110,000 in cash, seven handguns and two vehicles linked to criminal activity, per an indictment. A motion seeking to have Phifer and Spellman held in jail until trial says more than 25 kilograms of methamphetamine and 15 kilograms of fentanyl are directly attributable to the overall drug trafficking organization. Both reportedly partnered with each ot...

$1.5 million bronze Buddha statue stolen from Los Angeles art gallery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

Security cameras captured the moment an ancient Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery.The bronze sculpture was stolen on Sept. 18 from the Barakat Gallery in Beverly Grove around 3:45 a.m., officials said.Weighing 250 pounds, the artifact dates back to Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1867), according to gallery owners. It was believed to have been commissioned for the centerpiece of a temple.Historical bronze Buddha statue worth $1.5 million stolen from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2023. (Barakat Gallery)Security camera catures a thief stealing a historical bronze Buddha statue worth $1.5 million from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2023. (Barakat Gallery)Security camera catures a thief stealing a historical bronze Buddha statue worth $1.5 million from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2023. (Barakat Gallery)Barakat Gallery on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles. (KTLA)“I prize it so much,” said Fayez Bar...

Homeless man snatches phone from man recording him in Santa Monica

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

A homeless man was arrested on Tuesday after he stole a phone from a man who was recording him and fled. Santa Monica police officers responded to a report of a battery in Palisades Park around 3:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found the victim on the ground suffering from injuries to his face and head according to a Santa Monica Police Department news release. Both the victims and witnesses say that while the victim was recording a video of Palisades Park, he turned his camera and began recording a homeless man who was lying on the ground in the park. The man became angry and demanded the victim to stop recording before striking the victim in the face and knocking him to the ground. He then took the victim’s phone which had fallen to the ground and fled the scene. Authorities located the suspect, Tyler Jordan Keating, along with the victim’s phone nearby. Keating was arrested for felony battery, robbery, and elder abuse and booked into the Santa Monica Jail where he is be...

Totally sloshed guy accused of falsifying bear attack

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

An Ohio man is being charged with falsely reporting an incident after investigators say his call to authorities to report a bear attack was just a ploy to get out of a wooded area of West Virginia.According to a criminal complaint from Kanawha County Magistrate Court, first responders were called in the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 22, to assist a man in the woods. Dispatchers said the man claimed he was injured and stranded along steep terrain.Dispatchers said the man cried "Please help me!" and that he was being attacked by a bear, according to the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office. The man also allegedly claimed that he had been walking for days, his phone was dying and that the bears were circling him and he was going to die. These are the states with the highest and lowest obesity rates The man was later identified as Christian Leonhardt, 47, of Brecksville, Ohio, according to the complaint.Deputies say they, and several search and rescue groups, worked to locate Leonha...

Capitol rioter who attacked photographer, cops, gets 5 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

By Michael Kunzelman | Associated PressWASHINGTON — A man who attacked an Associated Press photographer and threw a flagpole and smoke grenade at police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison.Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole, prosecutors said.“He began taking steroids in the weeks leading up to January 6, so that he would be ‘jacked’ and ready because, he said, someone needed to ‘hang for treason’ and the battle might come down to hand-to-hand combat,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.A prosecutor showed U.S. District Judge James Boasberg videos of Milstreed’s attacks outside the Capitol. Milstreed told the judge that it was painful to watch his violent acts and hear his combative language that day.“I know what I did...