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Walnut Creek man gets two-year sentence for installing cameras in Starbucks restroom

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

(BCN) -- A man was sentenced to two years in prison for three counts of eavesdropping and two counts of invasion of privacy after he installed hidden cameras in a restroom at a Walnut Creek Starbucks. Steven Novelli, 54, was a Walnut Creek resident when he installed small cameras underneath a sink in the unisex bathroom at the Starbucks at 1340 N. Main St. An employee found cameras on two separate occasions. Man hid cameras in Walnut Creek Starbucks bathroom to make child porn: DA Walnut Creek police were contacted both times and an investigation was opened, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office. One of the cameras showed Novelli checking the camera angle while he was seated fully clothed on the toilet. Other footage showed multiple people using the toilet. Novelli, who was in custody, reached an agreement with the DA's office in August. By then, he only had 120 days left on the negotiated two-year term. Novelli also must register as a sex offender for 1...

Stock market today: Wall Street quiet ahead of US consumer confidence survey, inflation report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Premarket trading is muted ahead of an inflation report and a survey of how American consumers are feeling about the economy.Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat before the bell Tuesday. The Conference Board will publish an update on consumer confidence, which has been in decline for three months. Economists expect the survey to show that Americans’ confidence in the economy fell again in November, according to a poll by FactSet, potentially bad news for businesses with the holiday shopping season in full swing.On Thursday the government releases its October data on the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation. Economists expect that measure to continue easing, as it has been since the middle of 2022.Investors have grown cautiously optimistic that inflation has cooled enough for the Federal Reserve to put a definitive end to its aggressive interest rate hikes. Meanwhile, the broader economy has remained strong enough in...

14-year-old dies days after Fairfax Co. crash that left 5 other teens hospitalized

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Six teenagers were seriously injured and another teen was arrested after a single-vehicle crash Monday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia. (WTOP/Shayna Estulin) Six teenagers were seriously injured and another teen was arrested after a single-vehicle crash Monday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia. (WTOP/Shayna Estulin) A 14-year-old has died and four other teens remained in the hospital Monday after a crash last week near the Idylwood area in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to police.Six teens were initially sent to the hospital after the Nov. 20 crash at the intersection of Pioneer Lane and Shreve Road.Fairfax County Police said in a statement Monday one of the juvenile passengers in the car died while fou...

Truce in Gaza is extended as Israel faces pressure to spare civilians when it resumes offensive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its fifth day on Tuesday, with the militant group promising to release more hostages to delay the expected resumption of the war and Israel under growing pressure to spare Palestinian civilians when it renews its offensive.The sides agreed to extend their truce through Wednesday, with another two planned exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. But Israel has vowed to resume the war with “full force” to destroy Hamas once it’s clear that no more hostages will be freed under the deal.The Biden administration has told Israel it must avoid “significant further displacement” and mass casualties among Palestinian civilians if it resumes the offensive, and that it must operate with more precision in southern Gaza than it has in the north, according to U.S. officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.CIA director William Burns and D...

Denver group helps parents grieving a pregnancy loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A local pregnancy loss awareness group is hoping to support people who have suffered a miscarriage or an infant loss. It's a tragic situation that happens more often than we think.The stigma of pregnancy loss According to the National Institutes of Health, one in four women will suffer a pregnancy loss.Pregnancy loss is the preferred term instead of miscarriage because the term miscarriage can imply the mother made a mistake, which is rarely the case. Loss is most common in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, which is typically why many women wait to share that they're pregnant until after that time frame. CU cell therapy trial shows results in treating progressive multiple sclerosis However, Cassidy Zavala at Denver Share said that often contributes to the isolation that families feel. “There's not a lot of conversation about pregnancy loss and there's a lot of shame and secrecy built into that in our society. I think it kind of starts with the rule about the firs...

Miami Police arrest mother for allegedly ramming SUV into son during school fight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Miami Police have arrested Quantavia Samuel, 33, for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after a fight broke out between her son and another young man. The incident took place at Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Elementary, where Samuel allegedly rammed her SUV into her 12-year-old son while attempting to break up a fight he was having with another boy.The altercation began when Samuel’s son, returning home from school, reported losing his book bag. Following a scuffle with another juvenile at the school, the 12-year-old called his mother for assistance. In an attempt to intervene, Samuel used her vehicle, accidentally striking her own son, who was then transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital with a leg laceration.The other juvenile involved in the fight was unharmed, and his mother picked him up from the school. Instead of accompanying her injured son to the hospital, police said, Samuel allegedly followed the other child to his home. The mother who was followed called the police a...

Seminole Tribe PD: Officer-involved shooting leads to suspect in custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

SEMINOLE TRIBE RESERVATION, Fla. (WSVN) — An officer-involved shooting on the Seminole Tribe Reservation has resulted in a suspect in custody. The incident, which originated from a medical call, unfolded in a commercial area, prompting a search for the suspect. Despite shots being fired, no injuries were reported. The Seminole Tribe Police Department is leading the active investigation, with multiple agencies involved.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Finland entirely shuts border with Russia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Finland will completely close its border with Russia for two weeks after a surge of asylum seekers crossing the frontier, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced Tuesday.“This is Russia’s influence activity, and we do not accept that,” Orpo said at a press conference, according to Finnish news outlet Helsingin Sanomat. The two-week border closure will take effect between Wednesday and Thursday night and will end on December 13, the paper reported.Helsinki’s move follows a decision by the European border agency Frontex last week to deploy border guards and other staff, along with equipment, to bolster Finland’s border control activities amid accusations by Finland that Moscow is stoking the migrant influx. Tension between the two countries has escalated since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, prompting Finland to join the NATO military alliance.On Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia of using m...

Germany must ‘invest heavily’ in green transition despite budget crisis, Scholz says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that his government would still “invest heavily” in the modernization and green transition of his country’s economy, but provided no specifics on how his coalition would pay for it amid a budget crisis that has sharply curbed the government’s ability to spend.“We must now ensure that we in Germany manage to transform our economy and remain competitive as a strong industrialized country,” the chancellor told lawmakers. This means the government “must now invest heavily” and “do everything we can to finally drive forward the energy transition in Germany and Europe,” he said.Earlier this month, the country’s top court ruled it unconstitutional for the government to repurpose €60 billion left over from an emergency COVID-19 fund for climate projects. The ruling also limited the government’s ability to draw from a variety of special funds created to circumvent the country...

Morocco arrests suspect over bomb threats in Belgian schools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

An individual suspected of threatening via email to bomb 15 Belgian schools was arrested in Morocco, a spokesperson for the Brussels prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. “The person arrested, who has Moroccan citizenship, was questioned and confessed the facts to the Moroccan authorities,” spokesperson Yasmina Vanoverschelde said in a statement. “The investigation’s initial findings show that the suspect does not have a terrorist motive,” Vanoverschelde added.Thousands of students were unable to attend classes on Monday as close to 30 schools in the Brussels and Walloon Brabant regions were closed after some received bomb threats over the weekend, in which the sender said he would reveal the locations of the explosives in exchange for money.After being checked by the authorities, all the schools reopened Tuesday, the regional school administration said in a statement.“We can only deplore the growing number of alerts of this kind in recent weeks...