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Texas judge could take "weeks" to weigh in on exceptions to state abortion laws

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On the second day in court over a lawsuit regarding exceptions to Texas' near-total abortion ban, one doctor refuted other physicians' claims that the law is confusing, saying doctors who do not provide abortions when a patient has severe pregnancy complications are misunderstanding the law.The two-day hearing concluded Thursday, with mostly expert witnesses testifying on the second day in court. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed the lawsuit in March on behalf of 15 Texas women who said the law put their lives in danger. Attorneys called two out-of-state physicians as witnesses Thursday, who both said they found the language about exceptions in Texas' abortion law to be confusing. Current Texas abortion lawsOnce the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, Texas was one of 13 states where abortion bans were automatically instated. Texas’ trigger law prohibits all abortions except under limited circumstances, such as a “life-thre...

Colorado health insurers ask for 10% increase on individual marketplace next year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

People on Colorado’s individual health insurance market could see an average premium increase of 10% next year, though less for people on Colorado Option plans, if requested rate changes are approved.The state Division of Insurance and Gov. Jared Polis’ office announced the requested rate changes Thursday. The division will consider and decide on the requests in the fall, with a possibility they decline during regulators’ review process. Open enrollment begins in November.About 200,000 Coloradans are covered on the individual market, and about 28,000 of marketplace enrollees are on Colorado Option plans (though another 12,000 people are on those plans through other means). Most Coloradans are covered through employer-offered plans, Medicaid and Medicare.Health insurance companies are asking to increase premiums by an average of 11.1% for non-Colorado Option plans and 7.7% for Colorado Option plans. The exact increase varies from plan to plan. Officials did not have...

Texas man charged with kidnapping, raping teen and driving her to L.A. County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

A Texas man has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teen girl who he allegedly abducted at gunpoint and then drove to Los Angeles County earlier this month.The United States Department of Justice announced Thursday that Steven Robert Sablan, 61, of Cleburne, Texas, has been charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.Charging documents state that Sablan approached the victim as she was walking on the street in San Antonio, Texas on July 6. He allegedly pulled out a black handgun and told the victim to get in his car or else he would harm her. Fearing for her life, she complied, the DOJ said.He allegedly asked the girl her age, to which she replied she was 13. At one point she mentioned she had a friend in Australia, and Sablan apparently told her he could take her on a cruise ship to visit her friend, but she "had to do something for him first."In the days that followed, Sablan dr...

Police searching for alleged shooting suspect in South L.A.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are searching for a suspect reportedly involved in a shooting Thursday in the Historic South-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles that may have injured at least one person.  Police responded to the area of Hill Street and Adams Boulevard after calls about a shooting near a liquor store came in at around 4:42 p.m.  Aerial footage from Sky5 confirmed that medical personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department were outside the liquor store, with reporter Gil Leyvas saying the shooting victim had been transported to a nearby hospital. LAFD personnel on the scene of an alleged shooting in South L.A. that may have injured one person on July 20, 2023. (KTLA)The shooting suspect is described only as a Hispanic male who may be inside an apartment building near 25th Street and Hills Street, about a block away from where the alleged shooting occurred.  No further details were provided. This is a developing story. Please stay with KTLA fo...

Los Angeles man who died at Death Valley National Park identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

A Los Angeles man who was found dead at a trailhead in Death Valley National Park was identified on Thursday.The hiker was confirmed to be Steve Curry, 71, from Sunland, according to the Inyo County Coroner’s Office.Curry was found collapsed outside of a restroom at Golden Canyon around 3:30 p.m. amid a blistering heatwave as temperatures hit 121°F in the area.National Park Service officials believe Curry had likely just been hiking on the popular trail shortly before he died.Earlier in the day, Curry was interviewed at Zabriskie Point by a reporter with the Los Angeles Times. He was photographed “slathered in sunscreen, huddled beneath a metal interpretive sign that afforded a small amount of shade,” officials said.According to the article, Curry had hiked to Zabriskie Point from Golden Canyon which was about two miles away. At some point, Curry left the point and hiked back to the Golden Canyon trailhead where he had parked his car.A sign warns people of extreme heat in multiple l...

‘Shark Week’: Momoa set to host popular TV spectacle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

By Mark Kennedy | Associated PressNEW YORK — Discovery Channel has landed the perfect host this year for “Shark Week,” none other than a huge fan of all ocean creatures — Aquaman.Jason Momoa, who in real life dreamed of a career as a marine biologist before Hollywood anointed him an ocean god, is going back to his roots to celebrate all things shark.“My heart is in the ocean,” Momoa told The Associated Press from Tahiti, moments before taking a trip to swim with some of the apex predators. “Doing ‘Shark Week’ is a no brainer.”Momoa will be the week’s recurring master of ceremonies, dipping in and out of the channel’s roughly 20 new hours of programs that start Sunday. Episode encores run most nights, too.Viewers will get to see rare sharks off the coast of South Africa, examine deadly shark attacks off the posh beaches of Egypt’s Red Sea and investigate whether sharks in Florida waters are getting high on cocaine.The ...

Police seized laptops from home of witness to Shakur’s killing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

By Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter | Associated PressLAS VEGAS — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.Detectives sought items “concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur” from Duane “Keffe D” Davis, according to warrant documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.Davis, now 60, is a self-described “gangster” and the uncle of Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, one of Shakur’s known rivals. Anderson denied involvement in Shakur’s killing, and died two years later in a shooting in Compton, California.Police reported collecting multiple computers, a cellphone and hard drive, “documentary documents,” a Vibe magazine that featured Shakur, “purported marijuana,” several .40-cali...

Shots fired in parking lot of SF Safeway after robbery: police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two people were arrested on Sunday after items were stolen from a San Francisco Safeway and shots were fired, the San Francisco Police Department said. The incident took place at Safeway Portrero Center located at 2300 16th Street. Officers from SFPD's Mission Station responded to the store after a threats call. Police said the suspects threatened the life of a store security guard. Are self-driving cars a menace to San Francisco streets? A gunshot was heard in the parking lot. Officers found the two suspects in their car and detained them. Officers found a gun with an extended magazine hidden in the car, as well as bullet fragments and a fired cartridge, according to police. SFPD said one of the arresting officers recognized the suspects and knew that one of them had a young child. The suspect said the 2-year-old child was home alone, and the police and fire departments "worked together to ensure the child was safe and medically assessed," SFPD said. The ...

New Jollibee location set to open in East Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Another Jollibee is coming to the East Bay. The popular Filipino fast-food chain is opening in Alameda.Jollibee will open at Alameda Landing on 5th Street, a spokesperson for the shopping center confirmed to KRON4. At this time, there is no confirmed date for when the location will open. Popular Filipino fast-food chain opens new location in Brentwood Jollibee joins other chain restaurants at Alameda Landing: In-N-Out, Chipotle, Panda Express, and The Habit. The planned opening comes about one month after Jollibee opened a new location in Brentwood. The Alameda location would be the Bay Area's 12th Jollibee. Cities in the region with a Jollibee are Brentwood, Concord, Daly City, Fairfield, Hayward, Milpitas, San Jose, South San Francisco, Union City and Vallejo. Jollibee, which was founded in 1978 in the Philippines, has more than 1,400 locations worldwide. Its first U.S. location opened in Daly City in 1998.KRON4 reached out to Jollibee for more information and has not ...

Your guide to an explosive — and pink — Barbenheimer release weekend in the DC area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

Although Barbie has never tackled the profession of Atomic Bomb Inventor, moviegoers who might appreciate the crossover can celebrate the shared July 21 release date of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” around the D.C. area with food and drinks, special screenings and of course, parties.Here are some restaurants, bars and clubs around the region that can help to make sure your Barbenheimer release weekend is equal parts fiery and glittering. Enjoy this moment in cinema history.Food and drinks (the only things that won’t be made with plastic or uranium)It is doubtful that those tiny boxes of concessions stand candy will be able to sustain you through back-to-back screenings of both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.” Before you hit the theater or after your showing has ended, you can check out these local spots to keep the momentum up.Conrad DCThe Conrad Hotel’s rooftop bar, Summit, in Penn Qu...