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Hospitals seek help identifying three patients found in Southern California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

Hospital staff are asking for the public's help to identify three male patients found across Southern California.All three men were found near public roads or areas and remain hospitalized at Dignity Health facilities. They were all found without personal items or documentation of their identity.The first patient was discovered on Oct. 10. He was found lying on the sidewalk in front of the Long Beach Library located at 101 Pacific Avenue.Staff described him as a Hispanic man in his mid to late 50s, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and around 137 pounds. He has brown eyes and dark-colored hair with some graying. His left hand has a tattoo featuring a circle with the letter “JJ.” The second “J” is reversed, staff said.Male patient found lying on the sidewalk in front of the Long Beach Library on Oct. 10, 2023. (Dignity Health)The second patient was discovered on Oct. 12. He was found inside a tent on the L.A. riverbed in Long Beach. A good Samaritan brought the man to a Dignity Health hospi...

Cruise to pull all of its driverless vehicles off streets nationwide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Self-driving Cruise cars will no longer be inhabiting the streets of San Francisco. Cruise announced Thursday that it is pulling all of its driverless cars off the streets nationwide. The cars have been at the center of controversy in the city over the past year. They have been involved in crashes and have driven into areas such as construction zones. San Francisco blamed for its own housing crisis in new state report "The most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust," Cruise said. "Part of this involves taking a hard look inwards and at how we do work at Cruise, even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult."Cruise said it will "proactively pause driverless operations across all of our fleets" as it does internal evaluation. It is not related to any new on-road incidents, per Cruise. "We think it’s the right thing to do during a period when we need to be extra vigilant when it comes to risk, relentless...

DC police release bodycam footage of Southeast shooting that left 1 dead and 2 officers injured

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

D.C. police have released body camera footage Thursday showing the moments that led up to the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Arthur Porter by police.The shooting happened Oct. 19 just before 5 p.m. in the 2800 Block of Gainesville Street Northeast. Police said they were responding to a report of a man with a gun shouting at two other people.In the video, posted on MPD’s Community Briefing YouTube page, you can see an officer approach Porter before he runs away.“During the foot pursuit ‘involved officer one’ broadcast the individual’s description, location and that the individual had a gun in their pocket,” said Assistant Chief Leslie Parsons of D.C. police’s Homeland Security Bureau. “Involved officer one then ordered the individual not to pull the gun out. Immediately following the command of involved officer one, the individual turned towards the officers and raised a semi-automatic handgun.”Police said then, as rounds were discharged between that same officer, an...

Cole Caufield scores in the final minute of overtime as Canadiens rally to beat Blue Jackets 4-3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield scored with 43 seconds left in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Thursday night.Caufield, who also had two assists, beat Columbus goaltender Elvis Merzlikins on the glove side with a wrist shot.Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists and Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist for Montreal. Sean Monahan also scored and Samuel Montembeault stopped 31 shots as Montreal overcame an early 2-0 deficit.Emil Bemstrom scored two power-play goals and Jack Roslovic finished with a goal and two assists for Columbus. Merzlikins made 23 saves.Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli, the third pick in June’s draft, was held without a point after coming in with goals in the last two games.Columbus went 2 for 4 on the power play, while Montreal was 2 for 5.Tied at 3-all with less than a minute remaining in the third period, Canadiens veteran Brendan Gallagher took a high-sticking penalty that left Montreal short a man at the e...

McTavish scores in OT as Ducks hand Bruins their first loss of the season with a 4-3 victory

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Mason McTavish scored on a 2-on-1 break with 2:52 remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, while Charlie McAvoy added three assists, but Boston surrendered a 3-1 lead in the third period and lost for the first time this season. Charlie Coyle and Matt Grzelcyk also scored for the Bruins, now 7-1 on the franchise’s centennial season.Anaheim forced overtime on Troy Terry’s goal with 14.7 seconds left in regulation.Boston’s Linus Ullmark made 28 saves while John Gibson stopped 30 shots for the Ducks.Anaheim (3-4) jumped in front with five minutes left in the opening period with the help of a fortunate bounce. Defenseman Rako Gudas fired a rocket from just inside the blue line that deflected off the skate of Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm and past Ullmark. Bruins coach Jim Montgomery wanted the officials to review for possible goalie interference but the call on ...

Brink scores first two NHL goals as Flyers’ 6-2 romp over the Wild.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bobby Brink scored his first two NHL goals, Sean Couturier, Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim each added one and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild 6-2 0n Thursday night. Carter Hart made 26 saves while Cam Atkinson had three assists for Philadelphia (4-2-1). Dakota Mermis and Marcus Foligno scored for Minnesota (3-3-1) while Filip Gustavsson had 29 saves on the first stop of the Wild’s four-day, three-city trip to the East Coast. Brink — the 22-year-old rookie who was drafted by the Flyers in 2019 — has been part of the early stages of Philadelphia’s rebuilding efforts. Skating on the third line with Joel Farabee and Noah Cates, Brink has made an immediate impression on Flyers head coach John Tortorella —who has played him in six of Philadelphia’s games this season.Philadelphia entered Thursday night with a 1 for 20 mark on the power play — the worst in the NHL through the season’s first two-plus weeks. On Thurs...

Tras la pista del sospechoso de los tiroteos en Lewiston, Maine: estos son los desafíos que puede enfrentar su búsqueda

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

(CNN) — Las autoridades se han abalanzado sobre el sur de Maine para buscar a un hombre acusado de matar a 18 personas en dos tiroteos masivos ocurridos el miércoles en la ciudad de Lewiston, y varios aspectos en sus antecedentes podrían hacer que el esfuerzo para encontrarlo sea tanto desafiante como peligroso, dijeron expertos a CNN.La búsqueda de Robert Card, de 40 años, comenzó hace un día, después de que se reportaron dos tiroteos a solo 6,4 kilómetros de distancia en Lewiston, la segunda ciudad más grande de Maine, a unos 65 kilómetros al norte de Portland. Ahora se enfrenta a una orden de detención por ocho cargos de asesinato, cifra que aumentará a medida que se identifique a más víctimas, según las autoridades.¿Quién es Robert Card y qué sabemos del sospechoso de los tiroteos en Lewiston, Maine?Mientras tanto, las autoridades continúan su búsqueda. Pero podrían enfrentarse a varios retos en su carrera por encontrar a Card, según los expertos en temas policiales, a sab...

Live updates | Airstrikes ravage swaths of Gaza after Israeli troops and tanks briefly enter

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

More airstrikes have ravaged swaths of the Gaza Strip, and residents are running out of food, water and other supplies. The bombardment continued as the Israeli military said its troops and tanks briefly entered northern Gaza to prepare for a full-scale incursion, the Israeli raid since the war began more than two weeks ago. Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official told The Associated Press that the Palestinian militant group needs greater intervention from its allies, including Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, in its war with Israel.The war, now in its 20th day, is the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Thursday that more than 7,000 Palestinians have been killed so far — more than three times the number killed in the six-week-long Gaza war in 2014. In the occupied West Bank, more than 100 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids following Hamas’ surprise rampage on Oct. 7 in southern Israel.The Associated Press couldn&#...

Martin Necas scores in overtime to give Hurricanes 3-2 win over Kraken

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas scored his second goal of the game with 9.7 seconds left in overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Thursday night to snap a three-game skid.Necas got the puck in the slot and delivered the winning shot after receiving a pass from Tony DeAngelo.Carolina’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored with 4:24 left in regulation to force the extra session. Necas had an assist on that goal. Frederik Andersen stopped 23 shots for the Hurricanes.Oliver Bjorkstrand and Devin Shore scored for the Kraken, who have yet to win consecutive games this season. Joey Daccord, who has recorded both of Seattle’s victories, made 43 saves.The Hurricanes, who were coming off a 2-4-0 road stretch, played in just their second home game.Seattle was aiming to beat Carolina for the second time this season.Kotkaniemi and Necas became the third and fourth Carolina players to reach the four-goal mark.Andersen didn’t play in the past three games as he recovered from ...

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 20 – 26, 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:22 GMT

Shepherds defending ancient grazing and migration rights guide sheep through a city square during the annual parade in Spain. Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip. Chinese astronauts attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission in northwestern China. And in sports, Afghanistan captain Hashimatullah Shahidi celebrated their win against Pakistan during the Cricket World Cup match in India.The selection was curated jointly by AP photo editors Aaron Jackson in New York and Subramoney Iyer in New Delhi.Follow AP visual journalism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnewsAP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_ImagesAP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com/Source