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Suspect in 1979 South Bay cold case homicide identified

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

(KRON) -- Nearly 44 years after the stabbing death of an 18-year-old security guard in Sunnyvale, the cold case murder suspect has been identified, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety announced Thursday.In 1979, Estella Elena Mena worked as a security guard in Sunnyvale for a business located at 444 De Guigne Drive, officials said. On Oct. 27 of that year, Sunnyvale DPS officers responded to a report of an assault at the business and located Mena in the lobby suffering from multiple stab wounds.Sunnyvale DPS said that there were no leads on suspects for years following the killing.Estella Elena Mena (Photo: Sunnyvale DPS)A DNA profile from blood evidence collected at the crime scene was run through CODIS, a national DNA database, at that time. There were no matches on the profile.Decades later, in Oct. 2022, officials said the DNA profile was submitted for Forensic Investigative Genealogy. A new lead was developed, and the source of the blood at the scene was positively identi...

Bystander dies after having leg severed in Oakland hit-and-run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

(KRON) -- A bystander was killed after having his leg severed in a hit-and-run crash that occurred Wednesday night in Oakland, police confirmed. Officers with the Oakland Police Department responded to the area of High Street and International Boulevard just before 10:30 p.m. to investigate a report of a hit-and-run crash with major injuries.At the scene, officers located a victim whose leg was completely severed as a result of the collision. The victim was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.OPD described the victim as a 40-year-old Hispanic man. His identity is being withheld, pending next of kin. GOP senator from Iowa calls for Nancy Pelosi Federal Building to be closed Further investigation revealed that a stolen Kia Sorento SUV was heading east on the 4200 block of International at high speed when it crashed into a Pontiac Vibe. The Pontiac's driver fled the scene and self-transported to the hospital with minor injuries.Impact from the crash caused ...

Vulnerabilities in Cellphone Roaming Let Spies and Criminals Track You Across the Globe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

The very obscure, archaic technologies that make cellphone roaming possible also makes it possible to track phone owners across the world, according to a new investigation by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. The roaming tech is riddled with security oversights that make it a ripe target for those who might want to trace the locations of phone users.As the report explains, the flexibility that made cellphones so popular in the first place is largely to blame for their near-inescapable vulnerability to unwanted location tracking: When you move away from a cellular tower owned by one company to one owned by another, your connection is handed off seamlessly, preventing any interruption to your phone call or streaming video. To accomplish this handoff, the cellular networks involved need to relay messages about who — and, crucially, precisely where — you are.“Notably, the methods available to law enforcement and intelligence services are similar to those used by the unlawful acto...

Sam's No. 3 in Aurora to close by end of year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An iconic local restaurant, Sam's No. 3, announced Wednesday that its location in Aurora will close by the end of 2023.The diner and bar announced the closure on Facebook, saying, "It is time for us to concentrate on owning our own space." 8 iconic restaurants only found in Colorado Sam's No. 3 has a long history. It first opened in Denver in 1927 when Sam Andrew Armatas, an immigrant from Greece, made his way to Denver, according to the website. He had previously worked on railroads, in the military, at a steel mill, and at a Greek diner.Armatas was arrested by the FBI in 1936 because of his illegal immigration status. Luckily, his judge was a customer at the diner and dropped the charges allowing him to stay.He continued opening more diners, named Sam's No. 1 through Sam's No. 5, but Sam's No. 3 was the location that stayed in business. Armatas' son Spero bought Sam's No. 3 in 1966 and ran the business with his sons. In 1998, Spero Armatas' sons, Spero, Patrick a...

Rescue crews extricate pilot after plane crashes at North Perry Airport

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

A plane that crashed in Pembroke Pines prompted a swift response by rescue crews.Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue arrived at the scene of the crash at North Perry Airport, located at 101 SW 77th Way, Thursday afternoon. https://twitter.com/PPinesPD/status/1717610457366684084According to Pembroke Pines Police, the pilot on board the plane, a Mooney M20E, was extricated and was conscious and breathing.No other injuries were reported. Traffic along 712 SW 72nd Ave. was diverted as officials investigate the incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

All lanes blocked on I-595 West near Nob Hill Road in Davie after tanker rolls over, catches on fire;

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

All lanes are closed on Interstate 595 after a tanker rolled-over and caught on fire.Davie Fire Rescue arrived at the scene on I-595 West, just before Exit 5: Pine Island Road, Thursday afternoon. The tanker carried waste products and its fuel lines were ruptured. The vehicle swerved, went on its side and caught on fire. Rescue crews at the scene attempted to douse the flames and have called additional units to assist them.According to officials, the driver of the vehicle is in his 30s and was transported to Broward Health Center with severe burns. Crews were able to put out the fire, but due to debris at the scene, three lanes on the highway were closed down. Florida Highway Patrol troopers are expected to arrive at the scene to direct traffic. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Lithuanian president calls Orbán a Russian ‘flirt’ after Putin handshake

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

BRUSSELS — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda hit out at Viktor Orbán for having met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, calling out the Hungarian prime minister for flirting with Moscow just before the two men were about to sit around the same summit table.“It’s really strange to see that we start to flirt with a regime who is committing … very cruel atrocities on the territory of Ukraine,” Nausėda said as he arrived for a summit of EU leaders on Thursday. “It sends a very wrong message to … international society and also to Ukraine who is fighting for their freedom.” Orbán has been criticized by some in the EU after shaking hands with Putin at a summit in China last week, and doubling down on his continued close ties with Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. While Budapest has signed up to the EU’s 11 rounds of sanctions on Moscow, Orbán has continually held up talks and called on the bloc to immediately stop supplying arms to Kyiv, all while ...

UK Tory MP Crispin Blunt arrested on suspicion of rape

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

LONDON — Veteran Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been arrested on suspicion of rape, he confirmed Thursday night.In a statement, Blunt named himself as the MP at the center of earlier media reports on an arrested lawmaker.He expressed confidence he would be cleared, and has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.Under English law, suspects are not routinely named before charges, if any, are levied by prosecutors.But in a statement, Blunt said: “It has been reported that an MP was arrested yesterday in connection with an allegation of rape. I am confirming that MP was me. The fact of the arrest required a formal notification of the [House of Commons] speaker and then my chief whip.”He added: “I have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident, the first time three weeks ago, when I initially reported my concern over extortion.“The second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. The arrest was unnecessary as I re...

Greek government defangs probe into its spying on politicians and reporters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

ATHENS — The government of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is being accused of trying to neutralize the regulators that have been pursuing it over a scandal involving the wiretapping of politicians and journalists.Greece’s espionage scandal — dubbed “Predatorgate” — exploded in the summer of 2022 when Socialist leader Nikos Androulakis discovered an attempted wiretap on his phone with malicious spyware, followed by the revelation he had also been under surveillance by the state spy service.Since then, the saga has morphed into a labyrinthine espionage thriller that involves malicious spyware Predator being planted on the phones of an ever-expanding network of politicians and journalists. The government denies using the illegal spyware.In the latest twist in the scandal, a magistrate has summoned former and current members of the independent watchdog (ADAE) as suspects for leaking classified information, according to several officials.ADAE has been conducting a ...

Maine’s governor says at least 18 people killed, 13 injured in shootings in Lewiston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:43 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities carried out a multistate search on land and water Thursday for a U.S. Army reservist who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that sent panicked patrons scrambling under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state of Maine in fear.Schools, doctor’s offices and grocery stores closed and people stayed behind locked door in cities as far away as 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the scenes of Wednesday night’s shootings in Lewiston.President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff as condolences poured in from around the nation and at home, including from Maine native and author Stephen King, who called it “madness.” The attacks stunned a state of only 1.3 million people that has one of the country’s lowest homicide rates: 29 killings in all of 2022.The shooting suspect, Robert Card, is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, aut...