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Fox News's Bill Melugin reported Thursday that the texts allegedly sent by Derrick Callella were to see if the family would respond. Melugin added, His text messages are *not* believed to be connected to the ransom demand. Melugin retweeted the criminal complaint, writing, Feds say he tried to use a VOIP app which they were able to quickly get around via an emergency disclosure request to their mobile carrier, then they found his IP address and linked it to his California address.

Thousands of Californians received earthquake warnings on Thursday after a 4.7-magnitude tremor shook Northern California. The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued a ShakeAlert after the quake struck at 4:49am PT (7:49am ET), about 70 miles offshore of Petrolia. ShakeAlert messages are triggered when seismic sensors detect a quake of magnitude 4.5 or higher expected to cause significant shaking. The epicenter was located 190 miles west of Chico, a city of about 121,000 residents, and 65 miles west-southwest of Fortuna, which has roughly 12,000 residents.

the schoolkid's pink, heart-festooned backpack that Casey Dawson is schlepping around town as punishment for losing at fantasy football. It keeps me humble. It keeps me grounded. It puts a smile on my face every time I see it. It's kind of ridiculous, but it's fun. It keeps everything fun and light-hearted, said Dawson, a 25-year-old from Park City, Utah, whose first event at this Winter Games comes Sunday in the men's 5,000 meters.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly stabbing a Brooklyn school safety agent as she tried to break up a brawl between two middle schoolers, police said. The teen is accused of knifing the agent, a 53-year-old woman, in her calf as she intervened in the 3:10 p.m. Wednesday scuffle on Beverley Road near Ralph Avenue, steps from IS 285, the Meyer Levin Middle School for the Performing Arts in East Flatbush, police said.

"There's very little you can do in your life that will be comparable," he tells Queerty. "Unless you're a fighter pilot, you've probably not experienced the sensation."

Nothing makes Americans want to gamble like the Super Bowl. Every year, the game is reliably the biggest day for sports betting: On platforms such as FanDuel and DraftKings, people are already putting money down on which team will win the opening coin toss, how long the national anthem will be, and what color of Gatorade will be used to douse the winning head coach.

The Graham family, which had owned the Post forever, was an amazing steward for the paper. But they had to scale back their newsroom, because the internet had blown holes in classified ads. Classifieds used to be huge at The Washington Post. At the time Bezos bought it in 2013, it was not dysfunctional. These were really good journalists, but the paper was in a bit of a funk. It wasn't a reclamation project, but it had seen better days.

Unlike the last administration, we are focused on achieving swift compliance and not just overzealous enforcement intended to cripple industry based on climate zealotry,

From April 2023 to February 2024, the U.S. attorney's office said Nguyen sent emails threatening to kill a man identified in court documents as T.H. and his wife and included screenshots of texts discussing hiring a hit man for $15,000 to kill T.H.'s wife. Nguyen also stalked five employees at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sometimes impersonating T.H.'s wife and threatening the consulate, federal prosecutors said.

ALABAMA - THE HISTORIC S.S. UNITED States ocean liner, currently undergoing environmental remediation work in Mobile, Alabama ahead of its planned sinking and conversion to an artificial reef off of Florida's coast, was this week given a tentative April departure date from that port for its final destination, Fox 10 WALA reports . The new timeline has lit a fire under the New York Coalition to Save the S.S. United States, the preservation group battling to save the ship .

"Our mother is a kind, loyal, fiercely loving woman of goodness and light," "We, too, have heard the reports about a possible ransom letter in the media. As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen."

Within the letter, which is addressed to league commissioners and leaders, the commission says it is re-examining all player prop bets and single game specific multi-leg individual player parlays. They say this is taking place after recent allegations, investigations, and prosecutions have come to light. Once the review has been complete, if it requires the outright elimination of certain bets, the Gaming Commission states it'll use its regulatory authority to prohibit them.

McKenna was charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor simple assault, and two summary offenses for disorderly conduct and harassment by State College Police, according to Pennsylvania court documents. In Pennsylvania, a first-degree felony conviction can result in up to 20 years in prison or up to $25,000 in fines. Anderson-Jussen reported that the Penn State men's hockey team had been at a bar following their 5-4 loss to Michigan State at Beaver Stadium on Saturday.