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Woman says thieves distracted her with request for help, then stole her wallet

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) — A warning from a woman who lost something precious to her: be careful when you're out shopping. What appears to be an innocent request could be a scheme to steal.Cathy Perone is still shaken up. Thursday, she was shopping at a Wegmans in Wake Forest, North Carolina when she says a man asked for help picking out a greeting card."He's pretending that he can't speak English," she recounted to Nexstar's WNCN. "I tried to help him pick out a card."Perone said the man was appreciative, thanked her, and walked away. Then she noticed a woman standing by her cart. Plane evacuation slide falls into backyard of Chicago home "The woman actually stared at me, and it gave me such an eerie feeling," Perone recalled. "Then she walked away, and something told me, 'Check in your bag.'"She realized her wallet was gone.Her daughter-in-law, Christina Perone, said within about 15 minutes, thousands of dollars of charges or attempted charges showed up on Cathy's credit cards."...

ATCEMS sets all-time record in June for heat-related incidents

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Austin-Travis County EMS is responding to more heat-related illnesses this summer compared to last year. Already, they are at 149 heat-related calls just for July. "That compares to 223 last July, but we're not done with July yet. So we're probably going to surpass that. I would not be surprised if we surpassed it by a pretty large margin," said ATCEMS Captain Christa Stedman. Cpt. Stedman said this June they set an all-time record for the number of heat-related incidents ATCEMS responded to. "We responded to 228 of those incidents," Stedman said. "Last June, we respond to 159."'Never seen anything like this'It's been one of the hottest summers hikers Kiersten Mueller and Casey Towers have ever seen."I've never experienced this kind of sustained heat, so it's definitely noticeable," Towers said. These triple-digit temperatures have caused more heat-related illnesses, including ones they've witnessed firsthand. "We saw several weeks ago, a young man up there, he mig...

Lake Travis golfer eyeing career in the skies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Since she was 3 years old, Gabby Roth was a competitive swimmer year-round. When the Austin native was 10, her dad began to get her into golf."I started taking a lesson every single week and it kind of just snowballed from there," said Roth. "And then I started playing in competitive tournaments when I was 12."MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersThe Lake Travis High School graduate was a key cog in their run to the 6A state golf tournament in 2023. One of Roth's former teammates plays golf at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Always having a passion for airplanes, Roth began to research."Ever since I was a little kid I've always been stuck staring at the sky," said Roth. "And when I'm playing golf tournaments, I'm always stuck staring at the sky if we're playing near an airport or anything." ‘I want to celebrate them’: Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian ...

Canadian wildfire smoke spurs another air quality warning for Northwest Minnesota

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, or MPCA, issued an air quality alert for northwestern and far west-central Minnesota on Monday. Parts of North Dakota may also be affected.The alert is effective through 10 p.m. Tuesday, the MPCA said in a news release.Smoke from wildfires in Quebec has cycled around a large, low-pressure system near Hudson Bay and has looped around into the northwestern part of the state. The smoke will continue to move south along the Red River Valley and will linger across northwestern and west-central Minnesota through Tuesday evening, the MPCA said.The smoke will be slow to dissipate, and the alert may need to be locally extended depending on how fast the smoke clears on Tuesday, the MPCA said.The affected areas in Minnesota include East Grand Forks, Moorhead, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Bemidji, Crookston, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls and Ortonville, as well as the tribal nations of Leech Lake and Red Lake, the MPCA said.“We are seeing that upper-lev...

Matt Wallner out of Twins’ starting lineup again

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

SEATTLE — The Twins recalled Matt Wallner in time to play in last Friday’s victory at Oakland, but as the team started its fourth game of this seven-game road trip, the outfielder from Forest Lake had yet to see his name on manager Rocco Baldelli’s lineup card.Minnesota likes to recall players who will have a chance to play regularly, but in this case it might be difficult.Wallner, 25, was called up for his third stint with the big league team after third baseman Jose Miranda was lost to an impingement in his right shoulder. A left-handed hitter, he joins a team that already has left-handed-hitting outfielders Max Kepler, Joey Gallo and Alex Kirilloff, plus switch hitter Willi Castro.“You know,” Baldelli said, “we lose a third baseman, we get a left-handed-hitting outfielder.”Optioned May 29 to the Saints after hitting .636 with a 1.692 OPS in his last four big league games, Wallner remained hot in St. Paul, hitting .308 with 11 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 31 RBIs, 20 wal...

For Twins’ Emilio Pagán, highs and lows starting to even out

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

SEATTLE — Every major league team, every season, has a relief pitcher who becomes a punchline. For the Twins last season, it was Emilio Pagán — and the reputation has largely stuck.“That comes with the territory of being a reliever,” he said. “You come in with a one-run lead and you blow it, you give up a run, you suck. … I get it. It doesn’t bother me at all. We wouldn’t have a job if it wasn’t for the fans. They’re allowed to be passionate. They’re allowed to hang on every pitch and every outcome.”Through more than half of this season, though, Pagán hasn’t quite deserved the residual ire from 2022.The right-hander has rebounded from a disappointing, and sometimes confounding, season that finished with a 4-6 record, seven blown saves and a 4.43 earned-run average in a year that saw the Twins fall from first in the American League Central to 14 games out over the final month.Pagán started the season as the closer, and had seven saves in the Twins’ first 46 games, but by July, the on...

NYSP investigating two-boat crash in Mayfield

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

MAYFIELD, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New York State Police are investigating a boat crash on the Great Sacandaga Lake. Police said the crash happened in the area of Lakeside Drive in the town of Mayfield on Saturday morning. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! One person was injured in the two-boat crash. They were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.The crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.

Albany College of Pharmacy eight-story dorm for sale

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany College of Pharmacy is looking to sell one of its dormitory buildings. The building is located on Notre Dame Drive in Albany and has an asking price of nearly $6 million. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The building is eight stories tall and has more than 150 bedrooms and 30 bathrooms. The college is looking to sell the building in order to pay for future developments.

Visitation held for fallen 19-year-old Rutland officer

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

RUTLAND, Vt. (NEWS10) -- Law enforcement from around Vermont gathered Monday to pay respects to the youngest Vermont police officer killed in the line of duty.Only July 7, Rutland City Officer Jessica Ebbighausen, 19, was killed in a crash while in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Those who knew her said Ebbighausen wanted to become a police officer since she was nine years old.She dedicated much of her teenage life to serving her community and the Rutland Police Department. She was a few months shy of continuing training at the police academy. The Rutland city mayor spoke Monday on how the tragedy has impacted the community. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "The outpouring of support has been unbelievable. In all honesty, it's because of a tragic situation, and that's the part that's hard," Mayor Mike Doenges said. "You hope that groups like this can come together for positive things, but to come together at a time when it's to...

Aurora won’t deploy officers to Denver during protests until Denver agrees to protect them from all liability

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:26:49 GMT

An agreement between Denver and Aurora that allowed the two cities to deploy their police officers to help each other during protests has been suspended after an Aurora City Council vote on Monday night.Aurora won’t be sending its officers to Denver, as it did during the 2020 racial justice protests after the killing of George Floyd, until Denver agrees to fully indemnify — or take on full legal responsibility — for Aurora officers’ actions during such events.The Aurora City Council voted in favor of the resolution, 5-4, with Councilmembers Ruben Medina, Alison Coombs, Juan Marcano and Curtis Gardner voting against it.While several of the members who opposed it said they believed Denver should indemnify Aurora’s officers after such events, a new Denver mayor was sworn in just hours before the meeting. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman could not come to an agreement with then-Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, but he should try to come to one with Mayor Mike Johnston...