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Final game checks pulled from Empire players, coaches' accounts

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

ALBANY, NY (NEWS10) -- The drama surrounding the Albany Empire continues, even after the team's termination from the National Arena League. Former Empire interim head coach Moe Leggett tells NEWS10 ABC Sports Director Griffin Haas that multiple Empire players and coaches had their final game check pulled out of their bank accounts. Leggett says the players and coaches that had their payroll accounts set up were originally paid for the team's final game against Orlando. Leggett and multiple players noticed that money was gone by Thursday morning. Leggett says he has reached out to Empire owner Antonio Brown's accountant, Alex Gunaris, but has been unable to reach him. NEWS10 has also reached out to Gunaris, and we have not yet heard back. This comes after the Empire were kicked out of the National Arena League for not paying their league assessments. Stay tuned to NEWS10 ABC both on-air and online as we learn more about this developing story.

Marion Porterfield talks campaign with News10

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Primary elections for many municipal offices are happening on June 27. One of the races is for the city of Schenectady. Democrat Marion Porterfield is trying to unseat three-term mayor Gary McCarthy.Porterfield has been on the city council for more then ten years. She says the downtown area has seen some improvements the past few years but more attention needs to be focused on other neighborhoods.The democrat claims the city is facing an alarming trend. "We are losing staff at city hall at a rapid rate", said Porterfield. She adds, "Part of that is because of the leadership at city hall, when people leave they feel they are under appreciated, morale is very low and we need to keep those people in order to keep the progress going in the city of Schenectady."The democrat sat down with News10 to discuss the issues facing the city ahead of the Tuesday, June 27 primary.

Missouri woman imprisoned for 42 years to get court hearing that could lead to release

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who has spent more than four decades in prison for a murder her supporters believe she did not commit will get a court hearing that could lead to her release.The Missouri attorney general's office has agreed to an evidentiary hearing for Sandra Hemme, 63, who was convicted of murder in the Nov. 12, 1980, killing of Patricia Jeschke, a library worker in St. Joseph, The Kansas City Star reported Thursday.Lawyers for the Innocence Project filed a petition in February seeking to exonerate and free Hemme, who was a patient at a psychiatric hospital when she gave conflicting statements about the murder to investigators.In a response filed last week, the attorney general’s office asked Circuit Judge Ryan Horsman to require lawyers involved in the case to be ready to set a date for the evidentiary hearing when they meet on July 10. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car Her attorneys say the only evidence link...

2023 NBA draft tracker: Picks, updates and more live coverage

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

Live coverage of the 2023 NBA draft from The Denver Post, including live updates, picks around the NBA and selections from the Denver Nuggets.

Former LAPD officer convicted of raping woman after DNA links him to crime

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer has been convicted of raping a woman while off-duty in 2015.William Rodriguez, 38, was arrested in July 2019 on multiple counts of sexual assault, including two alleged rapes.Rodriguez, a ten-year LAPD veteran, was taken into custody and immediately relieved of his duties. According to the Police Department, Rodriguez was identified as the suspect in a 2015 rape after police received a "cold hit" on his DNA through the Combined DNA Index System, aka CODIS.Detectives began investigating Rodriguez after a woman came forward to accuse him of rape in 2018. That incident led to the DNA hit tying him to the 2015 attack. Both alleged attacks happened while Rodriguez was off-duty. The 2015 attack happened in August when Rodriguez drove the victim to an unspecified location and then raped her, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.Rodriguez had originally pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape when he made his initial ...

Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

KTLA’s political series, Inside California Politics, will air a special program on California’s 2024 Senate race on Thursday at 7 p.m. on KTLA and Nexstar Media Group’s local stations around the state.The special, “Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate,” will feature the three leading candidates running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein after she retires in 2025: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank).The special will be hosted by KTLA's Frank Buckley and Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo.

Alien Labs Wins Zalympix New Category

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

Alien Labs’ Zkittelz strain secured top honors in the new Best Thing Smoking category last weekend’s Zalympix competition hosted by Greenwolf.The new category’s winner was selected by Proper Doinks in a tournament format.With a record-breaking number of participants, this edition of Zalympix attracted more entries than all previous events combined. Alien Labs consistently demonstrated its excellence by placing among the top three or winning various categories in the past. However, this triumph marked their most significant achievement yet, as they added another three trophies to their ever-expanding collection. Speculations arose last week regarding the challenging nature of the competition for Z due to the abundance of Zkittelz hybrids in the mix. Nevertheless, the judges ultimately disagreed, and Zkittelz claimed the highest podium. Since its meteoric rise in 2014, when it dominated the Mendocino Secret Cup and secured a top-five spot at the High Times NorCal Cup...

A’s swept in Cleveland as losing streak hits 8 games

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

CLEVELAND — The Oakland A’s lost for the eighth straight time Thursday afternoon when the Cleveland Guardians rode Josh Bell’s mammoth home run to a 6-1 victory and a three-game sweep.The A’s were swept for the 11th time and they dropped to 19-58, baseball’s worst record. Their current skid followed a seven-game winning streak.Oakland’s mark through 77 games is the worst in the majors since the Detroit Tigers went 18-59 to start 2003.“We’re going to continue to work,” vowed manager Mark Kotsay, whose team led in every game in the series. “We’re going to continue to grind. We’ve seen some of the benefits with the winning streak we went through. We know we can compete and we know we can win.”Just not on Thursday. Bell homered off an “Ohio” sign beyond the left-field wall and Myles Straw hit an RBI triple to key Cleveland’s offense.CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 22: Josh Bell #55 of the Cleveland Guardians celebrates after hitting a solo home run off JP Sears #38 of...

Warriors’ trade for Chris Paul draws praise from ESPN pundits — well, most of them

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

The Warriors didn’t win the NBA championship and don’t have the top pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft.But Golden State stole the conversation on Draft day by agreeing to acquire Chris Paul from the Washington Wizards in a trade that would send dynamic guard Jordan Poole back to the nation’s capital.Even with generational superstar Victor Wembanyama’s likely selection by the San Antonio Spurs set to come on Thursday, ESPN’s coverage building up to the draft gave significant time to the Warriors-Wizards trade.JJ Redick said he was “fascinated” by the move, especially in the way that Paul will pair up with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and coach Steve Kerr’s preferred style of offense.“The Warriors are a team that has thrived on body and ball movement — Steph has described their style of play as ‘chaotic,’” Redick said. “Then you think about Chris Paul, how methodical, how controlled, how organized he is. The Warriors have the shortest average touch length in the half-court. Ch...

Four-bedroom home sells in San Ramon for $1.5 million

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:05 GMT

2910 Marlboro Way – Google Street ViewA 1,520-square-foot house built in 1978 has changed hands. The property located in the 2900 block of Marlboro Way in San Ramon was sold on June 7, 2023, for $1,530,000, or $1,007 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached garage. There’s also a pool in the backyard and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 10,200-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:A 1,946-square-foot home on the 200 block of Saint Denis Court in San Ramon sold in April 2023, for $1,475,000, a price per square foot of $758. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In March 2023, a 2,103-square-foot home on Marlboro Way in San Ramon sold for $1,485,000, a price per square foot of $706. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Millbridge Place, San Ramon, in July 2022, a 1,850-square-foot home was sold for $1,600,000, a price per square foot of $865. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.