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Hitman in New Jersey murder-for-hire sentenced to 16 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014.George Bratsenis, 74, pleaded guilty a year ago to a charge that he and another man accepted thousands of dollars from another political consultant, Sean Caddle, in exchange for killing Michael Galdieri. Galdieri was stabbed to death in his Jersey City apartment, which was then set on fire.U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez imposed the 16-year sentence plus five years of supervised release on Wednesday in federal court in Newark.A man who served time in a New Jersey prison with Bratsenis in the early 2000s, Bomani Africa, also pleaded guilty in the killing and was sentenced last month to 20 years. He named Bratsenis as the accomplice who helped kill Galdieri.Revelations about Galdieri’s killing jolted political circles in a state infamous for dozens of poli...

Astrónomos descubren un agujero negro ultramasivo utilizando una nueva técnica

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

(CNN) — Un agujero negro ultramasivo, considerado uno de los más grandes jamás detectados, ha sido descubierto por astrónomos utilizando una nueva técnica.Los hallazgos, publicados por la Royal Astronomical Society, muestran que el agujero negro tiene más de 30.000 millones de veces la masa del sol, una escala que es raramente vista por los astrónomos.Los investigadores lo describieron como un descubrimiento “extremadamente emocionante” que abre posibilidades “tentadoras” para detectar más agujeros negros.El equipo, dirigido por la Universidad de Durham en el Reino Unido, utilizó una técnica conocida como lente gravitacional, en la que una galaxia cercana se usa como una lupa gigante para desviar la luz de un objeto más distante. Esto les permitió examinar de cerca cómo un agujero negro desvía la luz dentro de una galaxia a cientos de millones de años luz de la Tierra.Astrónomos descubren un agujero negro “fuera de control” tras ser expulsad...

Harris/Rales Group presenta oferta para comprar Washington Commanders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

Un grupo liderado por Josh Harris y Mitchell Rales presentó una oferta totalmente financiada por los Washington Commanders de la NFL, según dos fuentes cercanas.Las personas hablaron con The Associated Press bajo condición de anonimato el martes porque los detalles de la oferta no se han anunciado públicamente.El grupo Harris/Rales, que incluye al miembro del Salón de la Fama del baloncesto Magic Johnson, es uno de los múltiples interesados en comprar los Commanders. El propietario de los Houston Rockets, Tilman Fertitta, y el multimillonario canadiense Steve Apostolopoulos también han estado en la contienda.ESPN informó que el grupo Harris/Rales presentó la oferta al precio de venta de $6 mil millones de Snyder. Snyder aún tenía que aceptar una oferta cuando el comité de finanzas de la liga se reunió el lunes, por lo que su futuro no se discutió abiertamente.“La información es muy poca o ninguna en términos de los 31 de nosotros (propietarios), y probablemente incluso de la oficina...

1 killed in Boulder fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) -- One person was killed Wednesday in a structure fire in Boulder's Highland Park neighborhood.The fire was reported in the 2800 block of Dartmouth Avenue.The adult victim was found inside during the fire response.Details of how the fire started have not been released. It's also not apparent if anyone else was home at the time the fire started.FOX31's Rogelio Mares is heading to the scene to get some of these questions answered. He will have live reports during FOX31 news at 4 and 5.

Colorado ranks highly for interest in cryptocurrency trading

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado's interest in cryptocurrency trading is some of the nation's highest. Cryptocurrency trading is much like other stock, commodities or currency trading - buying and selling digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin, on cryptocurrency exchanges or other trading platforms. Traders generate massive gains or losses based on the currencies' generally high levels of volatility. Study: Colorado one of the top states for tech workers Cryptobetting.org looked into how much each states' residents use crypto-related search terms to see which state has the highest levels of interest. Colorado, which is both younger and more tech-heavy than most U.S. states, ranked eighth. According to the analysis, there are 1,710 crypto-related search terms used in Colorado for every 100,000 people. Virginia and Massachusetts have roughly the same. Gaming capital Nevada ranked first in the nation, with 1,959 crypto-related searches per 100,000. Mississippi has the na...

Vatican: Pope to be hospitalized for days for lung infection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said.The 86-year-old pope doesn't have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday.The hospitalization was the first since Francis spent 10 days at the Gemelli in July 2021 to have 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed.It immediately raised questions about Francis' overall health, and his ability to celebrate the busy Holy Week events that are due to begin this weekend with Palm Sunday.Bruni said Francis had been suffering breathing troubles in recent days and went to the Gemelli hospital for tests.“The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical therapy,” Bruni's statement said. Passport wait times are up. Here’s how to get one fast in Colorado Francis appeared in relatively go...

Man strikes victim with Corvette after fight breaks out on South Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

A scuffle that started after a man in a Corvette ran a red light in South Beach led to an occupational nurse attempting to run over another man. A witness who wished to remain anonymous reported that a fight broke out on the sidewalk between the man in the Corvette and the man who was walking his dogs, who had been agitated by the Corvette driver running the red light. “These two guys engage in a fight,” said the witness. “The guy gets out of the car, threatening him and the guy with the dog reacts, he punched in a couple of times and gives him a knee. The dogs tried to attack him. He pulled the dogs out.”The witness stated that after the fight ended and the man with the dogs walked away, 29-year-old Keanen Roberts, who was wearing hospital scrubs, got back into his Corvette and made a U-turn onto the sidewalk, hitting the man with his car. “It was over so that’s when I stopped recording and apparently, the guy went back to his car and that’...

Miami Hurricanes head to Texas for NCAA Final Four

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

The Miami Hurricanes are on their way to Houston, Texas where they will compete in the Final Four. Also joining them in the finals is Florida Atlantic University. On Wednesday, the Hurricanes were given a send-off by fans as they continue to look for a magic run during the NCAA tournament. Hurricanes Coach Jim Larrañaga gave the team a pep talk before their 40-minute practice. The team advanced after beating Texas and overcoming a 13-point deficit in the Elite Eight. After beating Texas, the Hurricanes will now face the University of Connecticut Saturday night for a shot to play in Monday night’s championship game.“We really don’t care because just about every team we’ve played, other than Drake, we’ve been the underdog, and that’s hard for me to understand when we’re ACC regular season champs, and I think the ACC is the best conference in America,” Larrañaga said.“I feel like being an underdog, we play underdog this whole year, ...

House Chair: Carve Commuter Rail Out Of MBTA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

The eastern Massachusetts commuter rail network and its hundreds of thousands of riders would no longer be the responsibility of the MBTA under safety and management reforms targeted by the House’s transportation chief.Rep. William Straus of Mattapoisett, who co-chairs the Transportation Committee that last year held oversight hearings examining the widespread problems at the T, filed legislation that would scale back the agency’s scope with a goal of tightening its focus on core subway and bus service.His proposal has already drawn muted reviews from public transit advocates, who argue that Beacon Hill’s focus should be on resources made available to the T instead of the transportation governance flowchart. The transit agency is in the midst of a major hiring effort, but has had trouble filling positions.In Straus’s view, the deteriorating conditions at the MBTA in recent years — which range from persistent service cuts prompted by staffing shortages t...

Pope to be hospitalized for days with respiratory infection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:31 GMT

By NICOLE WINFIELD (Associated Press)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said.The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday.The hospitalization was the first since Francis spent 10 days at the Gemelli hospital in July 2021 to have 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed. It immediately raised questions about Francis’ overall health, and his ability to celebrate the busy Holy Week events that are due to begin this weekend with Palm Sunday.Bruni said Francis had had trouble breathing in recent days and went to the Gemelli hospital Wednesday for tests.“The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical treat...