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CBS News
7 hours ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Water main break floods Sacramento neighborhood
A Sacramento neighborhood was flooded on Sunday due to a water main break, the city said. City officials said the water main break appears to be near 60th Street and 25th Avenue. About 12 homes in the area were affected by the flooding, and an unknown number of vehicles were affected, as well. Crews were sent to the area and were pumping the water out. Around 10 a.m., the city said flooding would likely be gone around 1 p.m. or possibly earlier. However, water in the area will be shut off for the next six to eight hours. What led to the break is under investigation.
Toronto Star
3 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Star
Man who says far-right content led him to threaten election officials is sentenced to 3 years
DENVER (AP) — A man who blamed exposure to far-right extremist content for his online threats to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews said the penalty for such 'keyboard terrorism' needed to be serious enough to deter others, particularly because threats against public officials are on the rise. People need to work out differences through the democratic process, not violence, Crews said. 'The public must not accept this as the norm,' he said in handing down the sentence for Teak Ty Brockbank. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Brockbank, 45, pleaded guilty in October to making threats between September 2021 and August 2022 against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and former Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is now governor. He also threatened a Colorado judge overseeing his DUI case and threatened to kill any federal agents who came to his house. In a statement, Griswold said conspiracy theories spread by the far right have incited threats and violence against election officials. 'I will not be intimidated,' she said. Brockbank, dressed in a khaki jail uniform, apologized for his 'ugly posts' and said he has turned away from the fear, hate and anger he found online. He asked Crews to sentence him to home detention instead of more time behind bars. Federal prosecutors sought three years in prison for Brockbank, the maximum recommended under sentencing guidelines. He asked for leniency, saying he made the posts when he was drinking heavily, socially isolated and spending his evenings consuming conspiracy theories online. Jonathan Jacobson, a Washington-based attorney for the Justice Department, pointed out that the threats continued during a period when Brockbank wasn't drinking. Brockbank's attorney referred to his client — who has been in jail since he was arrested in August — as a 'keyboard warrior,' pointing out there was no evidence that he planned to carry out the threats. Brockbank spent time on social media sites such as Gab and Rumble, the alternative video-sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing and promoting far-right extremism. The sites delivered 'the message that the country was under attack and that patriotic Americans had a duty to rise up and act,' attorney Tom Ward said in a court filing. He told Crews that Brockbank was drawn to QAnon conspiracy theories and that he regularly consumed online content from Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Ward noted that the Trump administration's Justice Department was seeking a tough sentence for someone who was influenced by some of the same extremist content that motivated people to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6 and were later pardoned by Trump. But Crews, who was nominated by President Joe Biden, dismissed that as argument, saying the Jan. 6 pardons were granted by a different branch of the government based on separate interests. Before announcing the sentence, Crews read some of Brockbank's threats, including descriptions of how officials should be killed, starting with one in which Brockbank said Griswold should 'hang by the neck.' Crews said he believed Brockbank's remorse was genuine and urged him to follow through with his decision to turn away from hate even though he was going to prison. Brockbank was prosecuted by a task force started under the Biden administration in 2021 to combat the rise of threats targeting election officials. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the task force was still operating. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The unit has been led by the Justice Department's public integrity section in Washington, which has dwindled from more than two dozen lawyers to just a handful as the Trump administration has shifted resources to priorities like immigration and other matters. ___ Associated Press writer Alanna Durkin Richer in Washington contributed to this report. Read more on the U.S. Election at
CTV News
5 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
WATCH: Demolition of Cambridge Hotel
Winnipeg Watch Crews work to demolish the Cambridge Hotel in Winnipeg on May 27, 2025.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Terry Crews Says He Never Wants to Judge 'America's Got Talent': Here's Why (Exclusive)
Terry Crews exclusively tells PEOPLE why he would never be a judge on America's Got Talent Crews called hosting America's Got Talent "a dream gig" and revealed who he thinks would make a good judge alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Sofía Vergara and Mel B Crews joined America's Got Talent as a host beginning with season 14 in 2019Don't expect to see Terry Crews sitting behind the judges' table on America's Got Talent anytime soon. The former professional football player turned actor, 56, exclusively told PEOPLE at a recent red carpet celebrating the show's milestone 20th season that he's most comfortable being the host and, as he described it, a "bodyguard" for the contestants. "That's not my thing," he said of being a judge. "I mean, I am 100% the bodyguard of talent because when I look at all the people that come through here, they just remind me of me." "I remember just sitting in Michigan praying one day if I get my shot to come out to L.A. and make it happen, and they remind me of everything that I've been through," he explained. "So I protect it and I watch them." Crews said he is there to support the contestants, no matter how well they did or didn't do on the stage. "I'm the counselor when they go on. I give them all the good advice when they come off. If it didn't go well, I console them," he said. "So I love that." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. While Crews isn't down to be a judge on America's Got Talent, he does have an idea for who would make a good one alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Sofía Vergara and Mel B. "I think Chris Rock would be a great judge," he revealed. "He knows funny, but he knows entertainment." Crews, who joined America's Got Talent as a host beginning with season 14 in 2019, said working on the show is "a dream come true" for him. "This is a dream gig," he said. "Where else can you go where the whole world is watching?" America's Got Talent season 20 premieres Tuesday, May 27, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Read the original article on People
Newsweek
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Terry Crews Says Dancer 'Collapsed in My Arms' on America's Got Talent
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Terry Crews could not be more excited for America's Got Talent Season 20. Talking to Newsweek, the presenter of America's biggest talent show offered a sneak peak of what its millions of viewers are in for. "I'm very, very excited," says Crews. "It's a brand new format that I'm really excited about. There's been kind of a makeover on our 20th season where we have done a lot more behind the scenes. I'm really excited for everyone to see this because it's a way of seeing AGT like you've never seen it before." Terry Crews and the judges for America's Got Talent Season 20 Terry Crews and the judges for America's Got Talent Season 20 NBC Crews, who has hosted America's Got Talent since 2019, says as well as more backstage access, there'll be more than a few household names springing up in the wake of this entertainment goliath. "We have one dancer who gave everything he had on this stage and he got he got a glowing recommendation from the judges. He didn't get a golden buzzer, but this dancer, I can't remember his name right now, but he gave everything." "So much so," continues Crews, "that he jumped off the stage and he collapsed in my arms, in a fit of tears, of joy. And I thought, where else in the world can this happen?" America's Got Talent Season 20 Release Date America's Got Talent Season 20 Tuesday, May 27 at 8/7c on NBC and the next day on Peacock. America's Got Talent Season 20 Episode Schedule See below for the current America's Got Talent Season 20 episode list. The synopsis for the first episode reads as follows: "Season 20 kicks off with a magician who recruits home viewers to participate, a danger act with a superhuman ability and golden buzzers that captivate the judges; Simon, Mel B, Sofia, Howie and Terry invite cameras behind the scenes." America's Got Talent Season 20 - Auditions 1: May 27, 2025 America's Got Talent Season 20 - Auditions 2: June 3, 2025 America's Got Talent Season 20 - Auditions 3: Jun 10, 2025 In addition to America's Got Talent Season 20, Crews also offered a tantalising update on the next season of beloved animated sitcom Everyone Still Hates Chris. "We were so sad when it ended and we only were four seasons in," says Crews of the original live-action sitcom, Everybody Hates Chris, on which the animated show is based. Set in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1980s, it tells the story of comedian Chris Rock's childhood and adolescence. "I really feel like it could go as the long as Family Guy or The Simpsons, and it's so funny. It's still has the same tone, the same like the fact that this could happen. I just think it's incredible, man. It's over 20 years later. It's unprecedented, especially with the original characters. I don't think it's ever been done before." Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 2 Release Date Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 2 is set to release in 2025, but it doesn't yet have a release date. Everybody Still Hates Chris premiered on September 25, 2024 on Comedy Central. Between starring in Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 2 and presenting America's Got Talent Season 20, Crews still has time for collaborations. The actor, former NFL athlete, and professional studio painter, is partnering with Starbucks Sunsera Blend, which you can now buy grocery stores in whole bean, ground, and K-Cup form. For him it's a match made in heaven. Terry Crews in the painting studio Terry Crews in the painting studio Terry Crews "One thing that I love to do while I'm painting is have a coffee, and with the Starbucks Sunsera Blend it's just kind of the ritual that comes with painting and it comes with my artwork, with my sketching, and it's a beautiful ritual to have." Crews, who previously made a living as a courtroom sketch artist, says he has one ambition that sadly looks unlikely to be realised. "I wish I could go to the mall and sketch people like I used to, but right now I'm too famous. So anybody who saw me out there with pencils and paper and sketching people...I wouldn't be able to get away with it."
