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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teen Faces Attempted Murder Charge After Allegedly Poisoning His Mother's Milk with Bleach: Police
A Florida teenager has been accused of poisoning his adoptive mother's milk with bleach, police have confirmed The 77-year-old victim noticed an "unusual odor" coming from the milk after pouring it from a gallon container into a glass, per an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE Eduardo Espinal-Ramgewan was arrested and now faces charges of attempted felony murder and aggravated abuse of an elderly person A Florida teenager is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, after being accused of putting bleach in his adoptive mother's milk. On Saturday, April 19 at around 11 a.m. local time, police responded after the victim claimed the suspect had allegedly tried to poison her with Clorox at their Deltona home, per bodycam footage shared by the Volusia Sheriff's Office on Facebook and an online activity report. The 77-year-old woman had noticed an "unusual odor" coming from the milk she poured from a gallon container, per an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE, which named Eduardo Espinal-Ramgewan as the suspect. Espinal, 17, is now facing charges of poisoning, attempted felony murder and aggravated abuse of an elderly person, according to the online activity report. According to the bodycam footage, the victim recalled what had happened that morning, telling the police, 'Yes, the milk. He put Clorox in the milk,' insisting, 'I couldn't drink the milk.' She then told police the milk had been in the container and she'd "had some." However, she only "had a little bit" because she "tasted it." Police shared a clip of the suspect being taken out of the house, revealing he'd been "hiding in the room with the dog." According to the online activity report, the victim was taken to the hospital for medical treatment. It also claimed the suspect had "a history of battering" the victim. The arrest affidavit stated the victim was "the only person in the home who drinks milk, suggesting she was the intended target." She also claimed the milk had an "intense chemical taste" when she took a sip while a Volusia County deputy confirmed it "had a strong, distinct odor of bleach." The suspect allgedly told police he had "retrieved the bleach from the laundry room, opened the milk container and poured bleach into it," according to the affidavit. He "could not confirm the quantity but admitted he knew that bleach could harm someone and had intended for it to make" the victim sick. According to authorities, he allegedly "stated he was angry" at the victim "and no longer wished to live in the home." Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. 'A search of the residence revealed a Clorox bleach bottle in the laundry room,' authorities said, per the affidavit. 'The bottle was positioned in a dusty area with a clear outline, indicating it had been moved recently.' Authorities also claimed the victim thought her son had tried to poison her 'due to their recent conflicts." A second arrest affidavit document alleged that the victim's other son told police the suspect had become "aggressive" days prior, on April 17, and told their mother, "I'm going to punch you and break your neck." Read the original article on People
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Santiago Espinal Reverting to All-Star Ways Early in 2025
About 13 months ago, the Cincinnati Reds acquired do-it-all utility man Santiago Espinal in exchange for minor league starter Chris McElvain. A move made just a week before 2024's Opening Day, the Reds added Espinal's versatility in light of injuries and suspensions across the infield. Cincinnati Reds second baseman Santiago Espinal (4) hits a 2-run RBI single in the third inning of the MLB game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.© Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images At 5'10" and 185lbs, Espinal was never brought in to provide power in the lineup. Rather, he was added for his ability to play every infield spot except first and the occasional start in the outfield. Advertisement Espinal's career in a Reds uniform was met with mixed results over this first season. He hit career-high marks in home runs with nine and 11 stolen bases, but finished with a sub-.300 on-base percentage. The former Boston Red Sox 10th-round pick finished the year with a -0.4 WAR and entered this year competing for playing time. Cincinnati will finally see a healthy Matt McLain ready to make his mark in the majors. Veterans Jeimer Candelario and Gavin Lux will see their regular reps, as superstar Elly De La Cruz plays short. Therefore, leaving Espinal in the super utility role. And he has thrived. The 30-year-old veteran has already seen time at second and third base, as well as both corners of the outfield. Thanks to his position flexibility, Espinal's defense has been crucial to the early season of the Reds. 13 games may be a small sample size offensively, but Espinal is starting to hit like he did back during his All-Star campaign. In 42 plate appearances, Espinal has a .275 batting average with a .310 on-base percentage and two runs batted in. His .635 OPS signals that there are still improvements to make, but if sustainable would make for his best season since 2022. Advertisement Between the slow start to the year for Candelario and the short absence of McLain, Espinal's hot start has been pivotal. He ranks fourth on the team in hits (11), third in batting average, and leads the Reds in walk-to-strikeout ratio. In other words, Espinal has been the unsung hero so far of this young season. In his first two years in the majors, Espinal accumulated a 4.8 WAR behind a .282 batting average, nine home runs, and 68 runs batted in over 671 plate appearances. As he returns to his old ways, Espinal could be in for a career year in a critical role for the Reds in 2025. Related: Reds Upcoming Schedule Could Fuel Early-Season Hot Streak
NBC News
21-04-2025
- Business
- NBC News
60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Moments after Daniris Espinal walked into her new apartment in Brooklyn, she prayed. In ensuing nights, she would awaken and touch the walls for reassurance — finding in them a relief that turned to tears over her morning coffee. Those walls were possible through a federal program that pays rent for some 60,000 families and individuals fleeing homelessness or domestic violence. Espinal was fleeing both. But the program, Emergency Housing Vouchers, is running out of money — and quickly. Funding is expected to be used up by the end of next year, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and obtained by The Associated Press. That would leave tens of thousands across the country scrambling to pay their rent. It would be among the largest one-time losses of rental assistance in the U.S., analysts say, and the ensuing evictions could churn these people — after several years of rebuilding their lives — back onto the street or back into abusive relationships. 'To have it stop would completely upend all the progress that they've made,' said Sonya Acosta, policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which researches housing assistance. 'And then you multiply that by 59,000 households,' she said. The program, launched in 2021 by then-President Joe Biden as part of the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan Act, was allocated $5 billion to help pull people out of homelessness, domestic violence and human trafficking. People from San Francisco to Dallas to Tallahassee, Florida, were enrolled — among them children, seniors and veterans — with the expectation that funding would last until the end of the decade. But with the ballooning cost of rent, that $5 billion will end far faster. Last month, HUD sent letters to groups dispersing the money, advising them to 'manage your EHV program with the expectation that no additional funding from HUD will be forthcoming.' The program's future rests with Congress, which could decide to add money as it crafts the federal budget. But it's a relatively expensive prospect at a time when Republicans, who control Congress, are dead set on cutting federal spending to afford tax cuts. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who championed the program four years ago, is pushing for another $8 billion infusion. But the organizations lobbying Republican and Democratic lawmakers to reup the funding told the AP they aren't optimistic. Four GOP lawmakers who oversee the budget negotiations did not respond to AP requests for comment. 'We've been told it's very much going to be an uphill fight,' said Kim Johnson, the public policy manager at the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Espinal and her two daughters, aged 4 and 19, are living on one of those vouchers in a three-bedroom apartment with an over $3,000 monthly rent — an amount extremely difficult to cover without the voucher. Four years ago, Espinal fought her way out of a marriage where her husband controlled her decisions, from seeing her family and friends to leaving the apartment to go shopping. When she spoke up, her husband said she was wrong, or in the wrong or crazy. Isolated and in the haze of postpartum depression, she didn't know what to believe. 'Every day, little by little, I started to feel not like myself,' she said. 'It felt like my mind wasn't mine.' When notices arrived in March 2021 seeking about $12,000 in back rent, it was a shock. Espinal had quit her job at her husband's urging and he had promised to cover family expenses. Police reports documenting her husband's bursts of anger were enough for a judge to give her custody of their daughter in 2022, Espinal said. But her future was precarious: She was alone, owed thousands of dollars in back rent and had no income to pay it or support her newborn and teenage daughters. Financial aid to prevent evictions during the pandemic kept Espinal afloat, paying her back rent and keeping the family out of shelters. But it had an expiration date. Around that time, the Emergency Housing Vouchers program was rolled out, targeting people in Espinal's situation. A 'leading cause of family homelessness is domestic violence' in New York City, said Gina Cappuccitti, director of housing access and stability services at New Destiny Housing, a nonprofit that has connected 700 domestic violence survivors to the voucher program. Espinal was one of those 700, and moved into her Brooklyn apartment in 2023. The relief went beyond finding a secure place to live, she said. 'I gained my worth, my sense of peace, and I was able to rebuild my identity.' Now, she said, she's putting aside money in case of the worst. Because, 'that's my fear, losing control of everything that I've worked so hard for.'
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
How rental aid cuts could push over 60,000 Americans out of their homes
Tens of thousands of Americans could soon lose critical rental support under the federal Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) programme, with funding expected to run out by the end of 2025 unless Congress intervenes. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) has warned in a letter, obtained by the Associated Press, that no additional funding is likely forthcoming. This could lead to mass evictions of nearly 60,000 families and individuals, many of whom have escaped homelessness , domestic abuse, or human trafficking. The EHV programme, created in 2021 as part of President Joe Biden's pandemic-era American Rescue Plan, was allocated $5 billion to provide rent assistance. It supported individuals across the country — from children and seniors to veterans — with the expectation that the funds would last through the decade. But rising rents have accelerated the programme's depletion. 'To have it stop would completely upend all the progress that they've made,' said Sonya Acosta, policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. 'And then you multiply that by 59,000 households.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Invest $200 in Amazon without buying stocks to earn a second salary Marketsall Sign Up Undo Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters is advocating for an $8 billion extension, but prospects remain bleak amid Republican-led budget-cutting efforts in Congress. 'We've been told it's very much going to be an uphill fight,' said Kim Johnson from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Four key Republican lawmakers involved in budget talks have not commented. The situation is deeply personal for people like Daniris Espinal, who fled both domestic violence and looming homelessness. With an Emergency Housing Voucher, Espinal secured a three-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with her daughters — a space that would otherwise cost over $3,000 per month. 'I gained my worth, my sense of peace, and I was able to rebuild my identity,' Espinal said. Now, however, she fears it could all slip away. 'That's my fear, losing control of everything that I've worked so hard for.'
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Moments after Daniris Espinal walked into her new apartment in Brooklyn, she prayed. In ensuing nights, she would awaken and touch the walls for reassurance — finding in them a relief that turned to tears over her morning coffee. Those walls were possible through a federal program that pays rent for some 60,000 families and individuals fleeing homelessness or domestic violence. Espinal was fleeing both. But the program, Emergency Housing Vouchers, is running out of money — and quickly. Funding is expected to be used up by the end of next year, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and obtained by The Associated Press. That would leave tens of thousands across the country scrambling to pay their rent. It would be among the largest one-time losses of rental assistance in the U.S., analysts say, and the ensuing evictions could churn these people — after several years of rebuilding their lives — back onto the street or back into abusive relationships. "To have it stop would completely upend all the progress that they've made,' said Sonya Acosta, policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which researches housing assistance. 'And then you multiply that by 59,000 households,' she said. The program, launched in 2021 by then-President Joe Biden as part of the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan Act, was allocated $5 billion to help pull people out of homelessness, domestic violence and human trafficking. People from San Francisco to Dallas to Tallahassee, Florida, were enrolled — among them children, seniors and veterans — with the expectation that funding would last until the end of the decade. But with the ballooning cost of rent, that $5 billion will end far faster. Last month, HUD sent letters to groups dispersing the money, advising them to "manage your EHV program with the expectation that no additional funding from HUD will be forthcoming." The program's future rests with Congress, which could decide to add money as it crafts the federal budget. But it's a relatively expensive prospect at a time when Republicans, who control Congress, are dead set on cutting federal spending to afford tax cuts. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who championed the program four years ago, is pushing for another $8 billion infusion. But the organizations lobbying Republican and Democratic lawmakers to reup the funding told the AP they aren't optimistic. Four GOP lawmakers who oversee the budget negotiations did not respond to AP requests for comment. 'We've been told it's very much going to be an uphill fight,' said Kim Johnson, the public policy manager at the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Espinal and her two daughters, aged 4 and 19, are living on one of those vouchers in a three-bedroom apartment with an over $3,000 monthly rent — an amount extremely difficult to cover without the voucher. Four years ago, Espinal fought her way out of a marriage where her husband controlled her decisions, from seeing her family and friends to leaving the apartment to go shopping. When she spoke up, her husband said she was wrong, or in the wrong or crazy. Isolated and in the haze of postpartum depression, she didn't know what to believe. 'Every day, little by little, I started to feel not like myself,' she said. 'It felt like my mind wasn't mine.' When notices arrived in March 2021 seeking about $12,000 in back rent, it was a shock. Espinal had quit her job at her husband's urging and he had promised to cover family expenses. Police reports documenting her husband's bursts of anger were enough for a judge to give her custody of their daughter in 2022, Espinal said. But her future was precarious: She was alone, owed thousands of dollars in back rent and had no income to pay it or support her newborn and teenage daughters. Financial aid to prevent evictions during the pandemic kept Espinal afloat, paying her back rent and keeping the family out of shelters. But it had an expiration date. Around that time, the Emergency Housing Vouchers program was rolled out, targeting people in Espinal's situation. A "leading cause of family homelessness is domestic violence" in New York City, said Gina Cappuccitti, director of housing access and stability services at New Destiny Housing, a nonprofit that has connected 700 domestic violence survivors to the voucher program. Espinal was one of those 700, and moved into her Brooklyn apartment in 2023. The relief went beyond finding a secure place to live, she said. 'I gained my worth, my sense of peace, and I was able to rebuild my identity." Now, she said, she's putting aside money in case of the worst. Because, 'that's my fear, losing control of everything that I've worked so hard for.'
