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Practicing free speech responsibly

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — With the increase in protests around the capital district, especially on college campuses, we spoke with some students who say when it comes to freedom of speech, there’s a fine line between expressing yourself freely and expressing hate. And students like Hamza Noor say this has been the main conversation with peers this week. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! “I think it’s important that we have this conversation. But it’s also important to protect the voices that are marginalized,” Noor said. “Because if we don’t, then there’s a chance for us to be kind of complacent with a lot of the injustices going on.”Kyamesha Edwards is a freshman, and she believes that “it’s good because you get your word out, and it gets more things going.” But it’s also important not to spread any hate or violent messages.Significantly, things have been heightened recently because of the situation unfolding in the Middle East. C...

Proposed bill would give parents a say in AMBER Alert activation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New York State lawmakers have introduced a bill meant to make it easier for law enforcement to issue AMBER Alerts. The bill would allow parents or legal guardians of a missing child to request an early activation of an AMBER Alert if they think their child was abducted. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Law enforcement must meet specific criteria before an alert, including having a reason to believe the child was abducted and is in danger. The guidance for issuing AMBER Alerts has received new attention after a young girl was kidnapped from Moreau Lake State Park in September.Police did not issue an alert until the next day. Police have defended their response and said they were following the state's guidance. The child was found safe, and a suspect is currently being held in jail.

New Veterans Division being added to Schenectady Holiday Parade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y (NEWS10) -- With Halloween in the rearview mirror, preparations are underway for holiday celebrations in the Capital Region. Organizers of the Schenectady Holiday Parade are establishing a new veteran's division in this year's parade to recognize and honor those who have served the United States. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "Too often, many of our veterans are not able to participate in many of these events unless they are members of veterans organizations," Schenectady County Legislator Holly Vellano said. "To ensure that everyone who has served in the military will be able to participate, we are opening this division up to all groups of veterans and individuals."The Veterans Division will march directly behind the 109th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard. All 1,200 of its members will serve as this year's grand marshal as a way of marking their 75th year of serving the community.This year's parade tak...

Colorado high school football playoffs primer: Favorites, challengers, dark horses and burning questions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

The first snow has blanketed the Front Range and dozens of Colorado high school football teams have put away the tackling dummies. It’s state playoff time — for everyone but Class 3A — and the brackets are set. Here’s what to watch for with the big schools in Class 5A and 4A:Class 5AThe FavoriteCherry Creek: Could it really be anyone other than the four-time defending 5A champs? As has been the case throughout its unprecedented run under coach Dave Logan, Creek is loaded in the trenches with a shutdown defense (10.4 points allowed/game), efficient quarterback play (21 TDs/4 INTs) and an endless stream of skill position talent. The top-seeded Bruins (10-0) are not only unbeaten, they’ve faced a second-half deficit just twice all fall. Until someone actually ends the Bruins’ 15-game state playoff win streak, they are the team to beat.The ChallengersColumbine: The only other unbeaten left in 5A, the second-seeded Rebels (10-0) may be the biggest threat to Creek’...

Long Beach sex assault survivor angered by DA's decision

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

A woman who was sexually assaulted by a homeless man in Long Beach is distraught at county prosecutors' decision to not file felony charges against the suspect.Following the man's arrest, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office only filed a misdemeanor charge, which the victim said was a stark disparity from the severe nature of the crime.The attack happened on Oct. 20 at 2:15 p.m. in front of Village Market on the 140 block of Linden Avenue.Surveillance video shows the victim, Rebekah Pederson, walking on a sidewalk near Linden and Broadway when the suspect, Miguel Avila, 30, suddenly stands up, exposes himself and grabs her from behind.She falls onto the ground as Avila appears to pull up her skirt and thrust himself against her. An older man sitting nearby is seen getting up and pepper spraying the suspect. Avila then runs away from the scene.“Nobody in their right mind looked at that video and thought anything less than attempted rape,” Pedersen said.Miguel Avila, 30, ...

Couple devastated after home destroyed by Highland Fire in Riverside County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

As the Highlands Fire in Riverside County continues to burn an estimated 2,500 acres with only 15% containment, some residents of the small town of Aguanga, east of Temecula, where the fire started are just now starting to cope with the loss of their homes.  While the winds have died down and blue skies have returned to the area, the shroud of smoke and thick ash covering the area just two days ago has given way to ash, melted metal and a debris field that extends for miles.  “It got to a point where I couldn’t see from here to across the street it was so smoky,” resident John Rivera told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson.  Firefighter seen working to extinguish several mobile homes ablaze during the Highlands Fire in Riverside County on Oct. 30, 2023. (Firewatch Photography)John and his wife Patricia said they are lucky to be alive, having escaped the fast-moving Highland Fire, fueled by the Santa Ana winds, on the first day it started.  When they first learned of the fire on Oct...

Klay Thompson returns to Warriors’ lineup after injury absence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson returned to the Golden State Warriors’ starting lineup Wednesday for their game against the Sacramento Kings.Thompson, 33, missed the Warriors’ previous game with right knee soreness.With Thompson back in action, the Warriors rolled out their traditional starting five. Stephen Curry paired with Thompson in the backcourt, while Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and Kevon Looney rounded out the starting lineup. Chris Paul remained in his bench role for the third straight game.Jonathan Kuminga, who also sat out the Warriors’ last game with a left knee contusion, was listed as questionable for Wednesday’s game. Before tipoff, coach Steve Kerr said that Kuminga was “going to warm up and see how he’s feeling” to determine” whether or not the third-year lottery pick would be available off the bench.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Warriors pick up contract options on Kuminga, Moody Golden Stat...

Steve Kerr remembers Bob Knight with fitting anecdote: ‘He was terrifying. Not gonna lie.’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of coaching legends, that’s about where the similarities stop between Steve Kerr and Bob Knight, who died Wednesday at the age of 83.Kerr, 58, didn’t cross paths much with Knight but shared one moment between them in 1986, when Kerr was on summer break from the University of Arizona and Knight was doing television commentary in the offseason from his coaching duties at Indiana. Kerr was playing for Team USA in the World Championships when Knight visited the team during practice after a loss.“He pulled me aside and basically went on a tirade. I had never met him before,” Kerr said. “He said, ‘I want you to take those bleepin’ bleep teammates of yours and bleep bleep and tell them to bleep bleep. I said Yes, sir, Coach Knight.’ And then I went to the players and said, ‘Hey, Coach Knight just encouraged us to play well tonight.’ He was terrifying. Terrifying. Not gonna lie.”Knight employed his infamous temper to great suc...

Warriors’ newfound depth guides them through tricky schedule

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Back home for barely 72 hours between jaunts to the Central Time Zone, coach Steve Kerr did all he could so the Warriors’ stopover at Chase Center, for yet another meeting with the Sacramento Kings, wouldn’t just feel like a visit to another city in the middle of their daunting two-week stretch.They returned home from a 3-0 road trip through Sacramento, Houston and New Orleans in the wee hours Tuesday morning. They didn’t practice that afternoon or hold shootaround before Wednesday’s contest. And after hosting their playoff foes from a year ago for a 13th time just since the end of last regular season, it’s wheels up to Oklahoma City to visit another four cities before returning home again.Eight games in eight cities in 13 days.It’s a stretch that would test the depth of any team, that might have killed last year’s squad, which didn’t win three consecutive road games all season, let alone a stretch that included back-to...

Alameda family was followed home from shopping center, robbed at gunpoint, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:43 GMT

ALAMEDA — Police here have arrested one of two men suspected of following a family of seven from a nearby shopping center to their Alameda home and robbing them at gunpoint, court records show.The suspect, a 29-year-old Oakland resident, was charged Oct. 25 with second degree robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police say they’re still working to identify the second robber.The man, woman, and their five children were followed to their Alameda home by two men, who police say were seen at a nearby Target where the victims had been shopping. As the victims got home around 1 p.m. the robbers appeared and held a gun to the man’s abdomen before making off with $2,000 in cash, a $10,000 Rolex watch, and a $600 designer wallet, police say.One of the suspects was later identified from a photo lineup and from surveillance video at the shopping center. Also, by coincidence, a private security guard obtained a video of the suspects fleeing in the area in an I...