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Albany man sentenced for 2022 murder

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y (NEWS10) -- An Albany man has been sentenced for a fatal stabbing, according to the Albany County Supreme Court. Marquis Jackson, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder following a jury trial back in June. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The indictment alleged that on May 16, 2022, Jackson intentionally caused the death of Tyrome Wallace on Washington Avenue in Albany, reportedly stabbing the victim 14 times. Jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison. Martika Brooks, the long-term significant other of Tyrome Wallace, released a statement addressed to Jackson following the sentencing, saying "I want you to wake up every day and remember what you did, just like we have to wake up every day remembering how you brutally killed the person we love."

State funding supports grassroots community efforts

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — This week on Empire State Weekly, lawmakers want to partner with community organizations to reduce statewide gun violence. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Joe Popcun—Executive Deputy Commissioner for the State Division of Criminal Justice Services—explained that while gun violence was up during the pandemic, current efforts by the state to empower grassroots community groups will help. "It has to be a whole of state government approach," he said. "That's the governor's approach so far, has been, okay, let's make sure that we're addressing this as holistically as possible, because one solution in isolation isn't going to do it."Also this week, Andrew Safranko—an attorney with Lamarche Safranko Law—explained the latest legal woes of former President Donald Trump. Last week, he was indicted again, this time in the investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump is unlikely to ple...

Lawmakers discuss regulations surrounding AI

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- Whether it's creating essays, images or even drafting a bill, Artificial Intelligence seems to do it all. Our Capitol Correspondent, Amal Tlaige spoke with lawmakers who discussed their experience using AI and what guardrails should be put in place.  "Artificial intelligence is anything, any processes that can be used to replace human tasks. I want us to control the technology, not the other way around," said Assembly member and chair of the Subcommittee on Internet and Technologies, Clyde Vanel. How AI is changing the 2024 election Capitol Correspondent, Amal Tlaige was told, back in November certain programs became available to the public such as GPT that are based on large language models, allowing systems to understand natural language weighs in. "What’s interesting now is that we have these programs and these technologies is on a level of generative AI where it’s doing more of general think," said Vanel. The Assembly member tested it out for himself. H...

East St. Louis teen charged in 2022 Uber driver's death

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A 15-year-old has been charged with the murder of Harriett Childers, 49, of St. Louis. She was a health care worker and Uber driver whose body was found on an East St. Louis street on August 27, 2022. Her body was found in the 1800 block of Gaty Avenue.Childers was working as a ride-share driver at the time of her death. The teen accused of her murder also faces charges for Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking. He is now being held at the St. Clair Juvenile Detention Center.Police said the victim was an employee at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Childers was reportedly shot multiple times. Sources close to the investigation said she was a loving mother.Note: The video on this article is from a previous report.

Weld County reports Colorado’s first West Nile virus death of 2023

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

A 53-year-old in northern Colorado died after contracting West Nile virus, marking the state’s first death from the virus this year, Weld County officials announced Friday.As of Friday afternoon, Colorado health officials have documented 12 cases of the mosquito-borne virus and three hospitalizations from the virus so far in 2023, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.Larimer and Weld county officials have documented three cases each, while Boulder, Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso, Delta and La Plata counties have each documented one case.According to a Friday news release from the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment, the resident was hospitalized and died from neuroinvasive symptoms, a rare complication of the disease.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colorado had the most West Nile cases in the country last year with 204 cases and 18 deaths from the virus. In 2021, Colorado had the second most ...

Broncos camp rewind, Day 7: An ugly first two-minute drill for Russell Wilson and company, but a productive day

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

Player AttendanceDid not practice: Physically Unable to Perform list – OLB Baron Browning (knee). Non-Football Injury list – DL Mike Purcell (knee).DL D.J. Jones and OL Yasir Durant were in attendance but didn’t participate. They did side-field conditioning work with Purcell at times.WR Marvin Mims (hamstring) got some work but also continues to spend time doing conditioning.LT Garett Bolles started practice but had another light workload. He’s coming back from a fractured lower leg in 2022.Top PlayQuarterback Russell Wilson and the No. 1 offense had a nice, crisp start to the day. Wilson was sharp in a 7-on-7 drill and the highlight came when he hit tight end Greg Dulcich in the deep post for what would have been a touchdown.The top play for the defense came at the expense of the No. 1 offense. More on that below.Thumbs UpNo. 38 keeps popping. Rookie running back Jaleel McLaughlin ripped off another big run. When he gets a seam, he’s through it quickly. He got a big hole during 11-...

Cyberattack may have compromised data of students who attended Colorado’s public high schools, colleges

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

The Colorado Department of Higher Education announced Friday that a cybersecurity breach may have resulted in the theft of personal information from anyone who attended a public high school, college or university in the state over a period of more than a decade leading up to 2020.Teachers licensed by the state and people who obtained GEDs also may have been impacted by the breach, officials said.The department learned on June 19 that an “unauthorized actor” accessed its systems between June 11 and 19 and copied certain data, including names and Social Security numbers or student identification numbers, as well as other education records.Potential impacted victims include anyone who:Attended a public college or university in Colorado between 2007 and 2020Attended a Colorado public high school between 2004 and 2020Held a Colorado K-12 education license between 2010 and 2014Participated in the state’s Dependent Tuition Assistance Program from 2009 to 2013Participated ...

CSU Rams wideout Tory Horton drew double teams last fall. Jay Norvell’s challenge to him for 2023? Draw NFL draft scouts.

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

FORT COLLINS — Oh, sure, Tory Horton got calls from other places. Big places. Deep-pocket places. You don’t think tampering is a thing in this certifiably insane college football world of the present?Yet when a reporter asked CSU’s star wideout on the first day of Rams preseason camp Friday morning why he stayed put, the senior walked the convo back to three words: Coach Jay Norvell.“He was the one who gave me a shot and (the chance) out of high school,” the Nevada transfer and Fresno native said. “So I was like, ‘If this man sees that potential me and he put his trust and money on me. I feel like I have to reward him.’“And I always told myself, ‘I can’t let someone down who has so much trust in me.’ And that’s one person who trusted me (when) I told him, ‘No, you gave me a shot and you won’t regret it.’”Norvell hasn’t. During a 2022 season that featured a freshman quarterback and a patchwork — to put it kindly — offensive line, an autumn in which every...

More than 1.4 million residents could leave L.A. County by 2060, study says

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

Los Angeles County can lose about 1.4 million residents from 2023 until 2060, newly released data from California’s Department of Finance shows.Currently, the county’s population for 2023 stands at 9.5 million, a decrease from the 10 million population figure the county had in 2020, according to the report. Angelenos who make $70,000 a year are still considered ‘low-income’ Since 2020, when the dataset starts, L.A. County has steadily experienced a population decline. Researchers predict that by 2060 about 8.2 million people will call L.A. County home, which is still a hefty number.However, while L.A. County could lose residents, other areas like Placer, Kern and Merced counties could experience a population increase.Researchers also predict that other counties, like Orange, Sacramento and San Diego, could experience a population decrease but are expected to rebound.Experts didn’t share the reasoning behind the continuous population decline in L.A. County, but in the past, high ho...

Lakers star Anthony Davis agrees to highest annual salary in league history: report

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:13:45 GMT

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has agreed to a contract extension with the team that will make him the highest-paid player per season, according to ESPN.Davis, 30, agreed to a three-year, $186 million extension that will keep him in L.A. through 2028, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.His annual salary — around $62 million — will be the highest in NBA history.Davis had two years and $84 million on his contract prior to the extension. He became eligible to be extended on Friday, Wojnarowski said.The former Kentucky Wildcat was drafted No. 1 overall in the 2012 NBA Draft. He spent seven seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans franchise before being traded to Los Angeles in one of the largest blockbuster deals in NBA history.The trade united Davis with LeBron James, pairing one of the sport's all-time greatest players with one of the league's most versatile big men. LeBron James becomes NBA’s all-time leading scorer In four seasons with the Lakers, Davis has averaged 24.6 p...