How police and good Samaritans helped rescue 2 Rottweilers on Ohio interstate at Dead Man’s Curve

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Damon Maloney

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    CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Dead Man’s Curve on I-90 in Cleveland is notorious for crashes, often caused by drivers going too fast.

But the keen eye of one tow truck driver caught sight of two dogs near the freeway who were at risk of getting hit. He called the Cleveland Police, and they showed up to help rescue the dogs.

It was the night of Jan. 27. Snow was on the ground. The temperature was about 9 degrees, with a wind chill of -3 degrees.

“They’re too stressed. Hi, come here. Come on,” people are heard saying on Cleveland Police body-camera video.

Two Rottweilers were underneath the big tow truck, likely scared to make a move.

“Hi baby,” a person says on the video.

Officers told me another Good Samaritan also stopped, and she had dog treats with her.

“Let’s see if this helps,” an officer said while grabbing the treats and moving closer to the dogs.

As the officer throws the food on the ground near the dogs, they slowly start to emerge from underneath the tow truck.

As trust builds, the dogs fully come out.

Cleveland Police said the dogs had run away from their owner who was looking for them.

“I didn’t forget about you, buddy,” an officer says while tossing more dog treats.

A trail of food leads the dogs to a patrol car with its back door open.

“You guys are beautiful dogs. Can I see your collar real quick, bud?” someone says.

The dogs continue to get a pep talk.

“You’re a huge dude. You are a big boy. The size of your neck is huge. I hope you know that,” a person is heard saying.

But the Rottweilers weren’t ready to commit and refused to jump inside the police cruiser.

Dogs Rescued in Cleveland I-90 Cleveland Police Department Cleveland Police said the dogs were taken to a kennel and later reunited with their owner. It took the officers about an hour to finally get the dogs to safety; however, the body-camera footage released to News 5 didn’t show that part.

But officers told me the dogs went to a kennel and were reunited with their owner. Cleveland Police said it’s a classic case of “if you see something, say something.”

“We want to have, again, that relationship with the community where they can have us work with them… to then get these dogs home in this case and make everyone happy,” said Officer Mariah Rodriguez with Cleveland Police.

Police said the dogs had run away from their owner, who was looking for them.

“And at first, it was posted on social media that the dogs were dumped there, and it turned out that was not the case,” Rodriguez said.

The Rottweiler rescue teaches a few lessons, and among them, that it only takes a moment to stop and do the right thing.

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San Diego Unified School District receives $850K for mobile laundromat to help homeless students

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Gabe Salazar

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    SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego-based Rep. Sarah Jacobs announced more than $14 million in federal funding was secured for 14 projects across San Diego.

A closer look at where that money is going shows a few items that really stood out — one of them focuses on students experiencing homelessness.

Imagine a laundromat, but on wheels. That’s the vision San Diego Unified School District leaders have, and it is being made possible by new federal funding.

The district is set to receive $850,000, giving them some real wiggle room to turn this idea into reality. It would be a first for San Diego.

While the project is still in the design phase, ABC 10News looked around to see if anything like this exists elsewhere. At Georgia Tech, some students jerry-rigged a school bus into a mobile laundromat.

It’s a unique concept and one that SD Unified Area Superintendent Dr. Steven Dorsey said was inspired by the devastating flooding in Southcrest, which displaced hundreds of students and families.

“As we had families who just had mud all through their clothes and really nowhere to go, I thought if we could just bring washers and dryers to them. We do have some school sites that can wash clothes, but on a larger scale we just don’t,” Dorsey said.

Currently, there are about 8,000 homeless students within San Diego Unified. District leaders say a mobile laundromat like this could help remove one more barrier and help students feel confident and secure at school.

“It can be traumatic for students as they go through their daily life at a school site, not wanting to be teased for what you’re wearing or if your clothes are dirty,” Dorsey said.

District leaders are working on a design, determining how many washers and dryers it could hold and how many students it could serve at one time.

They say the goal is to deploy this mobile laundromat to schools and neighborhoods with the greatest need, and they hope to have a clearer timeline later this year.

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Burger King bandit convicted for 2025 heist in Indianapolis

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Mytch Springer and Jay Adkins

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    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A federal jury has convicted 28-year-old Cameron Love on robbery and firearm charges following a January 2025 heist at a Burger King restaurant in Indianapolis.

The Rockford, Illinois, man was found guilty of interference with commerce by robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The conviction stems from a robbery on Jan. 16, 2025, at the Burger King located at 7620 N. Shadeland Ave. Federal prosecutors presented evidence showing Love used a 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun to threaten employees and customers before stealing $459 and leading police on a multi-county high-speed chase.

During the trial, evidence showed Love entered the Burger King and paced in front of the counter before the robbery began. When an employee approached to assist him, Love pulled the 9mm handgun from his coat pocket and pointed it at her. The employee fled toward the kitchen after Love demanded she open the cash register.

Love then leaped over the counter, and pointed the firearm at other employees and customers. Witnesses testified that he threatened to kill anyone who resisted his demands for money. He eventually fled the building with $459 and entered a Chevrolet Cruze driven by Michael Scott.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers spotted the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop near 86th Street and Keystone Avenue. The vehicle did not stop, leading police on a high-speed pursuit through multiple counties that eventually ended in Carmel, Indiana. Dashcam footage from the chase captured Love throwing the stolen cash and the handgun out of the car window.

Four days after the chase, officers recovered the loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun. The weapon was found protruding from snow and frozen in ice near a bike path on 106th Street.

Love was legally prohibited from carrying a firearm at the time of the robbery due to his criminal history. He has previous felony convictions in Illinois for both aggravated robbery and armed robbery.

Love’s co-defendant, Scott, pleaded guilty to acting as an accessory after the fact. In October 2025, Scott was sentenced to four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his role in the getaway.

U.S. District Court Judge James P. Hanlon presided over the case. Hanlon will determine Love’s sentence at a hearing to be scheduled at a later date.

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Woman stabbed, escapes moving vehicle; CHP arrests Salinas man

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Ricardo Tovar

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    MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KSBW) — The California Highway Patrol said a man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a woman who escaped from a moving vehicle.

CHP said it received a 911 call just after midnight Sunday from a woman who reported she had been stabbed while riding in a vehicle traveling north on Highway 101 near the Boronda Road off-ramp. She told dispatchers she escaped the moving vehicle while being attacked.

CHP officers and Salinas police found the injured woman and requested emergency medical assistance. Paramedics took her to Natividad Medical Center for treatment of multiple stab wounds.

The suspect vehicle was later identified as a black 2017 Kia Sorento registered to Evelio Ramirez Ruiz, 19, of Salinas.

Ruiz had been arrested earlier that morning by Salinas police in an unrelated matter and was booked into Monterey County Jail, CHP said.

CHP said Ruiz was linked to the stabbing and was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, attempted kidnapping and aggravated mayhem.

His bail was set at $2,240,000, per the Monterey County Jail portal.

“This was a violent and disturbing attack, and the victim’s actions likely saved her life,” said CHP Capt. Eric Zivic. “Our detectives worked quickly and collaboratively with our law enforcement partners to identify and arrest the suspect. We remain committed to holding offenders accountable and protecting the safety of our communities.”

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Body recovered after vehicle plunges off Highway 1 near Hurricane Point

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Ricardo Tovar

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    MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KSBW) — A vehicle went over a cliff and into the ocean along southbound Highway 1 near Hurricane Point on Tuesday afternoon, and Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto confirmed one person died.

The California Highway Patrol received reports shortly after 4:20 p.m. that a vehicle had driven off the roadway about a mile south of Bixby Bridge. Authorities initially said at least one person was believed to be inside.

“We received a call about 4:30. Units responded, the fire department, public safety. When we got here we have evidence a car did go over the edge. We’re in the middle of what we call search and rescue operations to send a team down over the cliff,” Nieto said.

Responding personnel later located the vehicle more than 500 feet below on the rocks. Rescuers found one occupant, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Recovery efforts continued until about 8:45 p.m. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office is handling identification and next-of-kin notification.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. The weather in the area was rough, with rain and wind.

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Man set up in DWI bribery scandal on his birthday, attorney says

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Jason McNabb, T.J. Wilham

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    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — Target 7 reported a couple of weeks back that former Albuquerque Police officer Justin Hunt, who resigned as a lieutenant in February 2024, admitted in a federal plea deal to collaborating with attorney Thomas Clear’s private investigator and paralegal, Ricardo Mendez, to target certain individuals for DWI arrests as part of the DWI enterprise scandal. Hunt’s plea revealed that Mendez would get Clear’s clients drunk, have them drive with him in the car, and then tip off officers like Hunt about their location and vehicle.

A case outlined in the plea states that in 2014, Mendez took a man, previously represented by Clear in another DWI case, to a strip club, got him drunk, and then had him drive. Mendez then tipped off Hunt, who arrested the man shortly after. The man rehired Clear for his defense, and Hunt said Clear gave him tires and parts for his Jeep in exchange for not appearing in court, leading to the case’s dismissal.

Target 7 obtained officer-worn lapel camera video of that arrest.

In the video, Officer Hunt is seen conducting the traffic stop, pulling over the man for riding between lanes. Hunt said, “You can do me a favor, step out real quick.” The man struggled with sobriety tests, and Hunt said, “Okay, sir, I’d like to give you some tests if you’re safe to keep driving you and your passengers tonight, all right? “Yes, sir,” responded the man.

Shortly after, he was handcuffed for DWI, with Hunt stating, “The best thing I can tell you is you got yourself into this situation, not me.”

Target 7 also tracked down the man who was arrested and sat down with his new attorney, Frances Carpenter.

Carpenter reiterated that the traffic stop was a setup, saying, “[Officer Hunt] knew exactly where he was going to be.”

She told Target 7 how Mendez called her client on his birthday, saying, “Hey, do you want to hang out? Let’s go out. My client was not good friends with him. He didn’t socialize with him, but he was like, sure. You know, I’ll go out with you and a bunch of guys.”

Carpenter says Mendez kept ordering her client rounds of drinks, and promised him he would drive. However, Mendez told the man later in the night that he was too drunk, and that he would have to be the one to drive instead. Minutes after leaving the strip club, they were pulled over.

Carpenter stated, “There’s no doubt about it. It was completely set up.” Hunt admitted in court documents that Mendez coordinated with him for the traffic stop. “Rick was communicating with the officer about where they were going to, what time they were gonna be there, and when they were leaving,” she said.

Carpenter also told Target 7 the arrest was just the beginning of her client’s troubles. “He was in there for a couple days, and during the time that he was in jail, his home was broken into,” she said. Around $300,000 worth of watches, gold bars, and guns were stolen, with police reports filed. Carpenter suspects whoever was responsible for the burglary knew the man was in jail, saying, “These individuals knew that he was affluent and likely knew what he had in his safe, and he was targeted.”

Carpenter is leading the class-action lawsuit against the city for victims of the scandal and is urging anyone who may have been targeted to come forward.

Thirteen people have pled guilty so far in the DWI enterprise scandal, including nine officers from the APD, one deputy from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, and three legal professionals.

At this time, no one has been sentenced for their roles.

Mendez was among those who pled guilty and was granted permission last year by a federal judge to travel outside of the country before a sentencing date was set. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

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Gov. Newsom signs bill outlawing fee-based organizations that help veterans with disability claims

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Ashley Zavala

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    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a controversial measure that will outlaw most fee-based organizations that help veterans with their disability claims.

The measure known as SB 694, has divided Democrats and veterans serving as lawmakers at the state Capitol over the veteran’s benefits system that both sides have acknowledged is broken. The bill is rooted in businesses that exist to help with backlogs and long waits associated with claims filed with official government accredited Veterans Service Organizations. Instead of going through the VSOs, Veterans can pay other, fee-based services to help with their claims. Often times, those veterans can be taken advantage of by some of these businesses, which is what the new law aims to tackle.

“We owe our veteran community a debt of gratitude – for their years of service and sacrifice,” Newsom said in a statement. “By signing this bill into law, we are ensuring veterans and service members get to keep more money in their pockets and not line the coffers of predatory actors. We are closing this federal fraud loophole for good.”

The measure had been under intense negotiations but was abruptly approved by the State Senate last month. Democratic State Senator Bob Archuleta, who is a veteran himself and wrote the new law, said it’s meant to protect veterans from predatory practices. But other veterans, such as Democratic Senator Tom Umberg, has likened the measure to outlawing private attorneys.

“Could you imagine if we as a government said, I’m sorry all criminal defense counsel are by definition bad. Therefore, you must accept your public defender. You have no choice,” Umberg said on the Senate floor last month.

As the measure was changed to outlaw the businesses, the only disabled veteran serving in California’s Legislature, Republican Assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez, wanted his name removed from the bill. That did not happen before Newsom’s bill signing Tuesday.

At the bill signing Tuesday, the governor could be seen smiling when KCRA 3 asked about all of this. He noted adding and removing lawmaker names is the legislature’s job.

“I’m proud to sign this bill,” Newsom said. “I am very clear, this is the right thing to do.”

Archuleta responded by saying people working with veterans should be accredited.

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Loaded gun recovered from student at Wisconsin high school

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

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    KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 16-year-old student is in custody after a loaded firearm was recovered at Bradford High School early Wednesday, Feb. 11.

School administrators and a Kenosha Police Department school resource officer tried to search the student at around 7:30 a.m., based on information he may have had a firearm, according to police.

The student would not comply and resisted the officer during the search, leading to a physical struggle, police say. The student was subdued and taken into custody.

A concealed, loaded gun was recovered during the search, according to police. No serious injuries were reported.

A lieutenant with KPD expressed gratitude to the people who came forward with information about the gun, saying in a press release that the information likely helped prevent “a tragedy in our community.”

Police expect multiple criminal charges to be filed, and the investigation is still taking place. Officers remained at the school throughout the day.

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Penn patients “forever grateful” as hospital celebrates 6 decades of organ transplants

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Stephanie Stahl

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    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Penn Medicine celebrated six decades of organ transplants Tuesday at the Smilow Center for Translational Research in University City.

Penn’s first successful transplant was a kidney back in 1966. Since then, there have been thousands of life-saving operations, including one that allowed the dream of motherhood to come true.

One-year-old Rome is the baby his parents never thought they would have. His mom, Stephanie Collado, was born without a uterus.

Two years ago, she had a uterus transplant at Penn.

“It’s amazing,” she said. “It’s a dream come true. But not only that I have a baby, but I got part of my future back.”

Collado and her family were back at Penn to be part of the 60th anniversary of the transplant institute Tuesday.

Since 1966, Penn has performed more than 15,000 solid organ transplant procedures, becoming a leader in the field.

Mike Marinelli, a South Jersey former firefighter, was just 34 when he had the first of two lung transplants at Penn.

“I got to walk my daughter down the aisle, I got to see four grandkids grow up,” Marinelli said. “I’m incredibly grateful and forever grateful.”

Marinelli still has the transplanted lung from over 30 years ago.

“Since our first lung transplant at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania in 1991, we have actually done 1,683 lung transplants,” Brooke McDonnell, the CAO of the Penn Transplant Institute, said.

The first uterus transplant at Penn was in 2018. Since then, Collado is one of six women who’ve had the operation.

Collado’s transplant came from a living donor, and she said she’s planning on trying to have another baby.

“It’s groundbreaking,” Collado said. “No one else is doing this, just a few hospitals in this country. The fact that Penn is daring and willing to go beyond the norm and do this and make people’s dreams come true. I’m just happy to be a part of it.”

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Winter storm brings much needed snow to Sierra

CNN Newsource on February 11, 2026

By Conor McGill

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    SAN FRANCISCO (KOVR) — A February winter storm is moving through the Sierra, bringing steady rain and snow to the region and creating slick, hazardous conditions along major roadways, including Interstate 80.

After a dry and disappointing January, the storm system is delivering much-needed snowfall to higher elevations. Fresh powder is falling across mountain passes and Sierra resorts, offering a boost to an underperforming snow season.

“Yesterday it was sunny, there was no snow,” said Barbara Chung, who is visiting from Hong Kong. “With the fresh powder, it’s much softer.”

Travelers from across the region welcomed the change.

“Finally, we got the snow, it’s a little powdery today,” said Marni McKee, visiting from Sacramento.

Higher peaks and mountain passes could receive between 6 and 12 inches of snow, while some Sierra resorts may see 12 to 18 inches by the time the system moves out.

The snowfall comes at a critical time. During the state’s most recent snow survey on January 30, officials measured the statewide snowpack at just 47 percent of normal for this time of year.

“Climate has changed. Thirty-five years ago, we didn’t have the problem of not having enough snow, and now it’s more difficult,” said Michael Norreel of Santa Rosa.

Caltrans officials say the storm is a reminder that winter driving conditions can return quickly, even after dry stretches.

“Mother Nature season-wide is still saying it’s winter and given us finally that reminder again,” said Jeremy Linder, a Public Information Officer with Caltrans. “For those drivers that are going to be headed up either the next couple of days or even over the weekend, just be prepared.”

With additional storms possible next week and several feet of snow in the forecast, this system could mark the beginning of a significant shift in the Sierra’s winter season.

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