Intruder arrested twice in same day outside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s California home

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A 28-year-old real estate agent was arrested and released after entering the California property of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday morning and then arrested again later that afternoon when he returned, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Jonathan Macht, of Pacific Palisades, was arrested in the 2900 block of Mandeville Canyon Road about 9:30 a.m. on suspicion of trespassing and issued an emergency protective order, according to police. Macht was released and, at around 5:45 p.m. that same day, detained by security outside the same location, according to law enforcement. Police arrested him about 6:10 p.m. for violating the emergency protective order.

Macht did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Kennedy, an independent candidate for president, wrote about the incident on Thursday, arguing that it was further evidence that he needs Secret Service protection for his campaign.

“Yesterday an intruder climbed the fence at my home and was arrested,” Kennedy wrote on X. “After being released from police custody later in the day, he immediately returned to my home and was arrested again.”

Maine mass shooting: ‘Why do people do this?’

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In the wake of a mass shooting that left 18 dead and 13 injured in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening, many are speaking out on the event’s devastating toll on their family, friends and community.

Here are some:

‘Why do people do this?’ 10-year-old victim asks

When Zoey Levesque felt a bullet graze her leg she wasn’t worried about the injury, the 10-year-old told ABC News on Thursday, she was too busy running for her life.

Her mom Meghan Hutchinson was watching the kid practice with her youth bowling league when she heard a “loud pop,” turned around and saw the shooter right behind her.

Zoey was shot — a shallow graze to her leg — as the pair ran to barricade themselves in a back room with other families. Another young boy came into the room had a “massive hole” in his arm bleeding badly, Hutchinson told ABC, and a second mom called 911.

The police arrived 20 minutes later, the mother said, but the group was too scared to let them in. The cops eventually pushed their way in.

The mother and daughter said they’re still in shock.

“Why do people do this?” Zoey asked. “I don’t really know what to say.”

Father of Schemengees manager calls son a ‘hero’ for confronting gunman

Joey Walker, a manager at Schemengees Bar & Grille, died a hero Wednesday, as he picked up a knife trying to confront gunman Robert Card, his father Leroy Walker told Lester Holt of NBC News.

“Joey Walker was shot to death at Schemengees,” the father said. “He died as a hero because he picked up a butcher knife … and he tried to go at the gunman to stop him from shooting anybody else.”

Leroy Walker, a member of the City Council in next door Auburn, received the tragic news Thursday that his son was shot and killed at the restaurant Wednesday night. The elder Walker stopped by a hospital and reunification center at Auburn Middle School but did not find his son earlier in the day.

“I want you to know that Joe was a great, great son, a loving husband,” Walker told MSNBC. “He had two grandchildren and a stepson living at home with him. … He loved thousands of people. Thousands of people loved him.”

Just-In-Time Recreation manager ‘risked his life’ for getting kids to safety

The manager of Just-In-Time Recreation, Thomas Gilberti, “risked his life leading countless kids to safety, while under fire from the gunman,” according to a post in the “NE Bowling Community” Facebook group.

Sarah Marie, owner of the bowling alley, wrote in a separate Facebook post that Gilberti was shot while letting children into a pin-setter area.

“He took many bullets to his legs while children ran towards him to hide,” she wrote.

“This is a man who exemplifies what it means to be a hero,” the post in the NE Bowling Community group states. “No words can properly encapsulate the bravery and courage he exhibited as this ordeal played out. Stay strong Thomas.”

Running down the bowling lanes

A man — who identified himself to the Associated Press only as Brandon — was at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley when he said he heard what sounded like a balloon popping. Then about 10 pops.

“I had my back turned to the door,” he told the AP. “And as soon as I turned and saw it was not a balloon — he was holding a weapon — I just booked it.”

Brandon darted down the bowling lane, through the end and up into the machinery. After the shooting, he was put on a bus with other survivors to the family reunification point at Auburn Middle School.

#LEWISTONSTRONG

Many across New England expressed support for the Lewiston community through a Lewiston Strong message, including the Boston Bruins.

“Maine is a special part of the Bruins family and our hearts are with those affected by this terrible tragedy,” the Bruins wrote on a Lewiston Strong fundraising page. “In that spirit, the Boston Bruins Foundation is pledging a minimum of $100,000 to those affected by these horrific events in Lewiston.”

More information on how to contribute is available on the community fund page.

“I am confident that our city, our community, and people across our great state of Maine will come together to support one another,” wrote Lewiston High School basketball captain Natalie Beaudoin in a statement. “We are one. #LEWISTONSTRONG.”

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Passionate bowler calls 911 after being shot at alley

Tricia Asselin stopped by Just-In-Time Recreation Wednesday evening to bowl, an activity she had a passion for, her brother told ABC News.

Some nights, Asselin worked at the bowling alley, but this time she was there to play.

But then tragedy struck. She was shot by the alleged gunman Robert Card. She ran to the counter frantically and called 911, her brother said. She died from the gunshot.

His other sister, also at the alley at the time of the shooting, escaped, he said.

“(Tricia) was the rock of the family,” her brother told ABC.

Stephen King: ‘It’s the rapid-fire killing machines, people.’

Maine-native Stephen King called out the “madness” that led to Wednesday’s mass shooting in a Tweet on Thursday.

“The shootings occurred less than 50 miles from where I live,” wrote King, an outspoken advocate against gun violence. “I went to high school in Lisbon. It’s the rapid-fire killing machines, people.

“This is madness in the name of freedom,” he continued. “Stop electing apologists for murder.”

Wire sources were used in this story.

Man found dead in marshy area off St. Paul freeway had been reported missing

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A man found dead in St. Paul this week was a 53-year-old who’d been reported missing earlier this month.

Police are investigating the circumstances of Eric McCloud’s death.

His body was found Tuesday in a marshy area near Interstate 35E and Cayuga Street.

The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office has not issued a ruling on his cause of death, police said Thursday.

Police asked anyone with information to call investigators at 651-266-5650.

McCloud’s family last had contact with him Oct. 8 at his St. Paul home, according to an Oct. 18 alert issued by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on behalf of St. Paul police, requesting the public’s assistance in finding him.

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The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week

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NEW YORK — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song.

The track, called “Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2, as part of a single paired with “Love Me Do,” the very first Beatles single that came out in 1962 in England, it was announced Thursday.

“Now And Then” comes from the same batch of unreleased demos written by the late John Lennon, which were taken by his former bandmates to construct the songs “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love,” released in the mid-1990s.

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison worked on “Now And Then” in the same sessions, but technological limitations stood in the way.

With the help of artificial intelligence, director Peter Jackson cleared those problems up by “separating” Lennon’s original vocals from a piano used in the late 1970s. The much clearer vocals allowed McCartney and Starr to complete the track last year.

The survivors packed plenty into it. The new single contains guitar that Harrison had recorded nearly three decades ago, a new drum part by Starr, with McCartney’s bass, piano and a slide guitar solo he added as a tribute to Harrison, who died in 2001. McCartney and Starr sang backup.

McCartney also added a string arrangement written with the help of Giles Martin, son of the late Beatles producer George Martin.

As if that wasn’t enough, they weaved in backing vocals from the original Beatles recordings of “Here, There and Everywhere,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “Because.”

“There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear,” McCartney said in the announcement. “It’s quite emotional. And we all play on it, it’s a genuine Beatles recording. In 2023 to still be working on Beatles music, and about to release a new song the public haven’t heard, I think it’s quite an exciting thing.”

Harrison’s widow, Olivia, said he felt in the 1990s that the technical problems made it impossible to release a song that met the band’s standards. With the improvements, “he would have wholeheartedly” joined Paul and Ringo in completing the song now if he were still alive, she said.

Next Wednesday, the day before the song’s release, a 12-minute film that tells the story of the new recording will be made public.

Later in the month, expanded versions of the Beatles’ compilations “1962-1966” and “1967-1970” will be released. “Now And Then,” despite coming much later than 1970, will be added to the latter collection.

The surviving Beatles have skillfully released new projects, like remixes of their old albums that include studio outtakes and Jackson’s “Get Back” film, usually timed to appeal to nostalgic fans around the holiday season.

This year, it’s the grand finale of new music.

“This is the last track, ever, that you’ll get the four Beatles on the track. John, Paul, George, and Ringo,” Starr said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.