LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman on Tuesday said she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018 and now plans to make a report to law enforcement.

Lonna Drewes said during a news conference that the assault occurred at a hotel in Southern California. She said she had one glass of wine that evening and believes Swalwell drugged her before raping her. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race on Sunday and said he would resign from Congress this week following earlier allegations of sexual assault from a different woman.

“I did not consent to any sexual activity,” Drewes said.

Attorney Sara Azari released a statement Tuesday on Swalwell’s behalf saying he “categorically and unequivocally denies each and every allegation of sexual misconduct and assault that has been leveled against him.” She pledged to “pursue every available legal remedy against those responsible for orchestrating this reprehensible campaign of lies.”

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Drewes’ allegation comes a day after Swalwell said he would resign from Congress following other allegations of sexual misconduct, including at least two other alleged incidents of nonconsensual sex. Other women have accused him of sending them inappropriate messages and nude photos. Swalwell denied the prior accusations of sexual assault but said he had made unspecified errors in judgment.

Drewes said she did not undergo a rape kit but disclosed the alleged assault to people close to her and documented it in her journal. She said she discussed the alleged rape during therapy sessions at a sexual assault center in Connecticut.

Attorney Lisa Bloom said those journal entries, along with text messages and photographs, will be included in the forthcoming report to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Drewes said she was working as a model and owned a fashion software company based in Beverly Hills when she met Swalwell. He offered to help her with connections to further her company and knew she had an interest in local politics.

Swalwell’s abrupt downfall followed allegations published in the San Francisco Chronicle and later by CNN.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb hit the ice alongside the Ottawa Charge hockey team for a friendly match. The event took place during Stubb’s first formal bilateral visit to Canada.

According to an official statement, the visit aims to deepen cooperation between Finland and Canada across trade, defense, technology, energy, and Arctic policy.

For Carney, the friendly hockey match came just hours after his Liberal Party secured a slim majority in the House of Commons.

I think we got a lot more than we deserved last week by only losing 2-0 and that was the same as last season. And what was also the same as last season is that we got much less than we deserved at home. Today we should have won as well. But it is also the quality of them in that they don’t concede from all the chances we had and then the quality of Dembélé‘s finish tells you why he won the Ballon d’Or and why they won the Champions League last season and has a good opportunity to win it again this season.

[Hugo Ekitike] is not too good I’m afraid. We could all see it didn’t look good but let’s wait and see what it could be [rather than speculating what it could be]. He went home in the second half so I haven’t seen him yet.

Losing a game the way we lost it is very hard but again as it seems to be, losing a player has happened to us so many times this season and especially very hard for him because you never want to be injured in this part of the season.

[Surprised the penalty was overturned?] No. If you look at our season so many decisions have gone against us. For me it’s quite simple. If the referee doesn’t give a penalty, the VAR would never have overturned it but I have seen so many soft penalties given and VAR can’t interfere because the referee has seem contact. And there was contact. Unfortunately we couldn’t score a goal because that was a moment but we had multiple chances in the second half and one big one in the first. But last week there were two decisions that maybe went in our favour, a penalty overturned and a push in the back so, unfortunately we couldn’t score a goal. Anfield was already rocking at 0-0, let alone what would have happened if we’d scored the 1-0.

Last week was tough and very difficult. We have shown in a week’s time we can improve a lot and how they showed themselves after playing two days ago [sic] was incredible. They kept on going even at 1-0 down so that’s a big compliment to them. But it has happened all season if you look at xG. We should have scored two but we didn’t score one. Far too many times it’s happened this season.

Yes, of course, Champions League qualification is the minimum [requirement] and we have to play for that in the upcoming weeks..

I said before the game we had 88 minutes till now with Alex, Florian and Hugo on the pitch. How many more today, 35? The good thing is that Alex is able to make minutes.

Many people have said the club is in transition. We have sold 8-10 players to recoup money to sign five or six very talented players. Now we are losing Mo and Andy on free transfers as we lost Trent on a free transfer. This model means we have to sell usually to buy. It’s going to be a big challenge. This club has shown this model works. You can see we have signed good and talented players who will go into their second season [stronger]. The future looks really good if we could add some good signings to replace the very good players who are leaving.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a derelict building

Firefighters were called to a building fire in a Cambridgeshire town after receiving reports of a fire at 6.30am on Tuesday (April 14). Cambridgeshire firefighters arrived to find a fire in a derelict building on Acre Road, March.

Crews from March, Chatteris, and Wisbech attended. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue has confirmed that no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is believed to have been deliberate.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police. You can submit an online report or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “At 6.29am on Tuesday (14) crews from March, Chatteris and Wisbech were called to a fire on Acre Road in March.

“Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a derelict building. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels and a jet, along with a positive pressure ventilation fan to remove the smoke. They returned to their stations by 9am. There were no injuries reported.”

Making the easy change can stop rats coming into your garden

Rats are a common problem in gardens across the UK, and it can be hard to know how to get rid of them. Garden expert Alan Titchmarsh has shared his own tips to help stop the creatures from settling into your outside space.

This time of year is ideal for rats as it is prime breeding season. They are also on the hunt for food and shelter, with them thinking our gardens are ideal spots for both.

Thankfully, you can make your garden less attractive to rats with just one simple change. Alan recommends gardeners keep their lawns short so they have nowhere to hide.

He said in a video of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine: “Rats are furtive. They like cover and shelter. They do not like close-mown grass where they can be seen. They much prefer it longer.”

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The simple change of staying on top of cutting your grass can make a huge difference to stopping rats coming into your garden. Alan added: “If you have got long grass everywhere, that gives them access.

“Cut it short, have a stripe or two if you want, and that way you can see, no rats.”

The expert previously shared how you can prevent rats from coming into your garden by being wary of where you place bird feeders.

Alan said: “Most gardeners, myself included, love encouraging garden birds, so bird feeders are everywhere in this garden. But, they can also be a magnet for rats.”

To stop this from happening, Alan suggested moving the bird feeder to the middle of your lawn, as rats hate running through exposed areas. Keep the feeders away from bushes, hedges or walls.

If you have a compost heap, that can also be a huge draw for rats. The heaps should be a solid structure with barely any gaps. Alan’s own compost heap is made from solid wood with steel sheeting lining the inside.

He said: “Hopefully that goes right down to the ground. They can burrow underneath it, but I am really reducing their ability to get in with ease. That’s a start, make the heap with good, strong sides.”

Alan explained you need to be careful about what goes into the compost heap.

He said: “Don’t put processed food, anything you have cooked, any meat, any potatoes.

“Don’t do that because it’s just an absolute open invitation for rats.” Instead, Alan suggests putting in mouldy apples as they rot down quickly and any green clippings from the garden.

The Scottish Labour leader dismissed the comments by the senior Reform UK figure as a “desperate lie from a desperate man”.

Anas Sarwar has angrily denied a claim by Malcom Offord that he suggested doing a deal to remove the SNP from power after May’s election.

The Scottish Labour leader hit out after the second live TV debate of the Holyrood campaign saw Reform’s chief in Scotland make a bold accusation over a possible link-up between them.

During a heated segment on immigration broadcast live on Channel 4 News, Sarwar accused Offord – a former Tory peer – of being “racist”. He added: “Malcolm, one of your candidates wants my children deported. Where do you want us to go?”

Offord responded that there was “no prospect” of him or his family being deported. The Reform UK leader added: “This is the third time on national TV you’ve called me racist.

“This does not square with you coming up to me at the start of this campaign, bouncing up to me in Paisley Town Hall, and saying we need to work together, Reform and Labour, to remove the SNP.”

Sarwar snapped back “utter nonsense” while John Swinney – standing between the pair – looked visibily surprised. The SNP leader has repeatedly warned voters that Scottish Labour would be prepared to do a deal with Reform UK, much to Sarwar’s anger.

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Speaking to reporters after the debate in Maryhill, Sarwar said: “Claims of any backroom deal are absolute nonsense, it is a desperate lie from a desperate man.

“It is desperation from a party whose campaign has completely flunked.

“These are the same people who have spent tens of thousands of pounds on racist adverts targeting me, and whose candidates have made deeply racist remarks, including calls to deport all Muslims – which would include my own children.

“And for John Swinney to jump on this when he is happy to call out Reform’s lies and racism elsewhere, but somehow chooses to imply we are doing a deal with them when it concerns racism directed at me – is deeply disappointing.

“Our politics should be better than that, and frankly I thought John Swinney was better than that.

“I understand why he may think it is politically useful, but morally he should take a long, hard look at himself.

“Let me be unequivocal: no stitch-ups, no deals, no backroom chats, no back-channel contact with Reform. I only want one deal, and that is with the people of Scotland.”

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Thierry Henry believes Arsenal could face trouble in their Champions League quarter-final if Sporting CP use similar tactics to Bournemouth.

Arsenal have a 1-0 advantage going into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday night following their win in Lisbon last week.

However, Mikel Arteta’s side head into the game at the Emirates Stadium off the back of a 2-1 defeat at home to Bournemouth in the Premier League, which has cut their advantage over Manchester City at the top of the table to six points.

Arsenal delivered an unconvincing performance in the loss at home to Bournemouth as they struggled to create clear-cut chances in attack and failed to beat the press from Andoni Iraola’s players in their own half.

If they eliminate Sporting on Wednesday night, Arsenal will play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-final and Henry feels a positive result can help the team ‘make a statement’ in their crucial Premier League game against Manchester City this Sunday.

‘If you’re Sporting, if you see the way Man City played Arsenal and the way Bournemouth played Arsenal at the weekend, the way they put pressure in that 4-2-4 early doors, Arsenal didn’t have an answer on how to step out from that,’ Henry told CBS Sports.

‘I don’t know what Sporting are going to do, but yes, it is very important for Arsenal to win the game and make sure they can prepare for the game we are all waiting for, what time it is.

‘Because for a very long time, I wasn’t even focusing on Bournemouth, even before Bournemouth winning I wasn’t focusing on that, I wanted that game, if I was a player, I want to win at statement, I want to make a statement.

‘I’m not saying it’s going to be easy, but that’s what I’m waiting for.’

Asked if he prefers Arsenal to face Atletico Madrid after they knocked out Barcelona, Henry replied: ‘We will see. We need to beat Sporting.

‘They [Atletico] can celebrate, we’re not there yet.’

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The work, led by the Environment Agency and carried out by Acumen Waste Services Ltd, will involve digging up and shifting 21,000 tonnes of waste, including tyres, shredded plastic and household rubbish from the illegal dumping site which covers 8,000 square metres – an area bigger than Wembley Stadium.

Some very worrying statistics for music venues across the country

Northern Ireland has produced Snow Patrol, Two Door Cinema Club, The Undertones, Ash, Stiff Little Fingers, Gary Moore, Van Morrison and more from a population roughly the size of Greater Manchester. Every one of them learned their craft in grassroots music venues (GMVs). Now those venues are facing a very challenging and uncertain future.

Music Venue Trust (MVT) presented its Annual Report 2025 at Stormont on April 14 at a reception hosted by Matthew O’Toole MLA, Sian Mulholland MLA and Robbie Butler MLA.

For the first time in MVT’s eleven-year history, the report includes a dedicated section on Northern Ireland’s grassroots music venues following a year of targeted sector development work supported by Belfast City Council – and what the data shows is stark.

Seventeen active, dedicated grassroots music venues delivered 22,464 artist performances across 3,705 events in 2025, drawing over 460,000 audience visits. Their contribution to the Northern Ireland economy was £11.85 million. Yet only half of those venues made a profit.

Employment in the sector fell by 21 per cent in a single year, from 667 workers to 525. And live music, the thing these venues exist to provide, cost the sector £1.63 million more than it earned.

Beverley Whitrick, COO of Music Venue Trust, said: “MVT is incredibly grateful for the ongoing support from the Culture Team at Belfast City Council for our work in Northern Ireland, and the belief in the importance of GMVs shown by our host MLAs. Their assistance means that we have now been able to represent the vital contribution grassroots music venues make to the music ecosystem in all four nations of the UK, with events in every parliament. It has always been important to us to speak on behalf of GMVs across the whole of the UK so we are delighted that partners have enabled us to gather data to highlight the challenges for these venues, and an opportunity to lay out MVT’s plan for sector development.”

Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, a long-term MVT patron who attended the Stormont reception, listed some of the country’s most famous musical legends: “Phil Coulter, Snow Patrol, Two Door Cinema Club, The Undertones, Clodagh Rogers, Van Morrison, Ash, Brian Kennedy, Therapy?, Mama’s Boys, D:Ream, Dana, And So I Watch You From Afar, Stiff Little Fingers, Gary Moore, David Holmes, The Divine Comedy”.

Adding that “Northern Ireland’s contribution to popular music has been vastly disproportionate to its tiny population. Along with the rest of the arts we have done our bit to challenge stereotypes, offset negativity and promote this brilliant little place. It was only by performing in small music venues around the province that I, and the aforementioned list of artists, became any good at all. Without them the next generation of Northern Irish stars will be unnecessarily stymied. This is not a charity case. This is a canny investment in the future.”

Throughout 2025, MVT worked closely with GMVs across Northern Ireland, delivering meetings, training, advice and support to enable participation in its Annual Survey and strengthen representation of the region within the UK-wide report. As a result, the 2025 report provides the most comprehensive picture to date of Northern Ireland’s grassroots music infrastructure and the venues that sustain it.

These findings underline both the cultural and economic importance of Northern Ireland’s grassroots music venues, and the urgent need for continued support to ensure their long-term sustainability.

Following the reception, which brought together venue operators, artists – including Hannon and Ciaran Lavery – policymakers and industry stakeholders, a Northern Ireland Venues Meeting took place at the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast, focused on planning the next phase of development for the region’s grassroots music ecosystem.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of trying to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by throwing a Molotov cocktail at his San Francisco home was experiencing a mental health crisis and has been overcharged by prosecutors, his public defender said Tuesday.

Daniel Moreno-Gama made his first court appearance on state charges with disheveled hair and wearing an orange jail uniform. The 20-year-old, whose attorney said is autistic, kept his gaze down during the brief hearing and softly answered “yes” when asked by a judge whether he agreed to continue his arraignment. San Francisco Judge Kenneth Wine ordered him held without bail and set his arraignment for May 5.

Authorities say Moreno-Gama, of Spring, Texas, hurled the incendiary device at Altman’s home Friday, setting an exterior gate on fire before fleeing on foot. Less than an hour later, Moreno-Gama went to OpenAI’s headquarters about 3 miles (5 kilometers) away and threatened to burn down the building, they said. They said he traveled to the city from Texas.

No one was injured at Altman’s home or the company’s offices. San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Diamond Ward called the case a “property crime, at best,” and said that prosecutors are pursuing higher charges to curry favor for Altman. Moreno-Gama also faces federal charges.

“It is unfair and is unjust for the San Francisco district attorney and the federal government to fearmonger and to exploit the mental illness of a vulnerable, young man by turning a vandalism case into an attempted murder, life exposure case to gain support of a billionaire, and to get political points at the expense of true justice for everyone involved,” Ward said.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins disputed that he was overcharged, saying Moreno-Gama carried out a “targeted attack on Mr. Altman” and that prosecutors had evidence to back up the charges. She said prosecutors would act the same whether the victim was a “billionaire or a CEO or any average San Franciscan.”

“Regardless of a victim’s status, they all deserve justice and they all deserve safety,” she said.

Moreno-Gama’s parents said in a statement he has never harmed anyone and recently began having mental health issues.

“We have been trying our best to address these issues and get him effective treatment, and we are very concerned for his well-being,” they said.

Authorities said Moreno-Gama, who works part-time at a pizzeria and is attending community college, expressed hatred of artificial intelligence in his writings, describing it as a danger to humanity and warning of “impending extinction,” according to court filings.

“This was not spontaneous. This was planned, targeted and extremely serious,” FBI San Francisco Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo said during a news conference Monday.

Moreno-Gama is charged in California state court with two counts of attempted murder and attempted arson. He tried to kill both Altman and a security guard at Altman’s residence, Jenkins alleged. Officials have not said whether Altman was home at the time, prosecutors said.

Jenkins said the state charges carry penalties ranging from 19 years to life in prison.

On Monday morning, FBI agents went to Moreno-Gama’s home in a Houston suburb where they spent several hours before leaving. He has also been charged by federal prosecutors with possession of an unregistered firearm and damage and destruction of property by means of explosives. Those charges carry respective penalties of up to 10 years and 20 years in prison.

“We will treat this as an act of domestic terrorism, and together with our partners, prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law,” U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said.

The document in which Moreno-Gama discussed his opposition to AI also made threats against Altman and executives at other AI companies, officials said.

“If I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example and show that I am fully sincere in my message,” Moreno-Gama wrote, according to authorities.

Advocacy groups that have issued grave warnings about AI’s risks to society condemned the violence.

Anthony Aguirre, president and CEO of the Future of Life Institute, said in a written statement Friday that “violence and intimidation of any kind have no place in the conversation about the future of AI.”

Another group, PauseAI, said in a statement that the suspect had no role in the group but joined its forum on the social media platform Discord about two years ago and posted about 34 messages there, none containing explicit calls to violence but one that was flagged as “ambiguous.”

Discord said Monday that it has banned Moreno-Gama for “off-platform behavior.”