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High surf warnings continued Friday as some residents saw the damage to their property for the first time since yesterday's large waves pounded the California coast.

Shamaz Waheed, 57, owner of Amerihost Inn and Suites in Kindom City, was arrested Tuesday by a Callaway County sheriff's deputy on suspicion of maintaining a public nuisance, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff's Office. The charge is a Class D felony in Missouri.

A 38-year-old man remains in jail facing charges that he murdered his girlfriend inside a local hotel room last August, despite his attorney’s attempts to convince a judge that she died by suicide. Juan Gonzalez-Ortega, of Oakland, faces charges that he killed Delicia Elizabeth Ojeda, a romantic interest who Gonzalez-Ortega had both accused of infidelity and threatened shortly before her death, according to prosecutors.

Arson investigators were called to an abandoned Embassy Suites on the Northwest Side after a fire broke out on the first floor. Flames were spotted just before 4 a.m. Tuesday at the building in the 7700 block of Briaridge Drive, near Interstate 10 and Callaghan Road. Deputy Chief Bryan Norris said the flames did not spread to other floors but there was smoke throughout the high-rise building. As SAFD responded, two people came out of the hotel. They were not injured, and at this time no one has been arrested.

The Vancouver Police Department told CTV News the driver was arrested for "driving-related offences.". "There is significant damage to the building but no injuries," Const. Tania Visintin said in an email.

Some 200,000 evacuated Israelis are being hosted in hotels across the country, and one of the main things they yearn for is familiar food. Chefs are rising to the challenge and adjusting their menus. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, some 200,000 Israelis from northern and southern Israel have been evacuated from their homes and are being hosted in hotels across the country.

Five years after its scheduled opening, Baku's InterContinental Hotel finally opened its doors in 2021. Attending the opening ceremony of the hotel were President Ilham Aliyev and the first Vice President, Mehriban Aliyeva. Two years later, Abzas Media, in an investigative story, looked into the ownership of the hotel as well as the history of the land where the hotel was built.

A historic hotel destroyed after being deliberately torched is being demolished - despite the owners not yet being granted official permission to tear down the building. The Carnbooth House Hotel was targeted in a blaze earlier this year, in a fire so fierce ten fire engines were sent to the scene to tackle it.

Wyndham Visalia renews its Certified Autism CenterTM credential helping Visalia maintain its status as a Certified Autism DestinationTM. This training has boosted staff confidence as they are equipped with the resources to provide the best service and experience to every guest visiting the hotel.” - Wyndham Visalia general manager, Samantha Rummage-Mathias

A gunman was taken into custody after a shooting at a hotel in Oakland Park led to a SWAT standoff with shots fired at deputies early Wednesday, authorities said. Broward Sheriff's Office deputies responded to reports of a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale Grand Hotel at 4900 Powerline Road shortly before 1 a.m. A witness told NBC6 they heard gunshots being fired on the second floor.

Maui hotel workers from ILWU Local 142 and Unite Here Local 5, many of whom lost their homes in the fire in August, joined in a news conference, march and sign-waving Wednesday in Kaanapali.

A customer at a hotel in Australia has been left furious after staff refused to refund her for a room infested with cockroaches. The guest, who goes by the name Kitti on TikTok, visited the Koala Tree Motel in Port Macquarie, NSW, with her partner recently while visiting a loved one who was sick in hospital.

Dutchess County Supreme Court Justice Maria Rosa has ruled in the county’s favor restraining the City of New York from transporting homeless persons to any hotel or other facility for overnight rentals in the county. County Executive William O’Neil called the justice’s decision “wise and thoughtful.”

All Of Us Strangers and Oppenheimer lead the pack for major nominations at the London Critics’ Circle film awards 2024. Andrew Haigh’s romantic fantasy has scored nine nods while Christopher Nolan’s biopic blockbuster has picked up seven, with both being nominated for film of the year.

The international organization OCCRP, specializing in organized crime and corruption, has once again implicated Cyprus in investment cases related to the luxury hotel Cap St Georges in Peyia. The connection ties back to the infamous Magnitsky case, a high-profile tax fraud scandal in Russia.

Ian Wright previously stepped away from Match of the Day for seven years before making his return in 2015. Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has revealed he locked Ian Wright in a "hotel ice room" during the England icon's previous hiatus from Match of the Day.

In its 17th year, the construction already has the first igloos ready to welcome guests, despite delays due to unusually high temperatures. The delay in construction this year is attributed by organizers to the unusually high temperatures, despite the hotel being located at an altitude of over 2,000 meters.

The San Jose owner of a management company was sentenced yesterday to six months in county jail by the Hon. Hector Ramon for embezzlement from over a dozen small and medium-sized hotels, including many that are family-owned.

A rural California ski resort's plans to install a 20-foot statue of the Virgin Mary has left some irate and pushing back against the Christian symbol they say disrespects the area's rich Native American history. "Virgin Mary at a ski resort makes no sense, keep religion out of skiing," one critic wrote, echoing the complaints of multiple others.

An inferno ripped through a 19th Century Georgian country hotel last night in Galway, as police confirm they are investigating an incident of criminal damage by fire. It comes just hours after protesters gathered outside the Ross Lake House hotel, Rosscahill, amid concerns about migrants in the area.

A Raleigh, North Carolina sushi restaurant, Sushi Nine, is at the center of more than 240 customer reports of illness, reaching back as far as November 28, when the first symptoms were reported. Local Wake County Environmental Services confirmed three norovirus cases as being linked to the restaurant, but the remaining cases are still under investigation. The restaurant voluntarily closed for 48 hours on December 5, to perform sanitizing and allow inspectors to examine the premises for clues to the source of the outbreak. No new cases were reported when the restaurant reopened on December 8 following that deep cleaning.

OLYMPIC gold medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid has been BANNED from the Biathlon World Cup after firing a gun in the team hotel. The 26-year-old has been disqualified from the upcoming competition after he broke International Biathlon Union safety regulations.

BOSTON — Boston Police say a person is in custody after four people were stabbed Sunday evening at a hotel in Dorchester. Boston firefighters first responded to a fire alarm at the hotel and were faced with a gruesome scene just steps into the front door where four people were suffering from apparent stab wounds.

The Columbia River Drug Task Force arrested a 38-year-old alleged drug dealer who was staying at the Wenatchee Red Lion on Tuesday. At the time he was also wanted on a felony arrest warrant. Detectives say they saw him and two other people exit the hotel room and start loading several bags into a vehicle. Law enforcement then moved in and arrested him.