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St. Louis firefighter accused of stealing wallet from teen crash victim

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis firefighter is accused of stealing a wallet from a teenager following a hit-and-run crash earlier this year that claimed the lives of four people.The crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the intersection of South Grand Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway, located in Midtown.According to police, a 2004 Chevy Impala was driving southbound on South Grand, ran a stoplight, went into the northbound lanes, and struck a 2021 Chevy Tahoe in the intersection. The SUV drove off the South Grand overpass onto Forest Park Parkway. The Tahoe landed upside down.There were eight people in the Tahoe. One woman and three men died in the crash. They were later identified as Richard Boyd, 19; Bryanna Dentman-Johnson, 18; Corntrail McKinley, 20; and Anthony Robinson, 19. The surviving victims were taken to the hospital and eventually released.Police claim the driver of the Chevy Impala, identified as Cedric Dixon, fled the scene but was later ...

Gorman plays hero as Cardinals split series, win 2-1 over Reds

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and scored on a wild pitch, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Thursday for their 13th win in 18 games.Miles Mikolas (3-1) won his third straight decision, allowing five hits over seven scoreless innings, which matched his season high. He struck out five and walked none.Giovany Gallegos gave up a two-out RBI single to Stuart Fairchild in the ninth before striking out Luke Maile for his fifth save in six chances.St. Louis (23-29), which has rebounded after a 10-24 start, gave All-Stars Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras the afternoon off and still gained a split of the four-game series. RELATED - Adam Wainwright earns another win, closing in on 200 career victories Cincinnati, last in the NL Central at 21-29, has lost seven of 10.Tommy Edman, a switch-hitter, batted from the right side against Reds right-hander Luke Weaver. Edman grounded out in the second an...

South Adams County fire chief on leave, an interim chief is named

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

The South Adams County Fire Department chief is on leave and an interim chief has been named.South Adams County Fire Chief Kevin Vincel (South Adams County Fire Department)Fire Chief Kevin Vincel “is out on leave” and Deputy Chief Ken Koger is named to serve as interim fire chief, according to 1:50 p.m. Thursday tweet from the fire department.The tweet describes the announcement as an “Administration Update.”“South Adams County Fire will have no further comments at this time,” it stated.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Insurance, building codes, helicopters: Colorado’s 11 new laws to protect residents from wildfires Crime and Public Safety | Denver firefighters battle heavy blaze in storage building west of downtown Vincel, a longtime member of the department with almost three decades of experience, worked his way up through the ranks over the years, starting as a firefighter and working other posts i...

Colorado man building white supremacist community in the mountains, had automatic weapons, FBI says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

A 41-year-old man facing a weapons charge in federal court is being held without bond after a judge ruled that he’s a flight risk and a community threat.Chad Edward Keith, who is charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, allegedly had ten firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at his Colorado Springs home, according to a criminal complaint against him.The complaint, filed by an FBI investigator assigned to a Joint Terrorism Task Force, claims that Keith is a white supremacist and a Nazi with plans of operating a “white private community” school for teenagers, on a 2.6-acre property he owns near Cotopaxi that would include “hard core weapons training” and an “anti-Semitic curriculum.”In 2003, Keith pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possessing an unregistered firearm — a destructive device. He was sentenced to 48 months in prison.The current complaint is based, in part, on information from a paid F...

Former Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Quinn dies at age 90

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

Joseph Quinn, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court speaks to a joint session of the Legislature in Feb. 1987, in Denver. (Photo by Duane Howell/The Denver Post)Former Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Quinn has died.He was 90.Quinn was appointed to the court in 1980 and his colleagues named him chief justice in 1985. He served until 1993 when he retired from the high court. He continued to work as a senior judge in the 18th Judicial District, which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. He was an avid runner, a father of five, and read philosophy in his leisure time.He grew up in industrial Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of a postal inspector. As an 18-year-old, Quinn enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and fought in Korea. He returned from that conflict and studied at St. Peter’s College in New Jersey, graduating with honors in 1957. He went to the Rutgers Law School and received an LL.B. law degree in 1961.He moved west to Denver and...

Yearling moose spotted in Boulder relocated to Larimer County

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

A moose yearling seen wandering in Boulder since Wednesday has been relocated to Larimer County.Colorado Parks and Wildlife responded to a sighting of a moose at around 4:30 Wednesday after Boulder County Parks and Open Space park rangers notified wildlife officers that the moose was wandering into city limits.Park rangers partnered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to follow the moose, a one-year-old male, around Boulder as they tried to guide it west and away from people.After roaming from Chautauqua Park into the city for a day, park rangers tranquilized and relocated the moose Thursday morning at the Millennium Harvest House Boulder hotel near Boulder Creek. They transported it to Larimer County, a forested region where moose are more common.“Moose are still wildlife,” said CPW spokesperson Kara Van Hoose. “Even though this is a yearling, they’re still wild animals, and we try to keep them away from people.”Boulder resident and wildlife photographer Michelle Theall saw the moose ...

UCLA researchers say genetic mutation could be key to treating fatal brain tumors

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

Researchers at UCLA say they may have made a breakthrough in the battle against one of the hardest-to-treat forms of cancer.Glioblastomas are terminal brain tumors with little treatment options and poor timelines for those unlucky enough to be diagnosed with them.Researchers at UCLA say they've identified a genetic alteration that occurs in 60% of those diagnosed with glioblastoma, and that genetic abnormality could be crucial in developing new effective treatments against the stubborn and aggressive cancer."The mutation causes changes in the way lipids are distributed in cancer cells, which in turn makes the cancer cells vulnerable to being destroyed," UCLA officials said in a release. The discovery could lead to a pathway to developing new treatment options.David Nathanson was one of the senior authors on the study. He's an associate professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a member of the Jonsson Cancer Center. He says eve...

First fully-themed Pixar hotel in U.S. to open at Disneyland Resort later this year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel is currently transforming into the Pixar Place Hotel, the first fully Pixar-themed hotel in the United States, Disneyland officials announced Thursday.The hotel, located at the Disneyland Resort, is expected to open this winter. Officials shared new details about the amenities, hotel-exclusive water play area and restaurant coming to the re-imagined hotel. Disneyland pitches theme park expansion plans to Anaheim neighbors The hotel will still be open during its transformation and guests can still enjoy hotel benefits such as early park entry, according to the Disney Parks blog.Beginning this summer, overnight guests will have access to the new “Finding Nemo”-inspired water play area. The area will include a 186-foot-long waterslide, a splash pad and more.In summer 2023, a "Finding Nemo"-themed splash pad will be a part of the new Pixar Place Hotel when Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel is reimagined at the Disneyland Resort. The hotel will weave the artistr...

Maven Genetics One of LA’s Top Dogs at Emerald Cup

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

L.A.’s Maven Genetics became one of the state’s premier cannabis companies two weekends ago at The Emerald Cup with a top-five finish for French Laundry. While Maven’s rise around the state in recent years has been quick, this is the biggest accolade yet for the longtime OG cultivators (Kush and metaphorically) that transitioned to the recreational side of things at the dawn of the legal era. Even before the big win, the company found itself in roughly 400 shops at any given time.XXX, Maven’s favorite OG these days.We sat down with Maven’s cofounder and president Mike Corvington to talk about the win and their experiences transitioning to a fully vertically integrated company locally that still grows in some of its legacy gardens, distributes its own product and sells its cannabis through two storefronts on top of its hundreds-long client list. “Los Angeles is a beast man,” Corvington told L.A. Weekly. “From the regulatory compliance things to L.A. in general, it’s good ...

DeSantis event underscores Twitter’s rightward shift under Musk

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

By Ali Swenson | Associated PressNEW YORK — Two years ago, signing a bill intended to punish Twitter and other major social media companies, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the platforms as “suppressing ideas” during the COVID-19 pandemic and silencing conservative voices.What a turnaround.The new Elon Musk-owned version of Twitter helped DeSantis launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday. Though it was marred by technical glitches and skewered by the candidate’s critics, the forum nevertheless underscored Twitter’s unmistakable shift to the right under Musk, who bought it for $44 billion and took over in October.“The truth was censored repeatedly, and now that Twitter is in the hands of a free speech advocate, that would not be able to happen again on this Twitter platform,” DeSantis said during the Twitter Spaces event.Musk, co-hosting the event, responded to the praise by saying, “Twitter was indeed expensive, ...