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Scuffles in German cities after student who attacked neo-Nazis is convicted

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

Sympathizers of a young woman given a lengthy prison sentence for participating in attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists held protests and scuffled with police in some German cities after the verdict. The Dresden state court on Wednesday convicted Lina E., whose full name wasn’t released due to privacy rules, of membership in a criminal organization and serious bodily harm. She was sentenced to five years and three months in prison. Several hours later, the court said she had been released under unspecified conditions after having spent some 2 1/2 years in custody before the verdict.Prosecutors accused the student of “militant extreme-left ideology” and conceiving the idea of attacks on far-right individuals in Leipzig and nearby towns. Three men are alleged to have joined her by the end of 2019. The court in Dresden sentenced them to between 27 months and 39 months in prison.Shortly after the verdict, Germany’s top security official said federal and state polic...

13-year-old shot inside Aurora home, suspect wanted

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A 13-year-old was shot in the leg while inside his Aurora home early Thursday morning, and now police are looking for the suspect.According to the Aurora Police Department, the shooting happened around midnight in the 1700 block of North Kittridge Street in the Laredo Highline neighborhood.The shots were fired from outside the teen's home, and the 13-year-old was taken to a local hospital after he was struck in the leg. Youth group works with police for blunt message on school violence APD said an unknown pickup truck immediately drove away from the area following the shooting.Now, police are looking for the suspect and the suspected truck. Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

Denver weather: Seasonal with afternoon storms on Thursday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — With a mix of sun and clouds, highs will be seasonal Thursday with afternoon showers and storms along the Front Range in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Afternoon stormsPartly cloudy skies keep temperatures closer to seasonal averages for our Thursday. How to get to downtown Denver during the NBA Finals Showers and storms can pop up in the early afternoon and linger through the evening hours. Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on June 1.Weather tonight: Clearing skiesClouds slowly clear overnight after the evening showers. Temperatures remain near seasonal lows in the lower 50s with a light wind.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on June 1. Looking ahead: Cooler rainy weekendFriday rounds out the workweek with mild highs in the lower 70s and a mix of sun and clouds. Afternoon storms are in the forecast for Friday afternoon. Saturday is cooler as highs struggle to get out of the upper 60s with cloudy skies. Shower and storm chances are higher for Saturda...

BSO search for missing 20-year-old man from Pompano Beach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 20-year-old man.Dion Leroy was last seen on Monday in the 1000 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue in Pompano Beach. According to his family, Leroy is autistic and has medical conditions that require medication.He is about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds. He is described as having black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and black sandals.Anyone with information on Leroy’s whereabouts should contact BSO Detective Chris Blankenship at 954-321-4268 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357).

Wisconsin drag racer on the road to recovery after his car bursts into flames

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

UNION GROVE, Wis. (CNN) – A drag racer found himself on the road to recovery after a horrifying crash that left his car engulfed in flames. Despite the harrowing experience, he remained positive about getting back behind the wheel in the thrilling world of drag racing.The incident occurred during the Memorial Day Classic, where David Douthit’s jet-engine-propelled 1997 Scallywag Wheelstander flipped on its side, instantly igniting into a blazing inferno. Emergency services rushed to the scene, and Douthit was taken to the hospital with severe burns to his head, chest, neck, and face.“We have a 50-year-old male, approximately 250 pounds, with burns to his head, chest, neck, and face,” stated the attending paramedic.Despite his injuries, Douthit, a seasoned drag racer, remains resilient and determined to make a comeback. “Even laying on my side, sliding down the wall, scared was not going through my mind,” he said optimistically from his hospital be...

Parliament easily backs measure aimed at restraining Hungary’s EU presidency

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution questioning Hungary’s ability to helm a key EU policymaking apparatus in the second half of 2024. The nonbinding measure easily cleared Parliament by a 442-144 vote, earning support from five political groups spanning from the far left to the center right — a sign of the discontent with Hungary’s track record on democratic backsliding in recent years. The overwhelming vote is the culmination of days of conversation about whether Brussels may take steps to hem in Hungary’s upcoming turn overseeing the Council of the EU, a power center in Brussels where government ministers hash out EU policy. Countries take six-month turns helming the Council’s rotating presidency, giving them the authority to chair meetings, set agendas and negotiate policy texts. The Parliament resolution passed Thursday only offers vague proposals for restraining Hungary’s scheduled presidency. It “quest...

Boris Johnson got ‘bored’ with COVID, former aide claims

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

LONDON — Boris Johnson declared himself “epileptically bored with COVID” in 2022 as he mulled scrapping free tests for the virus, according to his former communications chief.Guto Harri, who served as a senior aide to Johnson in 2022, told his Global podcast series that the U.K.’s then-prime minister grew to see the pandemic as an “irrelevance,” and made those views known in tense government debates about whether to keep using state cash to provide Brits with free tests for the virus. Harri said that there was “an almighty row” over the issue between Johnson and his Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who eventually resigned in the summer of 2022 in a move that dealt a mortal blow to Johnson’s struggling administration.According to Harri, Johnson was concerned that providing free tests was “dwarfing the budgets of entire departments,” and argued that the U.K. should instead focus on trying to “spot the next COVID.”The...

Djokovic doubles down on ‘Kosovo is the heart of Serbia’ remark

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

Serbia’s star tennis player Novak Djokovic stood behind his controversial comments that “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia,” which had prompted fierce criticism from the French sports minister. “I would say it again, but I don’t need to because you have my quotes,” Djokovic told reporters at Roland-Garros after his second-round victory late Wednesday night at the French Open tennis tournament, according to French newswire AFP.“I’m aware that a lot of people would disagree, but it is what it is,” the 22-time Grand Slam winner added. “It’s something that I stand for.”Djokovic, one of the most successful athletes in tennis history and a superstar in his home country Serbia, sparked criticism Monday at the Paris tournament. “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence,” Djokovic wrote in Serbian on a TV camera screen after his first-round win.Clashes between police and Kosovo Serb protesters in n...

Parliament backs EU funds-for-ammo plan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a Commission proposal aimed at diverting EU funds toward ramping up the production of ammunition.The move has attracted criticism because it represents a shift in resources away from green and digital projects. It still needs the approval of the bloc’s national governments.Legislation was presented in April as part of a three-track plan agreed by EU leaders to provide Ukraine with one million pieces of ammunition in 12 months. It’s another step toward using the EU budget for defense purposes — despite “expenditure arising from operations having military or defense implications” technically being banned by EU treaties.Officials argue the budget is not being used for military operations but to boost the bloc’s industrial capacity.This bill, known as the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP), is part of a bigger push, spearheaded by France and French EU Defense and Industry Commissioner Thierry Br...

Arlington Heights-area school districts reach agreement with Churchill Downs on racecourse property taxes, deal with Bears still being sought

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:49 GMT

Local school districts and the former owner of Arlington International Racecourse have agreed on how large the property tax bill payable this year should be, but negotiations with the new owners — The Chicago Bears Football Club — for future tax years and payments are still ongoing.Former racetrack owner Churchill Downs Inc. will pay $7.9 million in property taxes this year, up from the $2.7 million it paid before closing the track in 2021.Arlington Heights-based Township High School District 214, Palatine-based Township High School District 211 and Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 — an elementary school district — all receive property tax revenue from the racetrack site.District officials confirmed the schools and Churchill Downs Inc. reached the agreement May 31, though the Cook County Board of Review still must approve it.But because the settlement is only good for one year, the Bears — new owners of the 326-acre property as of Febr...