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Wrong-way driver in deadly I-25 crash may have been drunk: police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The suspect in a fatal wrong-way crash on Interstate 25 allegedly showed signs of intoxication when interviewed by police following the crash, according to a probable cause statement.The crash happened at 2:25 a.m. Saturday morning on northbound I-25 around West 8th Avenue. Denver Police tech’s indecent exposure occurred during training, documents allege According to police, Morgan Hefley, 23, was driving southbound in the northbound lanes and caused a head-on crash with another vehicle. The driver of that vehicle, 42-year-old Lorenzo Escobedo Acosta, was pronounced dead on the scene.Because of the extensive damage from the crash, Hefley had to be extricated from her vehicle. She was then transported to a local hospital.A Denver Police officer with the unit focused on DUI and drug recognition interviewed Hefley while she was in the hospital.According to the probable cause statement, the officer noted that Hefley, "exhibited a pronounced odor of an alcoholic bevera...

Deputy SRO's counseling helps teen avoid suicide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) — Deputy Jeff Cislo entered law enforcement specifically to work with kids. And that is exactly what he is doing in Douglas County.Students and faculty alike simply call him Cislo. Cislo is the deputy school resource officer at Mountain Vista High School. Eaton detective happy in his small town His number one priority is keeping the student body safe. His number two priority is the kids' mental wellbeing."We are working with kids from a mental health perspective on a daily basis," Cislo said.Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Cislo is the school resource deputy at Mountain Vista High School. (KDVR)'You made me feel so safe'One student in particular is very grateful Cislo is here. The student, who wishes to remain anonymous, was in emotional trouble and thought suicide was an option to end the pain. Cislo sat down with the child and had a heart-to-heart talk. "So what I explained to this student was your parents would rather spend money on you (for h...

Beachgoers nervous after spotting crocodile in ocean at Pompano Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

Dozens were out enjoying the warm water at the beach until they experienced shock from seeing a crocodile in a South Florida ocean.Plenty of people decided to catch some sun on the sand in Pompano Beach on Monday when they spotted the reptile in the water near the pier. Cell phone video caught the crocodile swimming closer to the shore. “I saw a shadow and I thought ‘Man, what the heck?’ I ain’t ever seen a fish like that’,” said David, who was on the pier at the time. On-lookers like David and others on the structure, saw the crocodile around 8 a.m. on Monday.“His head about like this and you see his big ol’ snout,” David continued.They shouted for swimmers to get out of the water when shortly after the “No swim” flags came up. Pompano Beach Ocean Rescue made sure beachgoers stayed clear of the potential danger, while word of the spotting spread on-shore.“That’s wild,” said one man. “I did see the video, I mean hey, this is their home...

Boston lands National Women’s Soccer League franchise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

A third professional women’s sports team is coming to Boston.The still-unnamed team will join the National Women’s Soccer League. Boston has been awarded an expansion franchise and the team will play at White Stadium, located within Franklin Park, after substantial upgrades are made.The Boston Renegades are members of the Women’s Football Alliance. The Renegades are their league’s five-time defending champions. In January, Boston will begin play in the new Professional Women’s Hockey League.On Tuesday, the arrival of the soccer franchise will be be celebrated at a City Plaza event. Among those expected to attend are NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman, the franchise’s owners and Mayor Michelle Wu.According to a report, the Boston Unity Soccer Partners paid a $53 million expansion fee to join the NWSL.The franchise hopes to be more successful than the Boston Breakers, the former women’s pro soccer team that dropped out of the NWSL in 2018. The B...

Orioles rookie Heston Kjerstad proud to ‘earn my stripes’ with champagne and condiment shower to celebrate first homer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

Heston Kjerstad realizes he got lucky.As his teammates dumped seemingly the entire contents of the clubhouse kitchen on his head Sunday as he sat awkwardly in a laundry cart, he closed his mouth in time to avoid most of the disgusting concoction — including Chick-fil-A sauce, smoothies, beer and salad dressing.“All I tasted was balsamic vinaigrette,” Kjerstad said with a laugh. “It could’ve been worse.”In any other setting, what happened at the end of the Orioles’ playoff clinch party Sunday would be downright bizarre. But not in an MLB clubhouse, where career firsts and milestones are often met with similar celebrations.It’s a rite of passage for ballplayers — a shared experience to commemorate their first home runs, wins, saves and other accomplishments. Kjerstad’s celebration capped off what was a wild atmosphere inside the Orioles’ clubhouse after the club clinched its first playoff berth since 2016 and beat the T...

State Education Board to release 2023 MCAS results, vote on physical and sexual education changes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is set to discuss the latest round of MCAS results and move forward with revisions to physical and health education framework at Tuesday’s meeting.The upcoming meeting is set to first tackle long-discussed revisions to how the state teaches health and physical education.The changes, proposed by the Healey administration and released for a 60-day public comment period in June, have been touted as important updates to an outdated framework including things like media literacy and inclusive of gay, queer, and trans students’ identities and needs.They would be the first updates to the curriculum guidelines in 25 years, and the final say on curriculum would remain at the discretion of local school districts.The department received nearly 5,400 responses of public comment, according to a summary released ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, and the newly updated draft “reflects various changes intended to addressCommen...

Councilors target flow of guns into Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

Facing down the latest mass shooting, the Boston City Council is quickly moving on an ordinance that would task police with compiling annual data on firearms trafficking, a measure aimed at cutting down on gun violence.The ordinance, discussed at a Monday morning hearing of the government operations committee, is listed as “matters recently heard for possible action,” on the Wednesday City Council meeting agenda.Council President Ed Flynn, who co-sponsored the ordinance, said it is modeled in part, after a similar measure that was passed in New York City last year.“From community violence to domestic violence to violence against oneself, guns remain a particularly dangerous weapon of choice,” Councilor Brian Worrell, the other co-sponsor, said. “This data is critical for policymakers and law enforcement to do their jobs and keep our community safe.“We cannot continue to sit idly by while our communities are repeatedly traumatized by violence, mainly because the weapon was purchased ...

UNGA Briefing: Biden, Zelenskyy and what else is going on at the United Nations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 1 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Monday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on today, Tuesday.WHAT HAPPENED AT AND AROUND THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON MONDAY— While the General Debate had yet to start, Monday saw the beginning of a two-day summit meant to galvanize world leaders on reaching the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders in 2015. Programming around the summit included appearances by celebrities like Senegalese musician Baaba Maal and actors Natalie Portman and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.— Meeting with media executives on the sidelines of the General Assembly, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi denied his country had sent Russia drones to use in the Ukraine war: “We are against the war in Ukraine,” he said.— As Climate Week in New York kicked off, leaders of the World Health Organization and the upcoming ...

Heading for UN, Ukraine’s president questions why Russia still has a place there

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Days before potentially crossing paths with Russia’s top diplomat at the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Monday that the world body needs to answer for allowing his country’s invader a seat at the tables of power.“For us, it’s very important that all our words, all our messages, will be heard by our partners. And if in the United Nations still — it’s a pity, but still — there is a place for Russian terrorists, the question is not to me. I think it’s a question to all the members of the United Nations,” Zelenskyy said after visiting wounded Ukrainian military members at a New York hospital.He had just arrived in the U.S. to make his country’s case to the world and to Washington for continued help in trying to repel Russia’s invasion, nearly 19 months into what has become a grinding war.Ukraine’s Western allies have supplied weapons and other assistance, and the U.S. Congress is currently weighing President Joe Biden’s requ...

Man charged with hate crime after Seattle museum windows smashed in Chinatown-International District

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:52 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been charged with a hate crime after the windows of the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown International District were smashed last week. King County prosecutors allege that Craig Milne, 76, used a sledgehammer to break windows at the museum Thursday night as people were touring an exhibit, The Seattle Times reported. Milne, who is white, also was charged with malicious mischief for causing over $100,000 worth of property damage, according to charging documents.Prosecutors say Milne was heard saying he had come to the Chinatown International District to cause damage and that “the Chinese” ruined his life. When Seattle police officers arrived and arrested him, he allegedly told them that “the Chinese have tortured and tormented” him for 14 years and that he didn’t regret what he did. Efforts to find an attorney for Milne who could comment on his behalf were not immediately successful Monday.“The blatant racist motivations behind the def...