Home

Missouri lawmakers propose 'Blair's Law' again after veto

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are once again introducing a bill to impose tougher penalties for people who fire celebratory gunshots. But after it was vetoed as part of a larger crime bill earlier this year, this time it appears "Blair's Law" will stand on its own. Trio sneaks into abandoned STL prison, gets trapped in cell Missouri state Reps. Mark Sharp (D-Kansas City) and Sherri Gallick (R-Belton) have each pre-filed bills to establish Blair's Law across the state. It's named after 11-year-old Blair Shanahan Lane, who was killed on the Fourth of July in 2011 after someone in Kansas City shot bullets into the sky. Under Blair’s Law, it would be a crime of unlawful discharge of a firearm to shoot a gun with criminal negligence within a city’s limits. “It’s hard, but for a few weeks in July, it’s harder,” Blair’s mom, Michele Shanahan DeMoss, said this summer. “It deserves to be a law. People that commit that crime deserve to have a punishment gr...

Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy cleared to play vs. Texans as Denver’s run of good health continues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

The Broncos will be near full strength for a critical AFC showdown Sunday afternoon in Houston.Every active player on Denver’s roster practiced fully on Friday except for reserve cornerback Damarri Mathis (back), who didn’t practice at all.He wasn’t spotted on the practice field during the portion open to reporters, though he was briefly in the locker room afterward.Mathis is listed as questionable for the matchup of 6-5 teams, but everybody else cleared off the injury report and should play.That, of course, includes wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, who said he had a groin issue pop up a couple of weeks ago while running a route.“I felt good,” Jeudy said.Jeudy, like the rest of the Broncos, is looking forward to playing meaningful football as December gets going.“This gives us a better chance to make the playoffs,” he said. “We take every game seriously, but this game here gives us a better chance of making the playoffs and that makes it more important.”Does it feel like a playoff-type ga...

Colorado middle schoolers voting to name reintroduced gray wolves

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Although they were not old enough to vote on bringing gray wolves back to the state, Colorado middle school students will have a say in the wolf naming process.The Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center has announced a naming contest for the first gray wolves that will be reintroduced into their original native range. Until Dec. 20, middle school students in grades five through eight will have the opportunity to vote once for their favorite name from a list of 14, with the results to be finalized no later than Jan.1.Related ArticlesColorado News | Westbound & Down Brewing buys two other Colorado beer makers Colorado News | Pedestrian hit by RTD train in Thornton, temporarily halting N Line service Colorado News | One killed in shooting near Denver’s Cheesman Park Colorado News | Freshman state representative from metro Denver resigns, citing “sensationalistic and vitriolic” politics Colorado News | ...

Lifestyle, location keep Colorado’s housing market popular (and expensive)

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Denver continues to be a popular destination for homebuyers.U.S. News & World Report named the Denver metro the healthiest housing market in America, surpassing Raleigh, North Carolina.MetroIntelligence compiled the ranking using the Housing Market Index for June 2023, an interactive data set that aggregates public and private data points categorized by impact on housing demand, supply, and financing.“When we looked at the data sets for June, it was pretty clear that Denver jumped to the front of the line due to one key factor: demand. With its mile-high elevation and proximity to the Rockies, it’s not surprising to see more consumers looking to maximize their lifestyle options by relocating or opting to stay in Denver,” said Patrick S. Duffy, the principal real estate economist for MetroIntelligence, who analyzed the data for U.S. News & World Report.But that continued popularity comes at a cost. Housing prices continue to climb in Colorado.According to a ...

Opinion: Farewell to George Santos, the perfect MAGA Republican

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Should the blessed day ever arrive when Donald Trump is sent to federal prison, only one of his acolytes has earned the right to share his cell: George Santos, who on Friday became the sixth person in history to be expelled from the House of Representatives, more than seven months after he was first charged with crimes including fraud and money laundering. (He’s pleaded not guilty.) A clout-chasing con man obsessed with celebrity, driven into politics not by ideology but by vanity and the promise of proximity to rich marks, Santos is a pure product of Trump’s Republican Party.“At nearly every opportunity, he placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law and ethical principles,” said a House Ethics Committee report about Santos released last month. He’s a true child of the MAGA movement.That movement is multifaceted, and different politicians represent different strains: There’s the dour, conspiracy-poisoned suburban grievance of Marjorie T...

Pedestrian hit by RTD train in Thornton, temporarily halting N Line service

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

A pedestrian was hit by a Regional Transportation District train in Thornton on Friday afternoon, temporarily halting service on the N Line, according to the agency.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Free RTD rides reduced Front Range air pollution in July and August. But is that enough? Crime and Public Safety | Xcel Energy to move headquarters from downtown Denver to RiNo in 2025 Crime and Public Safety | Downtown Denver to see road closures, RTD service changes for Parade of Lights, Israel conference Crime and Public Safety | Snooze opening its 13th Colorado location next month Crime and Public Safety | Letters: Slowing population growth isn’t sad or bad. Colorado is full. The collision occurred near East 97th Avenue and Welby Road at 1:21 p.m., according to police spokesperson Joe Walker and a Thornton police post on X. The woman was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.RTD temporar...

LAPD releases footage of deadly police shooting at Calabasas restaurant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Footage released on Friday shows the terror that unfolded in the streets of Woodland Hills and Calabasas when a homeless man first attacked someone with a machete and then ran into a popular restaurant where he was fatally shot by police.The incident took place on Nov. 1 when 911 dispatchers received a call from a man who said he had been attacked by another man with a machete at the McDonald's at Mulholland Drive near the 101 Freeway."I was able to get away from him, and then he kept attacking me," the victim told the 911 dispatcher.Benjamin Pritchard (LAPD)“We need to get in control of these homeless people,” he added. The man said he was not seriously hurt and did not require a paramedic. His attacker, later identified as Benjamin Pritchard, 35, had dropped the machete and was wandering through the parking lot of the busy shopping center when police arrived.Dash camera video released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Friday shows officers first trying to stop Pritchard near...

Netflix to give out free Christmas trees during holiday event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Southern California families can get a free Christmas tree, courtesy of Netflix, this holiday season as the streaming service gears up to open its very own Christmas tree farm for a limited time.Netflix’s Family Switch Christmas Tree Farm will open on Dec. 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd in Woodland Hills.Trees that are 6 or 8 feet tall will be given out for free while supplies last. Free delivery is also available for places up to 15 miles away from the event location, according to Netflix. Universal Studios Hollywood seasonal events return for holiday season The event is inspired by Netflix’s new holiday film “Family Switch,” a movie about family members switching places with each other and navigating a day in each other's shoes.The movie is currently streaming on Netflix.

Couples go viral with 'wedding content creators'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

Getting hitched is a team sport.The wedding planner, the caterer, the florist, the photographer, the venue operator -- thousands of dollars can be spent on surrounding yourself with people focused solely on making your happy day the best ever.And now there's a new member of the wedding team: the "wedding content creator."The Wall Street Journal reports that brides and grooms are plunking down anywhere from $1,000 to more than $3,500 for a tech-savvy individual who will make sure all your precious moments are captured on Instagram, Facebook or wherever.The Journal cited the example of Yssabel Pangilinan, a Bay Area software engineer, who was dissatisfied with just a photographer and videographer for her Big Day at a Napa Valley estate."For me, that wasn’t good enough," she said. "I wanted to be able to see something right away."So she shelled out roughly $4,000 for a wedding content creator to provide real-time social-media curation of the festive occasion."You pay so much for a wedd...

Woman accused of posing as 14-year-old online, sexually assaulting boy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:03 GMT

A Tampa woman was arrested last week after she allegedly posed as a child and sexually battered a boy she met online, police say. A tip on Oct. 19 accused Alyssa Zinger, 22, of an "inappropriate relationship" with a child, according to Tampa police. The victim was identified by police as a middle school boy between the ages of 12 and 15, according to the arrest report. Zinger was accused of posing as a 14-year-old home-school student when she met the boy on social media. Alyssa Zinger, 22. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)The child reported believing Zinger was 14 during their four-month relationship and "stated she physically seemed much older than her age," according to Tampa police. Detectives also learned Zinger lied to police about her age when the pair was caught shoplifting at Nordstrom in July.The tipster told Tampa police that Zinger sent child exploitation material involving the victim and another middle schooler to several other children on Snapchat, according to pol...