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2 men charged after family threats lead to vehicular assault, prosecutor says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. - After receiving threats against himself and his family, a St. Louis County man allegedly found the person making the threats and hit him with his car.According to a report filed by the Bridgeton Police Department, the incidents occurred on June 3.Police claim Calvin Smith sent Jordan Larenzo a video of Larenzo's family and threatened to kidnap them. Smith had previously sent messages containing explicit and vulgar images and videos to Larenzo and his family.Later that day, police were called to the 12200 block of St. Charles Rock Road for a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian. Police tie 12-year-old girl to overnight crime spree Officers found Smith, 24, bleeding and injured on the road. Witnesses told police they saw a black SUV hit Smith and speed off.A short time later, Larenzo drove up to the scene in a black SUV and got the officers' attention.Police claim Larenzo said, "I did it," and confessed to hitting Smith with his car.Both men were arrested.“While threate...

What to expect from Trump’s historic federal court appearance in classified documents case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Molly Crane-Newman | New York Daily News (TNS)Donald Trump is slated to appear in a federal courtroom in Florida on Tuesday — making history for the second time as a former president-turned-criminal defendant — to answer to charges alleging he put the nation and its allies at grave risk by mishandling classified documents.Like at his recent arraignment in Manhattan, the Secret Service will remain by Trump’s side when he surrenders at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. courthouse in downtown Miami and for the entire time he’s in it.Federal law prohibits cameras in the courtroom, so Trump’s court appearance will feature less imagery than when he appeared in Manhattan in April to face charges related to the Stormy Daniels hush money saga, where photographers shot him walking into the building and the courtroom. He may enter the Miami courthouse underground.Typically, federal defendants are photographed and fingerprinted upon their presentment, though it’s unclear whether Trump will be an exce...

Denver weather: Cloudy morning, leading to rain and possible flooding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Clouds hung low over metro Denver Tuesday morning and afternoon rain storms may bring thunder, lightning, and flooding, according to the National Weather Service.Scattered storms will spin across Colorado’s Front Range cities, mostly before 7 p.m., weather service forecasters said, estimating the likelihood of rain at 50%.These storms probably will be weaker than in recent days, but sudden flooding is possible along streams and rivers, in poor drainage areas, and on burn scars in the mountains where fires ravaged vegetation, forecasters said. Some storms may drop up to an inch of rain and small hail.Streams and rivers “will continue to run high” and low-lying areas may be flooded, forecasters said, advising travelers to heed road closures.The high temperature in Denver will be 66 degrees, decreasing to 50 degrees Tuesday night, forecasters said.5:30 AM Radar Update: Light rain is pushing slowly to the south/southwest. Rain inches into #Denver metro later this morni...

WATCH: Denver police give update on mass shooting after Nuggets’ NBA Finals victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Officials with the Denver Police Department, including Chief Ron Thomas, will give an 11:30 a.m. update on their investigation into the overnight shooting downtown that left nine people, as well as a suspect, injured during the revelry that followed the Nuggets winning the NBA championship.The shooting occurred around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Market and 20th streets as thousands of fans converged downtown to celebrate. Police previously said that a fight broke out and multiple shots were fired after an altercation involving several people.LIVE UPDATE: #Denver Police Investigators & Public Safety Partners Provide Updates Regarding the Shooting Early Tuesday Morning in the 2000 Block of Market Street: https://t.co/YvXDvFKAtV— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) June 13, 2023As of Tuesday morning, three victims remained in critical condition.The suspect was quickly taken into custody and suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.Sign up to get crime...

Josiah Stayner Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash on Highway 50 [Placerville, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Hit-and-Run Crash Near El Dorado Road Kills 16-Year-Old PedestrianPLACERVILLE, CA (June 13, 2023) – Monday morning, Josiah Strayner lost his life in a hit-and-run crash on Highway 50.The collision happened around 3:00 a.m. on westbound Highway 50, just past El Dorado Road.Based on the initial investigation, a driver of a 2008-2012 white Honda Accord hit the pedestrian for unknown reasons and kept driving.Responding officials located the victim’s body at the center median. Unfortunately, the victim later succumbed to his injuries at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.Later, the Sacramento County Coroner’s office identified the deceased victim as 16-year-old Josiah Stayner.At this time, the CHP Placerville Officials are working to determine the location of the suspect. Investigators said the suspect’s vehicle possibly have front-end damage and a missing side mirror.The family of Stayner created a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses.No words can mend the broken h...

Javier Calderon Casas Killed in Work Accident on Glenoaks Boulevard [Los Angeles, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Construction-Related Incident Near 118 Freeway Kills 49-Year-Old Male WorkerLOS ANGELES, CA (June 13, 2023) – Wednesday morning, Javier Calderon Casas was killed and two others were hospitalized following a work accident on Glenoaks Boulevard.Fire units responded to the incident around 8:50 a.m. at 100500 Glenoaks Boulevard, near Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Pacoima.According to Los Angeles Fire Department, a cinder block wall collapsed and trapped one of the workers underneath.The Urban Search and Rescue Unit worked for at least an hour using hydraulic-powered tools to extricate the worker. Tragically, the trapped worker succumbed to their injuries at the scene.Meanwhile, two more patients, determined to be 42 and 45-year-olds, were rushed to a hospital for minor injuries.The Los Angeles County coroner’s office identified the deceased worker as 49-year-old Javier Calderon Casas of San Bernardino.The Los Angeles Police Department and Cal-OSHA continue to investigate the caus...

Fox sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter over Twitter show

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

WASHINGTON — Fox News sent Tucker Carlson a cease-and-desist letter over his new Twitter series, Axios reported Monday, amid reports of a contract battle between the conservative network and its former prime-time host.Carlson was ousted from Fox in late April, less than a week after Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to settle an explosive defamation case. The network provided no explanation for the firing, but a wave of reports on damaging text messages and other statements Carlson made during his time at Fox have since piled up.Since leaving Fox, Carlson kicked off a “Tucker on Twitter” series — arguing that Twitter was “the only” major remaining platform that allows free speech as he denounced news media. The series, which has published two episodes so far, has appeared to escalate contract tensions between Carlson and Fox.Fox has demanded Carlson stop posting videos to Twitter, The New York Times also reported Monday — as the ne...

2 children injured on acid-coated playground equipment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Associated PressLONGMEADOW, Mass. — Two children suffered what were described as “burn-like injuries” after playing on slides that had been doused with acid at a Massachusetts park, authorities said.Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted on social media. At about the same time, firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to a nearby home for a report of two children with burns who had just left the park.“I let the kids go play. I didn’t notice that there was liquid to collect at the bottom of the slide. I just assumed it was rainwater,” their mother, Ashley Thielen, told Western Mass News in Springfield. “I didn’t really think much of it, and then, my baby, who is one, just started crying. That was when I knew this liquid that they were around wasn’t water.”The acid left mostly superficial b...

Disneyland doubles the amount of cheap tickets available in late summer — When you should go

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Disneyland is continuing to make good on a promise to boost the number of low-priced days by approximately 50% in 2023 with a handful of dates in late summer at the cheapest $104 price level.Disneyland has nearly twice as many $104 tickets in August and September (23 in 2023) as the Anaheim theme park did last year at the same time (12 in 2022).SEE ALSO: Disneyland gets jaw-dropping Groot robot ready for Guardians of the Galaxy dance partyWhen are the lowest prices available in late summer?The cheap tickets all fall on weekdays between Monday and Thursday.There are eight $104 dates in August: Aug. 21-24 and Aug. 28-31. Half of September has $104 days on 15 dates: Sept. 5-7, Sept. 11-14, Sept. 18-21 and Sept. 25-28.SEE ALSO: Here are the 30+ Disney characters appearing at Disneyland’s first Pride NiteSeveral of those cheaper September dates also coincide with the kick off of Halloween Time and Oogie Boogie Bash. Halloween Time runs from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31 with the separate admis...

Ivanka Trump channels Princess Kate at daughter’s party ahead of dad’s 2nd arraignment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:10 GMT

Ivanka Trump, it’s been reported, wanted her “princess” moment at her father’s 2017 inauguration, with the idea that she and the rest of the Trump family could serve as America’s version of British royalty.More than six years later, and with Donald Trump out of the White House and facing his second arraignment for criminal charges in Miami Tuesday, Ivanka Trump has found other ways to live up to the royal vision and to dress up like a princess — while reportedly keeping her disgraced father at a polite distance.To host a big, splashy party to celebrate her 11-year-old daughter Arabella’s bat mitzvah, Ivanka Trump wore a version of the sparkling, $5,000 designer gown that Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, donned at one of her most spectacular, high-fashion moments, Page Six and the Daily Mail reported.MAZALTOV | Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella Rose Kushner, celebrates her bat mitzvah. READhttps://t.co/tF8YHiKY5h(Image| Ivanka Trum...