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Road rage incidents on the rise, concerning for law enforcement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Law enforcement's concern has heightened following two metro area road rage shootings in a week. The first one happened Monday in Aurora, which killed a 48-year-old man. The other happened Saturday morning in Adams County. Three other deadly incidents were reported this year alone. As of May, the Denver Police Department had received 110 reports of road rage or aggressive driving.Matt Cabot, a Thornton Police officer and driving instructor with Top Cops Driving School said when it comes to road rage, there are preventative measures, like simply not engaging. Police investigating alleged road rage shooting "When we engage and we honk and we yell or we engage with that driver who’s made a mistake or is driving aggressively, that’s what leads to most cases of road rage and we as drivers don’t know what people are capable of. People have guns in their cars, people have weapons, people challenge to fights,” Cabot said. Colorado State Patrol data from earlier in the ye...

Local shops benefiting from Nuggets' wins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you look around Denver, the colors blue and yellow are clearly in support of the Denver Nuggets making team history. “I think it'll leave a legacy for sure," Jenica Ennis, the assistant manager at Garage Sale Vintage in Larimer Square, said. The shop, known for shopping and trading vintage clothing and items, also has a bar and Ennis said that has attracted Denver Nuggets fans going to and from games. “When fans are getting to the game it's always a blast," Ennis said. "We are doing buy one get one half off shots at our bar." The road of Ish: On NBA-record 13th different team, Nuggets well-traveled guard 1 win from title Ennis said game days are a blast because their spot is right on the way to Ball Arena. “We've had a lot of traffic, especially on Tuesday or Wednesday night games," Ennis said. "The traffic just doubles just having ball arena right there and bringing the energy to the city." Ennis said anything 20 years or older is considered vintage, so other...

Police pursuit of stolen car ends in Virginia Gardens crash; driver killed, passenger hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

A suspected car thief led police on a high-speed chase that came to a deadly end in Virginia Gardens.According to Miami-Dade Police, officers in Miami Springs were in pursuit of a stolen car at around 2:30 a.m., Saturday.The man behind the wheel of the stolen vehicle wouldn’t stop. Instead, a witness said, he crashed into two cars in the area of Northwest 36th Street and 66th Avenue, then hit a utility pole.The collision caused the car to burst into flames.7News cameras captured the charred remains of the vehicle.The investigation shut down the road for hours.Speaking through a translator, Alonso Garcia, who was driving one of the other two cars involved in the crash, said he was on his way to work when he saw the driver of the stolen vehicle speeding.Seconds later, Garcia said, the motorist came crashing into him.Cameras captured Garcia’s Mitsubishi, which sustained extensive damage.Police said the driver behind the wheel of the stolen car died on impact. His passenger ...

Miami-Dade Commission chair hosts laptop giveaway for college-bound students

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

A Miami-Dade County officials hosted a generous giveaway in Miami Gardens for local college-bound students.Cars lined up outside the office of Miami-Dade Commision Chairman Oliver Gilbert III on Saturday morning.Gilbert provided laptops to students from four schools who will be starting their higher education.In total, 200 laptops were given away, eliminating one costly but essential item for college courses.This is the 15th year that Gilbert hosts the laptop giveaway. It began when he was mayor of Miami Gardens.

11 key Qatargate players — where are they now?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

BRUSSELS — On a Friday morning last December, Belgian police swooped in on top political figures in a cash-for-influence scandal that would quickly be dubbed Qatargate, unveiling a murky underworld of foreign interference operating at the European Union’s core. The investigation, months in the making, represented the first strike in a high-stakes probe by Belgian prosecutors and carried all the hallmarks of a Hollywood crime caper. There were spies, secret meetings in luxury hotels, a glamorous political couple plunging from grace — and above all, allegations that Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania had reached deep into the EU’s democratic processes by corrupting European parliamentarians with €1.5 million worth of cold, hard cash. Six months on from that fateful December 9, several current and former European parliamentarians along with one assistant have spent time behind bars on preliminary charges of corruption, money laundering, and participating in a criminal ne...

Red Sox waste opportunities, go quietly into the New York night, 3-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

Live from New York, it’s a Saturday night loss.For the third time this week, the Red Sox fell under .500.Despite out-hitting the Yankees, they fell to them 3-1. They’re 32-33 on the season now, dwelling in the cellar of the American League East, 14 games out of first.Just as the Red Sox did to them in Friday night’s series opener, the Yankees gutted out a win by plating two homers and an RBI single.But while not enough to win it, the lone Red Sox run was notable.For the second night in a row, Rafael Devers went yard in Yankee territory. His 15th home run of the season not only traveled 417 feet, but put him in sole possession of a unique franchise record. His home run in Friday night’s series opener was his 10th career homer in the Bronx, and moved him into a tie with Babe Ruth for the most home runs by a Red Sox player in a Yankees ballpark before turning 27; his Saturday night blast set a new record.Otherwise, it was a night of wasted opportunities for the ...

High school roundup: Westford rallies past L-S, remains undefeated

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

BASEBALLWestford Academy showed true grit in rallying to keep its undefeated season and championship hopes alive for another day.The Ghosts staged a three-run rally to tie the score in the last of the seventh, then Justin Davighi’s bases loaded single in the eighth gave No. 3 Westford Academy (21-0) a dramatic 4-3 win over Dual County League rival Lincoln-Sudbury in a Div. 1 second-round contest.Down to their last three outs, the Ghosts relied on RBI singles by Kush Gami and Ben Mulgrew to deadlock the score, setting the stage for the extra-inning heroics.In a Div. 1 quarterfinal contest, Shawn Cali’s fourth-inning sacrifice fly plated AJ Lewis with what proved to be the winning run as No. 2 Taunton (19-4) edged seventh-seeded BC High, 3-2. … Alfred Mucciarone threw a four-hitter while striking out 11 and allowing one earned run as No. 1 Franklin (22-3) edged No. 9 Bridgewater-Raynham 2-1.In the Div. 2 quarterfinals, Evan Yakavonis threw a shutout while giving up just seven hits and...

Revolution blast Inter Miami 3-1 to snap five-game winless streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

New England Revolution rainmaker Carles Gil scored a goal with two assists in a 3-1 victory over Inter Miami on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.The Revolution (8-3-6) snapped a five-game winless streak at the start of a three-game homestand. The Revs’ winless streak originated with a 2-1 loss at Inter Miami on May 13.“He is always good,” said Revolution head coach Bruce Arena of Gil. “You can copy that for the next 17 games as well, it is going to be the same comment as well. He is always good.“To get to the midway point with 30 points with the injuries we have had is very OK. The first half of the season wasn’t great, but it was good and we’ve got to get better at it.”Arena made limited alterations and two personnel changes to the starters who battled New York City FC to a scoreless tie in the narrow confines on Yankee Stadium on June 3.Arena went with a 2-5-3 scheme with Bobby Wood and Gustavo Bou at the top of the rotation. Bou has missed considerable time with a leg inj...

‘Unexpected piece’ Willie Calhoun helps Yankees beat Red Sox with go-ahead homer in the 6th

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

With Aaron Judge on the injured list and Anthony Rizzo in need of a breather Saturday night, Aaron Boone said putting Willie Calhoun in the three-hole was an “easy” decision against the Red Sox.“He’s hit for us. I would say he’s hit even better than his numbers would suggest,” Boone said of Calhoun, who owns a .246 average and a .742 OPS. “He’s just been a really nice, unexpected piece and an important piece for us as we’ve navigated a lot of injuries.”Calhoun proved pivotal hours later, as his sixth-inning solo shot off Tanner Houck landed a go-ahead blow in a 3-1, series-tying win for the Yankees.The line drive was Calhoun’s fifth home run of the season, and he’s hitting .310 with five doubles, two longballs and eight RBI over his last 12 games.Calhoun has also played in 39 games this season, the most major league action he’s seen since 2021. A hit-by pitch broke his forearm and limited him to 75 games t...

Ottawa girl, 12, becomes youngest university graduate in Canadian history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:49 GMT

OTTAWA — Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis has become the youngest person in Canadian history to graduate from university.The 12-year-old accepted her University of Ottawa diploma for a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science at a convocation ceremony Saturday evening.Patricia Dennis started her university studies when she was nine years old.She completed a 40-page thesis about the relationship between the brain and the hand for right-handed versus left-handed people.Her mother Johanna Dennis said she knew her daughter was special when she was about two-and-a-half years old.The not-yet-teenager is looking to attend postgraduate school next.She told The Canadian Press in an interview that she’s excited to get her own lab and work with others on her research about the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for co-ordinating balance and movement. “I can now call myself a researcher,” she said. “I feel like the master of the cerebellum.”This report...