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Event honors community members born outside US

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A local group is recognizing the contributions of people who were born in other countries who are doing so much for the Capital Region community. The International Center of the Capital Region hosted its second annual achievement awards ceremony on Thursday.It honors people and groups who have advanced the center's mission through volunteer work and advocacy. ICCR leaders said the honorees are helping to connect the Capital Region to the rest of the world and advance cross-cultural dialogue. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "They got involved in our area and created all kinds of wonderful activities like the Festival of Nations, the Chinese Community Center, cricket," ICCR Exec. Dir. Holly Planells McKenna said. "We are very fortunate to have these wonderful people we are recognizing here today."Two new awards were given out this year. The Chinese Community Center took home the Global Citizenship Award, ...

Two women evacuated in Lincoln County disturbance, gunshots suspected

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. - Authorities evacuated two women from a home in Lincoln County after a domestic dispute that possibly led to gunshots Thursday afternoon. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says the disturbance unfolded at a home on Winding Woods Drive. Authorities did not confirm gunshots, but deputies heard a noise that lead them to believe shots were fired, per the sheriff's office. Florida kidnapping victims rescued from downtown St. Louis hotel Deputies escorted two victims out of the home safely and have set up a perimeter around the area in search of a suspect. Law enforcement personnel from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troy, Moscow Mills and sheriff's office are all searching for the suspect. A man is wanted in connection with the disturbance, but police have not disclosed more details on the suspect. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Teen suspects charged in Ladue carjacking attempt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

LADUE, Mo. - Two teens arrested in connection with an attempted carjacking Wednesday afternoon in Ladue now face criminal charges. St. Louis County prosecutors have charged a 14-year-old and 15-year-old with first-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the case. Police did not identify either team by name or gender, but say both are in custody at the St. Louis County Family Court. Florida kidnapping victims rescued from downtown St. Louis hotel Investigators say several people tried to carjack a woman in front of her home. At least one shot was fired into the victim’s vehicle during the attempted carjacking, though nobody was hurt, and the car was not taken. "The swift resolution to this incident is thanks to the victim’s keen awareness, the witnesses who came forward, the exceptional work from Ladue Police officers and investigators, as well as the diligent police work of our law enforcement partners in the St. Louis County Police Department, an...

Kiszla: Sorry, Coach Prime. But the real football miracle worker in Colorado is Troy Calhoun.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

There’s no better college football coach in America than the man quietly working a miracle in Colorado, and we’re certainly not talking about Deion Sanders, the brash and bold king of clicks.Troy Calhoun will never move the needle for short-attention-span America or sell sunglasses the way Coach Prime can. But in his 17th season as coach at the Air Force Academy, Calhoun has made the undefeated Falcons twice as good a football team as the mediocre (at best) Buffs.Why does this matter?Maybe it doesn’t, unless you cling to the belief that college athletics should be about more than money.Sanders is building his brand, using the gorgeous CU campus and the picturesque Flatirons as a backdrop for his Growing Up Prime reality show, starring his sons, Shedeur and Shilo.Calhoun does not give a hoot about where the Falcons are ranked in the national polls, much less about boosting his national Q Score with an Aflac commercial. His primary mission is to turn young football players into Air Fo...

Still undecided on Colorado’s Proposition HH? Here’s a last-minute voter’s guide.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

Millions of Coloradans have not yet voted on Proposition HH, the far-reaching ballot measure aimed at the immediate property tax spikes facing the state while lifting the Colorado’s revenue cap for the foreseeable future.The complexity of the ask is indisputable, subject to a flurry of ads and contradicting messages.RELATED: Colorado voter guide: Stories, explainers and endorsements for the 2023 electionHere’s an at-a-glance look for those still making up their minds.What does it do?Proposition HH, if it passes, would affect the formula used to calculate property taxes. It also proposes changes to the senior property tax exemption, state tax refunds, education funding and local government funding. It also would generate money for rental assistance.In a nutshell, the proposition would tamp down the increase in property taxes owed without hamstringing local governments that rely on property tax revenue for their budgets. To pay for state aid to those local governments, proponent...

Person hit by train in Douglas County dies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

One person was killed after being struck by a train in Sedalia on Thursday afternoon, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Douglas County deputies shoot man after pursuit that began in Thornton ended with vehicle crashing into gas station West Douglas County Fire Protection District and sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Platte Avenue and Karcher Street in Sedalia at 3:24 p.m., Deputy Cocha Heyden said.Happening Now: #DCSO and West Douglas Fire are on the scene of a train versus pedestrian accident in the area of Platte Ave and Karcher St in Sedalia. This is an active death investigation; more information will be released when available. pic.twitter.com/XGSmjW96P3— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) November 2, 2023The person was on the northbound tracks less than a mile south of Platte Avenue and Karcher Street when they were struck, Heyden said.The person’s name will be released after the Douglas County Co...

'Creeper' allegedly recording kids outside elementary school in L.A.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

Parents of students at an elementary school in Norwalk are upset over the presence of a man who has repeatedly been spotted in his parked SUV allegedly recording children as they leave the school’s campus.  The unsettling situation outside New River Elementary School has been going on for some time and concerned parents have taken matters into their own hands, confronting the individual they refer to as a "creeper" themselves. KTLA has blurred the man’s face because law enforcement officials say they can’t prove that he’s done anything wrong.Parents say that’s part of the problem.  An unidentified man repeatedly seen parked outside New River Elementary School in Norwalk allegedly filming children. “I take my kids here after school and he pulls up to the door and he goes in his passenger [seat] and he puts up a little mirror, or he records them flat out,” Cynthia Valdez told KTLA’s Carlos Saucedo.  Valdez added that she sees the man parked outside the elementary school daily whe...

No easy solutions for removing San Onofre's spent nuclear fuel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

The San Onofre nuclear power plant hasn't generated any electricity in more than ten years.  But even as the iconic plant is being dismantled, it is still generating controversy over what to do with some of the radioactive material on the site.  San Onofre, wedged between the 5 Freeway and the Pacific Ocean along Interstate 5 near San Clemente, first went online in 1968. Like many nuclear power plants, it was not universally embraced. For decades, activists fought to get it shut down and, in 2013, they got their wish.Ten years later, however, some of those same activists are raising other concerns: this time about the 16,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel still being stored on the site.The famous domes of the San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Clemente, California. October 2023.KTLA was recently granted an exclusive tour of the current state of operations.40 of San Onofre's 62 structures have already been dismantled. The famous domes will be the last to go, manager...

Southern California mother hospitalized after violent hit-and-run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

A violent hit-and-run crash has left a mother of four hospitalized in Whittier as the suspect remains at large.Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment the victim, Lisa Park-Ortiz, was struck and nearly killed on Monday afternoon.She was taking her son to the barber shop around 2:30 p.m. when she was struck while exiting her parked car on Whittier Boulevard.“All I remember is just hearing a noise, almost like a car crash, but it was my body hitting the car and that was the last thing I remember,” said Park-Ortiz.Video captures Park-Ortiz getting violently sideswiped just moments after stepping out of her SUV parked along a busy street. Lisa Park-Ortiz and her children in a family photo.Lisa Park-Ortiz and her children in a family photo.The suspect’s black Hyundai SUV responsible for violenty hitting a mother of four in Whittier on Oct. 30, 2023. (Lisa Park-Ortiz)Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment a mother of four was struck and nearly killed by a hit-and...

Google and Lendlease end development pacts, including downtown San Jose

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:42 GMT

SAN JOSE — Google and its real estate partner Lendlease have mutually agreed to terminate their partnership to develop four huge projects, including a vast transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose.Australia-based Lendlease disclosed the decision in a web filing on Friday, Australia time.“Lendlease and Google announced today they have mutually reached an agreement to end the development services agreements of four master-planned districts,” Lendlease stated in the web post.These are the four projects and their general locations:— Downtown West, a downtown San Jose mixed-use transit village near the Diridon train station and the SAP Center.— Sunnyvale, the Moffett Park area.— Mountain View, Middlefield Park.— Mountain View, North Bayshore.“The decision to end these agreements followed a comprehensive review by Google of its real estate investments, and a determination by both companies that the existing agreements are no longer...