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Semi-automatic firearm ban fails in committee

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democratic lawmakers killed an ambitious bill Thursday that would have banned the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, citing promises made to their constituents and concerns over the sweep of the ban even in a state still reeling from a mass shooting in Colorado Springs months earlier.Washington state's Democratic-controlled Statehouse cleared a ban on semiautomatic rifles Wednesday, joining the blue bastions of California and New York. But Colorado's Democratic-controlled Legislature was split on the issue, underscoring the state's purple roots, tensions between urban and rural constituents, and an ongoing push-and-pull between progressive and moderate Democrats that has defined this year's legislative session. Remembering those lost 24 years ago at Columbine High School The House Judiciary Committee vote followed an impassioned 14-hour hearing that began Wednesday morning and ended at 1 a.m. Thursday. Three Democrats on the panel voted “no” to kil...

Denver weather: Weekend snow chance

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay cool and unsettled for most of the next week. There are only two dry days in the seven-day forecast on Sunday and Thursday. Weather tonight: Chilly tempsTonight will be partly cloudy and calm on the Front Range. Temperatures will fall to about 30 degrees in Denver overnight. Weather tomorrow: Rain showersTemperatures will stay in the low 50s on Friday in Denver. The morning will start off dry with rain shower chances by the afternoon. By Friday night as temperatures get cold enough, the rain showers will transition to snow showers. Snow will fall overnight into Saturday morning. Looking ahead: Rain, snow chanceSaturday morning will have light, scattered snow showers that will end by midday Saturday. Snowfall totals will stay under half an inch on the Front Range, and will likely only accumulate on the cooler elevated surfaces. There will be no travel impacts in the lower elevations but roads could turn slick in the mountains where 1 to 6 in...

Golden oldie: 95-year-old lounge singer wows crowds in Loveland

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) -- The lounge at the Best Western hotel in Loveland might not be the first place you’d expect music history to be made. But you have to believe they’re setting a world record there every Friday night when Dale Horn takes the stage.At 95 years old, is he the world’s oldest lounge singer?“One of the oldest,” Horn joked. “I’m about 95 and a half.”Like clockwork, for the last four years or so, he’s taken the stage weekly at Monroe’s Lounge.”Everyone is like wow, are you serious? He’s 95? And we’re like yes, yes he is,” Tammie Hugg, the lounge manager, told FOX31. 1st baby bison of season welcomed at Rocky Mountain Arsenal “He’ll play all night long. We sometimes have to say, 'Dale, you need to stop playing, it’s time to go home,'” she joked.“I mean he’s just an institution around here,” Horn’s daughter, Vicky Betton, said.“He has more of a social life than I do,” another daughter, Lori Horn, joked.On most Fridays, he fills the lounge to capacity, bringing t...

$100 million renovations underway at Empower Field at Mile High

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Empower Field at Mile High is getting the most expensive facelift since the Denver Broncos' home stadium was built more than two decades ago.The Denver Broncos said the renovations are the "single-largest capital improvement in the stadium’s 22-year history." The drone video provided by the Broncos in the player above shows the extent of the project. Rockies have lowest attendance in 10 years at regular home game What exactly are the upgrades? The South scoreboard is expanding by 70%, measuring 31 feet taller than the previous display.A new all-inclusive hospitality space—located on Level 0—will be built exclusively for fans to enjoy on gameday.The video control room will be rebuilt with cutting-edge technology, including a conversion to HDR, while the Tunnel Boards will also undergo significant enhancements.The South Deck of Empower Field at Mile High will now feature permanent concessions for the first time ever.The Broncos Team Store will undergo a 3,000-squar...

Alec Baldwin charge to be dropped in movie set shooting case

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “ Rust,” Baldwin’s attorneys said Thursday.“We are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident,” Baldwin’s attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro said in a statement.When word of the dismissal came, Baldwin was at Yellowstone Film Ranch on the set of a rebooted “Rust” production. Filming was to resume Thursday at its new location in Montana, 18 months after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins shut it down, a representative for Rust Movie Productions said.Baldwin and the film’s weapons supervisor, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, were both charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting.Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins durin...

Wildlife control trappers capture alligator in Cutler Bay

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

It was a scaly surprise for folks in a South Miami-Dade neighborhood.An alligator roamed in Cutler Bay over the weekend.Wildlife control trappers wrangled the reptile as the beast put up a good fight.Eventually, they were able to subdue the gator and get it onto their truck.It happened near Southwest 99th Court and 213th Terrace.The alligator was later returned to the wild.

Miami Police recognize student who ‘Did the Right Thing’ when he saw another student with knife

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

Miami Police honored a third grade student with the right reward.The Do the Right Thing Awards took place Tthursday morning.Kailenn Hollinger was honored for reporting a classmate who had brought a steak knife to school.“It feels good because I risked my own life to save somebody else’s,” he said.“I wasn’t even aware of the situation until the school called me and told me what happened,” said mother Jovonna Hollinger, “but, I’m proud of him because it could’ve went a million different ways. No one ever wants to tell on their friend, and he wasn’t intending per say to get her in trouble, but it was just to make sure she didn’t harm herself or anyone else didn’t get harmed.”Hollinger was honored alongside nine other students who were chosen out of 700 nominees.

Animals in Rhode Island thought to be coyotes may actually be dogs, officials say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

Animals seen roaming around Warwick, Rhode Island that many people thought were coyotes are actually dogs or potentially a wolf hybrid, Mayor Frank Picozzi said on Thursday. The city’s police department said it received a number of calls about the dark colored dogs. In an update, Picozzi said the animals seen in Warwick’s Oakland Beach neighborhood “are in fact dogs-perhaps a wolf hybrid.”Picozzi said the owner has been located, adding that the animals will be tested and that police are investigating the situation. It is against Rhode Island state law to own a dog that is part wolf.

Attorneys for former cardinal facing sexual abuse charges appear in court

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

Attorneys for a former cardinal in the Catholic Church were in court Thursday in a case linked to sexual abuse charges against the cardinal. Theodore McCarrick is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in Wellesley more than 45 years ago. Earlier this year, his attorneys filed a motion to withdraw the charges against him due to his failing mental competency. On Thursday, a judge granted prosecutors a request to receive copies of McCarrick’s medical records. A status hearing on the case has been scheduled for June 29. McCarrick is the highest ranking Roman Catholic official to face criminal charges of sexual abuse. He was defrocked in 2019 after a Vatican investigation found he molested several adults and children.

BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:18:33 GMT

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN (AP Business Writer)Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that’s shedding about 15% of its entire staff, adding to layoffs made earlier this year. In a memo sent to staff, Buzzfeed Inc. co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti said Thursday that in addition to the news division, layoffs would take place in its business, content, tech and administrative teams. BuzzFeed is also considering making job cuts in international markets.BuzzFeed has about 1,200 total employees, according to a recent regulatory filing, meaning about 180 people will be losing their jobs in the latest cuts.Peretti said in his memo that he “made the decision to overinvest” in the news division, but failed to recognize early enough that the financial support needed to sustain operations was not there.Digital advertising has plummeted this year, cutting into the profitability of major tech c...