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First lady Jill Biden to visit Colorado next week

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — First lady Jill Biden will visit Denver next week as she travels to four states to tout the administration's workforce training focus.Biden is set to arrive at Denver International Airport on Sunday at 6:45 p.m., according to her office. Then on Monday at 9:30 a.m., she is scheduled to meet with Gov. Jared Polis at the state Capitol "to highlight how state officials are prioritizing investments in community colleges and workforce training programs."The first lady's trip is part of the Biden-Harris administration's tour to highlight how its "economic policies are benefiting hardworking Americans across the country," according to a release. Judge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial The tour is to "highlight how career-connected learning and workforce training programs are central to the Biden Education Pathway, and the importance of investing in these programs that are preparing high school and community college students for jobs created by the Pre...

Loveland High principal placed on leave after 14 teachers left campus during threat

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) -- Loveland High School principal Michael James has been placed on administrative leave until further notice, according to the Thompson School District.Ferguson High School/Thompson Career Campus principal Dr. Jason Germain will be serving as interim principal at LHS effective immediately, the district said.The district confirmed that more than a dozen teachers left campus during a shooting threat at Loveland High School on Wednesday.A district spokesperson said 14 teachers “departed the Loveland High School campus” while school was still in session, following a Safe2Tell tip about a planned shooting at the school. Policy under review after 14 teachers left campus during school shooting threat  Students didn't know what to doAubrey Livermore, a sophomore at LHS, said some students were told to go to the cafeteria, while others mingled in the hallway.“There was no direction on what to do,” she told FOX31's Evan Kruegel. “We were all kind of just con...

Brush fire in Aurora contained at 3 acres

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- A brush fire in Aurora was contained but crews will be mopping up the area for an extended time Friday night and handling hot spots, Aurora Fire Rescue said. Several crews responded to a brush fire north of the intersection at Parker Road and Chambers Road. It spanned about 3 acres.The Aurora Police Department went door to door in the Pioneer Hills neighborhood, telling people in the area of a wildfire to evacuate immediately. Fewer than a dozen condos were affected, the city said.Brush fire burning off Parker and Chambers roads in Aurora (Photo credit: Aurora Fire Rescue)Fire off Parker and Chambers roads burned a bridge (Photo credit: Aurora Fire Rescue)Firefighter using hose on brush fire burning off Parker and Chambers roads in Aurora (Photo credit: Aurora Fire Rescue)Firefighter works on blaze off Parker and Chambers roads in Aurora (Photo credit: Aurora Fire Rescue)Only vegetation and a bridge in the open space had burned, and no structures caught fire,...

Body of Florida toddler found in alligator jaws after search

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The body of a 2-year-old Florida boy who had been the subject of a frantic search after his mother was slain was found Friday in a lake in the jaws of an alligator, police said.St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway also said the boy’s father, 21-year-old Thomas Mosley, will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery, and their young son Taylen Mosley.Searchers, including dive teams and officers using drones, had been intensely looking for the boy since his mother’s body was discovered in their apartment earlier this week and he was nowhere to be found.“We are sorry it has had to end this way,” Holloway said during a Friday night news conference.Officers searching for the toddler at a lake a few miles from the apartment complex noticed an alligator “with an object in its mouth” that they quickly realized was a child’s body, Holloway said. They fired s...

Police investigating hit-and-run crash involving pedestrian in Chelsea

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

Authorities are searching for a driver who struck a pedestrian in Chelsea on Friday night and kept going.Officers responding to a reported hit-and-run pedestrian crash in the area of 1010 Broadway around 8:30 p.m.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Researchers keeping a close eye on endangered Right Whales

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

A team of local researchers is keeping a close eye on the dozens of endangered Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay to keep them safe from collisions with boaters and entanglements.Sky7HD was flying over the bay on Friday and spotted a pod of dozens of whales.Also hovering over the whales was a team from the Center for Coastal Studies.Of the number of whales, Scott Landry said, “Our aerial survey team was just up recently and last I heard they were up to 40 individuals, but they still hadn’t seen the whole bay, so likely a lot more.” And with less than 340 Right Whales left, experts are keeping a close eye on the ones here. On Wednesday, a whale became entangled on hundreds of feet of fishing rope. The team removed about 200 feet of fishing gear from her entanglement, Landry said.Now the bay is being patrolled to prevent boats from getting too close or going too fast. The entangled whale will remain monitored in the hopes of being fully freed.

Tornadoes spawned by huge system pulverize homes; 3 dead

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

By ANDREW DeMILLO (Associated Press)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter. At least one person was killed and two dozen or more were hurt, some critically, in the Little Rock area, authorities said. The town of Wynne in northeastern Arkansas was also devastated, and officials reported two dead there, along with destroyed homes and people trapped in the debris. There were more confirmed twisters in Iowa, damaging hail fell in Illinois and wind-whipped grass fires blazed in Oklahoma, as the storm system threatened a broad swath of the country home to some 85 million people.The destructive weather came as President Joe Biden toured the aftermath of a deadly tornado that struck in Mississippi one week ago and promised the government would help the area recover. The Little Rock tornado tore fir...

Marlins edge Mets behind Jorge Soler’s big night

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

MIAMI — Jorge Soler’s solo home run off left-hander David Peterson in the second inning was all the Miami Marlins needed to defeat the Mets and even up the season-opening series 1-1.The Mets lost 2-1 on Friday night at LoanDepot park, failing to get the big hit they needed. Peterson (0-1) made his first start of the season and had some mixed results, allowing only one run on eight hits, walking one and striking out five over five innings. Peterson was the lucky recipient of some excellent defense behind him and also effectively pitched himself out of a few jams.Left-hander Jesus Luzardo (1-0) flummoxed the Mets through 5 2/3 innings, allowing only two hits, striking out five and walking four. Luzardo didn’t allow a base runner until the fourth inning and it looked as though the walks were going to haunt him in the sixth, but the Miami bullpen did its job to secure the win.Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered off John Curtiss to put the Mets down 2-0 in the ninth, pushing the ...

Zach LaVine finds his way to the rim once again as he leads Chicago Bulls’ postseason push: ‘I’m able to do everything I need to’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

Few forces are strong enough to withstand the momentum of Zach LaVine when he picks up steam on the way to the basket.It could be easy for the casual viewer to sum up LaVine’s scoring around the basket as an act of pure physicality. But once he’s in the air, LaVine’s finishing is elevated to something close to an art form — cradle the ball from his fingertips to his palm, tug it right, skip it left, flip it upward off the glass, crush it down past the rim.This isn’t new for LaVine, but the creative element was missing from his game in the early months of the season. It took until December for LaVine to feel like himself after an offseason left knee surgery.In the last two months, his bounce has returned with a vengeance — and might have brought with it the best version of LaVine yet.“It pretty much opened up my whole game,” LaVine told the Tribune. “I’m able to do everything I need to.”LaVine and the Bulls entered the...

4.2-magnitude earthquake shakes parts of San Diego County

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:25:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck northeast of Palomar Mountain Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS reported the quake hit at 6:16 p.m., with a depth of about 4.9 miles.The shaking was felt in East County areas like Jamul and Fallbrook, to as far west as Carlsbad, downtown San Diego and University City, according to FOX 5 viewers.No tsunami is expected, per National Weather Service San Diego.There are no immediate reports of damages or injuries.Check back for updates on this developing story.