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4 Denver schools to end class early Thursday due to heat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — For the third day in a row, a handful of Denver schools will be released early due to the heat.On Thursday, four Denver Public Schools campuses will have an early dismissal. The Pinpoint Weather team said the high will be above average in the upper 90s, which could create a warm environment for schools without air conditioning. LGBTQ book ban rejected in Douglas County The following schools will be released early on Thursday:Asbury ElementaryBradley ElementaryCory ElementaryThomas Jefferson High SchoolThis is the first time this week that a high school has been included in the list. This will also be the second early dismissal day this week for Asbury, Bradley and Cory Elementary.Denver Public Schools had identified 55 campuses without air conditioning, and 24 have either gotten or are slated to get it through a voter-approved, $795 million bond measure for building and maintaining schools district-wide.According to the district, Asbury, Bradley and Cory Elementar...

Denver weather: One more day in the 90s before Friday showers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Mile High City and the Front Range will be hot in the low 90s on Thursday before some evening storms, which will keep temperatures much cooler in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Hot then evening stormsSunshine is across the metro area Thursday before some late-day clouds move in. Highs will be hot and above average in the low 90s with a light wind. How common is your name in Colorado? Showers and storms are possible in the high country through the afternoon, and Denver could see a storm later this evening.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Aug. 24Weather tonight: Extra cloudsClouds stick around overnight as lows dip into the middle 60s. Winds will become breezy out of the northwest at 5-15 mph with rain pushing into the higher elevations.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on Aug. 24. Looking ahead: Rain showers and cooler temperaturesFriday is cloudy and cooler with highs in the middle to upper 70s. Rain showers are possible throughout the day, b...

Reunion with first responders in Davie celebrates toddler’s recovery, cousin who saved him through CPR

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

A reunion unfolded in Davie as Ramiro Garcia embraced his son, Luca, who recently survived a near-fatal incident. They celebrated the 3-year-old’s remarkable recovery and the cousin who helped save his life.Luca’s second chance at life was celebrated as he and his parents reunited with the first responders who played a crucial role in saving his life on July 9. In a remarkable turn of events, it was Sebastian Garcia, Luca’s cousin, who emerged as the unexpected hero. The incident transpired just after 6 p.m. at the Garcia family’s residence along South Sterling Ranch Circle. Ramiro and Sebastian were in the midst of cleaning the pool when Ramiro’s 5-year-old son alerted his father that the toddler was at the pool’s bottom. “It was just two minutes of not paying attention is all it took,” said Ramiro. Ramiro leaped into action and pulled his son from the water, but it was Sebastian’s CPR skills that truly turned the tide. “I...

Harsh penalties approved for Florida state college employees who use restrooms that don’t correspond with gender assigned at birth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

(CNN) — Florida education officials on Wednesday unanimously approved harsher penalties against state college employees who violate a new law barring them and students from using restrooms or changing facilities for a gender other than the one assigned at birth.The move by the state board of education comes as LGBTQ advocates have criticized the law as a larger effort to erase them from Florida schools and society.Under the new rules approved Wednesday, staff and faculty at Florida colleges can be fired if they use a restroom for a gender that does not correspond with their gender assigned at birth.Employees may also face a verbal and written warning and suspension without pay as penalty for a first offense. Colleges will be forced to fire employees after a second offense, according to the new rule’s text.“Institutions must investigate each complaint regarding violations of (the rule) and must have an established procedure for such investigations,” the new rule text says.The new rul...

Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961—2023)

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s days seemed numbered the moment he had the audacity — some would say recklessness — to raise a mutiny two months ago and start his march on Moscow.The paramilitary boss’s demise hardly comes as a surprise to anyone who closely follows Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin — opponents of all types have met mysterious and untimely deaths, with a thud or a crash, poisoned, shot or tumbled out of windows. A neat suicide in a dacha is probably the best an adversary can hope for — and you only get that when a mess isn’t warranted. This time a mess would seem to have been officially authorized as a graphic warning to others — as a signal that Putin calls the shots. “A gangster killed by another gangster gangsta style,” was the laconic take of Adrian Karatnycky of the Atlantic Council when news broke Wednesday that a private jet with Prigozhin on board crashed near Moscow, killing him and another nine people, including one of his top paramilitary field commanders, Dmit...

Ukraine carries out armed raid in Crimea, inflicts casualties on Russia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

KYIV — Ukraine on Thursday conducted a daring operation in Russian-occupied Crimea, its military intelligence said, as Kyiv marked the anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Ukrainian outlet Krym Realii reported blasts and a firefight in Crimea early in the day, citing their sources in the occupied territory. Ukrainian forces which arrived via sea engaged with Russian occupiers, inflicting casualties and damage to equipment, military intelligence said.Though local Russian-installed authorities in Crimea — which have occupied the Black Sea peninsula since 2014 — have not issued any official statements so far, Ukraine said its units engaged in a battle on the shore near the area of Olenivka and Mayak villages.“During the execution of the task, the Ukrainian defenders engaged in combat with the units of the occupier. As a result, the enemy suffered losses among personnel, enemy equipment was destroyed. Also, the state flag was raised in the Ukrainian ...

Boston police arrest Charles Street break-in suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

Boston police have arrested a 55-year-old man in connection with a recent break-in on Charles Street, officials said.Officers arrested James Schaff, of Boston, on breaking and entering charges stemming from a break-in at 60 Charles St., according to Boston police.Officers provided with a description of the suspect spotted Schaff walking on Charles Street around midnight Thursday and arrested him when he tried to walk away from the area, police said.He is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.

Police arrest Roxbury woman wanted on animal cruelty charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

Boston police have arrested a Roxbury woman who was wanted on animal cruelty charges, officials said.Lakeida Burris, 36, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the area of 6 Ernst St., according to Boston police. She is now facing two counts of animal cruelty.Burris had recently been highlighted on a Boston Police Most Wanted list.She is expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court.

State police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section nabs man wanted for robberies in Texas on Martha’s Vineyard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section arrested a man on Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday morning who was wanted for two armed robberies in Texas, officials said.Brian Covington, 29, was believed to have fled Texas and traveled from Florida to New York City, to Martha’s Vineyard, according to state police.MSP VFAS, in conjunction with the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, Oak Bluffs Police, and members of the United States Marshals Massachusetts Fugitive Task Force, began seeking Covington and developed areas of interest in the towns of Oak Bluff and Vineyard Haven. The Massachusetts State Police Air Wing flew MSP VFAS Troopers to the island early Wednesday morning.At about 10 a.m., MSP VFAS Troopers and Oak Bluffs Police detectives conducting surveillance of Pequot Avenue saw Covington walking toward a rooming house. As members of the team approached him, he ran into the rooming house at 20 Pequot Ave. and ran up a flight of stairs. Troopers and...

TD Bank Group reports $2.96B Q3 profit, down from $3.21B year ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:26 GMT

TORONTO — TD Bank Group reported its third-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as its provisions for credit losses rose.The bank said Thursday its net income totalled $2.96 billion or $1.57 per diluted share for the quarter ended July 31, down from $3.21 billion or $1.75 per diluted share a year earlier.Revenue totalled $12.78 billion, up from $10.93 billion in the same quarter last year.Provisions for credit losses amounted to $766 million, up from $351 million a year earlier.On an adjusted basis, TD says it earned $1.99 per diluted share in its latest quarter, down from $2.09 per diluted share in the same quarter last year.The average analyst estimate had been for a profit of $2.04 per diluted share, based on estimates compiled by financial markets data firm Refinitiv.“TD delivered strong revenue growth in the quarter and demonstrated the value of its diversified business mix in a challenging economic environment,” TD chief executive Bharat Masrani said in a s...