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Two teens shot, another robbed within hours in St. Louis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Two teenagers were shot, and another teenager was robbed in three separate incidents that unfolded within eight hours Thursday in St. Louis. St. Louis police have not reported any deaths or arrests in any of the cases. Protests over Francis Howell plan to allow anti-racism resolution to expire Police first responded to a shooting around 4:20 p.m. in the 900 block of Lasalle Park Court in the LaSalle Park neighborhood. The victim, a 17-year-old boy, was shot in the groin. He was hospitalized with critical injuries. Just before midnight, police responded to another shooting involving a teenager in the 100 block of Hickory Street in St. Louis, also in the LaSalle Park neighborhood. The victim, a 14-year-old boy, suffered a graze wound to his leg and hospitalized for treatment. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

St. Louis County scratchers player wins $50,000

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

ROCK HILL, Mo. -- One lucky lotto player won $50,000 after scratching ticket purchased at the One The Run gas station on Manchester Road. The Missouri Lottery says that he was shocked to see the 500X symbol, meaning his $100 prize was multiplied 500 times.“I got my calculator out and calculated it five times,” he told the Missouri Lottery. “My head’s still spinning,”The game costs $50 to play and has prizes that go up to five million dollars. I was released at the end of May and many top prizes remain. There are two $5 million prizes, four $1 million second prizes and 45 $50,000 prizes. The average chance of winning anything in this game, including a $50 prize, is around one in three.

Rockies podcast: Peter Lambert’s chance to re-establish himself in tattered rotation, plus analysis on MLB trade deadline and club’s offensive woes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

In this edition of the On The Rox podcast presented by BetSafe Colorado, Denver Post sportswriters Kyle Newman and Patrick Saunders break down topics pertaining to Colorado’s second-half forecast.Can right-hander Peter Lambert capitalize on a second chance in the Rockies’ tattered rotation? What deals should GM Bill Schmidt make ahead of the August 1 trade deadline? What’s to make of the Rockies’ offensive woes — Colorado managed just two hits in its last game — especially considering the club ranks 12th of 15 National League teams in homers?These questions are addressed and more analysis in a packed show.Subscribe to the podcastSoundCloud | iTunes | Stitcher | RSSRelated ArticlesColorado Rockies | Rockies podcast: Analysis on Colorado, rest of MLB at the all-star break Colorado Rockies | Rockies podcast: Silver linings as Colorado could reach 100 losses for first time ever

Denver school board orders release of recording of closed-door meeting after East High shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Denver Public Schools will release a video recording of a closed-door meeting that board members held in March in response to a shooting inside East High School after the district’s board voted Friday morning to make it public.The board’s 7-0 vote came four weeks after a Denver District Court ruled the five-hour executive session on March 23 violated Colorado law. The Denver Post and several other media organizations sued DPS, seeking a recording of that session.Friday’s vote left unclear when the school district would release the video. DPS general counsel Aaron Thompson told the board that staff members would have to work through technical challenges because of the recording’s length and size, and he wasn’t sure if posting it on the district’s website — rather than requiring people to request a USB drive — would be feasible.“I’ll just reiterate that it’s critical that we make this as publicly available as possible &...

Meet the woman who helped save a kidnapped 13-year-old girl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

A Good Samaritan from Long Beach is being hailed as a hero after coming to the aid of a young girl who was allegedly kidnapped, repeatedly raped, and taken from Texas to California. Touch Vong believes it was an act of God that the 13-year-old victim and her alleged captor walked into the laundromat where she works on July 9. The suspect, later identified as Steven Robert Sablan, 61, of Cleburne, Texas, asked Vong about a nearby restaurant’s hours. Despite knowing it was closed for the day, something told her to tell the man to stay in the parking lot. “God let me know...that’s why I stopped him,” Vong told KTLA 5’s Ellina Abovian on Friday. “Because I know the restaurant wasn’t open [on Sundays], but I said wait until 11 so they open.” “If I didn’t say that...she might be gone,” Vong said. On the morning of July 9, 2023, Sablan parked his Nissan Sentra in a car lot in Long Beach and took their clothes to a laundromat. While he was inside, the girl scrawled ...

WATCH: Bear puts safety cone back into place along California roadway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Video shared by Caltrans Friday shows a bear putting a fallen safety cone back into place along a roadway.Though it is unclear when and where the video was captured, officials made sure to praise the furry pedestrian.“This bear deserves the ‘Bear of the Year’ award!” Caltrans tweeted. “While his buddy before him caused traffic cone chaos, this bear showed us what safety partners are all about! Let's all take notes from this responsible bear and be like him! Stay safe out there!”After fixing the orange cone, the bear continued on its walk.

'Crazy brain' sharks high on cocaine, experts say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Animals hopped up on cocaine is not a new concept; the February film “Cocaine Bear” loosely chronicled the bizarre true story of when a 175-pound black bear ingested cocaine that was thrown out of a drug smuggling plane in 1985. However, with Discovery Channel’s Shark Week right around the corner, scientists have revealed the possible discovery of sharks in the Atlantic Ocean that have ingested cocaine. Experts say that sharks may be gobbling up bales of drugs that were dumped into the water off the coast by smugglers.   Hungry bear seen rummaging through trash in Monrovia Biologists studying the phenomenon reported seeing a hammerhead shark swimming into discarded packages and biting into them. After ingesting the drugs, the sharks were observed to be behaving erratically, causing what scientists call "crazy brain."A documentary focusing on sharks on cocaine is set to premiere during Shark Week, which begins on Sunday. 

Infant Dead, 2 Hurt in Pedestrian Crash on King Road [San Jose, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Pedestrian Collision on Havana Drive Left 2 Injured, 1 Infant KilledSAN JOSE, CA (July 22, 2023) – On Tuesday evening, a pedestrian crash on King Road left an infant killed and two injured.The incident happened on July 18th, at around 11:40 p.m. when a car southbound on King Road beat a green light and struck a woman and two children.According to reports a male individual was driving southbound on King Road in his 2004 Chevy Tahoe when he came upon a green light at Havana Drive and collided with a mother and two children who were crossing westbound on King Road outside of an unauthorized intersection.Emergency crews arrived at the scene shortly after and rushed them to a nearby hospital.Medics then pronounced the infant dead at the scene.It is currently unclear whether the driver was treated at the scene or taken to a hospital.Investigators state that neither drugs nor alcohol were factors in the collision.The Sweet James team sends their warm and sincerest sympathies out to t...

United Airlines flight returns to San Francisco due to ‘disruptive passenger’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

A United Airlines flight traveling to Taiwan from San Francisco International Airport returned to the Bay Area Thursday night due to what the airline referred to as a “disruptive passenger”.United Flight 871 returned to SFO due to the passenger. The aircraft landed safely and the passenger was removed. The flight is expected to depart from SFO late Thursday evening.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 4 money moves to make if your flight is canceled or delayed Crime and Public Safety | These 10 airports are the most chaotic in Europe this summer Crime and Public Safety | Travel Troubleshooter: I paid twice for my checked luggage on Avianca. I want a refund! Crime and Public Safety | One dead, another critically injured after plane crash at San Rafael Airport Crime and Public Safety | Plane crashes into Lake Tahoe, boaters rescue two people “United Flight 871 returned to San Francis...

Yale study: How OxyContin marketing led to death, disease years later

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

That OxyContin is highly addictive is well known, as is that Purdue Pharma’s intensive marketing of the opioid painkiller led to thousands of overdose deaths and the company’s bankruptcy in 2013.But a new study in the July 19 issue of Health Affairs, led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health, shows that the marketing of OxyContin also brought a rise in infectious diseases and fatal heart infections.Authors Julia Dennett, a postdoctoral associate, and Gregg Gonsalves, associate professor of epidemiology, say in the study that marketing of OxyContin, the Purdue Pharma brand name for extended-release oxycodone, led to an increase in hepatitis and deaths from infective endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the heart valves. “By comparing U.S. states that saw heavier OxyContin promotion with states that experienced less, the Yale study shows for the first time that this marketing caused long-term rises not only in overdose deaths but also in hepatitis diagnoses and deaths f...