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How community violence is impacting some Prince George’s Co. students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

Prince George's County students and staff discuss ways to make students feel safe. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) Prince George's County students and staff discuss ways to make students feel safe. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) Sitting in a circle in the school’s media center Monday afternoon, some 20 students at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School in Prince George’s County, Maryland, considered ways to prevent and respond to violent acts in the community.Euniesha Davis, director of the county’s office of community relations, watched as almost every student raised their hand when asked if they have been a victim of or seen violence in the community. She listened as students explained that some of their peers don’t have role models to talk ...

Denver weather: Dry, mild days before snow returns on Thanksgiving

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The rain and snow showers that fell on Monday is exactly the Denver weather we needed in what has been a dry stretch in November. According to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast, more snow is coming later this week with the potential for the first measurable snow along the Front Range for the month.Possible snow totals by late Friday along the Front Range from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tonight: Clearing and coldRain and snow showers will end from north to south by late evening across the state. Skies will clear along temperatures to turn cold. Expect overnight lows across Colorado below freezing everywhere with the coldest readings being the teens through mountain towns.Overnight lows by Tuesday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: Sunny and seasonalThe forecast includes sunny and pleasant conditions across all of Colorado on Tuesday. Travel will be a breeze with dry conditions. FOX31 Weather: View the latest Denver forecasts, maps and...

Denver music venue reopens months after pipe bursts, floods basement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR)-- The independent Denver music venue, HQ, reopened its doors after a burst pipe forced them to shut down on Aug. 15."The grand reopening was such a positive vibe so many people came by just to say high five and we're so glad you're back and just hang out and celebrate us being back open," said co-owner Scott Happel. "It was a super, super positive experience." What to expect from the Black Friday snowstorm in Denver When the pipe burst, it caused one of the walls in the basement to buckle and quickly fill the venue with water. The 3,200-square-foot basement was eventually submerged in muddy water, which nearly made it to the first floor."We lost almost a $100,000 dollars worth of physical stuff out of the basement and then we were closed for three months, and we haven't even really started the intense repairs that we'll pay for," Happel said.Despite the setback, Happel says they are grateful for the community, which helped them raise more than $24,000 since they clos...

This library book was 100 years overdue. It just got returned to a Minnesota library

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

(CNN) — Sometimes we all just need a bit more time with a good book.One Minnesota resident, it seems, took that time – and then some.Now, over a century later, her child has returned it to the Saint Paul Public Library through another library system in the state, the city library director, Maureen Hartman, told CNN on Monday.The 1902 edition of “Famous Composers vol. 2” by Nathan Haskell Dole was found by a patron in Hennepin County sorting through their mother’s belongings, the library wrote on X.No other information on the book’s return were immediately available, though the library welcomes the chance to chat with whoever brought it back, Hartman said.The title itself explores the lives and works of some prominent composers from the Baroque period to the Romantic era, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, a modern synopsis shows.This particular copy lived only a short time on the Saint Paul library’s shelves, according to a web librarian who pieced tog...

Supreme Court rejects Derek Chauvin’s appeal in George Floyd’s killing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

(CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder in the 2020 killing of George Floyd.Chauvin was found guilty in April 2021 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison – which exceeded Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines range of 10 years and eight months to 15 years.Chauvin later pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years in prison to run concurrently with his state sentence.Floyd’s killing while in police custody on a Minneapolis street was caught on video and ignited prolonged protests in the community and across the country over police brutality and racial injustice.Chauvin claimed in his appeal against conviction he had not received a fair trial because jurors in his case may have had a vested inter...

Commission on Presidential Debates announces dates and locations for 2024 general election debates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

(CNN) — The first presidential debate is set for mid-September 2024, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday, setting up the earliest ever start to the presidential debate schedule.The bipartisan commission, which has sponsored every general election presidential debate since its founding in 1987, will host three next year, with the first on September 16 at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.The second debate will be on October 1 at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, and the third will be on October 9 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.There will also be one vice presidential debate on September 25 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.Typically, the first debate has been in late September or early October. In 2020, the first debate was on September 29, but amid an uptick in pandemic-era early voting, the Trump campaign called for an additional early September debate.The schedule tweak also means that the debates wil...

Death, preterm labor reported in Listeria outbreak linked to recalled peaches, plums, nectarines

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

(CNN) — Eleven cases of Listeria infection have been reported in seven states in an outbreak linked with peaches, plums and nectarines, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. One person died, and a pregnant person who became ill went into early labor.Three cases were reported in both California and Florida, with other cases reported in Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. However, the CDC says the number of cases is probably higher because some people with Listeria infections get better without medical care, so their illnesses aren’t reported.Testing showed that HMC Farms peaches were contaminated with Listeria that’s closely related to the bacteria from some of those sickened in this outbreak. HMC Farms has recalled peaches, plums and nectarines sold in stores between May 1 and November 15 last year and this year. The stone fruit was sold individually and in 2-pound bags.The CDC advises anyone who has recalled fruit to throw it out a...

Marauding cross-country storm threatens Thanksgiving week travel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

Joseph Wilkinson | New York Daily NewsA poorly timed storm system is expected to bring wind, rain and even snow to the eastern half of the U.S. during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.The worst of the storm will strike New York and the tri-state area on Tuesday, with flight delays and weather-related traffic jams possible from Tuesday afternoon into the night.At least 55 million Americans are expected to travel over the next several days for the Thanksgiving holiday, and anyone on the move east of the Rockies could encounter stormy conditions.Severe thunderstorms are predicted for the Midwest and the South on Monday, as the gathering storm rumbles across the plains. Tornados are possible in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi from Monday afternoon through Monday night, according to Accuweather.Meteorologists believe the storm system will then push north and east, dumping rain from Pittsburgh to Atlanta on Tuesday morning. Across Appalachia and the Great Lakes, the storm c...

Documentary about Buffy Sainte-Marie wins International Emmy Award

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

NEW YORK — A documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie, made before her Indigenous ancestry was called into question, has won an International Emmy Award.“Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” directed by Madison Thomas and narrated by Sainte-Marie, won in the arts programming category.The award is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.Producers describe the film as a retrospective of Sainte-Marie’s life and career, including interviews with famous friends and colleagues, never-before-seen archival material and cinematic recreations.The singer-songwriter’s ancestry was challenged in a CBC investigation last month that presented several identity documents that suggested she is Italian American.Saint-Marie has denied the accusations.Sainte-Marie’s story of her birth, childhood and identity has shifted throughout her six-decade career, with her identifying as Algonquin and Mi’kmaq before saying she was Cree, adop...

Mentally ill man should not have been in jail where he died, inquest hears

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:59 GMT

A handcuffed, mentally ill man was slapped, struck multiple times in the head area, sprayed twice in the face with a pepper spray foam and restrained face down on the ground as correctional officers took him from a shower to his cell at an Ontario jail, a coroner’s inquest into his death heard Monday.Soleiman Faqiri was subjected to “various incidents of use of force” in the moments leading up to his death on Dec. 15, 2016, at the Central East Correctional Facility in Lindsay, Ont., east of Toronto, according to an agreed statement of facts read at the inquest.He was then left alone, face down with his hands cuffed behind his back and a spit hood _ a hood or mask meant to prevent someone from spitting _ on his head, inside his cell for close to a minute until an operations manager became concerned that Faqiri wasn’t breathing, the statement said.When officers removed the spit hood, there was fluid inside and Faqiri was unresponsive, the statement said. A medi...