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16-year-old brings loaded gun to Prince George’s Co. summer school program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

A 16-year-old student brought a loaded gun to Largo High School on Friday during summer classes, according to the Prince George’s County Police.The police said the School Resource Officers were notified at approximately 11 a.m. that several students observed the teenager with a gun during a fight that broke out at the school. Security personnel were alerted and the gun was recovered from the student, according to a news release.A statement saying that no students or staff members were harmed during the incident was sent out by Prince George’s County Public Schools on Monday. Associate Superintendent Carletta Marrow said the student brought the gun to the high school’s Summer Learning Program and that “the safety of our students is our top priority.”She urged parents to discuss acceptable behaviors and the consequences of bringing weapons to school with their children.“Please encourage your child to always immediately report the sighting of any wea...

What are the rules on student seclusion in Colorado schools?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) --- An investigation into an alleged seclusion room at McAuliffe International School in Denver is now sparking questions about the proper use of seclusion in schools. The Colorado State Board of Education passed rules, based on state and federal law, that define how and when restraint and seclusion can be used in schools. Related: Proposed bill could ban seclusion rooms in Colorado schools Paul Foster, executive director of the Exceptional Student Services Unit with the Colorado Department of Education, said the rules outline the procedures to be followed in the use of restraint and seclusion.“Their job is to propagate rules that support the implementation of the legislation,” Foster said. “It’s pretty clear that it's not to be used as a disciplinary technique, so it's not really intended to change behavior, it’s meant to intervene in the situation where there’s an emergency," Foster said.School seclusion rules in ColoradoWhile there’s no requirement that a sch...

Expect I-70 mountain delays next week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Travelers are warned of delays of up to 20 minutes on Interstate 70 next week for bridge work in Silverthorne.The bridge work over U.S. 6 will include concrete deck repairs, expansion joint replacement, waterproofing and asphalt resurfacing, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Bookmark this: I-70 closed through Glenwood Springs? Here’s how to detour The affected location is near the Silverthorne exit 205 off-ramp between mile points 205.25-206. The eastbound left lane will be closed starting Monday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. and will remain closed until Thursday, Aug. 17, at 9 a.m. "A single lane of eastbound I-70 and the off-ramp will remain open at all times, but motorists should expect up to 20-minute delays," CDOT said.I-70 traffic impacts for widening projectThe planned construction is part of the auxiliary lane project to widen the eastbound lanes of I-70 from Frisco to Silverthorne. It includes bridge improvements over U.S. 6 and the Blue River,...

5 hospitalized after 3-car crash in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Five people were hospitalized after several cars slammed into each other along a busy street in Miami. Good Samaritans raced to help people that were trapped in their vehicles.The crash happened along Southwest Eighth Street, just before 7:30 p.m. Monday. According to Miami Police, three cars were involved in the crash. 7News cameras captured airbags that went off in the vehicles, along with debris that surrounded the cars. Due to how busy the scene was, witnesses told 7News that good Samaritans stepped in to help before first responders arrived.One person was able to pull a woman out of a mangled car. Once first responders arrived at the scene, they pulled more people from the cars and placed them on stretchers. Police told 7News that three people were seriously injured and were taken to the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment. Two other victims were transported to the ER. https://twitter.com/MiamiPD/status/1688699183606177792?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5E...

William Friedkin, ‘Exorcist’ director, dead at 87

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

(CNN) — William Friedkin, director of iconic 1970s films including “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” has died, his wife Sherry Lansing, the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday.He was 87.Friedkin won the Oscar for best director for “French Connection” in 1972, going on to be nominated for the same trophy again two years later for occult horror “Exorcist,” the genre-defying hit that racked up ten nominations and two statuettes.Friedkin’s first directing credit came in 1965 with the TV movie “The Bold Men,” but it was 1970’s “The Boys in the Band” — still considered ahead of its time in terms of exploring gay themes in cinema — that began a golden age for the filmmaker.Other notable titles in Friedkin’s oeuvre include 1980’s “Cruising,” starring Al Pacino, and “To Live and Die in L.A.” in 1985, with Willem Dafoe. He also directed 2006’s “Bug” with Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon and Harry Connick Jr., and “Rules of Engagement” from 2000, with ...

Surgery to remove leg denied by insurance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

She got an aggressive tumor in her foot surrounded by cancer. But when her doctors said we have to amputate the foot, her insurance company said no. She was afraid she was going to die and so she called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.It started with a small bump on Tina’s foot.Tina Bakr: “So I went to the doctor and he said, ‘Let’s just keep an eye on it.'”It started growing. Doctors did a biopsy.Tina Bakr: “And I was informed that it was a synovial sarcoma.”Patrick Fraser: “Cancer.”Tina Bakr: “Yes. Your whole world stops?”At that time, Tina was a property manager where her compensation included an apartment and health insurance. When she told her boss she had cancer, they fired her.Tina Bakr: “I lost my apartment, my health insurance, my job, my source of income. I lost everything in a day.”Since Tina was unemployed, she was able to get insurance through Medicaid. They paid for the chemotherapy that w...

Pickup truck hit by cargo train in Deerfield Beach; no injuries reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

A pickup truck was hit by a cargo train that was heading northbound in Deerfield Beach.The crash happened at South Dixie Highway and Southwest Fourth Street, Monday night.The driver of the pickup truck wasn’t hurt and no one on the train was hurt.The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating this incident. A representative from the Florida East Coast Railway was also notified as the investigation is underway.

Putin’s world is shrinking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Fredrik Wesslau is a distinguished policy fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and a board member of The Reckoning Project.BRICS leaders will be meeting in South Africa for their annual summit later this month. Absent, however, will be Russia’s Vladimir Putin.After months of insisting he would attend the annual gathering for the member countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Putin finally decided against traveling, as the South African government couldn’t guarantee he wouldn’t be arrested and sent to The Hague.The Russian leader’s no-show demonstrates the geopolitical impact of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Putin. The warrant — issued in March for the war crime of deporting Ukrainian children — is already hampering his ability to represent Russia in international gatherings and engage with other world leaders, as South Africa, along with 122 other states, have ratified the Rome Statute and are obliged to arrest Pu...

Residents rattled after coyote spotted carrying body of small dog through Jamaica Plain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Residents of a neighborhood in Jamaica Plain are calling on the city to do something to help them deal with what they say are increasingly dangerous interactions with coyotes after one was caught on camera carrying the body of a small pet dog down the sidewalk.Anthony Barron, who caught the coyote with the dog on camera, said he was surprised to see the coyote trotting down the street with the dead animal in broad daylight.“I pulled up and I saw the coyote coming across the street, and I thought it had a fox in its mouth but it dropped what was our neighbor’s dog onto the ground, looked at me, and carried on about its business,” he recalled. Melissa Foley said it’s “unfair” that she has to live with coyotes coming in and out of her yard, where her children play.Mass Wildlife spokesman Dave Wattles said the behavior the coyotes are exhibiting are not unusual and don’t require intervention.Residents are being urged to keep their pets on a leas...

Reyes hits walkoff grand slam to lead Red Sox to 6-2 win over Royals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Pablo Reyes hit a walkoff grand slam to break a ninth-inning tie — his third hit of the night — and the Boston Red Sox recovered after blowing a two-run lead to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday night.It was just Boston’s second win in nine games, including a sweep over the weekend by the Toronto Blue Jays — the team they had hoped to pass in the AL wild-card race.Kenley Jansen (3-5) pitched a perfect ninth for the win. Brayan Bello took a shutout into the seventh inning before the Royals scored twice to tie it.It remained 2-2 until Rafael Devers one-hopped the short wall in right field beyond the Pesky Pole. Adam Duvall struck out — for the fourth time in the game — and Triston Casas was intentionally walked before Luis Urías, who had also struck out in his first three at-bats, walked on a checked-swing 3-2 pitch.The Royals appealed to first base umpire Vic Carapazza, who signaled that Urías did not go around, and Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro was qu...