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Man shot overnight near Walgreens in Jennings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

JENNINGS, Mo. - An investigation is underway after a man was shot overnight near a Walgreens in Jennings. Police found the victim in a parking lot near Jennings Station Road and Halls Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Thursday. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car Investigators initially responded to the scene over an assault call, then learned the victim had been shot. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, though his injuries are considered non-life-threatening. He is being treated for injuries at a hospital. The St. Louis County Police Department is handling the investigation, though has not yet disclosed information on the victim, a potential suspect or a motive in the shooting.

Cori Bush pushes for legislation to help long-distance abortion seekers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Congresswoman Cori Bush has co-sponsored a bill in Congress to provide federal grants to women who travel long distances to receive reproductive health care.Nearly one year to date since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Missouri and 13 other states have banned abortions. Woman charged with ramming, shooting thieves who stole sister’s car Bush's bill, called the Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act, would help women travel to other states where the procedure is still legal, including neighboring state Illinois. Bush says the bill consists of the following goals: Establish a new office to oversee activities that promote sexual and reproductive health and well-being within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);Develop a national strategy to increase access to and awareness of sexual and reproductive health and well-being;Create an interagency task force comprised of all 15 federal agencies to coordinate on the development and implementation...

Opinion: Cherry Creek school students drew swastikas on their arms. Our response is love.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

There’s nothing harder than having to tell a middle schooler they shouldn’t be ashamed to be Jewish. Last month, students in Cherry Creek School District drew swastikas on their arms and made antisemitic taunts to their Jewish classmates after watching a presentation about the Holocaust.As a local rabbi, the difficult task of counseling these students and families fell on my colleagues’ and my shoulders. The school disciplined the offending students and is working to implement a training program educating people about antisemitism. These initiatives are a great first step, but what is lacking in the school’s response is any clear direction for the Jewish students who were targeted. What can be done to ensure the victims feel safe coming back to school and feel secure in their Jewish identity?Although it may not be a daily occurrence here in Colorado, moments like these make us stop to think about what we can do to prevent this from happening in the future.Recently, the Biden W...

81-year-old angler angered by Colorado Supreme Court ruling vows new fight for freedom to wade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

The fight for public freedom to wade in Colorado rivers is getting gnarlier, with fishermen mulling civil disobedience, following a high court ruling this month that, if judges stand by it on Friday, bolsters the state’s position that riverbeds can be private property.For a decade, this confrontation over who can fish where has revolved around longtime angling ace Roger Hill, 81, a retired Cold War-era physicist from Colorado Springs (his work helped in making nuclear missiles), who had rocks thrown at him as he was casting for trout, catch-and-release, along his favorite stretch of the Arkansas River near Cotopaxi. The owners of land adjacent to the river forced him to leave. He filed a lawsuit claiming a right, as a member of the public, to wade on the bottom of the river. He pressed this case, and won, until Colorado’s attorney general, with legal support from landowners, appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court and prevailed.The high court judges, in a unanimous ruling...

Serenity Pointe in Elbert County acquires final 52-acre parcel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

The final parcel needed to complete the Serenity Pointe Master Plan south of Parker has fallen into place, according to Walton Global, a real estate investment company based in Scottsdale, Arizona.Walton Global said in a news release Thursday that it had acquired a 52-acre parcel called Serenity North in Elbert County, which brings the size of the master-planned community to 374 acres.“Serenity North is an exciting addition to the Serenity Pointe Master Plan, as well as the greater region,” Anthony Ybarra, vice president of land for Walton Global in Colorado, California, Arizona and Texas, said in a release. “We see great opportunity for growth and expansion surrounding Denver, and this latest acquisition affirms our commitment to the area.”Walton Global, founded in 1979, manages about $3.4 billion in real estate holdings on behalf of investors from more than 82 countries. Last year, the company reported holding more than 79,000 acres of land in the United States, including 3,038 in...

Family of indicted art dealer Douglas Latchford gives up $12 million in historic antiquities settlement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

The late Douglas Latchford made millions selling antiquities suspected to be stolen from holy sites across Southeast Asia to wealthy American collectors and prestigious museums, including the Denver Art Museum.Now the U.S. government says his money is tainted — and they want it back.Federal prosecutors, in a landmark civil action on Wednesday, announced Latchford’s daughter agreed to return $12 million in proceeds her father garnered from selling plundered artifacts.The deal, spearheaded by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York and Homeland Security Investigations, represents the largest-ever forfeiture of money from the sale of stolen antiquities, the agencies said in a news release.RELATED: Looted: Stolen relics, laundered art and a Colorado scholar’s role in the illicit antiquities trade“For years, Douglas Latchford made millions from selling looted antiquities in the U.S. art market, stashing his ill-gotten gains offshore,” U.S....

Denver’s Hotel Engine unveils services to meet business travel needs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

Post-pandemic business travel has picked up and a Colorado company that handles hotel reservations for businesses worldwide is expanding its services to keep pace.Hotel Engine, based in Denver, announced new services this week to make it easier for companies to arrange lodging for big groups and to reschedule or cancel travel plans without worrying about cancelation fees.Hotel Engine founder and CEO Elia Wallen said Wednesday that companies lose millions of dollars every week on unused hotel rooms because policies haven’t adapted to travel needs.“We can go not too far in the near past with COVID and the shock that created to a lot of people and travel plans,” Wallen said.Hotel Engine is offering a subscription service called FlexPro, which the company called a first of its kind in the industry. For $200 a month, companies can cancel or alter reservations up to noon on the day of check-in.Alternatives are to pay for expensive travel insurance or hope the hotel sympa...

Echo Park crash leaves more than 2,700 without power

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

A speeding vehicle crashed into a power pole in Echo Park late Thursday leaving thousands of people without power Friday morning.The solo-vehicle crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Vin Scully Avenue. The vehicle involved had been speeding when it sheared a hydrant and then crashed into a power pole, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said at the scene.Los Angeles Department of Water and Power crews were sent to the scene to repair the damage that left about 2,700 people without power. The repairs were expected to be completed around 4 a.m. Friday.No injuries were reported as a result of the crash.

Has restaurant tipping gotten out of hand?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

American diners may be reaching a tipping point. Not long ago, a restaurant tip was a 15 percent gratuity for the server, calculated on a napkin and scrawled on a credit card receipt at the end of a sit-down meal. The server didn’t know the sum until the diner had departed. In 2023, tipping, or choosing not to, has expanded into a near-universal ritual of food service. Customers at a humble takeout joint might face a choice among three double-digit gratuities on a touch screen, under the penetrating gaze of a cashier.  Two societal forces, the COVID-19 pandemic and touch-screen point-of-sale tablets, have conspired to transform the American tipping culture. The gratuity has colonized the food-service universe, from fast-food restaurants to food trucks to farmers markets. “My family went strawberry picking last weekend,” said Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at Bankrate.com. “I made the reservation. They asked me for a tip. I asked my wife, ‘What are we tipp...

‘Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate,’ a special program on the leading candidates for U.S. Senator for California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:51 GMT

Inside California Politics takes an in-depth look into the U.S. Senate race to replace the retiring Dianne Feinstein in the special program, “Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate.”The three leading contenders vying for the seat are Democratic members of Congress Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), Katie Porter (D-Orange County), and Barbara Lee (D-Oakland).All three joined Inside California Politics to share the message that they have for California voters.The primary election is in March 2024, and in a recent poll by Inside California Politics and Emerson College Polling, Schiff and Porter are in a statistical tie as the top choice of respondents, with Lee several percentage points behind. What new laws are going into effect in California in July? The poll found that 47% of respondents are still undecided about their pick for senator, although almost two-thirds of voters think Feinstein should resign before the end of her current term, which ends in January 2025.All three maj...