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Caught on camera: Families victimized by same thieves in Mother's Day spree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver community is connecting the dots with surveillance video after several families became victims to a group of thieves in a recent overnight crime spree.At the corner of 14th Avenue and Lyden Street, Cesar Diaz turned his dream of owning a mechanic shop and gas station into a reality.“Since childhood, I've been saving,” Diaz said. “I’ve loved mechanics since I was a little kid, so I found this place and I invest all my money, my time.” Is your gun secure? If it's in your car, probably not Diaz is now having to spend his precious time and money fending off criminals who aren’t afraid of surveillance cameras or alarms. Videos shared with FOX31 from May 5 show people in masks breaking into his bathrooms.“That time, they took fingerprints and stuff,” Diaz said. “But they wore masks, they got gloves and stuff, so it's really hard to tell who it was.”Then, days ago, surveillance captured clearer images of bolder crooks.“They have a big rock and they smashed the wi...

Child sex assault suspect dressed as 'Thor,' may have more victims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

If you or a loved one has experienced sexual assault, the National Sexual Assault Hotline is available at 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) or through an online chat with a trained specialist, through a chatbot and on an app.DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A man who worked in the Douglas County and Parker area for seven years has been arrested no counts of child sexual assault, and now police are seeking out additional victims.The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said that 42-year-old Jason Lee Carey, who also goes by "Thor," was taken into custody in September in Belton, Missouri, on sexual misconduct charges with minors. 10 women accuse Denver doctor in date rape case Carey was working at a middle school as a substitute teacher at the time of the alleged crimes. He is accused of sending sexually explicit messages and pornographic pictures and videos to multiple female students through Snapchat.An 8-year-old also accused him of touching her inappropriately in a sw...

Miss Colorado contestant on a mission to cure cancer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Every time Elizabeth Melachrinoudis steps on stage for a competition, a careful observer can see her glance up toward the heavens. It's a way to pay homage to her parents, Kosta and Shirley, who can't be here to cheer her on as she competes to be Miss Colorado."I lost both of my parents to cancer when I was a teenager," she said. "I like to think that my parents would be so proud of me." ‘It was so unexpected’: Young mom battling breast cancer The 24-year-old was recently crowned Miss Denver and will vie for the Miss Colorado crown next weekend in Parker. But it's the work done off the stage that Melachrinoudis is the most proud of.'I want to cure cancer'As part of her community service initiative, she's helped tens of thousands of people register for the National Marrow Donor Program. And 24 of these people have gone on to save the life of someone fighting cancer, according to Melachrinoudis. "It wasn’t something that could have helped my parents," she said. "But ...

Denver weather: Widespread rain on Thursday, Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will turn cloudy and wet again Thursday into Friday. This storm system will bring less rain than last week's showers but it will still be a cooler and wet two days with the potential for minor flooding. Weather tonight: Late showersMost of the scattered storms that develop Wednesday afternoon will be concentrated on the Eastern Plains and in northern Colorado. Late Wednesday night, a round of scattered rain showers will push through the Front Range. Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s overnight in Denver with mostly cloudy skies. Weather tomorrow: Soggy Thursday Denver and the Front Range will wake up with mostly cloudy skies and isolated showers. The best chance for rain will come Thursday afternoon, through the evening, and into early Friday morning. Temperatures will be cooler, in the mid-60s, due to the morning clouds. If the clouds dissipate early, the afternoon rain will come in the form of scattered storms. If the clouds hold into the af...

Montana bans TikTok for all residents

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill banning TikTok in Montana, making it the first state to fully ban the app in the U.S.The Republican governor signed legislation into law Wednesday, saying the ban is aimed at protecting citizens from foreign influence since TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance.“The Chinese Communist Party using TikTok to spy on Americans, violate their privacy, and collect their personal, private, and sensitive information is well-documented,” Gianforte said in a statement. “Today, Montana takes the most decisive action of any state to protect Montanans’ private data and sensitive personal information from being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party.”The state’s action follows efforts in Congress, including a bipartisan bill in the Senate targeting TikTok and other apps from foreign adversaries. But momentum has stalled in recent weeks after libertarian members like Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and progressive Democrats like Rep. Alexandri...

‘Fast X’ takes another spin into pointless action & mayhem

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“Fast X”Rated PG-13. At the AMC Boston Common, AMC South Bay and suburban theaters.Grade: C+Directed by the mediocre French action filmmaker Louis Letterier (“Transporter 2,” “Clash of the Titans”), after Justin Lin dropped out in that position, “Fast X,” the 11th film in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, featuring Vin Diesel’s famously laconic renegade Dominic Toretto, reunites the remaining members of the “Fast & Furious” team aka Dominic Toretto’s family.As usual, the film, which uses the Roman numeral for 10, instead of the Arabic number, is an often laughable mix of family-movie mawkishness, over-the-top, nitro-boosted action and toxic masculinity. It’s worth noting that even the women in the “Fast & Furious” series are super-masculine when necessary. Rita Moreno of the original “West Side Story” appears in an opening family meal to give this schmaltzy-super-violent, supremely dumb action film a classic film glaze.The film’s n...

Editorial: D.C. goes to bat for transit workers, so should Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

State Rep. Joseph McGonagle may not have Capitol Hill lawmakers living and working in his district, but hopefully he won’t need their political muscle to keep MBTA workers safe.McGonagle introduced legislation that would impose an up to two-and-a-half year prison sentence and $5,000 fine for assault and battery upon a public transit worker who is engaged in their work, as the Herald reported.Assaults are not new, McGonagle said, and they range from spitting, punching, to flinging bodily fluids on MBTA operators.“And these drivers are left defenseless,” he said. “… The men and women who come to work every day to support themselves and their families should not have to put themselves at risk for unnecessary violent behavior.”Massachusetts is not alone in this – Metro workers in Washington, D.C. have also been subject to attacks. But there, Capitol Hill  lawmakers took notice, of this and other crimes in the district. It’s where they live and work, they want a safe co...

Moore: Green movement killing jobs – are unions listening?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

Could it be that union bosses are finally waking up to the cold reality that the greatest threat to steel workers, the United Auto Workers, miners, machinists and the Teamsters is the radical climate change agenda of the environmentalists?The green movement has taken the Democratic Party hostage — and President Joe Biden’s all-in embrace of far-left green policies is wreaking havoc on rank-and-file union jobs.The United Auto Workers recently announced it would withhold its endorsement of Biden as he runs for a second term. “The federal government is pouring billions into the electric vehicle transition, with no strings attached and no commitment to workers,” UAW President Shawn Fain recently declared. “The EV transition is at serious risk of becoming a race to the bottom” for America’s workers.My only question: Why did it take five years to figure this out?What a shock that a union that makes automobiles would have second thoughts about endorsing ...

Lucas: Spilka squares off v. DiZoglio in Beacon Hill budget brawl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

Which of state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s former colleagues in the state Senate — all fellow Democrats — will come to her aid in her budget battle with Senate President Karen Spilka?The answer is: none of them.So beholden are they to Spilka,70, who runs the 40-member Senate with an iron fist, that none are bold enough to vote against her wishes. The Senate is made up of 37 Democrats and three Republicans.Spilka is the Iron Lady of Beacon Hill.The main issue, besides personality conflicts, is that DiZoglio, 40, has promised to conduct unheard of audits of both the House and Senate, which both Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano oppose.One way to try and stop the audits is to cut the auditor’s budget request, which the Spilka-controlled Senate ways and Means Committee did last week, even though DiZoglio’s budget was approved in the state’s $55 billion overall budget by Gov. Maura Healey and the House.The full Senate has yet to take up the budget. Individual senators can propose a...

Get ready for a whale of a season off the Massachusetts coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:27 GMT

Remember the whales frolicking off the coast of Massachusetts last summer? Good news: those big, beautiful creatures are back.With local whale watching cruises launching again, it’s a perfect time – before the hot sun and crowds – to take in the magnificent sight of these extraordinary ocean giants.“This time is really great because, unlike summer when things are pretty consistent, there’s a lot of change that happens out there,” Laura Howes, director of research and education at Boston Harbor City Cruises told the Herald.Boston Harbor City Cruises (https://www.cityexperiences.com) debuted their whale watches this year on Tuesday, a bit later than usual for good reason: To protect the endangered right whales that call coastal Massachusetts their home early in the season.Now, she said, you’ll see lots of moms and their baby calves, along with a great selection of whale types like fin, minke and humpback.In Plymouth, the popular Captain John Boats (https://www.captjohn.com)  resumed t...