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Potential threat at Civic Center Plaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Thursday afternoon, the Denver Police Department was on the scene at the Civic Center Plaza where the RTD Station was evacuated and closed due to a security issue. The threat was made to 1560 Broadway, which is the building above Civic Center Station. Denver PD says the threat is unspecified. The bus station inside the Civic Center was closed as well as the MallRide shuttle loop at the station.As of 1:40 p.m., the Civic Center resumed to normal. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox There is no other information at this time. FOX31 will update this when there is more information.

Crews work to put out flames after car catches on fire in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

A car was seen caught on fire on the Palmetto Expressway. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene Thursday afternoon where Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews attempted to douse the flames.The occupant of the vehicle was able to get out of the car.No injuries were reported. Traffic has been backed up as crews work to remove the vehicle. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

The Netherlands set to name Wopke Hoekstra as EU commissioner

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

The Netherlands is expected to name Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra as its next European commissioner after the departure of climate czar Frans Timmermans, two people familiar with the government’s thinking told POLITICO.Hoekstra, whose government is headed for elections in November, would fill the role recently vacated by Timmermans who announced in July he was returning to national politics.The Commission said earlier this week Maroš Šefčovič would be taking over Timmermans’ duties as executive vice president, including oversight of the European Green Deal’s rollout.But that may leave open the climate action file, which could now pass into the hands of Hoekstra for the final year of this Commission’s term, one of the people aware of the decision said. The choice of who gets the climate action file is ultimately up to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who could select another commissioner.Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government is expected to f...

Man accused of murdering, dismembering roommate arrested in Cambridge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

A man accused of murdering and dismembering his roommate in Indiana in 2017 was arrested in Cambridge Thursday, the Massachusetts State Police announced.State police said state, local and federal authorities took John Hallett, 54, into custody at his apartment on Chester Street Thursday morning, years after state police said he allegedly choked his roommate and struck the roommate with a blunt object. After killing his roommate, state police said, Hallett allegedly disemboweled the roommate’s body and disposed of the remains in various public trash cans. While investigating, Massachusetts State Police said, local investigators in Michigan City, Indiana deployed a cadaver dog which tipped them off to the scent of human remains in the basement of the residence where Hallet and his roommate had lived. Police said authorities later obtained an arrest warrant for a murder charge against Hallett after evidence “confirmed the presence of decomposing matter in the basement.”S...

Student Hails “Life-Changing” New Free Community College Program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

Fighting back tears, incoming MassBay Community College interior design student Danita Mends recounted on campus Thursday how she had to drop out of college and enter the workforce in the early 2000s due to financial setbacks.In corporate America, Mends found she was “hitting ceilings” and “being overlooked constantly” for opportunities. Mends made the decision to return to school, but she ran into more financial obstacles as she became pregnant and had a son.The latest disruption to her higher education journey is coming to a close due to the launch of a state-funded free community college program, called MassReconnect.“I got called and was told that I was eligible for this program, which is going to be life-changing for me,” said Mends, who attended Needham Public Schools, at a press conference in Wellesley. “It’s been a long road and to have this financial burden lifted is amazing. And I’m excited for the opportunities that ar...

US will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s in October

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

(CNN) — The US has announced that it will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jets in October.“Following English language training for pilots in September, F-16 flying training is expected to begin in October at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, facilitated by the Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing,” Pentagon Spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Thursday at a press briefing.“Although we do not have specific numbers to share at this time in regards to how many Ukrainians will participate in this training, we do anticipate it will include several pilots and dozens of maintainers.”Earlier on Thursday, two US officials told CNN an announcement of the training program was coming. The officials said the pilots still need to go through English language training before they can begin learning to operate the fourth-generation American jets. The language classes will also take place in the US.Ukraine put forward a list of approximately 32 pilots who are rea...

Kevin Hart ends up in wheelchair after being ‘dumbest man alive’ for trying to race former Pats RB Stevan Ridley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

(CNN) — Trying to do “young stuff” has temporarily landed Kevin Hart in a wheelchair.That’s according to the movie star, who posted a video on his verified Instagram account in which the caption reads in part, “I got to be the dumbest man alive!!!!!”Using some expletives in both the caption and the video, Hart recounted how he tried to race his friend, former NFL player Stevan Ridley, in a 40-yard dash and ended up injuring himself.“Ladies and gentleman, the age 40 is real,” Hart said. “All my men, women out there 40 years old and above, it’s not a game. Respect that age.”He then announced that he was in a wheelchair for trying to do some “young man stuff.”Hart said he bet Ridley he could beat him in the sprint, but was humbled.“I tore my lower abdomen, my abductors are torn,” he revealed. “I don’t know what that is but I tore them. I tore those too. I can’t walk.”Hart, 44, also referred to himself as the “stupidest man alive” in answer to a question as to why he was ...

US intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

By EMMA BURROWS and AAMER MADHANI (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that the plane crash presumed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion as Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday eulogized the man who staged the biggest challenge to his 23-year rule.One of the U.S. and Western officials who described the initial assessment said it determined that Prigozhin was “very likely” targeted and that the explosion falls in line with Putin’s “long history of trying to silence his critics.”The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment, did not offer any details on what caused the explosion, which was widely believed to have also killed several of Prigozhin’s lieutenants to avenge a mutiny that challenged the Russian leader’s authority.Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said pr...

Mike Lupica: The numbers don’t lie. Brian Cashman is the one who created this Yankees ‘disaster’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

Brian Cashman talked on Wednesday about the “disaster” and “mess” the 2023 Yankees have become. He was talking about a team that he and he alone built, one that he has actually been building for years, a team whose poor performance he now says has shocked him. We’re all shocked that the Yankees are in last place in the last week of August. But Cashman can’t possibly think they were ever going to be good enough to win it all this season, after how little he did between last season and this to close the gap on the Astros, the team the Yankees can never get past in October.Cashman also talked about his own track record as being a reason why he is the man to get the Yankees going back in the right direction again. And he sure does have a track record of winning seasons, over a quarter-century since he became the caretaker of the last great Yankee dynasty, something cited in his defense about as often as they play “God Bless America” d...

A family resort in Wisconsin Dells is getting the highest waterslide in the US

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:31 GMT

Simon Peter Groebner | (TNS) Star TribuneMt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells is no stranger to spectacle, with such attractions as a replica of the Roman Colosseum, a go-kart track modeled after a giant Trojan Horse, and Medusa’s Slidewheel, aka “America’s first rotating waterslide.” Now the family resort is planning to open the highest waterslide in the United States.The 145-foot-high outdoor attraction — forebodingly named the Rise of Icarus, after the mythical Greek who flew too close to the sun — is part of an $8 million expansion at Mt. Olympus including an outdoor kids’ water play area with 10 new slides and water features. Construction begins after Labor Day, according to Mt. Olympus, and the slide will open next summer.New renderings of the Rise of Icarus — and video on the Mt. Olympus website — depict a slender, multicolored tower that rises over the theme park. Designers are using Icarus’ height to create a long, fast, ...