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Violence against Colorado health care workers on the rise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- At hospitals and clinics across the state, aggression toward health care workers is on the rise. Barb Jahn with Intermountain Healthcare said health care workers have experienced a 32% increase in reports of violence. “People don’t feel safe,” Jahn said. “The last few years have been very stressful for people in our whole society, behavioral health issues, stressors that people didn’t have before, and I think it's manifesting in inappropriate behaviors in the health care setting in many ways.”  Joshua Ewing with the Colorado Hospital Association said health care workers have the highest rates of workplace violence.  Kaiser Permanente health care workers picket Saturday for more staffing, better wages In a release, CHA stated health care workers are five times more likely to be injured than other workers, a nurse is assaulted every 30 minutes on average and 90% of health care workers had experienced or witnessed violence from a patient or patient’s caregiver in a o...

Lightning possible cause of Arvada house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Arvada firefighters believe lightning struck a home which caused a small fire Monday night.The home, located on Janice Way, was luckily not seriously damaged and no one was hurt.  The fire was relegated to the attic area. The homeowner was the only one home and she was not hurt. Video: Lightning, hail and flooding around metro Denver Arturo Bugarin lives next door and he said he was in his garage at the time."It kinda rattled my cage, a little bit. I, like, kinda have a concussion, right now," Bugarin said.Fire investigators will investigate the blaze to confirm the exact cause and origin.

Bats silent again as Red Sox fall to Mariners 6-2 for third straight loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

Things started promisingly enough.Coming off a couple of walk-off losses in San Francisco, the Red Sox took the lead almost immediately in Monday’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners. Jarren Duran led off the game with a walk, stole second and came all the way around to score after forcing a pair of bad throws from the Mariners defense.As it turned out, that was nearly all the offense the Red Sox could muster all night.Boston’s bats fell silent again on Monday, and though the score was close throughout the wheels ultimately came off late as the Mariners raced past the Red Sox 6-2. The club wasted a brilliant performance by Nick Pivetta and was ultimately undone by a pair of Cal Raleigh solo home runs and by a four-run Mariners rally in the eighth that put the game out of reach.The result was one of the most deflating losses of the season, which came less than a day before Tuesday’s trade deadline.The obvious bright spot of the evening was Pivetta. With the ...

Autopsy reveals inmate's cause of death in North County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

VISTA, Calif. -- Authorities on Monday announced the cause of death to a 53-year-old inmate in April at the Vista Detention Facility.An autopsy revealed Eddie Faulkner's manner of death was an accident and that he died due to acute fentanyl, tranzodone and gabapentin intoxication, with hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease contributing, Lt. Joseph Jarjura with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.The incident occurred April 17 around 7:30 p.m. when deputies found Eddie Faulkner, 53, unresponsive inside of his cell, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. 12-year-old paddleboarder killed in Mission Bay crash First responders attempted lifesaving measures, but Faulkner, who was the only person staying in the cell, was pronounced dead at the scene, per law enforcement."We extend our sympathies to the Faulkner family and those affected by his death. A Sheriff's Family Liaison Officer will support the family as they dea...

$1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing offers shot at 7th largest prize ever

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

A estimated $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot will again be up for grabs Tuesday night, giving lottery players a chance to snap an unlucky streak that has stretched on for months.No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18, allowing it to roll over again and again until it reached its status as tied for the seventh-largest in U.S. history. Tuesday night’s drawing will be the 30th since someone last won the jackpot.The drought is due to a combination of poor luck and terrible odds, as the chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million. The odds of winning smaller prizes, ranging from $1 million to $2, are significantly better.The $1.05 billion jackpot is for a sole winner who chooses to collect through an annuity, with annual payments over 30 years. A sole winner who opts for a lump sum payment would receive an estimated $527.9 million.Winners also would be subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.Mega Millions is play...

Police officer shot and wounded; suspect also hit in Los Angeles suburb of Whittier

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A police officer was shot and the suspected gunman also was wounded Monday in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, authorities said.The shooting took place at about 9 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.The officer and the suspect were hospitalized but there was no immediate word on their conditions.Other details also weren’t immediately released.Whittier is about 24 miles (39 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.The Associated Press

As regional bloc threatens intervention in Niger, neighboring juntas vow mutual defense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Two West African nations ruled by mutinous soldiers said Monday that military intervention in Niger would be considered a “declaration of war” against them, as the junta attempts to consolidate power after a coup last week. The West African regional body known as ECOWAS announced travel and economic sanctions against Niger on Sunday over the coup, and said it would use force if the coup leaders don’t reinstate Bazoum within one week. Bazoum’s government was one of the West’s last democratic partners against West African extremists.In a joint statement from the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso, the two countries wrote that “any military intervention against Niger will be considered as a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali.”Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, Mali’s state minister for Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, read the joint statement on Malian state TV Monday evening. The two countries also denounced ECOWAS eco...

Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

With pageantry that included balloons, a banner and an outdoor signing ceremony, Texas A&M University celebrated a diverse new chapter in its history with its June hiring of Kathleen McElroy.McElroy, a Black journalist whose background included decades at the New York Times and a reputation for promoting diversity in the workplace, was a major get for the university with the largest student body in the country. She was headed to her alma mater with a mission to revive its journalism program — and it was all the sweeter for A&M because she had been lured away from its rival, the University of Texas at Austin. But the celebration didn’t last long. Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusio...

Lawyers in case of fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin movie set spar over whether to dismiss charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors are urging a judge in Santa Fe not to throw out charges of involuntary manslaughter against a movie weapons supervisor in the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the film “Rust.” At an online hearing scheduled for Tuesday, defense attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will counter that the charges should be dismissed, after accusing the prosecution of sloppy work and public grandstanding that violates their client’s rights to due process.The hearing also will address objections to a recently filed charge of evidence tampering against Gutierrez-Reed and whether prosecutors can shield the name of a witness from public disclosure as they pursue that charge. Prosecutors say a witness is prepared to testify that Gutierrez-Reed handed off a small bag of narcotics to the witness after returning from an interview at a police station. But they said the person worries about being harassed by media and blackliste...

A judge is set to hear the last day of testimony in the Oxford High School shooter’s sentencing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge is expected to hear the third and final day of testimony Tuesday at a sentencing hearing for the Oxford High School shooter, though an immediate decision is not anticipated.Ethan Crumbley, 17, pleaded guilty to murder, terrorism and other charges in a mass shooting that killed four students and wounded seven others in 2021 at the school about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Detroit.Because of his age — 15 at the time — an automatic life sentence would be unconstitutional. Oakland County Judge Kwame Rowe first must consider the shooter’s mental health, unstable family life and other factors before deciding whether a life term would fit.Crumbley otherwise would face a minimum sentence somewhere between 25 years and 40 years in prison, followed by eligibility for parole.The shooter left behind a journal and text messages that were rife with dark writings, confusion and paranoia. Defense attorneys revealed messages last week that were sent ...