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Crashes, spinouts close I-70 as Friday snowstorm hits Colorado

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Interstate 70 was suffering multiple traffic impacts on Friday as a snowstorm pushed in, causing crashes and spinouts.I-70 westbound was closed Friday night at Ward Road after six cars and a semi crashed, according to the Wheat Ridge Police Department.Police posted about the crash just before 9 p.m. and said no injuries were reported at the scene. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Traffic cameras from along the interstate showed traffic at a standstill. A photo provided by the police department showed the interstate covered in snow as it continued to fall during the Friday night storm.Meanwhile, I-70 eastbound was closed near Exit 243: Hidden Valley and Exit 251: Floyd Hill, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Colorado State Patrol said around 9:40 p.m. that multiple vehicles had spun out, and a commercial vehicle lost its trailer. The trailer was blocking all four lanes of the interstate.State Patrol said detour...

Do you know what to do if your car skids?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado driving school is making sure the next generation of drivers is prepared for all the weather elements.DriveSafe Driving Schools offers a "Defensive Skills Day," a one-day defensive driving course that teaches drivers how to stay safe in emergencies. What to do when your car skids on snowy roads?Jake Dinwiddie, a senior lead instructor with DriveSafe Driving Schools, said throughout the course they focus on precision driving, obstacle avoidance and skid control."If the back of your car turns to the right, you’re going to turn the wheel to the right to try and straighten back out,” Dinwiddie said. “If your car goes left, you’re going to turn the wheel back left. You hope it happens one time, but it could even happen where it goes back and forth for a little bit and you’re going to be switching." After I-76 crash, first responders plead: Don’t drink and drive He said it’s important to stay calm, keep your feet off the pedals and keep your ey...

Donovan Mitchell scores 27, Cavaliers use pair of 15-0 runs to top Heat 111-99

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Darius Garland shook off early foul trouble to score 18 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 111-99 on Friday night.Georges Niang scored 13 and Max Strus added 11 in his first road game against his former team. The Cavaliers are now 7-3 on the road this season — tied with Oklahoma City and Minnesota for the best such mark in the NBA.“We keep talking about the same thing,” Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “Every night, we can control whether or not we’re the best team on the floor. Are we the most competitive? Are we the most selfless? And when the guys do that, the talent rises.”Cleveland is 13-3 this season when holding teams under 120 points. The Cavs are 0-6 when teams score at least 120.Josh Richardson and Kyle Lowry each scored 17 points for the Heat, who have lost five of their last seven. Jimmy Butler scored 16, Caleb Martin added 15, former Cavaliers forward Kevin Love had 14 points an...

2 children dead, 1 person hurt in police pursuit crash

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Two children were killed Friday and another person was taken to the hospital after a police pursuit crash in the Mountain View neighborhood, authorities said.The pursuit started around 6:14 p.m. at 32nd Street and Oceanview Boulevard in Logan Heights, the San Diego Police Department told FOX 5. The suspect then led officers to Interstate 805 southbound, where the suspect vehicle exited the freeway and onto 43rd Street, according to police. The suspect vehicle then crashed into another car, causing the suspect to leave the car and run from the scene. San Diego police sergeant injured, suspect killed after shootout in 4S Ranch Two kids, possibly three and five years old, were taken to the hospital, where they both died, police confirmed. Another person was taken to the hospital in unknown condition.A person is in police custody at this time, but it is uncertain if that person is the suspect.Check back for updates on this developing story.

As UN climate talks near crunch time, activists plan ‘day of action’ to press negotiators

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests aimed at pressuring nations to move decisively to stop climate change were expected to be their most intense yet on Saturday, a “Global Day of Action” with events at United Nations-led talks in Dubai and around the world.If activists needed any additional energy, they may have gotten it with reports that OPEC’s chief had urged its oil-producing members to reject any agreement that targets fossil fuels for a speedy phase-out. It’s the central issue as talks head into their final days, as activists and experts have warned that the world must quickly reduce use of the oil, gas and coal that is causing dangerous warming.Mohamed Adow, director of Power Shift Africa, called the Dec. 6 letter from OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais, reported by several news organizations, “shameful” and said “the writing is on the wall for dirty energy.”“The reality is if the world is going to save itself, it cannot be held back by a small band o...

Reports: Scott Eby, man serving life sentence for murder of Wilmington toddler, dies in prison

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

CHICAGO — Scott Eby, a man who was serving a life sentence for the murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox in 2004, has died, according to reports. The Chicago Tribune reports that Eby, who was 52 years old, died in prison on Thursday.Riley Fox was kidnapped from her home in June of 2004 and was later found dead in a creek in Wilmington. Charges filed against man accused of burglarizing 8 Chicago businesses Riley's father, Kevin Fox, was wrongly charged with the murder of his daughter and spent eight months in jail before he was exonerated. He died in a crash in Arkansas back in March. In 2010, Eby, a sex offender who was already serving time in prison, confessed to the rape and murder of the Wilmington toddler and was sentenced to life in prison. Authorities have not confirmed the cause of Eby's death. 

Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling allowing pregnant woman to have emergency abortion

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court said it needs more time to weigh in on a lower court ruling which would have allowed a Dallas woman to get an emergency abortion, the Center for Reproductive Rights said in a news release.On Thursday, a Travis County judge issued a temporary restraining order on the state's abortion ban, which granted Kate Cox permission to seek the procedure.Cox learned she was pregnant for a third time in August, and doctors told her last week her baby was at a high risk for a condition known as Trisomy 18. Judge allows Texas woman to have abortion for fatal fetal diagnosis, challenging state ban According to a lawsuit, this means there is a very high likelihood of miscarriage or stillbirth and low survival rates, which could potentially impact her future fertility.Earlier on Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton's office sent a letter to three hospitals and threatened legal action if any of them allowed the abortion to be performed at their faci...

Texas high school football playoff scores for Friday, Dec. 8

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bellville stuffed Wimberley at the 1-yard line on a 2-point conversion attempt to tie the game and the Brahmas escaped The Pfield with a 35-33 win over the Texans in a Class 4A Division II semifinal.Liberty Hill fell to Port Neches-Groves 42-35 in a Class 5A Division II semifinal at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium in Cypress. Westlake has been waiting all season to get another shot at North Shore in state semifinals Westlake takes on Galena Park North Shore at 3 p.m., Saturday at The Pfield in Class 6A Division I action. All four 6A semifinal games are scheduled for Saturday. Here are the scores from state semifinal games from around Texas played Thursday and Friday.State semifinal scores from around TexasClass 5A Division IAledo 43, Forney 7Smithson Valley 49, Brownsville Veteran's Memorial 21State championshipAledo (15-0) vs. Smithson Valley (14-1), 7 p.m., Dec. 15, AT&T StadiumClass 5A Division IIPort Neches-Groves 42, Liberty Hill 35South Oak Cliff 36, Frisco Emerson 2...

Wild rally with a big second period, but Oilers’ power play goals are the difference

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Wild bounced back from their first loss under John Hynes on Friday, rallying to take a couple of leads on the streaking Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place.In the end, however, the Wild lost the game and maybe one of their two best defenseman on a reckless hit by Edmonton’s Evander Kane in the third period of the Oilers’ 4-3 victory.Evan Bouchard scored the Oilers’ first and last goals, and Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each added one as Edmonton won its sixth straight time. Minnesota has now lost two straight after winning their first four games under new head coach John Hynes.Matt Boldy continued his resurgence with an active game that netted a goal and an assist, and Joel Eriksson Ek scored his team-leading 13th goal for the Wild, who fell behind 1-0 in the first period before taking two second-period leads on goals by Eriksson Ek and Connor Dewar.Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 36 of 40 shots.But the Oilers solved the Wild’s penalty kill, which was rebounding u...

Wolves rout Memphis, improve to NBA-best 17-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:00:47 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 points, Rudy Gobert had 16 points, 20 rebounds and six blocks and the NBA-leading Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away in the third quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 127-103 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory.Mike Conley added 19 points and seven assists to help Minnesota improve to 17-4. Gobert had 20 rebounds for the second straight game.Troy Brown Jr., who replaced the injured Anthony Edwards early in the game, scored 20 points, connecting on 8 of 10 shots, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range.“I think that’s a strength of our team,” Gobert said about the balanced scoring, along with Minnesota’s defense. “We’ve got a lot of guys that can play. A lot of guys that can score, and we have an unselfish team.”Edwards, Minnesota’s leading scorer at 25.7 points a game, left four minutes in because of right hip pointer and didn’t return. Edwards missed two recent games with the same injury.“He came ...