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Crews begin work on washed-out portion of US 285

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

MORRISON, Colo. (KDVR) — Specialty crews contracted by the Colorado Department of Transportation are starting temporary fixes on U.S. 285 where repeated rain washed out part of the highway into a steep embankment.This section of the highway is U.S. 285 northbound, just north of Parmalee Gulch. It is built on a large embankment, where rock and soil material was filled in to bring the highway up out of the bottom of the canyon and make room for four lanes of traffic. The embankment is about 40-45 degrees steep and runoff from several days of heavy rain caused the washout.At first the signs of the erosion, CDOT maintenance crews responded with temporary measures to prevent further damage, including a closure of the right lane on northbound U.S. 285.  Severe storm threat for Denver area On Thursday, an emergency contractor brought crews on site to begin temporary repairs that will stabilize the ground immediately below the roadway, allowing CDOT to reopen the lane that was closed...

Denver weather: Storms to bring heavy rain Thursday afternoon, evening

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will turn stormy Thursday evening with scattered storms bringing heavy rain to parts of eastern Colorado. Storms could cause minor flooding in flood-prone areas due to their high rainfall rate and slow-moving nature. Weather tonight: Showers and storms Storms will develop Thursday afternoon and slowly push east across the Front Range and plains. The biggest threat with these storms will be the heavy rainfall.Minor flooding is possible due to the soil still being wet from last week's storms. Some roads will develop standing water in areas that get hit. There will be several rounds of rain showers and storms throughout the afternoon and evening with showers staying in the forecast overnight into early Friday. Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s and low 50s overnight with mostly cloudy skies. Weather tomorrow: Early showers clear outIsolated showers will stay in the forecast for the first half of Friday before drier weather returns during the...

Thieves break into $1M yacht at Venetian Isle Marina, steal $15K in property

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

There was a high-priced break-in at a Miami marina.Thieves broke into into a 39-foot yacht that is valued at $1 million and was docked at the Venetian Isle Marina along Bayshore Drive.More than $15,000 dollars worth of property were ripped out and stolen in the overnight hours of Monday night and Tuesday morning, according to the owner.City of Miami Police are investigating.

World Cup officials reveal Boston host city logo for 2026 World Cup

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

World Cup officials and local leaders alike were getting ready for kickoff Thursday, unveiling branding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, some of which will be played locally in Massachusetts. Boston was selected as one of 16 host cities spanning the US, Mexico and Canada for the 2026 tournament, with Gillette Stadium in Foxboro serving as the actual venue for the games. â€œWe are ready,” Gov. Maura Healey said this week. https://twitter.com/FWC26Boston/status/16592878159123169282026 will mark the first time the area has hosted a men’s World Cup since 1994. â€œWhen I go back to ‘94 and the world we’re living in now, we need the World Cup more than ever,” New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft said. Speaking in Boston, Kraft said he’s excited to see communities from all over the world come together, celebrating and experiencing what New ...

Car rushes Vatican gate, is fired on by gendarmes; driver apprehended after reaching courtyard

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

ROME (AP) — A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate Thursday evening and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by police, the Holy See said.Vatican gendarmes fired a shot at the speeding car’s front tires after it rushed the gate, but the vehicle managed to continue on its way, the Vatican press office said in a statement late Thursday.Once the car reached the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, the driver got out and was immediately arrested by Vatican gendarmes. The Vatican said the driver was about 40 years old and was in a “serious state of psychophysical alteration.”It wasn’t clear if Pope Francis was anywhere near the incident, which occurred after 8 p.m. at the Santa Anna gate, one of the main entrances to the Vatican City State in the heart of Rome.Francis lives on the other side of Vatican City at the Santa Marta hotel, where at that hour he would normally be ha...

Healey chips away at housing crisis with $250M in awards

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey added a drop into the state’s nearly empty affordable home bucket Thursday during a trip to Lowell where she announced about $250 million in direct subsidies, state and federal housing tax credits aimed at addressing the statewide shortage of homes.Healey’s announcement of 27 project awards spread across 20 separate Massachusetts cities and towns comes as the state stares down a veritable housing catastrophe, with some estimates saying the commonwealth needs more than 100,000 new units built just to meet current demand.The awards, which Healey’s staff say will create 1,600 new units, demonstrate her administration’s commitment to tackling the housing issue head on, according to the governor.“These are the types of projects that our Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities will be driving in close collaboration with local, federal and private sector partners to address our housing crisis,” the governor said.Newly appointed Secretary of Housing...

Some states hope to move climate-threatened species, but others say no way

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

Alex Brown | Stateline.org (TNS)North Carolina might need to move a snail.A tiny mollusk known as the magnificent ramshorn has long made its home in the state’s freshwater coastal ponds. But sea level rise and storm surges are making those ponds saltier, and the snail can’t tolerate salt. The coastal plain that was once the species’ habitat has no snails left — the only surviving members are bred in captivity.The state hopes to reintroduce the snail in one remaining pond, but little of the habitat where it once lived can now support it.“There are very few places that exist in its known historic range that would still be suitable for it to live,” said Kyle Briggs, chief deputy director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.If the magnificent ramshorn is to flourish in the wild again, it may well have to be somewhere new. It’s among many species that are finding their long-established habitats increasingly inhospitable because of warmer temperatures, rising oceans, wildf...

Amid DeSantis fight, Disney pulls plug on $1 billion Orlando campus

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

Amid its political feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney is dropping plans to build a nearly $1 billion corporate campus in Orlando’s Lake Nona neighborhood that would have brought 2,000 high-paying jobs to the Central Florida.In 2021, Disney paid $46.4 million for 58 acres that it planned to turn into a complex for its creative team, Imagineering, and other jobs. The average salary of the positions was cited as $120,000.But in a memo to employees Thursday, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro attributed the project’s cancellation to “changing business conditions,” without mentioning The Walt Disney Co.’s escalating battle with the governor.“Given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project, including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with construction of the campus. This was not an easy decision to make, but I believe it is the right one,” his messag...

2 killed, several hurt in Mission Bay crash

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

SAN DIEGO — Two people were killed and four others were injured Thursday after a crash in the Mission Bay area, officials confirmed.The crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. near Quivira Avenue and West Mission Bay Drive, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.According to police, a motorcyclist was traveling over 100 miles per hour, driving in the bike lane to avoid other vehicles, when the motorcycle collided with a Toyota Prius making a right turn on a green light.The motorcyclist was ejected from their vehicle and died from their injuries.The Prius had five people inside the vehicle at the time of the crash. One of the passengers, who police say was may have been a minor, was killed in the crash.The other four occupants were transported to nearby hospitals with varying injuries, including an infant who did not suffer major injuries, according to officials. Man accused of killing 2 sisters on Mother’s Day pleads not guilty According to police, the five people inside t...

Ex-wife of D.C. sniper raising awareness of connection between mass shooting and domestic violence

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:10:09 GMT

Mildred Muhammad escaped a years-long abusive relationship with her ex-husband John Huhammad before he became notoriously known as the D.C. sniper, the gunman was behind the random shooting deaths of 17 people in the Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2002.“Law enforcement didn’t tell the public that I was the intended target although the theory was that he was killing innocent people to cover up murder so he could come in as the grieving father and gain custody of our children … a domestic violence child custody issue,” said Muhammad.Now, Muhammad is raising awareness of the connection between domestic violence and mass shootings.The man behind the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando that killed 49 people was accused of repeatedly assaulting his wife before the rampage.And an inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting showed the gunman had a long history of domestic violence in his family, going back generations.“Most mass shootings start at home with terrorizing the family and ...