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Denver area homeownership highest since 2009

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver area homeownership is the highest it's been since the nation was spiraling into the effects of the Great Recession. Colorado real estate, both in and outside the capital metro, has been booming since the early 2010s following the housing market crash of the late 2000s. As Colorado became a popular destination for those looking for a new state, property values and home building rates recovered. Apartment values rise higher than homes in Denver, Boulder Homeownership rates have not recovered smoothly in an era of rapid growth, but they have climbed higher than any point in the last 12 years, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The Denver metro's homeownership rate was 67.7% in the final quarter of 2022, the highest since the first quarter of 2009.The metro homeownership rate had climbed as high as 67.5% in 2015 but quickly fell again as more and more people poured into Colorado. Still, the homeownership rate is not what it was before the Great Recession. In...

Camas teens ride tank to prom flanked by Portland’s ‘Unipiper’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

CAMAS, Washington (KPTV) — More than two months ago, Sherman Bynum and his friends decided they wanted to go to their Camas, Wash. prom in a World War II tank.Saturday night, they made it happen.“I think the quote that we’ve been repeating a lot today is, ‘today’s the day, man,’” Bynum said. “We’re feeling really good, and we woke up ready to go.”Bynum’s best friend, Sam Tetro, added, “We’ve been going back and forth about how nervous, but super hyped up that we are about it.”Bynum said he fell in love with tanks and got the idea to ride in one to his junior prom. Soon after, he stumbled across Steve Greenberg, who just so happens to own an M3A1 WWII tank in Portland. He said it would cost a thousand bucks.That’s when Bynum said he and Tetro put together a GoFundMe. Quickly, they got the money to hire Greenberg and his tank.“I’ve been collecting these since high school,” Greenberg said as he gestured to his tank, “and now I’m 65. If it wasn’t for tanks and the guys who drove t...

Palestinian militants in Gaza fire rockets toward Israel

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets on Tuesday, the Israeli military said, following the death of a high-profile Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody after a nearly three-month-long hunger strike.The death of 45-year-old Khader Adnan, a prominent leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group, has outraged Palestinian militants and leaders and raised fears of a retaliation. Earlier Tuesday, militants in Gaza fired a volley of rockets toward empty fields in Israel.The Israeli military said that Palestinian militants in Gaza launched 22 rockets toward Israeli territory later Tuesday. Four rockets were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, the military added.A 25-year-old man was seriously wounded in the attack, Israeli medics reported.Palestinian armed groups have long vowed to strike Israel if a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner such as Adnan — celebrated as a national hero for his resistance to Israel — died in Israel...

Transit Police searching for suspect in assault at Mass Ave MBTA station

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

Transit Police are searching for a suspect in an assault at the Mass Ave MBTA station last week. On April 26 at 10:45 p.m., police say the suspect asked another man for money and to borrow a cell phone. The victim denied the request and was struck in the face with a closed fist. Anyone who recognizes the suspect or has any information about the incident is asked to call police at (617) 222-1050.https://twitter.com/MBTATransitPD/status/1653391195626668035

Dog gets head stuck in tree trunk in Milford, NH

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

A dog in Milford, New Hampshire got into a real jam when he got his head stuck in a tree trunk. The dog was exploring the area on Saturday when he got into some trouble. Local fire crews responded and they were able to set the dog free without hurting him. The dog’s owners say they will try to keep a closer eye on their curious guy in the future.

Tractor-trailer rolls over on ramp from Mass Pike to I-290 in Auburn

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

A tractor-trailer rolled over on the ramp from the Mass Pike Eastbound to the I-290/Route 12 split in Auburn Tuesday morning, according to state police. Police say the truck rolled off the road and down an embankment near the highway. The driver was not injured. The truck is set to be removed Tuesday night after the evening commute to minimize the impact of closing the ramp. No additional information has been released. https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1653371245407133696

Falling utility box strikes woman at Red Line’s Harvard Station

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

A falling piece of equipment at the Red Line’s Harvard Station struck a woman who was transported to the hospital for evaluation.The MBTA said the equipment was a utility box and that it “slid down a column” Monday evening and struck the woman.The area was cordoned off by T staff.The T said it is still working to determine what caused the equipment to detach and strike the passenger, who has not been identified.“We are working to determine what caused the equipment to detach from its mounting. We will take all necessary measures to protect our riders and employees and secure our infrastructure for safer service,” the agency said in a tweet.The equipment failure at Harvard Station Monday comes just two months after a heavy, water-logged ceiling tile fell and very nearly struck a person who was walking below.That incident, also at Harvard Station, was captured on video.The  T at the time said it was taking steps to remove all similar soundproofing panels at Harvard and other stations ...

‘Sundown’ folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84.Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not immediately available.One of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot recorded 20 studio albums and penned hundreds of songs, including “Carefree Highway,” “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”In the 1970s, Lightfoot garnered five Grammy nominations, three platinum records and nine gold records for albums and singles. He performed in well over 1,500 concerts and recorded 500 songs.He toured late into his life. Just last month he canceled upcoming U.S. and Canadian shows, citing health issues.“We have lost one of our greatest singer-songwriters,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted. “Gordon Lightfoot captured our co...

Bride killed leaving wedding reception when speeding DUI driver slams golf cart

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. — A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said.Data retrieved from Jamie Lee Komoroski’s rental car indicated she was driving 65 mph and only briefly hit the brakes before she hit the golf cart around 10 p.m. Friday on Folly Beach, investigators said.The speed limit on the island near Charleston is 25 mph (40 kph).Samantha Miller, 34, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died in the wreck, according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office.Miller had just got married hours earlier, Folly Beach Public Safety Department Director Andrew Gilreath said.Three others in the golf cart including the groom were injured. Gilreath said the golf cart had lights and was legal to drive at night.The groom’s mother created an online fund to pay for her daughter-in-law’s funeral and her son’s medical bills. It included a pho...

Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:30:57 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter.Tou Thao, who already had been convicted in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights, was last of the four former officers facing judgment in state court in Floyd’s killing. He rejected a plea agreement and, instead of going to trial, let Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill decide the verdict based on written filings by each side and evidence presented in previous cases. His 177-page ruling, filed Monday night, was released Tuesday.“Thao’s actions were not authorized by law. … There is proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Thao’s actions were objectively unreasonable from the perspective of a reasonable police officer, when viewed under the totality of the circumstances,” Cahill wrote.Prosecutors argued in their filings in January that Thao “acted without courage and displaye...