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Man dies in head-on crash in Aurora

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- One man died and another was in critical condition after a head-on crash in Aurora early Sunday morning.The Aurora Police Department responded to the crash near the intersection of East 6th Avenue and North Fulton Street just before 2 a.m.A Pontiac Firebird was westbound on 6th Avenue and a Nissan Murano was eastbound.Police said the Firebird drifted into oncoming traffic and collided with the Murano head-on. Woman shot after road rage incident with stolen vehicle, Aurora PD says The man driving the Firebird was declared dead on the scene. The driver of the Murano was taken to a local hospital and remained in critical condition.APD said "possible intoxication and lack of seatbelt by either driver" appeared to be contributing factors.The crash remained under investigation by the Aurora PD Traffic Investigations Unit.The identity of the man who died will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office.Aurora PD said it was the eighth traffic-related fata...

Sleepy? 10 top-rated coffee shops in Denver

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you are feeling extra groggy after losing an hour of sleep thanks to springing forward for Daylight Saving Time, a cup of joe might be what you need.Here is a look at 10 of the top-rated coffee shops in the Denver metro area, according to Google reviews. Denver coffee shop ranked among top in the US All of the coffee shops on this list have at least 4.5 stars and 700 reviews:Corvus Coffee Roasters– 4.7 stars for 1,379 reviewsLittle Owl Coffee- 4.7 stars for 893 reviewsStella’s Coffee Haus– 4.6 stars for 1,473 reviewsThe Bardo Coffee House- 4.6 stars for 1,132 reviewsCrema Coffee House- 4.6 stars for 1,182 reviewsHuckleberry Roasters– 4.6 stars for 813 reviewsPablo’s Coffee– 4.6 stars for 811 reviewsProdigy Coffeehouse- 4.6 stars for 753 reviewsThe Molecule Effect– 4.6 stars for 720 reviewsThump Coffee– 4.5 stars for 1,076 reviewsDaylight Saving Time will end on Nov. 5 and clocks will fall back an hour.

Orioles minor leaguer Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano dies at 20 from cancer

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

Orioles minor league pitcher Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano died from cancer Saturday. He was 20 years old.“Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the passing of minor league pitcher Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano,” the team said in a statement Sunday morning. “We will miss his passion and love for the game of baseball, and we extend our deepest condolences to his family.“Luis was an inspiration to all who knew him, especially as he courageously battled cancer. We hope that the cherished and treasured memories of Luis will be a comfort for his family and friends during this devastating time.”Ortiz, a left-hander, received one of the higher bonuses in Baltimore’s initial 27-player international signing class in 2019, their first significant investment in that marketplace under executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and senior director of international scouting Koby Perez. He pitched in seven games in the Florida Complex League in 2...

Aaron Rodgers on his upcoming decision following Jets meeting: ‘Stay tuned’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

Jets fans have patiently awaited Aaron Rodgers’ decision after the team met with him last week.While Rodgers continues to keep the NFL world in the darkness, even he knows there’s a “time limit.”During an interview Saturday with former Jets wide receiver and current I Am Athlete host Brandon Marshall at a flag football charity event, Rodgers said “it won’t be long” until he decides whether to stay with the Packers, retire or request a trade.“It is always interesting meeting important figures in the sport,” Rodgers said about meeting with the Jets. “It is always interesting, it’s all I’m giving you. That’s all I’m giving you.”“Stay tuned,” it won’t be long. There’s a time limit for all of this.”Last Tuesday, Jets owner Woody Johnson, general manager Joe Douglas, coach Robert Saleh and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett flew to California to meet with Rodgers ho...

8 dead after 2 pangas overturn near Black's Beach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Eight people are dead after two pangas overturned near Black's Beach overnight in what officials are calling a "mass migration incident."Lifeguards responded to an area near Black's Beach after receiving a call around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson. The caller stated she was on a panga with eight people who had made it to shore and that another panga had capsized, with several people in the water. Lifeguards and Customs and Border Protection officers arrived and found eight bodies and two overturned pangas, SDFD said.Agencies continued their search Sunday morning.A news conference will be held at 10 a.m. Watch in the video player above.

8 dead, 7 missing after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

At least eight people were killed when two suspected smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach and one capsized, and crews are searching Sunday for an estimated seven additional victims, authorities said.A woman on one of the panga-style boats called 911 late Saturday to report that the other vessel had overturned in waves off Blacks Beach, according to U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm.“The woman who called stated that the boat that overturned had 15 people on it, but that was just an estimate,” Brahm said.Coast Guard and San Diego Fire-Rescue crews pulled eight bodies from the water, but thick fog hampered the search for additional victims. A Coast Guard cutter combed the area early Sunday, and officials hoped to get helicopters in the air when weather improves, Brahm said.Daniel Eddy, San Diego Fire-Rescue’s deputy chief of operations, said there was a long debris field on Black’s Beach. Black’s Beach is jointly owned by the city of San...

Much of Florida Keys loses water pressure after main break

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Much of the Florida Keys lost water pressure after a water main broke, blocking traffic along the main roadway on the chain of islands and forcing businesses to close early. It was the third time a water main broke in the past week in the Florida Keys.The water leak was first reported Saturday night in an area between Tavernier and Islamorada and was finished being repaired less than 12 hours later, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority said in a tweet.“Customers will gradually see water pressures increase thru out the day,” the authority tweeted Sunday morning.As a precautionary measure, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority issued a boil water alert through Wednesday once water returned for residents and businesses impacted by the outage.Traffic on U.S. 1 was diverted to the Old Highway while repairs were made to the water main, but the roadway reopened Sunday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.The Associated Press

Sister grieves for American killed in Mexico kidnapping

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — Prepping for his first trip out of the country, 28-year-old Zindell Brown of Lake City, South Carolina, had something more than nerves. Perhaps it was a premonition about the trip he and several friends were taking to Mexico.“He said, ‘Something, it just doesn’t feel right,’” his older sister Zalandria Brown told The Associated Press over the phone. “(That was) the last thing we talked about.”Hopping into protection mode for the man so close to her that she called him her “hip bone,” Brown urged her brother to not take the trip planned earlier this month. As someone known to help others, however, Brown wasn’t surprised her sibling shook off the feeling and offered to drive with his group of childhood friends on a road trip to Mexico, where one was scheduled for cosmetic surgery and another planned to celebrate his 34th birthday. The inside of a rented white van would be the last place Brown would see her baby brother alive. Sometime during the nearly 22-...

Can the chaos from Silicon Valley Bank’s fall be contained?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank? Is it even politically possible?That was one of the growing questions in Washington Sunday as policymakers tried to figure out whether the U.S. government — and its taxpayers — should bail out a failed bank that largely served Silicon Valley, with all its wealth and power.Prominent Silicon Valley personalities and executives have been hitting the giant red “panic” button, saying that if Washington does not come to the rescue of Silicon Valley bank’s depositors, more bank runs are likely this week.“Either deposits in the U.S. are safe or they’re not. If not, look out below,” David Sacks of Craft Ventures, who is closely tied to billionaires Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, wrote on Twitter on Sunday.Silicon Valley Bank failed on Friday, as fearful depositors withdrew billions of dollars from the bank in a matter of hours, forcing U.S. banking regulators to urgently close the bank in the...

Italy estimates 680K migrants might cross sea from Libya

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:44:51 GMT

ROME (AP) — Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday, but a U.N. migration official called the number not credible. Tommaso Foti, the lower parliamentary house whip for the Brothers of Italy Party, told television channel Tgcom24 the Italian secret services estimated that 685,000 migrants in Libya, many of them in detention camps, were eager to sail across the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats.Meloni is hoping a European Union meeting later this month yields concrete solidarity from fellow leaders of EU nations in managing the large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers who come to countries on the Mediterranean’s rim, including Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Spain as well as Italy.“Europe can’t look the other way,″ Foti said.While the intelligence services assessment sparked alarming headlines in Italy, a spokesperson f...