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Commerce City approves new safety measure after deadly hit-and-run near school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) -- On Monday night, the Commerce City Council approved the placement of speed bumps around all schools.The decision comes on the heels of last week’s fatal hit-and-run of a 16-year-old near a school.That specific intersection is technically in Adams County, but ahead of Monday's meeting, the city said they are looking to improve traffic safety and are also working with Adams County to prevent future incidents.“This will actually be mid-block,” Commerce City Mayor Benjamin Huseman told reporters. “It will help to slow vehicles down. Also, provide another, safer means for their kids and their families to be able to cross the street, to and from school.” Juvenile injured in shooting outside Green Valley Ranch Airbnb Huseman says the speed bumps will be approximately 8-10 feet long and should be in place by the fall.Meantime, at 76th Avenue and Leyden Street, the makeshift memorial for Kara Kincaid continues to grow.Monday afternoon, Kincaid’s Mother, along...

Middle school teacher accused of sexually assaulting student

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- A middle school teacher in Larimer County was accused of sexually assaulting a former student in the early 2000s.Robert Denise, 59, was arrested and booked into the Larimer County Jail on Sunday.In January, a former student of Cache La Poudre Middle School contacted law enforcement about two incidents involving Denise, who had been employed by the school since 1995.The victim told investigators that, during his time as a student in the early 2000s, Denise inappropriately touched him on several occasions. Juvenile injured in shooting outside Green Valley Ranch Airbnb After a thorough investigation, an arrest warrant was issued for Denise, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said.Investigators are concerned that there may be other victims. Anyone with information about unreported incidents of inappropriate conduct or abuse was asked to contact investigator Ryan Gebhardt at 970-498-5586.People can also contact the Crime Stoppers of Larimer County at 9...

Letecia Stauch's daughter testifies in murder trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Letecia Stauch’s daughter, Harley Hunt, testified in her mother’s trial Monday.Hunt stated the last time she saw her mom was in March of 2020, on the day of her mother’s arrest. She was quickly moved to tears on the stand when she identified 11-year-old Gannon. Hunt told the court that on Feb. 1, 2020, her mom rented a white van and they left the state on a road trip. Prosecutor Dave Young asked Hunt if she asked her mom where they were going. Hydrocodone found during Gannon Stauch’s autopsy “Yeah, the destination changed multiple times,” Hunt said. “I remember she just kept saying, like, ‘Where do you want to live?’”Young asked Hunt if she noticed anything unusual or smelled anything in the back of the van. She said no to both questions.Hunt acknowledged that she understood that the attorneys were asking about a smell to see if she smelled Gannon’s body in a suitcase while on the road. “The thought just never came across my mind, I just never...

Shipping insurance won’t pay for lost product

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

She had a few pieces of jewelry she mailed out and smartly got insurance in case it didn’t make it. It didn’t. It was stolen, and when she filed for insurance to replace the jewelry, she was told, we aren’t paying. You might not believe why, which is why she called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.Imagine Rafaella’s day, with three boys, two dogs, a turtle.Now add a cat and a couple of chickens.Rafaella Correa-Pinto: “I love the craziness with all these chickens. I kind of like a little bit of the craziness. It makes the day very different every day. It’s a lot of fun.” Throw in their full-time jobs and Rafaella and her husband are busy, but she still finds time to take care of herself.Rafaella Correa-Pinto: “I had my initials on it. I like my jewelry. I am a girly girl. I like my my things, you know?”Recently, she had these three pieces of jewelry that needed work done.Rafaella Correa-Pinto: “I sent one of my favorite pa...

Country Club Middle School teacher arrested after allegations of inappropriate conduct with students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

A middle school teacher has been arrested after allegations of inappropriate conduct with students.Mohammed Ahmed, 28, faces charges of offenses against students by authority figures, as well as tampering with a victim or witness, a second-degree felony, and child abuse without great bodily harm.He was arrested Monday. He teaches social studies at Country Club Middle School in Northwest Miami-Dade.In a statement, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, said, “Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled by the allegations of inappropriate conduct made against this individual. When administration was alerted of the claims, he was removed from the school setting. After a thorough investigation by the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, this individual was subsequently arrested. The District has initiated employment termination proceedings, and will ensure the individual is precluded from seeking future employment with the District.”Ahmed was booked at Turner Guilford Kn...

Ukraine could be looking at another Maidan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — “I was on the streets for the Orange Revolution when I was in my last year at university in 2004, and I was on the streets again in 2014. So, the 10-year mark of when we tend to mount revolutions is approaching,” said Inna Sovsun, an opposition lawmaker for Ukraine’s liberal pro-European Holos party.And she suspects there’s another political upheaval on its way.Sat in a café overlooking Kyiv’s Independence Square, where nearly a decade ago hundreds of thousands of frustrated Ukrainians protested and toppled Viktor Yanukovych — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s satrap — the 38-year-old mother-of-one, whose partner is now serving as a combat doctor in Bakhmut, said the next uprising will aim to complete the work of the previous two Maidans, democratizing Ukraine and finally flushing out the corruption that’s been hampering the country’s development for decades.The 2014 Maidan Revolution had unforeseen consequences, of co...

Eastern Europeans face Brussels backlash over Ukraine grain bans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

European Union politicians and officials have rounded on the front-line Eastern states of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia for imposing import bans on Ukrainian farm produce, denouncing the curbs as illegal and counterproductive.The three countries banned imports of Ukrainian grain and other food products over recent days, arguing the export surplus had flooded their markets and threatened the livelihoods of local farmers. The curbs have set the group on a collision course with Brussels while at the same time threatening the EU’s fragile solidarity in backing Ukraine’s fightback against Russia’s war of aggression.EU diplomats believe the import bans contravene both international and EU law — and will fail to achieve their goals.“Unilateral bans of individual countries won’t solve anything,” Czech Minister of Agriculture Zdeněk Nekula said.“We must find agreement throughout the EU on the rules under which agricultural commodities will transit fro...

Bank bailout reforms spark clash between Brussels and governments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

The European Commission is on collision course with a group of EU capitals, led by Berlin, over plans to reform rules for bailouts of failing banks.The bloc’s executive wants to stop countries throwing public money at smaller lenders, which have until now escaped tougher rules and have continued tapping the public purse. Governments are worried they will end up footing the bill for collapses in other countries.The proposals, due to be published on Tuesday, were described as “contentious” by one EU diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. The ensuing battle between the Commission and governments over the final shape of the legislation is likely to last months.A spate of banking failures in the U.S. has thrust the terror of bank runs and financial contagion from panicking depositors back into the spotlight. Despite that, the Commission isn’t going to find it easy to toughen up the EU’s regime.It’s just th...

Marchand, NHL-best Bruins top Panthers 3-1 in Game 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored his 50th career playoff goal, David Pastrnak and Jake DeBrusk also scored, and the NHL-best Boston Bruins opened the playoffs by beating the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Monday night.Linus Ullmark, a Vezina Trophy candidate who led the league in wins (40), goals-against average (1.89) and save percentage (.938), stopped 31 shots and Tyler Bertuzzi added two assists for Boston, which controlled the game even with captain Patrice Bergeron sitting out because of illness.Matthew Tkachuk scored for the Panthers and Alex Lyon made 26 saves but gave up Marchand’s goal on a relatively easy shot.Game 2 is Wednesday night in Boston.The Bruins captured the Presidents’ Trophy, setting NHL records in points (135) and wins (65). Florida, last season’s No. 1 seed, earned the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot with a late-season push.It’s the first playoff matchup between a No. 1 seed and the Presidents’ winner from the previous season since the award w...

Mets Notebook: Brett Baty ready for second shot in big leagues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:04 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Brett Baty knew that his next major league call-up would be out of his control. Throughout spring training, the Mets’ third base prospect tried to remind himself that all he could do was go out there and try to make the club’s decision as tough as possible.Baty finally got that second call Monday when the Mets promoted him from Triple-A Syracuse. He controlled what he could control and he excelled so much in Triple-A that the Mets had to give him a shot.“Like I said all spring training, it wasn’t my decision and I just kind of had to roll with it,” Baty said Monday at Dodger Stadium. “I was grateful for the opportunity to go down there and play with those guys and then grateful for this opportunity to come up here.”Baty forced the club’s hand by crushing the ball and playing excellent defense in Triple-A.“I’ve always gone into every single day just trying to be the most consistent player that I can be,&#...