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Freeland leads Rockies to 1-0 win over Nats in home opener

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland pitched four-hit ball over 6 2/3 innings, Jurickson Profar made several nifty catches in left field and the Colorado Rockies won their home opener 1-0 over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.Kris Bryant drove in the only run with a single in the fifth. It was the 12th 1-0 game in Denver — the 11th at Coors Field — and first since July 4, 2018, when Colorado beat San Francisco. Milwaukee, Denver wrap up No. 1 seeds in NBA playoffs It was a quick game at Coors Field, too, taking 2 hours, 18 minutes. Last season’s home opener lasted 3:09.Freeland (2-0), who is from Denver, struck out five and walked two before turning things over to the bullpen. Another Denver product, Pierce Johnson, pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.Profar put on a fielding exhibition in left, beginning with his first-inning leaping grab at the wall. What added to the difficulty was fending off a fan’s glove that was reaching over for a souvenir.He was far from done. He made ...

Boulder has one of the smallest shares of education degree-holders in US

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Educators are a small part of the labor pool in Colorado. The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey records the percentage of every metro area's residents with bachelor's degrees and what each of them studied. Colorado cities have some of the country's highest levels of college-educated adults who studied STEM, STEM-related fields or business. Retirees are fleeing Colorado, but one city still attracts them On the other hand, Colorado cities also have some of the lowest levels in the country of degree holders who specifically studied education. In Boulder, only 5.9% of degree holders studied education, the seventh lowest share of nearly 400 areas.Colorado's other cities have low levels of education degree holders, too. Why did Colorado get so expensive? College degrees The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area has the 29th smallest share of education degree holders in the country. Only 8.2% of bachelor's or higher studied education. Similarly, low levels exist in...

16-year-old girl wrangles python from patio in Hollywood

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

A fearless South Florida teen intervened to catch a scaly intruder that slithered into someone’s backyard.Onya Lee Golighty is 16 years old, a high school sophomore, softball player and a lover of all things serpentine since she was the age of 6.“Little Me was like, ‘Wow so cool,'” said Onya.After 10 years of pet ownership with her longtime friend Osceoola, as well as studying these creatures, it all led up to the moment when she grabbed an 11-foot reticulated python from a Hollywood patio, Monday night.“I’m getting ready for bed and got a Ring notification in the neighborhood that said, ‘Giant snake in my backyard, if it’s yours, come get it, and if it’s not, please come get it,” said Daniel Golighty, Onya’s father.“All right, let’s do it,” said Onya. “A lot of people exaggerate, ‘Oh it’s a huge snake,’ and then you’ll get there, you’ll take a look, and it’s liter...

MDPD Bomb Squad assembles special Easter eggs for blind and visually impaired students to participate in egg hunt

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

An Easter egg hunt with a twist was designed to make the day fun for some South Florida students. The event was held at the Miami Lighthouse Academy where each colorful egg made a beeping noise, which allowed blind and visually impaired children to search the eggs by sound. “These kids have a chance now to participate in something that we take for granted, an Easter egg hunt,” said Steadman Stahl, president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association. “Something like that, and there are young kids that do it, and they also vibrate, so the kids that have trouble hearing and seeing could also participate.”The Miami-Dade Police Department Bomb Squad helped assemble the eggs. Since the students couldn’t eat the eggs, they gave them to their teachers and traded them in for some yummy snacks,

Stormy Daniels says she’s ‘absolutely’ willing to testify in Trump hush money trial

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

(CNN) — Stormy Daniels is “absolutely” willing to testify in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, she said in an interview with Piers Morgan, her first comments since the former president pleaded not guilty to charges related to a hush-money payment scheme intended to silence the adult film star.“Having them call me in and put me on the stand legitimizes my story and who I am. And if they don’t, it almost feels like they’re hiding me,” Daniels told TalkTV’s Morgan in an interview that aired Thursday. “And people automatically assume — I would — that, ‘Oh, she must not be a good witness, she’s not credible.'”“So there’s no doubt, if they ask you to testify, you will testify?” Morgan asked Daniels.“Oh, absolutely,” she replied.Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday. Pro...

ONE MORE DRY DAY

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

Happy Thursday, South Florida!Hopefully everyone has been enjoying the start of Spring so far! Steamy temperatures, dry days and breezy conditions pretty much sums up South Florida weather this entire work week. A distant high-pressure system, together with dry air have left South Florida enjoying beautiful blue skies and rain free days. Today was no different as we enjoyed a nice easterly breeze with only a few spotty showers pushing through our area. But the weather pattern will begin to change shortly leaving these quiet spring days a thing of the past. Conditions tonight across South Florida will remain quiet and warm just as they have been in previous days. High pressure over the Atlantic will continue to break down and will allow for a weak front to move closer to Florida in the days to come. But still with dry air in place, Friday across South Florida should remain just as quiet as in previous days.  This will leave South Florida enjoying one more dry day before changes take...

Tennessee House expels Democrat for gun-control protest

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE (Associated Press)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled a Democratic lawmaker from the state Legislature for his role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville.The GOP supermajority in the House declined by a single vote to expel a second Democrat. A vote against a third Democratic lawmaker was upcoming.The 72-25 vote to banish Rep. Justin Jones was a move the chamber has used only a handful times since the Civil War. Most state legislatures possess the power to expel members, but it is normally reserved as a punishment for lawmakers accused of serious misconduct, not as a weapon against political opponents.Rep. Gloria Johnson narrowly avoided being removed. She, along with Rep. Justin Pearson chanted back and forth from the chamber floor last week with gun-control supporters who packed the gallery...

Massachusetts updates how COVID deaths are counted, state virus cases drop 9%

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

State health officials have updated how COVID-19 deaths are counted, limiting COVID-associated deaths to those with COVID listed on the death certificate.The previous COVID death definition in Massachusetts included anyone who had COVID listed as a cause of death on their death certificate, and any individual who had a COVID diagnosis within 30 days — even if they did not have COVID listed as a cause of death on their death certificate.The new definition relies almost exclusively on COVID being listed on a death certificate. The state Department of Public Health is aligning its reporting with the most recent national standard definition.“The updated definition keeps pace with the evolving nature of the impact of COVID-19,” DPH said in a statement. “While COVID can still cause severe disease and death, overall, people are now less likely to die from COVID-related causes than they were earlier in the pandemic.”Using the new definition for COVID deaths, th...

With No. 2 seed locked up, how will Celtics approach final two regular season games?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

Joe Mazzulla has stayed consistent with his desire for the Celtics to continue winning and build good habits as the playoffs inch closer. Even though their final two regular season games will be meaningless for them in the standings, that intention doesn’t appear to be changing.With their victory over the Raptors coupled with the Bucks’ win over the Bulls on Wednesday night, the Celtics are locked into the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Logically, that would give the C’s plenty of reason to prioritize health for their starters and regulars over the final two games. While they still will, it doesn’t mean they’ll punt on the final two games.“I think most importantly, it’s about being healthy going into the playoffs, No. 1 for sure, especially with the foundation we’ve built,” Malcolm Brogdon said. “And then two, it’s about finishing the season strong with good habits. We don’t want to lose these two games. We want to go in with momentum. I think that’s one of the most important...

Should prisoners be allowed to vote? Two Massachusetts politicians say yes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:21 GMT

A pair of state lawmakers are pushing to allow prisoners with felony convictions to vote — undoing a constitutional amendment approved decades ago.If approved, it would set back the clock two decades to when voters backed the prisoner voting ban.“We know that the Legislature made great strides in voting rights last session, but as Black and brown people continue to be disenfranchised in state prisons and houses of correction across the commonwealth, our work is really far from over,” state Sen. Liz Miranda of Boston told the Joint Committee on Election Laws during a hearing Thursday.Miranda’s proposal, similar to another offered by state Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven of Somerville, would undo a constitutional change proposed by then Acting Gov. Paul Cellucci in 1997 and approved by the voters in 2000 which removed the right for incarcerated felons to vote in Massachusetts elections. Cellucci, in 2001, would expand the rule to prohibit voting by felons serving time in presidential and...