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Sleeping, eating, film work and a little ‘panic.’ How the Steelers dealt with emergency landing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett was trying to get some sleep as the team was flying back from a win in Las Vegas early Monday morning when a flight attendant nudged him awake with some unwelcome news.“(She) was like ‘We have a Code Yellow alert’ and I was just kind of out of it,” Pickett said. “I was like, ’What does that mean? We’re one step away from Code Red.’”Things didn’t quite get that far, though an oil pressure issue forced Pittsburgh’s charter plane to make an emergency landing in Kansas City. The plane landed safely, though not everyone on the flight took the unexpected detour in stride.“Some guys were panicking,” Pickett said. “It was a crazy situation. I’m happy we landed.”Once safely on the ground, the Steelers spent five-plus hours on the tarmac while waiting for another plane to fly in from Atlanta that could carry the team the rest of the way home, making an already long night even longer.The Steelers were initially supposed to l...

Kyle Busch sells NASCAR team to Spire Motorsports as 2-time Cup champion ends ownership role

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch has sold his Truck Series team, manufacturing business and all the Kyle Busch Motorsports assets to Spire Motorsports in a deal announced Wednesday. KBM is one of the most successful truck organizations in NASCAR history and holds the series record for most career wins (100) and most wins in a single season (14). Busch has won seven owner’s championships and a pair of driver championships with Erik Jones in 2015 and Christopher Bell in 2017. KBM, started in 2010 by two-time Cup Series champion Busch, for more than a decade has been a development step for young drivers backed by Toyota. Busch left Joe Gibbs Racing, a Toyota team, at the end of last season for Richard Childress Racing, which fields Chevrolets. KBM this season has fielded Chevy trucks, and Spire is a Chevrolet-aligned team. The sale includes Rowdy Manufacturing and the assets from its chassis building operation and CNC machine shop, as well as the assets of Busch’s NASCAR team. T...

Remains of Suzanne Morphew found during unrelated search

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Remains found in Saguache County have been positively identified as Suzanne Morphew, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.Morphew was reported missing from her home in Chaffee County on May 10, 2020. Barry Morphew once charged in missing wife’s presumed death denies involvement According to CBI, no arrests have been made since the remains were located.The remains were located during an unrelated search of the area.FOX31 will provide updates as more information becomes available.

Coach Prime asks Buffs fans to 'keep the peace'

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The University of Colorado Buffaloes are getting national attention this season, becoming the most searched college football team in the country and even surpassing the popularity of the Denver Broncos.The heightened fanbase has also brought some drama, particularly with rivalry games. For example, a Colorado State University player received death threats after he injured a CU player. 4 things you need to know about CU Buffs football On Saturday, the University of Southern California Trojans will play against CU at Folsom Field. CU Buffs football posted a video of Coach Prime on Wednesday asking fans for a favor.Fans, Fans, First of all, we've got the best fans in the nation, but this is what I need from you. Let's keep the peace, keep the joy, let's keep the love and let's keep the respect. We don't want you engaging in any ignorant activities, don't get into it with opposing fans, let's be us. Let's have pride, let's have dignity and let's respect ourselves.Dei...

Family of woman killed in BSO helicopter crash files $50 million wrongful death claim

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

The family of Lurean Wheaton, who tragically lost her life when a Broward County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crashed into her apartment last month, has filed a $50 million wrongful death claim against BSO.Gary C. Robb, an aviation lawyer who represented the Bryant family in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash case, is leading the legal battle for the Wheaton family. Robb questioned the safety and responsibility of law enforcement agencies.The legal action comes as Wheaton’s loved ones are still reeling from the Aug. 28 tragedy.“I’d make her laugh. When she laughed, she’d laugh with joy” said Michael Varin, a friend of the victim. “She’s a sweetheart.”Authorities said the ill-fated helicopter was en route to transport a patient from a car accident in North Lauderdale when it caught fire mid-flight, lost control and crashed into Wheaton’s apartment building.Robb said the victim, 65, was asleep in her bedroom when the devastating...

Jack in the Box worker defends herself after being sued, accused of shooting at customers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Jack in the Box employee, who was captured on video allegedly shooting at a customer in the drive-thru over a dispute about a meal, is telling her side of the story.“I’m not an angry person. (I’m) not a mad monster out here. I’m just a woman trying to work for my family,” Alonniea Ford-Theriot told ABC13.On Monday, attorney Randall Kallinen released a video he recently obtained through discovery in a civil case. The video is from March 2021 and shows Ford-Theriot firing a gun at a customer in the drive-thru of the Jack in the Box on JFK Boulevard near Bush Intercontinental Airport.Kallinen’s client is the customer, Anthony Ramos. He was in the driver’s seat, with his wife and child also in the vehicle, according to the lawsuit.“She’s aiming. She’s leaning. She’s not just going up in the air. She’s trying to kill them,” Kallinen said in a news conference Tuesday morning....

Florida school district orders removal of all books with gay characters before slightly backing off

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Top officials at a Florida school district ordered the removal of all books and material containing LBGTQ+ characters and themes from classrooms and campus libraries, saying that was needed to conform to a state law backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”Charlotte County Schools Superintendent Mark Vianello and the school board’s attorney, Michael McKinley, were responding to questions from the district’s librarians at a July meeting asking whether the bill, officially the “Florida Parental Rights in Education Act,” required the removal of any books that simply had a gay character but no explicit sex scenes.“Books with LBGTQ+ characters are not to be included in classroom libraries or school library media centers,” the pair responded, according to a district memo obtained under a public information request by the Florida Freedom to Read Project. The nonprofit group, which opposes the law, provided the memo t...

Woman rescued from ravine in Blackstone

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

A woman is recovering after she was pulled to safety from a ravine in Blackstone Wednesday, family members and local officials said.Firefighters shared video of the rescue at the Blackstone Gorge. Later speaking with 7NEWS, the woman’s husband said she had been hiking along the gorge with her two dogs when one dog slipped and fell into the gorge. The woman’s husband said she went in after her pet. Ultimately, both the woman and her dog needed to be rescued.“She looked up and pretty much there was a no win situation of her getting herself out of there,” the woman’s husband said.The husband, who did not want to be identified, said his wife had a cell phone and called her mother who called 911.Video showed part of the ensuing rescue as crews worked to haul the woman up a steep slope, tying ropes to trees before carrying the woman to safety in a basket. The woman suffered a leg injury in this incident and was being checked out at a hospital as of Wednesday afternoon, acco...

Salem, NH police search for armed robbery suspect who held up business off of Route 28

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

Police in Salem, New Hampshire, are searching for a suspect who allegedly held up a business before fleeing towards the state line.The Salem Police Department said its officers were called to a business at 522 South Broadway/Route 28 around noon on Wednesday after receiving a 911 call about an armed robbery.According to police, the caller reported that a business, a LoanMax, had been robbed at gunpoint and that employees had been tied up by the suspect.The department said the suspect, described as a white male in his 50s or 60s, was then seen walking southbound on Route 28 towards Methuen, Mass.“Responding patrol units immediately began a search for the suspect and cleared the business, ensuring the employees were unharmed,” Salem PD said on its Facebook page. “A K-9 was deployed and tracked towards the rail trail and Methuen.”Authorities described the suspect as having a height of 6’2″ and wearing a Covid mask with glasses, a Bruins cap, blue swe...

Brookline police make arrests in July home invasion case that involved masked suspects as search for third person continues

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:00:14 GMT

Police in Brookline say two men were arrested in connection with a home invasion that left a resident wounded and officers searching for “multiple masked suspects.”In a statement to 7NEWS, the police department said two people had been arrested and were facing multiple charges for a home invasion that happened on Warren Street back on July 18.At the time, authorities said multiple masked suspects were able to force their way through the balcony of a home’s second floor while the residents, two brothers, were sleeping inside.One of the brothers, a 61 year old, was assaulted and left with a laceration wound to the head. Police indicated there was also evidence a gun had been fired at one point.As an investigation got underway, Brookline PD released images of two masked individuals, including video of a suspect approaching a camera and attempting to cover it.Two months later, Brookline police said two individuals were arrested early Wednesday morning and arraigned shortly a...