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Missouri Senate considers ‘Chris Sifford Day’ honoring Carnahan aide who died in plane crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

In the fall of 2000, tragedy struck Missouri politics when an airplane carrying then-Gov. Mel Carnahan, his son Randy Carnahan and adviser Chris Sifford crashed in bad weather.The death of Carnahan as he closed out eight years as governor during a monumental struggle with then-Sen. John Ashcroft grabbed the attention of the state and the nation. Family, friends and coworkers, however, also deeply mourned the death of Sifford, 37 at the time, who had been at Carnahan’s side throughout his two terms as chief executive.Born in Puxico in Stoddard County, educated at what was then called Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Sifford worked as a journalist before joining Carnahan’s 1992 campaign for governor.Sifford is recalled as funny, humble and devoted to his family. On Wednesday, Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, said that legacy and his hard work in public service should be honored by designating his birthday, Aug. 6, as “Chris Sifford Day.” The Senate Progress and ...

Colorado teen cyclist suffers brain injury after crash involving hikers on a mountain biking-only trail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

A teenager and competitive mountain bicyclist suffered a brain injury and is hospitalized after a collision involving hikers on a downhill biking-only trail.Cayel Holmgren, 17, was injured Saturday in a crash on a trail in the Floyd Hill Open Space, according to a GoFundMe page post.Cayel, an experienced and avid mountain biker who dreams of competing in college and professionally, is recovering in intensive care at a local hospital. He was biking with his father, Brian Holmgren, when the incident happened.Brian suspects the crash “was a result of 2 hikers ignoring all signage and hiking up a known downhill biking-only trail,” according to a GoFundMe page created to help Cayel and his family with medical expenses and other costs. “The consequences of these 2 hikers have been devastating, not only to Cayel’s life, but to his promising cycling career.”The incident happened on the Sluice trail, according to Clear Creek County officials.“Our thoughts and we...

2 ex-L.A. County sheriff’s deputies involved in fatal shooing of Andres Guardado indicted in separate false imprisonment case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

Two former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies who were involved in the fatal shooting of Andres Guardado in 2020 have been indicted in a separate case alleging false imprisonment.Miguel Angel Vega and Christopher Blair Hernandez face federal charges alleging they violated the civil rights of a skateboarder at a Compton park by falsely imprisoning him and obstructing justice to cover it up, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.The former Compton deputies surrendered to federal authorities Thursday morning after being named in a five-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury last month.Vega and Hernandez are being charged with conspiracy, deprivation of rights under color of law, witness tampering and falsification of records, officials said. Vega is also charged with an additional count of falsification of records.The incident involving the skateboarder occurred on April 13, 2020, at Wilson Park in Compton.The defendants...

Arnold Schwarzenegger filled a service trench, not a pothole 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

Movie star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger went viral on Tuesday for posting a video of him personally filling a hole that he said was a pothole that had been bothering him and his neighbors in Brentwood "for weeks."But as it turns out, the hole was not technically a pothole. The video, which has amassed over 11 million views since it was posted on Tuesday afternoon, shows “The Terminator” actor filling the hole with packaged blacktop. “I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it,” Schwarzenegger tweeted.  However, the hole that was pestering drivers wasn’t there by accident. According to a statement made by SoCalGas, the hole was an active service trench. “This location is a utility trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by the Southern California Gas Company,” SoCalGas said in a statement. “The Gas Company placed a temporary asphalt surface, which will ...

Homeless encampments growing next to Beverly Hills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

Some Beverly Hills residents and business owners are expressing concern for their safety as homeless encampments expand along the city’s border with Los Angeles.The encampments have appeared along San Vincente Boulevard near Orlando Avenue, just south of the upscale Beverly Center shopping mall.A homeless encampment along the Beverly Hill/Los Angeles border. April 13, 2023. (KTLA)A homeless encampment along the Beverly Hill/Los Angeles border. April 13, 2023. (KTLA)A homeless encampment along the Beverly Hill/Los Angeles border. April 13, 2023. (KTLA)Residents reported seeing a homeless woman, who they believe was intoxicated, lying naked on an abandoned couch.The most recent survey conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found approximately 69,000 people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County and 41,000 in the city in 2022. Unprovoked, violent attacks by homeless part of a broader problem, advocate says L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has launched a program dubbed Inside...

Kellogg's new cereal offers a colorful twist to a popular brand

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

Kellogg's will soon offer a colorful twist on one of its most popular cereals. SpaghettiOs releases new flavor aimed toward millennials The breakfast company announced on Thursday that Rainbow Krispies would be available at retail locations nationwide later this month.Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Cereal Introduces Kellogg’s First Fruity Cereal With An Excellent Source Of Vitamin D In Every Bowl. (Kellogg Company)The company promises that the new cereal will be a nutritious and vibrant addition to everyone’s morning routine.“Whether you're looking to increase your daily Vitamin D intake or hungry for a tasty bowl of colorful goodness, Kellogg's Rainbow Krispies are here to add a boost to even the most mundane mornings,” Laura Newman, senior director of brand marketing at Kellogg Company, said in a statement. Starbucks Pink Drink coming to grocery stores nationwide Kellogg's also encouraged its customers to use the new cereal to create colorful Rice Krispy treat creations.Prices for th...

Whoops! 10 ways to make your home safer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

When I came home from the gym, all four limbs were working fine. But not for long.Moments later, I got out of the shower. While grabbing a towel, I dripped water on the floor. My labradoodle was napping nearby in the doorway between my bathroom and closet. Because heaven forbid I should disturb him, I took one giant step over his lazy body with my left foot. I planted my bare heel on the wood floor, hit water and did not stick the landing. I skidded like a cartoon character on a banana peel and crashed straight down onto my right knee.And that, my friends, is how you break your kneecap.Thanks to that one-second misstep, I am sporting a fashionable leg brace, crutches and a humble-pie attitude for four to six weeks. Oddly, I am grateful. I don’t mean to sound dire, but what if I’d slipped down a flight of stairs or fallen backward and hit my head on the bathtub? My knee will heal. I’ll be fine. But this little slip is a painful reminder of how quickly injuries at home can happen, and...

Florida man charged with six felonies in alleged Palo Alto sexual assault

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

A 34-year-old Florida man accused of committing a daytime sexual assault at a Palo Alto pedestrian underpass — and arrested as a suspect after similar attacks near UC Berkeley — has been charged with six felonies in connection to the Peninsula incident, court records indicate.Daniel Widyanto Condronimpuno, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was arrested Tuesday in Berkeley in connection to Sunday afternoon’s alleged sexual assault of a woman at the California Avenue underpass in Palo Alto. The woman told police that she was struck from behind while walking her bike in the tunnel and was sexually assaulted after she fell to the ground.Court records revealed that Condronimpuno was formally charged with six felonies on Thursday in Santa Clara County. The charges include two counts of sexual penetration by force, violence, duress, menace or fear of bodily injury, one count of assault with intent to commit felony, one count of robbery in the second degree, one count of assault by means of f...

North Korea fires missile that may have been new type of weapon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHISEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new more mobile, harder-to-detect missile for the first time, its neighbors said, as it extends its provocative run of weapons tests.Japan briefly urged residents on a northern island to take shelter in an indication of its vigilance over North Korea’s evolving missile threats.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the launch and reiterated his calls on North Korea to comply with U.N. resolutions banning such launches, reopen communications channels and resume dialogue toward peace and denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, his spokesman said.The missile was launched on a high angle from near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and fell in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan following a 620-mile flight, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement...

Truck thieves somehow take off with $100,000 worth of dimes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:07 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thieves may not have been counting on finding a mountain of change when they broke into a truck filled with $750,000 in dimes, but they still made off with a chunk of the cargo and left coins scattered around a Philadelphia parking lot, authorities said.Authorities say the thieves apparently fled with at least $100,000. It’s not yet known how they carted off the mounds of dimes.The theft was reported around 6 a.m. Thursday. The tractor-trailer driver had picked up the dimes from the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday, authorities said, and was planning to transport them to Florida on Thursday.It’s not clear how many people may have been involved in the theft or if they knew what the truck contained. Responding police officers found hundreds of dimes scattered all over the parking lot, and authorities were still trying to determine how much money was stolen.No arrests have been made.