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Woman thankful to be alive after utility pole, transformer, wires fall on car in Newton

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

A local driver said she is thankful to be alive after a falling tree sent a utility pole, a transformer and wires crashing onto her SUV in Newton on Monday. The incident happened around 10 a.m. on Dedham Street and Bonnie Filkins’ car partially melted and burned. “I’m just glad I’m OK,” Filkins later told 7NEWS. “It wouldn’t have been a good Christmas for my family.” Filkins said she was driving during Monday’s stormy weather when she saw the tree come down across the road in front of her. Though she said she saw the tree, she said she wasn’t considering the wires until the pole fell onto her car. “It sounded like a bomb went off,” she said. Filkins said glass shattered into her car. She said she saw smoke, heard pops and realized her car was catching fire. Though Filkins got out safely, first responders took her to an area hospital to get her cuts checked for glass. Back at the crash site on Dedham Street, the damage left behind was still visible ...

3 things we heard from the Chicago Bears, including whether Matt Eberflus regrets his defensive call on 3rd-and-15

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus, tight end Cole Kmet and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds met with reporters Monday to recap Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns.Here are three things we learned.1. Matt Eberflus said there are ‘three or four’ play calls he’d like back every game.One of those Sunday was Joe Flacco’s third-and-15 pass to David Njoku on the Browns’ winning field-goal drive late in the fourth quarter.“That one there, when it doesn’t work in a critical situation,” Eberflus said. “Of course you’d like to see it work in that situation, but it didn’t.”Eberflus sent Edmunds, nickel back Kyler Gordon and safety Jaquan Brisker to blitz on the play, and 6-foot-3, 309-pound defensive tackle Justin Jones dropped in coverage. Njoku got behind Jones, caught the pass that Flacco floated to him, broke a tackle by Tyrique Stevenson and got to the Bears 19 to set up Dustin Hopkins’ winning 34-yard f...

Judge criticizes Trump’s expert witness as he again refuses to toss fraud lawsuit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has lost his latest bid to end the business fraud lawsuit he faces in New York as he campaigns to reclaim the White House.Judge Arthur Engoron issued a written ruling Monday denying the Republican’s latest request for a verdict in his favor in a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.And in doing so, the judge dismissed the credibility of one of Trump’s expert witnesses at the trial, a professor who testified that he saw no fraud in the former president’s financial statements.The trial is centered on allegations Trump and other company officials exaggerated his wealth and inflated the value of his assets to secure loans and close business deals.In the three-page ruling, Engoron wrote that the “most glaring” flaw of Trump’s argument was to assume that the testimony provided by Eli Bartov, an accounting professor at New York University, and other expert witnesses would be accepted by the court as “true and a...

New video captures moments leading up to deadly shooting by Elk Grove Village police

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — An Elk Grove Village family is searching for answers after police shot and killed their son less than three weeks ago.On Monday, Elk Grove Village Police released bodycam video capturing the moments leading up to the fatal shooting.24-year-old Jack Murray died on Dec. 1, after he was reportedly shot several times in the chest by Elk Grove police officers. 5 charged in connection with retail thefts around DuPage County While the newly released footage offers a glimpse into what unfolded, family members say they still want answers about how and why things escalated the way they did.Police responded to a call at a home they had been to before, along Fern Drive.Murray called 911 on himself that day, saying someone had a knife. When the operator called back, his father picked up the phone. His father told the operator that Murray was possibly intoxicated and added that his son had been injured the night before and that he was trying to get him to go to th...

17-year-old boy dies after being shot in West Side parking lot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

CHICAGO — A 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot Monday evening in a parking lot on the West Side of Chicago, according to police. The boy was in a parking lot around 5:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Ashland when he was shot multiple times, police said. 5-year-old child living at migrant shelter in Pilsen dies: Mayor’s office He took himself to Stroger Hospital where he died.No one has been arrested in connection with his death yet.The homicide is still under investigation by detectives and anyone with information should call them.

Coby White scores 24 as Bulls snap 76ers' six-game winning streak with 108-104 victory

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Coby White scored 24 points and the Chicago Bulls held on to snap the Philadelphia 76ers' six-game winning streak with a 108-104 victory Monday night.Former Sixer Nikola Vucevic chipped in 23 points while DeMar DeRozan added 15 for the Bulls (11-17),Joel Embiid had scored 40 points and 13 rebounds, his 11th straight game with 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds. Tyrese Maxey added 29 points in the 76ers' first loss to a team without a winning record this season. Bears are reeling after blowing another double-digit lead in loss at Cleveland Philadelphia had been the only team in the Eastern Conference that was undefeated against teams that were .500 or under on the season (12-0). The Sixers' previous five wins, against Atlanta, Washington, Detroit twice and Charlotte, came by an average of 31.8 points.Chicago overcame an early 12-point deficit thanks to White's hot shooting in the first half, when he scored 16 points as the Bulls opened a 55-44 lead.That m...

Local nonprofit provides several homes for Austin families

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Imagine being a parent and struggling to get gifts for your children this holiday season. Now imagine not having a place to call home and sleeping in the car with your kids. This is the reality for many Austin moms and their children, but on Monday, a community effort was made to provide several homes for Austin families.Through the nonprofit St. Louise House, dozens of volunteers set up apartments for deserving families, including putting furniture together, setting up the kids’ bedrooms, living rooms and even putting up a Christmas tree for each family. The circumstances are tough for many of the families moving into these homes. Often times, moms and their kids are escaping abusive relationships. Today, Hillary Deck, with St. Louise House, spoke to volunteer KXAN’s Britt Moreno about what this moment is like for families."What we hear from these families is that their child or even the mom will turn around and look at the door and say, 'I can lock my door at nigh...

Wild rally from 3-0 deficit before falling to Penguins, 4-3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

PITTSBURGH — It was like old times Monday night at the Penguins’ ice arena. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored goals, and the crowd was cheering for Marc-Andre Fleury.Only Fleury wasn’t playing for the Penguins, or even on the ice.The Wild rallied from a three-goal deficit to tie the game early in the third period, but two Penguins power-play goals were the difference as Pittsburgh beat the Wild, 4-3, at PPG Paints Arena.The loss ended the Wild’s three-game winning streak.Ryan Hartman, Jake Middleton and Vinni Lettieri scored goals for Minnesota, changing the narrative late in a game that had been dominated by the Penguins — and their fans’ disquiet over Wild coach John Hynes’ decision to start Filip Gustavsson in goal rather than Fleury, the future hall of famer who won three Stanley Cups in Pittsburgh and might have been here with pads on for the last time on Monday.Gustavsson finished with 26 saves as the Wild dropped the first game on a two-game trip that continues Tue...

St. Paul murder trial: Jurors to deliberate in case of 2nd man charged in killing of 22-year-old walking home from work

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

The killing of a 22-year-old in St. Paul as he returned home from work in St. Paul was an “execution,” and a 19-year-old led the charge into an alley and was the getaway driver, a prosecutor told jurors Monday.Surveillance video shows a man returning to a car, and the prosecution says that was Detwan Cortell Allen.Detwan Cortell Allen (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)But Allen’s attorney said the person seen on video wasn’t in the alley when the shooting happened, based on the timing of the shots.Alex Becker was shot just before midnight Dec. 27 in St. Paul’s North End and was pronounced dead at the scene. The prosecution says it was an ambush to rob him, and the Ramsey County attorney’s office charged three men with aiding and abetting murder.Allen’s trial started Dec. 4 with jury selection, opening statements were Dec. 7 and the prosecution finished its case Friday. Defense attorney Jeremy Plesha didn’t call witnesses ...

Shedeur Sanders will participate in spring ball at CU Buffs after back injury, Coach Prime tells AP

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:50 GMT

BOULDER — If anyone’s flashing a bigger smile these days than Deion Sanders over the offensive linemen he’s landed in the transfer portal, it’s his quarterback son.Shedeur Sanders completed nearly 70% of his passes this season but was sacked an NCAA-high 52 times as Colorado finished 4-8. He took such a beating that he missed the Buffs’ final game with a fractured bone in his back.His father told The Associated Press in a Zoom call on Monday that he anticipates Shedeur being back under center for the Buffs’ spring practices.“Oh yeah, most definitely. He will be,” Sanders said. “He just needs some rest and to heal up a little bit because he took a tremendous beating. And that provoked some things in me to do some things differently because the beating that he took — sometimes people forgot that I’m not only his coach, but that’s my son — so I understand that’s not how this is supposed to go.“We’ve played youth league, high school and at an HBCU and we’ve never been beaten...