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Aspen police will not file criminal charges against priest: Archdiocese

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Aspen will not file criminal charges against a priest accused of sexually assaulting a minor and the district attorney has closed the case, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Denver.The statement said that the investigation into the allegations against Father Michael O'Brien lasted 18 months and included interviews with more than 80 witnesses."This work and the outcome of the investigation informs the public that the allegations that Fr. O’Brien sexually abused a minor more than 15 years ago during his time at St. Mary Catholic Church in Aspen are false accusations against a good man," the Archdiocese said. Homeowners warned to brace for higher property taxes O'Brien had been a priest in good standing when the allegations were made in 2021, according to the Archdiocese, and had never had any other allegations made against him.O'Brien has been out of ministry while the investigation was ongoing. An internal investigation by the Archdiocese w...

UCHealth launches therapy groups for patients with cancer

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Any parent can tell you: Young kids tend to ask a lot of questions. Kate Showalter said her 4-year-old daughter Runi is no exception, as they paint planets and animals inside their Denver home. But recently, those questions have been tougher to answer, after Showalter received a terminal diagnosis for a rare form of cancer. "We didn't tell her that I had the terminal diagnosis, but when she heard screaming and crying a lot, she put two and two together," Showalter said. "She started asking me if I was going to die soon." Homeowners warned to brace for higher property taxes Showalter said at first, she struggled with how to answer those questions."They are just heartbreaking conversations with a 4-year-old," she said.In August, she joined a new therapy group at UCHealth, specifically for parents with advanced cancer. It's the first time the state's largest hospital system has placed so much focus on not just physical health, but on mental health.Cancer patients risk...

15-year-old dies after being shot in North Miami-Dade

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

A young victim who was shot and rushed to the hospital has died from his injuries. Now, police are searching for the person who killed him.“Being a parent myself, I cannot even imagine what that family will be going through once they find out that their 15-year-old, their son, is not going to be coming home,” said Miami-Dade Police detective Angel Rodriguez.MDPD detectives were seen going to door at the trailer park where the boy was shot, Wednesday, just after 4:30 p.m., looking for information on the shooting.Police remained at the scene well into the night as they continued to investigate.“We owe it to this family as a community,” said Rodriguez. “We’ve said it time and time again that our objective is to keep our community safe and specially our youngsters. They are our future.”When police responded to the neighborhood, they were originally told someone was hurt or sick.According to investigators, the teen was shot in the upper part of h...

8-year-old girl airlifted after being bitten by dog in Miami Gardens

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

Rescue crews airlifted an 8-year-old girl to the hospital after she was bitten by a dog in a Miami Gardens neighborhood, her family said.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene of the incident along the 3800 block of Northwest 207th Street Road, just after 6:45 p.m., Wednesday.According to the girl’s grandmother, Carletha Rodgers, the child was playing outside when she went to a neighbor’s yard. “She was going inside her neighbor’s yard to play with her friend,” said Rodgers.Sometime later, Rodgers said, a dog from another resident’s home got loose.“The dog snuck up behind her. The other little boy, he got away, he jumped on top of the car,” she said.Surveillance video from another neighbor captured the canine chasing after the girl.Rodgers said the dog chased her granddaughter behind a blue SUV parked outside the home and bit her twice.“He immediately attacked her,” she said.Surveillance video recorded the victimR...

Driver hospitalized after Brightline train and car collide in Deerfield Beach

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

Rescue crews have taken one person to the hospital after they were injured in a crash in Deerfield Beach involving a Brightline train.Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash near the intersection of Southwest 10th Street and South Dixie Highway, just after 8 p.m., Wednesday.Witness Chris Schatz said he saw the crash.“It’s definitely a hard lesson learned, unfortunately. It’s not the first time; the residents know this as well,” he said. “They tried to beat the Brightline, Brightline wins every time.”First responders extricated the driver from the mangled car involved and transported him to an area hospital with serious injuries.7News cameras captured the victim’s car flipped on its side on the tracks as deputies investigates and worked to remove the vehicle from the tracks.Most of the cars damage is on the front.Cameras also showed passengers inside the train. Officials said no...

Panthers beat Bruins 4-3 in Game 5 OT to avoid elimination

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored six minutes into overtime to help the Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Wednesday night and force their first-round playoff series back to Florida for a sixth game.One game after Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark tried to fight Tkachuk, the Panthers forward took advantage of Ullmark’s sloppy puck play behind the net and cut the Presidents’ Trophy winners’ lead in the best-of-seven series to 3-2.Sergei Bobrovsky made 44 saves for Florida, which has won back-to-back games in Boston but lost twice at home. Anthony Duclair, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored — each one giving the Panthers a lead.Patrice Bergeron scored in his return from an injury, and Ullmark stopped 21 shots for the Bruins. Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall had the other goals for Boston, which rallied from 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 deficits to force overtime.It was 2-1 Florida when Bergeron tied it five seconds into a Boston power play, tipping Marchand’s shot into the net. Seconds later,...

Fees taken from child’s bank account

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

When her grandchildren turn 5, she opens a saving account for them. Then she noticed that money was being taken from one child’s account for maintenance, even though those accounts are supposed to be free. Can a bank charge a child fees? Let’s open the vault to a Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser episode.Having children is a joy. And then Maria had grandchildren.Maria Teresa Cerqueira: “My mom used to say, ‘The parents are here to train them, to teach them to discipline. Then grandparents need to spoil them.'”Maria is lucky enough to share a home with her family, including three grandchildren, helping out where she can.And just as she taught her sons to paint…Maria Teresa Cerqueira: “That’s my son. He likes big things. I do smaller ones.”She now shares her love of art with her grandchildren.Maria Teresa Cerqueira: “We started painting, and they really enjoyed it.”Something else Maria enjoys is opening savings accounts for ...

EU Parliament’s plush pension pot faces €300M hole

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

BRUSSELS — EU taxpayers could soon be coughing up €23 million per year to bail out a pension scheme for hundreds of former European parliamentarians that is poised to implode.Top European Parliament officials are racing to try and rescue a legacy pension fund that faces a €308 million shortfall and could run out of money as soon as 2024.“The fund will run out of capital soon,” states an internal document prepared by the Parliament’s top civil servant Alessandro Chiocchetti, and seen by POLITICO, which says the fund benefiting hundreds of former EU lawmakers faces a “dramatic financial situation.”Senior MEPs discussed the document at a closed-door meeting in Strasbourg on Monday last week, but have not yet decided what to do.“The option of doing nothing about it is clearly off the table,” a Parliament spokesperson said.The Parliament set up the supplementary pension scheme in 1990, and it ran for 30 years until being closed for new members in 2009 when a...

When Russia is defeated in Ukraine, look to Chechnya

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

When Russia is defeated in Ukraine, look to ChechnyaAs far as Chechen volunteers are concerned, Ukraine is the just the start of the fight against Russia.Jamie DettmerSerhiy Morgunov for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesKYIV — “After Ukraine, Chechnya,” says the Chechen commander fighting on Kyiv’s side.The Chechen soldiers are clear they’re in Ukraine to make up for around two centuries of Russian oppression of their mountainous and frequently mutinous homeland — from Joseph Stalin’s population deportation in the 1940s to Boris Yeltsin’s razing of their capital Grozny to the current, brutal rule of Moscow’s satrap in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.“We are tired of Russia,” adds the 45-year-old commander, who asked to be identified only by his military call sign Torto, a reference to a castle near his hometown back in Chechnya, which he left as a young rebel soon after the Second Chechen War ended in 2009....

Trump who? Farage’s party cozies up to DeSantis as White House hopeful lands in UK

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:17:52 GMT

LONDON — Nigel Farage’s new right-wing party Reform UK is making overtures to Donald Trump’s presidential rival Ron DeSantis as the Florida governor flies into Britain for high-level talks.DeSantis, who is expected to announce his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential candidacy in the coming weeks, will hold meetings with senior British ministers in London on Friday as a part of a four-country “trade mission” to promote Florida on the world stage.But also chasing a meet-up will be key allies of Farage, who is honorary president of Reform UK and who first met DeSantis at last year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida.The pair have spoken about U.S. and European politics, despite Farage’s previous long-standing alliance with DeSantis’ arch-rival Donald Trump, who remains the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination.Reform UK leader Richard Tice confirmed to POLITICO he was “working on” cultivating links with the Florida governor, who ...