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Kansas lawmakers poised to override veto on trans athletes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas were poised Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that would ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college, a day after they pushed a broad bathroom bill to passage. The state House voted 84-40 to override Kelly’s third veto of a measure on transgender athletes in three years, giving supporters exactly the two-thirds majority they needed. A Senate vote was expected Wednesday afternoon, and the bill initially passed there last month with more than a two-thirds majority.The measure would take effect July 1 and make Kansas the 20th state to enact such a ban for either K-12 schools or colleges or both. It’s among several hundred proposals aimed at rolling back LGBTQ rights from Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the U.S. The measure approved by lawmakers Tuesday not only would prevent transgender people from using public restrooms, locker room...

Aurora PD: Missing man's body found in 'clandestine grave'

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora said a body was found in a "clandestine grave" in the crawl space of an Aurora condo.The body is believed to be a 36-year-old man who has been missing since last summer. Denver area home prices on their way back up A Crime Stoppers tip was made Monday night saying that the man had been murdered six to eight months ago and buried in the crawl space then covered in concrete at the Red Sky Condos, which are located on 2nd Avenue at Sable Boulevard.Casie Bock, 29, was arrested Tuesday night after the homicide unit obtained a warrant and discovered the concealed grave. She is charged with accessory to homicide. Neighbors told FOX31's Courtney Fromm that Bock lived in the condo.A man who is currently incarcerated is also considered a suspect, but he hasn't been arrested for this investigation yet and his identity has not been released, according to the department.APD said it may take the rest of the week to excavate and recover the body. The depa...

Everything you need to know for the Rockies home opener

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Rockies 2023 home opener will take place in Denver on Thursday against the Washington Nationals.The Rockies are off to a 2-4 start and the Nationals are 1-4. How much will a Colorado Rockies game cost a family of 4? Timeline of the home openerHere is a look at what to expect leading up to the first pitch:Parking lots open at 9 a.m.Opening Day festivities will start at McGregor Square at 11 a.m.Batting practice for the Rockies will be at 11:20 a.m.All gates will open at 12 p.m.Batting practice for the Nationals will take place at 12:40 p.m.Pregame ceremonies will start at 1:30 p.m.At 2:08 p.m. players will take the field and be accompanied by fireworks. First pitch is scheduled for 2:10 p.m.How to watchThe game will be televised on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.Weather forecastThe Pinpoint Weather team says highs on Thursday will be in the 50s with sunshine.Where to find ticketsTickets are still available for the home opener. They start at $70 each...

De La Cruz single, Luzardo’s 10 Ks lift Marlins over Twins

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Bryan De La Cruz hit a go-ahead single in the eighth, Jorge Soler homered twice and Jesús Luzardo fanned 10 to lift the Miami Marlins over the Minnesota Twins 5-2 Wednesday afternoon.Jean Segura and Jon Berti hit back-to-back one-out singles against reliever Griffin Jax (0-1) in the eighth before De La Cruz’s RBI single against Caleb Thielbar scored Segura and broke a 1-1 tie.Soler followed with a three-run shot to left field to give Miami a four-run cushion.The Twins made it 5-2 in the ninth when Kyle Farmer scored on a wild pitch by A.J. Puk, who had given up a single to Farmer and walked Ryan Jeffers with one out. Puk got Willi Castro to fly out and then struck out Trevor Larnach for the series win.Larnach tied it 1-all in the seventh with an RBI single that scored Jeffers, who doubled earlier in the frame.The Marlins had pitched 15 straight shutout innings before the seventh — including Sandy Alcantara’s complete-game shutout Tuesday.Luzardo had his fifth care...

Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a judge’s order compelling him to testify in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a spokesman said Wednesday.The decision sets the stage for a possible appearance by Pence in the coming weeks before a federal grand jury.Pence was subpoenaed months ago by the special counsel investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to undo the election results before the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Lawyers for Trump objected to the subpoena on executive privilege grounds, but a federal judge in Washington last week rejected those arguments, forcing Pence to testify. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg did give Pence a win by accepting arguments by Pence’s lawyers that, for constitutional reasons, he could not be questioned about his actions on Jan. 6.

Marlins CF Chisholm exits with injury after steal attempt

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Miami star center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. left Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning with a stinger in his right shoulder after a steal attempt.Batting in the leadoff spot with Luis Arraez out on a scheduled day off, Chisholm led off the first with a single to right field. He was caught stealing second and appeared to get hurt after Minnesota second baseman Kyle Farmer tagged him.Chisholm slid head-first into Farmer’s left leg and remained down on the field for a few minutes after the play.He walked off with Miami manager Skip Schumaker and a trainer. Bryan De La Cruz replaced him in center field.

FBI: Federal agents detain wrong person in training exercise gone wrong in Boston

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

Federal agents went to the wrong room and detained the wrong person during a Department of Defense training exercise in a Boston hotel on Tuesday, the FBI confirmed.In a statement, FBI officials said the incident happened around 10 p.m. while the FBI Boston Division was aiding the Department of Defense in an exercise “to simulate a situation their personnel might encounter in a deployed environment.”“Based on inaccurate information, they were mistakenly sent to the wrong room and detained an individual, not the intended role player,” the FBI said.7NEWS sources said the hotel involved was the Revere Hotel.  Sources also said the person who was mistakenly detained is a pilot for Delta Airlines.Nobody was injured in the incident, according to the FBI. The FBI said Boston police were called to confirm the situation was a training exercise.A Boston Police Department report filed after the incident described the response. It said officers responded to the hotel 12:20 a.m. w...

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Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

Angel Reese says her team won’t go to the White House but would celebrate with the Obamas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

(CNN) — LSU star Angel Reese says that neither she, nor her team, would be visiting the White House after the Tigers defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85 to win their first basketball national championship.Traditionally, the national champions would be invited to the White House. But after comments from first lady Jill Biden suggesting that Iowa be invited as well before appearing to walk that back, Reese told “I AM ATHLETE” podcast hosts Brandon Marshall and Ashley Nicole Moss: “I don’t accept the apology because you said what you said … You can’t go back on certain things that you say … They can have that spotlight. We’ll go to the Obamas.’ We’ll go see Michelle. We’ll see Barack.”Reese, who was named the women’s NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player as a result of her standout performances, also said separately: “I just know if the roles were reversed, they wouldn’...

Bed Bath & Beyond gets $120 million lifeline to help it stock near-empty shelves

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

(CNN) — Cash-starved Bed, Bath & Beyond, which is scrambling to avoid bankruptcy, announced a $120 million lifeline to help it stock near-empty shelves.One reason that the chain’s sales have fallen and losses have mounted is that the company doesn’t have the funds needed to buy inventory in order to stock shelves.“Although we moved quickly and effectively to change the assortment and other merchandising and marketing strategies, inventory was constrained and we did not achieve our goals,” CEO Sue Gove said in a statement in January.The $120 million in financial help is specifically designed to address the need to stock those shelves and attract shoppers back to something other than the “store closing” sales at the locations slated for closure.The money comes from ReStore Capital, which will purchase up to $120 million of merchandise from Bed, Bath & Beyond’s suppliers in order to supplement stock at Bed Bath & Bey...