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After 36 years, new DNA technology moves this Colorado cold case forward

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- For 36 years, the sheriff's office searched for answers to a cold case homicide in Jackson County. Through new technology, the victim was identified as Jerry Mikkelson.Now, they're looking for his killer.On Aug. 8, 1983, the 24-year-old willingly left his home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Four years later, Mikkelson's remains were found. At the time, he was labeled as a John Doe. Colorado Cold Cases Cold case: Who murdered Jerry A. Mikkelson?Cold case: Who murdered Jerry A. Mikkelson?His remains were found on a U.S. Forest Service road located 15 miles north of Walden and 5 miles from the Wyoming border. That's where the case went cold until 36 years later, when Mikkelson’s remains were exhumed this year on June 28. With new DNA samples and the discovery of a surgical titanium rod in his right femur, the unidentified body was discovered to be Mikkelson, who had a rod in his leg because of a broken femur six years before he died. ‘Someone knows something’: Who ...

Denver giving machines provide easy opportunity for local, global donations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If giving to charity was as straightforward as using a vending machine, how likely would you be to donate that way?In Denver, the machines have been popular ways to easily give back since they were "unwrapped" in December 2019. Last year, the machines garnered over $267,000 in donations. Giving machines globally have collected over $22 million since their introduction in 2017. Why are buildings lit green in Denver this week? This year, four machines are going to be located at the entrance of the Cherry Creek North Winter Wanderland Holiday Market, near 2nd Avenue and Fillmore Street. The machines will be ready for donors on Nov. 16-Dec. 24.Participants get to "choose an item, change a life," and can also donate online if it's too difficult to make it to an in-person machine. Donors can receive text or email receipts for workplace matching programs or tax deductions.This year's charities include five new Colorado-based groups and two global groups. The charities ar...

GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge party's direction under Trump as he leaves House

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ken Buck has had enough.When the Colorado Republican announced this past week that he would not seek reelection, he began with the type of criticism of Democratic policies that is standard fare for a hard-line conservative. But then Buck turned his ire to fellow Republicans, spending most of the three-minute announcement video accusing them of being “obsessively fixated on retribution and vengeance for contrived injustices of the past.”Buck's scorched-earth approach caught few on Capitol Hill by surprise.With a deadpan demeanor, an independent streak and a background as a federal prosecutor, Buck has gained national prominence as a House Republican fed up with Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden and the Trump allies in Congress who amplify them. It's a stand few others in the GOP are taking and is a remarkable turn that shows just how deeply Trump's once-fringe lies about that race have settled into the Republ...

Pilot who crashed landed at North Perry Airport speaks out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

A pilot who crashed landed at North Perry Airport and was trapped inside the wreckage is speaking out on what happened. He said things could have been worse. On Oct. 26, officials reported that a Mooney M20E crash-landed just before 2:30 p.m. at the airport, located at 101 SW 77th Way. As neighbors heard the plane crash, the sound of impact reverberated through the area. The plane came down on the east side of the airport, just feet away from Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue’s station.Michael David was working on the next level of his certification when he had to maneuver the plane out of harms way when it starting having problems. “I’ve already had people say, ‘Hey, maybe next time you should fly with two engines, so if one goes out, you have another backup,'” David said.The 34-year-old only suffered a broken heel when he crash landed his small plane at the airport. “It was a little bit windy that day, but the winds were in favor, so they were right down the...

Check here to see when your city’s polls open and close

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Dozens of Massachusetts cities have elections scheduled for Tuesday, but not every city opens their polls at the same time.Most municipalities will follow the same 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. polling-place hours as they do during a statewide election, though there are some exceptions. Chicopee, Methuen, North Adams and Westfield will open their polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Agawam and Pittsfield will vote from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Franklin opens its polls at 6 a.m., and they stay open until 8 p.m.For the remaining cities holding elections, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Those cities, according to the secretary of state’s office, are: Amesbury, Amherst, Attleboro, Barnstable, Beverly, Boston, Braintree, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Easthampton, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Gardner, Gloucester, Greenfield, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Marlborough, Medford, Melrose, New Bedford, Newburyport, Newton, Northampton, Peabody, Quincy, Randolp...

Battenfeld: Michelle Wu faces test of clout and power in Boston municipal election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, using old school hardball tactics, is pushing for a clean progressive sweep in Tuesday’s city council election to consolidate and increase her political power.Wu is backing four liberal candidates that if elected would take the council even farther left and expand her clout on the dysfunctional and sometimes prickly 13-member body.Wu has generally gotten her way on the council but has faced some resistance that forced her to use her veto power.If some of her endorsed candidates don’t win, it could be viewed as a sign that her electoral muscle is not as strong as some believe.But if she gets a sweep of all her candidates, it would give her enormous clout on the council and in the state and allow her even to groom a successor if she wants.The council votes in January on a new president that would take over City Hall in case of any mayoral vacancy.Wu has batted away rumors that she’s looking to leave her mayoral job but she might have an interest in ensuring t...

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson ‘fine’ after limping in 2nd half vs. Seahawks; ‘announcement soon’ on OLB David Ojabo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was “fine” Monday after he came up limping in the second half of Baltimore’s 37-3 win over the Seahawks, coach John Harbaugh said.Jackson said he felt “great” Sunday, though he took a few uncomfortable steps after Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner tackled him around the ankles on a fourth-and-2 conversion midway through the third quarter.The news was less good, if unspecific, on outside linebacker David Ojabo, who has been on injured reserve since early October with knee and foot injuries. “I don’t want to make an announcement on that, but we’ll have an announcement soon,” Harbaugh said.The 2022 second-round pick, who missed most of last season as he worked his way back from a torn Achilles tendon, had hoped to play again this year.“Working really hard to be out there, through God’s grace I’ll be out there soon,” Ojabo said while the team was preparing to play the Titans in L...

Pro-Palestine protesters removed from Boston City Hall after disrupting Warren, Pressley event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Police officers removed a small group of pro-Palestinian protesters from Boston City Hall Monday, after they interrupted a press conference to demand that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren call for an immediate cease-fire in Israel and Gaza, where the deadly fallout from the Hamas terrorist attack continues.The calls for a “cease-fire now” began after proponent U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who has signed onto a House resolution calling for such action, stepped up to the podium to deliver remarks at an unrelated morning press conference, and as Warren, who had already spoken, was leaving the City Hall Mezzanine.“Senator Warren, we ask for a cease-fire in Gaza,” one of the protesters said, a demand that was followed by chants of “cease-fire now.”Amid the chants, a woman shouted, “We are killing children,” followed by another activist directly addressing Warren again, after the senator had already left the area.“Thanks, Congresswoman Pressley,” the protester said. “We ask Senator Warren to do t...

Patriots work out two free agents after Week 9 loss to Commanders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

The Patriots brought a familiar face back to Gillette Stadium on Monday, working out defensive tackle Carl Davis, who was with the team from 2020 until this summer when he was released at roster cutdowns.Free-agent defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon also worked out for the Patriots on Monday. Neither player signed immediately after the tryout.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | What Mac Jones told JuJu Smith-Schuster after drop in Patriots loss New England Patriots | Bill Belichick wants better ‘consistency’ from Patriots cornerbacks after apparent benchings New England Patriots | Patriots’ Bill Belichick answers whether he believes he’s coaching for his job New England Patriots | Patriots WR JuJu Smith-Schuster takes blame for game-sealing INT in latest loss New England Patriots | Callahan: The Patriots lost to a tanking team, so what does that make them? Nixon, a 2021 fifth-round...

What Mac Jones told JuJu Smith-Schuster after drop in Patriots loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones continued to take accountability for his team’s losses in Monday’s appearance on WEEI’s “Jones and Mego with Arcand” when asked about an interception that ended the Pats’ comeback bid in Week 9.Jones’ pass clanged off of wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s hands and to Commanders rookie cornerback Jartavius Martin for an interception. The Commanders then could kneel on the ball to close out the 20-17 win.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots work out two free agents after Week 9 loss to Commanders New England Patriots | Bill Belichick wants better ‘consistency’ from Patriots cornerbacks after apparent benchings New England Patriots | Patriots’ Bill Belichick answers whether he believes he’s coaching for his job New England Patriots | Patriots WR JuJu Smith-Schuster takes blame for game-sealing INT in latest loss ...