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Toys for Tots hits the rails to help kids

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It's not the Polar Express, but it might be just as magical. Toys for Tots partnering with Amtrak and Norfolk Southern to make sure kids in need have a present to open this Christmas. The gifts and necessities will be transported via train to children in need in five cities between Rensselaer and Binghamton. ‘Stuff the Bus’ toy drive 2023 in Colonie Toys for Tots is run by the US Marine Corps and today’s event was run like a military support operation. Volunteers led by a Staff Sergeant, loading bags onto a train car. Patrick Lurenz the US Marine Coordinator for Toys for Tots is rather humble about the military branch’s role in all of this.“This is a community program. It's here to support the community and it's being assisted by the community the Marine Corps. We’re just here driving this crazy bus to make all of this stuff happens,” said Lurenz. Levi Pascher is the Field Marketing Manager for Dunkin, a long-time sponsor of the event.“The holidays ther...

Lindenwood University drops 10 athletic programs, cuts several jobs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood University will drop 10 athletic programs and eliminate several positions within the university, according to an announcement made Friday. The cuts include at least nine filled staff positions and other vacant roles. The 10 athletic programs affected will all be discontinued after the spring semester, some even earlier. Trio sneaks into abandoned Workhouse, gets trapped in cell Lindenwood University says these cuts were made after "a thorough assessment of our athletic department's sustainability." Officials say it aligns with the university's "commitment to upholding the high-quality academic and athletic experiences that define our university." Programs coming to an end include the men's and women's swimming and diving teams, men's lacrosse, women's gymnastics and many others. The decisions come one year after Lindenwood reclassified to NCAA Division I athletics. "As an Athletics Director, this is not a decision you ever want to have to make," said...

Three shot in Ste. Genevieve, suspect arrested

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. - An investigation is underway after three people were shot Friday morning in Ste. Genevieve, a small community about an hour south of St. Louis. The shooting happened around 11 a.m. Friday at a home on in the 400 block of Market Street. Investigators say three people were hurt, and the alleged shooter is now in custody. All three people shot were rushed to a hospital for treatment. Two victims are currently in critical condition. Trio sneaks into abandoned Workhouse, gets trapped in cell People putting up holiday lights nearby told FOX 2 that they heard the gunfire. There are still lots of questions as to what happened. Authorities have not yet announced any information on the suspect or potential charges. One resident who spoke to FOX 2 on the condition of anonymity says the shooting possibly unfolded over a love triangle gone bad. Authorities have not yet confirmed if that was the case. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.

Hidden Valley Ski Resort prepares for winter, making snow despite warm temps

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

EUREKA, Mo. - Hidden Valley Ski Resort is preparing for another busy season, even without major snow yet in the St. Louis region. The resort is working diligently to prepare for their season’s opening later this month. Workers are making snow in temperatures that are unusually warm for this time of year.Hidden Valley’s General Manager, Tony Santora, says the snow has a hard time melting once it is made. They keep them in large piles that face all odds in warmer weather. Trio sneaks into abandoned Workhouse, gets trapped in cell He says the snow is resilient against rain and warmer temperatures. The key to keeping snow intact, to prevent melting on warmer days, is making a lot of snow in advance, especially on days when the temperatures drop. The foundation for snow to stick around even when the air is warm is a good, solid base.Santora says, “The more snow that we can make, the better. Last year we had over four feet of snow in the base of our resort, so even when we do see those ...

CBI continues search for 17-year-old Maggie Long’s killer 6 years after her murder

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said that it is continuing to investigate the December 2017 death of Park County high school senior Maggie Long, noting a $75,000 reward for information critical to the case, according to a release.The announcement comes six years to the day after Long was found murdered in her burned-down home after an apparent burglary, according to the cold case report. She was coming home to gather supplies for a concert at the school she was helping organize.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, gets 6 months in home detention for Jan. 6 Capitol riot Crime and Public Safety | Pedestrian hit by RTD train in Thornton, temporarily halting N Line service Crime and Public Safety | One killed in shooting near Denver’s Cheesman Park Crime and Public Safety | Person found dead in Commerce City a “likely homicide,” police say Crime and Pu...

Armed woman sets fire to home in Chatsworth: LAPD

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

Los Angeles firefighters put out a blaze Friday at a home in Chatsworth, which is believed to have been set intentionally by an armed woman.Around 1:50 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the 9600 block of Laramie Avenue for a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. After arriving at the scene, officers found a home burning and a woman who they say was armed with a handgun.The single-family home was "well-involved," Los Angeles Fire Department officials said, but firefighters were unable to attack the flames immediately due to the active scene involving the armed woman. Los Angeles Fire Department crews block off a neighborhood in Chatsworth where a fire was believed to have been intentionally set on Dec. 1, 2023. (KTLA)At some point, officers exchanged gunfire and the suspect was incapacitated. An ambulance responded to the scene to treat the woman and LAFD crews started to put out the fire.About 23 minutes after they began working to put out the flames, th...

Footage shows police shooting at Calabasas restaurant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

Warning: This video contains profanity and disturbing subject matter. We omitted footage that shows the actual shooting.Footage released on Friday shows the terror that unfolded in the streets of Woodland Hills and Calabasas when a homeless man first attacked someone with a machete and then ran into a popular restaurant where he was fatally shot by police.The incident took place on Nov. 1 when 911 dispatchers received a call from a man who said he had been attacked by another man with a machete at the McDonald's at Mulholland Drive near the 101 Freeway."I was able to get away from him, and then he kept attacking me," the victim told the 911 dispatcher.Benjamin Pritchard (LAPD)“We need to get in control of these homeless people,” he added. The man said he was not seriously hurt and did not require a paramedic. His attacker, later identified as Benjamin Pritchard, 35, had dropped the machete and was wandering through the parking lot of the busy shopping center when police arrived.Dash...

Charles should remove Harry and Meghan’s Sussex titles over book, says leading UK paper

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

The editorial board for the U.K.’s “newspaper of record,” The Times, said this week that King Charles III should consider stripping his son and daughter-in-law, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, of their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, following the publication of “Endgame,” a highly critical book about the monarchy, written by an author known as their “unofficial mouthpiece.”While Harry and Meghan deny any “affiliation” with the book by Omid Scobie — through anonymous leaks to the media — the Times editorial board said it is “still reasonable to presume that the Sussexes at the very least may have given their blessing to Scobie’s new collection of largely unsubstantiated Windsor-bashing allegations.”“Far from seeking the quiet life and reconciliation they claim to ­desire, it looks instead as if Harry and Meghan are inflicting maximum public ­reputational damage on their relatives and the ­institut...

Inmate charged in stabbing attack of Derek Chauvin

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo | Associated PressAn incarcerated former gang member and one-time FBI informant was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbing of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at a federal prison in Arizona.John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson and said he would have killed Chauvin had correctional officers not responded so quickly, federal prosecutors said.Turscak, serving a 30-year sentence for crimes committed while a member of the Mexican Mafia gang, told investigators he thought about attacking Chauvin for about a month because the former officer, convicted of murdering George Floyd, is a high-profile inmate, prosecutors said. Turscak later denied wanting to kill Chauvin, prosecutors said.Turscak is accused of attacking Chauvin with an improvised knife in the prison’s law library around 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving. The Bureau of Prisons said employees st...

Biden says HIV/AIDS strategy needs to confront inequity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:29:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled his new HIV/AIDS strategy to end the more than 40-year-old epidemic, calling for a renewed focus on vulnerable Americans — including gay and bisexual Black and Latino men, who his administration says are too often stigmatized even as they are disproportionately affected.The new strategy, which declares racism a “public health threat,” was released on the annual commemoration of World AIDS Day. It is meant to serve as a framework for how the administration shapes its policies, research, programs and planning over the next three years.But Biden acknowledged that the country still needs to work to destigmatize HIV/AIDS and noted that LGBT and racial minority groups have “endured the brunt” of the epidemic that’s killed more than 36 million worldwide, including 700,000 Americans.“I want to make sure that everyone in the United States knows their HIV status, and everyone with HIV receives high-quality care and treatment tha...