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Judge hears Christian school's universal pre-K lawsuit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado continues to face challenges to its universal preschool program.On Thursday, the first hearing in a lawsuit arguing the legality of the state's antidiscrimination provision was heard in a U.S. District Court."I'm hopeful that the judge will allow us to be in the universal school program while continuing to live out religious beliefs as a Christian school," said Josh Drexler, Darren Patterson Christian Academy's head of school. "We want to provide all the opportunities we can to our staff, our students and families while remaining true to our religious beliefs. The government should not threaten to exclude us from a state program or otherwise penalize us for our religion." 4-day school weeks are on the rise in Colorado Leaders of the Christian school in Buena Vista said they want to be able to participate in the state's universal pre-K program, but they feel the state's requirements not to discriminate are unconstitutional."The state promised us a universal...

Wrecked car in the Poudre River since July will be towed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A wrecked car parked for months in the middle of the Cache la Poudre River is finally getting a tow.The bright blue Toyota sedan has been in the river along state Highway 14 since a crash in early July, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. Ghost town discovered on Colorado’s Western Slope "Fortunately, the driver was able to get out safely, but water levels were too high to remove the car at that time," the sheriff's office posted about the incident.Photos show the wrecked sedan nearly submerged in the middle of the rushing river. Its front and rear windshields appear busted out, as do its side windows.A wrecked car in the middle of the Cache la Poudre River has been there since early July. Law enforcement will coordinate to tow the vehicle on Oct. 7, 2023. (Larimer County Sheriff's Office)A wrecked car in the middle of the Cache la Poudre River has been there since early July. Law enforcement will coordinate to tow the vehicle on Oct. 7, 2023. (Larime...

Director Garth Davis shares vision of dystopian future in ‘Foe,’ starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

Everything is not as it seems in the upcoming film “Foe,” starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. The two are just an average couple living peacefully in a dystopian future — that is, until a stranger shows up with a mysterious offer. We caught up with director Garth Davis to see what makes this film so unique.Saoirse Ronan (as Henrietta): “Do you feel happy here?”Paul Mescal (as Junior): “Of course I’m happy here. Aren’t you?”Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star as married couple Junior and Henrietta, living in a remote farmhouse in “Foe,” when a stranger shows up to offer one of them a chance to live in space.Aaron Pierre (as Terrance): “You’ve been selected to live up there.”Paul Mescal (as Junior): “OK, well, you’re wasting your time, because we haven’t even been on an airplane, and she’d hate it.”Aaron Pierre (as Terrance): “I should clarify: we’re talking...

Doctors at Holtz Children’s Hospital warn about rise in flu and RSV cases; medical experts offer tips for parents

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

Local health experts are warning parents about a recent rise in cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, among young children in South Florida.Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease expert at Florida International University, said RSV can be serious for a child, offering a sobering statistic.“It is the most common reason why children are hospitalized in the United States, especially very young children,” he said.Dr. Barry Gelman, chief medical officer at Holtz Children’s Hospital spoke with 7News on Thursday about the uptick. More specifically, he said, the number of kids treated at Holtz has seen a sharp rise.“It’s actually a five-fold increase for influenza and a twofold increase for RSV,” he said.Back in July, Gelman said, they were treating fewer than 10 young patients per week, but by the last week of September, those patients increased to 21 per week.Gelman said this increase should be more of a reminder to parents that this ti...

7 Investigates: Elevator Emergencies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

Disabled residents in a Boston public housing complex say they were trapped in their apartments for 15 days because of a broken elevator. 7 Investigates found elevator emergencies are cause for concern across the city. “It’s been going on for so long. It’s not like a today thing or a yesterday thing, it’s been a long term thing,” said Lisandre Montes.Montes lives on the fifth floor of the Ruth Lillian Barkley building in the South End. For more than two weeks, the building’s elevator was out of order. Montes is confined to a wheelchair. So, without a working elevator, she can’t leave her apartment.“I see it as a disrespect to those who are in need because they’re thinking of themselves but they’re not thinking of those who really need it,” Montes said. Bob Burress, who is also disabled, feels his home is now a prison.“This has been very challenging,” he said. “…I just try to deal with my day and take it one day at a time.”Burress’ day was interrupted ...

Dick Butkus, Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 80

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

(CNN) — Former Chicago Bears linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus has died at the age of 80, the team announced Thursday.Butkus died “peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu,” California, a statement from his family, posted by the Bears on social media, reads.Butkus was “the ultimate Bear, and one of the greatest players in NFL history,” Chicago Bears chairman George H. McCaskey said.“He was Chicago’s son,” McCaskey said. “His contributions to the game he loved will live forever and we are grateful he was able to be at our home opener this year to be celebrated one last time by his many fans.”A ferocious hitter drafted out of the University of Illinois, Butkus was an imposing force as the Bears’ middle linebacker for all nine of his NFL seasons in the 1960s and 1970s, and made eight Pro Bowls.He retired after playing part of the 1973 season, a few years after suffering a knee injury, and was elected to th...

18-year-old arrested after deadly stabbing of beloved environmental activist in New York City

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

(CNN) — An 18-year-old man has been arrested for the fatal stabbing of a well-known community activist returning home from a wedding with his girlfriend early Monday.Ryan Carson, 32, was at a Brooklyn bus stop just before 4 a.m. when he was confronted by a man who had been kicking scooters on the street, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters Wednesday.“What are you looking at?” the man said to Carson, who tried to de-escalate the situation before he was stabbed three times, once through the heart, according to Kenny. The attack was captured on video.Details of the killing were revealed during a briefing Wednesday in which the New York City Police Department announced a decline in murders, shootings and other violent crimes this year.Police on Thursday identified the suspect as Brian Dowling, who faces charges of murder with depraved indifference, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to an NYPD spokesperson.Carson was sitting with his girlfriend at a bus...

Column: Dick Butkus personified Chicago’s toughness with the Bears. ‘There was no way that guy wasn’t going to be great.’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

In Chicago, where everyone likes to think of themselves as tough, Dick Butkus was the real deal.The Chicago Bears linebacking great, who died Thursday at 80, was considered the toughest guy in a sport in which hitting is not optional.He carried that persona into his post-football life, cashing in on that demeanor in movies and TV and even bringing it to the social media site formerly called Twitter. When Butkus’s account finally was verified in January 2022, he began trolling Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers the day after a Packers playoff loss, writing “Funny, the orange juice tastes a little bit sweeter this morning.”That was why Butkus was still beloved in Chicago decades after his Bears days as a human sledgehammer with a crew cut ended. He never felt the need to be anyone but himself, and that was good enough for us. He later joked about his reputation for creating mayhem.“I’m not so mean,” Butkus told Tribune reporter Cooper...

Five things to know about getting to the Orioles playoff game or the Billy Joel-Stevie Nicks concert Saturday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

On Saturday afternoon, the Orioles will play the Texas Rangers at Camden Yards in the opening game of the American League Division Series — the Orioles’ first playoff appearance since 2016.Mere hours later, crowds will flock to the area for a different attraction: a show put on by rock legends Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks at M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens announced the concert in January, long before any potential overlap with an Orioles postseason game was certain.Together, the baseball game and concert are expected to draw more than 90,000 people to the stadium complex. But it’s nothing Baltimore can’t handle, Mayor Brandon Scott told The Baltimore Sun in a written statement.“This Saturday is exactly the kind of day that we want to be having in Baltimore’s vibrant downtown,” Scott said, noting that the city’s Emergency Operations Center is “activated” and that Baltimore has pulled off similar situations before,...

Trump ‘temporarily’ drops lawsuit against former lawyer-turned-witness Michael Cohen

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:45 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him, Cohen and a Trump spokesperson said Thursday night. But the former president did not waive his right to sue again.Trump had accused Cohen of “spreading falsehoods” “with malicious intent” and causing “vast reputational harm” for talking publicly about hush-money payments made to women during Trump’s 2016 campaign that are at the heart of criminal charges he faces in New York. Trump has also accused Cohen of breaking a confidentiality agreement that he signed as a condition of his employment.The former president and GOP front-runner’s decision comes days before he was set to give a deposition in the suit brought in April in Florida. That testimony was originally set for Oct. 3, but Trump rescheduled so he could attend the first three days of a separate New York civil fraud trial. Cohen is likely...