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Denver Police launches new orientation program for recruits

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Police Department launched its new Before the Blue and Beyond the Badge program for its latest recruits. The goal of the program is to help them build relationships and learn about the community before they start patrolling. "Before we graduate them and send them to their respective districts, give them an opportunity to really see various cultures and communities, really see through those lenses," Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said. "I think it's important they have that exposure, have that experience before we expect them to patrol in those communities." How you can help migrants in Denver On Monday, 56 police recruits started the orientation. It's the largest recruiting class since 1986 and the first class to go through this program. During the week-long orientation program, recruits will hear from members of the Denver community, speak with residents and meet with people transitioning from various levels of incarceration. The hope is to expose new r...

Denver has had 5 times more rain than Seattle so far this May

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It has been an unusually rainy May in Denver with over 4 inches of accumulation so far. Denver has had about five times more rainfall than the rainy city of Seattle this May.Denver has had measurable rain at Denver International Airport for the last six days straight, while in Seattle, only a small amount of light rain fell at the airport Monday evening. From May 10-15, Denver picked up 4.57 inches of rainfall. In Seattle, the 6-day total is only 0.12 inches.Due to the rain Monday night, Seattle's May total is now .91 inches. Denver's is up at 4.65 inches making it the 11th-wettest May on record so far. With half of the month still to go and several rain chances in the 7-day forecast, it is likely that this May will finish in the top 10 wettest on record in Denver. An average May in Denver brings about 2.16 inches of rain, making it the wettest month of the year in Denver. This year, Denver has doubled the average May rainfall in just the first half of the month. Th...

SR 836 ramp to NB Palmetto reopens following tractor-trailer crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

A tractor-trailer was involved in a crash on the entrance ramp to the Palmetto Expressway from the Dolphin Expressway.On Tuesday morning, Florida Highway Patrol officers, along with firefighters, responded to the scene to assess the damage to the 18-wheeler that was seen hanging over the rail.According to FHP, the tractor-trailer failed to negotiate the curve properly, causing it to lose control and collide with the guardrail.Aerial video footage from 7Skyforce of the scene also showed the damage to the trailer as it hung on the guardrail of the ramp. Minor injuries were reported. As a result of the crash, crews had the ramp closed for a considerable amount of time as they clean up debris and remove the container. The northbound ramp ha since reopened.

Water Taxi brings back Taxi Tunes live music cruise in Fort Lauderdale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

There’s music in the air in Fort Lauderdale. It’s not coming from a club or a bar or a concert hall.Summer’s coming and Water taxi is back with Taxi Tunes. And we’re all singing a song of joy.Music fans are filled with burning love, now that Taxi Tunes have returned.Chloe Dosset: “So the Taxi Tunes is a cruise that happens every Friday in the summertime.”There are worse ways to kick off your weekend than getting on-board this Water Taxi wonder.Chloe Dosset: “A ride on Taxi Tunes means that you get to listen to local musicians, have happy hour-priced drinks from the bar and enjoy beautiful sunset views on the Intracoastal.”Nothing beats rolling on the waterway with a drink in your hand and tunes in your ears.Chloe Dosset: “Well it’s unique to Fort Lauderdale, in any city you can go to a bar and listen to live music, but only on the Water Taxi in Fort Lauderdale can you listen to live music on the water.”It’s a mu...

Shaggy shares feel-good vibe with ‘In The Mood’ EP

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

When you’re in the mood for a good time, Wait. That doesn’t sound right. How about when you’re in the mood for good music. Reggae and dance-hall living legend Shaggy always delivers. Like with his new EP called In the Mood.After listening to Shaggy’s new soca-inspired EP, which is an all-out celebration of the Caribbean, I’m actually more in the mood to drink a piña colada, and to do some whining.You know shaggy.Alex Miranda: “Mr. Boombastic. No no. God, that was so bad. Yeah, yeah.”No! More like…Mine was pretty cringe.Shaggy: “It’s gotta come from the cojoonas.”Alex Miranda: “No, honestly, that’s what I’m saying.”Good to know. Well, the reggae legend just dropped a hot new music video for Whine & Jumpin, with Patrice Roberts.Shaggy: “I always support Caribbean music.”Which I heard, along with the rest of his new soca-inspired, 7-song EP titled In The Mood at an exclusive listening pa...

Preparations underway for Taylor Swift shows at Gillette Stadium

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

Preparations are underway ahead of upcoming Taylor Swift shows at Gillette Stadium beginning later this week.SKY7-HD was overhead in Foxboro on Tuesday, where crews could be seen working to set up the stage for the shows. This weekend’s shows will be the star’s 11th, 12th and 13th shows at Gillette Stadium as she continues her ongoing Eras tour. Taylor Swift is coming to New England this week after wrapping up three shows in Philadelphia. She noted both her Philadelphia shows and her upcoming shows in a tweet Tuesday morning, writing in part, “Philly was a dream, honestly.”“I love you all so much and am counting down the hours til Foxborough!” she continued.Shows are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Gates open for each show at 4:30 p.m.

Knicks are without first-round pick after Mavericks draw 10th in lottery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

Tanks for nothing, Dallas.The Knicks are without a draft pick this year after the Mavericks drew 10th Tuesday in the draft lottery.  The result played to the odds, with the Knicks owning only a 20% chance of snatching away the top-10 protected pick from Dallas.It represents the final payment of the Kristaps Porzingis trade in 2019, and now transfers to the Knicks in 2024 as a top-10 protected pick. If it doesn’t convey next year, it becomes two second-round picks for the Knicks.The Mavericks went all out to keep their pick from the Knicks. In order to finish in the league’s bottom-10 and maintain favorable odds, Dallas tanked the final few games of the regular season while sitting its best players.The strategy was not only obvious, it was acknowledged by Mavs owner Mark Cuban and coach Jason Kidd. The fallout was a $750,000 fine levied by the NBA, which turned into a worthy investment for a lottery pick.The Knicks dealt their own first rounder this year — whic...

The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

By ANDREW SELIGMAN (AP Sports Writer)CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night.The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.And he had a message for San Antonio.“I’m trying to win a ring ASAP,” Wembanyama told ESPN after the lottery results. “So be ready.”It’s the third time the Spurs have won the lottery, and on both previous occasions they made picks that paid off for decades. They chose David Robinson in 1987, Tim Duncan in 1997, and those selections were a major part of how the Spurs became a team that won five NBA titles under coach Gregg Popovich....

North Carolina GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE (Associated Press)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday.The House completed the second and final part of the override vote Tuesday night after a similar three-fifths majority voted for the override earlier Tuesday in the Senate. The outcome represents a major victory for Republican legislative leaders who needed every GOP member on board to enact the law over Gov. Roy Cooper’s opposition.Cooper vetoed the measure over the weekend after spending last week traveling around the state to convince at least one Republican to uphold his expected veto.Republicans have pitched the measure as a middle-ground change to state law, which currently bans nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, without except...

Chicago Bulls won’t have a 1st-round pick this year after getting No. 11 — which they must convey to the Orlando Magic — in the NBA draft lottery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:55 GMT

Luck didn’t fall in the Chicago Bulls’ favor Tuesday night in the NBA draft lottery at McCormick Place.The Bulls didn’t land a top-four pick — and as a result, they won’t have a first-round pick at all this year. They must relinquish their first-round selection — which wound up being No. 11 — to the Orlando Magic as the final stipulation in the 2021 trade for center Nikola Vučević. The pick was top-four protected in this year’s draft.The San Antonio Spurs received the No. 1 pick, which they almost certainly will use on highly touted French prospect Victor Wambanyama.The odds were never in the Bulls’ favor — they had only a 2.5% chance of landing the No. 4 pick, a 2.21% chance at No. 3, a 1.98% chance at No. 2 and a 1.8% chance of getting the top pick.The structure of the draft lottery created a wide chasm between victory and defeat for the Bulls. They could not receive any pick between No. 5 and No. 10, limiting t...