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Coach Dennis Allen says Saints have identified challenges, but are still seeking solutions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen views his team’s recent rough patch through a hopeful lens.“We’re not even at the halfway point” of the season, Allen noted Friday after reviewing video of Thursday night’s 31-24 loss to Jacksonville. ”There were some encouraging things in terms of our ability on offense and what we can do. I saw what we can be offensively.”The loss was the fourth for the Saints (3-4) in five games, but they are by no means out of the NFC South race. Tampa Bay entered this week leading the division at 3-2.Three of New Orleans’ losses were close, with the Saints threatening to go ahead or tie the score in the final two minutes of each.They were in range of a late go-ahead field goal in an 18-17 loss at Green Bay, but rookie Blake Grupe pushed it wide from 46 yards with 1:10 to go.In their two most recent losses at Houston and against the Jaguars, the Saints efficiently drove deep into opposing territory during the ...

Aurora suspect in housekeeper's dismemberment identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — FOX31 has learned new information about the moments police in Aurora entered a condo and found the body of dismembered housekeeper.The person who police say shot himself, before the discovery was made, has been identified as 30-year-old Dwayne Anthony Jones Jr. Deputy stabbed serving eviction, officer hurt during arrest FOX31 learned through records that Jones had been arrested by police in Denver in 2013 on a peeping tom invasion of privacy count. He was also arrested for a literal voyeurism invasion of privacy count.Aurora Police say Jones dismembered the body of 62-year-old Elena Vonfeldt sometime on Wednesday. Parts of her body were found in the condo and a nearby dumpster.       Police say Vonfeldt had gone to Jones’ condo to do housework.A booking photo for Dwayne Anthony Jones Jr. from a past arrest in Denver. Police named the 30-year-old as the suspect in an Aurora homicide-suicide that occurred on Oct. 19, 2023. (Credit...

Watch at 7: Freed Hamas hostage's father speaks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Denver man's family members who were visiting Israel and taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 have been released, according to the Office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Ben Raanan's 17-year-old sister, Natali Raanan, and her mother, Judith Tai Raanan, from Evanston, Illinois, were reportedly released on "humanitarian grounds" following a mediation effort from Qatar.President Joe Biden said he spoke with them both."I just spoke with the two Americans released today after being held hostage by Hamas," the president posted. "I let them know that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. Jill and I will continue holding close in our hearts all the families of unaccounted for Americans." FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Netanyahu's office reported the pair are on their way to an Israeli military base after a border handover. No prisoner exchanges were part of their release.In this photo provided by...

Deputy stabbed serving eviction, officer hurt during arrest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (KDVR) -- A deputy was stabbed serving an eviction, leading to an hours-long barricade that ended with an officer's injury during the suspect's arrest. The suspect was taken into custody and was transported to a hospital "with self-inflicted injuries," according to a 6:07 p.m. post from the Westminster Police Department. Denver man’s family released by Hamas for ‘humanitarian’ reasons Westminster SWAT had been on the scene at West 121st Avenue and Zuni Street after the barricaded suspect allegedly assaulted a deputy.Westminster Police said the Adams County Sheriff's Office was at the Brodie Apartments, near the intersection of North Federal Parkway and North Zuni Street, to serve an eviction notice when the deputy was stabbed.One of the apartment's occupants, an adult female, lunged at an Adams County Sheriff's Office deputy, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries, Westminster Senior Police Officer Ray Esslinger said. The deputy was transported to a local ho...

This Denver airport restaurant ranked as one of best in nation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Travelers who showed up early at Denver International Airport to beat the security check line, are waiting for a delayed flight or just have a long layover will want to try out this highly-rated spot.DIA made the Food and Wine list as one of the top airports with the best provisions. Not only was it honored with making the list, but it was also picked as the Editor’s Choice. What to know before you get to the Denver airport While there are plenty of highly recommended spots around the airport, Root Down is nationally rated as the best sit-down spot, convenience food and bar.USA Today 10Best polled its viewers on the best airport food counter spots in the nation and Root Down was voted at No. 8 for the best grab-and-go spots in the nation. Root Down has food you can order and sit down, but it also has an option where you can grab premade meals. Either option is equally as good, as the restaurant also ranked as the best place to eat in general.FOX31 looked int...

Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett says 3rd solo album ‘Lost at Sea’ marks change of direction in his sound

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

The guitar has a sound that makes you just want to head bang. Rock group Foo Fighters has been putting out bangers since the ’90s. Now lead guitarist Chris Shiflett is hitting a new tone with his new solo album, and he gave us a look at what he can do with those epic strings.Foo Fighters rock out hard. And riffing the guitar for the group is Chris Shiflett.He just dropped his third solo album, “Lost at Sea.”Chris Shiflett: “My idea was just go record a couple songs here, a couple songs there, work with a bunch of different producers, but then, you know, the first weekend that I flew out to Nashville to do that, I recorded a couple of songs with Jaren Johnston from Cadillac Three producing, and I just loved how they turned out, and it kind of pointed in a little bit of a different direction for me, you know, for my solo stuff.”His inspo for new songs came from experiences in the Music City and L.A.Chris Shiflett: “Nashville has such an incredible c...

Search underway for 91-year-old man reported missing from Little Haiti

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for an elderly man who was reported missing in Miami.According to City of Miami Police, 91-year-old Benjamin Louis was last seen in an unspecified part of the Little Haiti neighborhood on Friday.He stands 6 feet tall, weighs around 160 pounds, is bald and has brown eyes.Louis was last seen wearing a white shirt with blue jeans.Officials urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to call Miami Police’s Missing Persons Unit at 305-603-6300 or the department’s non-emergency line at 305-579-6111.

$8B in federal infrastructure funding to Mass.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

LOWELL — The last time U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey were in Lowell, they came bearing a check for $21.4 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for four Mill City bridges that span canals fed by the mighty Merrimack River.On Friday, both were at UMass Lowell for an Infrastructure Investment Day event to talk about the $8 billion in federal funding the commonwealth is receiving for infrastructure investments such as roads, bridges, public transportation, climate and clean energy initiatives, among other projects.“Infrastructure is in part about how we move around,” Warren said by phone before the afternoon meetings. “We have to think ahead. What are our transportation needs? Not from 20 years ago, but 20 years out.”As the chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Warren led a Senate hearing on the economic impact of federal investments in Massachusetts. The afternoon consisted of three panels brok...

Foxboro football coach Jack Martinelli joins the exclusive 300-win club

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

 Foxboro’s Jack Martinelli etched his name into the state record books as he became the seventh high school football coach in state history to amass 300 wins Friday night as his Warriors defeated Canton, 35-0.   *Ken LaChapelle 390-132-6 (1976-present, Northbridge) – Friday at Auburn*John DiBiaso 357-80-1 (1982-present, St. Patrick’s, Weston, Everett, Catholic Memorial) – Saturday at St. John’s PrepArmond Colombo 316-101-5 (1960-2002, Archbishop Williams, Brockton)*Jim Kelliher 310-207-8 (1974-present, Abington) – Friday at MiddleboroBill Broderick 303-68-42 (1908-1942, 1949, Rindge Tech, Haverhill, Salem)Tom Lopez 303-126-5 (1978-2018, Lincoln-Sudbury)Jack Martinelli 300-139-5 (1982-present, Foxboro)* – Not including this week’s game JACK MARTINELLIFOXBORO1982 – 7-3-01983 – 9-1-1 (SB-L)1984 – 9-2-0 (SB-L)1985 – 5-4-11986 – 9-1-01987 – 10-1-0 (SB-W)1988 – 11-0-0 (SB-W)1989 – 5-4-11990 – 9-1-01991 – 11-0-1 (SB-W)1992 ...

Housing policy, law groups are ‘deeply concerned’ with Healey’s shelter capacity limit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:52 GMT

A trio of housing policy and law groups said Friday they are “deeply concerned” with Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to limit capacity in the state’s emergency shelter system, which state officials have used to temporarily house migrants and homeless families.Healey said Monday the state will limit the number of families in the shelter system to 7,500 and place those who cannot fit onto a waiting list, raising the possibility that some could end up without a place to sleep as colder weather starts to set in. The state could hit that limit by the end of the month, Healey said.The state’s right-to-shelter law requires officials to provide temporary housing to families with children and pregnant women, including migrants who arrive in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association said the state “must continue to uphold that right.”“We are particularly worried that the Healey-Driscoll administrati...