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Troy Renck: Nuggets’ Calvin Booth had it coming, but Michael Malone deserved better DENVER — Fitting for this season, the Nuggets can offer no defense for their actions. They became the most embarrassing franchise in town Tuesday — which is saying something with the Rockies down the street — by firing coach Michael Malone. Yes, general manager Calvin Booth was also dismissed, but that should have happened the moment the trade deadline passed without a move. Malone deserved ... Read more

Red Sox star Jarren Duran: ‘If my story can help even one person, then it was worth telling’ BOSTON — Following the release of Netflix’s new series “The Clubhouse: A Year With The Red Sox,” outfielder Jarren Duran issued a statement regarding the show’s revelation that he attempted suicide during the 2022 season. “Talking about this wasn’t easy, but it felt important," Duran said. "I trusted the Netflix crew, and I knew that if I was going to share this, I had to be real about it. A ... Read more

Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain

 

Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain

Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains.

Read More Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains.

 

Sheriff: 8 JSO corrections officers, 1 sergeant removed from duties at jail after ‘incident’ left inmate critically injured

Sheriff T.K. Waters said in a brief news conference yesterday that eight correctional officers and a correctional sergeant were removed from their positions in the Duval County jail and stripped of all their correction authority after an unspecified incident left an inmate in critical condition. What we know | Watch the sheriff's announcement

U.S. Job Growth Strong Amid Trade War Worries

 

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U.S. Job Growth Strong Amid Trade War Worries

Employers added 228,000 jobs in March, many more than expected. The closely watched report provided some good news as markets reeled from worries about escalating tensions over tariffs.

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Karl Russell

U.S. Job Growth Strong Amid Trade War Worries

Employers added 228,000 jobs in March, many more than expected. The closely watched report provided some good news as markets reeled from worries about escalating tensions over tariffs.

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Jay North, TV’s mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73

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LAKE BUTLER, Fla. – Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73.

North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after battling colon cancer, said Laurie Jacobson, a longtime friend, and Bonnie Vent, who was his booking agent.

“He had a heart as big as a mountain, loved his friends deeply. He called us frequently and ended every conversation with ‘I love you with all my heart,‘” Jacobson wrote in a tribute on Facebook.

North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham’s popular comic strip that took place in an idyllic American suburb.

Often wearing a striped shirt and overalls, Dennis’ mischievous antics frequently frustrated his retired next-door neighbor George Wilson, played by Joseph Kearns. Dennis’ patient parents were played by Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry.

The show ran on Sunday nights until it was canceled in 1963. After that it was a fixture for decades in syndication.

Later, North appeared on TV in shows including “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Lucy Show,” “My Three Sons,” “Lassie” and “The Simpsons,” and in movies like “Maya” (1966), “The Teacher” (1974) and “Dickie Robert: Former Child Star” (2003).

North is survived by his third wife, Cindy, and three stepdaughters.

 

Deadly car accident in coastal Georgia kills family of 5

FILE - A police vehicle flashes its lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt Rourke, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

McINTOSH COUNTY, Ga. – A deadly car accident killed five people in coastal Georgia on Sunday morning, according to state police.

A vehicle burst into flames after it collided with another vehicle headed southbound on I-95 in McIntosh County around 6 a.m.        

The victims in that vehicle were identified as 27-year-old Reagan Dougan and her four children, ages 9, 4, 2 and 3 months, according to Georgia State Trooper Christopher Ashdown.

Dougan had been driving a rental car from Raleigh, North Carolina, to meet her husband in Florida, who has been notified of the accident. The passenger in the other vehicle was taken to the hospital.

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A Colorado woman who was handcuffed in a police car hit by a train receives an $8.5M settlement

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FILE - This screen grab from dash camera video provided by the Fort Lupton Police Department shows a freight train barreling toward a parked police car with a suspect inside, Sept. 16, 2022, in Fort Lupton, Colo. A Colorado city has agreed to pay $8.5 million in a settlement with a woman who was seriously injured when she was left handcuffed inside a patrol car parked on railroad tracks that was hit by a freight train. (Fort Lupton Police Department via AP, File)

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FILE - This screen grab from dash camera video provided by the Fort Lupton Police Department shows a freight train hitting a parked police car with a suspect inside, Sept. 16, 2022, in Fort Lupton, Colo. A Colorado city has agreed to pay $8.5 million in a settlement with a woman who was seriously injured when she was left handcuffed inside a patrol car parked on railroad tracks that was hit by a freight train. (Fort Lupton Police Department via AP, File)

BY  COLLEEN SLEVIN

Updated 5:06 PM EDT, June 5, 2024

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers said Wednesday.

The city of Fort Lupton and nearby town of Platteville, which together employed the three officers sued in the 2022 crash, will each pay half of the settlement to Yareni Rios, said attorney Eric Ziporin.

Ziporin represents the two officers who worked for Fort Lupton at the time, Jordan Steinke and Ryan Thomeczek. He declined to comment further on the agreement. Fort Lupton Police Chief William Carnes said in a statement Tuesday that the settlement was reached to “the mutual satisfaction of the parties, recognizes the gravity of this matter, and allows all parties to move forward.”

Former Platteville police Sgt. Pablo Vazquez was also sued. The Associated Press sent his attorneys an email seeking comment Wednesday.

Steinke and Vazquez were both sentenced to probation in connection with the crash; Thomeczek was not charged.

Rios, then 20, was pulled over by Vazquez on Sept. 16, 2022, after a road rage incident that police said at the time involved “menacing with a handgun.” Shortly afterward, Steinke and then Thomeczek arrived to help, and Steinke put Rios in the back of Vazquez’s patrol car. Vazquez had parked on railroad tracks, according to the lawsuit and testimony in Steinke’s trial last year.

Steinke testified that she did not realize where the car was parked, though the tracks and railroad crossing signs can be seen in her body camera footage. She was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault, fired from her job and sentenced to serve 2 1/2 years of supervised probation.

In comments recorded on body camera footage, Vazquez told other officers that he thought he had cleared the tracks when he parked behind Rios. He said he was focused on her because he was concerned that she possibly had a weapon.

Vazquez pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment and was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation.

Rios screamed for help after seeing the train approaching, and although a door in the police car had been left open, she was not able to get out of the caged-in back seat, according to the lawsuit, which stated that she suffered serious injuries, including severe head trauma. The suit accused police of being reckless and failing to protect Rios while she was in their custody.

Rios pleaded no contest to a charge of misdemeanor menacing.

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