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CSP investigates shots fired incident on US Highway 36

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado State Patrol and other agencies were on the scene of a shots fired incident that happened on U.S. Highway 36 in the area of McCaslin Boulevard in Superior on Sunday.People were asked to avoid the area and find an alternative route.FOX31 is working to gather additional information and will provide updates as they become available.

SIU called in after shots fired by police during Vaughan home invasion investigation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in after shots were fired by police as they responded to an early morning home invasion in Vaughan.According to the police watchdog, York region police were called to a home in the area of Forest Drive and Bainbridge Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday after someone called to report a home invasion.“Upon arriving at the residence, officers became involved in an interaction with three individuals,” the SIU said in a statement. “One officer discharged his firearm multiple times.”“At this time, it appears that no one suffered any serious injuries as a result of this incident.”Police arrested a 26-year-old man while two others fled the scene.The SIU is an independent government agency that is called in when police are involved in a death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person.

Mike Nussbaum, prolific Chicago stage actor with film roles including ‘Field of Dreams,’ dies at 99

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Nussbaum, reputed as the oldest professional actor in America with a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black,” has died. He was 99. He died of old age at his Chicago home on Saturday, just days before his 100th birthday, his daughter, Karen Nussbaum, told The Associated Press. “He was a good father and a good man who raised us to care about other people and respect other people and care about justice,” she said. Mike Nussbaum was acknowledged by the Actor’s Equity Association union multiple times in the past several years as the oldest professional actor in the country. When asked about his status as a working nonagenarian over the years, Nussbaum said he simply enjoyed the work. “I am gifted and lucky to still be able to do the thing that is the most fun for me in life,” he told WBEZ Chicago in 2019 when he was 94 years old. “As long as I can do it, I will.”Born in December 1923 in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood...

Pope says ‘our hearts are in Bethlehem’ as he presides over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world.” The pontiff presided Sunday over the evening Mass attended by about 6,500 faithful who took their place amid the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica behind rows of white-clad prelates.“Our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, ” the pope said, referring to the war sparked by Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 rampage and hostage-taking in Israel. As Mass began, a statuette of the Christ child was unveiled before the altar bedecked in greenery and white flowers, and children representing all corners of the globe placed flowers around a gilded throne.Francis, draped in white robes, led the Mass standing at the foot of one of St. Peter’s grand columns.Recalling that Jesus was born during a census meant to reinforce King David’s power, Franc...

A big avalanche has closed the highway on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — A large avalanche and blizzard conditions in southern Alaska cut off road access Sunday to much of the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage.The avalanche hit the Seward Highway near the intersection of the Sterling Highway around 8 a.m. Sunday. Highway officials expected the road to remain closed for at least 12 hours.The closure 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Anchorage cut off communities served by the two roads including Seward, a town of about 2,600 on the Gulf of Alaska.Avalanche warnings were in effect for the southeastern Kenai Peninsula amid a combination of snow and wind gusting to 30 mph (50 kilometers per hour).The Associated Press

'Babe...I just got shot': Bullet hits pregnant Colorado mom, barely misses kids

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A pregnant Colorado woman has been released from the hospital after she was hit by a stray bullet while sleeping inside her home this week.Kendall Heinold said she and her family woke up to the sound of gunfire in their Aurora neighborhood early Thursday morning. “[There] was just a really loud noise and then a lot of pain on my left side,” she said. "My husband was sleeping next to me, and he got up and was like, ‘Did you hear that?’ because it was so loud. And I just looked at him and was like, ‘Babe, call 911, I just got shot.'" Unexpected factor behind death of former NFL player Mike Williams Heinold was taken to a hospital, where doctors found a bullet lodged in her shoulder.The 27-year-old is 16 weeks pregnant and said doctors decided to leave the bullet in her rather than place her under anesthesia for surgery. Aurora police believe that the bullet may have traveled hundreds of feet in the air over a greenbelt that backs up to the family's home.B...

FDA warns of fake Ozempic in US drug supply chain

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

(The Hill) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an advisory Thursday warning customers not to use counterfeit Ozempic shots found in the drug supply chain.The administration said it is investigating occurrences of fake semaglutide — the drug found in weight-loss medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy — and said it has already seized thousands of units of the counterfeit product. What doctors are saying about the new weight loss drug Zepbound The agency advised wholesalers, retail pharmacies, health care practitioners and patients to check the products they receive and to not distribute, sell or use products labeled with NAR0074 and serial number 430834149057, as some counterfeit products may still be available.This photo combo provided by the FDA shows an authentic Ozempic needle, left and a counterfeit needle, right. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss, t...

House explosion in Rogers kills one, injures five others

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

Rogers (FOX 44/KWKT) -- The Bell County Fire Marshal is investigating a house explosion that killed one person and injured five others in Rogers Sunday morning.The Rogers Volunteer Fire Department tells FOX 44 News the explosion happened around 9:05 a.m. on West Gulf Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found the home damaged by the blast. All of the injured adults were taken to Baylor Scott and White with minor to serious injuries. Some had burns from the explosion.While the cause of the explosion is unknown at this time, a gas leak was discovered and firefighters evacuated all of the surrounding houses on the block. There is no word yet on when the people will be allowed to return to their homes. Along with Rogers VFD, firefighters from Temple, Cameron Troy, Little River, and Buckholts responded to the scene.

Austin Fire Department donates toys to Travis County office

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Kids visiting the Travis County Attorney's Office will have plenty of toys to preoccupy themselves with following a donation from the Austin Fire Department.In late October, Travis County Commissioners approved a license agreement allowing AFD to temporarily house its downtown station operations in the county's Ned Granger Building. The temporary move came as the AFD downtown station undergoes renovations, county officials said in an email Friday.To repay the favor, AFD donated toys and games to the Travis County Attorney's Office kid's room for guests to enjoy. "The County Attorney’s Office is also in the Granger Building, and this room is used for kids when their parents have to come to the County Attorney’s Office for meetings or cases they’re involved in," a county spokesperson said in the email.

A North American military command in Colorado is tracking Santa’s every move and kids can follow along

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:45:44 GMT

By SAGAR MEGHANI (Associated Press)WASHINGTON — As children around the world eagerly await Santa’s arrival on Christmas, the military is closely tracking his every move.Armed with radar, sensors, aircraft and Christmas spirit, the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado is reporting on the movements of Santa’s sleigh since his takeoff from the North Pole for parts of the globe where Christmas comes first. Once again it is sharing those details so kids can follow along.NORAD is the joint military command that is responsible for protecting U.S. and Canadian airspace, but it has a jolly side, too. It has launched its noradsanta.org website, social media sites and mobile app, loaded with games, movies, books and music. By late Christmas Eve in Thailand, late morning Sunday in the eastern U.S., the tracker reported that Santa had departed Bangkok and moved on to Burma, Tibet, China and Russia, distributing nearly 2 billion gifts so far in his travels.NORAD’s findings c...