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Wrongly disposed fireworks destroy 2 homes by fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

PARKER, Colo. (KDVR) —  Two homes were destroyed in a fire on Independence Day morning.South Metro Fire Rescue said the fire was burning two homes on Kimball Street in Parker at 12:23 a.m. Tuesday. A couple of hours later, they said one firefighter was transported to the hospital with “a minor burn injury.” Caught on camera: Guests dodge out-of-control fireworks Investigators determined the fire was caused by “improper disposal of legal fireworks” in a plastic bin outside of the garage. According to South Metro Fire, both homes were destroyed and families were displaced.FOX31 spoke to a family whose home was destroyed while they were sleeping.“It’s obviously a lot of shock and awe that this has happened to us. It's certainly more one of these things that you see on TV happening to other people and you never think it's going to happen to you,” Adam Rossi said.Two homes in Parker were destroyed in an overnight fire early July 4, 2023, that injured one of the firefighters o...

Veteran searching for heroes who pulled him from Clear Creek

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) — A Wheat Ridge veteran is hoping for a chance to say thank you to two young men who reportedly saved his life Tuesday.James Collins said he was fishing on Clear Creek a few miles West of Golden when he suddenly fell into the water.“My line got stuck, and I went to retrieve it," Collins said. "And on my way toward the line, I lost my balance and fell into the river.”Collins said he was quickly pulled downstream, fighting against the strong current as he tried to get to shore. He estimates he floated a few hundred feet down the creek before help suddenly arrived.James Collins sits near Clear Creek one day after he was rescued from the creek by two people he's hoping to track down. (KDVR)"All of a sudden, there was a raft right behind me, just right there out of nowhere, and behind him was a guy in a kayak," he said. Wrongly disposed fireworks destroy 2 homes by fire Collins said the two young men worked in tandem to corral him and bring him to shore. "I th...

5 hospitalized after shooting in courtyard of Fort Lauderdale apartment complex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

Gunfire tore through a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex, sending five people to the hospital, police said.Fort Lauderdale Police units responded to the scene at the Broward Gardens apartment complex in the area of Northwest 19th Street and 29th Avenue, Wednesday night.Speaking with reporters, FLPD Chief Patrick Lynn said the shooting stemmed from a confrontation involving two groups of people in the courtyard of the complex.“At approximately 8:40 p.m. this evening, at this apartment complex … we had a group of people gathered in the courtyard. A second group of people confronted them,” said Lynn. “As a result, gunfire ensued.”Investigators have confirmed five people were injured and have been taken to the hospital.“I’m not going to be releasing information about their conditions at this time,” said Lynn. “We are actively pursuing all investigate leads.”If you have any information on this shooting, call Fort Lauderdale Poli...

Neighborhood nuisance: Coyote sightings in Wilton Manors draw concerns from residents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

Coyote sightings in Wilton Manors in recent days have drawn safety concerns, as residents come forward with photographic evidence of the wild encounters they say are a little too close for comfort. Speaking with 7News on Wednesday, resident Jay Rawls said he had his breakfast interrupted on Friday when he saw one of the animals near his home near Northwest 30th Court.“Right across the river here,” he said as he pointed to where he first saw the coyote.Rawls said the animal was considerably closer to his home than he’d like.“I was shocked,” he said.That’s because he wants to protect what’s precious to him.“That’s concerning. I’m worried about my little dogs,” he said.Rawls introduced his pets to a 7News crew.“This is Theodore, and this is Simon,” he said.Rawls said he took out his cellphone and snapped a picture of the coyote that he then posted to social media.Residents may be on coyote watch now, but this...

City revealed her complaints to code enforcement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

When she became worried about unpermitted electrical work done at her condo complex, she notified code enforcement, who then told her condo board about her complaint — and what she called retaliation is why she called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.Some people would do anything to be popular. Tammy says she’d rather be right than be liked.Tammy Cutshaw: “Yeah, and I will stand my ground to the day I die. That’s just the way God wired me.”But standing her ground has left some people staring her down at Waterford Point Condos.Tammy Cutshaw: “And I’m hated now.”It’s an impressive property on the ocean in Pompano Beach, but Tammy says it’s what you can’t see that has her worried.Tammy Cutshaw: “Washers and dryers being installed, kitchens being redone. Major electrical power panels, your breaker box not permitted, not inspected by the city.”Tammy says she knows the work is being done because the people doi...

Hot, close and unpredictable: Spain braces for chaotic election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

MADRID — When Maripaz Pérez thinks about Spain’s upcoming national election she gets nervous.Pérez, a resident of the city of Seville, isn’t worried about the tightness of the race or the policies the country’s next government may put in place: The source of her anxiety is the actual date of the vote.“Who on Earth thinks of holding a national election on July 23, a Sunday in the middle of summer, when nearly everyone is out of town?” she complained. “How can they ask people to interrupt their holidays and stand in line in blistering heat just to do their duty as a citizen?”From the moment Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dissolved parliament in May, there’s been all sorts of speculation over how Spain’s summer election might play out.“We’ve never voted so late in the summer, when at least 10 million of Spain’s 37 million electors are on vacation,” said Pablo Simón, a political scientist at Madrid’s Carlos III Univer...

One for the whips! Fifty Shades of Grey author donates to Labour frontbencher

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

LONDON — Labour frontbencher Rosena Allin-Khan has found herself with a very different whipping arrangement after securing financial backing from Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James.The British novelist — whose erotic thrillers have sold millions — provided the £5,000 fund to Allin-Khan in May under her real name, Erika Martin.The cash from James, known for storming the literary world with her tales of a BDSM-obsessed billionaire, will be used to help the shadow mental health minister fund a political adviser in her office. The donation appears in the latest register of MP’s financial interests, and POLITICO has confirmed it is the same Erika Martin.The Fifty Shades trilogy, which was turned into a series of blockbuster films, helped make James a multimillionaire, despite being mocked at times for its eye-watering sexual escapades — including peeled ginger root being inserted into various orifices — and tortured metaphors.“I feel the colour in my cheeks rising again. ...

Repatriate British families from Al-Hol

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

Rob Williams is the CEO of War Child.Four years on from the military defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS), young women and children continue to be punished for the group’s monstrous crimes.The Al-Hol detention camp in northeast Syria is home to around 50,000 women and children who come from over 40 countries and were once associated with ISIS. Many of the camp’s detainees arrived as young girls. Some went voluntarily, some were groomed, others were compelled to join husbands or were brought to ISIS by their parents. But today, most of the camp’s current residents are young children born into the horror of war, exposed daily to violence and squalid conditions.Faced with this reality, countries with citizens in Al-Hol, whether from America, Europe or Asia, have been gradually allowing them to be repatriated, mostly to recover their lives and, where relevant, to face justice — with few exceptions. And among the most notable countries refusing to undertake the humane repatriation of famil...

Martin Dermine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

Dermine is forcing a major rethink for farmers after his NGO, PAN Europe, won a lawsuit at the Court of Justice of the EU earlier this year, overturning EU emergency authorization allowing the use of banned pesticides. The case successfully challenged capitals’ practice of granting exceptions to the ban on neonicotinoids — which are known to harm bees — for treating seeds. While so-called neonics make up some half of exemptions under the EU’s pesticide regulations, PAN Europe argues that the Luxembourg court’s ruling effectively closes a major loophole that keeps banned pesticides on the market — a view recently backed by the Commission.Check out the full Power 40 — Brussels class of 2023 list, and read the Letter from the Editors for an explanation of the thinking behind the ranking.

Kai Zenner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:00 GMT

A digital policy adviser to a key center-right MEP, Zenner essentially wrote large chunks of the Parliament’s amendments to the AI Act, inserting language to ensure that machine learning is overseen by humans; and that the EU’s early efforts at regulation will also apply to future technologies that we haven’t even dreamed of yet. Unlike most parliamentary assistants who put their boss in front, Zenner is a vocal part of the digital debate, posting regularly about the legislative process on his website, which promotes “pragmatism against populism and stagnation.”Check out the full Power 40 — Brussels class of 2023 list, and read the Letter from the Editors for an explanation of the thinking behind the ranking.