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'Armed and dangerous' man wanted for 1st-degree murder

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — Police are looking for a 24-year-old who allegedly shot and killed a woman in Lakewood. Patrick Placencio is wanted for the first-degree murder of a 22-year-old. The Lakewood Police Department said Placencio should be considered "armed and dangerous." Police believe deadly Tesla shooting began as a road rage According to LPD, the homicide occurred on April 30 at 2:48 a.m. in the 1200 block of South Marshall Street. The area is in the Lasley neighborhood. Police located the woman inside a home where she had died from at least one gunshot wound.Detectives have not stated what the relationship is between Placencio and the victim.According to LPD, Placencio is known to frequent the Lakewood and Denver areas. If you have any information on his whereabouts you are asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.

Police ask for video in shooting on 16th and Wazee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Police Department is asking for the public's assistance regarding a shooting that took place at 16th Street and Wazee Street.The shooting happened around 1:51 a.m. on May 6, according to DPD.A man was injured but is expected to survive. DPD is asking anyone with information or surveillance video of the incident to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Tucker Carlson says he’s coming back with show on Twitter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Fired Fox news host Tucker Carlson said Tuesday that he will be putting out a “new version” of his program on Twitter.Carlson made his announcement in a three-minute video posted on the social media site, as part of a denunciation of media. He called Twitter that last big remaining platform that allows free speech.“We’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter,” he said. “We’ll bring some other things, too, which we’ll tell you about. But for now we’re just grateful to be here.”He offered no other details, and a message to his lawyer, Bryan Freedman, was not immediately returned.It’s unclear what these plans mean for his remaining contract with Fox; typically television companies include a no-compete clause when someone leaves the air. A Fox spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call for comment.Axios reported on Tuesday that Carlson’s lawyers sent a letter t...

Tucker Carlson announces plans to relaunch his show on Twitter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

(CNN) — Right-wing extremist Tucker Carlson announced Tuesday that he will relaunch his program on Twitter, a platform he praised as the only remaining large free-speech platform in the world after Fox News fired him late last month.Carlson made the announcement in a video posted to the social media website, which Elon Musk acquired last year. Twitter has devolved in recent months into a chaotic platform where the traditional press has come under assault from the billionaire.“Speech is the fundamental pre-requisite for democracy. That’s why it was enshrined in the first of our Constitutional amendments,” Carlson said. “Amazingly, as of tonight, there are not that many platforms left that allow free speech. The last big one remaining … is Twitter, where we are now.”Carlson demonized the news media in his announcement video, accusing journalists of often excluding facts that detract from their narratives. He did not mention Musk has ...

Exclusive: Rep. George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

(CNN) — Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos, according to three sources familiar with the matter.Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday at federal court in New York’s eastern district, where the charges have been filed under seal.The exact nature of the charges couldn’t immediately be learned but the FBI and the Justice Department public integrity prosecutors in New York and Washington have been examining allegations of false statements in Santos’ campaign finance filings and other claims.The congressman’s attorney declined to comment. Spokespeople for the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office, the Justice Department and the FBI declined to comment.The freshman congressman, who was elected last year to represent a district that includes parts of Long Island and Queens, has been under investi...

Students honored for their acts of kindness at North Beach Elementary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

Some South Florida students are being honored for their acts of kindness.Each month, staff members at North Beach Elementary nominate students to be recognized for the Jennifer Beth Turken Heart Award. Turken was a student at the school who passed away in 1996 at just 8 years old due to a brain tumor. Her parents created the award to recognize students for their kindness and respect towards one another.“We basically teach children all about kindness, we read stories to them about kindness, and it really works,” said Dana Turken, Jennifer’s mother. “I try to be kind, and I try to make my other friends feel good and okay about themselves,” said Lidnsay Gonzales, an award recipient. The winners received certificates and are invited with their classmates to an ice cream party, and at the end of the year, an overall winner from each grade level receives a new bicycle and a helmet.

EPP demands Ukraine join NATO — eventually

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

The European People’s Party on Tuesday waded into NATO’s thorniest ongoing debate: What to do about Ukraine’s bid to join the alliance.  The center-right group in the European Parliament adopted a declaration calling for the military alliance to lay the groundwork for Kyiv to join NATO — in the long run. “The EPP Group expects that the upcoming Vilnius and Washington summits pave the way to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join NATO and that the accession process will start after the war is over and be finalised as soon as possible,” the grouping said in the declaration, published late Tuesday. This move, the group said, “will strengthen our Alliance and be a further step towards sustainable peace in Europe.”The alliance’s political relationship with Ukraine is currently one of the most sensitive — and divisive — questions facing NATO.During a 2008 summit in Bucharest, NATO made a vague promise that Ukraine would ultimately join the alliance. And while all...

Jayson Tatum gifted signed Tom Brady jersey as Celtics continue playoff run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

Celtics player Jayson Tatum recently got some superstar support as the Celtics continue their playoff run in the form of a gifted signed jersey from Patriots legend Tom Brady. “I love watching you play,” reads a message written on the jersey. Brady had years of experience in the playoffs, racking up Super Bowl titles and other postseason victories over the years in New England. Now, he’s also wishing Tatum good luck.The Celtics are currently tied 2-2 in their second round series with the Philadelphia 76ers. Tip-off for Game Five is set for Tuesday night at the TD Garden.

Feds hit ‘El Chapo’ kin with sanctions over fentanyl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

WASHINGTON – The United States on Tuesday sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms dealing in chemicals and real estate, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S.The sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was to talk with President Biden by phone about immigration and the fentanyl crisis.The Treasury Department designated El Chapo’s son Joaquin Guzman Lopez and others for financial sanctions, including a freeze on American-owned assets and bank accounts and a ban on Americans doing business with them.A Culiacan, Mexico, chemical and lab equipment company and a real estate business were also slapped with sanctions.The latest penalties by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control follow a set of April fentanyl trafficking charges brought against three other Guzman sons, Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzm...

McCarthy: No movement on debt ceiling in Biden meeting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:27 GMT

By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM, JOSH BOAK and LISA MASCARO (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday after meeting with President Joe Biden and congressional leaders that he “didn’t see any new movement” toward ending a months-long impasse over raising the nation’s borrowing limit and averting a potential first-ever U.S. default.The president welcomed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Oval Office. Their initial challenge was simply to agree on what exactly they were talking about as they met for just over one hour.With the government at risk of being unable to meet its obligations as soon as June 1, raising the specter of economic chaos, Republicans came to the White House hoping to negotiate sweeping cuts to federal spending in exchange for allowing new borrowing to avoid default.“I asked the pres...