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CU students help rebuild professor's home burned in Marshall Fire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Nearly two years ago, the Marshall Fire burned thousands of acres in Boulder County and destroyed over 1,000 homes in its path. It was the most destructive fire in Colorado history.One of those houses was home to Matt Morris, an engineering professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. His family is spending their first Christmas in their new home on the property this year, according to a release from CU. Why a burn extinguished days before Marshall Fire is believed to be part of the cause Morris started to rebuild their home in August of 2022. According to the release, one of his students, George Kurtz, heard about his efforts and showed up to help. Kurtz, then a senior in architectural engineering, kept showing up and Morris eventually hired him. Daniel Donado Quintero, then a first-year civil engineering PhD student, joined the effort in November 2022.Morris, two of his students and numerous volunteers were able to construct more than 80% of the new house wi...

Miami Heat to retire Udonis Haslem’s No. 40 jersey in ceremony

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

The Miami Heat announced Friday the retirement of Udonis Haslem’s No. 40 jersey in a ceremony scheduled for next month during halftime of their matchup against the Atlanta Hawks. Haslem, a pivotal figure in the team’s history, will join an elite group of Heat players on Jan 19, including Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade, as the sixth player to have his jersey retired.The organization said the decision to retire Haslem’s jersey reflects his remarkable 20-year career with the Heat, culminating in three NBA Championships, seven Eastern Conference Championships, and 12 Divisional Titles. “It’s about a great legacy, a thank you moment that has been earned over 20 years of being an incredible championship player and most importantly, the best leader,” said Heat President Pat Riley. “He’s going to have his day and I can’t wait to see his jersey hang in the rafters.”Haslem, who retired last season, made history as one of on...

Standoff in Norwood parking lot ends with officer shooting armed suspect

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

Officials in Norwood say a standoff that occurred in the parking lot of a business ended with an armed suspect being shot by an officer.Posting on social media just before 2 p.m. on Friday, Norwood Police Chief William Brooks said the officer-involved shooting occurred on Morse Street.“Officer involved shooting Morse Street. No officers hit, suspect being medflighted,” Brooks said on X, formerly known as Twitter.During a news conference an hour later, authorities said the shooting occurred following an incident involving a woman armed with a gun at a storage facility.According to Brooks, officers were first called to the area around 1 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from a man at the facility, who described there being a dispute between him and a woman who had threatened him and had a gun that she was pointing at her head.Arriving officers found the woman in the parking lot of the business, leading to a standoff that lasted nearly 45 minutes as police attempted to talk t...

Local doctors share advice to avoid viruses, colds during the holiday season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

With holiday gatherings in full swing and Christmas in just a few days, nasty viruses and colds are making the rounds.As some people are starting to worry, 7NEWS spoke with local doctors to get their advice.“It’s good that everybody is starting to think about it,” Beth Israel Lahey Health Chief Infection prevention Officer Dr. Sharon Wright.RSV, a new COVID-19 variant and the flu are all health issues doctors remain concerned about. People like the elderly, the very young and those with respiratory and other health challenges, as a result, should be careful.More patients are presenting with symptoms at Mass. General Hospital. MGH Division of Infectious Diseases Chief Dr. Ruanne Barnabas, though, said “It’s quite small.”“Just about two percent for each of those and one percent for RSV,” she said.While most everyone got their vaccinations in Massachusetts during the pandemic, the government recently said fewer people are choosing to get protected now. “Low vaccination rates,...

Judge: Goldberg May Pursue Disciplinary Meeting With Suspended CCC Chair

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

A Superior Court judge ruled Friday that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg can go ahead with the meeting that could lead to the firing of suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O’Brien and also cautioned the parties that “political theater should be avoided” as the heavyweight fight extends into the new year.More than a week after hearing arguments in the case, Judge Debra Squires-Lee denied O’Brien’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to have the court mandate rules for the meeting and approved Goldberg’s motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order that had been in place since earlier this month. O’Brien had asked the court to require that the meeting be held in public and to bar Goldberg from being the ultimate fact-finder in the case.Unsatisfied with the ruling, O’Brien’s legal team said Friday afternoon that it is “carefully examining an appeal to a higher court after the holidays.”Goldb...

Shelter at former Cambridge courthouse helping ‘most vulnerable folks’ during holidays

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

A Cambridge Democrat applauded a decision to open an emergency overnight shelter for homeless families with children and pregnant people at a former courthouse in the city while acknowledging the roughly 150-year-old building needs work.Rep. Mike Connolly, whose district encompasses the overnight shelter opening Friday at the courthouse that houses the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, said there are several challenges with the structure, including plumbing, lack of showers, and infrastructure.But there are “a lot of efforts underway to address” those concerns, he told the Herald hours before he was scheduled to tour the site with other stakeholders. As temperatures continue to dip below freezing, Connolly said officials are trying to help families with children who have no place to go.“What we’re doing here is making vacant space available so that those most vulnerable folks won’t have to be either on the street, or in some other place that isn’t really fit for h...

Probe: Doomed Philadelphia news helicopter hit trees fast, broke up, then burned, killing 2 on board

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

By WAYNE PARRY (Associated Press)SHAMONG, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash investigator said Friday.Todd Gunther, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters near the crash site that WPVI’s Chopper 6 was returning to its base at Northeast Philadelphia Airport Tuesday night when something caused it to crash into Wharton State Forest in Washington Township.The crew had been photographing Christmas light displays near Atlantic City.Killed in the crash were the pilot, 67-year-old Monroe Smith of Glenside, Pennsylvania, and a photographer, 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty of Oreland, Pennsylvania.“The aircraft hit at very high speed, and after striking the trees, it fragmented,...

Mass and Cass dealer who sold ‘deadly drugs for his own profit’ sentenced to prison

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

A Mass and Cass drug dealer who had a “major presence” in the homeless area has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted on numerous drug and gun charges.Lowell man Jay Candelario, 43, sold “deadly drugs for his own profit” in the Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard section of Boston, according to the Suffolk District attorney.A judge on Thursday sentenced Candelario to eight years on the charges of: trafficking fentanyl, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of suboxone with intent to distribute, illegal possession of a firearm, and illegal possession of a high-capacity magazine. Candelario is also facing an additional five years for possession of a firearm while in commission of a felony.“Mr. Candelario was a major presence at Mass and Cass when the area was at its peak population point,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said. “Our focus has always been on the opportunists like him who saw only one...

Supreme Court rejects prosecutor’s push to fast-track ruling in Trump election subversion case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

By MARK SHERMAN and ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results.The ruling is a scheduling win for Trump and his lawyers, who have sought repeatedly to delay the criminal cases against him as he campaigns to reclaim the White House in 2024. It averts a swift ruling from the nation’s highest court that could have definitively turned aside his claims of immunity and further throws into doubt the possibility of the landmark trial proceeding as scheduled on March 4.The issue will now be decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which has signaled it will act quickly to decide the case. Special counsel Jack Smith had cautioned that even a rapid appellate decision might not get to the Supreme Court in time for review and fin...

Supreme Court rejects prosecutor's push to fast-track ruling in Trump election subversion case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results.The ruling is a scheduling win for Trump and his lawyers, who have sought repeatedly to delay the criminal cases against him as he campaigns to reclaim the White House in 2024. It averts a swift ruling from the nation's highest court that could have definitively turned aside his claims of immunity and further throws into doubt the possibility of the landmark trial proceeding as scheduled on March 4.The issue will now be decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which has signaled it will act quickly to decide the case. Special counsel Jack Smith had cautioned that even a rapid appellate decision might not get to the Supreme Court in time for review and final word before the court’s traditional summer break.Smith had ...