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Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge presiding over Republicans’ widespread challenges to losses in the 2022 elections around Houston said Thursday not to expect a quick ruling following a trial in which no GOP voters came forward to testify that they were unable to vote because of ballot shortages or delayed poll openings last November. More than 20 races disputed by Republicans are all in Harris County, the third-largest county in the U.S., which is controlled by Democrats and in recent years has become a recurring target of new Texas voting rules and restrictions passed by GOP lawmakers. During the two-week trial, lawyers for the losing Republican candidates relied heavily on theories generated by their party members in lieu of testimony from voters or analysis from election law experts, according the Houston Chronicle.State District Judge David Peeples said following closing arguments Thursday that he did not expect to issue a ruling for weeks. The first lawsuit to go to trial was...

Denver-area inflation is the highest in the country

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver metro area has the nation's worst inflation problem, according to the most recent federal data. National inflation continues cooling off, according to Thursday's release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in July from the previous month and 3.2% in the last 12 months. This is the first time annual inflation has risen since last June, though it is still the lowest it's been since April 2021. Deputies: Alleged naked predator admits to exposing himself to female hikers The Denver metro is having worse luck with inflation than the other metro areas the bureau tracks, according to an analysis from financial advisor WalletHub. Researchers assigned an overall inflation score to each of the 23 areas the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks based on how much inflation has risen in the last two months and in the last year.The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area had the nation's highest score. The local consumer price index has risen...

Man accused of impersonating rescuer, assaulting woman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Northglenn man was arrested after he allegedly impersonated a public servant and assaulted a female hiker.According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a call on July 25 from a woman who said she was assaulted near the area of Caribou Road and Forest Service Road 505 outside of Nederland. Deputies: Alleged naked predator admits to exposing himself to female hikers The woman said she was hiking when a man driving in what she called a "search and rescue" vehicle offered her a ride to a different trail in the area. At the time, she said she believed he was part of the official search and rescue organization. The victim told deputies the man sexually and physically assaulted her.She was able to leave and called the sheriff's office immediately. The victim described the man as:WhiteIn his 50sBaldHad a mostly gray beardWore a green collared shirt styled to look like a search and rescue uniformBased on the victim's statement, detectives obtained an...

Denver weather: Weekend rain chances followed by dry stretch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- There will be a few passing gusty thundershowers in Denver weather early Thursday evening. The chance is low and most passing showers will produce more wind than rain. There are additional chances for afternoon storms heading into the weekend according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Low rain chances for the week aheadWeather tonight: Passing gusty showersShowers and thunderstorms will quickly head east through the evening hours before ending. Skies will slowly clear overnight and there will be a gentle breeze. Temperatures will be comfortable in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees in metro Denver. There will be cooler overnight lows in the 40s through the Colorado mountains.Overnight low temperatures by early Friday morningWeather tomorrow: Isolated storm chancesFriday will bring more of the same with morning sunshine followed by increasing clouds and a few passing thunderstorms. The rain chances remain low as storm coverage will be very spotty....

Hialeah Police discontinue search for suspected armed burglar; Okeechobee Road back open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

Hialeah Police have discontinued their search for a suspected armed burglary suspect who, they said, fled from police.7Skyforce hovered over the scene after police set up a perimeter in the area of West 14th Avenue and 29th Street, just after 4 p.m., Thursday. Hialeah Police SWAT, a K-9 unit and multiple officers were at the scene conducting the search for the subject in question. The westbound lanes of West Okeechobee Road were temporarily shut down due to the police activity. The roadway has since reopened to traffic. Police said this remains an open and active investigation.

Walden Pond shuts down to swimming due to elevated bacterial levels after heavy rain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

The Walden Pond oasis has been shut down to swimming because of elevated bacteria levels after the recent deluge of rain.Walden Pond is the latest Massachusetts waterbody that has a “No Swimming” red flag warning as a result of all the torrential rain this summer.“Due to elevated bacterial levels in recent sample, a No Swimming warning has been issued at Walden Pond Main Beach,” Walden Pond State Reservation tweeted on Thursday.“The warning will remain in effect until subsequent sample results return to safe recreational water standards,” the state Department of Conservation and Recreation park tweeted.This “No Swimming” warning at Walden comes after several inches of rain fell on Tuesday across the region.With all the rainfall this summer, many DCR swimming areas have been testing positive for elevated bacterial levels. DCR posts a red flag at the beach if the water is unsafe for swimming.“Rainfall washes everything that’s...

Patriots-Texans Inactives: Nine players not spotted in pregame warmups

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

FOXBORO — The Patriots filled their 90-man roster prior to Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Houston Texans, but only 81 players were present during pregame warmups.Safety Cody Davis, defensive end Trey Flowers and guard Mike Onwenu remain on the physically unable to perform list, and offensive tackle Calvin Anderson is still on the non-football illness list, so they were not in uniform. Several players who have been absent from practice also weren’t dressed Thursday, including running back Ty Montgomery, cornerback Jonathan Jones and guards Bill Murray and Cole Strange.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots assign rookie numbers before preseason opener vs. Texans New England Patriots | The Patriots’ 4 big questions heading into the preseason New England Patriots | Five things to watch in preseason opener New England Patriots | Patriots fill 90-man roster by signing free-agent lin...

Mike Lupica: Other than money, Mets and Yankees have little to offer Shohei Ohtani

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

All along there’s been a big, big-city fever dream in the back of everybody’s minds that Shohei Ohtani ends up in New York, for all the talk that he’ll end up staying on the west coast once he become a free agent. Somehow the best baseball player in the world would come here the way Babe Ruth did over 100 years ago, and be that kind of star in a star town.But even if that were a real possibility, no matter how much of a longshot it is, ask yourself something:What exactly about the current state of the Mets and Yankees would make Ohtani even think about coming here?Because what we have found out this season, both sides of town, over $600 million spent on two teams whose combined record coming out of Wednesday night’s games was a combined seven games under .500, is that it takes more than money to win. A whole lot more than a whole lot of money.One team in last place, one in second-to-last. After Brian Cashman did next to nothing at the trade deadline, he said,...

Inflation ticks up for first time in 13 months, Boston area doing better than U.S.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

While the rest of the U.S. was staring down a the first uptick in inflation in 13 months, the Boston area saw a slight decrease in the price of most consumer goods, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.On Thursday, BLS released both its national and regional statistics for July, which showed that a streak of prices dropping more than a year long ended in July when the Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% nationally from the previous month, while the index saw a further decline in and around Boston.“Consumer prices in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area inched down 0.1% for the two months ending in July. The downturn was attributed to lower prices for household energy,” the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region Information Office announced.According to BLS, the bulk of the decrease in Boston’s CPI can be attributed to a decline in the energy indexes, which fell by more than 15.2% over last year and 4.6% since May.Energy price drops, according to the Bureau, are “driven by an...

A whirlwind recent stretch of trades, suspensions, chatter and wins puts the Chicago White Sox in the spotlight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:47:46 GMT

The New York Yankees called on reliever Keynan Middleton in the fourth inning Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox.It was the right-hander’s first time facing his former team a few days after saying in an interview with ESPN and the New York Daily News that the Sox clubhouse had “no rules,” which received pushback from general manager Rick Hahn and manager Pedro Grifol.Some observed Middleton’s name was missing from Guaranteed Rate Field’s video board while he was on the mound Wednesday, creating social media buzz.“The omission was not intentional but resulted because of duplicate players listed under one uniform number on MLB’s downloadable Yankees roster,” the Sox said Thursday morning in a statement. “This glitch has arisen from time to time this season when multiple players have worn the same number for a team, and we regret it occurred tonight.”When you’ve had the type of recent stretch — and season R...