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Photos: Colorado peaks see first snowfall of the season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It's starting to look like winter on top of some Colorado peaks. Longs PeakLongs Peak, which sits at 14,259 feet, recorded snow just before 7 a.m. Monday. Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Chris Tomer said this was the peak's first snow of the season.The first snow of the season has fallen on Longs Peak on Sept. 11, 2023. (National Park Service)Temperatures on the peak reached 38 degrees with mostly cloudy skies and light winds. Be sure to check the weather forecast before you hike this fall, Longs Peak isn't the only snow-covered mountain.Breck's Five PeaksMother Nature showed a "sneak peak" of the fresh dusting on Breck’s Five Peaks. Vail Resorts said this is their official first snow of the season.Snow across Breck’s Five Peaks (Sarah Mclear, Breckenridge Ski Resort)Pikes PeakSnow covered another 14er Monday morning. The Pikes Peak summit had white-out conditions with the temperature just above 40 degrees. Snow on Pikes Peak (Photo credits: Colorado Springs Pikes Pea...

Vikings picks: Don’t expect Eagles to be hospitable hosts on Thursday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

Pioneer Press staffers who cover the Vikings make their picks for Thursday night’s game in Philadelphia:DANE MIZUTANIEagles 31, Vikings 27Justin Jefferson will do everything he can to keep it close. In the end, though, the Vikings don’t have enough to hang with the Eagles.JOHN SHIPLEYEagles 38, Vikings 16Confidence is low in the heartland after Week 1. Take away the takeaways and maybe the Vikings beat Tampa Bay, but the you can’t —- and the Eagles aren’t Tampa Bay.CHARLEY WALTERSEagles 27, Vikings 14The disappointing Vikings lose the battle in both trenches — offensively and defensively — while Eagles QB Jalen Hurts near-flawlessly leads his team to victory before the NFL’s most unbecoming fans.Related ArticlesMinnesota Vikings | The Loop Fantasy Football Report Week 2: Which surprises will continue opening success? Minnesota Vikings | Vikings turn page on Buccaneers debacle, embrace taking on Eagles (and their fans) Minnesota Vikin...

North Korea’s Kim vows full support for Russia at a summit with Putin at a Far East spaceport

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and DASHA LITVINOVA (Associated Press)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vowed “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as the two leaders isolated by the West held a summit that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.The meeting, which lasted over four hours at Russia’s spaceport in the Far East, underscores how the two countries’ interests are aligning: Putin is believed to be seeking one of the few things impoverished North Korea has in abundance -– stockpiles of aging ammunition and rockets for Soviet-era weapons.Such a request would mark a role reversal from the 1950-53 Korean War, when Moscow gave weapons to support Pyongyang’s invasion of South Korea, and in the decades of Soviet sponsorship of the North that followed.The decision to meet at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia’s most important launch ...

The Loop Fantasy Football Report Week 2: Which surprises will continue opening success?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

Judging by the mournful wall-to-wall coverage of Aaron Rodgers’ torn Achilles’ tendon, you would think that the 2023 NFL season came to a sudden, shocking conclusion on the New York Jets’ fourth play from scrimmage.Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)While the season did, in fact, end for the J-E-T-S for all practical purposes, there are still 16 weeks of fantasy football for the rest of the planet. And Week 1 has already served up a slew of tasty waiver wire offerings.Nothing was more surprising last Sunday than the sudden productivity of Green Bay’s passing combination of Jordan Love and Romeo Doubs.Turns out there is life after A-Rod for the Packers. Love passed for 245 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Doubs, in their beatdown of the Chicago Bears.It was a nice effort from Love, but he is still WAY down our list of preferred quar...

State Police arrest Crown Point man for assault and criminal mischief

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

CROWN POINT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- State Police arrested Walter R. Thatcher III, 43, following a physical altercation at a residence on Main Street. Thatcher was charged with criminal mischief in the fourth degree and assault in the third degree. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! Police responded to the residence at around 4 a.m. on Saturday. Investigations determined that the altercation stemmed from a verbal dispute. Thatcher then reportedly grabbed the victim and forcefully removed them off the couch, striking the victim multiple times in the stomach.The victim managed to lock Thatcher out of the residence. Thatcher found an open window, reached through, and grabbed and threw a barstool and a metal show rack. He fled the scene before police arrived.Ticonderoga EMS provided medical attention to the victim. Police located Thatcher sleeping next to the Crown Point Fire Department. Thatcher was arraigned in the Town of Ticonderoga Court and remanded...

$1M winning Mega Millions ticket sold at Glenmont Stewart's

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

GLENTMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A lucky Stewart’s Shops customer purchased a Mega Millions ticket worth $1M. The winning ticket was from the September 12 Mega Millions drawing. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! The ticket was purchased at Stewart’s Shops #176, at 33 Frontage Road in Glenmont. The winning numbers were 2, 14, 21, 42, and 67, with the Mega Ball being 18. The winning numbers are drawn from a field of one through 70, with the Mega Ball drawn from a separate field of one to 25. The New York Lottery is North America’s largest and most profitable lottery, contributing $3.7B in the 2022-2023 fiscal year to support education in New York. New Yorkers struggling with a gambling problem can contact the confidential HOPEline at 1-877-846-7369 or text HOPENY (467369). Standard text rates may apply.

Pittsfield police investigating Melville St. homicide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (NEWS10) -- Pittsfield Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that took place Tuesday around 10:45 p.m. on Melville Street. While no arrest has been made, police say there is no immediate threat to the public, and it is believed this was not a random act. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! Police responded to Melville Street around 10:45 p.m. for reports of a stabbing. Once they arrived, police found a 42-year-old man who appeared to have been stabbed. PPD Officers, Pittsfield Fire Department Personnel, and Action Ambulance Personnel responded and offered the victim emergency medical care. The victim was taken to Berkshire Medical Center where he later died. Vermonter arrested for DWI amid shoplifting investigation Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Goodrich at 413-448-9700, extension 554. Information can also be provided anonymously via the Detective Bureau Tip Line at 413-448...

Man targets several St. Louis-area Walmarts, steals $64K in sleight-of-hand scheme

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A man allegedly stole more than $64,000 in cash from Walmart stores nationwide and targeted several St. Louis-area stores in a sleight-of-hand scheme. Mohsen Akbari, 37, has been charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of interstate transportation of stolen property in the investigation. Federal authorities arrested Akbari on Sept. 5. He pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on Monday. Father of teen killed in crash wants more transparency from police According to a federal indictment, Akbari entered the United States last March from South Korea on a visitor visa. He reportedly traveled across the country, entered various retail stores, and used sleight-of-hand techniques to steal cash. As part of the scheme, Akbari would make a small purchase, then claim that he and his family collect United States currency, typically $100 bills. He asked cashiers to show him bills in the cash register, so he could examine them, and then surreptitiously place some of the b...

Woman dies in south St. Louis County highway crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A woman died Tuesday afternoon in a south St. Louis County highway crash, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.MSHP has identified the victim as Debra Fitzgerald, 61, of Fenton. Next of kin has been notified. The crash happened around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday on Missouri Route 30 near Rahning Road. Father of teen killed in crash wants more transparency from police Investigators say, leading up to the crash, Fitzgerald and the other driver involved were in different lanes. According to the MSHP crash report, Fitzgerald tried to change lanes as the other driver began to slow down for congested traffic. MSHP says Fitzgerald's vehicle struck the right rear of the other vehicle. She was later pronounced deceased at the scene. MSHP did not report any injuries from the other driver involved.

Denver Health jail staff ignored dying man’s pleas for help, lawsuit alleges

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:13:46 GMT

Leroy “Nicky” Taylor, shown here in a photo provided by the Rathod Mohamedbhai law firm, died Feb. 9, 2022, after falling ill at the Denver Downtown Detention Center. (Photo courtesy of Rathod Mohamedbhai law firm)Two days before he died, Leroy “Nicky” Taylor called his public defender from the Denver jail and begged for help.“I’ve been sick for 10 days,” he said in a voicemail. “…I feel like I’m dying in here.”The day before he died, Taylor called his sister and told her he wasn’t getting the medical care he needed while incarcerated in the Denver Downtown Detention Center.“I can’t get no help down here,” he said. “I am so miserable. I can’t eat anything. I got diarrhea. And they don’t give a (expletive)… I feel like I’m going to die.”On the day Taylor died — Feb. 9, 2022 — his hands and feet turned blue. The 71-year-old man spent hours in a jail...