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White House extends temporary protective status for Venezuelan migrants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)---According to the federal government, nearly 500,000 people from Venezuela living in the United States on or before July 31st, 2023 will be eligible to apply for temporary protective status.Marlene Galaz, director of immigrant rights policy with NY immigration coalition SOT: "Temporary Protective Status provides people with protections from detention and deportation and it also allows people to have access to work permits," explained Marlene Galaz, Director of Immigrant Rights Policy with New York Immigration Coalition.Those with temporary protective status can legally work 30 days after filing their application, while others just arriving have to wait a total of 180 days to earn a paycheck. Speeding up this process is something the governor has said repeatedly will help the situation here in New York State."This work permit is huge because it will allow them to use their own skills and to be able to work in what is of interest to them as well, instead of havi...

New York State Sheep and Wool Festival returns to Rhinebeck

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Sheep and Wool Festival will be returning to Rhinebeck in October. The event will be held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on October 21 and 22. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The annual festival will host a series of livestock competitions and showcases. Crafts will be available from a vast range of vendors, and attendees will be able to partake in a plethora of workshops, including shearing, weaving, knitting and felting. The Dutchess County Fairgrounds is located at 6550 Spring Brook Avenue. You can buy Sheep and Wool Festival tickets and register for individual events by visiting the festival's website.

Escaped prisoner wanted: Who is Tommy Wayne Boyd?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A manhunt is underway in the St. Louis region for Tommy Wayne Boyd, a prisoner who escaped from custody Thursday morning at Mercy South Hospital and considered a "dangerous" person by authorities. Before his escape, Tommy Wayne Boyd was imprisoned at the Missouri Department of Corrections site in Potosi, Missouri. Authorities say Boyd is a convicted child sex offender. According to Missouri court records, Boyd has conviction in two cases, initially investigated in 1996 and 2007. A jury convicted him of enticement of a child in November 2007, and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison over that charge. Court records linked both of his cases to Greene County, Missouri, in the Springfield metropolitan area. Boyd is also listed in the Missouri State Highway Patrol's sex offender registry list as a Tier Level 3 offender, a designation that is only given to people convicted of sex offenses that "pose a significant risk to public safety." These designations may come...

School districts execute security protocols after prisoner escapes Mercy South Hospital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The Mehlville and Lindbergh school districts enacted security measures after a convicted sex offender escaped from Mercy South Hospital Thursday morning.At the recommendation of the St. Louis County Police Department, the Mehlville School District placed its schools into what’s known as a secure action—all doors were locked and students remained in campus buildings.Schools in the Lindbergh district, like Kennerly Elementary, which is located across the street from Mercy South, were placed on lockout. The school district received information about the situation just before 7 a.m., after bus routes for middle and high school had already begun.Dr. Tony Lake, the superintendent of schools, reached out to parents and families via email. City leaders want to reclaim Famous Barr building after owners stop paying for security For afternoon dismissal, they are working with local law enforcement to increase security with law enforcement present. Students are urged to...

St. Louis County Police shoot man after responding to domestic disturbance call

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A man is in the hospital Thursday morning after authorities say he got into a gunfight with St. Louis County police, who were responding to a domestic disturbance call involving the man.The entire incident unfolded just off Gravois, right by Rambler Drive. According to the most recent information from the county police, the suspect's condition is critical but stable.This all started just before 7:15 p.m. St. Louis County Police Sgt. Tracy Panus told FOX 2 that two county police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call on Rambler.Panus explained that the officers were told before they arrived that an adult male suspect was intoxicated and was refusing to allow the person who called police to leave the home. Officers were also told that the man threatened to harm police if they responded. Prisoner escapes Mercy South Hospital, police investigating Panus shared that when the two officers got there, they saw the suspect sitting on the front porch of th...

Avalanche’s Valeri Nichushkin speaks, says little about Seattle incident: “Let’s close it”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

Valeri Nichushkin spoke publicly Thursday for the first time since leaving the Avalanche under murky circumstances during the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but offered few details about the incident in his Seattle hotel room.Nichushkin skated with the second group of Avalanche players during the first day of training camp, one day after his coach and multiple teammates offered support, welcoming him back “with open arms.”“I know you guys want to find something there, but it’s nothing really interesting,” Nichushkin said, referring to his extended absence from Colorado’s first-round playoff series against the Kraken as a “family reason.” “I think we should close it. It’s a new season right now. We have to focus on that.”Nichushkin did not play in the final five games of Colorado’s opening-round loss to Seattle. A team doctor found an intoxicated woman in Nichushkin’s Seattle hotel room the day of Game 3, and called an amb...

Aurora woman’s strangulation death ruled a homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

Aurora police are investigating a woman’s death in the 1200 block of South Dillon Way on Friday as a homicide after initial reports that she died as a result of suicide.Officers responded to reports of a suicide of a 51-year-old woman in the Sable Ridge neighborhood at 8:50 a.m. Friday after a person called 911 to report finding the woman in the garage with apparent strangulation wounds, according to the Aurora Police Department.NEWS RELEASE: Aurora Police Investigating Homicide Originally Reported as a Suicide #APDNewshttps://t.co/EYIIOdDFcX pic.twitter.com/FS8Rn59eUN— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) September 21, 2023Responding officers thought the scene was suspicious and requested homicide detectives and the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office to respond to the incident, according to a department news release.After an autopsy on Monday, the coroner’s office ruled the woman’s death a homicide.The woman’s identity will be released by the Arapahoe Co...

One of Colorado’s disputed 14ers has been sold, ensuring public access to the popular peak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

Public access to Mount Democrat, a fourteener near Fairplay that is part of the popular DeCaLiBron Loop, has been permanently secured following the sale of the trailhead, the trail and the summit to the nonprofit Conservation Fund by landowner John Reiber.Reiber closed the DeCaLiBron, a popular trail that crosses Democrat and three other 14,000-foot peaks — Cameron, Lincoln and Bross — due to liability concerns in March. He reopened it in July to hikers willing to sign electronic waivers, but concerns over liability remain.“There were a lot of moving parts, and I think the Conservation Fund did a great job getting me to a point where we agreed with all the pieces of the puzzle and put it together,” Reiber told The Denver Post regarding the sale, which was first reported by the Washington Post. The sale closed on Wednesday.A coalition of outdoor recreation groups has been lobbying the legislature to amend Colorado’s recreational use statute in response t...

Mothers of teens accused running down former California police chief speak out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

LAS VEGAS - The first of two teens accused of intentionally running down a former Southern California police chief on his bicycle was booked into Clark County, Nevada Detention Center Thursday to face charges as an adult.Records show Jesus Ayala, 18, the accused driver who was 17 at the time, faces 18 charges including murder, attempted murder, battery with the use of a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of an accident, and numerous larceny and burglary charges. Ayala, and Jzamir Keys, 16, who is identified as the second suspect, were both due to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on Thursday afternoon. Keys, who police identified as the passenger, faces charges of murder, attempted murder and battery.The mothers of both teens addressed the allegations against their sons on Wednesday."I don't know why he did this," Alaya's mother told KTLA's sister station KLAS in Las Vegas. "I don't know if God can forgive this."Retired police chief for the city of Bell, Andreas "Andy" Probst, 64, se...

Woman whose face graces Hawaiian Airlines logo dies at 77

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:55 GMT

By Jordan Valinsky | CNN BusinessNEW YORK — The “face” of the Hawaiian Airlines logo, which has decorated the tails of its airplanes for decades, has passed away.Leina’ala Ann Teruya Drummond, Miss Hawaii 1964, died of cancer Monday at the age of 77 in Hilo, Hawaii. The Hawaiian native worked at the airline as a flight attendant when she was 18 and was later selected to become the “face” of the airlines logo, which is known as Pualani, or Hawaiian for “flower of the sky.”Hawaiian Airlines has used the vivid image since 1973 in a few variations, with the brand most recently giving it a refresh in 2017. The face is on the tail of its fleet of airplanes, which totals more than 50 and serves nearly 30 cities globally, making Drummond’s profile instantly recognizable to many air travelers.The face is a “promise to our guests that we offer something no other airline can — the warmth, care and generosity that are hallmarks of our Hawaiian culture,” the airline explains its on website.(Andr...