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Groups demand officials share information on Texas mall gunman’s motives

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Members of several Texas groups representing people of color on Monday demanded that authorities quickly acknowledge whether they believe the neo-Nazi who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall over a week ago was racially motivated in choosing his victims.More than a week after the May 6 attack at the Allen Premium Outlets, authorities haven’t released a motive for the attack, and a Texas Department of Public Safety official has said it appeared that 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia targeted the location rather than a specific group of people. But Lily Trieu, interim executive director of Asian Texans for Justice, said at a news conference that many community members who contacted her felt that assessment was “outrageous.”The victims — who include three members of a Korean American family and an engineer from India — represented a cross-section of the increasingly diverse Dallas suburbs.“You can’t separate location from the people who live there, and what Allen is...

Students permitted to carry Naloxone on campus at Montgomery Co. schools

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

(new Image()).src = "https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384&cid=c2ffed0c-3624-46c0-b10f-97c976d290a3";cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: "d9a4bb21-d009-461b-88df-7a26be9146df"}).render("6d078b3ef22641c4994cd8739d518616"); });Montgomery County Superintendent Monifa McKnight has signed off on a new regulation that allows students to carry “personally obtained” naloxone on school property.The move comes after a rise in the number of overdoses in the county. The regulation was signed about two weeks ago, on May 1.Benjamin Kaufman, with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said, “We’re responding to about 60 opiate overdoses a month, that’s across all ages and all locations, not specific to schools.”So far this school year, there have been 15 incidents in which Narcan was administered in MCPS.Mark Hodge, Senior Administrator for School Health S...

Estudiantes del condado Montgomery podrán llevar Narcan a la escuela ante aumento de sobredosis

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

Ante la crisis de opioides que sacude a toda la región, las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Montgomery (MCPS, por sus siglas en inglés) se unen a la lucha y finalmente permitirán que los estudiantes porten libremente el medicamento naloxona, conocido también como Narcan, el cual se usa en caso de una emergencia por sobredosis.El condado Montgomery ha respondido a al menos 15 casos en lo que va de año de sobredosis de opioides en algunas de sus escuelas. La oficial médico para el sistema escolar, Patricia Kapunan, indicó que no hubo muertes en ninguno de esos incidentes, y que han ocurrido en todo el condado. Agregó que no hay ningún código postal más impactado que otro.Ante esos casos, MCPS decidió permitir que los estudiantes tengan consigo naloxona, el medicamento que se ha convertido en un salvavidas para esta generación de jóvenes.  “Si ven a alguien, si están afuera jugando [deportes] o están en una fiesta, pueden cargarlo con ellos y pueden salvar una vida. Queremos que est...

Red Sox right-hander John Schreiber leaves game in 7th

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox right-handed reliever John Schreiber walked off the mound with a 2-2 count against Julio Rodríguez in the seventh inning of Monday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners.Boston said Schreiber had right lat tightness.After Schreiber threw a strike to even the count at 2-2, manager Alex Cora and a trainer came out of Boston’s dugout.Cora and the trainer both were talking with Schreiber, who had his glove covering his mouth. The righty then walked off with the trainer and Richard Bleier was brought into the game.Bleier struck Rodríguez out with the first pitch.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Rockies place first baseman CJ Cron on 10-day IL because of back spasms

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies placed first baseman C.J. Cron on the 10-day injured list Monday because of back spasms.Cron left Sunday’s 4-0 win over Philadelphia in the third inning after popping out in his second at-bat. Cron knelt on one knee along the first base line and was looked at by team athletic trainers before walking off the field.The 33-year-old Cron is batting .228 with a team-high six homers and 20 RBIs. In each of the previous two seasons, Cron led Colorado in both home runs and RBIs.“He’s better today, but it was probably enough of a spasm that I wasn’t going to heal itself for three or four days,” Rockies manager Bud Black said.Colorado recalled infielder/outfielder Michael Toglia from Triple-A Albuquerque, where the 24-year-old former first-round pick was batting .257 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs in 37 games.The Rockies also selected the contract of left-hander Fernando Abad from the Isotopes, where he had a 1.69 ERA in 13 relief appearances, and pl...

Corte Suprema de EE.UU. falla a favor de un condenado a muerte en Alabama que pide ejecución con nitrógeno

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

(CNN) — La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos falló este lunes a favor de un hombre condenado a muerte en Alabama, cuya ejecución por inyección letal suspendió el estado a último minuto y quien ha pedido morir con nitrógeno.Alabama solicitó la intervención del alto tribunal, al argumentar que una corte inferior contravino el precedente de la Corte Suprema que exige que un recluso demuestre que un método alternativo propuesto no sólo es “factible”, sino que puede “aplicarse fácilmente”.Carolina del Sur está a punto de ser el cuarto estado de EE.UU. en permitir ejecuciones por fusilamientoEste lunes, la corte negó el argumento. Los jueces Clarence Thomas y Samuel Alito disintieron.La decisión del tribunal se produce después de que los jueces quedaran divididos 6-3 a principios de la legislatura para permitir la ejecución de Kenneth Smith por inyección letal. La ejecución se canceló abruptamente esa noche, después de que el Estado no pudiera colocar correctam...

Part of US 285 near Morrison washed out by storm

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

MORRISON, Colo. (KDVR) — Continuous rain from last week continues to cause issues on our highways. Viewers reached out to the FOX31 Problem Solvers about a washed-out part of U.S. 285.Driving into Morrison from the mountains on U.S. 285 northbound, motorists were greeted by a lane closure and cones after storm damage revealed itself overnight. “It looks like falling off of the earth right there,” Tammy, a visitor from Pennsylvania, said. “Is that normal for Colorado?”Colorado Department of Transportation said rain is to blame for the now missing part of the highway. Hit-and-run driver crashes into home, forces evacuations “Runoff after several days of heavy rain caused that washout into the embankment,” CDOT’s Presley Fowler said. “It's steep. It's going to be quite a process to be able to get machinery in there and crews in there.”Fowler tells FOX31 the embankment, which is 40-45 degrees steep, calls for cones and berms as a temporary fix. However, CDOT is working on a bigge...

Nuggets-Lakers series starts Tuesday; here's the schedule

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Nuggets are once again set to face the Los Angeles Lakers for the Western Conference finals.It's a matchup that brings tough memories for Nuggets fans. The Nuggets have lost all seven times they've faced the Lakers in the playoffs. That includes inside the NBA bubble in 2020. And the 2009 matchup still lingers large in fans' memories, when the team lost to Kobe Bryant's Lakers. ‘South Park,’ Casa Bonita license plates up for auction In both years — and when the same scenario played out in 1985 — the Lakers won the championship. But today, the team is staying focused on the present."Getting to the NBA Finals is all that matters," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. "The fact that it's the Lakers makes it probably that much more special for a lot of people that support us, and if that's going to allow Ball Arena to be that much more excited and crazy, then I'm all for it."The Nuggets are an NBA-best 40-7 at home and have won all six of their playoff games a...

Credit score blocks man from moving in with legally blind fiancee

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

She is legally blind and sometimes needs the help of her fiancee, but her association wouldn’t let him move in. Why? It’s a Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser that takes a strange twist-and here it is.Christin enjoys life with one problem you initially can’t seeChristin De La Rosa: “I have retinatis pigmentosa. I still have central vision, but I still miss things here and there.”Christin can see whats in front of her, but in 2012, she was declared legally blind because she has no peripheral vision, plus she can’t see in the dark and bright sunlight bothers her.Christin De La Rosa: “I still bump into things. I, I don’t see things when they fall on the floor. I might miss your hand if you went to shake my hand to introduce yourself. And it’s not intentional.”Christin is proud and independent but she needs help. And her fiancee Ony has subtle ways to guide her.Christin De La Rosa: “When he’s holding my hand, If he...

Passengers on Jet Blue flight headed to JFK deplane after reports of suspicious package found at Miami International Airport

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:49:50 GMT

Miami-Dade Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the scene of a reported suspicious package on a JetBlue flight at Miami International Airport.Jetblue flight #2892 was taxiing for New York City just before 9:30 p.m. Monday when the reports of the suspicious package came in. The plane was moved to a secured area at the airport and 144 Passengers were safely removed from the plane. Police are investigating. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.