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Coats for Colorado kicks off as charities describe a crisis this year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- FOX31 and Channel 2 will partner with Dependable Cleaners once again for the Coats for Colorado donation drive.Residents are asked to donate new or gently used warm winter coats at any Dependable Cleaners location until Nov. 30. The coats will be cleaned and distributed to nonprofits."We really look forward to this event every year. This has been a pride of Dependable Cleaners for many, many years," said Anne Robertson with Dependable Cleaners.An early distribution was made on Monday. About 1,000 coats were donated to Catholic Charities. The coats were loaded onto a truck and taken to the Samaritan House shelter in downtown Denver. Denver announces location for first micro-community "This donation makes a huge difference, and it comes at such a perfect time," said Mark Hahn, director of parish and community engagement with Catholic Charities."We have such a need. It's really a crisis situation right now with so many migrants coming into Colorado. They are coming t...

Officials report mass casualty incident after multiple people get sick at NWMD event

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

Authorities responded to the scene in Northwest Miami-Dade after reports of multiple people becoming ill at an event. The incident occurred at the 9th annual Afrikin Diaspora Fundraising Festival event located at the Circle of Brotherhood Headquarters, at 5094 NW 24th Ave. in Northwest Miami-Dade. Both the City of Miami Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue were dispatched to the scene, later reporting it as a level two mass casualty incident.Police were then called over and identified it as a safety concern because of the large amount of people at the event, according to MDFR. Multiple patients are on scene and units are staged to assess patients. Three patients with minor to non-life-threatening injuries have been reportedly transported to local area hospitals. 7News is working to gather more information as this is still an active incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Demonstrators gather in Aventura for Stand for Israel rally in wake of Hamas attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

Several South Floridians are taking to the streets to voice their concerns after terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel. 7News cameras captured demonstrators at the Shoppes of Waterway, located at 3585 NE 207th St., where local and federal officials, as well as clergy members and will gather to show their support for Israel during the Stand for Israel rally, Monday evening.At the venue, there will be an outdoor stage for politicians and other dignitaries. The passion was felt and heard. “People from all across the political spectrum, from different religious backgrounds; Jews, Christians, Muslims, people of no faith, people of other faiths, people of all races, people who come here from all sorts of different countries, the people that really make up our South Florida community are coming out in force tonight to show our support for Israel,” Evan Ross said. “Entire families that have been slaughtered, entire families that have been kidnapped. Children, young women ...

Will Hurd drops out of 2024 Republican presidential race and backs Nikki Haley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

(CNN) — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd announced Monday that he is ending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 and is endorsing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.“Unfortunately, it has become clear to me and my team that the time has come to suspend our campaign,” he wrote in a statement.This is a breaking story and will be updated.

Demonstrators gather in Cambridge in support of Palestinians impacted by war between Israel and Hamas 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

Hundreds of people gathered in Cambridge Monday in support of Palestinian people caught in the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel. Days after Hamas fighters launched their surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, and after responses from Israel, organizers of the event in Cambridge said they condemn the killing of innocent civilians on both sides of the war and are mourning the lives lost.“It’s been too much,” said Naureen Mowla. “We’ve watched time and time again where there’s no voices heard on one side and you only get one side of the story. So, we want people to know out here that Palestinian lives matter as well.”The rally and march on Monday was organized by Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine. It drew in students, community members and minority leaders. “I feel that what’s been happening to them for decades is horrific — having their land stolen from them, being put in the largest open-air prison in the world in the Gaza strip where t...

Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus hopes to add a senior defensive analyst to his staff

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

The Chicago Bears plan to hire a senior defensive analyst in the near future, a move intended to help the coaching staff regroup after last month’s sudden resignation of defensive coordinator Alan Williams.Bears coach Matt Eberflus said Monday afternoon he has been in contact with several candidates for the new role, which will be primarily responsible for helping the Bears defense do advanced scouting on future opponents.“It would give us ideas and things for how to attack that upcoming opponent,” Eberflus said. “Just to get another set of eyes for advancing for us with that.”Eberflus wouldn’t say who the team has been in contact with and couldn’t offer a timetable for when the hire might be made. But he noted his close friend and mentor Rod Marinelli would not join the Bears. Marinelli was the Bears’ assistant head coach under Lovie Smith for four seasons from 2009-2012, also serving as defensive coordinator for the final thr...

Facing elimination, Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer to start Game 3 of ALDS on Tuesday vs. Rangers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

Dean Kremer started perhaps the two most important games of the Orioles’ regular season, and he delivered both times.He’ll likely need to again for Baltimore to stay alive.Manager Brandon Hyde on Monday named Kremer as Baltimore’s starting pitcher for Tuesday’s Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers. Hyde did not name a Game 4 starter, though it’s likely to be veteran Kyle Gibson should the Orioles win Game 3 at Globe Life Field.Baltimore dropped the first two games of the ALDS, as Kyle Bradish and Grayson Rodriguez weren’t their second-half selves in their postseason debuts. Bradish didn’t make it through five innings Saturday after a rough fourth inning, and Rodriguez was hammered for five runs in the second inning of his short start Sunday.Tuesday, it’ll be up to Kremer, who went 13-5 with a 4.12 ERA in the regular season, to help keep their season alive. He’ll pitch opposite Rangers r...

Trump says war in Israel would not have happened on his watch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

WOLFEBORO, N.H. — It’s hard to say what precisely was eating at the former president, but a speech he delivered in New Hampshire on Columbus Day lacked some of the vigor typically evident in a Trump campaign address.Even while making the bold assertion that the war Israel finds itself in against Hamas would not have occurred had he been left in the White House for a second term, he seemed more circumspect than might be expected from the famously bombastic businessman.The voters were as engaged as at any Trump rally. Indeed, hundreds waited outside or in the hallways of the at-capacity Kingswood Arts Center while the 45th president declared to a standing-room-only crowd of more than 800 that it was the weaknesses of Biden administration policies that led to the deaths in Israel over the weekend.“Can you imagine what this guy has done to us? That would have never happened, the attack on Israel would have never, ever happened,” Trump said early in his hour-and-a-half-long address, his ...

Ted Schwinden, a two-term Montana governor, dies at age 98

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Ted Schwinden, a wheat farmer and Word War II veteran who gained national attention for keeping his home phone number listed during two terms as Montana’s governor, has died. He was 98.Schwinden died Saturday in Phoenix at his daughter’s home, son Dore Schwinden said Monday. The cause of death was “old age,” his son said: “He went to sleep in the afternoon and didn’t wake up.”Ted Schwinden was a Democrat who served as Montana’s 19th governor from 1981 and 1989. He and his wife, Jean, opened the governor’s mansion to the public for the first time and often welcomed the public tours in person.The governor periodically drew national attention because he answered his own, listed telephone. Radio talk shows throughout the nation would call him at home for impromptu interviews.“When Ted was on the phone, it was impossible to tell if he was talking to the governor of Oregon or a custodian at the Capitol. Every caller warranted his respect and full a...

Video of traffic stop that led to Atlanta deacon’s death will be released, family’s attorney says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:57 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Video showing a traffic stop that led to the death of a 62-year-old Black deacon could be publicly released as early as Thursday, a lawyer for the Atlanta man’s relatives said Monday after a meeting with prosecutors.Relatives of Johnny Hollman Sr., who died Aug. 10 after he was shocked with a stun gun by an Atlanta police officer, have seen the video and contend the officer should be charged with murder.Mawuli Davis, a lawyer for the Hollman family, said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told him and relatives that the video would be publicly released as soon as Willis concludes that all witnesses have been interviewed.“It’s not a question of if it will be released,” Davis told reporters outside the Fulton County courthouse after the meeting. “It’s now a question of when and how soon.”Jeff DiSantis, a spokesperson for Willis, did not dispute the release could come as early as Thursday. He said he couldn’t comment on how long it might be bef...