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Aurora may be next city to ban TikTok on city devices and some personal devices

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- City of Aurora councilmembers will decide Monday night if TikTok will no longer be allowed on city-issued devices and personal devices with access to the city's network. "If you have TikTok on your personal device there is still a vulnerability according to our IT team so we want to avoid TikTok on those devices," Dustin Zvonek, an Aurora City Councilman At Large said. Zvonek, the councilmember sponsoring the resolution said this was first discussed during a study session meeting last week. He said there was no pushback or objections and will be discussed during Monday's city council meeting. “There are thousands of city-issued devices and we can control what is downloaded on there and we want to protect the information on there so this is one step in that direction," Zvonek said. Aurora interim police chief: ‘Juvenile crime is a huge issue’ Zvonek said he asked for a waiver of reconsideration which means the resolution wouldn't have to go through a second...

Denver Zoo offers free access to East High School students, staff and family

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – Following last week’s shooting at Denver East High School, the Denver Zoo is offering students, staff and family members free access.The zoo, which is located just across City Park from East High School, posted on Twitter saying, “As the school’s next-door neighbor, we stand in solidarity with the Angels community and offer our support. ‘It keeps getting closer and closer’: Students react to shooting at Denver East High School In the announcement, the zoo said those who are part of the school community can present their East High School ID at the main entrance for unlimited free access until May 1.“It’s our sincerest hope that we serve as a place of comfort, safety, gathering and healing for everyone in our beloved community, and especially those coping with acts of senseless gun violence,” the zoo said on Twitter.

2 headliners for 2023 Colorado State Fair announced

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you are looking to see live music this summer, there are several opportunities to do so across the Centennial State.The Colorado State Fair will take place from Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 in Pueblo. On Monday, two of the headliners for the fair were released. Country music group Lady A had previously been announced as one of the performances. Full list of concerts at Red Rocks in 2023 Concert lineup for Colorado State Fair Here is a look at who is scheduled to perform at the fair:Aug. 31: Gabrielle "Fluffy" IglesiasSept. 1: Lady A with special guest Kat & AlexSept. 2: Lil' JonOther concerts this summerIn addition to the state fair, the lineups for Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Greeley Stampede have already been announced.Red Rocks, Empower Field, Ball Arena and other concert venues all have full schedules as well.

Woman kills 3 kids, 3 adults at a Nashville Christian school

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.Police said they believe the 28-year-old shooter was a former student at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001. Police shot and killed her. Investigators were searching her Nashville-area home.https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1640383339893800964?s=20The attack at The Covenant School — which has about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade, as well as roughly 50 staff members — comes as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence, including the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last year; a first grader who shot his teacher in Virginia; a...

Family of Tamarac couple kidnapped in Haiti plea for release

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nikese Toussaint was at church, so she didn’t see the text message from her sister.All she knew at that point was that their brother and his wife, who live in the U.S., had landed safely in Haiti to visit ailing relatives and prepare for Rara, a colorful and boisterous festival born out of the dark days of slavery.It wasn’t until Toussaint got home and her sister followed up the unread text with a phone call that she learned her warnings had materialized: their brother, an accountant; his wife, a social worker; and another person were snatched off a public bus amid a surge in gang-related kidnappings.Toussaint took a deep breath. Not again, she thought.Seventeen years earlier, gangs had kidnapped two of her cousins in the capital of Port-au-Prince. They were eventually released but remain traumatized.This time, the gang that kidnapped her brother, wife and another person is demanding $200,000 — each.“How are we ever going to come up with that money?” Tou...

Surveillance video shows suspect stealing luxury cars from Southwest Ranches home

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

A life of luxury was short-lived for thieves who took off with cars worth nearly half a million dollars each. Two cars were stolen from a Southwest Ranches home, and the owners now want their cars back. A Rolls Royce Cullinan was captured on surveillance video being taken out of the home, Sunday. “One vehicle was stolen at about 1:30 a.m. and the second one at about 3 a.m.,” said Linda, a spokesperson for the victims. “That is a video of the Cullinan being backed out from the driveway.”Linda said that a red Tesla pulled up to one of the gates around 1:30 a.m.“We believe the red Tesla dropped off the perpetrators, they jumped the walls, stole one vehicle and then decided to come back an hour and a half later and take the second vehicle,” Linda said.At least one man jumped the home’s security wall, knew there were cameras, and at one point, was seen looking right at them. “There’s a concrete wall, there’s gates, there are sec...

Putin is trying to distract with fresh nuclear threat, Western officials say

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

U.S. and European officials do not believe Vladimir Putin intends to transfer tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus anytime soon, according to three senior officials involved in diplomatic conversations about Moscow’s recent threat.Putin announced on Saturday that he planned to send the battlefield weapons across the border to store in a facility that is under construction and would be ready in July. If such a shipment happened, it would mark the first time Russia’s nuclear weapons have existed outside of the country since the 1990s.Putin did not clarify when he intended to send the weapons, but the Western officials said they do not have any evidence to suggest Putin is going to move forward with the shipments in the near future. The Russian president appears to have made the threat to try to rattle the Ukrainians and distract from the Kremlin’s losses on the battlefield, the officials said.The officials said they have not seen any indication — such as satellite imagery or other inte...

Eng Pledges “New Way Of Doing Business” At MBTA

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

Healey’s office announced Monday morning that it settled on Eng, who retired from the LIRR in February 2022 after four years at its helm in which the commuter rail system reported its best-ever on-time performance. The state will pay up for his services, as Eng could earn more than $500,000 per year.His appointment ends a months-long search process that began before Healey took the oath of office.“Phil Eng is the proven leader the MBTA needs to improve safety and reliability across the system and restore the public’s trust,” Healey said in a statement. “He understands that a functioning transportation system is essential to a functioning economy, and he has a track record of taking the reins of struggling public transit systems and dramatically improving service. He also takes a collaborative approach to his work and maintains open lines of communication with customers, workers, businesses, local officials and communities.”He is scheduled to start...

Water is trapped in glass beads on the moon’s surface, lunar samples show

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

(CNN) — Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study.The findings, laid out in a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, were pieced together by scientists in China who analyzed the first lunar soil samples to be returned to Earth since the 1970s.The research points to an answer for a question scientists have been pondering for years as they’ve attempted to pin down exactly how water is stored on the moon — especially in regions outside the lunar poles, where water ice may exist in greater abundance.Essentially, the study fills in some gaps in a theory about a lunar water cycle.“To sustain a water cycle at the surface of the Moon, there should be a hydrated layer (reservoir) at depth in lunar soils,” according to the study. “However, finding this water reservoir ...

Emma Heming Willis speaks out about finding community as a caregiver: ‘This journey can feel very dark’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:24 GMT

Emma Heming Willis is trying to raise awareness about her husband Bruce Willis’ diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, known as FTD.Heming Willis chatted live on Instagram with Susan Dickinson, the CEO of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, on Monday, where she talked about looking for support following the actor’s diagnosis.“I came [to you] with a need of community and you provided that,” Heming Willis said to Dickinson, adding that it’s become important to her “to be able to connect to other families that are on this journey.”In February, after Willis had retired from acting, his family shared he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.“Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed,” the Willis family said in a statement at the time. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the dise...