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Massive police response after Granite City school threat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- A series of false threats to Illinois schools has put administrators, police, and parents on alert. One threat in Madison County led to an immediate and massive response from police.Police vehicles are lined up along on Madison Avenue in Granite City, Illinois Wednesday morning. Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX Helicopter was over Granite City High School. Police vehicles can be seen blocking the entrances to the school. Several medical helicopters and a SWAT Team truck are on the school's campus. The school is on lockdown and no students or staff can be seen outside the buildings. Top story: Police officer’s gun and body armor stolen from his car A statement from Granite City Community Unit School District #9 says that they were alerted to a possible threat. They took immediate action to make sure that students at Granite City High School and Coolidge Junior High are safe. Students will be sent home and parents should wait for a notification to pick ...

Kim Gardner stands ground, calls effort to remove her from office 'frivolous'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner called the latest effort to remove her from office "frivolous," politically-motivated and "not [for] legitimate purposes," according to new court documents. For the second time in as many months, Kim Gardner met a deadline Tuesday to respond to a petition from the Missouri Attorney General and refused to step down from office amid her response. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a writ of quo warranto against Kim Gardner in February, accusing her of neglecting her duties as circuit attorney. He amended his petition in late March to include additional allegations of neglect. Top story: Police officer’s gun and body armor stolen from his car Bailey says his office, over the past three weeks, has interviewed multiple witnesses, reviewed court files, and analyzed more than 30,000 documents and pieces of data from the St Louis City Circuit Court and the Comptroller’s Office. He says the amended 121-page petition asserts th...

Grab a Masked Singer happy meal toy before airing tonight on FOX

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 is teaming up with McDonald's's for a new, tasty way to enjoy The Masked Singer.You could find a plush version of your favorite contestant with your Chicken McNuggets or cheeseburger. Whether it's Rhino from season three, Ms. teddy from season seven, or Raccoon from season five.There are 12 toys to unmaskAlienRaccoonWhite TigerThing-A-Ma-JigMs. TeddyT. RexThe PrinceSpace BunnyPeacockRhinoYetiFoxThe limited-time Masked Singer happy meal toys are expected to be swapped out by the end of the month. Head to your local McDonald's soon if you want to add them to your happy meal toy collection.The Masked Singer is on Wednesday night on FOX.

Colorado State Patrol seeking motorist who fatally hit 16-year-old pedestrian in Adams County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

Colorado State Patrol Troopers appealed for help from the public Wednesday after a 16-year-old girl crossing a road in a crosswalk north of Denver in Adams County was killed in a hit-and-run collision.“A red Dodge Magnum hit and killed” the girl Tuesday, “then fled the scene” near the intersection of 76th Avenue and Leyden Street north of Denver, state patrol officials announced in a news release.“The Dodge Magnum was traveling east on 76th Avenue when it struck the pedestrian in the crosswalk,” the release stated.That vehicle should have damage to the front headlights, officials said.The driver had not been identified Wednesday morning and the license plate was unknown.State patrol troopers asked for help, urging anybody who witnessed the crash or who has any information to contact dispatchers at 303-239-4501.

Hampden Avenue reopens after vehicle collision that killed pedestrian

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

A pedestrian was killed in a vehicle collision that forced the closure of eastbound Hampden Avenue for two hours Wednesday morning, according to the Englewood Police Department.West Hampden reopened shortly after 9:30 a.m., following the closure at 7:30 a.m. starting with the intersection with South Santa Fe Drive, Englewood police announced in a posting on Twitter.Update: 0721 a.m.: This is being investigated as a fatal auto-pedestrian accident involving one vehicle. The vehicle remained on scene. Eastbound W. Hampden Avenue will remain closed for several hours. Alternate route advised.— Englewood Police Department (@PoliceEnglewood) April 12, 2023

Rampart fire west of Colorado Springs smoldering but mostly under control

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

A wildfire that broke out west of Colorado Springs within the burn scar from the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire has been mostly snuffed and firefighters who quickly surrounded it were working on Wednesday to contain it.“The only thing that’s burning now is heavy fuels that are well inside the perimeter,” U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Vidalia Vigil said. “Like dead and downed fuels, big branches, trees, stump holes. There’s expected to be some lingering smoke.”The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the Colorado Front Range mountain foothills and the eastern plains due to record heat, dry grass, wind and low humidity — conditions that favor fire.About 50 firefighters were deployed on Tuesday to suppress this Rampart fire, which burned about 20 acres of grass and Ponderosa pines, 2.5 miles southeast of Woodland Park, on U.S. Forest Service land but moving toward houses in western El Paso County. The cause hasn’t been det...

By-the-wind sailors washing ashore in California could number in the billions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

Blue, jellyfish-like blobs known as By-the-wind Sailors, or Velella velella, continue to wash ashore by the millions, or perhaps billions, along Southern California’s coast this week. While it might look like a massive die-off or another catastrophic event, experts say it is perfectly natural and normal.“We’ve seen (Velella velella) colonies wash up along our coastline over the years,” said Cassandra Davis, manager of volunteer programs at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. “In 2014 and 2015, trillions of them washed up along the eastern Pacific coast.”By-the-wind Sailors washed ashore by the thousands at Emmawood State Beach in Ventura County, California. April 11, 2023 (Parry Annis)By-the-wind Sailors washed ashore by the thousands at Emmawood State Beach in Ventura County, California. April 11, 2023 (Parry Annis)By-the-Wind sailors are known as colonial hydroid, meaning they’re comprised of a colony of tiny creatures similar to the Portuguese Man O'War. (Dana Wharf)By-the...

Coding scholarship transforms musician to engineer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

Christina Wu didn’t take the traditional path to software engineer."I’m seeing that I don’t necessarily need all these degrees to do this sort of work," said Wu, who was previously on staff at a school and is a classically trained musician."I think engineering is about finding creative solutions to problems and that can be applied to very different fields," said Wu.She knew she wanted to make the transition to software but wasn’t sure how."I had been looking at different bootcamps online to do after work, but I found that a lot of them were extremely expensive," explained Wu.An Instagram post led her to a unique scholarship program for underrepresented individuals through a startup named Tech Elevator and Niantic, the company famous for Pokémon Go.Wu was one of twenty given a free, 14-week coding bootcamp and she’s now in the middle of a 6-month apprenticeship with Niantic."The goal for my apprenticeship is to eventually create my own game," said Wu."It’s really important for us at ...

What California's wildflower bloom looks like from space

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

The extremely wet winter Southern California endured this year has been extraordinarily beneficial for plants, especially wildflowers.A superbloom, which occurs when mass amounts of wildflowers grow in a barren landscape, can be found across the Golden State for the 2023 spring season. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released satellite images comparing an arid April 2022 desert in Carrizo Plain National Monument, located just west of Bakersfield, to a blooming one on April 6.The images were captured by NASA's Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9.Satellite image shows a desert blooming in Carrizo Plain National Monument in Central California on April 6, 2023. (NASA)Satellite image shows a desert blooming in Carrizo Plain National Monument in Central California on April 6, 2023. (NASA)Los Angeles-based nonprofit, The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants, described the natural phenomenon at Carrizo Plain during California's last...

Here are the 7 biggest revelations from the U.S. leaks so far

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:17 GMT

The biggest leak of classified documents in a decade created a sprawling crisis in Washington this week as records detail alleged U.S. spying on allies, insights into American thinking on the war in Ukraine and at least two neutral countries mulling plans to support Russia.Pentagon officials are still reviewing the documents for validity and the Justice Department is overseeing a criminal investigation of the leak. At least one of the documents containing casualty estimates appears to have been altered, but it’s unclear how many of the roughly 100 leaked records were manipulated.The documents have circulated online since March and possibly as early as January before picking up attention last week after a New York Times report.There may be more documents to come, but the leak has already done a lot of damage, forcing crucial U.S. allies to respond in what has become an arguably embarrassing incident for Washington.Here are the seven biggest revelations in the documents so far.Uk...