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Tree experts prepare for more emerald ash borer calls after Littleton case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

PARKER, Colo. (KDVR) -- A destructive wood-boring beetle has been detected for the first time in Arapahoe County. The emerald ash borer was detected in June in a small area in northeast Littleton, raising concerns as the beetle continues to spread. “Now that it’s been announced in Littleton, we’re going to see a lot more calls on it.” Davey Tree District Manager Jay Judd said.Judd's team has been busy treating ash trees in Boulder and other confirmed EAB communities since 2013 but expects parts of his business to increase in Douglas County now. "This has been here for about a month," he said. "But you don't know unless you hear about it." Grand Canyon ‘packrafting’ conviction brings $2,500 fine, ban from national parks The beetle was first discovered in Colorado back in 2013, in Boulder County, and has since been detected in Broomfield, Larimer County, Erie and Thornton.An estimated 1.45 million ash trees exist in metro Denver, and Judd said it would be a major hit to lose ev...

Taylor Swift's plane arrives in Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- An airplane registered to Taylor Swift arrived in Colorado and landed at the Centennial Airport near Denver ahead of her Eras Tour concerts Friday and Saturday.Swift has been traversing the country for several months, doing multiple stops in various cities. Denver police safety plan for mega event weekend Most stops have been two or three nights, building up to her six-night stop in Los Angeles in August.This is the first time she's performed in Denver since 2018 during her Reputation Stadium Tour. Since then, she's released four new albums, including 2022's "Midnights," and three re-recorded albums, including "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" which was announced during her Eras Tour stop in Nashville in May and released before last week's shows in Kansas City.Swift's Denver shows are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. There are opening performances from Muna and Gracie Abrams, with Swift expected to take the stage around or after 8 p.m. So far this tour, Swift has kept...

3-year-old boy found unresponsive in SW Miami-Dade canal, pronounced dead at hospital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

Authorities found a 3-year-old boy in a canal overnight near a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood after he was reported missing.The toddler was rushed to Baptist Health Homestead Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, early Saturday morning. Police responded to the home in the area of Southwest 212th Street and 119th Avenue after receiving reports of the missing child, where they later located him unresponsive in the canal across and began performing CPR.An investigation was launched into how the boy ended up in the canal.

Authorities seek arrest of man suspected of killing 4 people in Georgia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities are seeking the arrest of a man suspected of killing three men and a woman in Hampton, Georgia.Hampton Police Chief James Turner said during a news conference that authorities are seeking to arrest Andre Longmore, who is from Hampton, a city of about 8,500 people about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Atlanta.Authorities declined to release the names of the victims, saying they were trying to notify their families.Sheriff Reginald Scandrett says sheriff’s office is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to Longmore’s arrest and prosecution.He also addressed the suspect directly: “Wherever you are, we will hunt you down in whatever hole you may be hiding in and bring you into custody. Period.”THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A county government official in Georgia says at least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in a small community south of Atlanta.A statement from H...

Alabama woman missing after stopping to help toddler she saw walking on interstate, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

(CNN) — An Alabama woman has gone missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate, according to local police.The woman, 25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, called 911 around 9:34 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to a Facebook post from the Hoover Police Department.Russell told the dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking on the side of I-459 South. After calling 911, she stopped to check on the child and called a family member who lost contact with her, though the line remained open, according to the Facebook post.When officers, who were already en route from the initial 911 call, arrived at the scene, they found Russell’s vehicle and some of her belongings, including her phone, but no sign of her or the child. Police have not received any reports or calls for a missing child, according to the Facebook post.In a press conference on Friday, police said the case remains open and active and a reward o...

Ticker: Mega Millions jackpot grows to $640 million, 7th highest in its history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot, the seventh largest in the game’s history, Mega Millions said in a statement..The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 10, 24, 48, 51, 66 and gold Mega Ball 15. The estimated jackpot in the next drawing on Tuesday night would only be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years.Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for Tuesday’s drawing is an estimated $328 million. Mega Millions says the jackpot is the seventh largest in the game’s history. Despite the long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to purchase tickets as the size of the grand prize grows.The last time a Mega Millions player hit the top prize was April 18.A raucous week for Wall Street closes with a quiet, mixed finishAnother winning week for Wall Street drifted to a quiet close following profit reports from several big U.S....

Tesla electric pickup truck starts rolling off the assembly line

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

Tesla says its first production Cybertruck electric pickup has rolled off the assembly line, nearly two years behind the original schedule.The company tweeted a photo on Saturday showing scores of workers in helmets and yellow vests surrounding the truck.“First Cybertruck built at Giga Texas!” Tesla tweeted, including a cowboy hat-wearing emoji. Owner Elon Musk retweeted the post.Musk unveiled the truck in late 2019, and Tesla had said production would start in late 2021, although the company has since cautioned that production would begin slowly and in smaller numbers than Tesla’s other vehicles.With its wedge shape and stainless-steel body — which Tesla calls the exoskeleton — the Cybertruck looks nothing like a traditional pickup. Some analysts have panned it as a niche product that won’t have broad appeal.Musk said in April that the company expected to deliver the first truck probably in the July-through-September quarter. He said that as with other new products, pro...

The Jones Act brigade: Boat patrols waters off New England to enforce century-old regulation on offshore wind energy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

One early morning this week in ocean waters off the coasts of Rhode Island and New York, signs of the nascent wind industry were all around. Giant upright steel tubes poked from the water, waiting for ships to hoist up turbines that will make electricity driven by wind.A battleship-gray vessel was on the prowl. In this ramp-up for U.S. offshore wind, American marine companies and mariners fear they’ll be left behind.So Aaron Smith, president of the Offshore Marine Service Association, was looking through binoculars to see whether ships servicing the new wind farms were using foreign-flagged vessels instead of U.S.-made ships with American crews.“It really makes me upset when I think about the men and women I know who can do this work. American citizens, fully capable, sitting at home while foreign nationals go to work in U.S. waters,” Smith said. “It’s unfair.”The ship is named the Jones Act Enforcer, after the century-old law that says the transport of merchandise between U.S...

Libya’s security forces release ex-minister whose detention prompted oil closure, tribal elder says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Security authorities in the Libyan capital of Tripoli released a former minister Saturday less than a week after his detention which had prompted his tribesmen to shut down crucial oil fields, a tribal elder said.Former Finance Minister Faraj Bumatari, who hails from the al-Zawi tribe in southeastern Libya, walked free Saturday afternoon from detention in Tripoli, said al-Senussi al-Zawi, one of the tribe’s elders.“I spoke with him by phone, and he is awaiting a flight to the east” of Libya, al-Zawi told The Associated Press by phone. Bumatari was detained earlier this week by the Tripoli-based Internal Security Agency which is allied with the government of Prime Minister Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, according to local media.His detention was prompted by his bid to replace Sadiq al-Kabir as governor of the Central Bank of Libya, according to al-Zawi. Al-Kabir, a divisive figure in Libya, is a close ally of Dbeibah.Dbeibah’s government didn’t comment on Bumatari’s...

Police seeking information in serious assault in Hamilton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:30:50 GMT

Hamilton police are asking for information as they investigate a serious assault that took place at Woodlands Park located at 501 Barton Street East in Hamilton.On Saturday morning shortly before 12:00 p.m., Hamilton police responded to a call of an assault in Woodlands Park and located a 37-year-old male victim without vital signs.The victim was transported to hospital where he underwent successful emergency surgery and remains in critical condition.Police are seeking suspects and ask any witnesses to come forward, as well as asking residences, businesses and vehicles with cameras in the area to review security cameras between 11:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. for any footage related to the assault.