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Missing 6-year-old Firestone girl last seen in Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

FIRESTONE, Colo. (KDVR) — A 6-year-old girl has been considered endangered and missing for more than a week, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.The girl, Jazelle Martinez, is described as white with brown hair and brown eyes, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. She stands about 3 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 50 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with a rainbow and blue jeans and has a purple birthmark on her lower left back. 2 more rock attacks reported, video sought from homes, cars The Firestone Police Department and CBI sent out an alert last week. According to the alert, new information indicates the girl was last seen with her noncustodial older sister, Alexis Martinez, in the 700 block of Wolff Street in Denver on April 14.(Colorado Bureau of Investigation)The missing girl's grandmother, Martha Britton, told FOX31 that April 14 is the same date the 6-year-old’s father was killed in an officer-involved shooting.“She needs he...

Employment bills clear hurdles as legislative session winds down

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Lawmakers have less than a couple of weeks left to finish up work for this legislative session. On Monday, they took up things like drug affordability and tax incentives for using clean energy over carbon, with the goal being done the first week of May. House members were also working on some key bills related to employment rights.Unemployment benefitsEarlier in the day, representatives on the floor worked on a bill looking to expand unemployment benefits. In the afternoon, they looked at tightening enforcement of the state's equal pay law. Colorado says it won’t enforce ‘abortion reversal’ ban If the unemployment dependency allowance measure passes, starting in 2026, dependents of a person receiving unemployment benefits start at $35 a week per dependent. Eligible dependents would be children or people over 18 who are incapable of working. That $35 amount would be adjusted for inflation.Equal pay and job transparencyThe equal pay bill was in committee Monday after...

Not just Qatargate: Eva Kaili also faces probe into EU kickbacks scheme

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

Qatargate aside, Eva Kaili is facing a world of pain for a different reason altogether. Documents seen by POLITICO reveal fresh details about a separate criminal investigation that the Greek EU lawmaker is facing regarding allegedly fraudulent payments involving four former assistants in the European Parliament from 2014 to 2020. The probe is looking at Kaili for three potential fraudulent activities: whether she misled Parliament about her assistants’ location and work activities; took a cut of their reimbursements for “fake” work trips she orchestrated; and also took kickbacks from part of their salaries, according to a letter from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) to Parliament President Roberta Metsola, seen by POLITICO. Another Greek EU lawmaker, Maria Spyraki, has also been part of the same probe. Investigators accuse her of misleading the institution about her assistants’ activities and of telling them to file expenses for fake work trips. However,...

Police locate wheelchair-accessible van stolen in Brockton 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

Police have found a wheelchair-accessible van stolen from a mother in Brockton over the weekend. 7NEWS spoke with Sandra Tavares, who said her van was taken from a spot in front of her home on Saturday. Two days later, she reacted to news that she will get the van back.“I feel like I take a big piece of rock from my shoulder,” Tavares said. “I have legs and arms now.”The van is specially-equipped for Tavares’ severely disabled son and his wheelchair. Tavares said she left it running in front of her house for a couple of minutes as she ran inside to get her wallet before running errands this weekend. Surveillance video then showed three people approaching and getting into the van before taking off. Tavares said police called her Monday night to let her know they found the van ditched just a couple of minutes from her house. The van does have some exterior damage, though the damage does not impact the wheelchair accessibility. Speaking Monday night, Tavar...

Jimmy Butler’s record-setting 56 points power Heat past Bucks 119-114, to stunning 3-1 series lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

In a building where Dwyane Wade dazzled, Shaquille O’Neal dominated and LeBron James devastated, Jimmy Butler outdid them all Monday night.Scoring 56 points, the most in Miami Heat playoff history, Butler led a heart-stopping fourth-quarter rally from 12 down with 5:57 to play to position the Heat within one victory of eliminating the No. 1-seeded Milwaukee Bucks from the postseason.Even with Giannis Antetokounmpo returning from a back injury to close with a triple-double, there was no stopping Butler and the Heat from moving to a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series.Simply put, Monday night’s 119-114 Heat victory at Kaseya Center was pure Butler, a single-minded player putting his imprint on a playoff night in a way the Wade, O’Neal or even James had not before.He simply refused to lose.So he didn’t.“My teammates kept feeding me the ball,” he said, “telling me to attack.”Butler’s 56 were seven off Mich...

Chicago White Sox drop 9 games under .500 with their 5th straight loss, falling 5-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

Luis Robert Jr. ran back to the center-field wall, jumped and made a remarkable catch to rob Matt Chapman of a home run in the fourth inning Monday at Rogers Centre.Cavan Biggio made sure no Chicago White Sox outfielder would duplicate the feat in his at-bat later in the inning, lining a three-run homer to right.The Sox went from leading to losing on Biggio’s homer and never recovered, falling 5-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays in front of 26,293.The slide continues for the Sox, who lost their fifth straight. They have dropped seven of eight and 10 of 12.“Everybody’s doing everything they can day in, day out to try to get better,” Sox starter Lance Lynn said. “Doing everything we can to prepare. Hopefully we keep doing that and things will turn our way.”The offensive struggles continue as the Sox were held to three hits for the second straight game.“Pitchers are good,” first baseman Andrew Vaughn said. “They can move the ball real effe...

Black history class to undergo changes, College Board says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

The College Board has announced changes will be made to the new AP African American course framework amid criticism earlier this year that the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life. In a statement on Monday, the College Board said the development committee and experts charged with creating the course framework “have decided they will make changes to the latest course framework during this pilot phase. They will determine the details of those changes over the next few months.”It remains unclear what the changes are or when they will be made public.The course gained national attention in February when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2024, said he would ban the course in his state because it pushed a political agenda.“In the state of Florida, our education standards not only don’t prevent, but they require teaching Black history, all th...

Over 1,000 migrants reach Italian isle; 23 reported missing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

ROME (AP) — With the return of calm seas, migrant smugglers launched dozens of boats from Tunisia during the weekend and some 1,200 people ended up on a tiny Italian island while several were reported missing at sea, the Italian Coast Guard said Monday.Coast guard officials said in a statement that they responded to 35 boats that had left Tunisia, three of which came to grief.In one shipwreck some 20 nautical miles off Lampedusa island coast guard and border police vessels said three migrants were missing. In a second, in Malta’s search-and-rescue area, survivors said some 20 people were missing, while in the third, also in Malta’s rescue area, Italian rescuers recovered a man’s body, the Coast Guard said.Some 20 more boats crowded with migrants were in the sea Monday night, it said.The coast guard said air and naval assets of the Coast Guard, the Border Police, the European border protection agency Frontex as well as a humanitarian organization were involved in th...

India will be most populous country by month’s end, UN says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone raises questions about whether India can repeat the economic success that has made China central to the world’s economy and a leading global power.The news comes at a moment when India is promoting itself as a rising international player as the host of this year’s Group of 20 summit. It’s also becoming a more attractive destination for multinational companies seeking to reduce their reliance on China. By the end of April, India’s population is expected to reach 1.425 billion, which means it will match and then surpass mainland China’s, the U.N.’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in a statement. The forecast is based on their latest estimates of global population. It’s not clear exactly when India’s population will pass China’s. It may have already have done so. Demographers say the limits of...

Leafs erase three-goal third-period deficit, stun Bolts 5-4 in OT for 3-1 series lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:08 GMT

Alexander Kerfoot scored on a power play at 4:14 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs roared back from a 4-1 deficit in the third period to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Monday and take a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.With Mikaeil Sergachev in the penalty box for tripping, Kerfoot tipped a Mark Giordano point shot for his first goal of the series and move the Leafs to within one victory of their first series victory since 2004.Auston Matthews, with two goals, Morgan Rielly and Noel Acciari also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov made 27 stops for the Leafs, who improved to 2-17 over their last 19 post-season contests when leading a series.William Nylander had three assists, while Mitch Marner and Ryan O’Reilly each had two for Toronto, which famously botched a 4-1 lead in the third period of Game 7 against the Boston Bruins in 2013 before losing in OT.Alex Killorn scored twice for Tampa, while Sergachev, with a goal and an assist, and Steven ...