Home

Some Aurora students with special needs left without transportation to school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Aurora Public Schools says it is unable to arrange transportation for the start of the year for a portion of students with special needs.Classes started Tuesday at many Aurora schools, but the families say they didn't find out about this issue until an email went out Monday night.  School supplies reach record-high costs APS told FOX31 it hopes routes will be restored by Monday, but some parents are livid."Why are we being singled out?" said an Aurora mother who does not want to be identified. The woman's 9-year-old daughter, who is blind and on the autism spectrum, has an Individualized Education Program that says transportation will be provided for her, and the family counts on it."Her IEP states that transportation is guaranteed, and if not, we have to come together as a team and discuss that and make changes in writing," the mother said.But Monday night this family and others received an email from the district saying in part, "Due to int...

Spread kindness by creating friendship bracelets at The Little Words Project in Wynwood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

Words have an impact, no matter how big or little they may be.The Little Words Project is all about creating a nice community through friendship bracelets.Mega stars like Taylor Swift and Alicia Keys are all in because kindness spreads one bracelet at a time.Nice nation, please stand up.Silvia Begazo/store manager: “Little Words Project is a bracelet company that focuses on self-love and kindness because you’re being so kind to yourself and living these words, it’s connecting you to other people and you’re just being kind. It’s all about being nice.”And celebs are stacking up too.Silvia Begazo: “We do have some a-listers that have worn our bracelets before. Some of them being Kourtney Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Serena Williams. We also have a few influences that have worn them as well. Namely, Charli D’Amelio, and Noah Beck.”Included on the nice list is Alicia Keys and of course Taylor Swift.The two bonded through Alicia’s s...

Fox’s ‘Masterchef’ hits milestone with 250th episode

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

Here’s some food for thought, I’m hungry. Sorry, Lynn. The only snack I’ve got on hand is a heaping portion of Fox’s ‘Masterchef.’The show is celebrating a major milestone this week, and that is a call for a celebration.Let them eat cake because it’s a celebration.The 250th episode of “Masterchef” is all about repli-caking.Chef Aaron Sanchez: “This particular challenge, I think, really goes to the core of people’s fears of baking and replicating cakes. And I just love that because it’s just, it’s so insightful and it brings out the best or the worst.”And just because the show has hit a milestone, don’t expect the judges to take it easy on the contestants.Chef Aaron Sanchez: “We get a lot more critical as we go on, because the idea is that, you know, you’re getting, you’re getting the experience, you’re getting our critiques, you’re getting Masterchef classes, you k...

Sir Ben Kingsley becomes friends with an alien in dramedy ‘Jules’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

Do you believe in aliens? After some recent headlines, you never really know. Sir Ben Kingsley might after filming his latest movie, “Jules.”What would you do if an UFO crash-landed in your yard? Make nice with the aliens, of course.It’s basic space etiquette. And that’s what happens in the sci-fi dramedy, ‘Jules.’And by the way, these interviews were conducted prior to SAG-AFTRA strikeSir Ben Kingsley plays Milton, a lonely widower in “Jules.” Lonely until he finds a friend, this alien.Sir Ben Kingsley: “It is about love. It is about friendship. It is to a certain extent about loss. But again, it’s also about finding and redemption as well. This rather invisible man is, is, is captivated by the most extraordinary sequence of events.”Extraordinary alright. Extraterrestrial too. Sir Ben Kingsley: “I have played figures that stand like giants on history’s horizon. To play a man who almost hasn’t lived ...

Roxbury residents urge city officials to put more money into addressing Clifford Playground

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

Residents who live around Clifford Playground say if city officials are serious about improving safety and accessibility at the decrepit recreational area, more money needs to be invested.About $7.2 million in the city’s $4.2 billion capital plan is being allocated towards redesigning the 8-acre Roxbury park, but residents say that won’t be nearly enough for enhancements given its close proximity to Mass and Cass, where people roam the streets, visibly buying, selling and using drugs.Longtime advocate Domingos DaRosa led the call for action Tuesday as the city’s Parks and Recreation Department held an initial meeting in what officials say will be a series of conversations regarding the future of Clifford Playground.“We need to have more money at this conversation. This community is asking for more money at this conversation,” DaRosa said. “This is the message that we are trying to relay back to the city. $7 million is not going to put this park back to where it needs to be when it’s...

Suspect sets fire to business after failed robbery attempt: police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying the person suspected of setting fire to a San Ysidro business last month after a failed robbery attempt, authorities announced.On July 18, the suspect was captured on video surveillance entering a money exchange business in the 100 block of West San Ysidro Boulevard, San Diego police said. According to SDPD, the suspect attempted to rob the business, later setting fire inside the business and walking away.The suspect was wearing dark sunglasses, khaki pants and a red flannel with a black hoodie underneath. A photo of the man from surveillance video footage can be found below. DUI suspect arrested in Coronado park after crashing car with kids inside: police Surveillance camera footage of the suspect wanted in a San Ysidro arson case. (Courtesy of San Diego County Crime Stoppers)Investigators with SDPD's Metro Arson Strike Team are asking anyone with information on the identity or location of the suspect to contac...

Presley wins Democratic primary for Mississippi governor, while Gov. Reeves faces 2 GOP rivals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Brandon Presley won his party’s nomination for Mississippi governor on Tuesday without opposition, while Republican Gov. Tate Reeves was hoping to breeze past two political newcomers in the primary election and secure the Republican nomination for a second term.Reeves says Mississippi has momentum with a low unemployment rate and steady job growth, while Presley — a cousin of rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley — says Reeves is out of touch with people who struggle to make ends meet in one of the poorest states of the U.S.Presley said the race would come down to which candidate “has got guts and the backbone to stand up for the people of Mississippi and which candidate has consistently showed us that he will do whatever his lobbyist buddies want him to do and will not stand up for the people of Mississippi.”Presley planned to take the stage at his victory party to “See See Rider,” the song Elvis Presley often used as walk-on music. The candidate sai...

ESPN strikes $1.5B deal to jump into sports betting with Penn Entertainment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

You know ESPN the sports media giant. Now brace yourself for ESPN Bet, a rebranding of an existing sports-betting app owned by Penn Entertainment, which is paying $1.5 billion plus other considerations for exclusive rights to the ESPN name.The deal, announced Tuesday, could take Walt Disney Co.-owned ESPN into uncharted waters. Disney is fiercely protective of its family-friendly image, not typically associated with the world of sports gambling.Penn will operate ESPN Bet, which ESPN has agreed to promote across its online and broadcast platforms in order to generate “maximum fan awareness” of the app. ESPN Bet will also have unspecified “access” to ESPN talent, the companies said.Penn’s rights to the ESPN brand will initially run for a decade and can be extended for another decade by mutual agreement. In addition to the $1.5 billion licensing deal, which will be paid out over a decade, Penn will also grant ESPN rights worth about $500 million to purchase shares in Penn.“Penn E...

US Navy sailor’s mom encouraged him to pass military details to China, prosecutor says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer, telling her son it might help him get a job with the Chinese government someday, the prosecution said Tuesday.Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Sheppard made the accusation at a hearing in federal court in San Diego in urging the judge not to release Jinchao Wei, who was arrested last week on a rarely used espionage charge.Wei is one of two sailors based in California accused of providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, naval operations and critical technical material. Prosecutors have not said whether the two were courted or paid by the same Chinese intelligence officer as part of a larger scheme.The Justice Department charged Wei, 22, under a Espionage Act statute that makes it a crime to gather or deliver information to aid a foreign government.Both sailors hav...

Lawsuits filed by Airbnb and 3 hosts over NYC’s short-term rental rules dismissed by judge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits filed by Airbnb and three hosts over New York City’s rules for short-term rentals, saying the restrictions are “entirely rational.”In a 14-page ruling, Supreme Court Judge Arlene P. Bluth said having to comply with a registration system does not present an “overly onerous obligation” to the company and hosts. Such a system, she said, will help identify many illegal short-term rentals before they’re listed on the Airbnb platform.“To be sure, these rules will likely not be perfect,” she added. “But it addresses a problem raised by OSE (New York City Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement) and avoids a key obstacle — enforcing the ban on illegal short-term rentals.”A city official cited thousands of illegal short-term rentals when defending the new rules in court, noting 43,000 on just Airbnb in 2018. The city received nearly 12,000 complaints regarding illegal short-term rentals from 2017 to 2021. New York’...