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Judge sets bond for King Soopers shooting suspect

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors are finally set to lay out their case against a mentally ill man now deemed competent to stand trial in a mass shooting more than two years ago, accused of gunning down 10 people at a supermarket in a Colorado college town.A judge planned a hearing Tuesday to decide if there is enough evidence for Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who has schizophrenia, to go on trial in the March 22, 2021, shooting at a crowded King Soopers store in Boulder, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Denver. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox During the preliminary hearing, the judge ordered a $100 million bond to be set for the shooting suspect. Authorities have not revealed if they know a motive for the shooting. But a forensic psychologist testified during a hearing in September that the 24-year-old Alissa bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and indicated “there was some intention to commit suicide by cop."Alissa, who is charged wit...

Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin to perform at Ball Arena in 2024

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin will make their way to the Mile High City in 2024 for a stop on their Trilogy Tour.The three Latin pop stars will perform at Ball Arena on Feb. 13, 2024.The stop is part of the multigenerational trio's second leg of the tour, which started earlier this year. Seventeen other stops were announced, including Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Atlanta, Georgia. Is it illegal to hang items from your rearview mirror in Colorado? According to Live Nation, the tour includes three unique headlining sets from all three artists.It will include a mix of the three artist's biggest hits "with influences of reggaeton, salsa pop, dance, and electronic music," Live Nation said.Tickets for the concert go on sale on Ticketmaster on Friday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. local time.

Aurora man sentenced after bringing loaded gun into hospital

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Jeremy Lavon Tate, 29, of Aurora was sentenced Monday for charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition after he brought a firearm into a children's hospital last year.On Nov. 13, Tate was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release.According to the plea agreement, Tate entered Children’s Hospital in Adams County with a loaded, fully automatic .40-caliber handgun on Sept. 24, 2022. ATF: Children’s Hospital intruder had automatic pistol Tate was reported carrying the gun in the hall with a laser-mounted sight and convertor switch to make the handgun fully automatic.A University of Colorado Medical Campus Police Department sergeant disarmed Tate, then Aurora police arrested him.“We are grateful for the swift response, apprehension and disarming of Jeremy Tate by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Police Department, hospital security staff, and Aurora Police Department,” said Brent Beavers, ATF Special A...

Tens of thousands expected to ‘March for Israel’ in DC today as security escalates for the unprecedented event

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

Washington, DC (CNN/WSVN) — The nation’s capital is under a heightened level of security Tuesday as demonstrators from across the country gather at the National Mall to denounce antisemitism at the “March for Israel.” Jewish community leaders, including those of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, and celebrities are expected to attend the event, which comes amid heightened tension around the world over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and an unprecedented surge in antisemitic incidents in the US.“The March for Israel will be an opportunity for all Americans to come together in solidarity with the people of Israel, to demonstrate our commitment to America’s most important ally in the Middle East, to condemn the rising trend of antisemitic violence and harassment, and to demand that every hostage be immediately and safely released,” organizers said in a statement. Jacob Solomon, president and CEO of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, expressed his support. “I don’t think a...

Hungary should stop relying on ‘war criminal’ Putin for gas, EU energy chief warns

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

BRUSSELS — Hungary should step up efforts to end purchases of Russian energy that are leaving the country open to malign influence from the Kremlin, Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said today.“Even Hungary knows that by continuing this activity, they grant Russia the right to manipulate their market,” Simson said during POLITICO’s Sustainability Future Week summit, adding that it’s “not [in] their interest to continue this dependence.”Russian gas export giant Gazprom announced last month that it would ramp up deliveries of natural gas to Hungary this winter following talks in Beijing between Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin.“I know one political leader in Europe who is shaking hands with this war criminal, but that’s it,” Simson said in an oblique reference to the meeting.The announcement was the second time Budapest and Moscow have agreed on additional gas volumes since Russia launched its full-sca...

Finland to tighten border with Russia amid spike in asylum seekers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

Finland’s government said on Tuesday that Russia has recently been allowing asylum seekers to enter its territory without the necessary travel documents, calling it an “international crime.”According to the Finnish border service, 91 undocumented migrants, many lacking visas, have arrived in Finland and applied for asylum since August; they are nationals of third countries who were transiting Russia, the authorities added. While the country’s interior ministry acknowledged in a Tuesday statement that the numbers are relatively low, it underlined that they have spiked within a short period.Russian border guards have been leaving the migrants at the border with Finland, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, leader of the conservative National Coalition Party, claimed during a press conference earlier on Tuesday, as reported by Reuters. “It is clear that these people are helped and they are also being escorted or transported to the border by border guards,” h...

France hopes to keep Brussels sweet with new electricity pricing scheme

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

PARIS — France unveiled a new electricity pricing mechanism on Tuesday, hoping to defuse months of tension over energy subsidies with Brussels and its neighbors.The strain has included a Franco-German fight over the reform of the bloc’s electricity market, with Germany accusing France of wanting to subsidize its industry via artificially low energy prices, while Paris maintained it should have the right to make the most of its relatively cheap nuclear energy. That fight has now been settled.On Tuesday, the French government presented a new mechanism — complex, and still-to-be-detailed — to bring the average price of electricity closer to €70 per megawatt hour (MWh) as of 2026. The new system was designed carefully to avoid upsetting the Commission and other member countries, French officials and energy experts say.“The agreement has been defined to comply with European rules and avoid difficulties with the European Commission,” said France’s Economy and ...

Schools remain closed in Andover, rally held in Boston as teachers strike continues

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

A rally was held in front of the State House in Boston Tuesday in support of the ongoing teacher strike in Andover as the union and school committee returns to the bargaining table in the hopes of coming to an agreement that will return kids to the classrooms. An Essex Superior Court judge ruled Monday that the Andover Education Association will face large fines for each day the illegal teachers strike continues. Hours later, it was announced that school would be canceled again Tuesday after a fourth day of failing to reach a contract agreement.News of the ruling came after striking teachers in Andover made their voices heard, interrupting a planned school committee news conference. The judge’s ruling means the union will face a $50,000 fine for Monday and that figure will increase $10,000 a day for each day the strike carries on.Members of the Andover Education Association voted on Friday to authorize a strike after months of negotiations with the Andover School Committee ove...

3 dead, 18 hospitalized when bus carrying students and truck crash on Ohio highway, officials say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

ETNA, Ohio (AP) — A charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 18 others injured, according to an emergency official.Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus that was transporting students from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio, Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady said. There were a total of 57 people onboard, he said.Lt. Nathan Dennis of the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed that people were killed in the crash, but he declined further comment since they were still notifying the victim’s families.The bus was carrying Tuscarawas Valley students and chaperones to an Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus, Superintendent Derek Varansky said.“Right now, our focus is on getting in touch with our Tusky Valley families who had loved ones on the bus and providing support to ...

Chicago Bulls’ Lonzo Ball, his brother LaMelo and their parents are being sued by Big Baller Brand co-founder

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:34:53 GMT

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball and his parents, LaVar and Tina Ball, are being sued for more than $200 million by Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster, who accuses them of trademark infringement, fraud, unfair business practices and more.In a separate case, Foster is also suing LaMelo Ball’s older brother, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, for malicious prosecution, intentional interference with contractual relations and unjust enrichment. He is seeking more than $600,000 in legal costs in addition to damages, which could amount to millions more.The two lawsuits, filed less than two months apart, are unrelated in a legal sense but both reflect the deterioration of a once-close relationship between Foster and the Ball family, which is from Chino Hills.Last week, Foster filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday that named LaVar, Tina and LaMelo Ball among the co-defendants. The filing describes “a very coordinated effort on behalf of the Defendants to do one th...