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Denver eviction filings hit record high in 2023, exceeding recession numbers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- 2023 had a significant number of eviction filings, something local housing groups are working to combat in 2024.Almost 13,000 evictions were filed in Denver in 2023, the most since the recession. Berthoud residents frustrated with ‘excessive speeding’ on US 287 after fatal crash But why is this happening? Colorado Housing Connects, a phone line for those needing housing assistance under the Brother’s Redevelopment organization, says there are multiple factors"Its high prices, high rent, changes in the safety net programs, fewer supports available to help people keep a roof over their heads. Its several things coming at once really making it difficult for the average person trying to make ends meet," said Patrick Noonan, the Colorado Housing Connects Program Director.In 2023, there were 12,910 eviction filings. In 2022, there were 8,863. That’s a nearly 45% increase. The only year even close is 2010, post-recession, with a little over 10,000.These numbers are takin...

Grayson Allen ties Phoenix record with career-high 9 3-pointers, Suns beat Heat 113-97

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Grayson Allen made a career-high nine 3-pointers to tie the Phoenix record and scored 31 points, Bradley Beal added 25 points and the Suns beat the Miami Heat 113-97 on Friday night.The Suns have won five of their last six games. Miami has dropped three of four.Allen was sensational in the first half, scoring 23 points on 7-of-10 shooting from long range. The sixth-year player was acquired in an offseason trade, came into the game averaging a career-high 13 points. He was 9 of 14 on 3s and 11 of 19 overall from the field.Phoenix extended its lead to 94-75 heading into the fourth quarter and kept a double-digit advantage the rest of the night. Beal shot 11 of 18 from the field and added eight rebounds and nine assists. Devin Booker had 20 points and 10 assists.Bam Adebayo led Miami with 28 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Love added 20 points. Tyler Herro had a tough night, shooting just 4 of 17. The Heat shot just 41% from the field.The Suns played without Kevin Durant, ...

Chicago Bears middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds buys Northbrook home for $1.4M

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

Chicago Bears middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds paid $1.41 million in June for a five-bedroom, 6,101-square-foot home in Northbrook.A Virginia native and standout on the gridiron at Virginia Tech for three years, Edmunds, 25, signed a four-year, $72 million contract with the Bears in March. Edmunds has been a key part of some of the Bears’ late-season wins this season.Built in 2008, Edmunds’ new house in Northbrook has 4-1/2 bathrooms, 15-foot ceilings, a two-story foyer, white oak floors, a glass staircase, and a recently remodeled kitchen with floor-to-ceiling Italian cabinetry, white quartz countertops, a white quartz backsplash, stainless steel appliances from Wolf and Sub-Zero, and a waterfall island with seating. Other features include a three-car garage and a basement with 10-foot ceilings, a bar and a built-in Sub-Zero wine refrigerator.Outside on the 0.28-acre property is a large deck that was installed in 2022, overlooking the backyard.The contemporary-style h...

Veteran catcher Martín Maldonado brings his durability to the Chicago White Sox: ‘I love to play’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

Catcher Martín Maldonado worked closely with Pedro Grifol for part of the 2019 season with the Kansas City Royals.Maldonado appeared in 74 games for the Royals before being traded to the Cubs that July. Part of Grifol’s duties at the time included coaching the catchers.The two are together again after Maldonado and the Chicago White Sox on Friday finalized a one-year, $4.25 million deal.“It’s always good when you have somebody you know from the previous years,” Maldonado said of the Sox manager during a video conference call Friday afternoon. “We got to spend some time together. And that was one of the easiest parts to making the decision.”Reports of the deal surfaced Dec. 26. Under terms of the agreement, Maldonado will receive $4 million in 2024 with a $4 million club option for 2025 that includes a $250,000 buyout.Maldonado pointed to an opportunity to guide young pitchers as one of the items that stood out.“I know I can help,”...

Woman sentenced to prison for friend's death in DUI crash

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A tearful reaction in court Friday from the family of Sidnie Waller, a 21-year old woman killed in a driving under the influence (DUI) crash near Mission Bay nearly three years ago.She was a passenger, while the driver was her life-long friend Jennifer Xavier, who was convicted last year of murder and DUI.Xavier listened as the victim’s parents and brother gave emotional impact statements.“You stripped so many people of a true angel, friend and family member, I truly hope you learn from your experience because two families have been torn apart because of you,” Waller's father said. The crash happened the night of March 4, 2021.According to prosecutors, Xavier was speeding when her car went off the Interstate 5 freeway and crashed into Tecolote Creek. The car overturned and was partially submerged. Woman sentenced to 90 days in jail for hitting, killing Carlsbad mom on e-bike Xavier walked away from the wreck, leaving her friend behind. Firefighters extricated Waller w...

WWII-era munitions found under water in survey of Southern California industrial waste dump site

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain World War II-era munitions including anti-submarine weapons and smoke devices, marine researchers announced Friday. A survey of the known offshore sites in April managed to identify munitions by using high-definition video that covered a limited portion of the sites, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, which led the survey, said in an email. The survey, which used deep-water uncrewed vehicles equipped with sonar and a video camera, was a high-tech follow up in a region known to have been the dumping ground for industrial and chemical waste from the 1930s through the 1970s. A 2021 survey using sonar had uncovered more than 25,000 “barrel-like objects” on the sea floor that possibly contained DDT and other toxic chemicals. High levels of the toxic chemical were previously found in sediments and marine mammals in the region, and DDT has been linked to cancer in sea...

Texas Tech says Pop Isaacs is ‘in good standing’ after report of lawsuit alleging sexual assault

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech basketball player Pop Isaacs “remains in good standing” after a report of a civil lawsuit accusing the team’s leading scorer of sexual assault of a minor, the school said in a statement Friday night.The lawsuit accuses Isaacs of assaulting a 17-year-old girl when the Red Raiders were playing in a tournament in the Bahamas in November, ESPN reported.According to the lawsuit, Red Raiders coach Grant McCasland was contacted by the plaintiffs Dec. 14 and reported the incident to athletic director Kirby Hocutt and other university officials. Isaacs has played in four games since then.The school said in its statement the accusation was “immediately and properly” reported to its Title IX office, and that an investigation began promptly.The athletic department “reached out to the Title IX office on two occasions and was informed both times that based upon the information, Pop Isaacs remains in good standing, and there is no reason to withhold him from ...

Chicago medical team prepares to head to Gaza Strip

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

CHICAGO — A sendoff was held Friday for a group of doctors and medical staff who are about to embark on a month-long journey to help provide medical care to those sick and injured in the Gaza Strip.Doctor Zaher Sahloul and his team, along with Doctor Chandra Hassan, are all practicing medical professionals from the Chicago area who are heading overseas trying to help with the ongoing crisis."Half the healthcare has stopped working, many hospitals [have] closed," Sahloul said. "This is catastrophic care."The international healthcare organization they founded, MedGlobal, is doing what it can to help, though this team doesn’t have a full picture of the crisis they’ll triage."We are going in half blind," said Hassan, who is the Director of Bariatric Surgery at the University of Illinois-Chicago. "Here in a big city like Chicago, if we have one mass casualty event in a year, we prepare for that. But this is nonstop back on back on back." Accused Highland Park shooter no longer represen...

Snow winds down Saturday—but multiple winter storms being monitored next week

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

Arctic blast to sweep in next weekendWGN WEATHER HEADLINESFRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: A MORE ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN — ONE SUGGESTING WE MAY FINALLY BE ABOUT TO SEE "SOME OTHER METEOROLOGICAL SHOES DROP"It appears to be coming together: three potential snowfalls ahead for Chicago in the coming week. The first is a modest one Friday night and saturday, a complex second system with a vigorous winter storm Monday night into Tuesday night, featuring temps close to the rain/snow threshold and therefore a tricky snow accumulation forecast challenge. A third pattern late next week going into the following weekend, followed by colder arctic air.The National Weather Service's WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER is out with the BILLBOARD on the storm system we've been monitoring the past week and to impact the area early this coming week. Models have been stunningly consistent with this system which threatens in the Monday night, Tuesday and Tuesday night time frame.YET to be definitively resolved are how t...

Pop Isaacs eligible for play after assault allegation, TTU says 

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:11 GMT

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech University released a statement Friday evening after a civil lawsuit was filed accusing Texas Tech basketball player Pop Isaacs of assaulting a minor during a basketball team trip to the Bahamas in November. PAST COVERAGE: ESPN: Lawsuit filed against Texas Tech’s basketball player Pop Isaacs Texas Tech said upon learning of the allegations against Isaacs, the matter was immediately reported to the University's Title IX Office. The Title IX Office and its process are external to and independent from TTU Athletics.Texas Tech said Athletics reached out to the Title IX Office on two occasions and was informed both times that based upon the information Pop Isaacs remains in good standing. Pop Isaacs will not be withheld from participating in University activities, including basketball competition, according to Texas Tech. Texas Tech's Title IX Office said it will continue to follow its process until it is completed, regardless of the civil lawsuit.