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Former McAuliffe principal suing Denver Public Schools over firing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Tuesday, former McAuliffe International School principal Kurt Dennis filed a lawsuit against Denver Public Schools for wrongful termination. Earlier this year, Dennis believed he was originally fired for sharing confidential student information in a news interview after two deans were shot at East High School. Dennis said he and his staff were forced to conduct the exact same pat-down policy with a student who was charged with similar firearm-related offenses as the student in the East High incident.According to the lawsuit, the student at McAuliffe was criminally charged with attempted murder after the student allegedly entered a liquor store to rob it and shot the clerk. Following this charge, Dennis requested the student move to remote learning. Thousands sign petition to reinstate principal at McAuliffe International However, the suit claims Dennis' request was denied. Dennis claimed he exercised his right to free speech by shining a light on the ...

Best-reviewed places for used bikes around Denver, according to Yelp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado is known for having some of the best cities for cyclists in the U.S., and with that comes a high demand for bikes.Bikeways have been popping up rapidly in Denver, with hundreds of miles built over the last few years and totaling more than 433 miles.Bikes can be really expensive, but luckily there are highly-rated used bike shops in the Denver area. These are the highest-rated bike shops that sell used bikes around Denver with at least 20 reviews on Yelp:Randy's Recycled Cycles, 4.7 stars -- 2301 Champa St., DenverZ Cycle Shop, 4.8 stars -- 1025 E. 9th Ave., Denver and 3217 E. Colfax Ave., DenverLucky Bikes Re-Cyclery, 4.7 stars, 4394 S. Federal Blvd., SheridanAdditionally, there are many shops that offer new bikes, repairs, fittings, customized builds and more. Leadville Trail 100 cycling record beat by 15 minutes These are the highest-rated bike shops in the Denver area with at least 40 reviews on Yelp:Yawp Cyclery, 4.9 stars -- 7390 W. 38th Ave., Wheat...

Lee has formed, in the Atlantic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

Tropical Storm Lee, the season’s 12th named storm, is on the move having formed over the central Atlantic, Tuesday afternoon. Initial winds are estimated to be 45 mph (with higher gusts). As the storm continues to move west-northwest, it’s likely to get stronger and become a major hurricane by the end of the week!Lee is far from land and the current forecast has no land areas within the 5-day cone. Having said that, the northern Leeward Islands will need to monitor the track due to the somewhat-close approach. Also, there could be some fringe impacts to the islands by the upcoming weekend. According to the National Hurricane Center, “While it’s too soon to determine the location and magnitude of these possible impacts, interests in this area (northern Leeward islands) should monitor the progress of Lee and further updates to the forecast”. The main question we’ve been receiving in the 7 Weather Center? “Does south Florida need to wor...

State leaders, Archdiocese of Miami donate to Saint John Bosco Clinic in NWMD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

The Archdiocese of Miami lended a helping medical hand.Archbishop Thomas Wenski joined state leaders to present a $500,000 check to Saint John Bosco Clinic in Northwest Miami.The clinic provides primary medical needs for children and adults without access to healthcare.“As an elected official, it is our obligation to serve, and to serve the most vulnerable first,” said Republican State Senator Ileana Garcia, of Florida’s District 37. “By helping the underserved, we also help the greater community because this represents better help for the community at large,” she said. “It represents lower costs for our hospitals and emergency services.”Saint John Bosco Clinic is located at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church and has been serving the area for more than 30 years, funded solely through the generosity of community partners, corporations and foundations.

Serious injuries reported after fiery rollover crash in Foxboro

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

A serious rollover crash in Foxboro Tuesday evening resulted in serious injuries and a car engulfed in flames, Massachusetts State Police said.Officials said all lanes are temporarily closed on Route 495 southbound after the multi-car crash. The crash happened around 5:20 p.m., and there were serious injuries at the scene.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Dorchester man charged with murder pleads not guilty

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

A 21-year-old man pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday to multiple charges related to a deadly shooting in Dorchester on Saturday.Mikai Thomson, of Dorchester, was charged with murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm related to the death of 22-year-old Xavier Rivas.Prosecutors said Thomson pulled jewelry off of Rivas’s neck and shot him five times.The victim’s grandfather spoke after the court appearance and said this is a tragedy for both families.“You remember the good things. That’s how I want my grandson to be remembered, the good kid he was. Beautiful child ever since he was little, always joyful, always smiling,” Jesus Rivas said. “It’s just sad all around. I feel sorry for the Thomson Family too. No one should go through this. Keep us in your prayers.”Investigators said they tracked Thomson by using a GPS monitor he was wearing from a prior incident. Prosecutors said detectives wat...

DJ Stewart proving his worth with Mets after struggling as a former first-round pick

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — DJ Stewart has faced a particular type of pressure throughout his career. Once considered one of the best bats of the 2015 draft class, the Mets’ outfielder was taken 25th overall by the Baltimore Orioles after wrapping up a standout career at Florida State.That first-round tag proved tough to live up to and in some ways and Stewart struggled to establish himself and his bat in the Charm City. Stewart admittedly had a difficult time living up to that pressure.“There have been times in my career where I pressed,” Stewart told the Daily News. “In Baltimore, being a first-round pick, just kind of letting the pressure kind of get to you. And being younger in my career at that time, I didn’t really know how to handle failing in my life for the first time.“But I’m fortunate that it did happen because I know how to adjust to it.”Stewart got a second chance at a big-league career with the Mets, and it certainly looks as thou...

Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

By MARK THIESSEN (Associated Press)ANCHORAGE, ALaska (AP) — A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing.Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5, it would be Leo, the couple’s resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat who shows no fear of bears.“I knew that he’s pretty smart, and so I felt pretty confident that he would escape and be OK somewhere,” she said.That faith paid off 26 days after the flood when Tonya Mead posted a photo of Leo to the Juneau Community Collective Facebook page. Wilkins immediately knew it was Leo, the “COVID kitten” they rescued in 2020. She rushed to meet Mead.“I just started walking down the street calling for him, and he just ran out and was like, ‘Oh hey, here I am, you kno...

No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered a second day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded there for days.A pair of brothers from Arizona who took their 67-year-old mother with them to Burning Man for the first time spent 11 hours into early Tuesday morning just getting out of the festival site about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno. “It was a perfect, typical Burning Man weather until Friday — then the rain started coming down hard,” said Phillip Martin, 47. “Then it turned into Mud Fest.”Event organizers began letting traffic flow out on the main road around 2 p.m. local time Monday — even as they urged attendees to delay their exit to help ease traffic.By Tuesday morning, wait times had dropped from roughly five hours to two to three hours, according to the official Burning Man account on X, formerly known as...

Civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:00 GMT

Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group’s logo and other graffiti.The lawsuit filed against Patriot Front in federal court on Friday alleges that the group, two of the group’s leaders and 10 others violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which the complaint says “was designed to prevent precisely the kind of conspiratorial racist activity that Defendants perpetrated in this case.” The lawsuit, filed by the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition, the Immigrant Development Center and the center’s executive director, says Patriot Front also posted “anti-immigrant propaganda” days after a man of Syrian descent fatally shot a Fargo police officer and wounded two others in July. The suit seeks a jury trial and damages of an amount to be determined at trial, as well as attorneys’ fees and other relief.No attorney is...