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Family mourns son killed by driver in Walmart parking lot

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) -- A Walmart employee was hit by a car and killed last month in the store's parking lot by an older driver, according to the Loveland Police Department. For the first time, Austin Cullon's loved ones, while still grieving, are opening up in their first TV interview with FOX31.Donna Cullon said she is "hanging in there," but the last month has been extremely difficult. Cullon sat on a couch in Loveland with her sister, Jennifer Anderson, and her husband by her side.''I miss him dearly every day," Cullon said. "I was in total shock. I couldn't believe that something like that would happen to him. I love you and miss you so much, my son." Couple’s home damaged by tornado in Brush Cullon lost her son, Austin, on the afternoon of April 6. The accident shut down the Walmart at 250 W. 65th Street. Shortly after 1 p.m. the 27-year-old cart attendant was working hard, returning carts to the store, when he was hit by a car in the parking lot. When officers arrived on ...

New Mexico gunman who killed 3 and injured 6 shot randomly at cars, houses, police say

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — An 18-year-old man armed with at least three guns roamed through a northwestern New Mexico community firing randomly at cars and houses Monday, killing three people and injuring six others including two police officers before he was killed, authorities said.The shootings occurred around 11 a.m. in Farmington, a city of about 50,000 people near the Four Corners — where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet — that is a supply line and bedroom community to the region’s oil and natural gas industry.Officers responding to reports of shots being fired encountered the attacker within minutes and killed him with at least one shot, Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said in a video released Monday night. He said the gunman fired at least three weapons, including an "AR-style rifle."The shooting was “honestly one of the most horrific and difficult days that Farmington has ever had as a community,” he said.The identities of the gunman and the victims weren't imme...

Who owns this damaged pedestrian bridge in Denver?

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The FOX31 Problem Solvers are looking into complaints about a pedestrian bridge in Denver that’s been closed for a while because it needs repairs.  It’s the bridge that crosses over Cherry Creek near Delgany Street, but unclear ownership has those repair plans stuck in limbo.  Gregg Rich lives in the area and rides his bike along the Cherry Creek Trail several times a week, but since the closure more than two years ago, he said reaching the bike trail has been tricky. “I live on this side of the bridge and the bike trail is on that side of bridge, so it’s a little bit of thorn every day," Rich said. “I worry about hitting people as I traverse through the blind corners there to get over to the other side.” ‘South Park,’ Casa Bonita license plate auction to benefit Coloradans with disabilities He said the closure isn’t only inconvenient, but the alternative route is also a safety concern.  “Between scooters, cyclists, pedestrians, people walking ...

Polis signs law for 'Stop the Bleed' kits in schools

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — School shootings in the U.S. are at record numbers. Now, Colorado is going to train teachers and students how to treat blood loss from bullet wounds.A new law will allow participating K-12 schools to get "Stop the Bleed" kits and training materials from the state. Middle school closed after Safe2Tell threat State Rep. Mary Young, D-Weld, is a sponsor of the bill and a school psychologist."The more teachers and staff we can prepare for emergency situations, the more likely we are to save a life," Young said in a statement released by Colorado Democrats. "Time is precious in any emergency. This bipartisan law ensures teachers, staff and older students have the proper 'Stop the Bleed' training and materials they need to respond effectively and efficiently to save lives."On Monday, Gov. Jared Polis was at Prairie Heights Middle School in Evans to sign the bill into law, according to his office.FILE - Lori Alhadeff, left, and Dr. Patricia Byers, a surgical critical care...

Wildlife filmmaker supersizes animal adventure with ‘Giants’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

“Giants” on Curiosity Stream Thursday, goes ‘round the world to “find, film, measure and find out how to protect” the largest animals on the planet: elephants, lions, sharks, anacondas and saltwater crocodiles.Dan O’Neill, a field biologist and conservationist, is its history-making guide. He knows observing life in the jungle or on the savannah can at times be truly scary.“There was one moment filming lions, the biggest man-eating cat on the planet, in Kenya. We’d found one and I stood up in the back of the Jeep as the truck was running around in the high grass,” O’Neill, 31, said in a phone interview from the UK.“You’re just there. I mean, there’s no protection. You’re not in a box with bars protecting you. There’s not even sides to the Jeep. I was looking at the sleeping lion and suddenly he woke up, stood up, looked me dead in the eyes and took a step forward.“Honestly, it was probably the scariest moment of my entire life. I felt my soul leave my body be...

Aaron Judge homers twice in Yankees’ win as wandering eyes draw suspicion from Blue Jays skipper, broadcasters

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

TORONTO — While the Yankees’ early-inning pitching plans created conversation prior to Monday’s game, it was Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah who struggled in the opening frame.Aaron Judge, who hit his record-tying 61st home run at Rogers Centre last September, laced a solo shot off the righty in his return to the ballpark. The home run foreshadowed an erratic night for Manoah, who didn’t escape the first before also surrendering a two-run homer to Willie Calhoun.The Yankees tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning when Anthony Volpe doubled and later scored on a single from Kyle Higashioka. Judge then walked with the bases loaded to make it 5-0, a nice cushion in what became a 7-4 Yankees win.“Everyone’s chipping in,” Aaron Boone said afterward, adding that he’s like the Yankees’ approach at the plate lately.The damage could’ve been worse for Manoah, as he walked seven batters, thus continuing the 2022 Cy Young finalist’...

Editorial: Millionaires tax takes bite out of the Bay State

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

The voices of reason who warned Massachusetts lawmakers that spiking taxes on wealthier Bay Staters would end in a beeline for the exits can point to the latest IRS data and say “we told you so.”That doesn’t help the state, but it does underscore that the relentless push for a millionaires tax and other hikes on high-earners is ultimately undermining the goal of “fair share” proponents: boosting revenue to pay for Massachusetts programs.The Pioneer Institute crunched 2021 data from the IRS, and its analysis revealed that net out-migration from Massachusetts is speeding up and is greatest among affluent residents who pay the most in state taxes. Between 2019 and 2021, Massachusetts rose from ninth to fourth among all states in net out-migration of wealth, behind only California, New York, and Illinois.We were warned. In the runup last year to the passage of the Millionaires Tax, opponents outlined the consequences: David Tuerck with the Beacon Hill Insti...

McCaughey: Making homelessness a lifestyle choice is wrong

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

Americans must not surrender to the new normal of squalor and urban chaos — of tent encampments, public defecation, panhandling and shouting schizophrenics.In the aftermath of Jordan Neely’s tragic death on a New York subway, advocates for the homeless and most Democratic politicians are demanding unfettered freedom for the homeless to live on the streets, even with mental illness.Advocates are taking over subway stations and dominating the mainstream media with their demands. Too little is being said about the needs of the quiet majority. People who go to a job every day or operate a business or take their kids to school need safe sidewalks and public transportation.Yet Democrats in the Oregon state legislature are pushing a bill to guarantee the homeless the right to sue for $1,000 if they are harassed or removed from a public space.Democratic lawmakers in California recently defeated a ban on homeless encampments within 500 feet of a school, playground or youth center.Even ...

Dear Abby: Wife sees chance to exit unhappy marriage

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

Dear Abby: I have been married for 16 years, but after the birth of my first child, our marriage went downhill. My husband withdrew and went out with friends often. When my brother was in the hospital, I traveled three hours with my newborn baby to visit him. My husband drove up separately, stayed a few hours, then left to go to a concert with a female friend.Our sex life dwindled down to nothing, and I felt like we were roommates. I became depressed and started having manic episodes. I’m on medication now and taking care of myself. I have always resented my husband for this. We have two kids now, and I’m afraid if I leave him it will hurt the children. I tried three different marriage counselors with him, but he wasn’t interested.I now spend my time doing everything with the kids and focusing on my well-being. I met an old high school acquaintance on Facebook, and our friendship has turned romantic. I don’t see him often, but when I do, I want to be with him...

A lonely nation: Has the notion of the ‘American way’ promoted isolation across history?

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:34:08 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of “The Searchers,” one of John Wayne’s most renowned Westerns, a kidnapped girl has been rescued and a family reunited. As the closing music swells, Wayne’s character looks around at his kin — people who have other people to lean on — and then walks off toward the dusty West Texas horizon, lonesome and alone.It’s a classic example of a fundamental American tall tale — that of a nation built on notions of individualism, a male-dominated story filled with loners and “rugged individualists” who suck it up, do what needs to be done, ride off into the sunset and like it that way.In reality, loneliness in America can be deadly. This month, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared it an American epidemic, saying that it takes as deadly a toll as smoking upon the population of the United States. “Millions of people in America are struggling in the shadows,” he said, “and that’s not right.”He cited some potent forces: the gradual withering of l...