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Johnston wants 167 new officers on Denver's streets

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Mayor Mike Johnston has spent his first five months in office focusing on the declared homeless emergency, but now he says addressing crime is part of his goals for 2024.Property crime is rising in Denver, according to a report from Axios. Johnston said he has a new perspective on the problem after having his own car stolen in recent weeks.The mayor said this week on "Colorado Point of View" that his administration is focused on addressing violent crime. He said his team has "proposed a historic expansion of adding more officers to the street."167 new Denver police officers proposedJohnston is looking to put 167 new officers back onto Denver streets. He said the effort on homelessness plays a big part in that."In some of our police districts, up to 60% of the calls officers get are to encampments," Johnston said. "So once we can move people into housing, close those encampments, that allows us to redirect our existing officers plus our new officers to places where vi...

Colorado photographer pursues his passion for profit and adventure

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) - Mike Mauro travels the world capturing the images of nature and wildlife. He has chosen to remain single and without children to continue to pursue his lifelong passion.The smallest part of Mauro’s world is his studio and home in Arvada. The outdoors is where he thrives. His motto could be, "Have camera, will travel." Shooting, archery and ax-throwing at this Colorado state park For the last 20 years Mauro has earned a living traveling the planet, embedding himself in some of the most remote, dangerous and wild locations this earth has to offer. Some of his clients are the BBC, The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Apple TV to name a few."It's the world’s best job. I'm sure there are people out there who wouldn't like to do it, you know, if you like malls or traffic or whatever," Mauro said.Canada, Mexico, Africa, Antarctica -- Mauro has lived and worked on six of the earth’s seven continents. "Alaska is my favorite place. Africa has got its own special p...

‘I killed her’: Hialeah teen accused in mother’s murder confessed to fatal stabbing in recording, prosecutors say

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

Prosecutors played a recording that, they said, provides a chilling first-person account of how a teenage boy fatally stabbed his mother at their Hialeah apartment.Cameras captured 13-year-old Derek Rosa, his hands in cuffs and his head down, as the recording was played during a court hearing, Thursday.The recording captured a police officer questioning the teen.“So you went to sleep around 10,” said the officer.“Yes,” said Rosa.“And then what?” said the officer.“I woke up, went to the kitchen. I grabbed one of the kitchen knives, and I went to her room and then I…” said Rosa.“It’s OK, you can say it,” said the officer.“I killed her,” said Rosa.Prosecutors said Rosa explained how he took the life of his mother, 39-year-old Irina Garcia, inside their home on the night of Oct. 12.“You killed her? All right, what type of knife was it? Do you know?” said the officer in the recording.“It...

Scholz gets Orbán out the room to open Ukraine’s membership talks

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

BRUSSELS — About three hours into deadlocked discussions among EU leaders on Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, the German chancellor made a sudden proposal to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: Go grab a coffee outside, perhaps.If Orbán really wasn’t willing to agree to opening enlargement talks with Kyiv, Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested, he should consider leaving the room briefly. Scholz addressed the recommendation to the Hungarian leader in front of his EU counterparts gathered around the circular negotiation table at Thursday’s leaders’ summit.The idea, Scholz said, would allow the 26 EU leaders who remained to approve Ukraine’s road to accession with the required unanimity — which EU rules say is also fulfilled if one leader is absent — while Orbán could still say he hadn’t voted in favor.After the two men spoke on the sidelines, Orbán left the room, paving the way for the EU’s historic decision to open accession negotiations with ...

Two people injured in multi-vehicle crash involving school bus in front of Hyde Park school

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

School officials said a multi-vehicle crash by the Henry Grew School in Hyde Park left two people injured and multiple cars damaged Thursday, including a school bus.According to Boston police, only the driver was onboard the school bus when it allegedly struck multiple vehicles as well as a pedestrian by 40 Gordon Ave around 8:15 a.m.Police said two people were taken to a hospital, describing their injuries as non-life-threatening.One of the injured people was a child who had been near the crash site. 7NEWS learned the other injured person was a parent who had been dropping her child off at the school when the crash occurred. The woman’s mother-in-law, Michelle Legette, said it appeared a malfunction on the bus led to the crash, and that the driver had tried to lessen the impact before the pileup.Legette described the moment of impact in an interview, saying her daughter had just dropped her granddaughter off and was coming back to her car when she was hit.“[The driver] couldn...

Emanuel Lopes’ new trial for 2018 Weymouth killings set for next month

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

The retrial of the man authorities say shot and killed a Weymouth Police officer and a septuagenarian bystander five years ago is slated to begin on Jan. 8.Emanuel Lopes appeared again in Norfolk Superior Court Thursday afternoon with his attorneys to argue out some motions in a hearing lasting more than an hour and a half ahead of a fresh trial date to begin next month.Lopes already faced trial in that same court for the shooting murders of Weymouth Police Sgt. Michael Chesna, 42, and bystander Vera Adams, 77, in the early hours of July 15, 2018, among 11 total related charges. That ended up being declared a mistrial on July 10, following weeks of jury deliberations that never amounted to a verdict.Lopes has remained without bail as attorneys battle out behind the scenes with a flurry of motions.Attorney Larry Tipton at the Thursday hearing argued for a continuance of the January court date to allow more time to get another expert to weigh in on Lopes’ criminal culpability on that ...

Joe Mazzulla hopes new Celtics signing can follow similar path to a current player

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

The Celtics officially signed a rookie player on Thursday who coach Joe Mazzulla hopes can follow a similar trajectory as a current player on Boston’s roster.The C’s signed Drew Peterson to a two-way contract. He’s an athletic wing who played five college seasons – two at Rice before transferring for three at Southern California – before signing as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Miami Heat. He was a standout for the Heat’s summer league team, which included a 13-point performance against the Celtics that caught Boston’s eye.The 6-foot-8 Peterson – who was a two-time All-Pac 12 selection at USC – played in 13 games for G-League Sioux Falls, where he averaged 15.2 points per game, shot 40.7 percent from 3-point range and dished out 4.2 assists per game before he signed with the Celtics.Mazzulla thinks Peterson can take a similar path to a player like Sam Hauser, who was also undrafted in 2021 before developing in the G-League and now becoming a key player in the Celtics’ rota...

Accused Cohasset murderer Brian Walshe found indigent, gets court-appointed attorney

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

Brian Walshe, the Cohasset man accused of murdering his wife Ana Walshe on the first day of this year, has lost his private attorney and has been assigned a court-appointed one.Walshe was the subject of a brief hearing conducted by Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly J. Cannone over Zoom Thursday afternoon. It was the first hearing in the once very active case held in several months.In the hearing, Cannone found Walshe indigent and approved his attorney Tracy Miner’s motion to withdraw. Attorney Larry Tipton will now take on the role on the taxpayer dime.It was a quick fall to indigency status. In March of 2022, he and his wife pocketed nearly $1.4 million from the sale of their oceanside home on Cohasset’s Jerusalem Road. That home mysteriously caught fire just days after Ana Walshe went missing on New Year’s Day 2023 — though authorities have said that it’s merely a coincidence and the fire has nothing to do with her disappearance.Just a day before that fire, on Jan. 5, Cohasset ...

Medford City Council considering a 141% pay hike for School Committee

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

Some Medford School Committee members say a proposal from the City Council to raise their annual salaries by more than double came as a surprise and that they don’t do the job for the money.Council President Nicole Morell, in the last month of her tenure, is seeking to increase School Committee member pay from $12,000 to more than $29,000, aligning the annual earnings with that of city councilors.“The ideal of equal pay for equal work is a long-established and accepted principle in our nation,” Morell’s resolution states. “This ordinance would establish pay parity for all members of duly elected legislative bodies in the city.”School Committee members, speaking during a council meeting Tuesday, however, said they were unaware their compensation was an issue and that it’s gotten the attention of councilors.“I wanted to kind of set something clear: The first time, as a School Committee member, that I heard about this raise was by reading it on the City Council agenda,” said Kathy Krea...

Ticker: Average long-term US mortgage rate dips below 7%; Retail sales rise 0.3% in November

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:23:53 GMT

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dropped below 7% to its lowest level since early August, another boost for prospective homebuyers who have largely been held back by sharply higher borrowing costs and heightened competition for relatively few homes for sale.The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped to 6.95% from 7.03% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.31%.Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loan, edged up this week, lifting the average rate to 6.38% from 6.29% last week. A year ago, it averaged 5.54%, Freddie Mac said.The latest drop in rates is the seventh in as many weeks. Mortgage rates have been easing since late October, when they reached 7.79%, the highest level since late 2000.Retail sales rise 0.3% in NovemberAmericans picked up their spending from October to November unexpectedly as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring the power of sh...