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Cleanup continues after landslide, flooding in North Adams

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (NEWS10) -- Cleanup continued Wednesday after heavy flooding and rain poured in parts of the Capital Region. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey visited North Adams to tour the damage left behind.The city's mayor said a landslide on Church Street pulled a gas line off a house and washed out the driveway. More than a dozen other roads were damaged, and a number of basements were flooded. Three homes had to be evacuated. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! State and local leaders are now trying to make as many repairs as possible before the chance for more rain on Thursday."What's needed in terms of repair, what's needed in terms of fixing culverts and infrastructure, and how we get things going again for residents here in North Adams," Gov. Healey said. City leaders put out sandbags in some of the most flood prone areas to try to limit the damage from additional rain.

Boat arrives in Albany to raise awareness of dangers of nuclear weapons

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An historic ship that's spreading a message of peace made a stop in Albany on Wednesday. The Golden Rule was first built in 1956 in Costa Rica and sailed around the Marshall Islands with the goal of preventing nuclear weapons testing. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The ship sank twice, most recently in 2010. It was restored and relaunched from California by a group of veterans, who said their message about nuclear disarmament still needs to be heard.Their stop in Albany was part of a trip that started in Chicago last September.

Bear attacks, injures shepherd in wilderness area northeast of Durango

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

A bear attacked and severely injured a shepherd in a backcountry camp about 23 miles northeast of Durango. Wildlife officials say the bear was tracked and killed.The incident happened Tuesday morning near a camp in the Weminuche Wilderness above Lemon Reservoir, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a news release.The 35-year-old victim, a shepherd with a grazing permit for the San Juan National Forest, suffered bite wounds to his head, wounds to his left hand and arm, severe lacerations to his left hip area and scratches on his back. He was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango and then flown to Grand Junction for surgery.“This is an unfortunate incident and we are thankful the victim was able to contact help to get emergency services deployed and that he was able to be extracted to receive necessary medical care,” said CPW Area Wildlife Manager Adrian Archuleta, in the release.About 1 a.m. Tuesday, the shepherd was woken by a camp disturbance involving a black bear. He f...

Bandimere family plans to build new drag-racing facility near DIA; current land likely to be put to automotive use by new buyer

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

MORRISON — As Bandimere Speedway hosts its final Mile-High Nationals this weekend ahead of its closure later this year, the family that owns track is intent on building a new facility on a plot about 10 times its size.Speedway owner John Bandimere Jr. said his hope is to take a year off in 2024, then open up a new facility in 2025 that will likely be located somewhere near Denver International Airport.“Everybody thinks that we’re being pushed out by houses,” Bandimere said Wednesday. “Of course, there’s no question, they’re building a lot of houses around us. But that’s not why we’re leaving. We really feel comfortable with why we’re leaving: We need more space.”The current speedway sits on about 100 usable acres, and Bandimere said the 65-year-old facility’s parking is about to become a major issue beyond 2023. The family is looking at two different sites near DIA, where Bandimere said the plan is to build on a...

Slumping Rockies face tough choices, big challenges in second half

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

A Midsummer Classic dream home run by Elias Diaz gave the Rockies a much-needed boost.“That was absolutely electric!” Ryan McMahon told The Denver Post Tuesday night after Diaz hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the National League to a 3-2 win in the All-Star Game.“Super pumped for Elias, couldn’t be happier for him,” manager Bud Black said after Diaz was named MVP.Now it’s back to a harsh reality.The Rockies are a slumping team in transition as the so-called second half of the season begins with a weekend series against the Yankees. The Rockies will almost certainly make trades before the Aug. 1 deadline but it remains to be seen how active they will be. The club would also like to see what it’s got in young players such as Nolan Jones, Brenton Doyle, Elehuris Montero and Michael Toglia.At the same time, Black and general manager Bill Schmidt want to put a competitive team on the field and they need to provide play...

Judge rejects Bandimere’s lawsuit over pandemic restrictions

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

For the third time, a court has thrown out a lawsuit by Bandimere Speedway that claimed pandemic-era public health orders violated the rights of the track and its owners.U.S. District Judge Nina Wang ruled Monday that Bandimere’s claims had already been litigated in state courts and therefore could not, by law, be relitigated in her courtroom.Bandimere, along with owners Lorraine and John Bandimere Jr., sued Gov. Jared Polis and Mark Johnson, a former director of the Jefferson County Public Health Department, last July. It later modified the lawsuit to exclude Polis, leaving Johnson as the only defendant.The Bandimeres alleged that Johnson violated their 1st and 14th Amendment rights when he tried to prohibit the Morrison track from hosting its “Fourth of July God and Country Rally” in summer 2020, then suspended its liquor license and sued the Bandimeres.They alleged that Johnson used unconstitutional public health orders to punish the speedway because John Bandimere Jr. had critic...

Firefighters battling apartment fire in Hollywood

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

Firefighters are responding to a fire in a two-story apartment building in Hollywood where at least one person was in need of rescue on the second floor, authorities announced Wednesday.  Crews responded to the 7700 block of West Hollywood Boulevard at around 5:20 p.m. after receiving reports of two vehicles on fire in the carport of the garden-style apartment building, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.  At the scene, fire personnel discovered the flames had extended into the building’s attic.  Crews worked to rescue a woman on the second floor. No information was provided on her condition.  Aerial footage from Sky5 showed heavy smoke pouring out of the roof of the building. This is a developing story. Please stay with KTLA for updates.

Hollywood actors' strike looms as union, studios have yet to reach deal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of actors will go on strike Wednesday night if negotiations with studios are not reached by midnight.Members of SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents performers, say they are ready to walk off the job which would mark the first time since 1960 that both writers and actors would be actively on strike. The looming strike could yield serious economic impacts on Hollywood's film and television industry.On Tuesday, SAG-AFTRA announced it had agreed to a last-minute request for federal mediation by the Alliance of Film and Television Producers, the trade union representing studios, but would not waver from striking at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday if no deal was reached.Actors would be joining WGA writers who have been on the picket lines for more than two months since May 2.The union previously reached a strike deadline on July 1 before talks were extended, but since then, no deal has been reached.FILE - Striking Writers Guild members hold signs during a rally in front o...

C.R. Roberts, who led USC to victory over Longhorns in segregated Texas, dies at 87

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

C.R. Roberts, whose record-setting performance helped Southern California beat Texas in a 1956 road game played in the segregated state, has died. He was 87.Roberts died of natural causes on Tuesday in suburban Norwalk, the university said Wednesday.Roberts, a fullback, set a single-game rushing record with 251 yards on 12 carries in the Trojans' 44-20 victory in Austin, a mark that stood for 20 years. Fearing rioting by the segregated crowd, USC's coaching staff pulled Roberts early.Upon arrival, the Trojans tried three different hotels before finding one that would allow its Black players to stay. USC officials had permitted Roberts to travel despite Texas' segregation laws.“I was upset that they didn’t want me down there,” Roberts said in a 2015 USC online article for Black History Month. "Damn right, I had something to prove to them.”The hotel housekeepers were Black and they tried to convince Roberts and his other Black teammate to leave. He assured them he was allowed to be th...

Vermonters shovel out after epic rains, flooding

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:36:06 GMT

By Lisa Rathke | Associated PressANDOVER, Vt. — Volunteers pulled out their snow shovels Wednesday to clear inches of mud after torrential rain and flooding inundated communities across Vermont, trapping people in homes, closing roadways and littering streets and businesses with debris.The water drained off most streets in the state capital of Montpelier, where the swollen Winooski River flooded basements and ground floors, destroying merchandise and furniture across the picturesque downtown. Other communities cleaned up as well from historic floods that were more destructive than Tropical Storm Irene in many places. Dozens of roads remained closed, and thousands of homes and businesses are damaged.But with people still being rescued, high water still blocking some roads and new flash flood warnings issued with more rain on the way, the crisis is far from over, according to state Public Safety Commissioner Jennifer Morrison.“Vermonters, keep your guard up, and do not take chan...