Loveland artist gets his inspiration from the Colorado outdoors
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — The Colorado outdoors offer up action, adventure and even history. For Loveland artist Howard Neville, it also offers inspiration.It all started when Neville was just a kid in grade school. “I was handed these boxes of colored chalk by my teachers and they told me to go up to the blackboard and create a picture for the holidays. And that’s what I did,“ said Neville. And that is how it went. Neville did not ask any questions, he just did it. Outdoor Colorado: One-of-a-kind summer camp for kids Neville paints, sculpts and makes jewelry. So which one does he like best? “That is like asking me which kid I like best. They are all kind of responsible for me, my behavior, and some days I feel like just doing one when I don’t feel like doing the other. I can’t pick,“ said Neville.Neville’s father had other plans for him and his brother. They were to be carpenters. “And it was up to me and my brother to build houses with him. And then I started doing this foo foo s...Miami-Dade Police officer arrested after throwing cheeseburger at wife
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
A Miami-Dade Police officer was arrested by Miramar Police after he allegedly threw a cheeseburger at his wife of three years. On Friday, 34-year-old Andres Perez faced a judge in bond court after an argument with his wife at a McDonald’s led to domestic abuse. According to a police report, Perez and his wife were arguing about their finances and marital issues. He reportedly stormed into the kitchen of the fast-food restaurant, threw a burger at his wife and punched her behind the ear. The Miami-Dade Police Department’s Interim Director Stephanie V. Daniels said in a statement, “It is disheartening to learn that one of my officers was arrested for a domestic violence incident, that occurred while he was off duty. Police Officers are held to a higher standard; this type of behavior will not be tolerated. Any actions that may hinder the public’s confidence in law enforcement is unacceptable.He faces one count of a domestic battery charge. Miramar Police has be...Couple arrested for neglect of disabled man found living in squalor behind Florida home
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WSVN) – A non-verbal 22-year-old intellectually disabled man was discovered living in deplorable conditions behind a St. Petersburg residence, leading to the arrest of his caretaker and the caretaker’s live-in girlfriend.The St. Petersburg Police Department became involved in the investigation after a report from the Department of Children and Families raised concerns about the well-being of the disabled individual. The victim, whose identity remains confidential, was found residing in a makeshift hut in the backyard of a house, exposed to the elements and living in filth.The victim’s living conditions were described as dire. He was sleeping outdoors and had been denied access to the house. Authorities reported that he had not bathed and was covered in feces when discovered.Jeffeth Garvey, 56, the victim’s designated caretaker, and Antoinette Mundy, 59, his live-in girlfriend, now face charges of neglect of a disabled adult. The couple w...Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys home in Miami’s ‘billionaire bunker.’ Tom Brady will be his neighbor
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
MIAMI (AP) — Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is buying an estate on an exclusive man-made barrier island in Miami known as “Billionaire Bunker,” where he will be neighbors with a growing list of celebrities including Tom Brady, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner.Bezos, 59, is paying $68 million for the three-bedroom, waterfront home, which sits on 2.8 acres (1.1 hectares), Fortune magazine and Bloomberg reported. The Amazon founder stepped down as CEO in 2021 to devote more time to philanthropy and other projects.MTM Star International is listed on Miami-Dade property records as the previous owner of the home. The county website does not list Bezos as the owner, but shows the property sold in June.Guillermo Olmedillo, the village manager of Indian Creek Village, told The Associated Press he has no information about the purchase. The village has a country club and its own police force.County records show the property previously sold for $1.4 million in 1982. Th...Prosecutors say a California judge charged in his wife’s killing had 47 weapons in his house
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge was charged Friday with murder in the shooting death of his wife and 47 weapons were seized from the house, authorities said.Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, was arrested last week after his adult son called 911 to report his mother, Sheryl Ferguson, had been shot at the family’s home in the upscale neighborhood of Anaheim Hills, the district attorney’s office said in a statement. He was released a day later on $1 million bail.Prosecutors want additional bail conditions because authorities recovered 47 weapons and more than 26,000 rounds of ammunition during a search of his home. A rifle registered in his name is not accounted for, the statement said.They want Ferguson to surrender his passport and wear an ankle monitor.Ferguson’s attorneys, Paul Meyer and John Barnett, issued a brief statement and declined to answer questions. “This is a tragedy for the entire Ferguson family. It was an accident and ...Italy wants Musk vs. Zuckerberg cage fight
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
You’ve heard of the Thrilla in Manila and the Rumble in the Jungle. Well, how about the Melee in Milan or the Fracas in Florence? Italy is primed to host the proposed cage fight between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg after SpaceX chief Musk said Friday he spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her government’s culture ministry to agree on an undisclosed “epic location” for the battle.Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said he had a “long and friendly conversation” with Musk about the event, which would pit the feuding entrepreneurs against each other in mixed martial arts-style cage. The “epic location” for the planned scrap remains a secret but the Italian culture ministry did rule out Rome after Musk posted “everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all.” Previously, Sangiuliano ruled out Rome’s Colosseum as a venue due to ongoing maintenance. “We ar...Zelenskyy fires military recruitment chiefs amid corruption concerns
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he fired all regional military recruitment bosses amid reports of corruption. The dismissed officials will be replaced by soldiers who have been on the front lines or who have been hurt in combat, as “they can be entrusted with this recruitment system,” Zelenskyy said.“This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery in times of war constitutes high treason,” he added, as Ukraine digs in against a Russian offensive in the northeast while also trying to reclaim territory captured by Moscow’s invading forces in the country’s south and east. The Ukrainian president held a meeting with the National Security and Defense Council to discuss the corruption allegations involving military officials. There are already 112 criminal proceedings open against military recruiting officials, he saidZelenskyy said many officials across multiple departments and Ukrainian regions were...US attorney leading Hunter Biden probe is now a special counsel, Garland announces
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
Washington (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden has been given “special counsel” status after plea talks between the Justice Department and the president’s son fell apart.This gives the senior prosecutor, David Weiss, more powers than a typical US attorney and puts the nation in uncharted territory – with three special counsels at the Justice Department currently investigating matters related to the sitting president, his son, and the previous president.The move could also lead to a trial of President Joe Biden’s son.Garland’s order appointing Weiss said he is authorized to “conduct the ongoing investigation … as well as any matters that arose from that investigation or may arise” as the probe continues.Weiss made a request to be elevated to a special counsel on Tuesday. In a court filing Friday, Weiss said that plea talks between his team and Hunter Biden broke down in re...Who is David Weiss, the special counsel overseeing Hunter Biden criminal probe?
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
Washington (CNN) — David Weiss, the Donald Trump-appointed US attorney who on Friday was named a special counsel leading the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, has decades of experience as a federal prosecutor.Weiss, the Delaware US attorney, met in April with Hunter Biden’s attorneys, who had requested a routine status update on the investigation. The long-running probe, which began as early as 2018, at one time concerned multiple financial and business activities in foreign countries dating to when Joe Biden was vice president.In June, a plea agreement was reached in which Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge. But Weiss said in a court filing Friday that plea talks between his team and Biden broke down in recent weeks after a hearing in Delaware last month where the judge said she wasn’t ready to accept the complex plea deal that was...‘Bolivar’d’: Roadway in Canton closed to traffic Friday morning after tractor-trailer strikes bridge
Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:06:04 GMT
A section of Bolivar Street in Canton was closed Friday morning after a tractor-trailer truck collided with an overhead bridge.The Canton Police Department shared images from the scene around 8:30 a.m., where a truck’s cab appeared to clear the Bolivar Street Bridge, but not the trailer behind it.“Bolivar St. Bridge remains undefeated,” the police department posted on Facebook, noting that the street would be closed as crews cleaned up the aftermath.“#Bolivar’d, #TheSignsArentLying,” Canton PD added at the end of their post.Latest news
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