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New Texas law to mandate child support payment in certain DUI convictions

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

TEXAS (KXAN) — A new Texas law taking effect Friday will authorize that children whose parent or legal guardian was killed by someone convicted of intoxication manslaughter will now receive child support.Under House Bill 393, those convicted on intoxication manslaughter charges will be required to pay monthly child support "until the child reaches 18 years of age or has graduated from high school, whichever is later."The defendant isn't required to pay restitution to individuals who are 19 years or older, per the law."The court shall determine an amount for restitution under this article that is reasonable and necessary to support the child," the legislation reads in part. Factors considered when determining that restitution amount includes:The child's financial and resource needs"Financial needs and resources of the surviving parent or guardian or other current guardian of the child or, if applicable, the financial resources of the state if the Department of Family and Protective S...

Elderly cancer patient searching for stolen ring

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A senior citizen, stricken with terminal cancer at a Glenville nursing home, is hoping that someone, somewhere, with any information on her stolen sentimental ring that is still missing, will come forward. Hospital employee charged with stealing a ring from a sleeping patientMeet 75 year old Tricia Fitzpatrick. She’s been battling Stage 4 lung cancer which has metastasized. An oxygen machine provides the breaths that still keep her fighting.A fight made all the more difficult by a trip to Albany Med’s Emergency Room on July 17th for a cat scan.  “I was lying there, with my eyes closed. And I think to an observer it would seem that I was sleeping. So all of a sudden I felt this hand, fingers clothes around my finger around the ring, and start pulling it off" said Fitzpatrick.“...After she came back up, she kept going like this like this, and I was like what's the matter? And she was like, you know, my ring, my ring, is gone" the terminal cancer pa...

Inter-Agency Overdose Prevention Task Force first meeting

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The Capital Region of New York seeing a wave of overdoses recently. Tuesday, the New York State Inter-Agency Overdose Prevention Task Force meeting for the first time. NEWS10 speaking with local officials on what they say they want to see from the task force. Gun safety in the home The task force met in an effort to combat what officials here are calling the worst epidemic of this kind. The governor's office created a task force by joining together some of the top figures from across the state.“It's about all of government working together. Like we did during the pandemic to solve a really big problem,” said Dr. James McDonald, Commissioner, New York Department of Health.“We need to focus on harm reduction because that's really about keeping people alive,” said Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS).The task force is designed to expand and enhance programming, develop innovative initiatives to support l...

Five missed opportunities in Adam Wainwright's pursuit for 200 wins

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Set to retire at the season's end, Adam Wainwright was hoping to reach a big career milestone early in his grand sendoff. He hasn't reached it yet, and he still has some chances at it, but time is ticking. Wainwright continues his push for 200 career wins. If he can reach that point before October 1, he will become one of only five active pitchers to reach that mark and one of just 120 all-time with at least 200 MLB victories.The soon-to-be 42-year-old has been stuck at 198 wins since mid-June. He's made ten starts since then, though it's been a tough road toward the milestone. He's winless in his last 10 outings, the St. Louis Cardinals have only won one of those, and he only has two quality starts in that stretch. Another gut-punch: Cardinals are 20 games below .500 for first time in decades Wainwright's latest start Monday was one of his better outings of the season and a textbook-missed opportunity. Wainwright battled with San Diego Padres ace Blake Snell to keep ...

Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy to avoid short-term injured reserve despite hamstring injury, GM George Paton says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

The Broncos are hoping Jerry Jeudy’s hamstring injury heals quickly.They’re banking on it, in fact.General manager George Paton confirmed Tuesday that Denver’s top receiver will not start the season on short-term injured reserve.Jeudy came up grabbing his right hamstring during practice last Thursday against the Los Angeles Rams and had to be carted to the sideline. The normal recovery for moderate, or Grade 2, hamstring injury starts at four weeks. Jeudy suffered the injury 17 days before the regular season.Related ArticlesDenver Broncos | How long has Sean Payton been calling plays? Since his days as Eastern Illinois quarterback. Denver Broncos | Broncos DL Zach Allen draws comparisons to a lot of known names. Now it’s time to make something of his own. Denver Broncos | Broncos, CMLL announce partnership bringing lucha libre to Empower Field at Mile High Denver Broncos | PHOTOS: Denver Broncos vs Los Angeles Rams, NF...

Under new head coach Pete Sterbick, John Matocha and Colorado School of Mines look to capture lightning in a bottle to win football title

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

GOLDEN — Since quarterback John Matocha and offensive coordinator Pete Sterbick first began working with each other in the spring of 2019, they’ve had one goal in mind: Capture lightning in a bottle to win a title with the Colorado School of Mines football program.If there’s one team that can do it, it’s Mines. The NCAA Division II preseason No. 2 Orediggers will begin their season at 6 p.m. Thursday against No. 3 Grand Valley State at Marv Kay Stadium. Matocha, now a redshirt senior, will look to reignite the electrifying, nation-leading offense from 2022 that reached the national championship game last December but fell 41-14 to Ferris State. Meanwhile, Sterbick took over head coaching duties in May after former coach Brandon Moore departed to FCS-level San Diego — the program’s third head coach in the last three years.After falling one game short, Sterbick, who remains the offensive coordinator, is eager to prove the Orediggers can not only cap...

Experienced rafter dies after falling into the Colorado River in Gore Canyon

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

An experienced rafter who fell overboard into the Colorado River was pulled from the water but died at the scene.About 2:30 p.m. Monday, Grand County emergency personnel responded to the Colorado River at Pyrite Rapids in the Gore Canyon outside Kremmling, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.A group of rafters had set off from the confluence of the Blue and Colorado rivers, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The 38-year-old man, an experienced rafter who was wearing a helmet and flotation device, fell overboard and was in the water for an unknown time before members of his group located him.Emergency responders used Union Pacific Railroad track to access the remote location.Sadly, one person died in a rafting accident in the Colorado River at Pyrite Rapids on 8/28/23. Press Release https://t.co/7J1kuxFHDC#GrandCounty pic.twitter.com/FzvzdaDW3p— Grand County Sheriff (@GrandCoSheriff) August 29, 2023Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | ...

Fort Collins police pepper-sprayed man in face from 2 inches away while attempting to ticket him, lawsuit alleges

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

A man this week sued Fort Collins and two of its police officers, alleging that, in 2021, they used excessive force and pepper-sprayed his face from two inches away while attempting to issue the man a summons for a reported trespassing incident.Attorneys for Fort Collins resident Andru Kulas, who filed the civil suit Sunday, said the police officers violated his First, Fourth and 14th Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution when they used excessive force and “wrongfully seized and arrested” Kulas on Aug. 29, 2021.The lawsuit names the city of Fort Collins and two officers, Kevin Park and Avery Hanzlicek, and states their actions caused Kulas to “endure pain, suffering, humiliation, emotional distress, anxiety, terror, attorney fees and other damages.”On Aug. 28, 2021, Kulas and some friends were out drinking after his father suddenly passed away a month prior, the lawsuit states. At about 1:50 a.m. on Aug. 29, police officers contacted Kulas near the int...

America is using up its groundwater like there’s no tomorrow

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

Global warming has focused concern on land and sky as soaring temperatures intensify hurricanes, droughts and wildfires. But another climate crisis is unfolding, underfoot and out of view.Many of the aquifers that supply 90% of the nation’s water systems, and which have transformed vast stretches of America into some of the world’s most bountiful farmland, are being severely depleted. These declines are threatening irreversible harm to the American economy and society as a whole.The New York Times conducted one of the most comprehensive examinations of groundwater depletion nationwide and found that America’s life-giving resource is being exhausted in much of the country, and in many cases it won’t come back. Huge industrial farms and sprawling cities are draining aquifers that could take centuries or millenniums to replenish themselves, if they recover at all.States and communities are already paying the price.Groundwater loss is hurting breadbasket states like Kansas, where the ma...

For travelers who want to avoid babies and kids, one airline will test an adults-only section

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:19:58 GMT

By DAVID KOENIG (AP Airlines Writer)DALLAS (AP) — One airline plans to find out if solitude-seeking travelers will pay a hefty extra charge to avoid sitting near babies and little kids.Corendon Airlines says that it will sell an adults-only zone — no one under 16 — on flights between Amsterdam and Curacao starting in November. The Turkish carrier says people traveling without children will get quiet surroundings, and parents won’t have to worry that their crying or fidgeting kids will annoy fellow passengers.Corendon announced last week that it will set aside 93 regular seats and nine extra-legroom seats in the adult zone in the front of its Airbus A350 jets, which have 432 seats in all. A wall or curtain will separate the section from the wailing masses farther back.The airline said on its website that it will charge passengers an extra reservation fee of 45 euros ($49) for the no-kids zone, rising to 100 euros ($109) for one of the extra-legroom seats.To an...