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KHSC reinstates mask mandate for high-risk patient areas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

Kingston Health Science Centre (KHSC) has announced that it’s re-introducing masking in high-risk patient areas in response to rising COVID-19 prevalence in southeastern Ontario.The new protocol takes effect immediately and affects the Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre and the Children’s Outpatient Clinic. Masking is strongly recommended on other units managing patients at high-risk.“Throughout the pandemic, KHSC’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) team has monitored local COVID-19 community prevalence markers including COVID-19 test positivity, outbreaks in congregate living settings, and wastewater detection. After falling to three per cent earlier this summer, test positivity is now approaching 10 per cent in southeastern Ontario,” KHSC said in a news release. Further control measures will be re-introduced should local COVID-19 markers continue to rise in Kingston. Escalating control measures continues to be part of KHSC’s respiratory response plan...

Denver weather: Will the cold front this weekend bring rain?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The hot and dry Denver weather will continue for a few more days. Friday will bring another round of possible 90-degree temperatures across the Denver metro. The Pinpoint Weather team is tracking a cooler change along with showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall is still ahead for the year, according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Forecast highs on Friday for metro DenverWeather tonight: Starry and pleasantThe few clouds that drift across the state on Thursday will fade away after sunset. Skies will be clear across Colorado making for another pleasant night. Get the FOX31 App: Breaking news alerts & Pinpoint Weather Temperatures will fall into the 50s in locations east of the mountains including metro Denver and the Front Range. There will be chilly readings in the upper 30s and low 40s through mountain towns.Overnight lows by Friday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: Dry and warmIt'll be another dry day across Colorado on Friday. Ther...

Parent group demands removal of 3 Denver Public Schools administrators

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver Public Schools parent group is demanding that three district administrators be removed after a student charged with attempted murder showed up to enroll at Thomas Jefferson High School.A DPS spokesperson told FOX31 there are no plans to remove the administrators from the discipline committee, which decided not to expel a student accused of a gun crime just off the East High School campus. Stabbing suspect arrested again shortly after being freed from jail The Parents Safety Advocacy Group, or P-SAG, sent Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero and district leaders an email expressing outrage over FOX31's exclusive investigation into discipline over gun crimes in Denver Public Schools. The Problem Solvers first reported Tuesday that a 16-year-old student wanted for attempted murder in Adams County and another gun crime in Denver caused a lockdown at Thomas Jefferson High School when he showed up there to enroll on Aug. 25.Gun case near East High before robbery and ...

Roving bear spotted in Broomfield was last seen in Lafayette

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A bear was spotted throughout the day Thursday across multiple cities north of Denver.The roving bear was last spotted in Lafayette, police there posted around 8 p.m. They said dispatchers were getting calls that the bear was sighted near Copper Stone apartments in the 700 block of Lafayette Drive.Lafayette was the latest stop for the bear that came to the public's attention earlier in the day. Police said it also was spotted multiple times on Thursday in Westminster and Broomfield.The bear was seen in Broomfield in the area of Zuni Street and West 150th Avenue, according to the Broomfield Police Department. Police posted about the bear at 5:07 p.m.A bear spotted in a Broomfield backyard on Sept. 7, 2023 (Submitted)Residents in the area told FOX31 they got a reverse 911 notification about the bear around 6:30 p.m. Police said around 7 p.m. that the bear was last spotted west of the Wildgrass neighborhood heading out of the Broomfield area.People were urged not to app...

Boulder stabbing suspect arrested again shortly after being freed from jail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — As Boulder prepares for the Colorado Buffaloes football home opener, police in the city have made several arrests in one of its busiest areas.One of the people they arrested had just gotten out of jail after being arrested for allegedly stabbing someone just two weeks ago. CU Buffs football vs. Nebraska: TV channel, time, what to know for home opener Seven people were arrested in two hotspots near downtown on Wednesday. The targeted enforcement took place in two areas including Central Park and Pearl Street Mall. Police in Boulder say drug overdoses and an uptick in crime triggered the operation.“Our goal is we want our public spaces to be safe for everyone to enjoy. We have issues with people camping in our public spaces, and what we’ve learned from our community is people have not felt particularly safe,” Boulder Police Deputy Chief Stephen Redfearn said.Boulder Police say one of the men taken into custody had just been arrested two weeks ago for allegedl...

‘Everybody in that tunnel was trapped’: Driver caught in street takeover, as reckless racing continues to roar across South Florida

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

They are loud, disruptive and dangerous. The problem of illegal street racing and drivers taking over intersections is roaring across the streets of South Florida. 7’s Karen Hensel investigates this reckless trend.The sounds of burning rubber, revving engines and gunfire.Dispatcher: “Female shot in the leg, male grazed in the shoulder.”A combustible mix that ended with three people injured in Northwest Miami-Dade on Aug. 6.Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, Miami-Dade Police Department: “We could have had multiple people dead.”A week later on South Beach…Witness: “Yeah, there was a good amount of blood.”A man was beaten during another street takeover.Witness: “As the guy was walking, he jumped off his bike and started wailing on him.”And just this past weekend at an intersection in Miami, drivers were doing donuts in a ring of fire. Videos like this are often shared on social media.It’s one thing to watch this reckless behavior cau...

Jimmy Fallon apologizes to staff over allegations of difficult work environment on ‘Tonight Show’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

(CNN) — Jimmy Fallon has apologized to his colleagues over allegations outlined in a Rolling Stone story published Thursday about a difficult work environment at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” CNN has learned.During a Zoom call with staff of “The Tonight Show” held after the story published, Fallon reportedly said he did not intend to “create that type of atmosphere for the show,” according to a follow-up story by Rolling Stone, citing unnamed employees who were on the call.CNN has reached out to representatives for Fallon.An NBC representative referred CNN to the network’s statement printed in Rolling Stone’s original report.“It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad,” the employees claim Fallon said, according to the Rolling Stone article.“Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends… I feel so bad I can’t even tell you,” the article quotes Fallon.“I want the show to be fun, [it] should be inclusive to everybody,” Fallon also reportedly said...

Rishi Sunak flies to India for G20 summit with post-Brexit trade deal in sight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak arrives in New Delhi for the G20 leaders’ summit Friday hoping to finalize a slimmed-down trade deal with India for signoff next month.A free-trade agreement between the U.K. and India — one of the most coveted prizes of Brexit — will not be done and dusted this weekend, but both sides are hopeful a deal can be reached before the end of the year.Such an outcome hinges in part on face-to-face talks between Sunak and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, scheduled for Saturday in New Delhi. No. 10 Downing Street is keen to make much of Sunak’s trip, with his spokesperson telling reporters this week: “As the first British prime minister of Indian descent, his visit will be an historic moment.”Sunak now faces “a political decision” on whether to press ahead with a slimmed-down trade deal, one senior business representative told POLITICO, as Modi works to “bounce” him into a rapid agreement ahead of next year’s Indian election.“Modi...

What ex-prime ministers do next 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast In the week we marked the first anniversary of Liz Truss taking office — and Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street — host Aggie Chambre explores what former prime ministers do next with their lives. Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, fired by Truss 38 days into her 45 day premiership, talks of the “emptiness” and “numbness” that comes with leavin...

Liz Truss’ sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng speaks of ’emptiness’ after Downing Street

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:57 GMT

LONDON — Former U.K. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng spoke out about the “numbness” and “emptiness” top politicians feel after being ousted from office.Kwarteng was sacked 38 days into Liz Truss’ short-lived and chaotic premiership last year. He presided over the “mini-budget,” which precipitated market turmoil, an emergency intervention from the Bank of England, and was gutted within days.Speaking to POLITICO’s Westminster Insider podcast, Kwarteng said he felt “let down” by his longstanding friend and political ally Truss. He revealed the two have not spoken about his dramatic firing since it took place.In an episode about what former prime ministers do after leaving office, Kwarteng gave a frank assessment of politicians who are “adrenaline junkies” and likened top jobs to being in an “action movie.”Speaking about how ex-leaders feel after office, Kwarteng said: “These people, political people, but I think particularly people who get to the top, they...