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Scam alert: Cop impersonators target Colorado residents

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

NORTHGLENN, Colo. (KDVR) — The phone rings, or maybe you receive an email, saying there’s a warrant out for your arrest and the only way to avoid jail is to pay a fine. You know you haven’t committed any crimes, but the person on the phone is very convincing.The Northglenn Police say this is a scam targeting area residents.“They’re calling up folks, pretending to be a member of a law enforcement agency,” Northglenn Police Detective Sgt. Scott McNeilly told FOX31.The Federal Trade Commission reports impostor scams top their list of the most common, followed by online shopping and fake lottery prize schemes. The biggest reported losses were through bank transfers — $1.5 billion — and cryptocurrency — $1.4 billion. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox McNeilly told the FOX31 Problem Solvers that scammers use high-pressure scare tactics to intimidate victims into giving them Bitcoin or gift cards or into sending them money transfers through Zelle, Venmo o...

See over-the-top Halloween decor at these Denver homes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There is only a week left until Halloween, and Denver metro area homes are gearing up for a very spooky season.The Mile High City is glowing with decorations that range from 8-foot-tall skeletons to motion sensors and talking statues.One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)One house's Halloween decorations in Denver (KDVR)Some of the homes in Denver have every decoration imaginable. The house featured in the first photo of the gallery has a larger-than-life scarecrow skeleton that talks when you walk past it. Right next to it, you will see a graveyard, but look clo...

UM and Miami Dolphins players partner with AutoNation to visit child cancer patients

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

Miami’s football teams are delivering hope to those in need.Players from the Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami Hurricanes partnered with AutoNation to deliver “Totes for Hope” at Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami.It’s an initiative to help patients going through life-saving treatments.“It just brings a little bit of comfort to these patients during a difficult time, to try and make it easier for them today,” said Benny Dominguez, market president of AutoNation. “It was a really special day. It was super cool to be part of a day in their life of what they go through every single day, and be able to support them through it,” said Miami Dolphins Quarterback Skylar Thompson. The event is part of AutoNation’s annual Drive Pink campaign.It has raised and donated more than $35 million dollars for cancer research and treatment.

Poitras and Frederic help undefeated Boston Bruins blank Chicago Blackhawks 3-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Matthew Poitras and Trent Frederic scored 56 seconds apart in the third period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Tuesday night to match the best start in franchise history.Pavel Zacha also scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves in his 10th career shutout.The Bruins moved to 6-0 by closing out a perfect four-game trip in the franchise’s centennial season. Boston also won its first six games of the 1937-38 season.Petr Mrazek made 40 stops for Chicago in its third consecutive loss. The Blackhawks also lost to the Bruins on Oct. 11, falling 3-1 in Boston.The Bruins were in control for most of the night, but it was only good enough for a 1-0 lead before Poitras and Frederic helped put it away.The 19-year-old Poitras skated past veteran Blackhawks forward Corey Perry and beat Mrazek on the glove side at 4:06. The rookie forward scored his first two NHL goals in a 3-1 win at Anaheim on Sunday.Frederic made it 3-0 when he knocked hom...

‘Shaft’ actor Richard Roundtree has died at 81

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

(CNN) — Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died, according to multiple reports.He was 81.The news was confirmed by Roundtree’s manager Patrick McMinn in a statement to Variety. McMinn told the outlet that the actor died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.“Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” McMinn said. “The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated.”The CNN has reached out to representatives for the actor for comment.Roundtree has the distinction of being among a handful of actors who enjoyed top billing with his first-ever screen credit. Until then a theater actor, his starring role in the 1971 Blaxploitation epic “Shaft” propelled him into the cultural limelight, launching a franchise that would see sequels, a TV series and a 2019 reboot starring Samuel L. Jackson.The actor wou...

Bruins handle Blackhawks, 3-0, remain perfect on season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

No, offensive wizardry has not been the Bruins’ calling card so far this season. But when you keep the puck out of the net like they have in their first six games, it’s no surprise their record is spotless thus far.Again, the B’s got the timely goals – Pavel Zacha, Matt Poitras and Trent Frederic tallied – and Jeremy Swayman (23 saves) delivered the B’s first shutout of the season to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 at the United Center on Tuesday.The B’s 6-0 start ties the season start by the 1937-38 squad for the franchise’s best start, sweeping their four-game road trip. They have allowed a grand total of seven goals in those six games.It appeared the Blackhawks had taken a 1-0 advantage with 6:44 left in the first off an egregious turnover from Charlie Coyle, who threw a blind backhand pass into the slot, setting up super rookie Connor Bedard for a one-timer goal. But the B’s challenged that the Hawks were offside – a good 22 seconds be...

Source: Craig Breslow accepts Red Sox offer, will be Chief Baseball Officer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

The Red Sox offered “the smartest man in baseball” the top job, and he accepted.A source echoed Alex Speier’s and Michael Silverman’s report in the Boston Globe on Tuesday evening: the club offered Craig Breslow the job as head of baseball operations and he accepted.Breslow had two stints with the Red Sox during his 11-year Major League career. He was instrumental to the 2013 championship, anchoring the bullpen with a career-best 1.81 ERA over 61 regular-season appearances. He made 10 relief appearances during that year’s postseason, including nine scoreless outings (eight consecutively).In his post-playing career, the 43-year-old found a different way to impact a franchise’s pitching; as the Cubs’ assistant general manager and vice president of pitching, he’s transformed their farm system into a well-oiled arms development machine.Breslow is widely respected in the baseball world. Sources within and outside of the Red Sox organization...

San Diego teacher arrested on suspicion of attempting to pay for sex with minor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A University City High School science teacher suspected of trying to pay for sex with a minor was arrested Tuesday, prosecutors said.Sean Stevenson, 58, is charged with attempted enticement of a minor, Kelly Thornton with the Office of the United States Attorney Southern District of California said in a news release.Authorities identified Stevenson, of San Diego, as a suspect while investigating another sex trafficking case, per the criminal complaint. Detectives reviewed messages from the investigation of Stevenson allegedly interested in paying for sex with a minor, prosecutors said.An undercover law enforcement officer, who claimed to be sex trafficking her 16-year-old cousin, was text messaging Stevenson with the Pinger application, the news release read. San Diego takes top spot in ranking of most expensive places to live in U.S. "The complaint states that on October 23, 2023, Stevenson messaged the undercover officer and negotiated a price of $140 for oral sex f...

Japan’s automakers unveil EVs galore at Tokyo show to catch up with Tesla, other electric rivals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — “We love battery EVs.”Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota, said that not once, but twice, to emphasize what he considers the message at this year’s Tokyo auto show.It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 at Tokyo Big Sight hall and where battery-powered electric vehicles are the star at practically every booth.Mazda Motor Corp. is highlighting a sportscar concept that is a plug-in EV packed with its signature rotary engine. Honda Motor Co. is showing off its Prelude sportscar EV concept. Toyota Motor Corp.’s lean angular Lexus concept, set to go on sale in 2026, is an electric vehicle running on lithium-ion batteries. Journalists got a preview Wednesday ahead of the show’s public opening Saturday. U.S. automakers like General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Cor. aren’t exhibiting at the show and have not taken part for some years. The Americans make up a very tiny fraction of Japanese auto sa...

Longshot World Series: Diamondbacks vs Rangers is a Fall Classic few saw coming

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:16 GMT

Tell the truth: How many people picked Arizona and Texas to meet in the World Series?A Rangers-Diamondbacks matchup had 1,750 to 1 odds when wagering opened last fall.But in an era when 12 teams make the playoffs, sustained excellence over the six-month regular season has become a boarding pass, not the journey, leading to a Longshot Series that opens Friday night at Globe Life Field.“Once you get into the big dance, anything can happen,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said before Tuesday night’s 4-2 win at Philadelphia advanced Arizona to its first World Series since 2001. “Throw it all out the window. The teams that get in deserve to be in.”All the glamour teams are watching at home: the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves stumbled in the Division Series, defending champion Houston was ousted by Texas, and the New York Yankees didn’t even make it to the postseason.Instead, Major League Baseball has its third all-wild card meeting. a Grand Canyon vs. Lone Star finale o...