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Some of the worst air quality in the world over the weekend along Front Range

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you spent any time outside Friday or Saturday you probably saw a thick haze in the sky. It's all due to smoke coming from large wildfires up in Canada. “Now we're on a streak of day two, tomorrow will bring more smoke and we will potentially see some of the worst air quality in the world not just the country," Pinpoint Meteorologist Liz McGiffin said Saturday. McGiffin explained the smoke comes in on a northeasterly breeze and then settles across the Front Range. She said the mountains to the west, not very visible on Saturday, work as a wall with the smoke not making it easy to push out. “It almost traps it in the Front Range as it pushes against the mountain range and that’s why areas like here in Denver, we notice the thick blanket of smoke," McGiffin said. "It’s like a fog at times where you can't see the mountains." Smoky skies cause poor visibility around Denver While Colorado is dealing with poor air quality, thousands of runners are expected to lace up...

Ball Arena roomies show support in playoffs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- This time last year, the Colorado Avalanche had Ball Arena to themselves after their roommates, the Denver Nuggets, were eliminated from the NBA playoffs in the first round. But this year has flip-flopped for Colorado's professional teams who call Ball Arena home. The Avalanche lost to the Seattle Kraken in seven games to end their NHL Stanley Cup playoff run in the first round. But the Nuggets' postseason is thriving as Nikola Jokic and the team in blue and yellow battle for the Western Conference championship against the Los Angeles Lakers. ‘Casa Bonita saviors’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone spotted at Nuggets game The Nuggets started off in Denver for Games 1 and 2 which drew some familiar faces. Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson was courtside for the Game 1 win. Former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was at Game 2 along with Avs forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Andrew Cogliano. MacKinnon, who had a career year finishing the season with 111 points,...

Women Build: 4 families receive keys to Habitat for Humanity homes in Pompano Beach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

It’s a special weekend for four Broward County families that received the keys to their future homes — all made possible by generous sponsors, some local female power and Habitat for Humanity of Broward.7News cameras captured the new homeowners at a dedication ceremony held at the Rick Case Habitat Community, Saturday morning.“This is the power of women helping women, women supporting women, women lifting women up,” said Rita Case, president and CEO of the Rick Case Automotive Group. “This isn’t a handout; this is a hand up.”It was all part of this years Women Build — female business leaders rolling up their sleeves alongside future homeowners putting in that sweat equity“Its empowering. I mean, it sets an example: that women have the power to get things done if they put their mind to it,” said Kelly Koenig with City Furniture.One of the new homeowners, Assitan Niangadou-Sidibe, addressed the audience at the dedication cere...

For Baby Suga: Rapper Trina dedicates Trina Day in Liberty City to 17-year-old niece killed in shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

A Miami artist gave a sweet salute to a young family member nearly a year after she was killed in a shooting in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.Trina, the rapper known as the Diamond Princess, is back home in the neighborhood where she grew up on Saturday for Trina Day.She spoke with 7News about the joyous occasion.“Trina Day is officially on May 14th, but we celebrate it on May 20th,” she said, “to eat, have fun. We’re going to have games, we’re going to have some stuff on stage, we’ve got some competitions. We’re going to have a good time today.”But this is a party with a purpose.“It’s my dedication to my little niece, who I lost this year, Welcome to Suga Land, so we just brought the city out,” she said.Called “Baby Suga” by loved ones, Toni Chester was 17 years old when, police said, she was shot in Miami, in the area of Northwest 62nd Lane and 13th Avenue, on July 20, 2022.Investigators said t...

Saturday’s high school roundup/scores: Brandon McMahon tosses 1-hitter, breaks Malden record for fewest pitches

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

In the East Boston Strike Out Cancer Tournament first round, Salem State-bound Brandon McMahon broke a 28-year-old Malden school record when he needed just 65 pitches to throw a complete game one-hitter in a 2-0 baseball win over Minuteman.Winning pitcher Sean Mercuri displayed pinpoint control in sparking Central Catholic to a 6-2 non-league win over Arlington. Mercuri went the distance, striking out six, scattering seven hits and walking none. … Senior Michael Archambault played a huge role in delivering head coach Jim Beauregard his 301st career victory, as North Middlesex Regional nipped Nashoba Regional, 2-1. Archambault tossed a complete-game four-hitter, striking out four and walking threeBoys lacrosseLucas Leander netted nine goals and six assists as Rockland rolled East Bridgewater, 15-6, in South Shore League action.In the Mayflower Athletic Conference, Peyton Volz netted a hat trick as Southeastern doubled up Upper Cape 14-7. … Colby Dunham and Sean Rivard eac...

Philadelphia blanks the Revolution in a costly 3-0 loss

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

The New England Revolution closed out as three-game road swing with a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa.The setback was compounded when team captain and playmaker Carles Gil, defensive midfielder Matt Polster and right back Brandon Bye left the game with injuries on a team that is hemorrhaging starters. Union (6-4-3) keeper Andre Blake recorded his MLS 67th clean sheet.The Revolution (7-3-3) begin a busy stretch of three games in eight days starting at home against the Chicago Fire on May 27. The Revolution go back on the road for a match at Atlanta United FC on May 31 and New York City FC on June 3.“We will see how the players progress during the week and leave it at that,” said Revolution head coach Bruce Arena. “Injuries are a part of the game and we have to deal with it. We have had a lot of injuries this year and it is all part of it. Hopefully our luck will turn a bit.”Arena made no changes to the Starting XI he put on the pitch...

10 road racers massacred in Northern Baja; 9 wounded

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Gunmen shot and killed 10 drivers and wounded nine others taking part in a road race on Saturday afternoon about 90 miles south of the border, according to the Baja California State Attorney General's Office. According to a news release issued by the AG's office, the victims were parked in their "dune buggy" style race cars when several armed men jumped out of a late model silver SUV and started firing at the vehicles.The ambush happened around 2:15 p.m. Saturday along the Transpeninsular Highway in the small town of San Vicente.The racers were taking part in a race called the "Cachanillazo" that began earlier in the day in the city of Ensenada. The finish line was in San Felipe on the Gulf of California.Several videos posted on social media show bodies on the ground while police walk around conducting an investigation.In one particular video, a woman can be seen running into a building as multiple gunshots are heard in the background. Visit the Border...

Sheriff: Grenade blast kills man, injures two teens in NW Indiana

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — A man is dead, and two of his children are in the hospital after a hand grenade exploded in their Lakes of the Four Seasons home Saturday, sheriff's deputies said.According to the Lake County Sheriff's Department, police responded sometime before 6:30 p.m. to a reported explosion in a home in the 3400 block of West lakeshore Drive.Deputies said when they arrived on scene, an adult male was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead. His two children, a 17-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter, were taken to an area hospital with shrapnel wounds.Upon further investigation, the LCSD said a family in the home had been going through a grandfather's belongings when they found a hand grenade, and someone reportedly pulled the pin on the device and it detonated. Police: Man in custody after attempted abduction in Evanston The Porter County Bomb Squad was called to secure the area and determine whether there may be additional explosive devices.A crime scene invest...

Saturday Night Forecast: Clear & a bit chilly in the low 50's

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

Saturday Night:Mostly clear & a bit chilly. Lows near 50 in the city, upper 40s outlying areas. Sunday: Partly to mostly sunny & milder. ENE 5-10 mph. High: 77, lower 60s by the lake. Chicago Weather | Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center's Forecast (wgntv.com)Extended outlook calls for much more May sunshine ahead. High temps all week in the upper 70s and low 80s with temps still in the 60s by the lake. 

DeSantis asks that judge be disqualified from Disney's free speech lawsuit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:04:34 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking that a federal judge be disqualified from the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees, claiming the jurist's prior statements in other cases have raised questions about his impartiality on the state's efforts to take over Disney World's governing body.DeSantis ' attorney filed a motion in federal court in Tallahassee on Friday seeking to disqualify Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker from overseeing the lawsuit filed by Disney last month. The lawsuit alleges that DeSantis and his appointees violated the company's right to free speech, as well as the contracts clause, by taking over the special governing district that previously had been controlled by Disney supporters after Disney opposed Florida legislation that critics have dubbed “Don't Say Gay.”The Republican governor's motion was filed a day after Disney announced that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florid...