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Fall leaves set to be more colorful than usual

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's almost time for the leaves to start changing colors, and this year will be extra special. FOX31 spoke with an arborist who expects the leaves to be more vibrant than ever. "This is going to be one of the most colorful seasons I've seen in 20 years," said Jonathan Raleigh, a certified arborist at SavATree. Why do leaves change color? The color of the leaves will be different than in other years because it's of the rainiest years in Colorado, said Raleigh. According to FOX31's meteorologist Travis Michels, Denver collected 17.7 inches of rain for the first half of the year and expects it to be one of the top 10 wettest years in Colorado if the precipitation continues. The amount of rain affects the leaves because, with more moisture, there's more growth."With the extra moisture, it brings up more nutrients from the root zone that enhance the fall colors. Trees are fuller and healthier with the proper watering so they will have better fall foliage," said Raleig...

Caught on camera: Boat falls off trailer, blocks traffic on interstate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A boat caused quite a traffic jam Wednesday morning when it came off of a trailer and stopped in the middle of Interstate 25.At 5:07 a.m., the Colorado State Patrol received a call about a boat blocking traffic. An 18-year-old was driving a black Dodge truck that was pulling a trailer and heading northbound on I-25 near Fort Collins.According to CSP, the truck hit a bump that was marked with a temporary sign near Harmony Road at exit 265. The boat then came off the trailer and landed in the left lane of the interstate. Driving school employee accidentally drives into building SkyFOX flew over the scene where heavy machinery was brought in to move the boat, which was laying horizontal, to the far edge of the highway. Multiple cars going northbound were backed up while they waited for the boat to be moved.Crews worked quickly, and the boat was cleared shortly after 7 a.m.CSP said no injuries were reported and no other vehicles were damaged.

911 calls released after 6-year-old falls from roller coaster at theme park in Kissimmee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (WSVN) —Calls for help were released after a child was injured at a theme park in Kissimmee. That caller shared their horror when the young child falls off the roller coaster.“You need to come to Fun Spot Orlando” the caller said to 911. “This poor child fell off a expletive roller coaster.”“What kind of accident?,” a police dispatcher said. “Somebody fell off a ride,” another caller said.Firefighters arrived at Fun Spot Amusement Park in Kissimmee last week and found the 6-year-old with traumatic injuries about 20 feet beneath the ride’s track.“The child fell off the ride,” said a caller. “Right now we have them on the floor. They’re screaming. We’re trying our best not to move them.”911 callers described the injuries over the phone as they attempted to help before paramedics got there.“He’s bleeding from his lip and his top corner of his head is very swollen,̶...

UK migration policy has ‘failed’, says Tory deputy chair

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

LONDON — Britain’s ruling Conservatives have “failed” to get undocumented migration to the U.K. under control, the party’s own deputy chair Lee Anderson has told Nigel Farage. Discussing U.K. migration policy with the former Brexit Party leader on his GB News show on Tuesday, Anderson said: “This is out of control, we are in power at the moment, I am the deputy chair of the Conservative party, we are in government and we have failed on this. There is no doubt about it.”“We have said we are going to fix it, it is a failure,” he added.Anderson, who was given an official party post by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in February, and has his own show on the self-styled anti-woke GB News, is known for his outspoken views. Earlier this week he came under fire for saying that if asylum seekers don’t wish to be housed on a barge — referring to the Bibby Stockholm boat — then they should “fuck off back to France.”Asked by Farage if he wanted to apologize for...

Dianne Feinstein briefly hospitalized after fall, spokesperson says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

(CNN) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California was hospitalized for a short time Tuesday after a fall, according to a spokesperson, the latest in a string of health issues for the US Senate’s oldest member.“Senator Feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “All of her scans were clear and she returned home.”TMZ first reported Feinstein’s fall.Concerns for the 90-year-old Californian’s health have grown in the past year, after her hospitalization for shingles in February led to an extended absence from the Senate. When Feinstein returned to Capitol Hill in May, her office confirmed that she had suffered multiple complications during her recovery from shingles, including Ramsay Hunt syndrome and encephalitis.“While the encephalitis resolved itself shortly after she was released from the hospital in March, she continues to have complica...

Jonathan Loáisiga’s return, Michael King’s scoreless streak bolster dominant Yankees bullpen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

It didn’t take long for Jonathan Loáisiga to show the Yankees what they had been missing.Making his first appearance since April 5, the hard-throwing reliever dominated Tuesday night in his return from an elbow injury, needing only 12 pitches to post a perfect ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox.Loáisiga consistently hit the upper-90s with his fastball before freezing Chicago’s Gavin Sheets with a nasty third-strike changeup to complete the Yankees’ 7-1 win. The strong outing offered a reminder of how valuable a late-inning weapon Loáisiga can be.“It makes the game a lot shorter,” said Clarke Schmidt, Tuesday’s starting pitcher. “It almost cuts off an inning in a sense towards the back end of the game. He’s one of the best relievers in the game when he’s healthy like he is right now.”Loáisiga, 28, further bolsters a Yankees bullpen that entered Wednesday with an MLB-best 3.04 ERA. He pitched three...

Seiya Suzuki looks to adopt a more relaxed approach as he prepares to return to Chicago Cubs lineup after a mental reset

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

Seiya Suzuki’s first at-bat since Friday ended with a recurring sight over the last few weeks.In a favorable matchup against left-handed reliever Brooks Raley in the eighth inning of Monday’s loss to the New York Mets, Suzuki fell behind 1-2 in the count before a caught-in-the-middle half-swing on a changeup down and out of the zone ended his pinch-hitting appearance with a strikeout.Chicago Cubs manager David Ross gave Suzuki a mental reset after a hitless, two-strikeout performance Friday against the Atlanta Braves, who started lefty Max Fried. In the second season of a five-year, $85 million contract, Suzuki has started only two of the Cubs’ eight games in August. He’s hitting .215 in 20 games since the All-Star break while struggling to draw walks, contributing to a .276 on-base percentage.“When things don’t really work out, obviously for a long stretch, it becomes a mental thing,” Suzuki said Tuesday through interpreter Toy Matsushita. ...

Hours-long SWAT standoff ends in Chula Vista

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A hours-long SWAT standoff was initiated in a Chula Vista neighborhood Tuesday night, authorities confirmed.According to Chula Vista police, the standoff began around 5 p.m. after officers were dispatched to a condo complex on Regency Court to contact a wanted suspect. Sound grenades were deployed by law enforcement to try to coax the suspect out of the complex, before SWAT personnel attempted to enter the complex.The identity of the person has not been disclosed by law enforcement. However, CVPD said they had a felony warrant out of their arrest. According to CVPD, the suspect was taken into custody peacefully around 11:35 p.m.All roads in the area have since reopened.

Hundreds flee, building destroyed as grass fire spreads to trees near Texas apartments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (AP) — A grass fire near Austin, Texas, spread into trees near an apartment complex and condominiums, destroying one of the buildings and forcing hundreds of residents from their homes.Two people suffered minor injuries in the 50-acre (20-hectare) fire that resulted in the evacuation of about 300 apartments, 95 townhomes and several businesses in Cedar Park, on the northern edge of Austin, Fire Chief James Mallinger said Wednesday.One apartment building was destroyed and three others damaged, according to Cedar Park Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin.“It could have been much, much worse,” Penniman-Morin said.The cause of the fire, reported early Tuesday evening, was not yet known, Mallinger said.It started as a grass fire and encroached on buildings by going from grass to trees, the chief said. Flames shot up to 60 feet (18 meters) high.“The trees were very close to the building … even touching the roof in a couple of cases,” Mallinger said. The wind moved the fire qui...

Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:31:11 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A dam in southern Norway partially burst Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous region and forced downstream communities to evacuate, officials said.Authorities initially considered blowing up part of the dam at the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant to prevent communities from being inundated. But the idea was scrapped after water later broke through the structure, police spokesman Fredrik Thomson told reporters.“We hope that we will get a gradual leveling of the water and that we will get an even leveling.”The power plant on the Glåma, Norway’s longest and most voluminous river, was under water and out of operation.Huge volumes of water were pouring over the western parts of the concrete dam, Thomson said.For hours, the water gathered behind the dam. Then a parking lot next to the power station was flooded, and soon water started pouring through a gap in the concrete. The water ripped ...