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Second UN peacekeeper dies following attack in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A second U.N. peacekeeper has died from injuries sustained during an attack in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate, the United Nations announced Monday.The attack Friday on a security patrol that was hit first by an improvised explosive device and then by direct small arms fire seven kilometers (four miles) from their base in the town of Ber killed one peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others, all from Burkina Faso.U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday that Private First Class Bouma Bamouni, 28, passed away on Friday while First Lieutenant Ali Barro, who died on Sunday, would have turned 33 next month. Both joined the peacekeeping mission, known as MINUSMA, on Oct. 11, 2022 “where they served with professionalism, contributing to our efforts to restore peace and security in Mali,” he said.Barro was the tenth U.N. peacekeeper to die in Mali this year.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the U.N. Secur...

Heavy rain, hail cause flooding in Boulder

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Heavy rainfall and hail fell in Boulder on Monday, causing flooding and other issues for residents.Video from multiple sources, including the Boulder Police Department and Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett, showed hail blanketing the ground.Hail on the ground in Boulder (Credit: KDVR)Hail on the ground in Boulder (Credit: Boulder Police Department)A car stuck in a flooded road in Boulder (Credit: KDVR) A vehicle attempts to pull a car from a flooded roadway in Boulder (Credit: KDVR)A cyclist riding through a flooded roadway in Boulder (Credit: KDVR)FOX31's Courtney Fromm was in Boulder when the rain and hail came through. She said the hail was close to pea-sized.“The heavy rain and the hail caused flooding in this intersection which is not unusual," Julie Pearl, who lives on the corner of Balsam Avenue and 9th Street, said.  When Denver could finally start to dry out from the rain Fromm also got video of a flooded roadway near a park. At least one car got stuck as its ...

Local Serbians go big to support Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) -- Dragan Kojic is a huge fan of the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic."We are so proud of him," said the Bosnian Serb, who has lived in Colorado for 35 years.Kojic has season tickets, attended Game 1 and Game 2 of the NBA Finals and is attending Game 5. "Being a Nuggets fan, it means a lot. Being a Serbian, a Bosnian Serbian, whatever you want to call it, huge!" he said. How to watch the Nuggets play in Game 5 of NBA Finals Kokic's wife and three kids will attend a watch party at St. John the Baptist Serbian Orthodox Church in Lakewood. Multiple generations are expected to show up and show their Serbian pride.Dragan Kojic and his family are cheering on fellow Serbian Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. (KDVR)The family knows their friends and family in Serbia will be watching as well. "It's going to be 2:30 in the morning and I guarantee you 80% of the country is going to be watching," Kojic said.Read more Nuggets coverage:History greatly favors the Denver...

Pat Sajak to retire from 'Wheel of Fortune' next year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Beloved "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak announced Monday that he will be retiring as host of the game show.A four-decade run will come to a close at the end of the upcoming season.“Well, the time has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last,” Sajak said in a statement. “It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all”Sajak, who is 76, made the announcement on social media, joking, "If nothing else, it’ll keep the clickbait sites busy!"A statement from the show's account replied:"Thank you to the best host in the biz. Wheel of Fortune would not be what it is today without you, Pat. Looking forward to Season 41 being better than ever!"This is a developing story.

Rockies' Charlie Blackmon goes on 10-day IL with fracture

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado outfielder Charlie Blackmon has a fractured right hand and is expected to be sidelined for four-to-six weeks.Blackmon was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday and Colorado recalled infielder Coco Montes, who was to make his major league debut at second base against the San Diego Padres. Denver Nuggets add quite a chunk of change to Kroenke’s net worth Blackmon, who turns 37 on July 1, fractured the fifth metacarpal when he was hit by a pitch by Kansas City's Daniel Lynch leading off a game on June 3. Blackmon remained in the game and started the next four games before pinch-hitting in Saturday’s loss to San Diego.“We’ve been monitoring the whole time and it hasn’t felt great,” Black said. “A couple different X-rays showed no fracture and then based on how he’s felt the last couple of days, Keith X-rayed him again last night and it showed the fracture," Black said, referring to head athletic trainer Keith Duggar.Black was not surprised Blackmon continued ...

How to watch the Nuggets play in Game 5 of NBA Finals

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Game 5 of the NBA Finals is Monday night, and with the Denver Nuggets up 3-1 against the Miami Heat, there's a chance this game could clinch the series and give the Nuggets their first NBA championship.If you want to watch what may be a historic game, there are a few options to choose from depending on what kind of game-watching experience you want.Tip-off for the game is at 6:30 p.m.How can you watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals?There are essentially three ways to watch the game.The first and most obvious is to attend the game in person at Ball Arena. If you're in Denver and have a grand or two lying around -- or just haven't gotten around to buying tickets yet -- this is an option.The cheapest nosebleed tickets start at $1,034.06, including fees, as of Monday. Want to see the Nuggets play in Game 5? Get ready to spend If you don't have that kind of money and can't buy tickets, the second option is to watch it in a public place.With this being the game that could mak...

Actress Sope Aluko premieres her first own film ‘Chidera’ in Miami Beach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

What do a panther and pawnee, Indiana have in common?The answer is Actress, Sope Aluko.She starred in Marvel’s Black Panther and alongside Amy Poehler, in Parks and Recreation. Now she’s trying her hand at filmmaking.Deco caught up with the star at Liberty City’s African Cultural Arts Center to get the details.London-born Nigerian actress, Sope Aluko moved to SoFlo and caught the acting bug.Sope Aluko: “As Steve Harvey would say, I jumped with a parachute without the backup. I literally just did it. Now I’ve been an actor working for 14 years.”And she’s worked the silver screen gigs the city has to offer.Sope Aluko: “Miami was a booming town back when I started so everything from burn notice.”Natpop Sope Aluko In Parks And Rec: “Now, from the hometown of Pawney Indiana in the United States…Leslie Knope.”))Sope Aluko: “Then I booked Parks and Recreation. I booked Law and Order SVU. And then it started opening up ...

Judge’s surprise retirement gives Healey SJC pick

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Elspeth Cypher plans to step down in January, giving Gov. Maura Healey a chance to appoint someone to the state’s highest court early in her first term.The SJC announced Monday that Cypher, who turned 64 in February, will retire from the court on Jan. 12, 2024 after a nearly seven-year tenure. A court spokesperson said Cypher “wants to devote her time to teaching and research.”Cypher will take a position at Boston College Law School for the spring 2024 semester as a Huber Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law. She said in a statement that she is “looking forward to pursuing my love of teaching.”Her departure will come several years before Cypher turns 70, the mandatory retirement age for Massachusetts judges, and creates the first vacancy on the SJC since Healey was elected in November.Healey’s predecessor, former Gov. Charlie Baker, saw the entire court turn over during his two terms and appointed all seven curren...

Robbins: Trump’s document misdeeds put country at risk

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

If there’s one thing worse than a crooked tyrant, it’s an unpatriotic crooked tyrant, and with the unsealing of the detailed 44-page indictment handed down against him by a federal grand jury in Miami last week, one thing is clear: Donald Trump checks all the boxes. Trump, who began his adult life dodging the draft in order to avoid serving his country in Vietnam, has passed the rest of it dodging criminal indictments for tax fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and fraud-fraud. He has finally hit a wall in the federal indictment-dodging department. The grand jury charged him with willfully retaining classified documents in violation of the Espionage Act, withholding classified documents, corruptly concealing classified documents and conspiring to obstruct justice, the latter of which Trump commits as casually as he consumes cheeseburgers.It wouldn’t be an indictment of Donald Trump if it did not contain at least one count of making false statements. One surmises that this is the only coun...

Sales tax holiday will return but not expand, Spilka says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:12 GMT

Though lawmakers will move forward with an ongoing tradition of suspending the state’s sales tax for a single weekend during the summer, the Senate’s president announced Monday that her colleagues will not consider any plan to extend the temporary tax break.After leaving the second “leadership meeting” held with Gov. Maura Healey and House Speaker Ron Mariano in as many weeks, Senate President Karen Spilka told reporters during a brief press conference outside her Beacon Hill office that lawmakers had settled on the date of the holiday, though any suspension will still need to be made official by actual legislation.“We will be doing a sales tax holiday August 12th, 13th, that weekend,” Spilka said. Mariano did not voice any opposition to the dates.When asked if she and her colleagues would consider expanding the two-day pause on the state’s 6.25% sales tax, she said that “no, we’re not there yet.”“But we will be doing the weekend,” the Democrat from Ashland said.Fi...