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23-year-old arrested after death of teen cyclist in Boulder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Yeva Smilianska, 23, will appear in court on Wednesday after being charged with vehicular homicide for the death of teen cyclist Magnus White.In the afternoon of July 29, 2023, Magnus White, 17, was riding his bicycle southbound on Highway 119 on the paved right shoulder, on the right side of the solid white line, according to the District Attorney's press release. 17-year-old national cycling team athlete killed in Boulder crash Smilianska was driving southbound on Highway 119 from Longmont to Boulder and crashed into White.White was taken to the hospital, where he later died.On Tuesday, a warrant was issued for Yeva Smilianska's arrest and she was taken to Boulder County Jail Tuesday evening. The charges include vehicular homicide -- reckless, a Class 4 felony.White was preparing to compete with the U.S. Cycling National Team in the world championships before he was killed in the Boulder crash.White's family released a statement on Wednesday. Part of t...

University of Colorado offering 'Prime Time' course

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The University of Colorado Boulder is offering a new elective course called "Prime Time" named after football coach Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders.Despite having lost more games than they won, CU's home football games were a success for the local economy, bringing in an estimated $113.2 million in total economic impact. Photos: Bigger, upgraded video board coming to CU’s Folsom Field Sanders' arrival in Boulder has affected more than the local economy. CU has had a lot of national attention since -- home games were completely sold out for the first time in history, celebrities came to games and more people were interested in the Buffs over the Denver Broncos.Now, the "Prime Effect" has even impacted the university's electives. This week, the school announced a new class called "Prime Time: Public Performance and Leadership."The course description reads: "Intercollegiate athletics and the college athlete experience are undergoing fundamental transf...

Caught on camera: Boulder police looking for truck in hit-and-run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Boulder Police Department is looking for a pickup truck that was caught on camera crashing into two parked vehicles in the snow over the weekend and driving away.Police said the hit-and-run happened at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9 in the 900 block of Marine Street.The entire incident was caught on a security camera. It showed a truck driving on the snow-covered road before hitting the back of another pickup truck parked on the side of the street. AAA: Don’t pump your brakes if you have this type of vehicle The second truck was hit hard enough to send it into the vehicle in front of it, which was parked several feet away.The suspected driver then backed up and drove away.The crash caused heavy damage to the two vehicles.Anyone with information is asked to contact Accident Report Specialist Ward at [email protected] or 720-601-4228 and reference case 2312412.

Bond set for man accused of deadly Edgewater Tesla charger shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Denver man appeared in court Wednesday in connection to the deadly shooting of Adam Michael Fresquez at a Tesla supercharger station earlier this year.Jeremy Alan Smith, 39, was given a $300,000 cash-only bond at his arraignment in Jefferson County Court. He is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. 2 killed, 1 critically injured in Broomfield crash The shooting took place at about 9:39 a.m. on May 3 in the 5500 block of West 20th Avenue. Video evidence shows both Smith and Fresquez, 33, arriving at the supercharger station within seconds of each other, according to the Edgewater Police Department. FOX31 reporter Vicente Arenas spoke to both families on Wednesday. This story will be updated later with those comments.According to a news release, Fresquez and Smith were engaged in a road rage incident. Both were driving Teslas and carrying firearms, and both arrived at the same supercharger station near the Edgewater Public Market at approximately the...

Federal Reserve keeps key interest rate unchanged and foresees 3 rate cuts next year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, a sign that it is likely done raising rates after having imposed the fastest string of increases in four decades to fight painfully high inflation.The Fed’s policymakers also signaled that they expect to make three quarter-point cuts to their benchmark interest rate next year. Those envisioned rate cuts — which wouldn’t likely begin until the second half of 2024 — suggest that the officials think high borrowing rates will still be needed for much of next year to further slow spending and inflation.In a statement it issued after its 19-member policy committee met Wednesday, the Fed said “inflation has eased over the past year but remains elevated.” It was the first time since inflation first spiked in 2021 that the Fed has formally acknowledged progress in its fight against accelerating prices. It also provided a hint that its rate-cut efforts may be over, saying it i...

EU failed to tackle corruption in Parliament, MEPs say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

BRUSSELS — One year into the biggest corruption scandal ever to hit the European Parliament and the Qatargate questions keep coming. Members of the European Parliament on Wednesday spent an hour debating the cash-for-influence allegations during a debate in Strasbourg, with many suggesting they’re unsatisfied with the EU’s response so far. In December 2022, police launched a series of raids across Brussels, rounding up key suspects including high profile political figures, and seizing bags of cash. Suspects were later handed preliminary charges, accused of taking cash or gifts in exchange for doing the bidding of Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania in what became known as Qatargate.Parliament’s authorities have taken some steps to tighten the rules over lobbying and influence in EU democracy. But a number of MEPs used the debate in the Parliament on Wednesday to voice concerns that not enough has been done. “This whole scandal has sullied us all,” Karima Delli from t...

Estonia builds new fence on Russian border

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

VÕRU, Estonia — Estonia is shoring up its border with Russia, this week completing a 40-kilometer fence along its southern frontier with its giant neighbor.“Our ambition is a high-tech modern border infrastructure,” Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets told POLITICO during Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony, adding that once it’s finished in 2025, “the EU’s eastern frontier running along the Estonian border should be equipped with the most advanced security and drone surveillance systems.” Estonia wants to beef up its border security as worries grow about Russia’s unfriendly actions toward other EU countries. Finland shut its border crossings after accusing Russia of driving migrants and asylum seekers to the frontier to sow discord as payback for the Nordic country’s joining the NATO military alliance. Two of those crossings are now being reopened, but Helsinki is still wary that Moscow will try to weaponize migrant flows. Rus...

Bulgaria moves to end Russia sanctions opt-out as pressure mounts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

BRUSSELS — Bulgarian lawmakers on Wednesday took the first step toward ending a sanctions exemption that has raised millions of euros for Russia, bowing to growing calls for action. The move, while previously planned, came shortly after POLITICO reported that Bulgaria had imported Russian oil above a G7 and EU price cap from August to October, netting €430 million in direct taxes to the Kremlin. The trade was legal because of Bulgaria’s one-of-a-kind exemption to the EU’s ban on Russian seaborne oil sanctions imports. The EU granted Bulgaria the opt-out to insulate the country from dramatic fuel price spikes. But the loophole has also allowed Moscow to profit handsomely. In total, the exemption has led to €2 billion in export revenues for Russia since the sanctions kicked in, resulting in an estimated €1 billion in taxes for Moscow, POLITICO reported last month.Following that report, Bulgaria’s government announced plans to end its sanctions opt-out on March 1 inst...

GLX Repair Work Might Need A Second Extension

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

Contractors responsible for fixing narrow rails on the MBTA’s newest stretch of tracks requested a second extension for their project that could push its endpoint into the new year, the agency’s top boss said Wednesday.MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said his team has not yet approved the latest proposal for more work to widen rails across the 4.4-mile Green Line Extension, more than two-thirds of which are too close together.Green Line Extension Constructors, the consortium of contractors that built the tracks and is now tasked with resolving the problems, was unable to complete repairs on the initial timeline that involved 14 nights of work.Eng said once GLXC requested its first extension, T officials told contractors to come up with “a new staffing plan” including “the level of supervision that will be there.” Firms increased the number of employees on site from 14 to about 30, he said, adding that “the production levels have improved.̶...

Massachusetts supervised injection sites would slash opioid overdose deaths: Department of Public Health

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:25:31 GMT

Supervised injection sites would help reduce opioid overdose deaths in the Bay State, according to state health officials as drug fatalities continue to remain elevated amid an unrelenting opioid epidemic.A new Massachusetts Department of Public Health report has found that “overdose prevention centers” in the Bay State would help cut down on the number of local opioid overdoses and deaths. This comes as DPH reported on Wednesday that more than 2,300 overdose deaths occurred in the state during a recent one-year span.Overdose prevention centers, which have operated for decades in other countries like Canada and Australia, are sites where people can use drugs under the supervision of trained staff — who can administer overdose reversal medication, also known as Narcan.No overdose death has ever been reported at a sanctioned overdose prevention center, as highlighted in the DPH report.“We know most overdose deaths occur in private and go unwitnessed,” sai...