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Denmark’s prime minister says it will donate 19 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister says it will donate 19 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.Source

1 dead in crash involving bicyclist at I-25 and Santa Fe Drive

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- One person died in a crash involving a bicyclist and a vehicle in the area of Interstate 25 and Santa Fe Drive Sunday morning, according to Denver Police.According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the crash has caused traffic issues for southbound I-25 between U.S. 85 and the exit at Lincoln Street. CDOT cameras showed backed-up traffic and areas of the interstate closed to vehicles as of 10:45 a.m.Police urged people to seek alternate routes, as delays were expected.FOX31 is working to find out more information and will provide updates as they become available.

Ed Sheeran sets new record at Empower Field

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Ed Sheeran's tour stop at Empower Field at Mile High has set a new record for attendance, with 85,233 people coming out to watch the pop singer-songwriter.Sheeran's +-=÷x tour -- also called the Mathematics tour -- came to the Mile High City Saturday and shattered the single-night attendance record at Empower Field.Capacity is normally 76,125, according to the stadium's website, but it can hold more for concerts.The tour featured two special guests: Singer-songwriter Khalid and singer-songwriter Cat Burns.This isn't the first record that has been broken at the stadium this summer.Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in July was the first act in history to sell out two shows in the stadium for a single tour.

Russia’s first lunar mission in decades crashes into the moon

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

(CNN) — Russia’s first lunar mission in decades has ended in failure with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface.The incident, a blow to Russia’s space ambitions, happened after communication with the robotic spacecraft was interrupted, a blow to Russia’s space ambitions.Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said it lost touch with Luna 25 on Saturday around 2:57 p.m. Moscow time.“The measures taken on August 19 and 20 to search for the device and get into contact with it did not yield any results,” the space agency reported.According to a “preliminary analysis,” Luna-25 “switched to an off-design orbit” before the collision, Roscosmos said.It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.A specially formed commission will investigate the reasons for the loss of Luna 25, the agency added.The news comes a day after the spacecraft reported an “emergency situation” as it was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.“During the operation, an emergency s...

Yankees Notebook: Aaron Boone recently met with Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner to talk state of team, prospects

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

With the Yankees in the midst of a seven-game losing streak, Aaron Boone said Sunday that he met with Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner a couple of days ago.The three discussed individual players and the state of the team. Entering Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox, the Yankees were three games under .500 and eight games out of the last wild card spot with 39 games left in the season.“We understand we’re in a tough spot and it’s not going well,” Boone said. “We’re in the business of trying to fix it and trying to [ask], ‘What are the best moves moving forward for us to try and get us on track?’”Boone added that he checks in with Cashman daily and that he meets with Steinbrenner “fairly regularly throughout the year” whether things are going well or poorly.Lately, things have gone poorly. Which is why prospects have also come up in these conversations between the three. Boone said “it’s poss...

Kipto cruises to Falmouth victory

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

FALMOUTH — Wesley Kipto saw to it that there was very little drama in the men’s race at Sunday’s 51st Asics Falmouth Road Race.Racing in his first Falmouth, the 10-time All-American out of Iowa State ran away from the elite field and was all smiles as he dashed across the finish line of the beloved 7.1-mile race. His time of 31 minutes and 8 seconds equaled the course-record performance of Gilbert Okari in 2002.Kipto averaged a blistering 4:27-per mile to lead a field of more than 10,000 runners over the rolling layout from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights. The win earned Kipto a purse of $10,000.John Korir ran a quick 31:34 for second, outkicking Edwin Kurgat over the final hill in Falmouth Heights. Crowd favorite Ben Flanagan of Canada, who won the last three titles, was competing in the 10,000 at the World Championships and didn’t run.The race was a fast one in the cool conditions as 11 men broke 33 minutes. David Kiprotich Bett of Kenya was a solid fourth in 32:0...

Tropical Storm Hilary menaces Mexico’s Baja coast, carrying a deluge toward the arid U.S. Southwest

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary was accelerating northward off Mexico’s Baja coast on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still packing what forecasters called “life-threatening” rain likely to unleash flooding across a broad region of the western U.S.As of 8 a.m. Pacific time, Hilary was located about 220 miles (350 kilometers) south-southeast of San Diego, the National Hurricane Center reported. Hilary had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) and was moving northwest at 25 mph (41 kph), remaining just off the Pacific coast. The Mexican cities of Ensenada and Tijuana, directly in the storm’s path, closed all beaches and opened a half-dozen shelters at sports complexes and government offices.Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan said that while Hilary had weakened from a Category 4 hurricane, it’s the water, not the wind, that people should watch out for most.“Rainfall flooding has been the biggest killer in tropical storms and hurricanes in the Un...

Okanagan fire fight turns corner, say fire chiefs

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

KELOWNA, B.C. — Fire chiefs say the battle against devastating wildfires that have been rampaging around Lake Okanagan, B.C., have turned a corner.Jason Brolund says “things are finally looking better,” with an army of 500 firefighters engaged in a battle that is now in a new phase.Update: We’ve received and approved British Columbia’s request for federal assistance. We’re deploying @CanadianForces assets and providing resources to help with evacuations, staging, and other logistical tasks. We’ll continue to be here with whatever support is needed.— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 20, 2023More coming.The Canadian Press

California store owner fatally shot in dispute over Pride flag; officers kill gunman

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

CEDAR GLEN, Calif. (AP) — A California business owner was shot and killed after a dispute over a LGBTQ Pride flag displayed outside her store, according to authorities.San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials said Laura Ann Carleton, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting Friday night.Sheriff’s officials said that during the initial altercation at Carleton’s clothing store, the suspect “made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton.” He then fled the scene.Deputies were able to locate the armed suspect and he was fatally shot after a confrontation with the officers. The man had not been identified as of Sunday.Carleton, who preferred to be called “Lauri,” is survived by her husband and nine children in a blended family. She owned and operated the Mag.Pi clothing store in Cedar Glen. The unincorporated community in the San Bernadino Mountains is roughly 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of downtown Los Ang...

Wildfire on Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately, official says

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:40:11 GMT

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that a wildfire raging on the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately.Clavijo said police had opened three lines of investigation but did not say if there had been any arrests.Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame the blaze that has raged out of control for the past five days, authorities said Sunday.“The night was very difficult but thanks to the work of the firefighters, the results have been very positive,” Tenerife governor Rosa Dávila said at a news conference.The Canary Islands have been in drought for most of the past few years, just like most of mainland Spain. The islands have recorded below-average rainfall in recent years because of changing weather patterns impacted by climate change.Although the blaze in the northeast of the island is not near the main tourist...