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From the Border to Chicago: Migrant housing in communities already pushing for more resources

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

CHICAGO — More than 10,500 asylum-seeking migrants have arrived in Chicago since the end of August 2022, pushing the city’s shelter system to its limits and forcing officials to produce solutions for temporary housing.“While this is a mess none of us created, we have the responsibility of helping people and that’s what we do in Chicago,” 20th Ward Ald. Jeanette Taylor said. MORE STORIES: From the Border to Chicago As migrants seeking asylum have arrived by bus and other means of transportation to Chicago, many have found their beds to be the crowded floor of a police station lobby, only putting an even greater spotlight on the crisis. Police sources told WGN-TV at one point in late May, more than 760 migrants were calling police station lobbies their temporary home.“They're being sold a dream and then when they get here the dream is devastated because they don't have anywhere for them to go,” said Genora Stone, a resident living in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood. “I think i...

Blackhawks select Oliver Moore with their 2nd first round pick

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

NASHVILLE — With the excitement over the selection of Connor Bedard, there are a few who could have forgotten the team had two first round picks on Wednesday. Once again, the team went with a center.This time it was Oliver Moore, who was selected by the Blackhawks with the 19th overall pick about two hours after the team took Bedard with the top selection. The 18-year-old played in the US Hockey's National Team Developmental Program since the 2021-2022 season. He's seen time on the U17, U18, and juniors team that plays in the United States Hockey League. During that first year in the developmental program, he played 43 games with the U17 team, scoring 24 goals with 15 assists. He played 32 contests with the USHL squad with 14 goals and 14 assists before moving to the U18 team for 11 games (2 goals, 5 assists.)Last season he spend the majority of the year with the U18 team, scoring 31 goals with 44 assists in 61 games. In the USHL, he had 8 goals and 17 assists in 23 games.The native...

RFK Jr. speaks at town hall on NewsNation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

CHICAGO (NewsNation) — NewsNation will host a live town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on Wednesday, June 28 from 9 to 10:30 p.m. ET.The town hall, moderated by NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas, will be Kennedy's first with a national news network. You can watch the town hall in the player above. Follow along for live coverage and analysis. Kennedy will answer questions from a live audience of voters from Illinois, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as well as questions submitted from NewsNation's online audience. Live updates: Town hall with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy is a long shot candidate as he goes up against the incumbent President Joe Biden, but he has drawn some support from Democrats and Independent voters. The presidential hopeful is currently polling at 14%, compared to President Joe Biden's 64%, according to Real Clear Politics average of polls. He has been doing everything that he can to differentiate himself from Biden. While it might s...

Former MSP airport employee accused surreptitious recording in restrooms

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

Hennepin County prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former worker at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport with secretly recording videos of others inside restrooms.Michael Lamar Maceda-Tapia, 36, is facing 11 gross misdemeanor counts of interference with privacy.Prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that on Feb. 16, a worker who was about to use an employee restroom on the lower level of the E concourse spotted a cell phone under the stall. He alerted airport police after spotting the same phone in another stall that was “pointed in his direction.”After police detained Maceda-Tapia, he allegedly admitted to officers that he’d been recording surreptitious videos in employee restrooms for several months.Detectives obtained a search warrant for Maceda-Tapia’s phone, and according to the complaint, found 143 videos that appeared to have been recorded in airport bathrooms, including two taken in a public restroom on the E concourse.Investigators identified at least 10 alleg...

Wild take Rosemount native Charlie Stramel in first round of 2023 NHL Draft

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

NASHVILLE — After waiting at the mercy of other teams for a couple of hours on Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Wild wasted very little time once they were finally on the clock. They proudly selected Rosemount native Charlie Stramel with the No. 21 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, and with that, continued to bolster an already deep prospect pool.The most important thing to know about Stramel is that he plays center. That’s long been a position of need for the Wild and they clearly feel like the 6-foot-3, 225-pound Stramel can help them up the middle. He currently plays for the University of Wisconsin and finished his freshman campaign with 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists) in 33 games.Though he won’t contribute for the Wild any time soon, it’s reasonable to think Stramel could make an impact down the road.To the surprise of absolutely nobody, future superstar Connor Bedard went No. 1 overall to the Chicago Blackhawks. Yes, that means the...

Video released of suspect stealing CSP patrol vehicle before fiery fatal crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

The Colorado State Patrol on Wednesday released video of an incident in which a handcuffed suspect stole a CSP patrol vehicle in Otero County before dying in a fiery crash in neighboring Bent County.The incident unfolded on June 20 when troopers responded to assist deputies with a “suspect fleeing” along U.S. 50 in southeastern Colorado, according to the CSP.The suspect driver, identified as 31-year-old Anthony Alphonso Sanchez III, allegedly caused multiple crashes, the CSP said in an earlier news release. A trooper was able to bump the suspect vehicle and bring it to a stop, but during an arrest, the suspect stole a marked CSP vehicle and fled.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man dies after raft overturns in Arkansas River near Salida Crime and Public Safety | Two bodies found inside Lakewood home, double-homicide investigation underway Crime and Public Safety | Juvenile arrested in connection with homicide in Greeley Crime ...

Ross Colton talks trade to Avalanche, pending contract situation, favorite moments with Lightning

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

Ross Colton went to certain lengths to prepare himself for the moment, but it still inevitably hit him with a wall of emotion.He had just gotten to the gym for a Wednesday morning workout in New Jersey and was “sitting on a turf, rolling out,” when the phone rang. It was Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois.“These last couple of days, I’m not gonna lie, have been going by pretty slow,” Colton told The Denver Post. “I never keep my ringer on, but the last three days I had it on, turned up. So when I’m texting, people were mad that I was being obnoxious. But I was just getting nervous waiting for the call.”During his exit interview with Tampa after the season, there wasn’t much talk about next year. “It was said that this is a business, and next year is kind of up in the air,” recalled Colton, a restricted free agent. “So once that was said, I kind of had an idea I was going to be moved.” He just didn’...

Keeler: Nuggets dynasty? For ex-CU Buffs star Derrick White, that would be awesome. Slightly painful. But awesome. “Everybody’s got to hunt them down.”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

PARKER — While the 16-year-old inside Derrick White was all shook up, the 28-year-old Boston Celtic on the outside was tempted to pull an Elvis on his television set.“I mean, it was tough to watch,” White, the former CU Buffs and Legend High star told me during a break at his Derrick White Academy basketball youth camp Wednesday at Parker Fieldhouse. “I watched Game 5 (of the NBA Finals). That was the only one I watched.”On this much, all the voices inside White’s head agree. The Nuggets haven’t just set the bar for the rest of the NBA. They are the bar. With or without free-agent super sub Bruce Brown riding shotgun.“I don’t know about favorites or not. That’s out of my pay range,” White laughed. “But they were the best team last year. They did what they needed to do. And everybody’s now got to hunt them down.”If Boston’s Jayson Tatum doesn’t roll his ankle in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Heat, what the hey? Maybe somebody else is king...

17 people fall ill at La Plata County campground after exposure to gas cloud

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

Seventeen campers fell ill in San Juan National Forest in La Plata County after exposure to an unknown gas cloud Tuesday night, according to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District.About 9 p.m. Tuesday emergency responders with Upper Pine River Fire Protection District (UPRFPD) were dispatched to the Vallecito Campground in the San Juan National Forest on a report of ten people who became ill “by an exposure to an unknown gas,” the UPRFPD said in a news release.Responders were met by the campground host, and 17 people from four campsites reported illness ranging from wheezing to nausea, along with throat and nose irritation. Eight people required on-site medical attention. Centura Mercy Hospital in Durango was put on standby alert, but none of the sickened parties were taken there.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | How you can “Doo Colorado Right” by burying your poop responsibly in the outdoors Crime and Public Safety | ...

Born x Raised founder Chris 'Spanto' Printup dies following car accident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:25 GMT

Chris “Spanto” Printup, the founder of the Los Angeles-based clothing line Born X Raised, has died following a car accident, the company announced Wednesday.In a social media post, Born x Raised said Spanto, 42, suffered injuries in a crash on June 25. He died Wednesday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Chris “Spanto” Printup has died at age 42. (IG: Born X Raised)“He leaves behind his wife Anna and three children, Marilyn, Carter and David, a sister, three brothers, his mother, step mother, and step father, his beloved grandparents, his family at Born X Raised, his extended native family, the city of Los Angeles that he loved and championed, and an extensive network of true friends,” an Instagram post read.No further information about the crash was provided.Spanto, a Venice Beach native of Apache and Seneca heritage, launched Born x Raised in 2013. The stylish streetwear gained immense popularity over the years through collaborations with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Rams, among ot...