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Pride Guide: What to know about Denver events

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- One of the biggest Pride events in the country is happening in Denver this weekend.The Center on Colfax, whose mission is to engage, enrich empower and advance the LGBTQ community of Colorado, is hosting the Denver PrideFest to honor the active and resourceful lives and achievements of LGBTQ people, according to the website. Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for another round of severe storms on Thursday This year's theme is "Be Proud Out Loud." Events have been happening all month, but the official Denver Pride festival begins Thursday. Here is a list of all of the official Denver Pride events.ThursdayOfficial Pride Opening PartyLive music from PEACHES and Yvie OddlyReelworks at Tracks Night Club, 3500 Walnut St.Concert for ages 21 and over at 8 p.m., $40 general admissionFridaySheraton Creator Marketplace: PRIDE MarketShowcasing local artists, vendors, creators and drag queensParlur event space in Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Pl.2-7 p.m., ...

5 hospitalized after multi-vehicle crash on SR-836 causes small fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

Several victims were rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital after a multi-vehicle crash on State Road 836 in Miami caused a small fire on the highway. Officials said five people were hospitalized after a collision occurred along the eastbound lanes of the highway near Northwest 42nd Avenue, at around 11:40 p.m., Wednesday. Florida Highway Patrol troopers, along with City of Miami Police and Miami-Dade Police units, responded to the scene of the crash.According to FHP, the crash involved at least two motorcycles and five vehicles.One person recorded a video of the scene as they passed by the area and captured one of the motorcycles engulfed in flames on the shoulder of the highway. One car was struck from behind, and another crashed into a barrier wall.City of Miami Fire Rescue crews arrived at the scene and quickly extinguished the flames.Paramedics provided aid to the victims and transported four of the victims in critical condition to Ryder Trauma Center.A fifth victim was taken to ...

Pool day? Neigh! Firefighters in Pasco County rescue pet horse after ill-advised dive

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

PASCO COUNTY, Fla (WSVN) — Crews came to the rescue of a pet in Pasco County after his owner caught him horsing around in the family pool.Pet horses Moe and Huey were playing in their yard when Moe thought it might be a good idea to attempt to leap over the pool.He ended up all wet, and the firefighters arrived to lift him out.Moe’s owner, Cindy Buckel, called the pool rescue a first and hopefully a last.“You’re a survivor. Yes, and now I know I can add that to my list of equine stuff, water rescue,” she said as she spoke to her pet. Buckel later said Moe’s leap would’ve likely gotten a “10” from judges if it was a diving contest.

ULA’s Delta IV rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral for one of its final missions

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WSVN) — It’s nearly the end of an area, as a United Launch Alliance rocket blasted off on one of its final missions from Cape Canaveral. The Delta IV rocket carried a new national security satellite, Thursday morning. Next year, Delta IV’s launch will be the last for this class.Several different versions have taken intelligence-gathering payloads to outer space since the 1960s.

Planned Parenthood, Emily’s List and NARAL-Pro Choice America endorse Joe Biden in 2024 race

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three top reproductive rights groups are endorsing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for reelection in 2024.Planned Parenthood Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Emily’s List are throwing their early support behind the reelection effort in part to highlight the importance of the issue for Democrats heading into the election year, leaders told the Associated Press on Thursday.“I think that President Biden has been an incredibly valuable partner, along with Vice President Harris, in fighting back against the onslaught of attacks that we have seen,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Action Fund.Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, said the president and vice president were proud to have earned the support of the groups. Since the decision last year by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, “we have seen the horrifying impact that the extreme MAGA agenda has on women’s ...

Witnesses to Parkland massacre describe their confusion in pinpointing gunshots’ location

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The courtroom battle over whether the sound of gunshots during the Parkland school massacre should have directed a Florida sheriff’s deputy to the attacker’s location ramped up Thursday as defense testimony showed others also thought the thunderous blasts were coming from elsewhere.A sheriff’s deputy, teachers and students, testifying during the trial of former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, gave divergent answers when asked where they thought the shots were coming from during Nikolas Cruz’s Feb. 14, 2018, attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fourteen students and three staff members died.Peterson, the school’s assigned deputy, insists that because of echoes he didn’t know that Cruz was firing inside the three-story 1200 building, even though he moved within 10 yards (9 meters) of its door before taking cover next to an adjoining structure. He has said he thought the shots were coming from outside, per...

Tyngsboro daycare worker accused of taking nude photos of children

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

A Tyngsboro daycare employee was arrested Thursday on child exploitation and child pornography charges.Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire, worked at Creative Minds, and prosecutors allege she took photos of nude children and shared them with an individual for over a year, from May 2022 to June 2023. Groves took the photos of children who appear to be about 3 to 5 years old during bathroom breaks and diaper changes. She and the individual, who she was previously in an intimate relationship with, exchanged over 2,500 text messages including the images.Officials said the investigation is still ongoing, and Groves, who is in custody, will appear in federal court in Boston.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Muggy and warm end to the week

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

7Weather- We’ll say “bye” to our cooler than average temperatures and comfortable air mass starting tomorrow. Temperatures trend warmer and it’ll feel more muggy. We’ll have unsettled weather at times over the next 7-days, but none of the days look to be wash-outs.How about today? Sunshine and mild temperatures for most of us. Boston hit 66° for a high. That’s our sixth-straight day of temperatures in the 60s. Our weather set-up for tomorrow features an upper-level low to our west and associated warm front. As the warm front lifts through tomorrow, not only will temperatures go up, but it’ll also start to feel muggy as dew points climb.Tomorrow morning starts off in the upper 50s/low 60s with areas of patchy fog, especially for southeast Mass. There’s a chance for an isolated shower. We’ll get breaks of sun by the afternoon. That’ll help temperatures reach the low 80s the farther north you are. A southwest breeze will keep ...

Biden and Modi cheer booming economic ties in visit that also reckoned with India’s record on rights

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday pronounced the U.S.-India relationship never stronger and rolled out new business deals with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as human rights activists and American lawmakers questioned the administration’s decision to honor the leader with a pomp-filled state visit.In a joint news conference with Modi, Biden called the relationship between the U.S. and India among the most consequential in the world and “more dynamic than at any time in history.” He underscored how two of the world’s most powerful democracies were cooperating on issues such as the climate, health care and space, saying that the U.S-India economic relationship was “booming.”But Modi bristled at a reporter’s question about his country’s commitment to democratic values as the country has seen an erosion of religious, political and press freedoms u...

Crime Briefs: Worcester book club slayer faces life in prison

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:41:06 GMT

The ex-boyfriend of Amanda Dabrowski was found guilty of stabbing her to death inside a Worcester restaurant while she was attending a book club meeting in 2019.Carlos Asencio, 32, was found guilty of first-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — connected to assaulting a restaurant patron who attempted to stop the attack — by a Worcester Superior jury on Tuesday following an eight-day trial. Asencio faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 29.“While no verdict will ever bring Amanda back, we are relieved that a jury found this man responsible for taking her from us. We know he can never harm another person again.” Dabrowski’s family wrote in a statement released following the verdict. “We ask that people continue to keep Amanda in their thoughts as she will continue to live through family and friends.”Dabrowski was attending her first meeting of the O’Connor’s Books, Brews and Ban...