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Safety measures boosted after downing at St. Louis County pool

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has made safety changes for summer camps, including new requirements for background checks and child protection training.It’s an effort to prevent another child drowning, like that of a T.J. Mister, who died at a county-run summer camp last year. Mister was 6.“T.J. is a hero. He is a hero now. He always has been my hero, but he’s a hero now for the younger kids,” Travone Mister, T.J.’s father, said.T.J. drowned in July 2022 at his first week of summer camp at St. Louis County’s Kennedy Recreation Center. FOX 2 revealed the rec center had untrained staff, was short on lifeguards, and was missing lifesaving equipment that day.T.J’s parents have been on a mission since then to make changes, including in November 2022, when they pleaded with the St. Louis County Council.“I cried,” Olga Mister, T.J.’s mother, said. “Because, you know, we’ve been working on this for so long.” Close Thanks for signing up!...

Creve Coeur City Council takes vote on Bayer campus development

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

CREVE COEUR, Mo. – The Creve Coeur City Council approved the site concept plan for a new development at the former Bayer campus on Olive Boulevard. Neighbors discussed their issues with the green space buffers, wall height, and sewage drains during Monday’s council meeting."I think the interest of the community speaks to the unprecedented nature and size of it and I think there is a lot of interest because there is a lot of constituents here that want to make sure this is done right," Steve Melnick said.He lives near the boundary and said visibility and safety are issues neighbors brought to the developer ahead of Monday's vote."Everybody is listening to the others and I think it's been very, very helpful. There's no walls up and the developer has change plans several times and I think today the residents have also moved a little bit," Mayor Bob Hoffman said. Rigazzi’s sold to local ownership group The mayor said the plan is more than a year in the making."We have a lot of restaur...

South St. Louis residents call on FOX 2 to get help on neighborhood speeders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Residents in one south St. Louis neighborhood are fed up with drivers speeding down narrow streets, putting lives in danger. When their pleas for help went unanswered, they contacted FOX 2.“Speeding is the biggest problem,” Alex Arndt said, adding that it’s a challenge just getting to his car in the 3700 block of Gustine. “We’ve got only on-street parking here, no garages. People are speeding feet away from people, inches away. Semis, too; it doesn’t matter what it is.”Maryann Miller says this is as bad as she's seen.“Yes, I’ve been here 34 years, and it’s gotten worse and worse,” she said, describing the big trucks as a proverbial “bat out of hell.” Rigazzi’s sold to local ownership group Arndt says he’s been trying to get city hall to do something for years. The pleas fall on deaf ears.Arndt says some cars speed down this narrow street at more than 40 miles an hour in this 25-mile-an-hour zone, and some trucks drive too fast on this street as well. He’s hoping that b...

What the 49ers are saying after losing to Vikings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

The 49ers suffered their second straight loss Monday night, dropping a prime-time game in Minnesota to the Vikings, 22-17.The San Francisco defense could not get off the field on third downs, allowing eight conversions in 12 opportunities by Kirk Cousins and the Vikings. They forced just one punt, midway through the fourth quarter. The ensuing possession ended with Brock Purdy throwing an interception in Vikings territory, as did the 49ers’ final possession after a missed Minnesota field goal.Purdy finished 21-of-30 on the day with one touchdown (a swing pass Christian McCaffrey took 35 yards for a score) and those two ill-timed picks.McCaffrey rushed 15 times for 45 yards and another score. George Kittle, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings each had five catches for 78, 57 and 54 yards, respectively. Deebo Samuel missed the game with a shoulder injury.Kyle ShanahanOn the performance:We flat-out got beat. Right now you have to take it like a man.On the defense:I was real disappoi...

Panera enfrenta una demanda tras la muerte de una joven de 21 años que consumió la bebida energética ‘Charged Lemonade’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

(CNN) — Una mujer de 21 años con una afección cardíaca murió después de consumir una bebida energética con mucha cafeína en Panera Bread que ella pudo haber creído que era limonada normal, alegaron sus padres en una demanda por muerte por negligencia contra la cadena de restaurantes.En septiembre de 2022, tras beber “Charged Lemonade”, Sarah Katz sufrió un paro cardíaco mientras estaba en un restaurante con amigos y murió tras ser trasladada al hospital y sufrir otro paro cardíaco, según la demanda, presentada el lunes por la mañana en Filadelfia.Los padres de Katz reclaman daños compensatorios y punitivos.“Nos entristeció mucho enterarnos esta mañana del trágico fallecimiento de Sarah Katz, y nuestros corazones están con su familia”, dijo Panera a CNN en un comunicado. “En Panera creemos firmemente en la transparencia sobre nuestros ingredientes. Trabajaremos rápidamente para investigar a fondo este asunto”.En un informe de la autopsia obte...

Adolis García responds to plunking with record ALCS show as Rangers reach World Series

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Rangers slugger Adolis García was named the AL Championship Series MVP after setting a record for RBIs in a postseason series with 15 and extending his home run streak to four games by going deep twice in Game 7 as Texas beat the Houston Astros 11-4 on Monday night to clinch the pennant. García stretched his RBI streak to six games with a single in the first inning of the pennant-deciding game. He added an opposite-field solo homer in the third, a two-run single in the fourth and then went deep again in the eighth to push the Rangers to an 11-3 lead. He’s also the first player with RBIs in six straight games within a postseason series.The Cuban slugger known as “El Bombi” broke the previous postseason record held by Nelson Cruz. Cruz had 13 RBIs for the Rangers in the 2011 ALCS against Detroit, which was the last time they went to the World Series. García has 20 RBIs in these playoffs, the most ever by a player before the start of the World Series. He’s on...

‘Jimmermania’ lives on with U.S. gold in 3×3 basketball at Pan American Games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Jimmer Fredette, a different kind of basketball globetrotter, continues to draw attention even far from the NBA. At age 34, the three-point shot master led the United States 3×3 team to a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santiago on Monday and started setting his mind to the Paris Olympics.The few thousand locals watching the U.S. team play host Chile in the men’s final were not too keen on “Jimmermania” at the start, but their hearts eventually softened for Fredette and his teammates. In his NBA days, he played for Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns. The American team of Fredette, Kareem Maddox and Canyon Barry won 21-15.Point guard Fredette transitioned over a year ago to the half-court Olympic event, which had its debut in Tokyo with no U.S. team on the court. Since he embraced 3×3 basketball, the player from Glen Falls, New York, set his sights on the first A...

Esposa de violador convicto testifica que su marido la atacó y la ató en el sótano

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

La esposa de un exdoctor de Fort Belvoir, Virginia testificó el lunes que su esposo la atacó, la golpeó, y la ató con cinta a un poste en el sótano para mantenerla cautiva. El Dr. Drew Steiner ya ha sido condenado por violación tras atacar a una mujer que conoció en línea. Ahora está siendo juzgado por la presunta agresión contra su esposa.Testificó que el hogar de la pareja se volvió unlugar de terror en septiembre de 2020. Steiner había superado el COVID-19 cuando pidió salir de la cuarentena y entrar al cuarto de compartían, dijo. De repente, Steiner la sostuvo contra la cama. Ella le dijo a un jurado que le dijo a su esposo: “Por favor, no me siento bien. No puedo respirar’, y él dijo, ‘Ese es el punto’”. Ella afirmó que Steiner luego la golpeó con una sandalia que usó para tratar de defenderse, diciendo, “Él agarró una sandalia y empezó a pegarme muy duro en la oreja y la cabeza. Todo se movía. Estaba simplemente esperando para el próximo golpe y el próximo golpe. Tra...

‘Queer Eye’ star Karamo joins WTOP to get ready for 17th Street High Heel Race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley interviews Karamo about the 17th Street High Heel Race (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); You’ve seen him heal minds, bodies and souls as the mental-health makeover expert on the Netflix reality series “Queer Eye.”On Tuesday, Karamo Brown will participate in the 36th annual 17th Street High Hee...

Texas Rangers campeones de la Liga Americana; derrotan 11 – 4 a los Houston Astros

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:20 GMT

Los Rangers de Texas consumaron la hazaña la noche de este lunes y obtuvieron su boleto a la Serie Mundial tras imponerse en siete juegos a los Astros de Houston.El séptimo encuentro finalizó con un marcador de 11-4 que refleja el dominio de los Rangers.Los primeros seis juegos de la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Americana mostraron un gran desempeño de los contendientes y, aun cuando los Astros llegaron como favoritos al ser campeones de la MLB, los Rangers dieron la sorpresa y ganaron los primeros dos juegos.Luego, Houston ganó los siguientes tres partidos en Arlington y el domingo los Rangers respiraron para obligar a un séptimo partido esta noche en el Minute Maid Park, en busca de un espectacular desempeño, barriendo a los campeones en su propia casa.Esta historia tiene elementos que podrían no funcionar en nuestra aplicación. Pulsa aquí para abrir la historia en el navegador de internet. Source