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‘Nightmare’: Former Texas foster care workers describe dangerous living conditions inside unlicensed placements

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hannah Reveile would wake up at two o’clock in the morning to drive two hours to Temple or Belton, dreading what was to come.“It was scary driving in,” she remembers. “Then, you get to your shift, and you only had maybe the amount of time sitting in your car before you walk in to read about what happened on that previous shift.”As a foster care caseworker, she had to show up for regular, mandatory overtime shifts watching children at locations such as hotels, rental houses, churches and state office buildings. MORE: Psychotropic drugs take center stage in Texas foster care fight The state of Texas occasionally houses long-term foster children in its care in these types of unlicensed placements and calls them Children Without Placement (CWOP). The Department of Family and Protective Services has called CWOP a “last resort” but cited a shortage of beds at licensed foster providers — particularly for kids with complex medical or behavioral needs — as the reason for ha...

Schenectady fish fry eatery permanently closes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Off The Hook Fish Fry, located at 1599 Union Street in Schenectady, has permanently closed. The owners made the announcement on the Off The Hook Facebook page on November 8. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "We would like to thank everyone who supported our business over the last 3.5 years," said the owners. "It has been a fun and rewarding experience but we are on to new adventures."The restaurant's last day was November 22. The owners said to be on the lookout for a new restaurant taking over the space. Route 50 Diner seized by NYS for unpaid taxes A reason for the closure was not given. The owners did not immediately respond to NEWS10's request for comment.

Albany man pleads not guilty to second-degree murder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An Albany man pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges on Tuesday, in connection to a homicide that happened in November. Dario Lewis, 32, also pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! According to the Albany County District Attorney's Office, an indictment alleges Lewis was in the area of 22 Judson Street in Albany on November 11, when at 3 a.m. he intentionally caused the death of another person. Law enforcement says he is accused of having an illegal, loaded, and operable firearm on the same day, as well as November 20. Lewis is set to appear in court on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. He is remanded without bail.

FDA Recalls 27 eye products after 4 customers lose eyesight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Are you using contaminated eye drops? The FDA recently recalled 27 eye products meant to treat dry eyes for unsanitary conditions in manufacturing. The warning came after four people lost their sight because of bacteria in eye drops. Woman struck by car outside Ted Drewes and hospitalized FOX 2's Ty Hawkins spoke with a refractive eye surgeon at 'Brinton Vision St. Louis,' Dr. Jason Brinton, who joined in with more on this alarming re-call.To check out the list of recalled eye products, click here.

Post Dispatch: Sam Page appoints business manager to St. Louis County Police oversight board

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has appointed a new member to the civilian board that oversees the St. Louis County Police Department.According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 59-year-old business development manager Michael Wild was selected. His appointment will now go to the county council for approval. Woman struck by car outside Ted Drewes and hospitalized If confirmed, Wild will join four other commissioners in approving the department's policies and contracts, reviewing external complaints, and overseeing the police chief. He'll serve a three-year term.

Tips on preserving your poinsettias, Christmas cacti and other holiday greenery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

When entering a garden center or grocery store this time of year, you may see displays of amazing winter flower bouquets, poinsettias, potted rosemary and Norfolk Island pine plants. Close by are buckets of bright winterberry, fresh greenery, cheerful Christmas cactus, cyclamen, and blooming orchids.There’s more green, white and red staring you in the face than at an Italian flag factory.Garden centers and even some grocery stores carry bright winterberry, fresh greenery, cheerful Christmas cactus, cyclamen, and blooming orchids this time of year. (Betty Cahill, Special to The Denver Post)You’re torn over whether to splurge on one or more of these seasonal splendors or hold tight to your budget and continue walking straight to the dairy aisle. You can’t help but dream about guests walking into your aromatic, cinnamon-spiced holiday party oohing and aahing over the house filled with dazzling seasonal floral eye candy. Darn you, Santa!Lacking self-restraint, you fill...

No guts, no glory: Do you have what it takes to crush these 6 Denver food challenges?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

If you had to sign a waiver before a meal, would you? Raina Huang does it for sport.The Los Angeles-based competitive eater visited Denver in November and shared videos of her completing various food challenges with her 435,000 Instagram, 497,000 YouTube and 3.6 million TikTok followers.Food challenges bring competitors like Huang from around the world. Local restaurants like Pho 95 Noodle House in Centennial, where Huang slurped down four large bowls of pho in 20 minutes, have started timed eating competitions to attract a new audience (one with a never-ending pit of a stomach).“The goal is to not make money from customers losing, but so people can come and try our pho,” said Pho 95 owner Aaron Le.If you think you have the stomach to down a 4-pound burrito, out-of-this-world spicy wings with no milk or water, or a 14-pound pizza, here are six spots in and around Denver to challenge yourself:Losers of Pho 95 Noodle House’s Pho King Challenge get a free T-shirt. (Provided by Ph...

Letters: As another busload of immigrants arrives, remember, Denver invited this mess

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

Denver invited this migrant messRe: “Busload of migrants gets dropped off at state Capitol,” Dec. 5 news storyThe Denver mayor’s office is critical of Texas for busing immigrants who are in the U.S. without legal status from Texas border towns to Denver, calling the conduct “inhumane” and “shameful.” Denver is a self-proclaimed “sanctuary city,” thereby extending its welcome mat to all comers. Denver police do not hold or report people here illegally to ICE for deportation and Denver welcomes them with housing, bilingual education for the children, and other government benefits.President Biden and Colorado’s liberal democrats in Congress refuse to enforce federal immigration law and are perfectly happy to let the flood of illegal immigration continue. Texas border towns are not sanctuary cities and do not have the money, resources or inclination to ignore federal immigration law or to welcome and support these immigrants. D...

A guide to the Donald Trump ballot challenge as the case lands in the Colorado Supreme Court 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

The case seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off Colorado’s 2024 ballot — unsuccessful so far — will go before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.It’s the latest milestone in a lawsuit that alleges Trump engaged in insurrection surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol — and in doing so, disqualified himself from regaining the nation’s highest office under a Civil War-era amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The provision of the 14th Amendment bars anyone who swore an oath to the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again.In November, a district court judge in Denver found Trump did engage in insurrection while also finding that the 14th Amendment restriction did not apply to the presidency the way it would to other federal offices.Since then, lawyers for both sides as well as outside organizations and state officials across the country have weighed in on how Colorado’s justices should ...

Lawsuit accuses Denver Chili’s manager of racially discriminating against Black woman, her family

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:44 GMT

A Denver Chili’s allegedly refused a Black family dine-in service unless they provided payment upfront, according to a federal lawsuit filed in late November.Markesha Futrell-Smith alleges in the suit filed in the U.S. District of Colorado against Chili’s parent company Brinker International that the restaurant discriminated against her because she is Black. None of the other customers who were not Black had to provide upfront payment during the April 2022 incident, and the restaurant manager accused her, without proof, of skipping out on meals in the past.The lawsuit, filed Nov. 28, wants the court to declare the restaurant’s actions described in the complaint are in violation of federal and state law and seeks “compensatory damages to the maximum extent permitted by law.” It also seeks nominal damages and punitive, economic and consequential damages as determined at trial and attorney’s fees and costs.Futrell-Smith filed a discrimination charge ...