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Bears great Steve McMichael, who has ALS, in intensive care with sepsis and pneumonia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Steve McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears’ famed 1985 Super Bowl championship team who has ALS, was in intensive care because of sepsis and pneumonia, his wife said Friday.Misty McMichael wrote in an Instagram post that her husband was hospitalized on Thursday night.McMichael spent 13 of his 15 seasons with the Bears and was an All-Pro in 1985 and 1987. He played in a franchise-record 191 consecutive games from 1981 to 1993 and ranks second to Richard Dent on the Bears’ all-time sacks list with 92 1/2. His final season was with Green Bay in 1994.McMichael is one of 12 players whose final appearance was no later than 1998 in the mix to be inducted into the Hall of Fame next year. That list will be whittled down to as many as three by the selection committee, and the finalists will be part of the 2024 class if they are supported by at least 80% of voters next January.Whether he was terrorizing opponents or discussing the Bears on sports talk radio, t...

Joe Biden’s ‘Buy America’ policy on infrastructure projects leads to factory jobs in Wisconsin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts by the Biden administration have been helping create new factory jobs as part of a push to bring high-speed internet to the whole country — jobs that coincidentally help to back up President Joe Biden’s messaging for the 2024 elections.Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Thursday that up to 200 new manufacturing jobs would be coming to the swing state of Wisconsin. The workers at the Sanmina factory in Kenosha County are to make parts for Nokia that help to connect customers to broadband internet. Nokia’s choice to move production to the U.S. came after an extended engagement with the Commerce Department over how to deliver on the “Buy America” rules in the government’s $42.5 billion investment to provide universal internet services.“Whereas in the past, many of those jobs would have been created overseas, President Biden and I required that the materials and products used in these projects, from steel to electronics to f...

Guardians place slugging 1B Josh Naylor on 10-day injured list with oblique strain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with an oblique strain, leaving Cleveland without one of its top power hitters for the time being.Naylor sat out the team’s past two games in Houston with the injury, which had been bothering him for longer.The Guardians, who enter the weekend 2 1/2 games behind first-place Minnesota in the AL Central, made the move with Naylor — retroactive to Tuesday — on Friday before opening a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox.Naylor has been Cleveland’s most productive middle-of-the-lineup hitter. He’s batting .306 with 15 homers and a team-high 79 RBIs.Earlier this week, the Guardians traded slugger Josh Bell to Miami.The Guardians also placed infielder Tyler Freeman on the injured list with a strained right shoulder.Needing some immediate help, Cleveland acquired outfielder Kole Calhoun in a trade from the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash and recalled infielder José Tena...

Pope presides over solemn Way of the Cross prayer as Portugal government weighs in on LGBTQ+ protest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis led an estimated 800,000 people in a meditation on the scourges of violence, poverty and intolerance Friday at World Youth Day, as the Portuguese government weighed in on an incident of intolerance directed at LGBTQ+ pilgrims attending the big Catholic youth festival. Lisbon’s central Eduardo VII park was packed for Francis’ evening Way of the Cross prayer, one of the most solemn events in the days-long gathering. St. John Paul II launched these festivals of faith in the 1980s to try to inspire the next generation of Catholics, and young people from around the world have flocked to Lisbon in droves for Francis’ first edition since the coronavirus pandemic.Francis had to quiet them down as the crowd erupted in the traditional World Youth Day chant of “This is the youth of the pope,” when he arrived on stage at sunset. He seemed to want to get right down to the seriousness of the dramatic re-creation of Christ’s crucifixion,...

Chiefs hardly helping running backs wanting big deals with their budget backfield finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have been doing no favors to the Colts’ Jonathan Taylor, the Giants’ Saquon Barkley, the Raiders’ Josh Jacobs and every other running back that wants to get paid handsomely for what they do.The Chiefs have proven they can win with bargain finds in the backfield.Take last season, when the Chiefs won a seventh consecutive AFC West title and defeated the Eagles to win their second Super Bowl title in four years. Their leading rusher was seventh-round draft pick Isiah Pacheco in the first year of his paltry rookie contract, the top backup was journeyman Jerick McKinnon making pennies on the dollar, and nobody else behind them was making much money, either.Yet the Chiefs were the runaway leaders in total offense, and not just because Patrick Mahomes was flinging the ball all over the field on his way to an MVP season. The Chiefs also were perfectly middle-of-the-road when it came to rushing offense.“I think it’s cyclic...

This year's first human death from West Nile virus confirmed in Weld County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man has died from West Nile virus in Weld County, marking the first human death of the mosquito-borne disease this year in Colorado.The man was 53 years old, and the virus caused a neuroinvasive disease that killed him, according to the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment. How pets, livestock are affected by West Nile virus Eric Aakko, the county health department spokesperson, told FOX31 that "they did seek medical care but they still ended up passing, unfortunately."Weld County said they are investigating eight separate cases of West Nile virus, all of which are in residents representing a wide geographical area — they are not all near each other.Aakko said health officials are anticipating an increased number of cases in humans this year as the number of mosquitoes testing positive for the virus is high compared to previous years."With so many cases of West Nile virus appearing in the culex mosquito, we're not surprised, and that's why we ...

Attended a Colorado school since 2004? Your data may be compromised

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A ransomware attack may have compromised the personal data of a range of Colorado students — from high schoolers to adult learners — and the breach affects some who attended school as far back as 2004.Teachers may also have been impacted, according to the Colorado Department of Education, which announced the extent of the breach on Friday. Police investigating ‘incarceration room’ at Denver middle school "Over the past few weeks, the investigation has revealed that some of the impacted records include names and social security numbers or student identification numbers, as well as other education records," the department said in a release.The attacker accessed the department's systems from June 11-19 and copied data, according to the release. While the investigation is ongoing, these groups may have been affected:Attended a public institution of higher education in Colorado between 2007-2020Attended a Colorado public high school between 2004-2020 Individua...

Passengers stuck on hot plane for 7 hours say no food or water given out by crew

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

(CNN) – The Department of Transportation is investigating an incident in which passengers say they were stuck on a hot plane on the tarmac for seven hours without being given food or water.In a Tik Tok that has since gone viral, you can hear critical care nurse Christine Ieronimo telling a United Airlines worker about the experience she and hundreds of other passengers just went through. “The girl had a panic attack and passed out,” said Ieronimo. “We had elderly people, we had babies. We had pregnant women, not even water. You didn’t even pass around water.”In the video, Ieronimo and the passengers can be seen standing at their gate in Newark Liberty International Airport after flight was delayed for 7 hours, then canceled at 1 in the morning.The passengers tell the worker ” we were trapped on that plane for 7 hours in 70-80 plus heat.“”It was hot, thick, it was hard to breathe,” says Ieronimo. “I’m surprised somebody didn’t die because the...

Stockton 7-Eleven workers lay into would-be robber in now-viral video

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — A viral video showing a robbery at a Stockton 7-Eleven turned attack at the hands of the store employees is under investigation by the Stockton Police Department.The incident happened on Saturday, according to the man who filmed the altercation, at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Center and Market streets. The location sits directly across from the Stockton Police Department Headquarters.Deda, the man who filmed the now-viral altercation, said he stopped at the store for gas and a Red Bull. As he went to the register to pay, he was interrupted by a man who went behind the register and began dumping cigarettes into a trash can to steal.“I wasn’t afraid. It was more like, look, I gotta make it home. If I’m here, he’s here, they’re here…” said Deda.His phone, already in his hand to pay for the drink, became his “protection” he said as he started filming the theft as a way to capture what was happening. Th...

Why London’s mayor can’t just scrap his clean air plan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:17 GMT

LONDON — Sadiq Khan is under pressure to ditch a controversial plan to clean up London’s air after a bruising by-election for the mayor’s Labour colleagues. But scrapping the plan is no panacea — and critics will have to explain what replaces it.London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) aims to reduce the U.K. capital’s emissions of nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxide (referred to together as NOx) by imposing a charge on polluting vehicles when they enter the zone. It’s set to expand to cover the whole of London from the end of August.Excess NOx emissions are incredibly dangerous for human health. They can cause inflammation of the airways, asthma, reduced lung function, and increase the rate of hospital admissions. In fact, poor air quality is considered by the British government to be “the largest environmental risk to public health in the U.K.” Khan is standing behind the scheme, and on Friday announced extra funding for businesses and individuals who ...