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St. Louis County man charged after White House crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

WASHINGTON — Police have arrested a Missouri man they believe intentionally crashed a U-Haul truck into a security barrier at a park across from the White House.The box truck's driver smashed into the barrier near the north side of Lafayette Square on Monday at around 10 p.m., Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. He was identified as a 19-year-old from Chesterfield, a St. Louis suburb. US Park Police identify the suspect as Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri. No one was injured in the crash.Officers from the Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department searched the truck after the crash. Video posted by WUSA-TV shows a police officer at the scene picking up and inventorying several pieces of evidence from the truck, including a Nazi flag.Based on a preliminary investigation, investigators believe the driver "may have intentionally struck the security barriers at Lafayette Square,” Guglielmi said. Authorities of...

Police search for suspect after chase ends near MetroLink station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- MetroLink trains are not running between many Illinois stations. A police chase ended in ended near one of them and officers are looking for a suspect.MetroLink Station Shuttles are currently taking customers between the stations. Riders may have delays up to an hour.This is a developing story. More details will be posted here as they come into the FOX 2 Newsroom.

Florissant crash kills 3 people Monday night

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Three people died in a late night crash in Florissant. It happened just after nine last night on New Halls Ferry Road near Seven Hills Drive.Officials said it appears a woman driving a Ford Fusion crossed the center line and hit a Cadillac SIV. The crash instantly killed the driver of that Cadillac and her passenger. Win a trip to Margaritaville Lake Resort at Lake of the Ozarks The driver of the Ford Fusion was taken to a hospital where she also died.

Denver weather: Tuesday could be last day of heavy smoke, poor air quality

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

An end to the poor air quality in Denver is on the horizon.The air quality alert for Denver and the northern Front Range due to Canadian wildfire smoke is set to expire at 4 p.m. Tuesday, and thunderstorms in the forecast could spell the end of the smoke in the area.The smoke Tuesday will be lighter than Monday, so temperatures in the area will increase to a high of 78 degrees.The mountain areas are expected to receive more scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, and some instability across the Palmer Divide could cause some scattered storms to develop there.There is a slight chance a few of the storms could move into the Interstate 25 corridor Tuesday night, but the greatest storm chance for Denver won’t be until Wednesday when there is a 70% chance of storms.While Denver waits for the storms to develop, residents should still be aware of the poor air quality.Ozone and fine particulate levels have steadily increased and have now reached the Unhealthy...

Jockey suicides shadow horse racing, bring attention to stress and mental health concerns of the job

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

By STEPHEN WHYNO (AP Sports Writer)BALTIMORE (AP) — Eurico Rosa da Silva was in a dark place. On the track, the jockey in his early 30s was winning races and making money. At home, he was fighting suicidal thoughts every day.“I got to the point where I have no more choice but to go for help,” he recalled recently. “I went because if I have no choice, I would kill myself.”Da Silva got help in 2006 and rode for more than a decade before retiring. He’s one of the lucky ones.Earlier this year, horse racing was stunned by the suicides less than six weeks apart of two young jockeys, 23-year-old Avery Whisman and 29-year-old Alex Canchari. A friend of Whisman’s, Triple Crown-winning rider Mike Smith, said he has seen similar tragedies over three decades.“I know several riders that I knew very well committed suicide when it was all said and done,” Smith said. “This is not all of a sudden just happening. It’s been going on. Yo...

Women say they don't feel safe on Los Angeles Metro trains

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

When Morgan De Los Reyes moved to Los Angeles nearly a year ago, she and her husband made the decision that she would take the Metro to work, and he would drive their car. And when Morgan’s mother found out, she bought her daughter pepper spray. Besides carrying pepper spray, Morgan’s made a few other changes since she started riding the Metro’s Red Line to work from the Pershing Square station to USC, where she works as a scientist. “I went from being a backpack person to a purse person, because I didn’t like having my backpack with all the zippers, just felt like a bit of an easy target,” she told us. Man dies after being found stabbed at Los Angeles subway station She also says anytime she’s inside the station, she tried to find a group of people to stand with. “It’s really not a safe place for women to be.”Morgan believes precautions like these are necessary because of what she has experienced on the Los Angeles Metro system. Every day, Morgan says she sees...

Bill that could ban Skittles passes in the California State Assembly

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

California is one step closer to enacting a law that would ban Skittles, Hot Tamales, and a host of other food items that contain chemicals linked to health issues.Assembly Bill 418, proposed by Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills), passed overwhelmingly in the California State Assembly last week and now heads to the State Senate.The bill would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of products containing Red Dye No. 3, Titanium Dioxide, Potassium Bromate, Brominated Vegetable Oil, or Propyl Paraben in the Golden State.Those chemicals, which are already banned in the European Union, have been linked to cancer, reproductive issues, and developmental issues in children, Gabriel says.“It’s unacceptable that the U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to banning these dangerous additives,” Gabriel said in a statement. “We don’t love our children any less than they do in Europe and it’s not too much to ask food and beverage manufacturers to switch to the safer alte...

Queen Bee-B is That Girl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

Queen Bee-B is That Girl: Bee-B, the Compton artist formerly known at Brittany B with two Grammy wins under her belt, has released a new video for the song “That Girl.”A low key swinger, the song is an ode to B’s life, and self-improvement. “Sometimes I wish that I could put my pride aside, want to see it from the other side, I was that girl, I didn’t care, about the people that would stop and stare, or would you judge you by the things you wear,” she croons.The video switches between B working in a diner then as a pole dancer, and finally to her spending time with her guy.According to the press release, “Directed by Christopher Felix (Reggie Becton, Mereba, BirdsOfParadise), ‘That Girl’ is a remarkably candid visual anecdote about how to overcome feeling like you’re not enough. In the video, Bee-B hustles by day and dances by night. Letting go of her inhibitions, she transitions from concerned to confident, showing the power beh...

Is Mr. Moxey’s Legit? – A Real Tested CBD Brand Spotlight Review

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

For many customers, “CBD edibles” are synonymous with “CBD gummies.” Although gummy bears remain the best-selling edibles variety, plenty of other innovative products are entering the CBD snack industry. For instance, the Seattle-based company Mr. Moxey’s specializes in CBD-infused mints. According to Mr. Moxey’s, these dissolvable mints provide all the relief of CBD plus the refreshing taste of peppermint.How can customers know that Mr. Moxey’s is telling the truth? Well, that’s what Real Tested CBD hopes to resolve in this brand spotlight review! Below, you’ll see the unbiased data we’ve collected on Mr. Moxey’s signature CBD mints so you can make an informed decision.How Did Mr. Moxey’s CBD Mints Score At Real Tested CBD?Real Tested CBD tested one tin of Mr. Moxey’s best-selling CBD Mints to see if it lived up to its advertisements. According to our test results, Mr. Moxey’s CBD Mints exceeded their posted potency claims. Mr. Moxey’s said there was 300 mg of CBD per package, but ...

Vice President Harris visits Sunnyvale for Applied Materials’ announcement of new R&D facility

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:59 GMT

Echoing the goal set by other speakers to “keep the silicon in Silicon Valley,” Vice President Kamala Harris touched down in Sunnyvale on Monday for Applied Materials’ announcement of a new research and development facility.Envisioned as the largest facility of its kind in the world, the EPIC Center is intended as a collaborative space for tech engineers, university faculty and others to come together and create the next generation of tools for semiconductor manufacturing. It’s planned to have more than 180,000 square feet of cleanroom space–the size of more than three American football fields. It will be located next to Applied Materials’ existing Maydan Technology Center on Arques Avenue.“I’ve always been excited about what we can do collectively about improving the condition of people,” Harris told the crowd at Applied Materials, adding that the semiconductors produced at the company’s campus “are essential to every electronic device we use.”“Without semiconduct...