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School bus driver shortage and delayed routes persist

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- School districts across New York State continue to grapple with a shortage of bus drivers. The Shenendehowa Central School District alerting parents Tuesday that some routes would need to be combined, which will lead to routes being a bit late, or taking longer than usual. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Alfred Karam, Director of Transportation at Shen, pointed to a graphic on his office computer showing just how quickly and how much the numbers of applicants and new drivers have fallen off.“Those numbers aren’t there," Karam said, "and that’s what gets us into this kind of a situation.”Karam shared a graphic detailing the number of drivers the district has interviewed and retained over the past several years.Karam said the steep, post-pandemic decline wasn’t just due to people leaving the career behind over fears of getting sick."It dried up the foot traffic. My data showed we had a lot of pe...

St. Louis robbers tell victim to strip naked after chase

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Four people ran for their lives after two men started shooting at them in south St. Louis early Tuesday morning. The robbers eventually asked one of the victims to strip naked when they caught up with him.A woman and three men in their early 20s were driving in south St. Louis to deliver food at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. One of the men was an Uber Eats worker. He was called to deliver an order to an address on Louisiana Avenue, just south of Osceola.The group was walking back to their vehicle when a late 90s champagne colored Chevrolet Camaro with a black T-top roof pulled up besides them. Two men in their 20s armed with handguns got out of the vehicle. Can’t drive with that: Illinois police find 3 garbage bags of marijuana during traffic stop All four victims started to run back to their vehicle. The suspects chased after them while firing shots and eventually caught up with two of the victims in the 4300 block of Virginia Avenue.The suspects told the man to take of...

Sterling K. Brown and Anthony Fauci to speak at Washington University graduation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Sterling K. Brown and Anthony Fauci will be receiving honorary degrees from Washington University this May. Brown will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming commencement ceremony. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Dr. Fauci will also address the students. Brown is a St. Louis native and has received three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 2018, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. It has been announced that Top story: Overland armored car robbery video reveals surprising actions Dr. Fauci is a prominent figure in the field of public health. He has been awarded a staggering 58 honorary doctoral degrees from universities both domestically and internationally, as reported by Washington University.Three others receiving honorary degrees from Washington University during the May commencement. Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, and a prominent figure in the world of entrepreneurs...

Missouri Senate committee considers removing restrictions on fentanyl tests

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

Fentanyl test strips are easily accessible over the counter in many states, but Missouri is not one of them.Missouri’s statute categorizes anything used to test or analyze drugs as drug paraphernalia, which makes illegal the possession of fentanyl tests, which can be used at home to test drugs and medication for fentanyl contamination.Senate Bill 480, sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Scott City, and heard Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, would add an exception to the statute to legalize the test strips.Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids, of which fentanyl is the most deadly, have risen dramatically in recent years. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported that over 2,000 drug-related deaths occurred in Missouri in 2021, and of them, about 70% involved a synthetic opioid.According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, to reduce costs, drug manufacturers mix fentanyl with other drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine...

Presidential primary would return under bill approved by the Missouri House

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

The House gave initial approval Monday to a bill that would reinstate the presidential preference primary in Missouri.The bill was amended to establish that the primary will take place on “the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April.” As introduced, the bill would have ordered the primary to be held on “the second Tuesday after the first Monday in March.”Rep. Michael O’Donnell, R-St. Louis, proposed the change. He said the intent was to save money and increase participation in municipal elections, which are held annually in April.Rep. Peggy McGaugh, R-Carrollton, said holding both elections at the same time raises a concern that non-partisan municipal elections could be turned into partisan elections because a voter would have to ask for a party ballot in order to vote in the municipal election.“The same candidates will be on every ballot,” O’Donnell said in response, adding that the non-partisan elections would continue to be non-partisan.Representatives discussed whether the...

Fox, Denver-based Dominion reach $787.5 million settlement over false election claims

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

By DAVID BAUDER, RANDALL CHASE and GEOFF MULVIHILL (Associated Press)WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.An attorney for Dominion said the settlement was for $787.5 million.“The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” said Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson in a news conference outside the courthouse after the announcement.Dominion had asked for $1.6 billion in arguing that Fox had damaged its reputation by helping peddle phony conspiracy theories about its equipment switching votes from former President Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Fox said the amount greatly overstated the value of the Colorado-based company.The resolution announced in Delaware Superior Court follows a recent summary judgment ruling by Judge Eric Davis in ...

Denver mayoral runoff poll shows Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough in statistical tie

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

Seven weeks before Denver’s mayoral runoff election, the first public poll of the matchup between Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough shows the candidates in a statistical dead heat — with plenty of undecided voters to win over.The poll, conducted last week by a bipartisan team, suggests that Johnston, a former state senator and the former leader of Gary Community Ventures, has a slight edge, with support from 38.9% of likely voters in the city’s June 6 runoff election. Brough, the former president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and a former chief of staff to then-Mayor John Hickenlooper, had support from 34.1% of poll respondents. That left 27% undecided.The difference between the candidates’ support levels was within the margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points, making it a statistical tie.“It’s still anyone’s race,” says a summary document for the poll, first reported by Axios Denver. It was conducted of 410 likely run...

Man who tracked stolen car, killed boy in Denver was previously arrested after driving police-style vehicle with lights, siren

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

The man who authorities say tracked down his stolen car in Denver, then shot and killed a 12-year-old boy inside it, previously was arrested in Maryland on impersonation charges after being stopped while driving a Ford Crown Victoria equipped with emergency lights and a siren, according to records obtained by The Denver Post.A Denver police search warrant names Jack Reed, 35, as the man who shot and killed 12-year-old Elias Armstrong while the boy sat in the driver’s seat of Reed’s stolen car on Feb. 5.Police determined someone in the car fired shots during the confrontation, and said the boy was killed in an “exchange of gunfire.” Denver District Attorney Beth McCann declined to press criminal charges against Reed.Records obtained by The Post show Reed was frustrated by the tepid police response to his stolen vehicle that night — telling dispatchers he was armed and had to act because police would not — and was once criminally charged with making...

Rams trade WR Robinson to Steelers: Report

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

The Los Angeles Rams are continuing to revamp and retool their roster, now agreeing to a trade to send last season's opening day WR2 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.The Rams have agreed in principle to a trade that will send wide receiver Allen Robinson to the Steelers in what appears to be a salary-shedding deal.As reported by ESPN insider Adam Schefter, the Rams will send the 29-year-old to Pittsburgh, along with a 7th round pick in the upcoming 2023 draft (pick 251) in exchange for Pittsburgh's 7th round pick (pick 234). The trade is set to be finalized once Robinson completes a physical with the Steelers.The deal functionally allows the Rams to move up 17 spots in the last round of the upcoming draft. As part of the deal, Schefter reports, the Rams agreed to pay the bulk of Robinson's salary in the upcoming season."Rams pay $10.25 million of Robinson’s salary; Steelers pay remaining $5 million," Schefter said in a tweet. Damar Hamlin cleared to play, 4 months after cardiac arrest R...

San Fernando Valley man who brought guns, drugs to Washington State Park in stolen RV sentenced to over 10 years in prison 

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:27:46 GMT

A man from Panorama City was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine after being arrested at a state park in Washington in a stolen RV. According to a release from the Department of Justice, 45-year-old Anthony Morales was arrested in May 2021 at Grayland Beach State Park in Pacific County, Washington. Morales conspired with others to use the stolen RV to transport and sell methamphetamine and other drugs, the DOJ said. He pleaded guilty in November 2022 and received his sentence on Monday.  Disabled woman’s custom RV stolen in Woodland Hills on Christmas Day “Inside the RV was more than a kilo of methamphetamine, counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl, five firearms, assorted ammunition and high-capacity firearm magazines,” the Justice Department said in a statement. “Law enforcement also recovered $24,000 in cash...driver’s licenses, Social Security cards in other names, a passport, checkbooks and credit cards in othe...