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Texas man sentenced to 4+ years for role in January 6

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (KXAN) – A Texas man was sentenced to 57 months in prison Friday for assaulting law enforcement resulting in bodily injury related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2020, according to an announcement from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.The U.S. Attorney's Office said Donald Hazard, 44, of Hurst, Texas, was sentenced for assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. Hurst is a suburb of Fort Worth. Hazard pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2023. The press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office said U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss also ordered Hazard to serve 36 months of supervised release and pay restitution of $2,000.According to court documents, Hazard was the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Patriot Boys of North Texas, a self-described militia. In preparation for attending the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, Hazard gathered protective gear and other supplies including a military-style helmet, knuckle gloves, goggles, body armor, ...

Non-alcoholic bottle shop Marigold set to open St. Paul location this summer

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 GMT

Marigold, a popular South Minneapolis non-alcoholic bottle shop, is expanding to St. Paul with a second location set to open within a few weeks in St. Anthony Park.In addition to zero-proof spirits and other alcohol-free liqueurs and mixers, the shop also stocks a selection of THC beverages. Marigold will be in the Milton Square development off Como Avenue, a few doors down from Nico’s Taco Bar.“There has to be more of a space for people who don’t want to fall into the pressure of constantly having the ‘mommy happy hour,’” owner Erin Flavin said. “There’s got to be a better way for people to be social without alcohol.”Flavin, who also owns the hair salon Honeycomb in South Minneapolis and herself no longer drinks alcohol, opened Marigold’s first location in 2022, next door to the salon. The shop has plenty of regular customers from St. Paul, several of whom suggested the particular storefront the shop is now taking over, she said.In recent years, especially during the pandemic, non-...

Korean fried chicken chain to open in former Bap and Chicken spot on Grand Ave

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 GMT

Bb.q Chicken, a global chain of Korean fried chicken restaurants, is opening its second Minnesota location on Grand Avenue in mid-June.(The name is an abbreviation for “best of the best quality” — no relation to barbecue!)The restaurant, which first came to the Twin Cities with a location in Uptown Minneapolis last winter, is taking over the former Bap and Chicken space on Grand and Hamline avenues.“We do a lot more scratch prep than people know,” said Emily Krouse, who owns the local bb.q franchises. Yes, she has the support of a global brand behind her, she said, but she aims to run her stores with a small-businessowner’s focus on quality. Nothing is frozen; chicken is marinated for 12 hours before being fried super-crispy.As Korean chicken chain bb.q prepares to take over the spot on Grand Avenue once home to Bap and Chicken in summer 2023, the space is undergoing some changes, as shown in this undated photo. Bb.q’s local franchises are owned by Emily Krouse, who, like Bap ...

St. Louis County man charged after White House crash

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:02 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...