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Parking mayhem at Chatfield State Park for July 4th

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — For a while outside Chatfield State Park on July Fourth it looked like a bit of mayhem. There have been long lines to get into Chatfield before, with cars sometimes seen parked along Wadsworth Boulevard near the entrance. Colorado July 4th fireworks 2023: Schedule and cancellations But nothing like what FOX31 witnessed this July Fourth. Vehicles were parked bumper to bumper on Tuesday, all along the road outside the park. People were walking everywhere along a busy road.Because the recreational area was already full, countless cars driven by people like Nella Mahoney, of Littleton, never made it in.“When I got up to the front, they said there was no more parking, and then they were like no parking,” Mahoney said.Chatfield on capacity hold for July 4thFOX31 cameras captured groups of people walking along a busy Wadsworth next to fast-moving traffic, just to get inside the park. The bustling scene left some people scrambling for a new route in and a place t...

Woman uninjured after driving car into swimming pool in Fort Lauderdale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

Fort Lauderdale police responded to a car accident where a woman drove her silver sedan into a swimming pool, resulting in a fully submerged vehicle.The incident took place at 2900 NE 30th Street in Fort Lauderdale, at a small apartment building, Tuesday afternoon. The driver crashed through a wooden fence, causing her car to end up in the pool. “I grabbed her, she started climbing through the window and I just grabbed her and put her to the side,” said T.J. Yarborough, a witness. Fire Rescue authorities confirmed that there were no reported injuries.A tow truck was called to remove the car from the pool.

An elite runner in a 10K race took a wrong turn meters from the finish. It cost her thousands in prize money

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

(CNN) — Senbere Teferi looked to be mere seconds away from defending her Peachtree Road Race title.That is, until she took a wrong turn just before the finish line.The first three competitors of the women’s elite division of the Peachtree Road Race, a 10-kilometer race held annually in Atlanta on July 4, were approaching the finish line when Teferi, the 2022 champion, had the lead.But with just meters to go, Teferi, who was following a lead vehicle, took a right turn, running off course.The mistake cost her the win as Fotyen Tesfay kept going straight ahead and went on to cross the finish line first. Tesfay’s time was 30 minutes, 43 seconds according to the online results. Teferi ended up in third, four seconds behind Tesfay.The wrong turn also cost Teferi in prize money. The winner of the race earns $10,000, while second place receives $5,000 and third place gets $3,000.Tesfay was asked through a translator about those final meters.“I was really upset by Senbere’s mistake because s...

Shark swims close to beachgoers in Navarre Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (WSVN)- At the shore of a Florida beach, a shark came close to swimmers in Navarre Beach.People at the beach spotted the fin at Navarre Beach up in the Panhandle and swimmers scrambled to get out of the water, Monday.A beachgoer said the shark was trying to feed on a school of fish before it swam away.

Garver’s 3-run HR, Dunning’s solid start carry AL West-leading Rangers over Red Sox, 6-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Mitch Garver hit a three-run homer, Dane Dunning pitched six solid innings and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers had a rain-delayed 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.Robbie Grossman and Josh Jung each added an RBI double for the Rangers, who won for just the second time in six games. Garver also had a bases-loaded walk.Jarren Duran had a triple and double, and Justin Turner an RBI single for Boston, which had its three-game winning streak halted.The game was delayed for 1 hour, 47 minutes.With a light rain falling early in the game and turning heavier in the middle innings until the umpires called for the tarp with the Red Sox batting in the eighth, the 28-year-old Dunning (8-1) kept Boston’s offense in check, giving up a run and six hits with four strikeouts and a walk.Garver’s homer into the center-field bleachers off reliever Kaleb Ort (1-2) moved the Rangers ahead 3-1 in the second following singles by Nathaniel Lowe and Ezequiel Duran.Will Smith got A...

Air raid sirens sound in southern Israel, raising risk of new front of fighting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and IMAD ISSEID (Associated Press)JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military is reporting air-raid sirens in southern Israel, indicating rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.A rocket strike would risk opening up a new front of fighting for Israel in the Gaza Strip after a two-day military offensive in the occupied West Bank.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military began withdrawing troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank late Tuesday, security officials said, winding down an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Israeli soldier was killed.But heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants continued in parts of the Jenin refugee camp, delaying the planned pullout. Just after midnight, residents in the Jenin refugee camp said the ar...

Missing Massachusetts woman was ‘stuck in the mud’ for days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

A Massachusetts woman who had been missing for a week has been found after being “stuck in the mud for several days,” according to police.Emma Tetewsky. (Family photo via Stoughton Police Department)Emma Tetewsky, 31, was located on the evening of Monday, July 3, in Borderland State Park, several miles from her home in Stoughton.Hikers told police in Easton that they had heard a woman screaming for help in a swamp-like area but were not able to reach her. The officers came to the park around 6 p.m., and could also hear her screams.Three officers waded through the swampy area until they found her about 50 feet from solid land. Using all-terrain vehicles, they freed her from the mud.“Emma was conscious and alert and she was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for observation,” police added.Tetewsky was reported missing by her family on June 26, and the search had involved several public safety agencies.Borderland State Park is 1,843 acres (3 square miles). Its centerpiece is a 1910...

‘A powerful speech:’ Downtown Crossing hosts reading of Frederick Douglass Fourth of July speech

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

“What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass asked in a historic speech nearly 200 years ago, and Boston readers asked the same again to a crowd gathered in Downtown Crossing early Tuesday afternoon.“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine,” recited a young kid from Douglass’s words to the large crowd gathered around on the Downtown Crossing stairs and plaza. “You may rejoice, I must mourn.”The event, hosted by businesses in the area and emceed by WCVB’s Rhondella Richardson, featured a reading of the famous speech by numerous community members, along with a selection of musicians and performers.The speech, delivered originally to citizens in Douglass’s hometown Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1852, recalls the history of the country’s founding while reminding listeners of the brutal realities of slavery and calling for emancipation.“My only goal is you take something away and you spread the message ...

Green Line Extension shutdown for 6 weeks is ’cause for alarm,’ Somerville state reps write to MassDOT, MBTA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

The shutdown of the new Green Line Extension for six weeks is “cause for alarm,” Somerville state representatives wrote to MassDOT and MBTA this week as they raised several concerns about the service disruption for T riders during the middle of summer.Last Thursday ahead of the holiday weekend, the MBTA announced that Green Line service between Lechmere and Union Square stations will halt for 42 days from July 18 to Aug. 28. This is due to MassDOT repair work on the Route 28 Squires Bridge, which crosses over tracks near Union Square station.The Somerville reps — Mike Connolly, Christine Barber and Erika Uyterhoeven — on Monday wrote a letter to MassDOT Secretary Gina Fiandaca, the MBTA board and MBTA GM Phillip Eng about yet another travel nightmare for the region.The state reps said they’re concerned that the alternative travel bus options will not be enough during the six-week service disruption.“We want to make sure that we’re serving th...

Red Sox Notebook: Nathan Eovaldi admits he misses Boston

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:45:36 GMT

The Texas Rangers’ three-game series at Fenway Park will conclude with a resounding exclamation point.Ahead of Tuesday’s series opener, Nathan Eovaldi confirmed that he’ll take the mound for the finale on Thursday.“I’m definitely excited, obviously. I had this (series) on my schedule,” the former Red Sox star told reporters on Tuesday morning. “To be able to start this one, I mean, I was super excited.“I was excited just to be able to come back here alone, but to be able to pitch in front of the fans again, it’ll be awesome.”The last time Eovaldi pitched against the Red Sox, he was a New York Yankee. That was on Aug. 10, 2016, his last game of the season before needing Tommy John surgery for the second time.While his arm recovered, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in February 2017. At the following summer’s trade deadline, they dealt him to Boston, and he immediately cemented himself as a crucial member of that recor...