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How Cubs, PAWS Chicago used City Series to find a few dogs new homes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

CHICAGO — The second City Series in 2023 hit during the "Dog Days of Summer," and that took on literal meaning at Wrigley Field on Wednesday.That's because an organization was hoping to find some canines a new home, doing so with the Cubs' help in a time of need. With the shelters filling up with animals over the summer months, PAWS Chicago held an adoption day in conjunction with the MLB franchise on Wednesday ahead of the second game between the Cubs and the White Sox. The idea was done with the aid of Lindsay Hawkins, the wife of Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins, and Emma Hendricks, the wife of pitcher Kyle Hendricks. "They had come through PAWS in the last year and they wanted to get more deeply involved," said PAWS Chicago CEO Susanna Wickham. "So they approached us about creating this event."For it, the organization brought six dogs for adoption to the event with Cubs-themed names: Gallagher, Hawkins, Hendricks, Ivy, Swanson, and Wrigley. Both Emma and Kyle Hendricks along ...

After extended Leagues Cup break, Austin FC primed for playoff run with 11 matches left

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC gets back to Major League Soccer action Saturday on the road against St. Louis City FC, and while losing early in Leagues Cup wasn't exactly what head coach Josh Wolff wanted, he acknowledged the team got a much-needed break.MLS play continues Saturday across the league as Leagues Cup wraps up, and now with just about the entire roster healthy and match-ready, Wolff said it's now or never with the last 11 games of the regular season.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters"Most of our players are going to be available going forward," Wolff said. "This was a chance to get a break, but we kept them in a fairly decent routine. By no means was a long break our objective, but we'll take advantage of it as it happens. We're getting back to a healthy space."Austin FC hasn't played since being eliminated from Leagues Cup play by FC Juarez on July 29, so the c...

Retirees win St. Jude Dream Home in Dardenne Prairie

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. – Patricia McBride and her husband were watching FOX 2 months ago when they saw a four bedroom, two-and-a-half bath St. Jude Dream Home in Dardenne Prairie and decided to take a chance.“Watching Channel 2 when we had it and said, ‘Yeah, let’s give it a shot,’” Patricia said. “We did and thought no more about it.”Patricia went online and was one of 16,000 people to buy a $100 ticket for a chance at the $700,000 home. All proceeds from the contest are donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Cut to Thursday morning on FOX 2 News in the Morning, when Patricia had her name drawn on air as the Dream Home winner.“Actually, received a text before I got the call,” she said. “My niece texted before I got the call, and she said, ‘Did you just win a home?’ Then my husband hands me the phone, and this woman said she was from St. Jude and asked me my name, and I just could not believe it. Oh my God, I just could not believe it.”Patricia and her husband are both reti...

Teen employee shot at Santiago’s in Commerce City, police looking for suspect

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

Commerce City police are investigating a shooting at Santiago’s Mexican Restaurant.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Colorado Springs officer shoots armed fugitive who pulled gun, police say Crime and Public Safety | One person dead after shooting near downtown, Denver police investigating Crime and Public Safety | Montana women accused in downtown Loveland homeless shooting Crime and Public Safety | Adams County deputy shot, suspect arrested after overnight chase Crime and Public Safety | MS-13 gang member from El Salvador gets life in prison for metro Denver murders Shooting investigation at 72nd and Highway 85. Very large police presence and active scene. Please avoid the area. More info here and on FB when it’s available. pic.twitter.com/Lkht167Kjn— Commerce City Police Department (@CommerceCityPD) August 17, 2023A teenage employee of the restaurant, near the intersection of 72nd ...

Woman bitten by snake outside Riverside County home

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

A woman is recovering after being bitten by a snake outside her mother's Wildomar home earlier this week.The woman's mother, Denise Silva, told KTLA her daughter still has a lot of swelling and is in a lot of pain after the red diamond rattlesnake bit her on her toe. The daughter, Tonya, was walking up to the home Tuesday when the snake struck. "She shook her foot and it went back underneath," Silva explained. Tonya's toe immediately started swelling and she went to the hospital."We didn't know if it was a rattlesnake, or if it was not venomous," Silva said. Silva's grandson, meanwhile, fended off the snake until Ryan Jessup of Ryan’s Rattlesnake Rescue responded to the home. The reptiles are usually docile and won't strike unless they feel threatened, but this one might have been already on defensive due to an injury it appeared to have, Jessup said. Most likely, it was just looking for some shade. "With the heat that’s going on, that’s what snakes are doing now, in search of shade...

2 strong-arm robbery suspects arrested

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

Two 20-year-old men have been arrested for a pair of strong-arm robberies where the victims’ cellphones were stolen, and authorities announced on Thursday that they believe there are likely additional victims.  Around 6 p.m. on Aug. 16, officers with the Ontario Police Department responded to the 4500 block of Mills Circle on reports of a robbery, according to an OPD news release.  At the scene, police learned that the victim’s cell phone had been taken from his hand by a suspect wearing all-black clothing and a mask.  Just after 7 p.m., a little more than four miles away from the original robbery, authorities received a second report of a strong-arm incident involving a stolen cell phone in the area of Vineyard Avenue and Sixth Street. The victim in the second instance gave authorities an identical suspect description.  “Based on witness statements and evidence at the scene, it appeared the two robberies were related,” the release stated.  Investigators were able to track...

A look at California's brief history with hurricanes and tropical storms

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

With Hurricane Hilary likely to hit Southern California as either a weak Category 1 hurricane or a tropical storm, meteorologists are revisiting some of the previous tropical cyclones to hit the Golden State in recorded history.There haven’t been many.Thanks to cooler ocean water temperatures and a semi-permanent high-pressure system, storms rarely gain or maintain enough strength to make landfall as a tropical storm or a hurricane in California. On the few occasions when they have, they originated south of the United States and traveled northward.The 1939 Long Beach Tropical StormSeptember 1939 saw the only tropical storm to make landfall in California in the twentieth century.The storm began as a tropical depression off the coast of Panama and quickly grew into a hurricane.“The lowest pressure (28.67") occurred on September 22, when the storm was centered approximately 300 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).T...

Retail Theft Task Force Introduced In Los Angeles

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

With a recent string of retail theft in Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass announced the formation of a combative task force.The Organized Retail Crime Task Force will consist of multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, LAPD, California Highway Patrol (CHP), Glendale PD, Beverly Hills PD and Santa Monica PD. The apprehension task forces for the U.S. Marshals and FBI will also collaborate with local law enforcement.“Our number one job is to keep Angelenos safe and to feel safe,” Bass said at a press conference inside Los Angeles City Hall Thursday. “No Angeleno should feel like it is not safe to go shopping in Los Angeles. No entrepreneur should feel like it is not safe to open a business in Los Angeles.”LAPD Chief Michel Moore explained that the task force will consist of detectives with specific experience in theft investigations and theft prevention.“As chief of police, my primary duty is to ensure the safety...

‘This is what they get’: Long-ignored Antioch residents feel vindicated over police indictments

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

ANTIOCH – They insisted the Antioch cops were dirty all along, that the officers targeted and mocked their sons and fiancés and loved ones because they were Black, but no one believed them.When Kathryn Wade heard the news Thursday morning that six Antioch officers were among the 10 indicted in a wide-ranging police corruption scandal in federal court Thursday – with reams of racist text messages bolstering some of the charges – she broke into tears. Her son, she said, had been beaten five times by Antioch police, who joked about it.Kathryn Wade, of Antioch, embraces a graduation photograph of her son Malad Baldwin while at her home in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Malad graduated from Antioch High School in 2012. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) “Thank you, Jesus,”  she said. “I know God answered my prayers because we weren’t just saying this was happening, we weren’t just putting in complaints, I wasn’t just protesting, I wasn’t going to...

Michael Parkinson, Britain’s talk show king, dies at 88

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:49 GMT

By Pan Pylas | Associated PressLONDON — Michael Parkinson, the renowned British broadcaster who interviewed some of the world’s most famous celebrities of the 20th century from Muhammad Ali to Miss Piggy, has died. He was 88.His family said in a statement to the BBC on Thursday that Parkinson died “peacefully at home last night” after a brief illness.After training and working as a journalist, Parkinson got his big television break in 1971 when the BBC offered him his own eponymous talk show.Hosting “Parkinson” over three spells through to 2007, he earned his status as Britain’s talk show king by putting his guests at ease, drawing out insights others could not. Flirty, funny and serious by turns, he would spar with his guests, rather than seeking anecdotes, although those were welcome when they came.Over four animated interviews with the great heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, Parkinson knew he had met his match.“I’m not going to argue with you,” Parky tol...