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‘Mama bears’ may be the 2024 race’s soccer moms. But where the GOP seeks votes, some see extremism

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

In many election cycles, there’s a snappy shorthand used to describe the type of voters who may help decide the winner. Think soccer moms or security moms. Even NASCAR dads.And now, the “mama bears.”These conservative mothers and grandmothers, who in recent years have organized for “parental rights,” including banning discussion of gender identity in schools, have been classified as extremists by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They have also been among the most coveted voters so far in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.Donald Trump praised their work, saying organizations such as Moms for Liberty had taught the liberal left a lesson: “Don’t mess with America’s moms.” Ron DeSantis said “woke” policies had “awakened the most powerful political force in the country: mama bears.” His wife, Casey DeSantis, who launched “Mamas for DeSantis” in leadoff-voting Iowa, said moms and grandmas were the “game changer” in DeSantis’ blowout win for a second term as Florida governor. She pr...

At least 9 die and three dozen injured in a building collapse in Cameroon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — At least nine people were killed and nearly three dozen injured in a building collapse, Cameroonian authorities said on Sunday.A four-story building collapsed onto a smaller one early Sunday morning in Douala, the country’s economic center and largest city, 130 miles (210 km) west of the capital, Yaounde.“The casualty figures may be higher. Rescue workers, assisted by Cameroon government troops, are still digging the wreckage to see if more bodies can be recovered,” said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, governor of Cameroon’s Littoral region.The military’s fire brigade has been ordered to join the country’s Red Cross and other rescue services in searching for survivors trapped under the rubble.Residents living in the Ndogbon neighborhood where the incident took place said they are in shock.“We heard people screaming … and struggled to help some out of the wreckage, but could not do it with our spades and (garden) hoes,” said Gaspard Ndoppo, who lives near the ...

Child care in Travis County is the most expensive in Texas, new data show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Child care in Travis County is more expensive than anywhere else in the state, according to the National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP), a new data source released this year by the U.S Department of Labor Women's Bureau. With 2,360 counties — including the 254 counties in Texas — represented in the NDCP, the new data provide the most comprehensive federal source of child care prices at the county level in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. RELATED: Austin City Council studying solutions for childcare affordability According to the department's initial findings, the data show "child care remains out of financial reach for many families."Cathy McHorse — vice president of Success by 6, a coalition of early childhood advocates with United Way for Greater Austin — said she isn't surprised that Travis County tops the list in Texas."When we hear about Austin and our crisis of affordability, child care is a major component of affordability...

Suspects charged in 2 recent deadly St. Louis shootings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Police recently arrested suspects in connection with two St. Louis recent deadly shootings investigated as homicides. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrests of Mohammed Abdi and Tiffany Richardson on Saturday. 3-year-old boy from southern Illinois advances in 2023 USA Mullet Competition Prosecutors have charged Abdi with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He is accused of fatally shooting Jametric Steele on July 7 in the parking lot of a QuikTrip on Gravois Road. Prosecutors have charged Richardson with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon (shooting from a vehicle) and two counts of armed criminal action. She is accused of shooting two and killing a 52-year-old man, identified as George Robins, in the 1300 block of Shawmut Place. Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are handling both investigations. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Sunny to partly cloudy skies with temp highs around 90 Sunday, highs in upper 90s during work week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

ST. LOUIS - We have just a few isolated weak storms out there that will continue to diminish over the next couple of hours. Then we're set to have mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and seasonable temperatures around 90. Another slight chance of isolated showers and storms is expected by mid to late afternoon and early evening. Anything that bubbles up will diminish by around sunset. St. Louis radar: See a map of current weather here We then turn our attention to heat and increasing humidity for the work week. Monday will be hotter and sunny. Monday night, we are watching the chance of a complex of storms impacting some of the region into early Tuesday. Still some uncertainty on whether this will materialize.The rest of the work week will be in the mid to upper 90s with heat index values in the triple digits. 

Broncos training camp roundtable: Strengths, weaknesses, Russell Wilson and bold predictions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

Believe it or not, football season is just about here.Rookies have already reported to the Centura Health Center, and veterans aren’t far behind. By Friday, open training camp practice will be at hand for Broncos fans that were able to secure tickets — or grab them last-minute.So, with that in mind, the Bat Signal is out and the Denver Post sports crew has assembled to give their thoughts on some of the most pressing questions facing Sean Payton’s first team as it hits the practice field.Can Payton help engineer a turnaround that puts a string of playoff-free winters to bed? Can Russell Wilson bounce back from a career-worst year and save general manager George Paton from having engineered one of the worst trades in NFL history?Those questions won’t be answered in full when Las Vegas comes to town on Sept. 10, but the work starts in earnest this week.What is the Broncos’ strongest position on the football team? The part of the organization that Payton puts in his mind when he ...

How CU Buffs football coach Deion Sanders is changing Boulder, one menu at a time: “The guy is unapologetically himself.”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

BOULDER — For five decades, the Village Coffee Shop has been the place where CU hangovers go to die.Time doesn’t just stop at the corner of Folsom and Grove. It slides into a tiny booth, kicks up its feet, sops up runny eggs with soft, moist triangles of toast and watches the world pass by.“We bleed black and gold over here,” explained Shanna Henkel, a Buffs alum who’s co-owned the diner, a Boulder staple since 1972, with husband, Ryan, for more than 25 years. “My children learned the CU fight song before they knew their ABCs.”Undergrads bring their kids, who bring their kids, who bring their kids — a link of breakfast sausages that binds generations. The menu is simple and ageless; that it so rarely changes is part of the charm.But if you want a perfect example of the little, yet meaningful, ways over the last seven months in which Deion Sanders, a venerated Black man from the South, is changing Boulder, a predominantly white, affluent westerncollege town, it’s there in one word at...

Why Parker’s Dale LeMonds built his own “Field of Dreams” in his backyard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

PARKER — Dale LeMonds looked at a two-acre patch of dirt on his property and envisioned a lifetime of memories.What he saw was a perfectly manicured baseball field carved out of a hill, with views of the Rocky Mountains to the west and downtown Denver to the north.The diamond would be “the best playing surface in Colorado behind Coors Field” — his own “Field of Dreams” on the Front Range, where he and his sons could foster their unbreakable bond with the game.What he built was LeMonds Field, which features the same sod, dirt and warning-track mix as the Rockies’ stadium, plus several other cherished baseball artifacts that make the diamond seem straight out of Universal Studios.“My favorite parts are mornings and nights on the field,” LeMonds said. “Coming out and hitting fungos to the boys, throwing batting practice to them and whoever else wants to come up and join.“They say the game never leaves you. It definitely doesn’...

Miami PD search for 12-year-old boy missing from Little Haiti

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

The Miami Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a 12-year-old boy who has been reported missing from Little Haiti. Kemarien Branton stands at 4 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs approximately 105 lbs, and has brown hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing a white shirt and black shorts. Anyone with information on Branton’s whereabouts is urged to call Miami PD at 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111.

1 man in custody following overnight rollover car wreck at Pelican Harbor Marina; Boat ramp shuts down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:41 GMT

Authorities are investigating a severe rollover wreck in Pelican Harbor Marina, causing the boat ramp to close down Sunday morning.The crash happened along Northeast 79th Street in North Bay Village, where the car resulted being flipped upside down and engulfed in flames.Cameras caught the police extracting a man from the water shortly after the wreck, who is now in custody. Fire rescue also responded to the scene but it’s unclear if anyone was transported for medical attention. A tow truck is standing by as crime scene technicians finish collecting evidence from the vehicle.Police suspect the crash was due to a chase, however, details about what caused it remain under investigation.