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Suspect killed at Lakeside Motel in shooting involving deputy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) —A suspect is dead after a shooting involving a deputy took place early Friday morning at the Lakeside Motel.The Adams County Sheriff's Office tweeted that just after midnight that the department was involved in a shooting at the Lakeside Motel in Denver. The area is north of downtown in the Berkley neighborhood. Family of man shot and killed by Summit County deputy calls for investigation Based on the preliminary information, shots were fired when a deputy attempted to contact a suspect at the motel. The deputy believed the suspect was armed. ACSO did not say how many shots were fired. The adult male suspect was pronounced dead at the scene, but the deputy was uninjured. One lane is closed on southbound Federal Boulevard while police investigate.This is a developing story, FOX31 has a crew on scene and will update this story throughout the morning.

Denver weather: Little cooldown with a weekend storm chance

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Friday brings mostly sunny skies and mild highs in the middle 80s to the Front Range. Air quality is still low along Interstate 25, so an air quality alert is in effect until 4 p.m. in the Denver weather forecast.Pinpoint Weather: Advisories on July 14.Weather today: Sunny skies and mild temperaturesThe Denver metro will see plenty of sunshine Friday afternoon, helping highs top out in the middle 80s. Suspect killed at Lakeside Motel in shooting involving deputy Winds can become brisk in the second half of the day with a very small chance of a passing shower.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on July 14.Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with southern showersClouds stick around overnight Friday with some showers possible south of the metro area. Winds will get lighter with lows dipping to the 60-degree mark.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on July 14.Looking ahead: Mild on Saturday, then warming back upHigh temperatures will start the weekend and be comfortable in t...

Davie Police investigate after car crashes into canal

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

Police responded to an area in Davie after a car was spotted in a canal. Davie Police officers were at the scene on the 13800 block of Southwest 14th Street where they investigated an area where a partially submerged vehicle was in the nearby canal, Friday morning. Sources said a barefooted woman captured on live 7Skyforce footage appeared to have been the driver of the vehicle that is now in the body of water. Officials said no injuries were reported. Authorities plan on remaining at the scene until the car is removed from the water.Police said the exact details have not been confirmed as they continue investigating the incident.

Saudi Arabia’s MBS ‘to visit UK’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

LONDON — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — known as MBS — is set to visit the U.K. later this year, it was reported Friday.According to the Financial Times, the trip is set to take place around October or November and comes amid a wider Western push to re-establish ties with the nation following the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bin Salman has been accused of coordinating the murder.Pressed on the reports of a visit Friday, Downing Street declined to confirm details of a foreign leader’s trip. But they repeated condemnation of Khashoggi’s killing. “We’ve been clear the murder was a terrible crime and the Saudis should ensure it never happens again,” the prime minister’s official spokesperson said. Khashoggi, who was also the editor-in-chief of the Al-Arab News Channel, was assassinated in 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Bin Salman has had meetings with a number of Western leaders recentl...

Meloni, Rutte and von der Leyen head to Tunisia to unlock migrant deal

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

The EU’s migration trio is headed back to Tunisia.EU chief executive Ursula von der Leyen will join Italian leader Giorgia Meloni and her Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, in Tunisia on Sunday in a bid to unblock a stalled deal with the country to limit migrant departures. The EU has been trying to finalize an agreement with Tunisia since June, when von der Leyen, Meloni and Rutte traveled to the country to meet Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed. The deal would see the EU provide cash to Tunisia in exchange for stronger border controls.“We hope to wrap up the discussions we kicked off in June,” the European Commission’s deputy spokesperson Dana Spinant said at a daily media briefing on Friday.  Von der Leyen announced in June that the EU is ready to provide Tunisia with over €1 billion in different areas, including trade, investment and energy cooperation. But negotiations have since slowed, with diplomats failing to strike a dea...

Commission rebuffs calls to retract US antitrust hire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

The European Commission said there are no grounds to reverse the choice of a U.S. professor for a sensitive competition post after four European Parliament groups called for the job pick to be retracted.Renew Europe, the European People’s Party, Socialists and Democrats and Greens sent a letter to Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Friday, expressing “dismay” over the appointment of Fiona Scott Morton as chief competition economist this week. It is the first time a non-EU person has held such a senior Commission post.Commission spokesperson Dana Spinant told reporters on Friday that there is no good reason for the Commission to change course. “Following the recruitment process, the College endorsed the proposal to appoint this person to this position, the decision was made and we see no ground to reconsider,” she said.Lawmakers earlier told Vestager to “reverse the decision taken by the College” on July 11. “Though we recog...

Health care company books entire Camden Yards upper deck for Sunday’s Orioles game, setting record for largest group

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

A health care company has purchased nearly 12,000 tickets in Camden Yards’ upper deck for the Orioles’ game Sunday, the largest group reservation in the ballpark’s history, according to a team spokesperson.The massive ticket purchase is part of a “Family Fun Day” at the stadium for employees of Autumn Lake health care, which operates more than 30 nursing homes and rehabilitation care centers in Maryland.The company’s festivities Sunday will also include all-you-can-eat dining in the upper deck for the company’s employees and their families, according to Rivka Heisler, Autumn Lake’s director of employee engagement. An Autumn Lake staffer will sing “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch, and Suleiman Banire, the director of nursing at a Silver Spring facility, will throw the game’s ceremonial first pitch.Heisler said she started planning months ago for the corporate event at Camden Yards. Sunday’s h...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz warm up on No. 1 Court for their Wimbledon semifinal matches

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — With rain coming down outside, Novak Djokovic warmed up for the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday by getting some practice time under the roof on No. 1 Court.The seven-time champion will face Jannik Sinner on Centre Court later in the day. Djokovic is looking to win a 24th major title while Sinner, an eighth-seeded Italian, is trying to reach a Grand Slam final for the first time.Sinner also spent some time on No. 1 Court practicing under the roof.The last player to warm up in the second-biggest stadium at the All England Club was top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard will face Daniil Medvedev in the other men’s semifinal match on Centre Court in the late match.Medvedev, who is seeded third and won the U.S. Open in 2021, practiced Friday morning on Centre Court.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsThe Associated Press

3 people were seriously wounded in a stabbing at a church-run aid center in the Dutch city of Leiden

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Three people were seriously wounded Friday in a stabbing at a church-run center that houses several aid organizations in the Dutch university city of Leiden. Police said they were hunting for the male suspect who fled the scene.A motive for the 9:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) attack at the center, a former bakery, wasn’t immediately given.The chairman of the center, Bert Verweij, told regional broadcaster Omroep West that the wounded people were a staff member, a volunteer and a worker at one of the organizations that uses the center.Police appealed for assistance in tracking down the suspect, but warned members of the public not to approach him. They described the man as having “dark skin, short hair and beard” and said he also had a head wound.The center houses organizations that offer help to people including migrants and asylum-seekers.Further details weren’t immediately available. Calls to the center went unanswered.The Associated Press

China criticizes German call for reducing dependency on Chinese products as ‘protectionism’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:03:06 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday criticized a German government call for reducing dependency on Chinese products and decreasing other potentially unstable factors in bilateral relations, calling it a form of protectionism. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that a long-awaited German government strategy for relations with China that pointed to a “systemic rivalry” went “against the trend of the times, and will only aggravate divisions in the world.” Wang said the two countries were “partners rather than rivals,” a typical ruling Chinese Communist Party formulation for dismissing criticism. “We believe that to engage in competition and protectionism in the name of de-risking and reducing dependency, and to overstretch the concept of security and politicize normal cooperation will only be counterproductive and create artificial risks,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing. Germany has Europe’s biggest economy and its strategy seeks to balance robust trade ties with China,...