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St. Louis City officials announcing next phase of 'Behavioral Health Bureau' today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis city leaders plan to announce the next phase of the city's new 'Behavioral Health Bureau' Tuesday. It was established last October to focus on improving access to mental health care and treating substance abuse. Officials shared that the opioid crisis and mental health troubles have a direct link to violent crime in St Louis. Former St. Louis alderman under federal indictment for insurance fraud Mayor Tishaura Jones will join health department leaders for the announcement at 1:45 p.m.

Dot Foods' last trade show in St. Louis starting today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A popular trade show is happening in downtown St. Louis this week for the last time.Dot Foods has held a trade show at America's Center for about 20 years. This year's event starts Tuesday and runs through Thursday. The annual convention brings in more than 2,600 participants and generates about $2.5 million dollars for the city. Mizzou hazing case: 4th fraternity brother pleads guilty Dot Foods CEO Dick Tracy said in order to get more customers and suppliers to attend the show and feel safe, they'll move it to Denver next year.Great St. Louis Inc. responded to Tracy's announcement, saying. "it's proof of how critical it is that we address violent crime as a region. In downtown specifically, because of its criticality to the long-term growth of the city and the entire metro."

NAACP hosting police chase town hall today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The NAACP is holding a town hall meeting Tuesday to discuss police pursuits. They want to address the risks they say come with high speed pursuits and for community members to share their experiences and opinions. They also hope to come up with solutions to reduce violent or harmful outcomes. Former St. Louis alderman under federal indictment for insurance fraud The town hall is at 6:00 p.m. at the Omega Center on Goodfellow Boulevard.

Nuggets championship odds 2024: What sportsbooks think of Denver’s chances after winning the NBA Finals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

The Nuggets aren’t Denver’s secret anymore. After beating the Miami Heat, 94-89, to win the team’s first NBA championship on Monday, oddsmakers are giving Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and company strong odds to repeat next season.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | Nuggets’ Bruce Brown on impending free agency: “I want to stay.” Denver Nuggets | Denver Nuggets’ run to championship among most dominant in modern NBA history Denver Nuggets | Michael Porter Jr.’s double-double more than offsets poor shooting night: “I could have scored zero points, I don’t care. We won a championship.”  Denver Nuggets | Kiszla: Nuggets kick down the door, win first championship in franchise history Denver Nuggets | How Nuggets center Nikola Jokic’s run to 2023 NBA title stacks up historically The Nuggets have +500 odds — meaning a $100 bet would win $500 — to...

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope motivated Nuggets by bringing his championship ring to home playoff games

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

A ring fitting took place in the Denver locker room after the first game of the NBA Finals.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, the only Nugget with an NBA title already on his résumé, handed his 2020 Lakers championship ring to teammate Michael Porter Jr., who has spent his entire brief career in Denver. Porter modeled the rock on his ring finger, turning his hand over to get a proper look at all the angles.“He’d seen me put it on and asked to look at it,” Caldwell-Pope said.The Finals were only 1-0, but it’s never too early to try out your ring size.KCP started bringing his coveted ring to Ball Arena for home playoff games during the first round of the Nuggets’ 2023 championship run, he told The Post. The inspirational tactic carried on throughout the postseason. It wasn’t a slight toward the Nuggets’ opponents — Caldwell-Pope just wanted to keep a reminder of what he was playing for close to him at all times.“I never brought it during th...

At 87, Bay Area author Kenneth Ring, the authority on near-death experiences, is ready to die

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

Kenneth Ring was in his mid-40s when he started to get interested in near-death experiences and the possibility of an afterlife. Death wasn’t something to fear, even his own.“I don’t believe near-death experiences prove anything like (an afterlife), but if you look at the evidence and you look at the testimony of near-death experiencers, it’s pretty hard not to think that life is not a dead end, that life continues,” says Kentfield resident Kenneth Ring, the preeminent authority on near-death experiences. Courtesy of Kenneth RingNow 87, the preeminent authority on near-death experiences (NDE) still doesn’t fear death. In fact, the Kentfield resident welcomes it and with the publication of his latest book, “A Near-Death Researcher’s Notebook, What I Have Learned About Dying, Death, and the Afterlife,” hopes others will, too.After decades of researching NDEs, you might think there was nothing new to discover. You’d be wrong. Ring talks of what’s called “terminal lucidity,” when s...

Too much barking? Here’s how to combat it

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

Just like us, dogs have a wide range of body language and vocalizations. Barking is a dog’s voice. In some situations, you might want your dog to bark (intruder alert). In others, it might create problems (at a neighbor).Dogs bark for a variety of reasons, including alerting to an intruder, excitement, loneliness, anxiety, fear and fun. Some breeds were developed to be guard dogs or alert barkers. They’re more sensitive to sounds or intruders and will often bark first and ask questions later. In addition, barking is a self-reinforcing behavior. Some dogs simply enjoy “talking.” Hoping the behavior will go away on its own will likely fail. Yelling at your dog for barking simply teaches them that you can bark, too. So, how do you modify the behavior?First, figure out what kind of barking your dog is doing.• Alert barking: letting you know they’ve seen or heard something out of the ordinary.• Defensive barking: trying to make something they’re afraid of or don’t like go away.• Frustrat...

Walters: PG&E rate change tied to Legislature’s abusive ‘trailer bills’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

Few people inside or outside the Capitol were paying much attention last year when Assembly Bill 205 popped up on the California Senate floor on June 29.The measure had been sitting in the Senate for more than four months, one of many so-called “trailer bills” legally connected to the state budget but having little, if any, policy connection to the budget.Over the previous decade, after voters — perhaps unwittingly — reduced the legislative vote requirement for budgets from two-thirds to a simple majority, it had become common practice for governors and legislative leaders to put sweeping policy changes into trailer bills to make their passage easier.Trailer bills need just simple majority votes, take effect immediately on being signed by the governor, and are typically taken up in rapid fire order with little or no serious discussion.Typically, AB 205 was, in fact, a major revision of how regulated utilities, such as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Southern California ...

Donald Trump will face judge in historic court appearance over charges he mishandled secret documents

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | Associated PressMIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump was set to make his first court appearance Tuesday in a historic criminal case charging the former president with hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors and trying to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.Trump approached his Miami court date with characteristic bravado, insisting as he has done through years of legal woes that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for political purposes. But the gravity of the moment is unmistakable as he answers to 37 felony counts that accuse him of willfully retaining classified records that prosecutors say could have jeopardized national security if exposed.The case is laden with political implications for Trump, who currently holds the dominant spot in the early days of the 2024 Republican presidential primary. But it also poses profound legal consequences given the prospect of a years-long pr...

California man accused of crossing state lines to pick up 13-year-old runaway girl for sex

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:37 GMT

A 28-year-old Perris man suspected of unlawful sex with a minor faces kidnapping charges after a traffic stop for reckless driving led authorities to discover his 13-year-old female passenger was a runaway from Colorado Springs, Colo., officials said Monday.The suspect, Jacob Orleans, was initially pulled over by the California Highway Patrol at Twentynine Palms Highway and Prescott Avenue in Yucca Valley on May 28. Officers requested assistance from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station after both individuals gave varying stories regarding their relationship, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | JPMorgan reaches settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area man gets 10 years in federal prison for distributing film of himself sexually abusing a boy Crime and Public Safety | Hayward handyman charged with violently molesting 8-year-old girl as she screamed ...