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Financial problems, lack of workers forces some Missouri birthing units to close

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Within the past decade, seven birthing units have closed at hospitals across the state, leaving an impact on Missourians, especially in rural areas.Since 2014, roughly 20 Missouri hospitals have closed, leaving 50 rural counties without a hospital. Nearly all of those closures are because of financial problems or a lack of workers. It's the same reasons why hospitals are shutting down labor and delivery units."It has been something that has been happening for over the last decade or more," Dave Dillon, Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) communications director, said.Closing the doors of a maternity ward impacts more than just the birth. It affects both prenatal and postpartum care."It's not that people don't have a place to give birth; it's that they also aren't getting all that care around birth, too," Julia Interrante, statistical lead at the University of Minnesota Rural Research Center, said. "Some people leave rural areas that are that reproductive age. D...

Stats show a busy holiday travel season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS – According to the Transportation Security Administration, the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday following the holiday are the busiest travel days in American airports.Since Nov. 17, TSA tells us it’s screening about 17,500 people a day at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Last Friday, TSA screened nearly 21,000 travelers in St. Louis, a number TSA expects will be eclipsed in the next few days.TSA says it’s seized two firearms at Lambert since Nov. 17, bringing the total to 85 to date.According to AAA, the average price for a domestic flight is $681, up 5% from last year. AAA says average prices for domestic hotel stays, rental cars, and cruises are all down from 2022. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW ...

Four men killed in apparent murder-suicide at Adams County home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

Four men were found dead by Adams County sheriff’s deputies in an apparent murder-suicide inside a home in the 8400 block of Franklin Drive on Tuesday afternoon.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Broomfield woman dies when catamaran carrying more than 100 people sank in Bahamas Crime and Public Safety | Man dies in custody at Denver detention center Tuesday Crime and Public Safety | She killed her husband 14 years ago. In an unusual move, a Colorado judge just exonerated her. Crime and Public Safety | “Extremely lucky”: Disaster averted at Glenwood Caverns after body, guns and bombs discovered Deputies responded to the home on reports of a gunshot victim at 4:25 p.m. and found four dead men inside, according to Sgt. Adam Sherman.The house was locked, and deputies forced entry and initially found one man dead from a gunshot wound. After checking the rest of the house, deputies found three additional me...

Broncos S Kareem Jackson’s four-game suspension upheld on appeal, eligible to return before Christmas Eve game vs. Patriots

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

Kareem Jackson is getting no grace this time.The Broncos veteran safety had his four-game suspension for a high hit on Minnesota quarterback Josh Dobbs in Sunday’s win over the Vikings upheld through the appeals process Tuesday, the NFL announced.The appeal was heard by former NFL linebacker Derrick Brooks, one of two officers jointly approved by the NFL and the NFL Players Association to handle such matters.Denver head coach Sean Payton said he took part in Jackson’s first, successful appeal last month on Jackson’s behalf and said it lasted about an hour via Zoom. In that instance, the original four-game suspension for a hit on Green Bay tight end Luke Musgrave was cut to two. But on Tuesday, Jackson received no such reprieve.Perhaps particularly stinging this time around for Jackson is that the Broncos have the longest active winning streak in the NFL at four games and are coming up on a critical juncture against a set of AFC foes also vying for playoff positioni...

Keeler: Deion Sanders says CU Buffs won’t “buy” superstar recruits? Then Coach Prime better buy a superstar offensive line coach. Now.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

BOULDER — Shedeur Sanders may be a Rolls-Royce quarterback. But he ain’t going anywhere for the Buffs until CU lands him an Oldsmobile.“I’m bringing in an old Oldsmobile in the summer. And they’re going to be pushing that thing up and around the field … I’ve done it before, because it does teach you to drive that knee through the defender. So whatever I’ve got to do, I’ll do it.”So said our old pal Chris Kapilovic, five springs ago. Remember Coach Kap? Mel Tucker Era. Blink and you missed him.And, oh, how the Buffs have missed him.Kap, Tucker’s offensive line coach, told amazing stories. He had his players push an ancient Oldsmobile around during workouts. He’s reportedly making $1.08 million this fall at Michigan State, where the program just happens to be in the middle of a regime change after Tucker’s icky off-field exploits came to light.Kapilovic’s contemporary at CU, Bill O’Boyle, is making $300,000. O’Boyle’s s...

Officials reopen 10 Freeway on and offramp in downtown Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

Commuters headed to downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday morning will be able to use several on-and-offramps that have been closed since the Nov. 11 pallet fire erupted, prompting the closure of the 10 Freeway from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue.  The westbound I-10 Alameda Street offramp and the westbound I-10 onramp from Santa Fe Avenue/Mateo Street/East 8th Street will be open before the Tuesday morning commute, Caltrans announced.  (Caltrans)“The shoring below the Alameda Street off-ramp is complete and safety inspections confirmed it can be open to traffic,” officials added. However, Caltrans also said that the area is still a “construction zone” and the speed-limits on the offramp have been reduced from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. They are reminding motorists that traffic fines are double in work zones.  Commuters getting off the freeway via the westbound Alameda Street offramp will be able to proceed onto westbound 14th Street. All other westbo...

Suspect arrested after vandalizing multiple cars, threatening officers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspect was arrested after vandalizing several cars with rocks and bricks then arming himself with a shovel and threatening police officers, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.Officers determined the suspect, identified as Indugo Williams, 46, a transient in Santa Rosa, vandalized three different cars with bricks and a rock, committed a strong-armed robbery and stole a bike, damaged a fence while leading police on a foot chase and threatened several police officers with a shovel. Santa Rosa police officers responded to reports of a potential shooting into a vehicle Monday evening around 5:30 p.m. The victim told police she was sitting in the driver's seat of her car on the 700 block of Mendocino Avenue when she heard a loud noise prior to her back window shattering. She said she saw a man walking away from her car with what appeared to be a rifle. She then said she found a brick in the backseat of her car.Officers responding to the scene said they heard additi...

Harvard Law Review Editors Vote to Kill Article About Genocide in Gaza

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

A week after Hamas’s October 7 massacre, by which time Israel’s all-out assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had killed thousands of civilians, the online editors of the prestigious Harvard Law Review reached out to Rabea Eghbariah. The two online chairs, as they are called, had decided to solicit an essay from a Palestinian scholar for the journal’s website. Eghbariah was an obvious choice: A Palestinian doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School and human rights lawyer, he has tried landmark Palestinian civil rights cases before the Israeli Supreme Court.Eghbariah submitted a draft of a 2,000-word essay by early November. He argued that Israel’s assault on Gaza should be evaluated within and beyond the “legal framework” of “genocide.”In line with the Law Review’s standard procedures, the piece was solicited, commissioned, contracted, submitted, edited, fact checked, copy edited, and approved by the relevant editors. Yet it will never be published with the Harvard Law Review.Fol...

High prices, reduced benefits: Local food bank sees need up, donations down

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

The 12,000-square foot warehouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is buzzing on a Monday afternoon, with staff and volunteers at Manna Food Center packing food boxes as cars pull up to distribute donations at local schools.In the center of it all is Jackie DeCarlo, CEO of Manna, who says hunger isn’t just a holiday issue; it’s a year-round problem, and it’s been getting worse.The need for food assistance, she told WTOP, has grown since the spring, when a number of pandemic-related benefits were decreased or ended.Referring to the number of families looking for assistance each month, DeCarlo said since the spring, “We’ve been seeing in the 5,000s every month, whereas at the height of the pandemic, we were more in the 4,000s.”Manna receives funding from a number of sources, and DeCarlo said: “Our donors in Montgomery County are always exceedingly generous,” but recent food drives and financial donations are down.DeCarlo said it’s obvious...

Qatar confirms four-day cease-fire, swap between Israel and Hamas; start time to be announced within a day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:04 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar confirms four-day cease-fire, swap between Israel and Hamas; start time to be announced within a day.Source