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Maui's pink pond may have a different cause, researchers say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

HONOLULU (KHON) — The shocking color of a pond on Maui has gained worldwide attention and garnered multiple theories, the most prevalent of which may not, in fact, be the cause.The phenomenon was spotted earlier this month in the Keālia Pond in the Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge.Initially, it was believed algae that thrives in water with high levels of salt may be to blame. Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa now say their preliminary findings point instead to a bacteria as the cause of the shocking pink color, not algae. What’s causing this pink pond on Maui? "The early findings have led the experts to suggest that halophilic (thriving in salt conditions) prokaryotes, also known as archaea and bacteria, were likely the cause of the brightly colored water," UH said in a news release. UH researcher, Marek Kirs, said he has no knowledge of something like this happening in Hawaii before. “According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the sand plug between the p...

'A warrior's death': APD to release body cam video from SWAT incident that killed officer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN)— The Austin Police Department says it'll be releasing body camera footage later this month, showing the moments one of their own was killed in a SWAT situation on Saturday morning.This is in line with its policy to release video within 10 business days of an officer-involved shooting. Officer Jorge "George" Pastore was shot and killed by Ahmed Mohamed Nassar, according to APD. Mother and son, Eyman El-Nemr Nassar and Riad Nassar were also killed, according to a search warrant affidavit. Another relative was stabbed, was able to escape and called 911, the affidavit said. Search warrant provides new details about suspect involved in APD officer’s death Days after the horrific tragedy, the area on Bernoulli Drive is still blocked off. On Wednesday, APD and the FBI were out on scene investigating, going in and out of that home where the killings happened. Deafening silence, sunflowers and a police flag rest outside the crime scene where Pastore was killed trying to save...

St. Paul house, an early work of famed architect Cass Gilbert, is named a city historic site

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

The Dwight and Clara Watson House and Barn, designed by master architect Cass Gilbert, is the newest St. Paul Heritage Preservation Site after a city council vote Wednesday.The home on the West Side is among Gilbert’s earliest works. Born in 1859, Gilbert grew up in St. Paul and died at the age of 74 in 1934. He’s famous for the state Capitol building in St. Paul, the Woolworth building in Manhattan and the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.Mark Thomas, the current owner of the home and a retired physician, says he originally bought the house at 402 Hall Ave. so he could walk to work. By the time he purchased the house in 1993, it had passed through the hands of two other families since 1914 and was clad in asbestos shingles.Thomas noticed that the house had a unique design, one that told him its architect had a very particular eye for the room layout and exterior. Curiosity piqued, he researched the original owners of the house: the Watson family. Dwight Watson,...

St. Paul murder sentencing: ‘He is a coward,’ victim’s sister says of man who shot through window of home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

Lashonda Nix had so much going for her and to look forward to.The 40-year-old mother of four was expecting her second grandchild and was to soon graduate from her studies in medical billing and coding.Lashonda Nix (Courtesy of the family)But then Curtrez Darale Johnson showed up at her St. Paul home last December carrying a gun and grudge. He knocked on the door of the Payne-Phalen home, where his son was shot and injured six days earlier.When Nix peeked through a curtain of her interior porch door, Johnson fired once, shooting her in the head and killing her.“A person like the defendant doesn’t deserve to see the light of day,” Nix’s younger sister, Sharonda Nix, said Wednesday before Johnson, of St. Paul, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the Dec. 16 killing. “He is a coward.”Jurors found Johnson, 41, guilty of second-degree intentional murder on Sept. 11, following five days of testimony and about six hours in deliberation. Johnson, who denied being the shooter, was a...

New course for 2023 Troy Turkey Trot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Some people spend Thanksgiving morning exercising before eating their holiday meal. The Troy Turkey Trot is one of the largest and longest-running road races in the country.More than 45,000 people have signed up so far, and this year's race will be a little different than previous ones. The 5K will have a new course. It starts at the corner of Fulton and Fourth Streets and goes over the Green Island Bridge before heading up River Street. The race finishes in Monument Square. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Organizers hope it will be safer for participants since it will go through fewer intersections."The streets are narrow. It's an out and back course, so it's important that we recognize the fact that going out from the start to the Green Island Bridge is very wide, and this will give the ability for runners to string out as they go over," event director George Regan said.The turkey trot also raises money...

Broncos roundtable: Can Denver get above .500 by the time a three-game road trip starts?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

Parker Gabriel, Broncos beat reporter: The Broncos are doing their best Will Ferrell impersonation and going streaking. They’ve got three straight wins to get to 4-5 on the season. To make it a quad, they’re going to have to beat Minnesota at home in prime time. In order to be better than .500 (Who’d have considered that conversation in early October?) when a three-game road trip against Houston, the Chargers and Detroit starts in early December, they’ve got to get the Vikings and Cleveland at home the next two Sundays. Can they do it? Minnesota’s hot, too, having won five straight, and the Browns have one of the best defenses in the NFL. But they’re also starting Josh Dobbs (great story and a literal rocket scientist) and Dorian Thompson-Robinson (or P.J. Walker), respectively, at quarterback. Denver squandered a gettable two-game home set to open the season against Las Vegas and Washington. It still feels like a split to me. What do you fine gen...

Keeler: Why would Deion Sanders stiff Texas A&M football? CU Buffs give him one thing Aggies can’t: Absolute power.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

Can you imagine the first time Bubba Booster suggests to Deion Sanders who oughta play tailback?Or asks Coach Prime to entertain his foursome on some random Thursday at the PGA Resort in Frisco? Or wants Sanders to fly out and meet his momma?“Deion, we got a, urmmm, business agreement with this here young man, so …”Click.“Prime? Prime. Bubba here. We musta got cut off, ‘cuz …”Click.Nobody — not Bubba, not Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork, not John Ross Ewing — tells Deion Sanders what to do.Well, unless they’re directing the commercial he happens to be shooting that day. Or they’re Mike Zimmer.“NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) is not a problem with me,” Sanders told our old pal Joel Klatt of Fox Sports a few months back. “Collectives are.”Go on, Coach Prime. Preach. Stephen A. can’t hear you over the sound of his own bull junk.“Collectives, you could be Tom, Dick, Harry and Larry and...

Man falls from moving big rig on 91 Freeway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

A bizarre and dangerous incident was captured on cell phone video in Orange County when a man fell from the back of a big rig Wednesday morning.The video obtained by Traffic News Los Angeles shows a man clinging to the rear of the tractor-trailer as it traveled along the 91 Freeway.The man tries to carefully step off the bumper of the moving vehicle only to tumble and fall onto his chest, the video shows.Video obtained by Traffic News Los Angeles shows a man clinging to the rear of the tractor-trailer as it traveled along the 91 Freeway. Nov. 15, 2023. (TNLA)The truck driver may have been aware of the man's presence since they appeared to be driving slowly compared to other vehicles.Nothing else is known about the incident and was not immediately clear if the man was injured.

Body found on Orange County freeway onramp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

Police are investigating after a body was found on a Buena Park freeway.On Sunday, authorities responded to reports of a body found on a dirt embankment near the Knott Avenue onramp onto the eastbound 91 Freeway lanes.The body was later identified as Victor Fregozo-Alcaraz, 45, a La Habra resident, according to California Highway Patrol.The nature of the victim’s fatal injuries was not released and no suspect was located at the scene.The man was found near a busy onramp area just over a mile away from Knott’s Berry Farm theme park.Details are limited as the case remains under investigation by homicide detectives. Violent follow-home robbery in North Hollywood caught on camera Anyone with information can call CHP’s Major Crimes Unit at 657-391-4017 or Investigator Joaquin Gill at 714-240-3754. 

Biden hails Xi talks as most productive they’ve had yet

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:48 GMT

By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee | CNNPresident Joe Biden hailed his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Wednesday as the two agreed to take steps to curb fentanyl production and restore military communication during their summit.The results, which were expected ahead of the talks, amount to progress in improving the still-tense US-China relationship. During a news conference following the summit, Biden said the negotiations with Xi were “some of the most constructive and productive discussions we’ve had.”“We haven’t always agreed,” Biden said, but his talks with Xi are always “straightforward.”Biden had aimed to use the meeting to put the US-China relationship on steadier footing after months of tension between the two superpowers. Ahead of the talks, US officials were careful to manage expectations, saying they did not expect a long list of outcomes or even a joint leaders’ statement, as is customary after such summits. The primary objective for the talks appeared to be the restoratio...