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Ban on Illinois law enforcement stopping drivers over objects hanging from rearview mirror heads to governor's desk

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) - In Illinois, it is illegal to hang anything from your rearview mirror in your car. It doesn't matter if it is a decoration or an air freshener -- state law says you could get pulled over and fined for having anything hanging from your mirror. The logic behind the law is it can obstruct your view while driving. Bill to prevent police from stopping drivers for rearview mirror hanging items moving through capitol A bill supported by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias passed out of the Senate Thursday that would change the law so police can't pull someone over solely for having something hang on a rearview mirror. "There is absolutely no data to support that pulling people over for an air freshener or a rosary hanging from their rearview mirror reduces violent crime or prevents accidents,” Secretary Giannoulias said. “Amending the current law will not jeopardize public safety; instead, it will result in greater equity on the road and improve relationshi...

Family makes emotional plea after woman shot, killed in hotel parking garage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS - An East St. Louis mother of three who had spent the last years pleading with anyone who would listen to help her find her son's killer has become a murder victim.She was killed inside a parking garage at North 9th Street outside her job in downtown St. Louis, and now her family has made an emotional plea.The police identified the victim as 56-year-old Latatia Stewart. She was an employee of the Marriott hotel in downtown St. Louis and was found shot multiple times behind her car."She was leaving her job, and they shot her three times. Whoever shot my wife, God gone take care of you,” said Paul Stewart, Latatia's husband. Prosecutor from Kim Gardner’s office dies on I-270 Police said Latatia was gunned down Wednesday around 6 p.m. Her husband said she worked for the Marriott hotel in downtown St. Louis for 20 years and wants the gunman caught.“She was gunned down yesterday and shot three times. They killed my son was killed a few years ago, and she was seeking justice f...

Judge gives Trump time to decide on testifying at rape trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hinted Thursday that he might show up soon at the New York City trial where a jury is hearing allegations that he raped a woman in the mid-1990s.The former president’s lawyers insist that he won’t attend the proceedings or testify. Now the judge is offering him one last chance to change his mind.After writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers rested their case, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan was reluctant to let Trump’s lawyers rest their case without calling any witnesses.He said he would give Trump until 5 p.m. Sunday to provide his final answer about testifying in his own defense in response to Carroll’s allegations that he sexually assaulted her at a posh Manhattan department store in spring 1996.“If he has second thoughts, I’ll at least consider it,” Kaplan said in court after the jury had been sent home for the day, adding that if Trump misses th...

Teenagers killed in sledding accident at Copper Mountain died of blunt force trauma, coroner’s report says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

The pair of teenagers killed in a sledding incident at Copper Mountain Resort on March 19 died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries, according to the records from the Summit County Coroner’s Office.Drew Fehr, 17, and Dylan Bozzell, 18, both of Fairbury, Illinois, were seniors at Prairie Central High School and teammates on the high school basketball and football teams, the Pontiac Daily Leader had previously reported.The two died after riding tandem down the halfpipe at Copper Mountain, launching off a large snowbank at the bottom and landing on hard ice, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release at the time of the incident.A witness called 911 immediately and emergency medical services were quick to treat the boys, but they could not be revived and were pronounced dead on scene, according to the Sheriff’s Office.Read the full story at our partner, Summit Daily News.

Jamal Murray’s “hit-first” mentality persisted even on off-night offensively. That’s a good sign for the Nuggets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

PHOENIX – Jamal Murray needs very little in the way of reassurance these days.Nuggets coach Michael Malone provided some anyway after Denver’s star guard had his first off night on offense of the postseason. Murray finished 3 of 15 Tuesday night as the Nuggets grinded out a 97-87 win over Phoenix to go up 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals. Malone made sure Murray saw the good in his own performance.“Yeah, he didn’t shoot the ball well but as I keep telling him, like, he impacted winning,” Malone said. “Zero-for-9 from 3? I don’t care. You helped impact winning. That’s all that matters.”Murray did so from the opening tip. Literally.As soon as Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Phoenix’s DeAndre Ayton pushed the ball into the Suns’ backcourt, Murray charged between wing Josh Okogie and point guard Chris Paul in pursuit, knocking the former off-balance, the latter to the floor and the ball out of bounds. On the inbound, Murray put his chest into Paul and guarded him the length of the flo...

Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic mourns for families after school shooting in Serbia: “We need to take care of everybody”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

PHOENIX – Six thousand miles felt like next door to Nikola Jokic this week when tragedy hit his home country of Serbia.A 13-year-old boy on Wednesday morning used his father’s guns to kill eight school children and a school guard in the country’s capital, Belgrade, less than 200 kilometers from Jokic’s hometown of Sombor.“It’s something that I don’t remember it happening in Serbia and I’m really sorry about everything that the families are going through,” Jokic told reporters here as the Nuggets prepared for Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Suns on Friday night. “It’s something that you don’t want to hear about and probably when it hits something that’s around you, a little bit closer to you — if that makes sense — in Serbia and it’s never happened before, it’s tough.”According to The Associated Press, the shooting is the first at a school in Serbia’s modern history.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | Keeler: Kevin Durant is fried. Karl-Anthony T...

Rockies rally from 4-0 deficit to sweep Brewers, win fourth straight game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

If April was simply awful for the Rockies, then May has been downright delightful.Colorado rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat Milwaukee, 9-6, on Thursday afternoon at Coors Field to complete the three-game sweep and notch its fourth win in a row.The unlikely hero was utility player Harold Castro, who coaxed a two-run single through the left side of the infield off Peter Strzelecki in the eighth to put the Rockies ahead, 6-4. The rally began with a single by C.J. Cron and double by Mike Moustakas.Charlie Blackmon’s two-run single off Tyson Miller put the game in Colorado’s pocket.The game got a little bit dicey in the ninth when Milwaukee scored twice off of Pierce Johnson.Early on, it looked like it would be an April reprise for Colorado, which posted a 9-20 mark in the month. Brewers starter Wade Miley mastered the Rockies for six scoreless innings, giving up just three hits. At that point, Colorado’s deficit looked as big as the Grand Canyon.But the Rockies final...

Transfer Jahquez Robinson carrying confidence into fresh start with CU Buffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

Charles Kelly saw something special in Jahquez Robinson when Robinson was a junior in high school.Even as Robinson adjusted to college football and didn’t see the field much during his three years at Alabama, Kelly saw potential in Robinson.Now the defensive coordinator at Colorado, Kelly still sees something special in Robinson, a 6-foot-2, 199-pound defensive back who is one of the newest Buffaloes.Related Articles Football recruiting: CU Buffs add Marshall transfer receiver EJ Horton Football: Chance Main exploring options for next season, could return to CU Buffs Mines names Pete Sterbick football coach, keeping football dynasty within the family Football recruiting: Former 5-star recruit commits to CU Buffs Transfer lineman Jack Bailey excited to reunite with former Kent State coaches with CU Buffs “If you have a coach that believes in you, it gives you confidence for sure,” said Robinson, who recent...

Disneyland pitches theme park expansion plans to Anaheim neighbors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

The Disneyland Resort has continued work towards making theme park expansion plans a reality. Resort officials invited its Anaheim neighbors to community coffee events at local parks so officials can explain what the proposed plan, known as Disneyland Forward, entails and give residents a chance to ask questions about the proposed expansion. New ‘Avatar’ experience coming to Disneyland, movie sequels for popular franchises in the works Officials have been holding these events since 2022, after announcing its expansion intentions in March 2021. The Disneyland Forward community coffee schedule is as follows:• May 20, Ponderosa Park, 2100 S. Haster St.• June 3, Walnut Grove Park, 905 S. Anaheim Blvd.• June 10, Boysen Park, 951 S. State College Blvd.• July 8, Maxwell Park, 2655 W. Orange Ave.• July 22, Barton Park, 800 S. Agate St.• Aug. 12, Juarez Park, 841 S. Sunkist St.• Sept. 9, Pearson Park, 400 N. Harbor Blvd.• Oct. 14, Ronald Reagan Park, 945 S. Weir Canyon Rd.Each event will r...

Former UC Davis student arrested in 3 stabbings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:31 GMT

A 21-year-old man who had been a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested for allegedly stabbing three people, including two fatally, and sending fear through the quiet college community, city police said.Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said Thursday that Carlos Dominguez was taken into custody Wednesday after 15 people called in reports of a person who matched the description of the suspect near a downtown park where he is accused of stabbing his second victim to death.Pytel did not disclose a motive for the stabbings and said they do not yet know how or if Dominguez knew his victims.“He was out wandering a neighborhood where the second homicide had occurred. He had a large knife in a backpack, wearing the same clothes from the third stabbing," said Pytel. “That's highly unusual and unique.”UC Davis officials said in a statement that Dominguez was a third-year student majoring in biological sciences until April 25, “when he was separated for acad...