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Online gambling and virtual cockfighting? That’s what 798,000 Maryland license plates are now promoting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

Almost 800,000 Maryland license plates, designed to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, now promote a Philippines gambling website that features online gambling and virtual cockfighting.When the plates were created in 2007, the website listed — www.starspangled200.org — pointed computer users to the state’s War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.“Star-Spangled 200, Inc. is the nonprofit entity affiliated with the Commission that led the efforts to raise funds for bicentennial projects and events,” said Ashley Millner, deputy director of media relations for the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Administration, in an email.However, authorization for the commission ended in 2015, and ownership of the domain has changed. Now, that URL address redirects users to the gambling site.“The MVA does not endorse the views or content on the current website using that URL,” said Millner.The problem is widespread. “There are c...

How will Casa Bonita tackle its small parking lot?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Casa Bonita is just weeks away from opening to the general public. While we still don't have an official opening date yet, the restaurant continues to prepare for the grand reopening. However, one of its biggest challenges lies outside the pink venue.It's not the food, the staffing or the security that is the biggest challenge at Casa Bonita. Instead, it's the parking. According to a public records request obtained by FOX31, the Lakewood Police Department said that the landowner did an independent study and found the restaurant just doesn't have enough parking spaces for its anticipated amount of guests. Casa Bonita is located at 6715 W. Colfax Ave. inside a strip mall which is also home to a Dollar Tree, Planet Fitness, Arc Thrift store, a Dutch Bros Coffee, and others.This means the restaurant has to share the already busy parking lot with multiple other businesses.LPD said they are working with Casa Bonita to try and identify partners that could ease the parking s...

3.9 earthquake hits Wyoming, just north of Colorado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- People living in parts of southern Wyoming and northern Colorado may have woken up to a small earthquake Friday morning.The quake happened around 1:14 a.m. near Saratoga, Wyoming. This is about 40 miles north of the Colorado border and 75 miles west of Laramie, Wyoming. How will Casa Bonita tackle its small parking lot? According to the United States Geological Survey, the magnitude 3.9 earthquake would be strong enough to be felt by people in the area but isn't generally considered strong enough to cause damage. The epicenter lies between the Medicine Bow Range and the Siera Madre Range.The USGS's website includes a "felt it" feature, which has 21 responses as of 9:45 a.m.

US judge sends Haitian businessman to imprisonment for life for Haiti’s President assassination

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.Rodolphe Jaar, who has dual Haitian and Chilean citizenship, had pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States, and to providing material support resulting in death.Federal judge José E. Martínez handed down the sentence, the maximum faced by Jaar, at a hearing in federal court in downtown Miami.The businessman, who was an informant for the U.S. government and had been convicted of drug trafficking a decade ago, is one of 11 people arrested and charged in the United States for the murder of Moïse, and the only one to plead guilty. The other 10 are scheduled for a jury trial in July, though the date could be pushed back.Moïse was killed on July 7, 2021, when a group of unknown individuals broke into his privat...

Florida man drops off child at bodyshop after driving away with stolen vehicle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – Surveillance cameras captured a suspected car thief who ditched a 2-year-old on the side of the street. Police said the man stole a red Volkswagen Tiguan from the driveway on Thursday when the mother went to grab something from the house while the child was still sleeping in the backseat.One simple decision led Volusia County’s mother into a panic. When she came back outside, her car and 2-year-old son were gone.Half an hour later, a good samaritan; Darrel Everman found the boy sitting outside a body shop by himself and decided to approach him.“You wanna come with me, buddy? come here, come here, it’s okay buddy,” said Everman. He was driving around the neighborhood at that time. “About 5-6 feet away from the road, and I didn’t see any parents around so I thought I better stop and check on him,” said Everman.Everman waited for a few minutes, but when he realized no one was coming for the child, he started ...

Wendy’s and T-Pain will ‘Buy U a Frosty’ to celebrate the comeback of a fan favorite

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

Singer T-Pain teams up with Wendy’s to buy you a frosty.The strawberry frosty flavor is back on the menu this summer after it had a limited run in 2022.The announcement was made with an iconic music video on the Wendy’s YouTube channel that re-tracked the chart-topping hit single ‘Buy U a Drank’.To celebrate customers can get a free small frosty from June 5 to June 21 with any purchase from the app or online.

Rhode Island beagle found safe after getting lost in woods

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

(CNN) — A therapy dog is now back with its owner after spending days lost in the woods.Kobe the beagle, 9, disappeared in a Rhode Island forest for nearly an entire week. Gabrielle Caracciolo said Kobe suffers from epilepsy so the search for the therapy canine was urgent.After days of searching on her own with no luck, Caracciolo sought help from experts.A company called Packleader PetTracker used their dogs to help find Kobe and after they narrowed down their search to one area, the team set up cameras to track Kobe.The search efforts paid off after the crew found Kobe hiding amongst the rocks in the trees.Kobe even got to meet the rescue dogs that helped look for him.

Labour MP registers complaint against Geraint Davies after harassment claims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

LONDON — A sitting Labour MP has now registered a complaint against Geraint Davies as the party reels from allegations of misconduct against the long-serving backbencher.Two complaints have now been formally made to the U.K. opposition party, while two other women said they are considering coming forward.Davies was suspended from the party whip Thursday following allegations, first reported by POLITICO, that he subjected five younger female colleagues to unwanted sexual attention. The allegations were described by a party spokesperson as “incredibly serious.”The complaints to Labour were submitted by a sixth and seventh woman after POLITICO’s investigation was published. They include a complaint from a serving Labour MP.Davies said in a statement responding to the initial story that he did not “recognize” the allegations, adding: “If I have inadvertently caused offence to anyone, then I am naturally sorry.”Any complaints submitted against Davies will now form part of a Labour ...

Belarus’ Lukashenko: ‘The only mistake we made’ was not finishing off Ukraine with Russia in 2014

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

“The only mistake” Russia and Belarus made was “that we didn’t resolve this issue in 2014-2015, when Ukraine had no army and wasn’t prepared,” Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said.In 2014, Russia illegally invaded Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine, and Kremlin-backed fighters seized territory in eastern Ukraine.Lukashenko’s comments, which according to Minsk were delivered Thursday during a meeting with the heads of security agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States, made up of former Soviet countries, indicate that Lukashenko has fully embraced his transformation into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s puppet.Lukashenko has had a love-hate relationship with Putin over his nearly three decades in power. But after the Kremlin helped him see off massive street protests following a fraudulent presidential election in 2020, the Belarusian dictator went all-in on Putin, helping Moscow launch its full-scale invas...

Days before apartments crumbled, repair work started on a building wall that later collapsed. Now officials ask for help with 3 missing men

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:57 GMT

(CNN) — Just days before part of an Iowa apartment building came crashing down, inspectors noticed a brick façade had separated from the interior wall and appeared “ready to fall imminently,” according to a letter from an engineer.The engineer said the “brick façade is unlikely to be preserved in place, but it can be brought down in a safe, controlled manner,” the May 24 letter said. The engineer also said the interior wall of the downtown Davenport building appeared to be losing stability and is “causing deformation.”A repair permit was issued the same day, according to Davenport city records. And a May 25 site visit confirmed repair work had started.Just three days later, the same part of the wall that was under repair collapsed, according to a CNN review of photos of the property released by the city.The disaster crushed apartments in the six-story building and turned residents’ homes into heaps of rubble.While no deaths have been confirmed, three residents who lived in...