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Column: There’s a place for women to play golf with men, not against them

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

Lexi Thompson missed the cut by three shots on the PGA Tour in Las Vegas, and expectations are only going to get bigger the next time she plays.Not against the men, but on the LPGA Tour.While she played remarkably well in the Shriners Children’s Open — especially her 69 in the second round when she had social media buzzing about whether Thompson might make the cut — it raised one question about the state of her game.How can someone that talented go more than four years without winning on the LPGA Tour?Perhaps her inspiring week in Las Vegas will provide the spark she needs. It was all the more amazing that Thompson could handle the spotlight and the TPC Summerlin course amid a season so difficult she might have only one tournament left.Thompson is No. 87 in the CME Race to the Globe — she was outside the top 150 until a pair of top-10 finishes after the Solheim Cup — and will need to finish fourth or better at The Annika tournament on Nov. 9-12 to qualify for the season-ending...

Video shows fire at tent in downtown Denver

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A fire broke out at a tent in the area of 22nd Street and Curtis Street Tuesday morning.A man on the scene who said it was his camp told FOX31's Jim Hooley that the fire originally broke out around 9 a.m. He said he left the area for a few minutes and, when he came back, it was on fire. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox He claimed there were not any propane tanks inside the tent. However, FOX31 observed the man moving a propane tank out of the rubble at one point.The Denver Fire Department confirmed that the fire did start around 9 a.m., but did not have an exact time.The fire happened on 22nd Street between Arapahoe Street and Curtis Street.Additionally, DFD confirmed that there was one possible injury, but that the person left the scene.Viewers told FOX31 that they heard an explosion on the scene. Download the FOX31 App: Breaking news alerts & Pinpoint Weather Video taken of the fire showed flames that were a few feet high...

Want to buy a house in Denver? Here's how much you need to earn to afford one

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/NEXSTAR) — Buying a house in the U.S. isn't cheap, and according to a report from Redfin, it is now harder than ever to afford one — even in Denver.Sky-high mortgage rates and rising home prices have made it more difficult than ever, especially for first-time home buyers, Redfin said in the report, which was released Tuesday.The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 7.57% from 7.49% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said earlier this month. It's the highest level in more than two decades.To afford a median-priced U.S. home now, Redfin said buyers must earn $114,627, up 15% ($15,285) from a year ago and up more than 50% since the start of the pandemic. The real estate website said a typical household earns about $40,000 less than that. This is the wealthiest person in Colorado, new Forbes report shows "Hourly wages have risen in 2023, but not nearly as fast as the income necessary to afford a home is rising: The average U.S. hourly wage has i...

This Florida nurse’s killing remained unsolved for 3 decades. Now, DNA evidence connects the crime to her killer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

(CNN) — Teresa Lee Scalf’s family has searched for the name of the person who killed their loved one for over three decades.Now, thanks to new DNA analysis, Scalf’s family has an answer – and some semblance of closure – because investigators say they have solved the 1986 murder case.Donald Douglas, who was 33 at the time, is responsible for Scalf’s death, Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday. Douglas died of natural causes in 2008 at the age of 54, the department said.Scalf, 29, was the target on October 27, 1986 of a “sexually motivated” attack that ended in her killing in her Lakeland, Florida, home, where she was “severely cut and had significant defensive wounds on her hands,” according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.“He aggressively stabbed her and cut her,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news conference Monday, noting Scalf was nearly decapitated.In 1986, investigators collected evidence from the crime scene, including blood that did n...

East Bridgewater police investigating hit-and-run involving child on bicycle 

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

An investigation continued Tuesday after police said an 11-year-old girl on a bicycle was struck in a hit-and-run crash in East Bridgewater over the weekend. East Bridgewater police said the crash happened on Sunday around 5 p.m. near Bedford Street. Once on scene, police said, an initial investigation indicated the girl was hit while riding through a small path that leads from Bedford Street to the rear parking lot of Central Elementary School. Police said paramedics evaluated the girl on scene. The child’s mother also responded to the scene, according to police, and declined medical transportation for her daughter.Police released video of the crash on Tuesday. In an attached statement, police said investigators determined a blue SUV, possibly a 2023-2024 blue Lexus NX entered the Central School parking lot from Central Street and tried to use the parking lot as a cut-through to Bedford Street. Police said the car then turned around and traveled back toward the ...

Hundreds protest in West Bank after hospital explosion in Gaza

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it had no involvement in an explosion that killed hundreds of people at a Gaza City hospital and that the blast was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket.The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says an Israeli airstrike caused the blast, and that it killed some 500 people, many of whom had sought shelter from an ongoing Israeli offensive.The Israeli military, however, said Palestinian militants had fired a barrage of rockets near the hospital at the time.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Health Ministry run by Hamas said an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds of people. If confirmed, the attack would be by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008.The health ministry said at least 500 people had been killed. Photos and video purportedly from al...

Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot, but more voting likely

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as an unexpectedly numerous 20 holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel.More voting is expected as Jordan works to shore up support to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy for the job. The House went into recess as the firebrand leader of the GOP’s hard-right flank struggled to take a central seat of U.S. power.After two weeks of angry Republican infighting since McCarthy was removed by hard-liners, the House vote quickly became a showdown for the gavel. Reluctant Republicans refused to give Jordan their votes, viewing the Ohio congressman as too extreme for the powerful position of House speaker, second in line to the presidency.Jordan said afterward he was not surprised and expected to do better in the next round, expected later Tuesday.“We feel confident,” he said, ducking into a leadership office ...

House Speaker Ronald Mariano says he will run for re-election in 2024, seek speakership

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

House Speaker Ronald Mariano said Tuesday he plans to run for re-election in 2024 and if successful, seek the chamber’s top legislative leadership post again, though he would not commit to serving out a full term.Mariano, a 76-year-old Quincy Democrat, is in his 14th term as a state lawmaker after first being elected to office during a 1991 special election. He is in his second term as speaker of the House, taking over for former Speaker Robert DeLeo who was the longest-serving person in that role.Asked if he would run for re-election, Mariano said “sure.” Asked if he would run for speaker next session, Mariano again said “sure.” But it “remains to be seen,” Mariano said, whether he would serve out the rest of that next term.“The speaker looks forward to the work ahead the remainder of this term. He intends to run for re-election for his seat and the speakership. He’s grateful to the membership for their collaboration and support,” a Mariano spokesperson said in a statement only min...

Ex-Michigan gubernatorial candidate sentenced to 2 months behind bars for Capitol riot role

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Republican candidate for Michigan governor to two months behind bars for joining a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he riled up other rioters and ripped a tarp outside the building.Ryan Kelley, who finished fourth in a primary field of five Republican gubernatorial candidates last year, pleaded guilty in July to a misdemeanor for his role in the siege.Several months before his guilty plea, Kelley posted on social media that the Capitol riot was an FBI “set up.” His campaign posted the words “political prisoner” on Facebook after his June 2022 arrest.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper told Kelley that he misused his platform as a candidate for public office by promoting lies about election fraud, including the baseless claim that Jan. 6 was somehow part of an FBI plot.“A lot of folks voted for you. A lot of folks followed you,” Cooper said before sentencing Kelley t...

Prosecutors seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting on movie set

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:25:45 GMT

By MORGAN LEE (Associated Press)SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Special prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 fatal shooting on a Western movie set in New Mexico by presenting evidence to a grand jury.New Mexico-based prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said they’ll present evidence to grand jury within the next two months, noting that “additional facts” have come to light in the shooting on the set of the film “Rust” that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Baldwin, a coproducer of the film, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on the film’s set on outside Santa Fe when the gun went off on Oct. 21, 2021, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.“Additional facts have come to light that we believe show Mr. Baldwin has criminal culpability in the death of Halyna Hutchins and the shooting of Joel Souza,” Morrissey and Lewis said in an email. “We believe the appropriate course of action is to permit a panel of New Mexico c...