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Arlington debuts an alterative to the ER for those experiencing a mental health crisis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

Arlington County Board member Christian Dorsey cuts the ribbon on the county’s new Crisis Intervention Center. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)Arlington County, Virginia, is set on improving its resources for those in a mental health crisis. County officials cut the ribbon on a new crisis center meant to reduce the role police and hospitals play in a mental health emergency.If law enforcement is called to help in a mental health crisis, oftentimes there is nowhere for emergency responders to take a patient other than the hospital.“You’re on a gurney, it’s cold, it is not trauma-informed. It’s really a stressful place to be under any circumstance. But imagine if you are hearing voices and you’re paranoid,” said Deborah Warren, the executive director of Arlington’s new Crisis Intervention Center.It’s set up to house patients placed under an emergency custody order, offering them a quiet space to talk and de-escalate. It also features an in-house nu...

Wilson, Legge crash heavily in Indianapolis 500 practice session

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stefan Wilson and Katherine Legge crashed heavily with just under an hour left in practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday in the first wreck in the two-week build-up to the 107th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”Wilson was immobilized on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace but gave a thumbs-up as he was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the hospital. Legge was able to climb from the cockpit of her crumpled machine on her own.The two were going through Turns 1 and 2 when Wilson appeared to check up. Legge closed at a high rate of speed and hit the rear of his car, sending the two skidding into the wall. Legge ricocheted away with a glancing blow while Wilson, whose brother Justin Wilson was killed in a 2015 crash at Pocono, was facing head-on when he hit the SAFER barrier.The safety team spent about 10 minutes carefully removing the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver from the car.Legge is the only female driver in this year’s field, an...

Ex-college student charged in California stabbings to get psychiatric exam

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered a psychiatric review of the former University of California, Davis student charged with two fatal stabbings and an attempted murder that shook the normally serene community outside Sacramento.An attorney for Carlos Dominguez said in Yolo County Superior Court that his client is not mentally competent to stand trial. Dominguez, 21, sat next to his court-appointed public defender and tried to speak several times during the short proceeding, The Sacramento Bee reported. Before he left, Dominguez said he did not want an attorney. Relatives of the second victim, Karim Abou Najm, a 20-year-old UC Davis student, attended the hearing, some wearing T-shirts with the young man’s image. Police have not disclosed a motive for the stabbings, which took place over a span of days and rattled the community. Students stayed at home or ventured out in pairs, and some businesses closed early. Dominguez had been a third-year student majoring in biologic...

Nuggets could be headed to NBA Finals for 1st time ever

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Nuggets could be headed to the NBA Finals for the first time if they win Game 4 on Monday night against the Los Angeles Lakers.After losing to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals in 1985, 2009 and 2020, the Nuggets are up three games to none in the series. ESPN sideline reporter admits to ‘sleeping on’ Jokic What to know for the gameThe game will be played at 6:30 p.m. at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It will be televised on ESPN. You can also listen to the game on Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM. Watch party at Ball ArenaThere will be an official Nuggets watch party at Ball Arena on Monday night.Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and cost $10 for seats in the 100 and 200 levels. Parking is free and concessions will be open.What are the Vegas odds?According to betting odds for the game, the Lakers are favored to win by 3.5 points.Eastern Conference FinalsIf the Nuggets find a way to close out the series tonight and advance, they wi...

Ex-Florida deputy charged with failing to confront Parkland shooter says he’s eager for trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A fired Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with failing to confront the gunman who murdered 17 at a Parkland high school five years ago said Monday that he is “looking forward” to his trial, which is scheduled to start next week.Former Broward County sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson told reporters after a court hearing that the public needs to know he did everything he could as Nikolas Cruz murdered 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.Peterson, the deputy then assigned to the school, says he didn’t charge into the three-story classroom building during the six-minute massacre because he thought the dozens of shots fired were coming from outside. He was armed with a handgun at the time.Some victims’ parents have labeled Peterson “the coward of Broward.” Free on bail, he now lives in North Carolina and could face nearly a century in prison if convicted.“I want the truth to come out and if it i...

The F-16 takeoff to Ukraine will take time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

Don’t expect to see F-16s in Ukrainian skies anytime soon — the allies need some time.Following months of Ukrainian lobbying, the U.S. on Friday greenlit training for Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, raising expectations that a fleet of F-16s would soon be on its way.Yet as of now, some of the leading contenders to donate the American-developed warplanes — including the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark — have only committed to helping train Ukrainian pilots, expressing reluctance to make further promises. “Let’s make sure we now make the most of training activities,” Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra told reporters in Brussels on Monday. “What the future then holds for us,” he added, “remains to be seen.” Some, like Belgium, have even directly said they don’t have F-16s to spare.The pattern, however, is one that has played out over and over as Western allies gradually escalate the weaponry they are shuttling to Ukraine. At first, there is he...

EU Parliament to slash luxury retirement fund payouts in half

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

BRUSSELS — Former members of the European Parliament enrolled in a plush pension scheme that’s nearing implosion will have their payouts cut in half as senior lawmakers try to stave off a bailout that would cost EU taxpayers millions.More than 900 people, including former pro-Brexit MEPs and several current EU commissioners, continue to receive thousands of euros in monthly payouts from the Parliament’s additional pension pot. But the legacy retirement scheme, which ran for two decades before being closed to new members in 2009, is poised to run out of money by early 2025. That could leave EU taxpayers on the hook for €310 million. At a closed-door meeting on Monday, the most senior EU lawmakers in charge of the institution’s finances agreed to slash payouts to beneficiaries by 50 percent, raise the eligible age from 65 to 67, freeze the annual inflation-linked increase of payments and invite more beneficiaries to accept a sweet one-time offer to quit the scheme. T...

‘No threats identified’ at St. John’s Prep in Danvers after police respond to report of active shooter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

Massachusetts State Police say no threats were found after troopers and local police were called to St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers for a report of an active shooter. In a message entitled “Report of an Active Shooter on Campus,” the Catholic, all-boys school stated on its website that authorities were investigating and that students and staff were sheltering in place on Monday afternoon.The initial message stated:“There has been a report of an active shooter on campus at Benjamin Hall. Danvers and State police are on site. Students, Faculty, and Staff are sheltering in place. We will further provide updates as soon as possible.”By 2:20 p.m., Massachusetts State Police provided an update, stating that after both troopers and Danvers police officers responded to the school and entered, “no threats [were] identified at this time.”https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1660712218512564225“Teams doing secondary sweeps,...

LIV Golf tees off in DC May 27-28

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

Jimmy Buffett shares health update following hospitalization

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:52 GMT

(CNN) — Jimmy Buffett is on the mend following a brief hospitalization on Thursday.The 76-year-old shared an update on his Facebook page on Friday that he is heading home from the hospital.He thanked his followers for the “outpouring of support and well wishes,” and shared that he’d be going on a “fishing trip with old friends, along with paddling and sailing and get myself back in good shape” upon his return home from the hospital.Buffett added that once he’s back in shape, the Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band would “look at the whens and wheres of shows,” adding that he feels playing music “is as therapeutic for me as it is for fans to listen and sing along.”The Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band were scheduled to perform in Charleston, South Carolina over the weekend but were forced to postpone due to the singer being hospitalized.Buffett told his followers in a social media post on Thursday that following a trip to the Bahamas, “I had to stop ...