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Alex Jones transferring assets to family and friends, evading payments to Sandy Hook families: NYT

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

Infowars host Alex Jones has transferred millions of dollars’ worth of assets to family and friends, potentially shielding his wealth from the nearly $1.5 billion in legal damages he owes to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, according to The New York Times.Jones was ordered last fall to pay more than $1.4 billion in damages to the families of eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, which left 20 young children and six adults dead. He was also ordered to pay another $50 million to the parents of a Sandy Hook victim in a separate Texas case.The Infowars host was hit with multiple defamation lawsuits after he repeatedly suggested that the school shooting in Newton, Conn., was a “false flag” operation staged by the U.S. government. The families of the victims, who he accused of being actors, were threatened and harassed by his followers.He filed for both personal and business bankruptcy within the last year as the damages piled up — a move that the Sand...

ATCEMS: 2 auto-pedestrian accidents reported overnight, 1 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS responded to two separate auto-pedestrian crashes overnight Saturday into Sunday. The first crash happened in the 7900 block of Decker Lane near Lake Water E. Long around 9:48 p.m. ATCEMS said one person died at the scene.The second crash happened in north Austin around 5:30 a.m. Sunday on the North I-35 Service Road southbound near Barwood Park. ATCEMS said a person was struck by multiple vehicles and was taken to the hospital with critical life-threatening injuries. A second patient refused transport, EMS said. No other information was available at the time of the crashes.

Literary calendar for week of March 19

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.: “Immigration, Identity and the Arts” is the theme of a conversation on the experiences of African immigrants seen through the lenses of music and literature, including Thi Bui’s NEA Big Read book “The Best We Could Do.” Shannon Gibney, writer, educator and activist, hosts a dialogue with Nigerian composer-performer Kashimana Ahua and Somali author Abdullahi Janno, whose children’s book “When River Stopped Singing to Cloud” will be featured. Free. Noon Saturday, March 25, East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul.MARY KAY ANDREWS: Author of bestselling novels that evoke Southern locales and themes presents her latest, “The Homewreckers,” featuring Georgia house flipper Hatti Kavanaugh, in the Club Book series. Free. 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 27, R.H. Stafford Library, 8595 Central Park Place, Woodbury.CHAD CORRIE: Introduces “The Shadow Regent,” a standalone fantasy th...

Meteorologists say winters may be warmer, snowier. What is St. Paul doing to prepare?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

Heavy Midwest snows this season have stranded travelers, narrowed roads, forced St. Paul and Minneapolis to institute one-sided parking bans and generally made an icy, slushy muck out of travel.Experts say this is the climatological future, though not every year.“Our winter precipitation has been going up,” said Kenny Blumenfeld, a senior state climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “We’re having a year with a lot of precipitation, and average to above average for temperatures. Even though this trend is going to continue, we’re still going to have some old-fashioned winters — maybe not as frequently as they used to be.”In other words, Blumenfeld said, brace for wetter, heavier snowfalls in the years ahead than, say, 30 or 40 years ago, including some potential record-setters like the current one, interspersed with some winters like any other.“Is this going to be the new normal? Winters like this are probably ...

Sunday Bulletin Board: Today’s starting picture: the late, great Brave Bud Grant!

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

In memoriamWrites CHRIS, “formerly of Falcon Heights, now from beautiful White Bear Lake”: “Feeling sad today about the passing of Bud Grant. Reminds me of this entry to BB I made in 2019:“‘Hunted high and low for this photo before the Vikings football season comes to an end. You always find what you’re looking for in the last place you look.“The young baseball player in the back row on the left is our own Bud Grant. Before he made his mark as a football coach, he was a star pitcher for the Osceola Braves baseball team from 1950 to 1953. Baseball was king in Osceola, Wisconsin, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. A playoff game often drew more than 2,000 fans. As a Vikings fan, I’m glad he didn’t stick to baseball.’“R.I.P., Bud.”Dept. of Neat Stuff (Paperweight of the Gods Division)Gregory J. of Dayton’s Bluff: “‘A paperweight is just what it says: It’s a weight that sits on paper, with th...

Longtime activist and St. Paul resident Vic Rosenthal given his own day in St. Paul

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

Longtime community activist and St. Paul resident Vic Rosenthal, 68, was honored Saturday by the city declaring March 18 “Victor Rosenthal Day” in honor of his decades of community organizing and work for social justice.In the proclamation from St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, Rosenthal was lauded as a champion for racial, social and economic justice, and a tireless advocate for immigrant rights, marriage equality and voting rights.He “has made St. Paul a more equitable and accessible place to live,” through his work to build affordable housing, to provide access to light rail, as an educator at Metro State University and as an advocate for inclusionary zoning and much more, the proclamation said.“Vic’s tenacity and unflagging spirit have always been accompanied by a total inability to hear the word no or stop fighting for justice, in spite of any political environment, inclement weather, illness, or (being told no in the past),” the mayor wrot...

Chilly and sunny Sunday, more rain expected later this week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Sunday will be sunny with highs around 40 and wind chills in the low to mid 30s. Mostly clear and the mid to upper 20s again tonight. Spring begins Monday and temperatures will be back up to near normal, in the mid to upper 50s with lots of sun. Rain chances return Tuesday afternoon and last on and off through Friday. Tuesday won't be a washout, but as we get to later in the week multiple rounds of heavy rain are becoming a concern. Temperatures climb up into the 60s Wednesday and 70s Thursday, with more seasonal air moving back in for Friday.

Battlehawks fall to the Defenders 20 to 28

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- In Week 5 of the 2023 XFL season, the D.C. Defenders and the St. Louis Battlehawks played each other again. D.C. stayed unbeaten by beating A.J. McCarron and the St. Louis Battlehawks 28-20. Running Back Abram Smith ran for 218 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns.

Andrew Cogliano, Avalanche’s beloved locker room statesman, discusses future after passing 1,200 games on expiring contract

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

TORONTO — Sometimes the Zamboni is Andrew Cogliano’s only company.He’s routinely the first or second Avalanche player to step foot on the ice for Colorado’s morning skates. On game days across North America this season, Cogliano has occasionally started skating laps while the rink was still getting resurfaced from the home team’s morning skate, which always comes first.“I like getting out there — and 35 years old, sometimes it takes a little bit longer to warm up. So I use that extra time,” the self-deprecating Avalanche wing said. “I think when you play 1,200 games, you get little things that come along the way that work, or some others that don’t work. For me, I think I use pregame skate, I use warm-up, I use those to really get prepared. So that’s probably a nuisance at this point.”A nuisance to whom?“I don’t know. Yeah, no one, I guess,” Cogliano laughed. “Me. Me, because I’ve g...

Rockies’ infield defense must improve, overcome loss of Brendan Rodgers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:56 GMT

Last season, the Rockies’ defense was messy. Warren Schaeffer’s job is to help clean it up.“I like the mix we have going on with some veterans and some young talent,” Schaeffer said during a phone interview from spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. “And these guys are putting in the sweat, working hard.”Schaeffer, 38, was named Colorado’s third-base and infield coach in November after managing Triple-A Albuquerque for the past two seasons. He’s inherited quite a project, especially with reigning Gold Glove second baseman Brendan Rodgers likely out for the season after undergoing left shoulder surgery.Although Colorado’s overall defense improved significantly in the second half of 2022, its .983 fielding percentage still ranked 12th in the National League. Third baseman Ryan McMahon’s 17 errors were the most by a National League third baseman. And catcher Elias Diaz’s 11 errors were the most in the majors. If the Rocki...