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Watch: Bear creeps up behind Virginia man as he tends his backyard

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – A Virginia man got the surprise of his life when he encountered a bear in his backyard last week.  John Barr, of Goochland, wasn’t injured during the encounter Wednesday, and said he believes the bear might have been more scared of him than he was of it. "[I] turned around and there was a bear,” Barr said.  The encounter was caught on security camera footage. In it, Barr was gardening when suddenly he got an unexpected visitor.   The video shows the bear approaching Barr, seeing him, and fleeing as Barr turns around — just in time for Barr to get a glimpse of the bear as it scurried back into the woods. The whole incident happened in a matter of seconds.  "I finally decided I should run in the house. Of course, by then he was gone,” Barr said.  Video captured by a security camera shows John Barr of Goochland County tending to his garden while a bear walks into his back...

Dean's Reviews: 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

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St. Paul homicide investigation underway after West Side shooting

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

St. Paul police said Monday they’ve launched a homicide investigation after a shooting death overnight.It happened on the West Side in the 400 block of South Clinton Avenue.Police said they plan to release additional information later Monday. Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | 1 dead, 2 injured in early morning shooting in St. Cloud, police say Crime & Public Safety | New Minnesota law cracks down on organized retail theft Crime & Public Safety | Former Twins player arrested in connection with 2021 Lake Tahoe-area shooting that killed a man, wounded his wife Crime & Public Safety | West St. Paul man pleads guilty to murder in fatal 2021 shooting of Woodbury man in Minneapolis Crime & Public Safety | Heidi Firkus family, others speak out in new ‘Dateline’ program about her murder in St. Paul

Fatal crash involving deer on Tesson Ferry Road, police investigating

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

ST LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Multiple emergency crews are at the scene on Tesson Ferry early Monday morning.Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter was flying over the area, where both northbound and southbound directions on Tesson Ferry are closed from Lakeford Lane to Tesson Creek Estates Road. According to authorities, a deer was likely struck early Monday morning. Around 5:30 or 6:00 a.m., a man got out of his vehicle to move the deer. Then another car in the area struck him. CVPA remembers anniversary of school shooting The black SUV that hit the man remained at the scene. Traffic is still being diverted in the area.FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Boxing champion previews 'Fight in The Ring, Not in The Neighborhoods' event

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Three-time world boxing champion Devon Alexander, 'The Great,' is lacing up to host his first sports foundation event, 'Fight in The Ring, Not in The Neighborhoods.' It is ‘Hillbilly Mango’ season in Missouri He was born and raised in north St. Louis and has a message for the youth. The Urban League's Vice President, James Clark and the champion joined us live for a look at the event.

One person dies in late-night crash on I-70, police investigating

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

Denver police are investigating a late-night, two-vehicle crash that left one driver dead Sunday.Around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, officers were at the scene of a crash on Interstate 70, near Central Park Boulevard, according to a statement from the Denver Police Department on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.Paramedics transported one driver to the hospital, where they later died from their injuries, police said.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Eastbound Colfax closed for seven-vehicle crash, five people injured Crashes and Disasters | BNSF says it inspected track the same day as deadly train derailment near Pueblo Crashes and Disasters | Broken rail caused fatal train crash and bridge collapse near Pueblo, NTSB says Crashes and Disasters | Feds begin investigation of train derailment as long I-25 closure continues near Pueblo Crashes and Disasters | I-25 likely to be closed at least f...

LAPD investigates back-to-back pharmacy robberies in San Fernando Valley 

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating two pharmacy break-ins that occurred within minutes of each other early Monday morning. According to authorities, Miracle Pharmacy, located in the 7400 block of Foothill Boulevard in Tujunga, was broken into shortly after 3 a.m. The owner of the business, Vadrui Sarafyan, says that the manner in which the thieves broke in reminds her of the previous times her store had been robbed.“They were kicking the door and broke the door,” she told KTLA 5’s Erin Myers. “They always look for what I call ‘street drugs’ and [this time around] they took Xanax from us.” Sarafyan says the four suspects fled the scene in a black SUV. Another pharmacy in the 6000 block of Foothill Boulevard was also robbed, authorities said, but information on that incident remains limited. It is unknown if the two incidents are related. Authorities investigating flag burning in West Hills as hate crime Monday's break-ins targeting drugstores come j...

Abandoned hotel burns in East Hollywood

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

A greater alarm fire torched an abandoned commercial building in East Hollywood Monday morning.The blaze at 1418 N. New Hampshire Ave. was reported a few minutes before 6 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The two-story vacant hotel had "heavy fire" coming through ventilation holes in the roof, fire officials added.Footage showed a large plume of smoke rising above the fire.No injuries have been reported.Check back for updates to this developing story.

Hundreds of health care workers set to strike in L.A. County  

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

A large group of employees at a Los Angeles County hospital are set to begin a five-day strike on Monday. Nearly 700 non-nursing staff at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank will walk off the job in protest of what they say are unfair labor practices. Hospital officials said that the strike will not impact patient care. The employees striking on Monday are laboratory technicians, EMTs and patient transporters.  Teens terrorizing Long Beach apartment complex, residents say Negotiators are in discussion with union leaders and say that they have offered “significant” wage increases. The local strike starts exactly two weeks after 1,500 nurses and health care workers at St. Francis Medical Center took to the picket lines to protest staffing shortages, and it also follows a nationwide protest by 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers who claimed unfair labor practices and working conditions were affecting patient care.The Kaiser strike, thought to be the lar...

Videos show teens terrorizing residents of Long Beach apartment complex

Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:27:38 GMT

Residents of the upscale Camden Harbor View Apartments in Long Beach say they are fed up with relentless crime, run-ins with the homeless, and now juvenile delinquents. “These kids don’t care. They are looking for trouble,” one tenant, Kimberly, told KTLA. “One hit me with a skateboard.”Security and cell phone cameras have captured some of the incidents, including one where teens attacked a man who was simply walking in the area. “They were stalking him and he didn’t want to fight back. He was just trying to get them to stop. He didn’t want to hurt kids,” said Kimberly.Surveillance cameras have captured some of the incidents, including one where teens assaulted a man who was simply walking in the area. October 2023.Another video shows a teen "donkey kick" an apartment door and then run away with his friends.Tenants say they're dealing with a constant cycle of trouble. In early September, several cars were set on fire by a serial arsonist. People keep getting attacked,...