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Trans people face rhetoric, disinformation after shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

Anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation in the days following the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have heightened the fears of a community already on edge amid a historic push for more restrictions on trans people’s rights this year.Authorities haven’t shared any evidence linking Audrey Hale’s gender identity to the motive for the attack, which killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School last week. Yet right-wing commentators, politicians and other figures have cited the shooting as they’ve shared false claims of a rise in transgender mass shooters and suggested that the fight for trans rights is radicalizing people. Advocates worry the comments are further jeopardizing transgender people by turning them into scapegoats, at a time when they’re speaking out against a wave of bills focused on trans people in statehouses across the country. “We’ve certainly seen the uptick in transphobic rhetoric in th...

Going back to the moon: ‘This is Canada on the world stage, doing big things’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

WASHINGTON — Ask Marc Garneau if he’d go back to space and the first Canadian to ever make the trip doesn’t hesitate: “In a wink.”It’s another matter entirely, of course, whether the now-retired former astronaut and Quebec MP —  at 74, he finally gave up his seat in the House of Commons just three weeks ago — still has the right stuff.“You always wonder, when you reach a certain age, whether you would still have that capability that you had when you were younger,” said Garneau, who flew three Space Shuttle missions between 1984 and 2001.“Having flown three times, I consider myself blessed beyond any reasonable expectation in life.” Now the country’s pre-eminent “elder statesman” of space, Garneau has long waited for the day when he’ll be joined in the pantheon of pioneering explorers by the next astronaut to earn the “first Canadian” honorific. Who will it be? The world finds out Monday. That&#...

12 tornadoes touchdown in Chicago area, NWS confirms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

CHICAGO — NWS Chicago has confirmed 12 total tornadoes in Northern Illinois including one in Belvidere where a roof collapse at the Apollo Theater left one person dead. According to the NWS, one was reported west/southwest of Baileyville and one was reported near Caledonia.On Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed a third tornado, an EF-1, impacted Machesney Park. The fourth tornado was an EF-1 tornado that went across portions of Ogle, Winnebago and Boone counties. The NWS said wind speeds peaked in Belvidere and caused the roof to collapse.Other tornadoes included: EF -1 Machesney Park, ILEF - 1 near Wellington, ILEF - 1 near Stockland, IL EF - Lombard to Addison, IL EF -2 near Oxford, IN EF - 2 near Fowler, IN EF -1 Near RemingtonNWS Chicago stated that these numbers are subject to change. 1 dead, 28 injured after roof collapses at Belvidere theater amid strong storms 57 tornadoes and even more funnel clouds reported across 7 states in the Midwest and ...

Man, 37, fatally stabbed in neck on West Side

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

CHICAGO — A man was fatally stabbed in the neck and chest on the city's West Side late Saturday night. According to police, a 37-year-old man was sitting in the driver's seat of a car near the 3300 block of West Roosevelt Road around 11:30 p.m. Saturday night when he was approached by another man and an altercation ensued. CPD: 15-year-old girl missing from Belmont Cragin The man was stabbed in the neck and three more times in the chest. Police say he self-transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead a short time after. There is currently no one in custody and police are investigating the incident.

ATCEMS: 1 dead in overnight auto-pedestrian crash in south Austin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person is dead after an auto-pedestrian crash in south Austin overnight, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. The crash happened around 1 a.m. at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and East Ben White Boulevard. MAP: Where have Austin’s fatal crashes occurred in 2023? An adult was declared dead at the scene, ATCEMS said. No other information was available at the time, but this article will be updated if more details are received.

Apple Valley High School choir students’ next stop? Carnegie Hall on Easter Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

Joel Beyer, center, directs a group of Apple Valley High School choir students as they rehearse for a concert on Oct. 14, 2022. Students in the choir programs will perform April 9, 2023, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. (Paul Allen / Allen Photo Works)High school choir students are traveling from Apple Valley to the Big Apple — to sing at Carnegie Hall.A group of 37 Apple Valley High School choir students, led by director Joel Beyer, will join several other high school- and university-level choirs from around the country for an afternoon performance Sunday, April 9, at New York City’s famous concert hall. They’ll be performing at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, the hall’s flagship venue.Alongside the New England Symphonic Ensemble orchestra, the chorales will perform “The Cry of Jeremiah,” a 2012 work by the acclaimed composer Rosephanye Powell. D’Walla Simmons-Burke, the director of choral and vocal studies at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, will co...

The Go St. Louis Marathon runs through St. Louis Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- The Go St. Louis Marathon and Half-Marathon is happening today. It starts at Forest Park and ends the Gateway Arch. The weekend event started Saturday with a 5-K run, and several family-fun activities.This event focuses on the importance of getting in shape at an early age. Here's what makes this year special: the race will feature a beautiful route that winds through historic neighborhoods and business districts, and passes many famous St. Louis sights - the Delmar Loop, Central West End, the historic Union Station, and the St. Louis City Stadium. Trending: Battlehawks tease relocation to LA in viral April Fools’ Day joke All of today's events will run on the grounds of the Gateway Arch National Park this year.GO! St. Louis introduced a 10-week series, Training for Life, to explore the links between mental health and running, and how it can help runners train.Awards this year are $500 for 1st Place, 2nd Place - $300, 3rd Place - $150.

Warm Sunday with scattered showers possible tonight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A cold start, but today will be a big improvement from yesterday. Sunshine and breezy but highs climb up into the mid to upper 60s. A cold front dips into northern Missouri and stalls tonight into tomorrow. A few showers and storms will develop overnight and continue into early Monday. These could impact the morning commute, but hopefully they'll be east of the St. Louis area by then. These showers exit to the east, and then we'll see a mix of clouds and sun for Monday afternoon. Still breezy, but temperatures even warmer, up into the lower half of the 70s. For Tuesday, questions still remain on the severe threat. Tuesday will be warm, with highs around 80. The extent of severe weather will depend on the timing of the cold front. If the cold front comes through overnight, when instability is much lower, the threat will be lowered. If it were to come through earlier, then they'll be a higher threat. It does look like our atmosphere is capped through Tuesday afternoon whe...

Visitation for Jacque Mitchell Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- The family of a woman found dead in a Maryland Heights apartment in March plans to lay her to rest Monday. The visitation for Jacque Mitchell is set for this afternoon. It will be taking place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home in St. Peters on Mid Rivers Mall Drive.Mitchell's funeral is happening Sunday at 10 a.m. A burial will follow the service at Fee Fee Cemetery in Bridgeton. The 39-year-old is survived by her parents and several brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews. Top Story: EF-1 tornado confirmed in Salem, IL; dozens of homes damaged The St. Louis County Prosecuting attorney's office has charged Joseph Dejoie in her death. He's being held on a one-million dollar cash-only bond.

Denver East’s Rudy Carey is All-Colorado boys coach of the year after breaking CHSAA wins mark and winning record 10th state title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:07 GMT

Denver East began the season with an overtime loss to Class 5A Windsor and a blowout defeat to Fossil Ridge — an inauspicious start that turned out to be a red herring for the Angels’ historic season.Coach Rudy Carey made a lineup change after those defeats, at a time when the Angels were unranked in the CHSAA poll. Carey moved seniors Austin Mohr and D’Aundre Samuels from guard to forward, and put senior shooting guard Jack Greenwood into the starting lineup.From there, the Angels ripped off 26 wins in a row en route to the Class 6A state title. Along the way, Carey broke the CHSAA record for most career wins and won his record 10th state title when Denver East beat Fossil Ridge 82-61 in a payback game in the championship at Denver Coliseum. The win also tied Denver East with Manual for the most hoops titles all-time at 12.That string of feats from a team with no Division I commits is why Carey is the 2023 Denver Post All-Colorado boys’ coach of the year.“Th...