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2nd Missouri man sentenced in death of woman who was caged, dismembered

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — A second man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of a woman who was kept in a cage and dismembered in southwest Missouri in 2021.Timothy Norton was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in Dallas County court to first-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Cassie Rainwater. As part of his plea agreement, charges of kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse were dropped.Another man, James Phelps, entered an Alford plea earlier this year in the same case and was also sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW The two men were arrested in September 2021 after the FBI received a tip about photos showing Rainwater in a cage on Phelps' property near Le...

St. Louis man accused of firebombing neighbor's home over parking space

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis man appeared in federal court last week and denied throwing a Molotov cocktail at a home in the Gravois Park neighborhood last year.Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Marcus Reece, 31, was indicted in April on one count of damaging or destroying a building by fire and one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device.Reece was arrested on June 22 and pleaded not guilty that same day. A federal judge ordered him to be held in jail until trial. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW According to court documents, the firebombing occurred March 19, 2022, in the 3700 block of Minnesota Avenue. Prosecutors claim Reece threw Molotov cocktails at his neighbor's home...

Judge sets $10M cash-only bond for Aurora dentist accused of poisoning, killing his wife

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

AURORA, Colo. — A judge set a $10 million cash-only bond on Wednesday morning for an Aurora dentist accused of poisoning and killing his wife in March.James Toliver Craig, 45, was arrested early on March 19 on a charge of first-degree murder after deliberation in connection with the death of his 43-year-old wife Angela Craig, who died in a hospital the day prior.He practiced dentistry at Summerbrook Dental Group, which is located at 14991 E. Hampden Avenue in Aurora. His bio page from the dental group website states that he has six children with his wife. His dental license was suspended by the state in March.A 52-page arrest affidavit detailed how Angela Craig became sick multiple times in early and mid-March and was hospitalized, but doctors could not determine what was causing her symptoms. During one of the visits, a person alerted a nurse that he believed she had been poisoned, possibly by James Craig, according to the affidavit.Read more on Denver7.Sign up to get crime news se...

CBI issues Missing Indigenous Person Alert for missing Navajo woman last seen in Denver

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday issued a missing person alert for a 26-year-old Navajo woman who may have been living without housing in Denver.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 65-year-old man missing after raft capsizes in Glenwood Canyon Crime and Public Safety | Missing teen who was last seen Wednesday in Granby has been found safe Crime and Public Safety | CBI alert issued for missing 71-year-old man in Glenwood Springs Crime and Public Safety | El Paso County officials searching for missing at-risk teen, last seen Thursday Crime and Public Safety | Missing Indigenous Person Alert for man believed to be in Colorado Springs area lifted Last heard from on June 13, Shirelle Lucinda Begay was believed to be in Denver, CBI officials said in a bulletin posted on Twitter. Anyone who has seen Begay or has information is asked to contact Denver police at 720-913-2000.Begay is descri...

United Airlines’ troubles again snarl travel at Denver International Airport

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

Nationwide travel disruptions on Wednesday again snarled travelers flying in and out of Denver International Airport, where they were hit with a total of 245 delays and 81 cancellations as of 11:30 a.m., according to the FlightAware tracking service.United Airlines stood out, leading other airlines at DIA on Wednesday with the bulk of the problems: 78 cancellations and 137 delays, FlightAware data show.That brought United Airlines’ total at DIA over four days starting Sunday to 372 cancellations and 886 delays, the data show.Stranded passengers chafed. United staffers set up 500 cots at DIA Monday and relied on Denver airport officials to provide blankets. United officials said they set up cots in the airport again on Wednesday.Earlier this week, United officials pointed to severe weather as a driver of cancellations and delays because flight crews, pilots, and other staffers were hung up in other parts of the country.“United is fully staffed in Denver. Our employees on the gr...

A Colorado town says no to tall fences, sinking a proposed Topgolf facility next to I-25

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

A man dressed as a bald eagle stands with a crowd in front of representatives of Topgolf during a public meeting in Timnath on Feb. 13, 2023. Residents in the fast-growing community near Fort Collins are trying to stop the company from building a facility in town, claiming Topgolf’s trademark safety nets pose a risk to migratory birds in flight. (Photo by John Aguilar/The Denver Post)Voters in Timnath have boxed Topgolf out of their fast-growing town, voting overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the type of tall fences the company needs for its high-tech driving range.By a more than two-to-one margin, voters in this Larimer County town approved in a special election Ballot Issue 1A, which will prohibit fences that exceed 65 feet in height. Topgolf, which has three Colorado locations, erects mesh fences more than 100 feet tall at its facilities to catch balls launched by customers swinging away in an array of hitting bays.“We are pleased that the citizens of Timnath have spoken a...

Titanic-bound sub debris returned to land after deep-sea implosion

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the world's attention last week.The return of the debris to port in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is a key piece of the investigation into why the submersible imploded, killing all five people on board. Twisted chunks of the 22-foot submersible were unloaded at a Canadian Coast Guard pier on Wednesday.Horizon Arctic, a Canadian ship, carried a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, to search the ocean floor near the Titanic wreck for pieces of the submersible. Pelagic Research Services, a company with offices in Massachusetts and New York that owns the ROV, said on Wednesday that it has completed offshore operations.Pelagic Research Services' team is “still on mission” and cannot comment on the ongoing Titan investigation, which involves several government agencies in the U.S. and Canada, said Jeff Mahoney,...

Kim Kardashian to open 1st Skims store in West Hollywood in 2024

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

Keep up with Kim!Kim Kardashian is expanding her empire by opening up her first Skims flagship store on the Sunset Strip in 2024. The shop will be located in West Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard near Supreme and Kith, according to Bloomberg. The space is estimated to be about 5,000 square feet. Fan throws mom’s ashes at Pink onstage: ‘I don’t know how I feel about this’ “Kim and I can envision a future where years from today there’s a SKIMS store anywhere in the world you’d find an Apple store or a Nike store,” said Jens Grede, co-founder and chief executive officer of Skims, told the outlet. “It marks the second chapter.”The move may be surprising to some as retail chains across the country are closing or scaling back, as the reality star is doing just the opposite. Skims began in 2019 as a direct-to-consumer business. Since then, Kardashian has opened up temporary pop-ups in Los Angeles and around the world. Angela Bassett to receive an Honorary Oscar The L.A. storefront will ...

The 2 main reasons why dogs are freaked out by fireworks

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

Even though personal fireworks are illegal in many cities, we know many people ignore the law around the July 4th holiday weekend.This means the sight and sound of crackling bottle rockets, Roman candles, flowers and sparklers – legal or illegal – will echo through neighborhoods for several nights, which poses a unique risk to dogs.There are two main reasons why man’s best friend is easily spooked by fireworks.The first is the most obvious. Fireworks are loud.“Dogs have exceptional hearing,” Purina explains. “If a dog comes running to the sound of a crinkling food wrapper from a different part of the house, you can imagine how sensitive they are to firecrackers.“Smithsonian digs a little deeper.“Dogs hear more than twice as many frequencies as humans, and they can also hear sounds roughly four times further away. Reacting to every sound would demand too much energy, and so dog brains must determine which sounds are significant and which can be tuned out.”Fireworks, Smithsonian expla...

Fourth of July cookouts won't be as expensive compared to last year, new study says

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:22:34 GMT

Fourth of July cookout will be more affordable this year compared to 2022, according to a new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation.Families are expected to pay $67.73 to host a cookout on Independence Day, a 3% decrease from last year but still 14% higher than prices from two years ago. 5 places to cool off in L.A. County during the coming heat wave “The slight downward direction in the cost of a cookout doesn’t counter the dramatic increases we’ve seen over the past few years. Families are still feeling the pinch of high inflation along with other factors keeping prices high,” AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan said in a statement.Cookout stables like hamburger buns, homemade potato salad and ground beef have increased in price this year, while chicken breast, lemonade, and chocolate cookies saw a price decrease, according to the report.Prices for food items like beef and potatoes have increased mainly due to poor weather and drought conditions. Tipping backlash: These...