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VIDEO: Restaurant fire fills downtown Austin with smoke

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department responded to a restaurant fire in downtown Austin on Monday evening.AFD said firefighters are working to extinguish the fire and remove smoke in a 30-story high-rise building at 303 Colorado Street. The restaurant has been evacuated, AFD said.According to photos and videos shared with KXAN, a large plume of smoke could be seen pushing through the street. Multiple firefighters responded to the area, according to photos shared with KXAN.This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.

Texas DE Ethan Burke, an All-American lacrosse player, gave up the sport for a school that 'didn't really recruit him'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Longhorns sophomore defensive end Ethan Burke didn't decide to pursue college football until the middle of his senior year at Westlake High School, and he certainly didn't think it was going to be at the University of Texas at Austin.With four solo tackles and a sack in the fourth quarter against Alabama to help the Longhorns beat the Crimson Tide 34-24 on Saturday, Burke's path to stay home and play at Texas was a long and winding one. Longhorns capture more weekly awards following historic win over Alabama An All-American lacrosse player for the Chaps, Burke had verbally committed to Maryland for lacrosse until he also wanted to pursue football. Several schools swarmed to the 6-foot-7 Burke with scholarship offers, and he eventually gave a commitment to Michigan to play both sports.Then, he got a call while he was in English class.TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 09: Ethan Burke #91 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates after tackling Jalen Milroe #4 of the Alabama Cr...

State Supreme Court Justice nerfs ethics commission in Cuomo book case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle sided with the plaintiff, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, against the state's Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, or COELIG. The issue began with JCOPE—the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, COELIG's predecessor agency—and how it responded to Cuomo's pandemic-era book, "American Crisis." Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! Cuomo's camp said executive branch staffers donated hours of their private time, volunteering to work on the book off the clock. And initially, when he was still in office, JCOPE approved the book's publication.But after a series of scandals, Cuomo fell out of public favor and ultimately resigned. That's when JCOPE hit the former governor with formal ethics violations, working to block him from profiting off the book. JCOPE was dismantled by the legislature and replaced by COELIG, an entity meant to be more independent of the executive branc...

Ravena downs Catskill 47-6 in Sunday night football action

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

RAVENA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Ravena dominated in its' Week 1 game against Catskill Sunday night, winning 47-6. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! The offense showed its' prowess scoring five touchdowns in the first quarter providing a lot of cushion that proved to be too much for Catskill to overcome. The defense also shined early in the game. That unit scored on a pic six by Mason Carkner to go up 14-6. When the second half came around the defense kept Catskill scoreless and scored another touchdown to seal the win.

Rockies’ Kris Bryant activated from IL, Cole Tucker designated for assignment; German Marquez talks new contract

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

After missing 44 games with a fractured finger, Rockies slugger Kris Bryant was activated from the injured list Monday and returned to the lineup just in time to attempt to play spoiler against his former team.Cole Tucker, who is 4-for-8 with a .600 on-base percentage in five big-league games this season, was designated for assignment in Colorado’s corresponding roster move.Bryant was batting clean-up in his return, playing first base. Rockies manager Bud Black said Bryant will play some first base, outfield and designated hitter in the remaining weeks of the season. Bryant is unlikely to play every game.“I think he continued to feel (pain) as time went on. I think he feels it a little bit now,” Black said. “The pain lessens. You get a little bit of flexibility in your finger. You start doing more baseball activities. … The last 10 days, he’s ramped up his hitting. He’s ramped up his defense. He’s kept his legs going the whole time. And I think Kris felt as t...

Denver council approves five more settlements over police response to racial justice protests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Denver’s legal bills related to how police responded to the racial justice protests in May and June of 2020 continue to rise with the City Council approving a combined $1.06 million in settlements on Monday.According to a list of payments provided by the City Attorney’s Office, the latest settlements will push the city’s legal bills related to the protests to nearly $9.4 million with a possible $14 million jury award still looming should the city’s ongoing effort to appeal it fail.The most recent payments are split across five settlement agreements. Four of those agreements stem from the same lawsuit filed on June 4, 2020, in the midst of nightly demonstrations in downtown Denver protesting the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.In that case, plaintiffs Agazi Abay, Gabriel Thorn, Amy Schneider and Michael McDaniel sued the city for a range of actions by police including the use of tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets allegedly without warning a...

No official word on Broncos S Caden Sterns’ knee injury, but report suggests he’ll miss season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Caden Sterns cannot catch a break.The third-year safety’s tough run of injury luck continued with a knee injury Sunday that those in the Broncos organization fear is serious.Head coach Sean Payton on Monday said only that Sterns was undergoing medical imaging on the injury and would not confirm an NFL Network report that he suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon.Sterns shot into the backfield on a Josh Jacobs run on the first play of the second quarter, but went to the turf awkwardly as he attempted to make a tackle.He appeared to immediately assume the injury was serious, stomping and punching the turf while being attended to by trainers and then wiping away tears as he was carted off the field.The emotion is understandable for the former Texas standout, who missed all but five games last year due to a hip injury and was primed for a breakout season. Instead, he played just two defensive snaps before getting hurt again.“It’s tough, especially in there makin...

7 injured in multi-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Police are searching for a felony hit-and-run driver who is believed to be armed and dangerous after a multi-vehicle crash Monday in Baldwin Hills that injured at least seven people.  The incident occurred in the 3500 block of Potomac Avenue, near Obama Boulevard, just after 4 p.m.  Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were in a foot pursuit with the felony hit-and-run suspect, who is described as a Black male, approximately 25-35 years old, with a heavy build and dreadlocks. The man was last seen wearing a white shirt, light colored jeans and should be considered armed and dangerous, LAPD told KTLA. A police perimeter has been set up in the area while the search continues. Another person has been taken into custody, though police said it is currently unclear how that person was involved in the incident. First responders on the scene of a multi-car crash in Baldwin Hills on Sept. 11, 2023. (KTLA)First responders on the scene of a multi-car crash in Baldwin Hills...

Man exposes himself on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, bystanders intervene

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Visitors and motorists along Hollywood’s bustling Walk of Fame were victimized by a man who exposed himself in public on Sunday.A video posted to Citizen shows the man standing with his pants down and his arms raised next to stopped vehicles, including a Metro bus, at Hollywood Boulevard and N. Highland Avenue - just footsteps from the famous Chinese Theatre and Dolby Theatre.One bystander pulls up the man's pants. A second video shows two people holding him down waiting for authorities to arrive.Video posted to Citizen shows a man standing with his pants down and his arms raised next to traffic, including a Metro bus, at Hollywood Boulevard and N. Highland Avenue. Sept. 10, 2023. (CITIZEN)“Don’t f***ing move,” one Good Samaritan says. “There’s f***ing kids [and] you’re f***ing doing that?”Another bystander hurls a water bottle at the man, hitting him in the head.It was not immediately known if he was cited by police.Video shows bystanders holding down a man who had exposed himself ...

Ed Sheeran crashes Vegas wedding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Before postponing his show Saturday night at the last minute, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was crashing a Las Vegas wedding.Saturday afternoon, the "Thinking Out Loud" singer stopped by the iconic Little White Wedding Chapel to surprise Jordan and Carter Lindenfield, serenading the couple mid-wedding with his new song, "Magical."Sheeran even signed the couple's marriage license as the witness on their "Perfect" day. Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Speaking with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Lindenfields said a representative for the chapel contacted them last month about letting an anonymous celebrity drop by the ceremony as "a PR stunt." While they initially declined, th...