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COVID cases increasing in New York

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -New York's Department of Health reports COVID-19 cases are growing and hospitalization rates are increasing as well. Officials are encouraging New Yorkers to be cautious during this time.According to the Department of Health, COVID hospital admissions increased 22% as of August 2. They say the numbers add up to more than 100 admissions per day, lower than the height of the pandemic, but higher than the week before.As a pediatrician, Dr. James Saperstone has served the Guilderland area before, during, and after the pandemic. Even with the main outbreak over, Saperstone says covid is making a seasonal comeback. Lark Street Revitalization Project to start in Albany “We should be okay, but we still have to worry about people my age, over 70, and the very young and the people with underlying health conditions. We still haven’t got our hands around it. We saw a surge last summer, but here is a different ball game," stated Saperstone.Reported cases are up 55%, aver...

Seniors feel 'trapped' in St. Louis apartment building because of broken elevators

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Stranded and desperate for help, some senior citizens are stuck in a St. Louis apartment building because of broken elevators.William Darty is unable to leave the seventh floor of his apartment building because the elevators are not working."I walk with a cane. My right side is paralyzed," he said. "The only way for me to get down is the elevator and I'm disabled."Darty is unable to go down the steps and security at Roosevelt Towne Apartments, located on Euclid near Delmar, told the FOX Files crew to leave the property.Darty still wanted to share what was happening inside the apartment building and went to the stairwell windows to show St. Louis the nightmare scenario he's living in.William Darty invited FOX 2 into his seventh-floor apartment for an interview, but property management told the TV crew to leave. Darty wanted St. Louis to see him though, so he stood in front of the stairwell windows for a phone interview."I go to rehab to exercise three days a week; I can't...

Kiszla: Why was $87 million contract for new Broncos offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey money well spent?

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

Seven long years of Broncos misery has been defined by too many knuckleheads and not enough winners.Good news: While $87.5 million is a heap of dough for a 28-year-old offensive tackle who’s never been to the Pro Bowl, bringing Mike McGlinchey to Denver was money well spent.It was an investment in something beyond keeping quarterback Russell Wilson clean in the pocket. McGlinchey, who has two trips to the Super Bowl on his NFL resume, can teach the Broncos about the mysteries of a winning culture.What’s the definition?“You can’t directly define it, but you can certainly feel it,” McGlinchey said Wednesday, after the conclusion of a morning practice at training camp“It’s an attitude. It’s a mindset. It’s the way you come into work every single day. It’s the way you prepare. It’s the way you respond to adversity. It’s the way you lift your teammates up. It’s all those things, all mixed into one. If you do that at a high level and the best you can every single day, that to me is ...

Police searching for driver involved in fatal hit-and-run

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

Authorities with the Los Angeles Police Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying a hit-and-run driver in Pacoima who struck and killed a man in his 50s on Tuesday.  The fatal collision occurred at around 11:20 p.m. as a dark-colored sedan traveling eastbound on Paxton Street, just east of Glenoaks Boulevard, collided with the man in the roadway.  Surveillance footage of the incident shows the sedan continuing eastbound on Paxton Street, failing to stop, attempt to render aid or identify themselves.  Medical personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the scene and took the man to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.  Authorities are searching for the driver of a dark-colored sedan that struck and killed a pedestrian in his 50s in Pacoima on Aug. 1, 2023. (LAPD)Authorities with the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office have yet to identify the man.  Anyone with information about this incident or who was in the area of Paxton Street and Glenoak...

Santa Clarita files lawsuit against illegal street taco vendor

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

The city of Santa Clarita filed a lawsuit against a street taco vendor for operating illegally after thousands of dollars in unpaid citations.Lawyers for the city have filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against Tacos Jacky, “an illegal sidewalk vending operation currently operating within the public right-of-way at various locations,” officials said.Plans to file the lawsuit come after “exhausting all administrative processes” to address dozens of health and safety violations, city officials said. The injunction would force the sidewalk vendor to temporarily cease operations until health and safety standards are met.Since 2019, officials said Tacos Jacky had been operating without a valid peddler’s license, public health permit or sidewalk vending permit which was in violation of the city's municipal code.City staff members conducted 218 site inspections at multiple Tacos Jacky locations. During those inspections, officials allegedly witnessed 74 instances of the vendor operating...

Walnut Creek serial burglary suspect arrested

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Francisco man was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the burglaries of seven Walnut Creek businesses, the Walnut Creek Police Department announced. The businesses were burglarized between July 16 and July 24, police said. Six are downtown and one is on Old Grove Road. 2 businesses close after 10 years in downtown Walnut Creek Jarvis Ferguson, 40, of San Francisco was identified as one of the suspects. He is believed to be involved in all seven burglaries. WCPD detectives found Ferguson at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday near the Crossroads Shopping Center, located at 2300 Monument Blvd. in Pleasant Hill. Ferguson was arrested for seven felony counts of burglary and four felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime. He is being held at the Martinez Detention Facility on a $220,000 bail. WCPD said there are more suspects who remain outstanding. Anyone with information is asked to call WCPD at (925) 943-5865.

Stanton homers and drives in 4 to power Cole, Yankees to 7-2 win over McClanahan and Rays

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in four runs to lead Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 on Wednesday night, preventing a three-game sweep.Cole (10-2) recovered from a rocky start and beat Shane McClanahan (11-2) in a marquee matchup of All-Star aces. New York scored five times in the third inning, highlighted by rookie Anthony Volpe’s two-run homer and Stanton’s three-run shot.Stanton added a run-scoring single in the seventh to match his season high for RBIs. He also had four on July 15 in Colorado.New York finished with 13 hits and scored its seventh run when Gleyber Torres came home on a double steal.Cole allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. He struck out eight, walked two and improved to 6-0 after a Yankees loss this season.The right-hander walked his first batter before Wander Franco sent a 1-0 fastball into a suite overlooking the second deck in right field for his career-best 14th homer.Later, the Yanke...

U.S. Women’s World Cup tie with Portugal draws overnight audience of 1.35 million on Fox

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States’ 0-0 draw against Portugal in the Women’s World Cup was the most-watched overnight program in Fox history.The game on Monday in Auckland, New Zealand, which kicked off at 3 a.m. EDT, averaged 1,354,000 viewers. Fox and Nielsen said the audience peaked at 1.73 million for the final 15 minutes.The audience paled in comparison to the first two American matches, which kicked off in prime time. The July 26 match against the Netherlands was the most-watched U.S. group stage match in Women’s World Cup history, averaging 6,429,000. The opening match on July 21 against Vietnam averaged 5,261,000.The three U.S. group stage matches averaged 4,345,000 on Fox, an 11% increase over four years ago, when the tournament took place in France.With the Americans finishing second in Group E, the team’s Round of 16 match will take place overnight instead of in prime time. The match against Sweden will kick off at 5 a.m. ET Sunday. The Spanish-languag...

Messi scores in third straight game for Inter Miami after 95-minute weather delay

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi scored in his third straight game for Inter Miami after the start of the Leagues Cup contest against Orlando City on Wednesday night was delayed 95 minutes because of thunderstorms.It was Messi’s fourth goal since joining the MLS club and came seven minutes into the game. He stopped a pass on his chest from Robert Taylor, dribbled a couple of yards near the edge of the 6-yard box and converted a shot that landed under the crossbar.The goal gave Inter Miami a 1-0 in the Round of 32 match. The game was scheduled to start at 8 p.m., but didn’t begin on time because of the storms. Messi and his Inter Miami teammates appeared on the DRV PNK Stadium field for warm-ups 45 minutes before the scheduled start. The heavy rains began approximately 20 minutes later.After stadium crew drained water puddles around mid-field, Messi and his teammates re-appeared for a second round of pre-game warm-ups.Messi has not dealt with inclement weather in...

Colorado farm animal sanctuary needs help to buy land, alleviate flooding

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:14:23 GMT

HENDERSON, Colo. (KDVR) — At the Broken Shovels Farm Sanctuary in Adams County, hundreds of animals are given a second shot at life.From abuse to neglect to abandonment, Andrea Davis says her animals have seen it all. But this summer, she said they’re dealing with another obstacle -- flooding. “I had to get full boots that went to my knees because that’s how deep the mud was in some places,” Davis said. “Really, the whole sanctuary was affected by this.” Lyft driver warns of scammers posing as the ride-share company to steal earnings Davis said the issue isn’t just historic rainfall, but a decision made by their former next-door neighbors, who she said built a 5-foot berm.“They essentially built up 5 feet out of the flood plain, so it essentially blocked all the water,” Davis said. “So not only was the water raining on that property and back-flowing onto ours on top of the water we were already getting, it stopped all the water that was flowing down and basically tr...