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Dozens gather for 1-year remembrance of the Club Q shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Outside the main doors of Club Q, a former LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, many gathered Sunday to honor those killed in a mass shooting one year ago Sunday. "Nov. 19, 2022, was no different than any other of the 1,042 Saturday nights Club Q was open," said Matthew Haynes, the owner of Club Q, on Sunday. Colorado public figures, organizations remember Club Q victims The club is remembered as a safe space for people in the LGBTQ+ community. But on Nov. 19, 2022, the safe space was attacked when a gunman came in shooting, killing five people and injuring several others. "We need to remember these names: Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Kelly Loving and Raymond Green Vance," Michael Anderson, a survivor of the shooting, said. At the remembrance, several state leaders spoke including Sen. John Hickenlooper, Governor Jared Polis, former Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and current Mayor Yemi Mobolade."It is the week of Thanksgiving; i...

Denver weather: Early shower, flurry before breezy afternoon

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Cloudy skies will linger all day Monday with a few spotty showers and flurries falling in the morning. Winds will be breezy by the afternoon with below-average highs in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Cloudy and breezy afternoonDenver will see mainly cloudy skies most of Monday with below-average highs in the middle 40s. Littleton mother prepares to honor her son with 22,000-foot climb There is a chance for the Front Range and the high country to see some morning showers and light snow. Winds pick up through the afternoon out of the north at 15-25+ mph.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Nov. 20 Weather tonight: Slow clearingEarly clouds will gradually clear Monday night as lows dip to seasonal temperatures in the upper 20s. The brisk wind from the day will decrease overnight, becoming light out of the southwest.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on Nov. 20 Looking ahead: Mild midweek, Friday snowTuesday brings back mainly sunny skies to the forecast w...

Families speak out 1 year after Club Q shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Sunday marked the first anniversary of the Club Q shooting that killed five people and injured 19 others in Colorado Springs. The shooting occurred on Transgender Day of Remembrance.Kelly Loving, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Raymond Green Vance and Daniel Aston were honored in Colorado Springs on Sunday with several memorials. Dozens gather for 1-year remembrance of the Club Q shooting The five grieving families were surrounded by love and support at an event at the Industry Video Bar, which drew celebrities, local officials and community groups. “For me, it's just part of my healing journey, just to be with other people that we can relate to what's going on and just to go to help get us through what we're going through’ said Adriana Vance, who lost her son Raymond.Family members told FOX31 the past year has been difficult, especially during the holiday season.“It's been very hard, we take it one day at a time,” said Stephanie Clark, who lost her si...

Deadly crash closes I-70 Sunday morning near Aurora

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A deadly crash closed a portion of Interstate 70 between Havana Street and I-225 Sunday morning.According to the Denver Police Department, the crash took place near I-225 on I-70 and involved multiple motorists. Multiple suspects at large in deadly Northglenn shooting One person was pronounced dead at the scene and three more were transported to the hospital.As of 7 a.m., the roadway had partially reopened and the department reported the roadway fully reopened as of 8:15 a.m.

Suki Waterhouse reveals she’s pregnant

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

Actor and singer Suki Waterhouse revealed that she is expecting her first child on Sunday during her performance at the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City.“I decided to wear something sparkly today because I thought it might distract you from something else going on,” the “Daisy Jones & the Six” star said, going on to show off her belly while on stage, as seen in a video posted to social media from the concert.As the audience cheered her on, she said with a laugh, “I’m not sure if it’s working.”Waterhouse, 31, has been dating “Batman” and “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson, 37, for over five years, but the singer did not mention Pattinson while on stage on Sunday.CNN has reached out to representatives for Waterhouse and Pattinson for comment.The pair have been romantically linked since they were first spotted together in 2018 in London, and have since kept their relationship mostly private.They made their red carpet debut as a couple just last year at the Dior fashion sh...

Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son visits Kyiv, meets Zelenskyy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

KYIV — Lachlan Murdoch, eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and current CEO of Fox News Corporation, visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday, Ukraine’s presidential office said in a statement.Murdoch was accompanied by journalists from Fox News (Ben Hall) and The Sun (Jerome Starkey). Before — and occasionally after — the start of the full-scale invasion Fox News coverage of Ukraine was controversial, with former star host Tucker Carlson openly spreading pro-Russian propaganda on his show until he was fired in April 2023.However, Zelenskyy in Kyiv thanked Fox News for its fair news coverage of Russian atrocities in Ukraine despite the security risks and even awarded Hall the Order of Merit for his contribution to supporting Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, the president’s office said.  In the spring of 2022, a group of Fox News journalists came under Russian fire in the Kyiv region. Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrain...

Women make up more than half of 22 ministers in new Cabinet of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Women will hold 12 of the 22 posts in the new government named Monday by Spain’s recently reelected Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.“The new government is going to have a marked feminist accent with four women deputy prime ministers and more female ministers than male ministers,” Sánchez said. The Cabinet will include nine new ministers while key posts remain unchanged. Nadia Calviño keeps the economy portfolio, José Manuel Albares remains in charge of foreign affairs and Margarita Robles stays at defense. Sánchez’s Socialist party will hold 17 ministries and its leftist Sumar (Joining Forces) coalition partner will have five portfolios. The outgoing government’s former far-left coalition partner, Unidas Podemos (Unite We Can) will have no ministries and the party’s former star Equality Minister Irene Montero will be replaced by Ana Redondo of the Socialist party.Sánchez was reelected prime minister on Thursday with the support of 179 lawmakers in th...

More free COVID-19 tests from the government are available for home delivery through the mail

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can order more free COVID-19 tests online for home delivery.The U.S. government is offering to send another round of four at-home virus tests ahead of the typical surge in cases during the winter holiday season.Anyone who did not order a batch of four COVID-19 tests in September can secure up to eight of them this time around starting Monday at COVIDtests.gov. The U.S. Postal Service will deliver them for free.The government is mailing out the coronavirus tests as the the flu season kicks off and a spike in RSV cases has been reported in some spots around the country. COVID-19 hospitalizations were on the rise this fall but have stayed steady in recent weeks. Immunity from previous vaccinations and infections has kept case counts lower compared with other years.The new release of free COVID-19 nasal swab tests also comes ahead of the first winter since the pandemic started that insurers are no longer required to cover the cost of them. On average, at-home...

German security officials say they foiled an alleged far-right attack by an 18-year-old

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — An 18-year-old right-wing extremist was arrested in central Germany on suspicion that he was planning a “serious act of violence endangering the state,” security officials said Monday.The man, whose identity was nor given in line with German privacy rules, is accused of having an “established violent, antisemitic and right-wing extremist attitude,” investigators said.He was arrested last week by special forces in the state of Hesse.“The 18-year-old had repeatedly threatened in relevant forums to kill people in pursuit of his political goals,” Hesse criminal police and local prosecutors said in a statement. He is also suspected of having violated the Weapons Act.The suspect’s home was searched last week, too, and computers and cell phones as well as weapons and ammunition were seized.“Initial evaluations of the search confirmed the suspicion,” security officials said. “Further evaluation and the weapons investigation are ongoing.”The authorities did not give any d...

Nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh region in one week

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:49 GMT

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in the last six days, officials said Monday. They included five groups with women and children who were afloat for days. One batch of more than 240 people was twice denied landing by residents in Aceh Utara district, sparking concerns from human rights organizations. The group finally disembarked in Bireuen district on Sunday morning. “We thank the authorities and local communities who have received and granted landing permits for them and in the future we hope that this spirit of solidarity and humanity will continue to be extended to refugees who need assistance and protection,” the the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement.The refugees arriving in Aceh had endured a difficult sea journey. Most of them left refugee camps in Bangladesh, where more than 700,000 had fled following a crackdown by Myanmar’s army in August 201...