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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote, officials say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term late Saturday in results announced much earlier than expected following another troubled vote in the southern African country with a history of violent and disputed elections.An opposition party spokesperson said within minutes of Mnangagwa being declared the winner that they would reject the results as “hastily assembled without proper verification.”Mnangagwa’s victory meant the ZANU-PF party retained the governmental leadership it has held for all 43 years of Zimbabwe’s history since the nation was re-named following independence from white minority rule in 1980. Zimbabwe has had just two leaders in that time, long-ruling autocrat Robert Mugabe and Mnangagwa.The 80-year-old Mnangagwa, who has the nickname “the crocodile” from his days as a guerrilla fighter, won 52.6% of the votes in the midweek election, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said in a late-...

Police search for missing man last seen on Northwest Side

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

CHICAGO — A search is underway for a missing man who was last seen in the city's Dunning neighborhood on Tuesday, according to Chicago police.Police say 44-year-old Ernesto Colon was last seen on August 22 in the 3200 block of North Olcott Avenue, on the city's Northwest Side.Police say Colon was last seen wearing a blue shirt with blue jeans. 8-year-old boy, woman, shot in Garfield Park: CPD According to police, Colon may have been in the Elk Grove Village area on Wednesday, August 23.Police say Colon stands 5'4" and weighs around 150 pounds. Colon has black hair and police say he recently shaved his beard.Anyone with information on the whereabouts of 44-year-old Ernesto Colon is asked to call Area 5 Detectives at (312) 746-6554.

Bond set for Willowbrook man in road rage shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

WHEATON, Ill. — DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin and Burr Ridge Chief of Police John Madden announced Saturday that bond has been set for a Willowbrook man accused of firing a handgun from his car at another vehicle.Judge Alex McGimpsey set bail at $600,000 for 52-year-old Antonio Garcia-Dealba, who was charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm, a class one felony.The Burr Ridge Police Department said officers responded to a call of shots fired around 3:50 p.m. Thursday in the 105600 block of Kingery Highway. After arriving on scene and conducting an investigation, police identified Garcia-Dealba as a suspect and took him into custody later that day without incident. More from Eli: Concerns arise as Pilsen migrant shelter set to close According to police's investigation, it is alleged that Garcia-Dealba and the victim were waiting in the left-hand turn lane of westbound 91st Street at Kingery Highway, with the victim in a vehicle behind Garcia-Dealba....

Wheelchair-bound man trapped at home after tree falls on his only ramp

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

DELLWOOD, Mo. - A wheelchair-bound man is asking for help after a large tree branch fell on his wheelchair ramp in Dellwood. Alvin Stiger was getting ready to watch the news Saturday morning, when the sky got dark as a storm rolled in. Then, a bolt of lightning lit up the sky. “We heard the wind blowing past the window, and then it was a loud boom, and a loud crash, and a loud thud,” said Stiger.  Five new Missouri laws to know that become official Monday A huge tree branch had fallen on his wheelchair ramp and onto the driveway, completely blocking him inside.“Well, I was glad that I didn’t have a doctor’s appointment,” he said. Stiger says this is the only ramp installed to his home. His wife, Cynthia Stiger, said the fire department came by to make sure to get the branches off the road. But to deal with the tree branch on their property, they’d have to call their insurance company. She said someone from the city of Dellwood came by to evaluate damage as well.  Close...

New artistic visions showcased at Laumeier Sculpture Park

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

SUNSET HILLS, Mo. - A pair of brand-new exhibits have opened up at Laumeier Sculpture Park, showing new styles from three artists in south St. Louis County. Even the heavy rain couldn't get in the way of the three artists -Vaughn Davis Jr., Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis - as they displayed their hard work to the public Saturday. "I want to create a work in the painting genre that has never been seen before," said Davis. Two displays are being shown at the park to demonstrate their respective specialties.Inside the Aronson Fine Arts Center, several paintings were put up with their own special features. Five new Missouri laws to know that become official Monday "I want to think about what a piece of art can look like," said Davis. "Is it unfinished? Is it complete?"Davis showed FOX 2 an exhibit called "The Fabric of Our Time." It features paintings that have been torn in various ways. He says he lays canvases on the floor, and drenches them."I like to give homage to the wor...

Kiszla: Clown time is over for Broncos and Buffs. Both teams will be better than Vegas oddsmakers think.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

For far too long, the “F” in football around here has stood for failure with a capital F.The boring Broncos? A joke. The bumbling Buffaloes? A laughingstock.For far too long, the football season in our corner of the mountain time zone has been rocky, to put it mildly.But all that misery?Clown time for the Broncos and Buffs is over.Sean Payton and Deion Sanders will make football fun again in Colorado.I don’t need to guarantee it, because the new coaches in charge of the operation in Denver and Boulder won’t accept losing.Sanders stood up Friday and preached to more than 1,500 CU boosters at a kickoff luncheon. He vowed the Buffs “want it all. They don’t just want a little bit, they just don’t want a portion of it, they want it all. And they just don’t want to win, they want to dominate.”After the Romper Room run by Nathaniel Hackett, Payton has once again given the Broncos an adult in the team meeting room.Archie Manning passed through our dusty old cowtown last week to visit the gr...

Heavy rain, flash flood shuts down I-70 through Glenwood Canyon

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

Interstate 70 is closed in both directions through Glenwood Canyon because of flash flooding.The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Eagle and Garfield counties including Glenwood Canyon. The warning runs through 7:15 p.m.The highway is closed between Glenwood Springs and Dotsero, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.I-70 is now closed between mile-markers 116 and 133 both directions, Glenwood Springs and Dotsero, due to a flash flood warning. pic.twitter.com/4FEjexpVKr— Garfield 9-1-1 (@Garco911) August 26, 2023About  5:10 p.m. heavy rain, between .05 and 1 inch, had fallen on the Grizzly Creek burn scar area, the weather service said, and flash floods were occurring.Flash Flood Warning including Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO until 7:15 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/05E9pGdESL— NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) August 26, 2023This story will be updated.  

10 arrested for robbing Nike store in East Los Angeles

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

Police have arrested 10 suspects for a series of flash mob robberies targeting a Nike store in East Los Angeles.The arrests were made by detectives from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Burglary-Robbery Taskforce.Investigators had worked to track down a group of suspects who continually targeted a Nike Community Store located on the 4500 block of Whittier Boulevard.The most recent theft at the store was on Aug. 13 when Citizen video captured a group of thieves storming the shop and escaping with large bags full of sneakers and other merchandise.During the investigation from Aug. 24-25, surveillance operations were conducted at the Nike store which eventually led to the arrests of 10 suspects.Deputies linked the incidents to two criminal street gangs that focused on organized retail theft. Video captures mob of thieves ransacking Nordstrom Rack in Riverside  A group of thieves who were caught on camera robbing a Nike store in East Los Angeles were arrested on August 17, 2023. (California ...

White man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in what officials say is a hate crime

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A white man fatally shot three people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store on Saturday in a predominately Black neighborhood in an attack that the local sheriff called “racially motivated.” The shooter then killed himself.“He hated black people,” Sheriff T.K. Waters told a news conference. “There is absolutely no evidence the shooter is part of any larger group.”Waters said the shooter, who was in his 20s, used a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with at least one of the firearms painted with a swastika. He left behind writings that led investigators to believe that he committed the shooting because it was the fifth anniversary of when another gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, killing two people before fatally shooting himself.The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. at a Dollar General near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.The shooter had driven there from neighboring ...

What we learned from SF Giants’ seventh-straight series loss

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:40 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants offense is the Wilmer Flores Show until further notice.On Saturday, Flores hit his 19th home run off Braves star Max Fried to tie a career-high set last season. He’s hit 11 of the Giants’ last 34 home runs and coupled his consistent power with an improved contact rate that’s made him the team’s best hitter. The clutch guy, the pillar.Flores’ two-run home run tied the game 2-2 in the third inning and gave the Giants a glimmer of hope to salvage a series against Atlanta. With how things are going in San Francisco, there was no one else in the Giants lineup that could keep that mojo going as they fell 7-3 and lost the series at Oracle Park with a chance to prevent a sweep on nationally televised Sunday Night Baseball.With that, they’ve lost seven straight series dating back to a two-game sweep against the bottom-feeding Oakland A’s in July. They’ve dropped 14 of their last 19 games and, as th...