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Denver weather: Warm start to the week ahead of midweek showers

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — After wrapping up the weekend with record-breaking heat, Denver's weather will stay warm and sunny for the start of the workweek ahead of midweek showers and a cooldown. Record high temperature broken in Denver Sunday Weather tonight: Mild night Sunday night, Denver will stay mainly cloudy and warm. Low temperatures will fall to the lower 40s, which is a little more than 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. Weather tomorrow: Sunny, staying warm Monday, Denver will stay under a mainly sunny sky with a breeze out of the south gusting around 15 mph at times. Temperatures will stay on the warm side and climb to the lower 70s, which is about 15 degrees above normal, but still well below the record high of 80 degrees set in 2021. Rockies rookie third outfielder in franchise history to win Gold Glove Award Looking ahead: Warm Tuesday ahead of showers and a cool down On Tuesday, Denver will stay under the same patter of sunny and warm temperatures. Then, the...

3 Chicago Cubs — Dansby Swanson, Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner — earn Gold Glove awards for the first time in franchise history

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

For the first time in franchise history, the Chicago Cubs have three players named Gold Glove defensive award winners in a season.Second baseman Nico Hoerner won his first National League Gold Glove award Sunday night while shortstop Dansby Swanson and left fielder Ian Happ both won the second of their career coming in back-to-back years.He is the fourth Cubs shortstop to win the award after Javier Báez (2020), Don Kessinger (1969 and 1970) and Ernie Banks (1960).Hoerner, a finalist in 2020, is the fourth Cubs second baseman to win the award, joining Darwin Barney (2012), Ryne Sandberg (nine times, last in 1991), Glenn Beckert (1968) and Ken Hubbs (1962). He teamed up with Swanson as one of the best middle infield duos in the majors, fittingly earning them both hardware.“There’s no ball (Hoerner) feels like he can’t catch and make a play on,” Swanson told the Tribune. “And there will be times he dives and makes a play and can’t get the throw ...

11-year-old shot while inside home on South Side

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

CHICAGO — A little girl is in critical condition after she was shot on the city’s South Side on Sunday afternoon, police say.According to Chicago police, the 11-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to her head after someone fired shots into her home from outside.Police say the shooting happened just before 4 p.m. in the 2000 block of West 68th Place in Englewood. 16-year-old boy, 2 others injured after shooting in Gage Park The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition following the shooting. Currently, it is unclear what led to the shooting, but police say two people have been taken in for questioning and a firearm was recovered at the scene.  Authorities held a press conference on Sunday evening offering updates on the shooting. The full press conference can be viewed in the video player above. Area One Detectives are now investigating.Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call CPD Area One Detectives at 312-747-83...

Austin police officer runs in support of local animal rescue

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sergeant Ben Mewis with the Austin Police Department is getting ready to run from Goliad, to Gonzales and back to the Capitol in support of Central Texas Pig Rescue.This is now his third running adventure he's taken on as a way to connect with the community. "It's just my hobby, but it's helping out organizations too," he said. "So I love the fact that I can do something I enjoy doing and have an adventure with it, and at the same time help out an organization that needs the assistance too."He got connected with the organization a few years ago when he responded to a 911 call for a report of a screaming child, but when he got there, he found a pig named Carlton. "But when we got there, it was Carlton, who was much smaller at the time, he was a little piglet," he said. Now, Carlton is pivotal to Mewis' next running endeavor, which he'll embark on next week. Mewis said Carlton will be waiting for him at the finish line.

Erik van Rooyen dedicates PGA Tour win to former Gophers teammate

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

Erik van Rooyen was thinking more about his Gophers golf family than his second PGA Tour win on Sunday.A teary-eyed van Rooyen shared how every shot in his 27-under par win was for Jon Trasamar, a former Gophers golfer who is battling melanoma in Minnesota.“When you are playing for something bigger than winning some silly trophy, it puts it into perspective,” van Rooyen said after capturing the World Wide Technologies Championship. “At the end of the day, whether I won here or whether I lost here, it really did not matter.“When something motivates you like that, whether you miss a putt or make a putt, who cares.”As van Rooyen spoke, his caddie and fellow former Gopher golfer, Alex Gaugert, dabbed his eyes with his bib.The news of Trasamar’s heath brought down van Rooyen and Gaugert during Friday’s round.“I get to my tour room and I just break down in tears,” van Rooyen shared. “It wasn’t that calm all the time (over the weekend). When I step onto the golf course, I got a freaking jo...

Man surrenders after hours-long standoff in San Bruno home invasion

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (KRON) – A home invasion in San Bruno lead to an hours long standoff with a burglar early Sunday morning. Nearby residents evacuated as police worked to get the man to surrender peacefully -- which he finally did that afternoon.Early Sunday morning, people who live in this San Bruno neighborhood woke up to a massive police scene. A man barricaded himself inside a home. People who have lived in this neighborhood for decades say this is unlike anything they've seen in their own backyard. Boarded-up San Jose home shown in realtor’s viral video sold for $780K San Bruno police responded to a burglary at home on Poplar Avenue just before 6 a.m. Police got the people who live there out safely. The suspect stayed inside.Neighbors woke up to police knocking on their doors, telling them to evacuate."I got a call that we had to evacuate the neighborhood, evacuate the building," said neighbor Lawrence Saxton who has lived in his San Bruno home for over 40 years. "Police aski...

Vehicle submerged in Oakland Estuary

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

(KRON) -- A vehicle was submerged in the Oakland Estuary on Sunday afternoon, the Oakland Fire Department confirmed. Officials told KRON4 that a car was submerged around 4:24 p.m.No people were in the car at the time, according to OFD. No injuries were reported.The Oakland Estuary is the body of water that separates the cities of Oakland and Alameda. No other details were immediately available. Burglars targeting boats on Oakland estuary This story will be updated as KRON4 learns more.

Marlins finalizing deal with Rays GM Peter Bendix to lead front office, AP source says

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins are hiring Tampa Bay general manager Peter Bendix to head their baseball operations department, a person with knowledge of the decision said Sunday night.The move is expected to be finalized in the coming days, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Marlins had not announced the deal. It could be completed in time for Tuesday’s start of baseball’s annual general managers’ meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona.The Athletic first reported the agreement.Bendix will take over the department previously overseen by Kim Ng, who had been general manager of the Marlins for the last three seasons. Ng elected to leave the team last month after she and Marlins owner Bruce Sherman evidently could not agree on the structure of the department going forward; the Marlins had exercised a contract option to keep Ng in 2024, but Ng declined.Bendix spent 15 seasons with the Rays, starting as an intern and gettin...

Giants QB Daniel Jones to undergo MRI after injuring right knee vs. Raiders

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will undergo an MRI on Monday after injuring his right knee in Sunday’s 30-6 loss at the Las Vegas Raiders.Coach Brian Daboll said an X-ray showed “nothing wrong,” but would wait until the results of additional tests before making any definitive judgments.“We’ll see where it’s at,” Daboll said.Jones went down awkwardly on the first play of the second quarter and untouched while dropping back to pass and then grabbed his knee. He first injured it on the final play of the first quarter, going down untouched before Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby touched him down.Daboll said Jones said at the time it “felt like it buckled,” but nevertheless thought he could return to open the second quarter.Jones was taken to the blue injury tent and replaced by Tommy DeVito. He later walked to the locker room with head trainer Ronnie Barnes. Jones signed a $160 million, four-year extension with New York in the offseason. Thi...

China Premier Li seeks to bolster his country’s economic outlook at Shanghai trade fair

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:54:04 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Sunday pledged to continue deepening reforms, expand free trade zones and relax market access for foreign investment while seeking to generate excitement around a largely lackluster economy. Li made the remarks when delivering a keynote speech at the opening of the 6th China International Import Expo in Shanghai, seeking to draw thousands of foreign businesses shopping for Chinese products and looking to expand trade and investment with the world’s second-largest economy. China’s economy expanded at a 4.9% annual pace between July-September, beating analysts’ forecasts of about 4.5%, official data show. But that was much slower than the 6.3% annual growth rate of the previous quarter.The Chinese government has adopted various policies to help the economy; raising spending on building ports and other infrastructure, cutting interest rates and easing curbs on home-buying. But economists say wider reforms are needed to addre...