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Biden will face a primary bid from Minnesota’s Rep. Dean Phillips

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

CONCORD, N.H.  — For months, Dean Phillips has been calling for a Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden. He’s drawn no public interest from governors, lawmakers, and other would-be alternatives.The Minnesota congressman is finally entering the race himself.The 54-year-old Phillips has scheduled a campaign announcement Friday at the New Hampshire statehouse in Concord. Asked during an interview by CBS if he was running for president, Phillips responded: “I am. I have to.”“I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country,” he said. “But it’s not about the past. This is an election about the future.”While Phillips is highly unlikely to beat Biden, a run would offer a symbolic challenge to national Democrats trying to project the idea that there is no reason to doubt the president’s electability — even as many Americans question whether the 80-year-old Biden should serve another term.Phillips may also benefit from New Hampshire Democrats angry at Biden fo...

'RuPaul's Drag Race' alums coming to the Capital Region

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Two "RuPaul's Drag Race" alums are coming to the Capital Region. Season nine winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Sasha Velour, will be at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady and Opal Essence from season four of “Camp Wannakiki” will be at Capital Repertory Theatre. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Essence will be hosting a Dragtacular New Year’s Eve experience at theREP on December 31. The show will feature Violencia Exclamation Point and Onyx Ondyx with appearances by Paris LuRux, Lexxi Pro and London Jae Precise.Velour is a drag queen, visual artist, television host and author and is bringing “The Big Reveal Live Show!” to Proctors on March 2, 2024. The new, 90-minute show includes lip-syncing, visuals, reveals and high camp. Upcoming celebrity appearances in the Capital Region You can buy tickets on theREP website and the Proctors website, respectively. VIP tickets are also available for each performance.

Large crowd reacts after crash near Harris-Stowe State University campus

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A large crowd gathered after a crash overnight near the Harris-Stowe State University campus.  Two cars collided on North Compton Avenue at Olive Street around 12:30 a.m. One ended up on the sidewalk. Sex offender charged after being found with missing North Carolina girl The drivers had minor injuries. Several dozen people began shouting and arguing. One police officer was shoved in the face.This week is homecoming week at Harris-Stowe.

Officers investigating 3 separate shootings in St. Louis City

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Early this morning, someone shot a 15-year-old boy in the groin.It happened just before 2:00 a.m. on Penrose Street near Marcus Avenue in the Penrose neighborhood of north St. Louis. Also, someone shot a 16-year-old boy in the leg twice. St. Louis man admits to selling hundreds of fake temp tags This was around 4:00 p.m. Thursday on Natural Bridge Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. A 40-year-old man was shot in the leg as well.FOX 2 will update these stories with more information as it becomes available.

Free Kia anti-theft software upgrade services available this weekend

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - If you drive a Kia, you have a chance to get free anti-theft technology installed in your car this weekend.Thieves have targeted Kias because of ongoing issues that make them easy to steal. Beginning Friday at 8 a.m., Kia technicians are installing free anti-theft software upgrades at the St. Louis Galleria. St. Louis man admits to selling hundreds of fake temp tags Kia owners can also order free steering wheel locks online. The free service can be completed in about 30 minutes. No appointment is necessary.The clinic runs Friday through Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily.

Warning: “Blasted” at Benchmark is brutal — but powerful | Theater review

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

British playwright Sarah Kane’s “Blasted” is dark. This bears repeating, not to warn you off seeing the play, but as a critic’s version of due diligence.This existentially fraught drama — on stage at Benchmark Theatre — is dark.Given news of the world, you may want to factor that into your entertainment choices. There is sexual assault, and no small measure of racist, misogynist and homophobic slurs. And although one of the characters uses the word “love,” it’s hard to locate that emotion anywhere in the one act. And yet Benchmark’s production of the abrasive work set in some sort of wartime, reviled by critics at its premiere in 1995 and subsequently praised — with its bold direction and bolder performances — is a cause for, if not joy, celebration.Before Benchmark took over its intimate space just north of Colfax in Lakewood, it was home to the Edge Theatre. Edge’s productions were strong and keen in their way. Under artistic director Neil Truglio, Benchmark has whetted that edge,...

Where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce should eat and drink while in Denver for the Chiefs game

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

Are you ready for some football? If you’re like this one little fan, you might be excited to see your favorite player, Taylor Swift, in Denver this weekend.While we don’t know for sure whether or not T-Swift will attend Sunday’s game at Empower Field between the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs, her suspected relationship with KC tight end Travis Kelce has become slightly more official.In recent weeks, they’ve been spotted holding hands, and one photo even shows Swift kissing Kelce on the cheek. The Chiefs have been on a hot streak since she appeared in box seats, leading coach Andy Reid to tell the press “Taylor can stay around all she wants.”As many football and music fans likely know, Swift cheered on the Chiefs last Sunday from a box in Arrowhead Stadium. She departed the game with Kelce and the two then dined in a private room at Piropos Restaurant, one of the football player’s favorite eateries in Kansas City, Entertainment Tonight reported.The last time local S...

The Denver Art Museum has been quietly removing plundered artworks from its website without explanation

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

The thousand-year-old Indian statue sat in the Denver Art Museum’s Asian art collection for six decades, a gift from prominent New York art dealer Robert Ellsworth.Sculpted around the 10th century, the 38-inch sandstone piece depicts a celestial woman beneath a mango tree. It was once part of the Ghatesvara Temple in northern India, built as a shrine to the Hindu god Shiva.Indian archaeologists, for years, said this priceless work was stolen. Four years ago, the museum quietly handed the statue to U.S. law enforcement to be repatriated to India.Denver Art Museum officials did not issue a press release. The artifact has been scrubbed from the institution’s website as if it was never there. Aside from saved webpages on Internet archives, there’s no public-facing evidence that the statue was once a part of the museum’s collection.RELATED: Looted: Stolen relics, laundered art and a Colorado scholar’s role in the illicit antiquities tradeFor years, the Denver muse...

How do you vanquish evil entities? For this Denver exorcist, the devil is in the details

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

“I always felt someone was watching me, and sometimes, I’d see him. He was a man in a dark suit,” said Kate Whalen of Denver’s Highland neighborhood.“One night my, grandson was in the living room and I was in my bedroom down the hall. My grandson said, ‘Grandma, someone is standing next to me,’ and it was him. I could see him, too.”The tools of the trade for exorcist Tony Bulota. (Dan Danbom, Special to The Denver Post)So Whalen, a small-business owner, reached out to Antanas (Tony) Bulota, a Colorado exorcist, for help.Bulota, whose business card says that he provides Energy Worker Protection Services, is a self-described, non-denominational exorcist. In Bulota’s world, that means “shifting energy in places to create a safe environment.”Vanquishing the man in the dark suit (Bulota favors an all-black wardrobe himself) wasn’t the first time Whalen had enlisted Bulota’s talents. When she opened Mile High Holistics on West Colfax Avenue in a space formerly used as a ...

Officer, suspect hurt after chase, shooting near South Gate high school football game

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:12:51 GMT

A police officer opened fire on a fleeing man after a football game at a South Gate high school Thursday night.At about 9:45 p.m., a Los Angeles School Police Department officer spotted a man with a weapon near Legacy High School and gave chase, authorities said.The man tried to drive away in a white SUV, but that SUV crashed into another vehicle, footage from the scene shows.The officer's foot was injured in the incident, but another officer opened fire on the SUV, wounding someone inside the vehicle. It remains to be seen if the person who was shot was the subject of the pursuit or a passenger.Both the officer and the wounded person suffered minor injuries, police said.While the school was put on lockdown, no students, teachers or parents were hurt.