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Farmington man facing child porn charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. - Investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Farmington, Missouri, man on suspicion of child pornography possession.According to Sgt. Darrin Haslag, a state patrol spokesman, in June 2023, the Indiana State Police contacted the MSHP's Division of Drug and Crime Control and Digital Forensics Investigations units regarding its own investigation into Steven Earl Marez.On July 13, Missouri state troopers pulled Marez for a traffic violation. During the stop, troopers questioned Marez and seized his cellphone.Based on information from the Indiana State Police, Missouri troopers obtained a search warrant for Marez's phone and discovered an unspecified number of videos containing child porn.On July 19, the St. Francois County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Marez with three counts of possession of child pornography and one count of promoting child pornography. He remains jailed on a $200,000 bond.

Missing man with dementia last spotted in north St. Louis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- An Endangered Silver Advisory was issued for a missing St. Louis one week ago. Willie Johnson, 74, left a nursing facility on July 10th in the 3600 block of Magnolia near Tower Grove park. His family has flyers up and would like your help to find him.The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says that Johnson has dementia and diabetes and is without his medication. They say he was spotted near St. Louis Avenue and Euclid sometime last week.Call the police department's Missing Person Unit at 314-444-5738 if you have any information.

Police: Shots fired outside Ferguson Walmart, 1 man arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis County man is accused of brandishing and firing a gun last week outside a Ferguson Walmart.According to a report filed by the Ferguson Police Department, the incident occurred on July 15 on West Florissant Avenue. An officer responded to a trespassing call at the Sam's Club and met with a security guard. The guard told the officer that an individual, Devonta Starks, refused to vacate the store after being told to leave.Police claim Starks, 31, called the security guard a "fat pig" while leaving the store and threatened him. With Starks gone, the officer responded to another call.A short time later, the same officer received word of a possible shooting at the Walmart next to the Sam's Club. An off-duty officer at the Walmart heard the shots and saw two other officers chasing Starks on foot. Crews investigating fatal 3-vehicle crash in north St. Louis Police eventually took Starks into custody.Eyewitnesses told police that Starks had fired two sho...

Kiszla vs. Gabriel: Did the Broncos improve their roster enough to make the NFL playoffs?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

Kiz: You don’t pay $4.65 billion for a football team to finish in last place. I trust Greg Penner and the crazy-rich Walton family got into this sport to win. And if new Broncos ownership wasn’t in a hurry to win now, why go to the trouble of hiring veteran coach Sean Payton, who will be one grouchy old man if this team makes him look bad on Sunday? So, in my mind, anything less than a playoff berth for Denver this season must be considered a failure. Is that fair? Or unrealistic?Gabriel: Whoa, Kiz, welcome back! Summer break is over. Football season is here. Or, at least training camp season. But you need no ramp-up. Right back into it. Not only is the franchise acting like one that expects to win, but every year there are teams that make the jump from bad to at least good enough to nab a wild card bid. Such is life with the kind of parity the league touts (OK, Kansas City not included). So while I think Denver could have a productive year under Payton and narrowly miss...

CU Boulder to begin testing instrument for 2025 NASA mission

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

The University of Colorado Boulder will soon begin testing an instrument that will fly on a NASA mission in 2025 to collect data on interstellar dust particles.The instrument is called IDEX, or interstellar dust experiment. IDEX will be the first dedicated instrument to measure interstellar dust near Earth. It’s one of 10 instruments that will fly in a NASA mission called the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.Scott Tucker, project manager for the IDEX instrument, said the general goal of the IMAP mission is to explore “our solar neighborhood.” The role of IDEX is to collect data of interstellar dust particles, which can help scientists learn more about the solar system.Mihály Horányi, CU Boulder physics professor and IDEX instrument lead, said dust “is a new window to the universe” and carries an incredible amount of information.“We are slowly learning what (dust particles) can tell us about the star of their origin, the environment they lived in, what are the regions wher...

Rockies trade right-hander Pierce Johnson to Braves for pitching prospects Victor Vodnik and Tanner Gordon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

The Rockies’ quest for much-needed organizational pitching depth continued Monday.The club traded right-handed reliever Pierce Johnson to the Braves in exchange for right-handed pitching prospects Victor Vodnik and Tanner Gordon.“We are trying to build our depth,” Colorado general manager Bill Schmidt said. “We appreciated everything Pierce did for us, but we feel like we are adding some depth.”A month ago, the Rockies traded veteran infielder Mike Moustakas to the Angels in exchange for right-handed prospect Connor Van Scoyoc.“We started with the trade for ‘Moose,’ and now we are adding two more arms,” Schmidt continued. “All three (prospects) are past Double-A now, so that’s a good thing.”Gordon, 25, has split this season between Triple-A Gwinnett and Double-A Mississippi, going 5-9 with a 5.86 ERA in 17 games (16 starts).“He’s gotten hit around a little bit in Triple-A but he’s pitched well ...

ESPN soccer analyst faints on live TV at the Rose Bowl 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

A soccer analyst for ESPN fainted on-air while covering a match at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. Shaka Hislop was giving pre-match commentary on the field before the Real Madrid-AC Milan Soccer Champions Tour friendly on Sunday evening with ESPN’s Dan Thomas when he suddenly began to sway back and forth before losing his balance completely and passing out. Hislop, who played goalkeeper for several teams in England and the United States from 1992-2007, fell face-first and took Thomas down with him, video shows. A soccer analyst for ESPN fainted on-air while covering a match at the Rose Bowl on Sunday, July 23, 2023. (ESPN)“We’re going to need some help,” Thomas said as he got back to his feet. ESPN went to a commercial break shortly after. Did this woman fake winning the $1 billion Powerball jackpot? Thomas appeared live during halftime of the match to update viewers of Hislop’s condition, saying that he was both “conscious and talking” and that he “apologized...

Homeless man bites Victorville hospital security guard during altercation, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

A homeless man was arrested last week after allegedly biting a hospital security guard during an altercation, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.The incident occurred around 8:10 a.m. Wednesday at Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville.The suspect, 36-year-old Michael Hendrickson, of Hesperia, was not a patient at the hospital and refused to leave, authorities said.He then allegedly became aggressive and bit a security guard.Responding deputies arrested Hendrickson on suspicion of battery.No further details about the incident have been released.

Finally, Science Has Caught Up with Female Pleasure: The New Research on a Women’s Wellness Retreat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

You would think that academic research on sex abounds with fascinating details of unknown pleasures, right?Nope. It turns out that sex research is mostly dominated by work on sexual dysfunction, leaving pleasure and satisfaction largely by the wayside. The hottest parts of sex are rarely studied, and the doctor’s office is a more likely backdrop than the bedroom for much of what’s up for discussion. What’s more, most research on female pleasure has been conducted by men, and male researchers’ definitions of sexual satisfaction have been blindly applied to women. It’s only recently that female sex researchers entered the scene and started asking women what they think of as good sex! The small body of work that has been done shows that women think quite differently from the male sex researchers that have been studying them all this time, and that their sexualities are linked to many aspects of their lives and psyches far beyond the bedroom.Just recently, a new study has been published...

One Hurt in Motorcycle Accident on Arville Street [Las Vegas, NV]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:31 GMT

Motorcycle Accident on Arville Street near Diablo Drive Left Rider HospitalizedLAS VEGAS, NV (July 24, 2023) – Tuesday morning, an SUV vs. motorcycle accident on Arville Street left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.The incident happened at around 7:00 a.m., on South Arville Street at the intersection with West Diablo Drive.According to investigators, a motorcyclist, on a white 2023 Kawasaki Ninja, was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed on Arville Street. There, a Toyota 4-Runner made a left turn onto Diablo Drive in front of the motorcycle. The rider was not able to stop in time and collided with the SUV.Emergency crews arrived shortly after and transported the rider to University Medical Center’s Trauma Unit for treatment of life-threatening injuries.Thousands of people are injured each year due to reckless driving. If you’re behind the wheel, pay full attention to the road and your surroundings. Do not engage in any non-driving activity which creates a po...