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Family displaced from home after overnight house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - People were likely displaced from their homes after a fire overnight.According to the St. Louis Fire Department, everyone inside is accounted for and no one was hurt Monday morning at the home on Blaine Avenue, just off Thurman.Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter, Nic Lopex, captured footage at the scene just after 1:00 a.m. He explained that the people who live there were sitting on the sidewalk in quite a bit of distress, as you can imagine. Ameren crews were there, cutting power to the building. Home or amusement park? Historic 19th-century estate hits the market in rural Illinois According to the St. Louis Fire Department, the fire started in the basement and then went up to the first floor of the two-story, four-family home. Crews used what's called a 'two-line method' to fight the fire, which requires two hoses and two teams. One crew focuses on attacking the flame directly, while the other concentrates on preventing any advancing flame from spreading.The fire depar...

Metro Call-A-Ride resuming service after cyberattack disruption

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Metro Call-A-Ride is back up and operating after a cyberattack forced metro transit to cancel weekend rides.The cyberattack on Saturday morning prevented Metro from using their phones or connecting with passengers. That left customers to stand outside waiting for a ride that never arrived. Popular lights display relocates to Festus for Halloween season Trips previously reserved for Monday will be provided and Metro is now taking reservations for Tuesday and Wednesday. Metro Transit is also only able to accept cash at the ticket vending machines because of the network outage.

Missouri Botanical Garden celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It's Indigenous Peoples Day, a time to celebrate Native American history and culture.The Missouri Botanical Garden is hosting a series of educational activities on Monday. They'll have a speaker share stories that have been passed down in Native American families for generations. Popular lights display relocates to Festus for Halloween season At 2:00 p.m., there will be a screening of 'Gather,' a film looking at the growing movement among Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Kids and families can learn how to make different items out of native plants, how to grow them, and what medicinal uses they have.For more information about the event, click here.

National Fire Prevention Week starting today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It's National Fire Prevention Week and this year's theme is cooking safety starts with you.'The U.S. Fire Administration said in 2021, there were more than 353,000 house fires. The Missouri State Fire Marshal shared that cooking fires cause half of those. Home or amusement park? Historic 19th-century estate hits the market in rural Illinois Some tips he has for preventing kitchen fires are: always keep an oven mitt and pan lid nearby. If a grease fire starts, put the lid over the pan to smother the flame, turn off the burner, and leave the pan covered until it's completely cool.You're also urged to keep anything that can catch fire away from the stove top. Make sure the area around a stove is kid-free and stay alert while cooking.

Churches and organizations wrapping up National 'Faith and Blue' weekend today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Churches and other organizations are wrapping up the national 'Faith and Blue' weekend Monday.The national program brings together religious leaders, community officials, and law enforcement in order to reinforce relations in the neighborhood. Home or amusement park? Historic 19th-century estate hits the market in rural Illinois  Illinois State Police are co-hosting two activities Monday. The first is at the Christian Activity Center in East St. Louis. They'll be there to talk to the public from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The other event is at the First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Uzbekistan-United States: Striving to develop and strengthen bilateral and multilateral dialogue

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

In the framework of participation in the plenary session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will take part in the first «C5+1» summit in New York.The «C5+1» format is a regular multilateral dialog between Central Asian countries and the United States. The first meeting of the foreign ministers of the region and the United States took place in November 2015 in Samarkand, marking the beginning of this dialog.The aim of the format is to maintain a continuous exchange of views on topical issues, as well as to improve regional trade, strengthen transportation and energy ties, develop business climate, combat environmental challenges, counter extremism, and expand humanitarian ties.The first ministerial meeting of the «C5+1» resulted in the adoption of a «Joint Declaration of Partnership and Cooperation,» which notes the U.S. commitment to support the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of the Central Asian states and the wi...

France urged to accept the science on how to stop smoking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

France’s Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technological Assessment has concluded that a drastic change in approach is required to get cigarette smokers to stop smoking, A report prepared by members of both chambers of the French Parliament recommends a risk reduction approach that offers smokers the chance to switch to much less harmful electronic cigarettes, writes Political Editor Nick Powell.French tobacco policy relies heavily on high taxation to discourage cigarette smoking. This has led to an influx of smuggled, counterfeit and other illicit cigarettes and a continued high smoking rate compared with many other European countries. This ‘quit or die’ approach means that most people in France, according to a survey earlier this year, have little or no knowledge of smoke-free alternatives, such as e-cigarettes.Switching to alternative tobacco products sharply reduces the danger to health faced by smokers, a fact that has now been accepted by the body that enables French par...

In the week of Sep. 25 top 10 list: Best home deals in Los Gatos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

A house in Los Gatos that sold for $1.6 million tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past week.For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in the area during that time was $2.7 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $1,183. A total of 14 home sales were recorded for the period with an average square footage of 2,249 square feet, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.For the purpose of this top 10 list, we included real estate that sold for between $10 and $10,000,000.Please note that the prices in the list below are for real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Sep. 25, even if the property may have been sold earlier.1. $1.6 million, single-family home in the 24100 block of Summit Woods DriveThe sale of the single family residence in the 24100 block of Summit Woods Drive in Los Gatos has been finalized. The price was $1,600,000, and the new owners took over the house in September. The house was built in...

Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. The United Auto Workers said 4,000 unionized workers walked out at 7 a.m., adding to labor turmoil in the industry that has ensnared all three big Detroit automakers. Union President Shawn Fain said in a letter to Mack parent company Volvo Trucks that 73% of workers voted against the deal in results counted on Sunday.The UAW represents Mack workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida. Union leaders had reached a tentative agreement on the deal on Oct. 1. The deal included a 19% pay raise over the life of the contract with 10% upon ratification. There also was a $3,500 ratification bonus, no increase in weekly health care contributions, increased annual lump sum payments for retirees and a $1,000 annual 401(k) lump sum to offset health care costs for employees who don’t get health insurance after retirement.Fain ...

France defense hit by injuries ahead of European qualifier against the Netherlands

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:50 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi have been called up as injury replacements ahead of France’s match against the Netherlands in qualifying for the European Championship.The two players replace defenders Jules Kounde and Dayot Upamecano, the French soccer federation said on Monday as the French squad gathered at the team’s training camp outside Paris.France takes on the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday. Les Bleus will then host Scotland in a friendly game in the northern city of Lille on Oct. 17.Kounde picked up a left knee injury while playing for Barcelona in the Spanish league on Sunday. Upamecano injured his left hamstring this weekend with Bayern Munich.Their withdrawals follow that of Arsenal defender William Saliba, who was replaced Sunday by Jean-Clair Todibo in France’s squad.France leads Group B and will qualify for the tournament hosted by Germany next year if it beats the Netherlands, or if they draw and Greece loses against Ireland.___AP soccer:...