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Road to US Open begins, some LIV Golf players take a pass

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

The road to the U.S. Open began this week for thousands of players, with an 18-hole local qualifier in the Houston area on Monday and another in North Carolina on Wednesday.A dozen or so players from LIV Golf already decided to pass by not entering.That includes Louis Oosthuizen, a runner-up at Torrey Pines in 2021 and at Chambers Bay in 2015. By not filing a U.S. Open entry, his only other avenue to Los Angeles Country Club is to win the PGA Championship next month. He currently is not in the PGA field, and at No. 136 in the world, is not likely to get an invitation.Others who chose not to enter and who are well outside the top 100 in the world are Bubba Watson, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Charl Schwartzel.Patrick Reed also did not file an entry, though he could be safe. The U.S. Open exempts anyone from the top 60 in the world ranking on May 22, the Monday after the PGA Championship. Reed’s tie for fourth at the Masters has him at No. 44 thi...

Glen Haven man's body located days after going missing

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Deputies have located the body of a Glen Haven man who was reported missing on April 14.A search crew with the Larimer County Sheriff's Office located a body they believed to be 53-year-old Jerry Allbright of Glen Haven on Monday. Glen Haven is located 7.5 miles northeast of Estes Park in Larimer County. Man shot in Aurora Burger King parking lot after apparent altercation Allbright was reported missing on April 14 when he left his home on foot. On April 15, his family received a text from Allbright saying he was lost in the mountains. Multiple law enforcement agencies, search and rescue crews, search dogs and drones were used to look for Allbright.According to LCSO, Allbright was located on hazardous terrain. Due to the unsafe conditions, the search and rescue team could not remove the body Monday night and instead returned to the site Tuesday morning to complete the recovery process. How Colorado’s ‘make my day’ law differs from ‘stand your gro...

What you need to know about Denver's Mile High 420 Festival

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- While Denver may have been dethroned as the nation's top city for weed, that will not stop people from celebrating April 20 at the Mile High 420 Festival.The event will be held at Civic Center Park near the State Capitol. It starts at 1 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m.The lineup for the festival includes Rick Ross, Fivio Foreign and Waka Flocka Flame. Denver no longer nation’s top city for weed Sadly, if you were looking to go and hadn't yet snagged a free ticket, they are no longer available online. But for those who are going, there are a few things you may need to know about:The festival is only for people 21 and olderAfter some voiced concerns about last year's festival being open to all ages, only those 21 or older will be allowed to attend the festival.Nobody under 21 will be allowed entry into the event.Things that are not allowedGiven it is a festival, there are certain items that are not allowed inside.According to the festival's website, that includes marijuana,...

Colorado Avalanche: Everything to know for round 1 of playoffs

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The 2022 Stanley Cup champions will look to defend the title as they play in the first round of the playoffs.The Colorado Avalanche will face the Seattle Kraken in Game 1 on Tuesday night. Photos: Colorado Avalanche celebrate Stanley Cup Championship in Tampa Schedule for series with Seattle KrakenHere is a look at the schedule for the first round:Game 1: Tuesday, April 18 at 8 p.m.: DenverGame 2: Thursday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.: DenverGame 3: Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m.: SeattleGame 4: Monday, April 24 at 8 p.m.: SeattleGame 5: (if necessary) Wednesday, April 26: DenverGame 6: (if necessary) Friday, April 28: SeattleGame 7: (if necessary) Sunday, April 30: DenverHow to watch the seriesGame 1 and Game 2 of the series will be played on ESPN. Game 3 and Game 4 will be played on TBS.During the regular season, the Avalanche played the Kraken three times. In the first matchup, the Kraken won 3-2. In the second game, the Avs defeated the Kraken 2-1 in a shootout. In the...

FDA clears the way for additional bivalent boosters for certain vulnerable individuals

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

(CNN) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines on Tuesday, allowing people ages 65 and older and certain people with weakened immunity to get additional doses before this fall’s vaccination campaigns.The bivalent vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna carry instructions for fighting both the original strain of the Covid-19 virus as well as Omicron and its spinoffs.They have been available in the United States since September under emergency use authorizations, or EUAs, which tightly restrict how the vaccines may be given.On Tuesday, the FDA changed the terms of the authorizations for those vaccines so that certain individuals could get an additional dose ahead of most others.Namely, adults ages 65 and older who have received a single dose of a bivalent vaccine may receive an additional dose at least four months following their first dose.Most individuals with certain degrees of...

Suspect taken into custody after pursuit ends in Lauderhill

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

A person was caught and cuffed after leading cops on a chase. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were investigating reports of a shooting in the area of Roosevelt Gardens near Fort Lauderdale, Tuesday afternoon. The person they believed was involved took off after being spotted. A felony traffic stop was made in the area of 3800 NW 11th Place in Lauderhill.The suspect is now in custody.

Scotland’s Humza Yousaf wanted a fresh start. Then came another SNP arrest

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

LONDON — Humza Yousaf reached for the reset button Tuesday. But, with a police probe engulfing the Scottish National Party he now leads, it looks like he’ll need a bigger button.In a key speech to the Scottish parliament, the devolved nation’s new first minister set out his platform for the next three years at the helm of the governing SNP. Yet all the attention was on both his absent predecessor Nicola Sturgeon — and another high-profile arrest in the party ranks.On Tuesday morning, just as Yousaf prepared to deliver his plan, the SNP’s treasurer Colin Beattie was taken into custody in connection with an ongoing police investigation into the SNP’s finances.It’s the latest twist in a near-two-year inquiry by Police Scotland, which began after complaints were made about the party’s use of a £600,000-plus fund raised by activists and intended to be ring-fenced for campaigning on its biggest prize: Scottish independence. And it came in the week Sturgeon — a key ...

Police: Gunfire on Maine highway linked to 4 bodies in home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) – Gunfire that erupted on a busy highway in Maine is linked to a second crime scene where four people were found dead in a home about 25 miles away in the town of Bowdoin, state police said Tuesday.Three people were injured in the shooting that followed on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth. One person was in custody after the highway shooting. At least one of the injured people was seriously hurt.Some police at the scene along I-295 carried rifles or peered inside the trunk of a car that had apparent bullet holes in the windshield. Witnesses told reporters they saw one person in handcuffs.Yarmouth is a community of 9,000 about 12 miles north of Portland, the state’s largest city, which I-295 connects to the state capital, Augusta.Traffic backed up on the interstate as police halted traffic, and state, county and local police canvassed the area, state police spokesperson Shannon Moss said. Representatives for the Maine Department of Transportation said they ...

Patriots owner Kraft joined by Meek Mill for Holocaust march

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft led a delegation that included rapper Meek Mill on a march in Poland on Tuesday to honor victims and survivors of the Holocaust.The 3-kilometer “March of the Living” is an annual commemoration that covers the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, the largest Nazi concentration camp during World War II.The event is being attended by Kraft as part of his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which he started in 2019 to address hate against Jews. Kraft lit the first torch at the outset of the march, a Patriots team spokesman said.Kraft was one of several celebrities who helped advocate on behalf of Mill, who was released from prison in 2018 after initially being sentenced to two to four years in jail for probation violations in decade-old gun and drug convictions.Kraft has since joined Mill, rap mogul Jay Z and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin in the Reform Alliance, a group that lobbies for changes to state probation and par...

Police look to ID woman who allegedly abandoned puppy in a Groveland alleyway

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:19:20 GMT

Police in Groveland are looking to identify a woman who allegedly left a puppy behind in an alley, prompting an animal cruelty investigation. Groveland Police Chief Jeffrey T. Gillen said his department received a report on Monday afternoon about an apparent abandoned puppy being discovered near a business on Main Street.Reviewing evidence, including surveillance footage, police found that an Australian Shepherd puppy had been abandoned in an alleyway by a woman driving a black SUV. The dog was found to be uninjured, but police are now seeking the suspect, described as a blonde female, on suspicion of animal cruelty.“Officers have determined that the suspect in the incident is a blonde female driving a black Mazda SUV and was last seen wearing a black Maine School of Law sweatshirt,” Gillen stated in a news release.Anyone who may have information on the incident is asked to contact the Groveland Police Department at 978-521-1212.