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Returning mayor and two political newcomers elected in St. Paul Park

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

Voters in St. Paul Park elected a new mayor and two new council members on Tuesday, including one by just 13 votes.Former mayor and state Rep. Keith Franke ran unopposed for mayor and received 95 percent of the vote. Mayor Sandi Dingle, who had served in the position since 2017, announced earlier this year that she was retiring.St. Paul Park Mayor Sandi Dingle, left, is retiring at the end of 2023. Former mayor and former state Rep. Keith Franke ran unopposed on Tuesday for the position. (Courtesy photos)Franke, 52, served as mayor from 2012 to 2016 before serving in the state House of Representatives as a Republican from 2016-2018 and from 2021-2022. He is the owner of Park Café and Franke’s Corner Bar in St. Paul Park.Seven candidates ran for the two open positions on the council. Incumbents Jeff Haggerty and Tim Jones were on the ballot, but it was political newcomers Tim Conrad and Charlene Whitbred Hemmingson who prevailed.Conrad, who runs the Cars in the Park car show, receive...

John Youngquist wins Denver school board’s at-large seat; incumbents Scott Baldermann and Charmaine Lindsay ousted

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

John Youngquist, a former East High School principal, trounced ex-Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman in the race for the open at-large seat on the Denver school board Tuesday night in an election that cost two incumbents their seats. Youngquist held a 36-percentage-point lead over Spearman in the citywide race for the seat being vacated by board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson, as of the latest results at 10 p.m. Tuesday. And in two district races, challengers Kimberlee Sia and Marlene De La Rosa defeated incumbents Scott Baldermann and Charmaine Lindsay, respectively, by significant margins. “We feel pretty positive about the results. People are ready for an experienced group of leaders,”  Youngquist said Tuesday night, adding, “The families, the community is looking for change on the board.”The three candidates who now will join Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education were backed by Denver Families Action, a deep-pocketed political group with ...

Victims of Tesla road rage driver unhappy with attacker's prison sentence

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

Several women who were attacked by an enraged, pipe-wielding Tesla driver say they're frustrated with Los Angeles County prosecutors for not being involved in the plea deal.Nathaniel Radimak’s "reign of terror" escalated in late 2022 and early 2023 before he was identified and eventually arrested. Prosecutors, however, say he had been terrorizing drivers for years."He immediately exited his vehicle with a crowbar in his hand, visibly enraged, ran towards my car and repeatedly struck my car with a crowbar," one of Radimak's victims, Beth Lamprecht, said at a news conference Tuesday.Prosecutors say Radimak also threatened to attack a woman at a storage facility in Atwater Village and threatened to assault a 74-year-old woman outside a doctor's office in Glendale.Nathaniel Radimak is seen getting out of a Tesla SUV and attacking a victim with a large pipe along the 2 Freeway on Jan. 11, 2023. (DroneZone_LA)Nathaniel Radimak is seen getting out of a Tesla SUV and attacking a victim with...

New theory emerges in actor Alan Ruck’s Hollywood pizza shop crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

The crash involving “Succession” and “Ferris Bueller” actor Alan Ruck may have been related to his electric pickup truck's high-tech features, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.Ruck, 67, was stopped behind another car at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue on Halloween night when his Rivian R1T suddenly lunged forward and hit the car in front of him.His truck then careened across lanes of traffic, hitting another vehicle before slamming into the wall of Raffalo’s Pizza.No one inside the restaurant was hurt and no one was seriously hurt in any of the vehicles.Actor Alan Ruck's Rivian collided with the back of a car in Hollywood and eventually slammed into the wall of a pizza restaurant. Oct. 31, 2023. Actor Alan Ruck's Rivian collided with the back of a car in Hollywood and eventually slammed into the wall of a pizza restaurant. Oct. 31, 2023. Actor Alan Ruck's Rivian collided with the back of a car in Hollywood and eventually slammed into the wall of a pizza re...

Cap on rent increases approved for some Los Angeles County residents

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

Some residents in Los Angeles County will see rent relief after board members approved a temporary cap on rent increases.Rent increases will be capped at four percent for tenants living in unincorporated L.A. County communities after the L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved the motion on Tuesday.The cap will be effective from Jan. 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 and will only apply to those under the county’s Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protections Ordinance (RSTPO).Without the temporary cap, rent increases of up to eight percent would have been allowable starting Jan. 1, 2024.A cap of three percent was previously approved on Nov. 1, 2022 for rent-stabilized rental units and mobile home spaces from Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2023.Through Tuesday’s motion, the cap will be set at four percent for a six-month period. During this time, officials from the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs will conduct a “comprehensive analysis on the economic impact of recently enacted rent ...

Republican Tate Reeves wins reelection for governor in Mississippi

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tate Reeves wins reelection for governor in Mississippi.Source

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves works to avoid a runoff in his hard-fought reelection campaign

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi hoped to avoid a runoff after Democrat Brandon Presley conceded Tuesday in their hard-fought that was disrupted by a voting mess.The Associated Press has not called the race because it was not clear whether Reeves would remain above the threshold for a runoff. “Mississippi has momentum, and this is Mississippi’s time,” Reeves told cheering supporters at a party in the Jackson suburb of Flowood, reflecting the main theme of his campaign.The mood at Presley’s party in Jackson, the capital city, was somber as he said hours after the polls closed: “Tonight’s a setback, but we’re not going to lose hope … This campaign elevated issues that had to be elevated in Mississippi.” Mississippi requires that contests where no candidate receives a majority of the vote must advance to a runoff.Although Reeves has 52% of the vote with an estimated 88% of the vote counted, the AP has not declared him the winner because much of the...

Assembly member Paul Moriarty wins open New Jersey Senate seat, keeping it under Democratic control

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democrat Paul Moriarty won the open state Senate seat in southern New Jersey’s 4th District on Tuesday.Moriarty defeated Republican Chris Del Borrello, keeping the seat in Democratic hands after the retirement of incumbent Fred Madden.Moriarty currently serves as an Assembly member for the 4th District, which covers parts of Camden and Gloucester counties. He’s a former Philadelphia TV journalist and has served in the Legislature since 2012.Del Borrello is a former Washington Township council member and one-time legislative aide and bills himself as a local businessperson in southern New Jersey.Madden announced his retirement after serving in the state Senate since 2004.The district sits in southern New Jersey’s Philadelphia suburbs. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey veteran Democratic lawmaker John Burzichelli on Tuesday defeated Republican Ed Durr, who stunned Senate President Steve Sweeney two yea...

Virginia Democrats sweep legislative elections after campaigning on abortion rights

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats who campaigned on protecting abortion rights swept Tuesday’s legislative elections, retaking full control of the General Assembly after two years of divided power.The outcome is a sharp loss for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who exerted a great deal of energy, money and political capital on an effort to secure a GOP trifecta.“It’s official: there will be absolutely no abortion ban legislation sent to Glenn Youngkin’s desk for the duration of his term in office, period, as we have thwarted MAGA Republicans’ attempt to take total control of our government and our bodies,” Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Mamie Locke said in a statement referencing Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.Virginia was one of just four states holding legislative races this year, and it’s something of a microcosm of other closely divided states that will be critical in next year’s presidential election. That fueled outsized interest in the legislat...

Kucherov scores early, Tomkins earns first NHL win as Lightning beat Canadiens 5-3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:54 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Matt Tomkins waited a long time to earn his first NHL win. But he might not change a thing about the way it happened.The 29-year-old Tomkins was drafted in the seventh round in 2012 but only made his first start last month in Ottawa, making stops in the East Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League and the Swedish Hockey League along the way.On Tuesday night, he made 22 saves to backstop the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens for his first victory in an NHL net.“Everything’s been worth it to get to this point, a lot of questions along the way of ‘am I doing the right thing?’ and ‘is this for me?’ and there’s been a lot of stops in getting here,” said Tomkins. “It’s really special.”After losing in Tomkins’ first two starts, the Lightning did their best to secure a win in his third.A red-hot Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, Nicholas Paul scored twice, and Alex Barre-Boulet and Michael Eyssimont also had goals for Tampa Bay, which j...