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Richmond’s Absurd Snacks sets sights on major retailers

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

A Richmond snack company is ready to enter major retailers after a reformulation and taking on some new packaging.Grace Mittl and Eli Bank founded Absurd Snacks last year. Early on, they were part of two accelerator programs — Idea Factory and Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program. Through that process, they took the time to fine tune the product. Absurd Snacks focuses on trail mix for people with allergies to nuts, wheat and dairy. “We were able to dig deeper into what we had done right and what could use some improvements,” Bank said. “We conducted a series of customer interviews and wanted to learn more about their needs and desires and what they are looking for, especially those people with allergies because that is who we want to speak with directly.”They learned customers preferred their Magic Maple Cinnamon product and wanted a savory flavor. They dropped a chocolate line and added Rockin’ Rosemary Sea Salt. People sometimes treated Absurd Snacks as a…Read the full ...

Colorado is 3rd most expensive state to own a car, study shows

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado has become more expensive to live in over the past few years from house prices to the cost of rent and other living expenses, but it has also become a pricey place to own a car. According to a study from Forbes Advisor, Colorado ranks among the top five most expensive states to own a car. The publication used gas prices, car repair costs, car insurance rates and monthly auto loan payments to rank the nation's most expensive to least expensive states to own a car. Denver-area home prices nudge up for the 1st time in a year While California and Nevada tied for first place, Colorado came in third with a 96.53 score in the metrics test conducted. Here are the stats from the study for the top 10 most expensive:RankStateScore out of 100Annual car insurance rateMonthly auto loan payment1California (tie)100.00$2,462$5721Nevada (tie)100.00$3,342$5823Colorado96.53$2,489$5564Florida84.03$4,326$5535Alaska80.56$2,323$5836Maryland77.08$3,349$5607Georgia75.69$2,181$590...

Full list of St. Patrick's Day events across Denver metro area

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Saint Patrick’s Day is on March 17 and there are plenty events happening for people of all ages across the Front Range.Here’s our complete guide of events, which kickoff on Friday. Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade: What to know, how to watch it March 10Celtic Awakening - Newman Center for the Performing ArtsYoung Dubliners- DenverMarch 11Denver Luck Of The Irish St Patrick's Day Weekend Bar CrawlDenver St Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl & Block PartyDenver’s St. Patrick’s Day ParadeDowntown Lakewood BEER FESTOlde Town Arvada's St. Patrick's Day FestivalSt Patrick's Day Parade 2023 at Wynkoop Brewing CoSt. Patrick's Day Sip N' Stein- High Hops BrewerySt. Patrick's Day THERMOMIX cooking class- Arvada St. Patty's Weekend #1 - Parade Party- Mile High SpiritsMarch 12Irish Step Dancing with Abby!- Fabletics DenverRunnin' of the Green 7K- Wash ParkMarch 172023 Luck of the Irish 5K- DenverDenver St Patrick’s Day Bar CrawlFree family-friendly Saint Patrick's Day event- DenverLu...

Rollover crash in Fort Lauderdale hospitalizes 5, including 3 children

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews responded to a two-vehicle crash near Northwest 15th Street and 24th Avenue after one car failed to halt at a stop sign.On Wednesday, emergency crews arrived on the scene where they found a van with multiple children rolled over as a result of the collision.Security footage from a home at the intersection where the crash occurred showed the van speeding through a stop sign as an SUV struck the van knocking it to its side.According to fire rescue officials, two adults and three children were transported to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries that were deemed not life-threatening.Officials said no one was cited, but the crash remains under investigation.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Jury finds Miami Beach officer guilty of using excessive force on tourist

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

A jury has reached a verdict in the case of an officer accused of using excessive force on a tourist. Miami Beach Police Officer Kevin Perez was found guilty of simple battery, Wednesday afternoon. Perez is one of five Miami Beach officers who were originally charged with felony battery.Perez’s charge was changed to battery.All this happened after the rough arrest of tourist Dalonta Crudup on South Beach back on July 26, 2021.According to investigators, Crudup was riding a scooter, trying to get away from police and hit one of them with the scooter. He said a cop threw a bike at him.Crudup eventually ran into the Royal Palm South Beach Miami Hotel.Within minutes, more than a dozen officers responded to the hotel and surrounded Crudup, and the arrest went down.

The Netherlands to block export of advanced chips printers to China

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

The Dutch government confirmed for the first time Wednesday it will impose new export controls on microchips manufacturing equipment, bowing to U.S. pressure to block the sale of some of its prized chips printing machines to China.The U.S. and the Netherlands reached an agreement to introduce new export restrictions on advanced chip technology to China at the end of January, but until now, the Dutch government hadn’t commented publicly on it. The deal, which also included Japan, involves the only three countries that are home to manufacturers of advanced machines to print microchips. It is a U.S.-led initiative to choke off the supply of cutting-edge chips to China. “Given the technological developments and geopolitical context, the government has concluded that it is necessary for the (inter)national security to expand the existing export controls on specific manufacturing equipment for semiconductors,” Foreign Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher wrote in a lette...

Braverman says email blasting civil service ‘blob’ was ‘an error’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

LONDON — U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday night distanced herself from an email sent in her name accusing civil servants of frustrating plans to cut the number of small boats crossing the English Channel.The Cabinet minister was accused of a “cowardly attack” on the U.K. civil service after a campaign email sent by the Conservative Party — but bearing her name and signature — pointed the finger at government officials for scuppering earlier efforts to grip the issue.“We tried to stop the small boat crossings without changing our laws,” the email said. “But an activist blob of left-wing lawyers, civil servants and the Labour Party blocked us.” But, speaking to ITV’s Robert Peston Wednesday evening, Braverman said: “I didn’t write that email. I didn’t see it and it was an error that it was sent out in my name.”No. 10 Downing Street also sought to draw a line under the row earlier Wednesday, saying Braverman “did not see that e...

Drug investigation leads to seizure of 16 kilos of cocaine, nearly $200K across Suffolk County

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

Some 16 kilograms of cocaine and a large amount of cash were seized from multiple spots in Suffolk County following a lengthy investigation, according to Massachusetts State Police.An MSP spokesperson said the seizure came after federal and local authorities executed a search warrant at a residence in Revere on Monday. Branching outside of the residence, officials found “approximately 16 kilograms of cocaine and a large amount of cash from multiple locations in Suffolk County,” according to MSP Director of Media Communications Dave Procopio. Procopio noted the total amount of cash added up to $190,750 and was the result of an investigation launched earlier in the year by state troopers assigned to the State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County District. The operation had focused on a drug trafficking organization operating in the Greater Boston area.Police also arrested 52-year-old Humberto “Pancho” Mesa-Gomez on March 6.The suspect was later arraigned in...

Council Approves Boston Rent Cap Effort On 11-2 Vote

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

The fate of renewed rent control efforts in Boston is about to land firmly and completely on the shoulders of the Democrats who control state government. City councilors on Wednesday approved Mayor Michelle Wu’s bid to institute a cap on rent increases in the city nearly three decades after voters prohibited the practice statewide. The vote will send the home rule petition to a Legislature whose leaders have shown littler interest in rent control over the years. The council voted 11-2 in favor of Wu’s measure, which would ban covered landlords from raising rents more than 10 percent annually in the highest-inflation years and implement several other tenant protections. Councilors Frank Baker and Erin Murphy voted against the home rule petition. Baker argued that the policy would villainize property owners who he said have “created generational wealth for the middle class in Boston,” calling rent control — which landlord and real estate groups vocally op...

‘I hate him passionately’: Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in court

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:01:01 GMT

By DAVID BAUDER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press Writers)NEW YORK (AP) — A defamation lawsuit is revealing scornful behind-the-scenes opinions by Fox News figures about Donald Trump, including a Tucker Carlson text message declaring, “I hate him passionately.”Carlson’s private text comments were revealed in court papers at virtually the same time the former president was hailing the Fox News host on social media. Trump said he was doing a “great job” in presenting excerpts of U.S. Capitol security video of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — though Carlson used the video to produce a false narrative of the attack.The documents are coming to light at a time of increased tension between Trump and Fox, the dominant media force appealing to conservatives, as he campaigns to regain the presidency.Voting machine manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, claiming the network broadcast false claims that the company...