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US News releases 2023 state rankings: Where does NY fall?

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- U.S. News & World Report has released its 2023 Best State rankings. The publication looked at a range of categories across all 50 states to see how states best serve their citizens. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! U.S. News looked at several metrics to determine the rankings including health care, education, economy, infrastructure, opportunity, fiscal stability, crime and corrections, and natural environment. Each category was then assigned a weight based on the average of three years of data from recent national surveys of a total of 70,000 people.“With the economic and social devastation caused by COVID-19 pandemic finally slowing down, U.S. News’ analysis of state data during that time reveals some bright spots – including a rise in the business creation rate. Unsurprisingly, the hardships Americans faced were also apparent – from soaring retail electricity costs to a significant rise in the...

Off the Beaten Path: Sweet Mimi's Café & Bakery

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - NEWS10 ABC in the Morning is hitting the road this Friday to kick off “NEWS10 in Your Town” at our first stop: Saratoga Springs! Located at 47 Phila Street, you'll find Sweet Mimi’s Café & Bakery. Off the Beaten Path: Adirondack Salt Cave Sweet Mimi's Café & Bakery is located at 47 Phila Street in Saratoga Springs. They are closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

St. Louis man accused of execution-style killing in court today

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A man accused of shooting and killing another man, execution style in downtown St. Louis, is scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday morning.Video of the suspect shooting and killing a homeless man got shared millions of times on social media. Police arrested 23-year-old DeShawn Thomas shortly after. He was booked on a first-degree murder charge, and is scheduled to appear in court later Tuesday morning.Back in February, St. Louis Metro Police said a homeless man named David Saldana was shot and killed execution style. It happened at the Shell station at Tucker Boulevard and Convention Plaza. I-55 reopened after dust storm causes fatal Illinois crashes The shooting, captured on cell phone video, has been shared millions of times. Police shared that Thomas first shot Saldana in the back as he ran across Tucker, and as Saldana begged for his life, Thomas shot him in the head.  All of it was captured on video by both a witness and nearby surveillance cameras.Polic...

Auditor demands St. Louis Circuit Attorney's cooperation

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri State Auditor says he may file a lawsuit against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said she’s not handing over the information he needs to complete the audit to see if her office is wasting taxpayers' money.He said he’s been after certain documents for some time now and has given the Circuit Attorney’s Office deadlines. He said he'd run out of patience.“If we don’t received that in the next week or so, then we will be going to court," Fitzpatrick said. "We basically have to file a lawsuit to enforce the petition in court, where a judge would essentially order the Circuit Attorney’s Office to comply with the subpoena, and if they fail to do that, we would have to go back to the judge and say they didn’t. Then the judge would have to determine if they were going to be held in contempt of court or what was going to happen there. So the next step is just going to court to enforce the subpoena and force them to comply with...

Family-fight standoff, knife attack leads to fatal shooting by Denver police

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

An investigation began Tuesday following a fatal standoff Monday night during which a man who police say threatened family members with a knife and began assaulting one of them was fatally shot dead by Denver police.Police responded around 8:30 p.m. to reports of a family disturbance in a house near the intersection of Montview Boulevard and North Oneida Street. The officers found a man with a knife holding two family members in a room, threatening them and preventing them from leaving, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at the scene.The police called for a crisis negotiator and an ambulance. But before the crisis negotiators arrived, the suspect, at about 9:30 p.m., began assaulting one of the family members with the knife, Thomas said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Greeley police shoot, kill man who allegedly shot at them; no officers injured Crime and Public Safety | Four bystanders shot by Denver police officer in LoDo file civil rights law...

Denver weather: Warm and partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

The warm weather pattern settling in this week may bring afternoon and evening thunderstorms, and the National Weather Service on Tuesday issued flash flood warnings for mountain foothills areas along Colorado’s northern Front Range northwest of metro Denver where severe wildfires have ravaged vegetation.The high temperature in Denver will be 73 degrees under partly cloudy skies through 5 p.m., weather service forecasters said. At night, the temperature will decrease to 48 degrees, with possible thunderstorms, before increasing to 79 degrees on Wednesday, forecasters said.In the mountains, mostly cloudy skies with wind gusting at speeds up to 30 miles per hour and thunderstorms here and there are expected.Temperatures on the eastern high plains will exceed 70 degrees, weather service forecasters said.Today: partly to mostly cloudy, scattered showers across the high country, isolated storms possibly embedded, highs mostly in the 70s across the plains and 40s to 60s in the high ...

Woman critically injured after vehicle slams into apartment complex in Santa Ana hit-and-run

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

A woman is in critical condition after a suspected hit-and-run driver slammed into a Santa Ana apartment complex Monday night, authorities said.The crash was reported around 10:20 p.m. along the 1500 block of Memory Lane, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.Responding officers found that a vehicle had struck the building and a female resident was trapped.The Orange County Fire Authority was able to free the woman and she was taken to a nearby hospital in critical but stable condition.A second victim was assessed at the scene and also taken to a hospital. Her condition is unknown, but video from the scene showed her to be conscious and alert.Firefighters worked through the building to get to the van and free the victim, the video showed.Lamar Moorer, whose mother lives in the building, said he was standing in the parking lot when he saw the speeding vehicle crash into the building.“It just kept going,” Moorer said.He jumped into action and tried to get the trapped victim out...

Hollywood writers go on strike after negotiations fail

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

Hollywood writers are now on strike as talks between the Writer’s Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers concluded Monday without an agreement.  This is the first WGA strike in more than 10 years with more than 11,000 television and film writers expected to walk off the job.   “You’re going to see picket signs going up in front of studios, in front of various other offices, as well as you’re going to start seeing a number of shows shut down instantly,” Deadline Hollywood Senior Editor Dominic Patten told KTLA.  ‘SNL,’ late-night shows and more to be impacted by looming WGA strike WGA and AMPTP have been in talks for more than a month, with writers pushing for better base pay and an increase in residual money, saying that half of all writers are currently earning scale – the bare minimum of their contract. They also want higher contributions to their pension plan and health fund. Television and film executives, on the other hand,...

Coi Leray’s Body and Choice

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

Coi Leray’s Body and Choice: Rapper Coi Leray has released new single “My Body” and it’s a destined to be a lively summer anthem.A play on Lesley Gore’s classic “It’s My Party,” Leray sings in the refrain, “It’s my body and I’ll fuck who I want to… it’s nothing new, you’re just sad it ain’t you.”“’My Body’ is a liberating, sex-positive anthem that has Coi unapologetically declare that she and women everywhere can do whatever (and whoever) they want without reservation,” reads the press release. “Sampling the iconic 1963 classic ‘It’s My Party’ by Lesley Gore, Coi throws her own twist to the song while celebrating female empowerment and sexuality, further driving her point that girls can be players too.”It continues: “‘My Body’ follows the release of yesterday’s fittingly-titled single, ‘Bops,’ which proudly proves her...

Prep roundup: Mitty softball rallies at Hollister, Gilroy upsets another top team

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:30:27 GMT

No. 2 Archbishop Mitty 3, Hollister 2The Monarchs rallied from a deficit with a three-run fifth inning to down host Hollister on Monday afternoon and improve to 17-2. Mitty loaded the bases for McKenna Woliczko, a freshman who is batting over .400 on the season. Woliczko cleared the bases with a single into center, a play aided by an error by the outfielder. Alyssa Onyeagwa, Hannah Kitchener and Corri Hicks ran across home plate. Freshman pitcher Kyleigh Mace pitched all seven innings for Mitty, allowing four hits and striking out three against a Hollister team ranked by MaxPreps as the fifth-best in California.The game might have been a preview of a possible matchup in the CCS or NorCal playoffs. Archbishop Mitty will return to West Catholic Athletic League play on Wednesday with a game against Presentation, and will travel to No. 2 St. Francis on Friday.No. 1 St. Francis 10, No. 14 St. Ignatius 0The Lancers made quick work of WCAL opponent St. Ignatius on Monday afternoon, dispatc...