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Amid wildfire smoke in Illinois, don't overlook this button in your car

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

(KODE/NEXSTAR) - There are multiple buttons and dials and toggles in your vehicle. But there's one button that could be especially helpful amid sweltering heat and widespread wildfire smoke impacting many throughout the U.S. — and it may help you save on gas. On most cars, trucks, and SUVs, you can find an "air recirculation button" in the climate control dashboard. The button has an arrow in a half-circle within the outline of a vehicle on it. Never noticed it before?The air recirculation button has a relatively simple function, Tabitha Ruhl, manager of Joplin Transmission and Auto Center told Nexstar's KODE. It stops your vehicle from pulling in outside air to cool you off and instead recirculates the air-conditioned air already inside your car. Chicago has worst air quality in the world due to wildfire smoke This can also help boost your air conditioning, which can make the cabin of your car cooler, quicker. For those living within the heat dome — currently impacting Texas, Mi...

APD searching for suspect wanted in Royal Blue Grocery employee assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

Editor's Note: Above surveillance video from Royal Blue Grocery on Third Street in downtown Austin shows an alleged thief shoving a store employeeAUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is seeking the public's help identifying a suspect wanted in a downtown Austin robbery assault, APD said in a news release Tuesday.Shortly after 8 p.m., June 17, officers responded to Royal Blue Grocery, 301 Brazos Street, in reference to the assault, the release said. Video: Downtown Austin grocery store employee assaulted An employee confronted the suspect and attempted to recover the merchandise, but the suspect hit and injured the store employee, police said. The suspect then left the store.“I was just really scared,” said Shyla Guthrie, the worker who was attacked.Images provided by the Austin Police DepartmentShe said the same man stole from the store earlier in the day, and she called police when he came back and loitered outside.When he came back into the store, she told him to leave ...

As unusual heat persists, relief is finally on the horizon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin nearly bumped up against the record high temperature Jun. 27 as Tuesday's highs spiked to 105°. As a relentless early-summer heatwave peaks this week, some relief is finally on the horizon.A Heat Advisory continues for much of the area on Wednesday, but as the powerful heat dome overhead begins shifting eastward then weakens significantly this weekend through the 4th of July, high temperatures drop slightly each day. We are expecting high temperatures to finally fall below 100° in Austin early next week -- more typical for early-summer. Austin's forecast high temperatures over the next 7 daysAs the ridge of high pressure weakens, daily chances of rain also return beginning Sunday. A few isolated storms are possible on Jul. 4. Wetter weather is possible later next week.6-10 day precipitation outlookSummer Fan DriveOur Summer Fan Drive is underway! Please click here to find out how you can make an online donation and learn more about Family Eldercare's Summer F...

Lake Superior drowning victims were car enthusiasts, recent graduates from Inver Grove Heights school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

Two recent graduates of Simley High School died on Sunday after jumping off of cliffs into Lake Superior.Austin Henning, of South St. Paul, and Maximillian Williams, of Inver Grove Heights, were on a couples day trip to Lake Superior on Sunday when the tragedy occurred, said Henning’s mother, Beth Ann Henning.Austin Henning and Maximillian Williams. (Courtesy of their families)Henning was dating Williams’ twin sister, Beth Ann Henning said, who had advised against the cliff jumping.“There’s nothing stopping my boy once he gets his head on it,” she said.At the time of the drownings, wind speeds were up to 23 mph and waves were three to four feet tall, the Duluth News Tribune reported.  A 911 caller reported the two were “struggling to swim” at Black Beach, in Silver Bay, about 1:25 p.m. Sunday.Henning and Williams, both 18, graduated from the Inver Grove Heights school this spring, Henning’s mother said. The two had become close friends while working at Discount Tire and bonded...

Over half a million invested in small businesses, nonprofits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – More than $600,000 in grants will be awarded to over 30 small businesses and nonprofits throughout the city. The funding is coming from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).“When we support our businesses we support our communities as a whole. Many of these engines of our economy were pushed to the brink because of the COVID pandemic and continue to feel the financial impacts from that crisis,” Congressman Paul Tonko said. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The city’s economic development organization, Capitalize Albany Corporation, will be administering $635,000 to 34 businesses and three nonprofit organizations, located in 15 different neighborhoods, through its Building Improvement Grants (BIG) program.Organization President Sarah Reginelli says awardee selections were made strategically.“The investments made possible through the ARPA and the BIG program will significantly strengthen these awarded bus...

Robbers again luring victims through FB Marketplace

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (News10)-Robbers are once again luring victims through Facebook Marketplace. News10's Anya Tucker shares an area woman's story as well as advice from law enforcement on how to stay safe while making these kinds of transactions.“The whole incident from when he got out of the vehicle until the gun was maybe 10 seconds.” Her name is Shannon. She didn't want to show her face or share her last name, fearing retaliation after she says two men robbed her boyfriend of an Xbox during a meetup arranged on FB Marketplace. A meetup that was in reality, a setup. "They [robbers] wanted to see some things inside of the box that it was in. And they started kind of getting grabby. So, my boyfriend, he got a little suspicious. And he was just like, ‘You know what, we are done here.’ And they tried to rip the stuff out of his hands. They did scuffle for a few seconds, and that’s when they pulled a gun. And my boyfriend said, ‘You know what. It’s not worth it. Got my stepson and you kno...

Audio recording marks latest blow to Trump in documents case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

An audio recording of former President Trump discussing a secret government document at his New Jersey club dealt the latest blow to his evolving and growing defenses against charges over his retention of classified information. The recording appeared to undercut a claim Trump made a week earlier, in which he suggested he may not have had a physical document he was showing to guests without security clearances. Legal experts were quick to cite the recording, which was first published by CNN, as proof of the strength of special counsel Jack Smith’s case.And while Trump has yet to face major political consequences since he was arraigned earlier this month, the recording is the latest sign that Smith’s investigation is one the former president will have difficulty simply waving away.“This tape is not new evidence, and there was no reason to doubt the evidence alleged in the indictment, but it is damning and visceral to hear it, and it does verify that the Donald Trump national sec...

RPI files $1M lawsuit after janitor turns off research freezer over 'annoying' alarm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (The Hill) -- The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute filed a $1 million suit this month against a cleaning firm after one of its janitor turned off a laboratory freezer, ruining years of research that “had the potential to be groundbreaking,” according to the suit.The janitor, the suit says, was annoyed by an alarm from the freezer and turned it off, causing the fragile cell structures inside to be damaged by temperature changes. Daigle Cleaning Systems, who employs the janitor, is being sued for damages and legal fees. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Troy, N.Y., university alleges that Daigle improperly trained and prepared the janitor to work around fragile lab materials.Lab materials in the freezer were kept at -80 degrees Celsius, or -112 degrees Fahrenheit, and the freezer alarm would sound if the internal temperature rose or fell by two degrees from that point. The alarm sounded on Sept. 14, 2020, but fre...

Soccer fans and local businesses excited for US Men's National Team first match at CITYPARK

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

ST. LOUIS - On Tuesday, the US Men’s National Soccer team is making its CITYPARK debut. They will be playing against St. Kitts and Nevis Wednesday at 9 p.m. as part of the Concacaf Gold Cup series.The first match Wednesday at CITYPARK will be Jamaica vs. Nicaragua.“We’ve had officials here all day,” said Brett Radake, manager of Syberg’s On Market. “With their lanyards and stuff.”He said they are ready for Wednesday night’s games and soccer fans.Whether the new kid on the block or a longtime Downtown West business, the soccer transformation to this part of the city has been a welcome addition for many.“Oh, it’s great for downtown, you know, a lot of traffic,” Radake said. “Game days, the atmosphere is just electric down here during the games. We fill up two hours before the game we’re full. You can’t even walk in here sometimes. And after the game, there’s just a stream of people. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.” See the Springfield Cardinals and Silver Dollar City wi...

Chiefs' Lombardi Trophy makes stop at Missouri State Capitol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri State Capitol has been transformed into an extension of the Chiefs' Kingdom this week, with fans traveling from around the state to see one of sport's holiest grails.It was an unusual day of Missouri politics inside the Capitol Tuesday as the Super Bowl trophy sat front and center in the rotunda. Thousands of fans came to Jefferson City to see the Chiefs' Lombardi Trophy in its first stop on the team's "Chiefs' Champions Tour.""It's so cool," Cameron Stephens said just moments after taking his photo with the trophy. "It was like I was a kid again and dreaming that you're holding it. You're in the NFL."Hundreds stood in line Tuesday to pose for a photo op with the Kansas City Chiefs' LVII Lombardi Trophy. "We didn't get to see the parade or the trophy, so we wanted to do that and it's kind of a check off the bucket list," Jefferson City resident Andrew Barnes said.  See the Springfield Cardinals and Silver Dollar City with Free Trip Tuesday ...