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Home sellers win $1.8B case against real estate industry over inflated fees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commissions agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill. A federal jury in one of those cases on Tuesday ordered the National Association of Realtors along with some of the nation's biggest real estate brokerages to pay almost $1.8 billion in damages, after finding they artificially inflated commissions paid to real estate agents. How much do houses cost in Colorado? See the list by county The verdict in the 2019 case in Missouri stated that the defendants “conspired to require home sellers to pay the broker representing the buyer of their homes in violation of federal antitrust law.”If treble damages — which allows plaintiffs to potentially receive up to three times actual or compensatory damages — are awarded, then the defendants may have to pay more than $5 billion.“This matter is not close to being final as we will appeal the jury’s ver...

Trump ballot trial in Colorado turns to history of 'insurrection' clause

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution's “insurrection clause” turned to distant history on Wednesday, when a law professor testified about how the post-Civil War provision was indeed intended to apply to presidential candidates.Gerard Magliocca, of Indiana University, said there was scant scholarship on Section Three of the 14th Amendment when he began researching it in late 2020, but said he uncovered evidence in 150-year-old court rulings, congressional testimony and presidential executive orders that it applied to presidents and to those who simply encouraged an insurrection rather than physically participated in one. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Magliocca didn't mention Trump by name, but the plaintiffs in the case have argued that Colorado must ban him from the ballot because his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, which was intended to halt Congress' certif...

New guidelines expand who should get a lung cancer screening

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The American Cancer Society is expanding the list of people who they recommend should get annual lung cancer screenings with a low-dose CT scan.In Colorado, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both men and women. New infant RSV vaccine in short supply as respiratory illness season picks up The ACS previously recommended yearly screening for people aged 55-74 who smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for 30 years. The new recommendation is for people aged 50 to 80 who smoke the equivalent of a pack a day for 20 years."What this really allows us to do is to catch younger patients, and even patients who haven't smoked as much, and we can potentially catch more lung cancers earlier," said Dr. Andy Labelle, a pulmonary critical care physician. Labelle said many people with lung cancer don't have symptoms until the cancer has progressed to a late stage, so screening is important."If we can catch their cancer at a stage one, it is very a cur...

Broncos' Justin Simmons named AFC Defensive Player of the Week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week Wednesday following the team's 24-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.This was the first time Simmons has received the award during his 8-year career. He is also only the sixth safety to be awarded it in Broncos history. The last Broncos player to be given the distinction was Kareem Jackson in 2019. Football crossover: Broncos QB dresses like CU Buffaloes coach for Halloween Simmons was also the first Broncos player to be named a player of the week since wide receiver Jerry Jeudy in Week 18 of the 2022-23 season.During the game against the Chiefs, Simmons recorded two solo tackles, an interception, a pass defense and a fumble recovery, according to the Broncos.Simmons was selected by the Broncos in the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the 98th overall pick. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies and more sports news Since then, he has been named to the Associated Pre...

Officer Nathan Woodyard takes the stand during trial in Elijah McClain's death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Nathan Woodyard, an Aurora Police officer on trial for the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, is taking the stand Wednesday afternoon.Woodyard, who was suspended from the force, is charged with reckless manslaughter of the 23-year-old McClain. The trial began Oct. 17. McClain died in 2019 after he was stopped by police while walking home from a convenience store. He was thrown to the ground and held down before being injected by paramedics with ketamine, a sedative.The prosecution argued that McClain's death was put in motion by Woodyard's carotid neck hold, as well as physical force used by him and other officers to hold him still. 7 years later, man faces charges in death of woman on train A forensic pathologist called by the prosecution argued that the manner of McClain's death was homicide and that the officer's actions contributed to his death.However, the defense has argued that the paramedics were to blame for McClain's death. A separate forensic pathologist ca...

Decoding AI: Rishi Sunak’s call for action

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music Over 100 leading figures from the biggest tech companies and governments across the globe have assembled for Britain’s two-day AI Safety summit. The UK hopes the event will galvanize power players into agreeing common aims to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence.In th...

Biden will travel to Lewiston, Maine, Friday in wake of mass shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Lewiston, Maine, on Friday, to pay their respects after 18 people were killed there in a mass shooting last week.“The President and First Lady will pay respects to the victims of this horrific attack and grieve with families and community members, as well as meet with first responders, nurses, and others on the front lines of the response,” the White House said in statement.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Video evidence shown, bishop and wedding videographer testify in trial of man accused in Pelham, NH wedding shooting 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

Video evidence was shown and both a bishop and a wedding videographer testified as trial proceedings continued Wednesday for the man accused in connection with a shooting at a wedding in Pelham, New Hampshire in 2019. Both the bride and the bishop were shot. Roughly four years after the shooting, video this week provided a first look at what happened inside the New England Pentecostal Church.Dale Holloway is facing two counts of attempted murder in the shooting. In video played in court, the wedding can be seen proceeding before shots ring out. “The bishop went down. I went down also because I feared for my life at that point,” said the bride’s brother-in-law James Merchant. “I was that close.” Merchant had been recording the wedding. Wounded by gunfire, both the bride and the bishop survived the attack. Speaking this week, the 79-year-old bishop told the jury what he experienced as he was shot just below his throat. Bishop Stanley Choate said the ...

Red Sox (offseason) notebook: Betts bets on Bauer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

Mookie Betts announced himself as an unexpected advocate for former Dodgers teammate, Trevor Bauer, to get another chance in Major League Baseball.“My experience with Bauer is not anything remotely close to what everyone else’s experience is. I love him, I think he’s an awesome guy. The personal things? I have no control,” the former Red Sox star told the LA Times while at the World Series filming content for the league. “He’s an awesome pitcher. He’s a great guy.”Betts and Bauer were teammates on the Dodgers in 2021, after Bauer signed a three-year, $102 million contract. That June, a San Diego woman sought an order of protection against Bauer, and alleged that he’d committed sexual battery against her on two occasions. MLB placed him on administrative leave – and extended said leave nine times – as they investigated.In April 2022, the league handed down an unprecedented 324-game suspension, more than twice the length of the previous record, under their Joint Domestic Violenc...

MIAA statewide boys soccer tournament pairings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:11 GMT

DIVISION 1SEEDS: 1. Concord-Carlisle (15-0-1); 2. Needham (14-2-2); 3. Acton-Boxborough (12-1-3); 4. St. John’s Prep (14-1-2); 5. Weymouth (12-3-4); 6. Brookline (11-6-1); 7. Newton North (8-5-5); 8. Newton South (8-4-5); 9. Lowell (16-3-1); 10. Franklin (13-0-5); 11. Winchester (13-1-2); 12. Brockton (11-3-2); 13. Framingham (9-7-2); 14. Natick (6-7-3); 15. Boston College High (10-5-3); 16. Leominster (11-4-3); 17. Lincoln-Sudbury (6-5-5); 18. Braintree (9-5-4); 19. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (8-7-1); 20. Ludlow (15-1-2); 21. Somerville (15-2-1); 22. North Andover (11-3-4); 23. Attleboro (13-1-4); 24. Shrewsbury (9-7-2); 25. Beverly (11-5-2); 26. Saint John’s (9-7-2); 27. Algonquin (9-7-2); 28. Barnstable (10-3-5); 29. Westford Academy (7-9-0); 30. Belmont (10-5-4); 31. Lexington (8-4-7); 32. Peabody Veterans (8-3-5); 33. Durfee (9-3-4); 34. Plymouth North (12-2-4); 35. Medford (11-6-1); 36. Boston Latin (7-7-4); 37. King Philip Regional (8-5-5); 38. New Bedford (6-5-...