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Dean's Reviews: 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

CHICAGO — Check out Dean's review for the latest adaptation of the popular video game full of magic and a twist of humor. Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

SCO Historic Acquisition Of The Hudson Bay Building, Comes Full Circle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

APD releases suspect images connected with May 2022 armed robbery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police released new photos Thursday related to a May 2022 armed robbery in downtown Austin. Detectives said the man and woman in the photos were suspects in the robbery, and APD was seeking help to identify the individuals.APD detectives said the robbery occurred at 5:51 p.m. May 23, 2022, in the 700 block of Trinity Street.According to police, the two suspects approached a man in a nearby parking garage and pointed a handgun at him while demanding his belongings.“One of the suspects chased the man on foot for several blocks in the downtown area before he could call the police,” APD said.The first suspect was described as a Black man between the ages of 18 and 35 and weighed between 140 and 180 lbs. Police said he had short black hair, as well as tattoos covering his entire back and shoulders and tattoos on his upper chest. He was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, pink/red underpants and white sneakers.The second suspect was described as a Black woman with a ...

These college majors are least lucrative in Texas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

(Stacker) – College is an expensive endeavor. The average cost of attending a public school, living on campus and paying in-state tuition adds up to $102,828 on average nationwide, according to Education Data Initiative. Attending a private school or paying out-of-state tuition can double that cost. With such a high cost of earning a degree, students need ways to evaluate whether attending a university is worth the investment. One such measure is the median earnings of college graduates by field of study.On a national level, those who study nuclear engineering technologies or become technicians in that field have the highest median earnings three years after graduation at $107,804, followed by the fields of biomathematics, bioinformatics, and computational biology ($98,074), operations research ($96,452), marine transportation ($94,032), and petroleum engineering ($93,515).Yet, while it remains true that college graduates have higher lifetime earnings than noncollege gradu...

Minnesota United’s academy is growing, and players to watch are coming to forefront

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

Minnesota United has had one player from its youth academy contribute for the Loons in MLS. Across six-plus season, that’s it.The Loons are trying to change that.The club has committed more resources to the academy, and CEO Shari Ballard has put a bigger emphasis on building a youth development pathway to feed the first team. Amos Magee, who has been with the club since 2016, moved into a new leadership role of youth development last fall. And MNUFC2, the minor-league bridge between the academy and MLS, is off the ground in its second season.“We believe that in the future, as the club continues to evolve, (the academy is) going to be a really important pillar to what we do,” Magee told the Pioneer Press.While the Loons (2-0-2) face St. Louis City (5-0-0) in MLS play on Saturday night, two MNUFC academy teams, Under-15 and U17, will have litmus tests of their own in the Generation adidas (GA) Cup in Bradenton, Fla. Every MLS club will be represented, as well as top academies from aro...

Mounds View’s Micah Burton joins U.S. soccer scene as Austin FC prospect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

Micah Burton was in Guatemala on Feb. 24, eyeing up a long-range free kick in a U.S. youth national team match against Canada. Meanwhile, the 16-year-old’s family was anxiously watching him back in Minnesota.The standout on the U.S. Under-17 national team couldn’t hear it, but his mother, and roughly 20 relatives, were cheering from a watch party in Mounds View.“Come on, baby,” mother Samie Srey recalled saying. “Make the goal.”Burton delivered a right-footed missile into the upper corner of the net from roughly 25 yards out to help the U.S. advance in the semifinal of the Concacaf U17 Championships. Burton scored three total goals in six tournament matches as the U.S. finished runner up to Mexico and qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru in November.“I think that one was probably the best goal I’ve ever scored,” Burton told the Pioneer Press.But Burton did it as member of Austin FC — not as a representative of Minnesota United.Burton played in the Loons’ youth academy...

Immersive Disney experience now open in Las Vegas, other US cities: 'You're there in person'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A new interactive experience opened Thursday in Las Vegas, allowing visitors to step into "the magical world of Disney." It's an "Immersive Disney Animation" experience that brings favorite Disney characters to life at The Shops at Crystals on the Las Vegas Strip. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Source: Immersive Disney Animation (Kyle Flubacker)Source: Immersive Disney Animation (Kyle Flubacker)Source: Immersive Disney Animation (Kyle Flubacker)Source: Immersive Disney Animation (Kyle Flubacker)Academy Award-winning producer J. Miles Dale leads the attraction's creative team. “As a filmmaker, I am always seeking out ideas that can engage an audience in new and interesting ways and to show them something that they have never seen before," he said.The experience is "500,000 cubic feet of projection" on just about everything in the space, including the walls, floor and columns, according to Corey Ross, a p...

Habitat for Humanity building 2 houses in Philmont

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

PHILMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Columbia County Habitat for Humanity announced on Thursday that its next building project will take place in the Village of Philmont, with an expected groundbreaking this spring. The group is planning to build two houses at the same time on separate but adjoining lots on Eagle Street. The houses will be the 26th and 27th built or rehabilitated over the last 30 years by Columbia County Habitat. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “After a pause in new building due to the pandemic, we are excited to be bringing new homeownership opportunities to Columbia County and the Village of Philmont,” says Al Bellenchia, Executive Director and Chief Executive who is marking his second-year anniversary with the organization. “Coming on board during the pandemic and navigating all the restrictions in place was a challenge in itself. Evolving an organization for a successful reboot is familiar territory for me and I ...

The Sugar Fairy Bakes sets opening date for Malta shop

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

MALTA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Sugar Fairy Bakes is officially ready to open its new shop at 2110 Ellsworth Boulevard in Malta. The bakery will be opening on Saturday, April 1. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Owner Stacie Blair announced that she would be opening a second location during the ribbon cutting at the Mechanicville shop’s one year anniversary on December 17, 2022. The new location is a retail bake shop with all the baking being done in Mechanicville. The baked goods will be delivered fresh to Malta each morning."Please be patient and keep in mind this is a soft opening," said Blair in a Facebook post. "There is no instruction book and it will take time for us to navigate what works and what doesn’t for our second space." Allie B’s opening second location on Albany’s South End The Malta bakery will have custom cake decorating and a window where visitors can see the artists decorating the cakes. This new location w...

Colorado wilfdfire burning on 1,088 acres near Florissant; 100 homes evacuated

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:40 GMT

A wind-whipped wildfire west of Colorado Springs, spreading from Park County into Teller County south of Florissant, had burned across more than 1,088 acres Friday morning, forcing evacuations of about 100 homes.A Lake George Fire Protection District dispatcher said the U.S. Forest Service took over efforts to manage the fire early Friday morning. Helicopters dropped water on flames Thursday, the dispatcher said.Firefighters worked through the night trying to contain flames burning in rough terrain, but heavy wind, gusting at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, complicated fire suppression.The authorities classified the fire as “human-caused,” saying it started on private land along Park County Road 403, southwest of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, and then spread into Teller County.Most of the evacuated homes are located along the front edge of the fire near Divide, dispatchers said Friday morning. No buildings had burned, they said, and no injuries were repor...