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Structure Fire At Devonshire Apartments

Four people were taken to the hospital after an apartment fire on the east side of Colorado Springs. The fire broke out shortly after 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Devonshire Square Apartments on Uintah, near Circle. At least one person had to be rescued from the building. Firefighters searched the buildings for other people who might be trapped. Four people were taken to the hospital. Another five were treated at the scene. Firefighters say two units are a complete loss. The Red Cross is assisting people who will be displaced. A witness who lives in the building told 11 News her fire alarm never went off. She says by the time she realized what was going on, the hallway was filled with smoke. The fire chief says at this point he can't confirm whether or not the fire alarms were working. The cause of the fire in under investigation.

Clinical trials need more minorities

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At her 33rd appearance as Subject 16019 in a clinical trial of an experimental drug she hoped would fix "this little problem with my memory," Sandra Brannon sank into a medical exam room 's recliner and waited. "What's the date again?" Sandra asked me. I had escorted her to a wing at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, where the NYU Langone Medical Center was among 210 institutions worldwide conducting the trial. As a family friend, I was standing in for Sandra's only child and chief caregiver, who had business elsewhere that morning. "November 18th," I answered. I'd responded to the same question from Sandra four times during our 27- minute subway ride to a stop a few blocks from Bellevue. "Right. Got it." Sandra scribbled my reply on her cheat sheet as a nurse bounded through the door to prep her for her monthly intravenous infusion of solanezumab, which Eli Lilly developed to target mild cognitive impairment caused ...

This guy is accused of swindling millions of dollars out of unsuspecting Torontonians

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Johnson Chrome was a notorious big spender with a taste for bottle service , bespoke suits and $10,000 shoes. The source of his wealth? A sophisticated identity theft scheme that may have conned Torontonians out of millions. The untold story of the city’s most wanted fraudster Photographs: All portraits via Facebook; background by iStock T he fraudster who called himself Johnson Chrome liked to sit on a bench at the intersection of Hazelton and Yorkville, smoking a Montecristo Edmundo robusto and talking about fashion, cars and cigars to anyone who’d listen. He was charming and handsome, with a neatly trimmed beard , a shaved head and perfect teeth. The perch placed him at the centre of the rarefied universe he’d come to inhabit. His condo, in the former Four Seasons hotel, was steps to the west, and he parked his black Jaguar at the Hazelton Hotel opposite . His gym, the sleek Equinox, was a minute’s walk northwest; his preferred cigar shop , La Casa del Habano , was to the sout...