Art Acevedo, the former Miami police chief fired in 2021 after a turbulent six-month tenure as the city’s top cop, is reportedly being considered for a new job.

Google MapsTHORNTON, Colorado - A Thornton family's cat is found cut in half in a neighbor's backyard and initial necropsy reports indicate no animal did it. He was 12 years old," said David Laverty, looking at a photo of a black-and-white, long-haired cat. Two weeks ago, neighbors in a quiet Thornton community called animal control to report a dead cat in their back yard. But Laverty said Thornton Animal Control did an about-face later, deciding that evidence was inconclusive and dropping the case. Now, Laverty just wants to warn neighbors about what really happened to his family's cat, hoping to stop it from happening again.

During a neighborhood fireworks show Wednesday night in Denver, Colorado, a stray firecracker landed in a house's front yard and ignited a bush. As the bush was engulfed in flames, a few men passing by acted quickly to save a woman who was trapped by fear on the porch screaming for help, CNN affiliate KMGH reports. "I tried my best to put it out with my water bottles that I had in my car," Birkett told KMGH. Birkett said he hoped the video he captured of the house fire might motivate people to be more mindful when setting off fireworks near houses. "I just saw something that I felt needed to be shared with everybody, especially since it was caused by fireworks," he told KMGH.