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14 AGs back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and 13 other top prosecutors from around the U.S. are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing. The Democratic officials sent a letter Wednesday to congressional leaders, saying “it’s time for the federal government to give back to those who sacrificed so much.” Zero-fare RTD ending, but teens and kids still ride free The letter refers to the estimated half a million people who lived within a 150-mile (240-kilometer) radius of the Trinity Test site in southern New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945. It also pointed to thousands of people in Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Montana and Guam who currently are not eligible under the existing compensation program.The U.S. Senate voted recently to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act as part of a massive defense spending bill. Supporters are hop...

September 2023 events in Denver: Things to do in fall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Leaves are starting to change colors and Denver's anticipating a particularly colorful autumn. Here are some events in the area that are celebrating the season.Fall festivals and marketsNothing says autumn quite like fall-themed markets. These vary from fun festivals to fall fashion. Some events are closer than others, but a longer drive would be prime for leaf-peeping. Fall Fest - Town of Frisco (9/8-9)2023 Colorado Fall Home Show (9/15-17)Denver Makers Market Littleton (9/16)Fall Horseshoe Market at Regis University Campus (9/23) Platte Street Fall BAZAAR (9/23) Family Autism Fall Festival in Castle Rock (9/23)2023 Falcon Harvest Festival in Peyton (9/23)Boulder Fall Fest (9/22-24)Mountain Harvest Festival in Paonia (9/22-24)Mile High Farmers 2023 Fall Equinox Celebration (9/24)Harvest Fest Succulent Garden in Colorado Springs (9/24)Sloan's Lake Fall BAZAAR (9/30)Elk Fest in Estes Park (9/30-10/1) Ultimate Fall Guide 2023 Fall colors, events, thi...

Adam Driver criticizes Netflix and Amazon at Venice Film Festival amid ongoing SAG strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

(CNN) — Appearing at a press conference during the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, “Ferrari” star Adam Driver name-checked streaming giants Amazon and Netflix as the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes in Hollywood continue.“Why is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon and STX International (distributors for “Ferrari”) can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for – this is pre-negotiations – the dream version of SAG’s wishlist, but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can’t,” Driver asked.He added that “every time people from SAG go and support a movie that has agreed to these terms – the interim agreement – it just makes it more obvious that these people are willing to support the people that they collaborate with, and the others are not.”The actor has starred in several Netflix films, including last year’s “White Noise” and 2019’s “Marriage Story,” a performance for which he earned an Oscar nomination.Driver is among the few actors who are participating in events ...

Search underway for 17-year-old girl reported missing from SW Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing from Southwest Miami-Dade.According to Miami-Dade Police, Jackie Fuentes was last seen on Friday at around 11:30 p.m. along the 12000 block of Southwest 93rd Street.Detectives said the teen left the residence and did not return home.Fuentes stands 5 feet tall, weighs around 165 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black shirt and brown sweatpants.Investigators said Fuentes may be in need of services. Officials urge anyone with information about her whereabouts to contact MDPD Detective M. Eloi or any detective of the department’s Special Victims Bureau/Missing Persons Squad at 305-715-3300. You may also call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477).

Police investigating death of toddler after accident at auto repair shop in Cohasset

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

Authorities are investigating what led up to the death of a child in Cohasset after police said a 2-year-old boy died from injuries suffered at a local auto body shop on Thursday.State and local police, as well as personnel from the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office could be seen on South Main Street as of around 3:30 p.m., with a number of police cruisers spotted and caution tape in place. According to Cohasset Chief of Police William Quigley, it was around 12:40 p.m. when a man rushed from Hajj Auto Service to the nearby police station while carrying his injured grandson, seeking help.Quigley said the child was soon taken to South Shore Hospital where he was pronounced dead.Back at the police station, a minivan was later seen cordoned off in the parking lot.“At this point, there doesn’t appear to be anything nefarious,” Cohasset Chief of Police William Quigley told reporters, describing the situation as a tragedy while asking locals to keep the family...

Police searching for man after alleged robbery at Dunkin location in Manchester, NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are searching for a man accused in connection with a robbery caught on a Dunkin security camera early Thursday morning.Security video shows the man inside the Dunkin at 122 Londonderry Turnpike around 2:10 a.m. He was seen inside taking money from the cash registers.Police said he was in the building for less than two minutes before possibly getting into a waiting vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call Manchester PD at 603-668-8711 or via the Manchester Crimeline at 603-624-4040.

Jerry Reinsdorf says he doesn’t plan to sell the Chicago White Sox: ‘I want to make it better before I go.’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

Those “Sell the team” signs seen at Guaranteed Rate Field the last two seasons haven’t persuaded Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf to take the advice of disgruntled Chicago White Sox fans.Asked during a meeting with selected reporters Thursday why he won’t sell the team, the 87-year-old Reinsdorf had a ready answer.“I’m going to couch this so nobody writes that I thought of selling,” Reinsdorf said. “Friends of mine have said: ‘Why don’t you sell? Why don’t you get out?’ My answer always has been: ‘I like what I’m doing, as bad as it is, and what else would I do?’“I’m a boring guy. I don’t play golf. I don’t play bridge. And I want to make it better before I go.”Reinsdorf is part of a group that has owned the Sox since 1981. They have won one championship in that span, in 2005, the only year they’ve won a playoff series during his regime. The clamor for Reinsdorf to s...

Great Move-In Day hits Boston, with trash and mattresses piling up

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

U-Haul rental trucks taking up city streets and college students pushing their belongings in large laundry carts are out in full force across Boston, as Great Move-In Day has arrived.Officials on Thursday offered their do’s and don’ts on how students can have a successful weekend free of headaches as they move into their new living quarters.Though a great bulk of moves will be taking place Friday and Saturday, officials say they’ve been busy for days and weeks prior to Allston Christmas, the notorious “holiday” in which students flood the city once more and apartments turn over, leaving heaps of furniture, mattresses and decorations for thrifty shoppers to pilfer through.The Department of Public Works has picked up 38 tons of trash, since Saturday, on top of the  200 tons that its residential team averages daily, said Mike Brohel, superintendent of street operations.Trucks are picking up heavier loads at the curb more often than just regular scheduled trash days, and they will conti...

Red Sox notebook: Break too little, too late for broken Boston team

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

After 16 consecutive days of play, the Red Sox finally caught a break on Thursday.Unfortunately, the much-needed day off likely came too late for Boston’s beleaguered team, which went 1-6 during their homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, to wrap up August with a 13-15 record.Every game of the regular season counts, but this was the 10-game stretch when Red Sox needed to be, as Mary Poppins would say, “practically perfect in every way.”Instead, they fell apart in almost every way. Starting pitchers averaged 4.6 innings per start in August. The Astros pummeled the Boston bullpen within an inch of its life during this week’s sweep, and other than Adam Duvall, the team should have an all-points bulletin out for the Boston bats. After Triston Casas gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in the first inning of Monday’s series opener, Houston outscored Boston 26-9 the rest of the week.A day off, or rather a travel day before their weekend series ...

Massachusetts COVID cases and hospitalizations on the rise again, new variant BA.2.86 has ‘lots of mutations’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:33 GMT

COVID cases and hospitalizations are on the rise yet again, just as the school year kicks off, as a new variant with “lots of mutations” may lead to more infections in people who previously had COVID or who received vaccines and boosters.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday reported a weekly count of 2,171 virus cases, up 6% from last week’s count of 2,048 COVID cases.The daily average of virus cases is now up to 310, more than four times the daily rate of 75 cases from the beginning of July.There are now 342 patients hospitalized with COVID, up 42 patients from last week’s count of 300 patients. Hospitalizations had dipped to 100 patients in July.In addition to the recent rise in local cases and hospitalizations, the Boston-area COVID wastewater has been ticking up — the first sign of more virus cases at the community level. The south-of-Boston wastewater average has gone up 36% in the last week, while the north-of-Boston average h...