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Denver mayor visits migrant shelter with updates from D.C. trip

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- More than 27,000 migrants have arrived in the city since last December.Denver Mayor Mike Johnston visited a migrant shelter on Saturday and spoke with FOX31 about what the city is doing to get work permits for many who are waiting for the opportunity.The Mayor's visit was met with disappointment from some migrants who are staying at the shelter, while Johnston said the process to get them legal work permits could be made quicker.Denver Mayor Mike Johnston brought updates with him to a local shelter, directly from the nation's capital. Local company plans to buy, deliver over 3,000 turkeys to food banks "What we found when I was at the white house talking to leaders in D.C. about this is that we asked them to make some changes on work authorizations and they did make some," Johnston said.By "some," Johnston is talking about migrants who arrived in the States before July 31 who may acquire their work permits in a quicker process.That work permit has been an obstacle...

Fatal crash closes I-70 Sunday morning near Aurora

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A fatal crash closed a portion of I-70 between Havana Street and I-225 Sunday morning.According to the Denver Police Department, the crash took place near I-225 on I-70 and involved multiple motorists. Multiple suspects at large in deadly Northglenn shooting One person was pronounced dead at the scene and three more were transported to the hospital.As of 7 a.m., the roadway had partially reopened and the department reported the roadway fully reopened as of 8:15 a.m.

EU Commissioner Urpilainen to run for president in Finland

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

Jutta Urpilainen, the EU commissioner for international partnerships, on Sunday announced she would run for the presidency of her native Finland.“I want that we Finns can continue to commit to not leaving anyone behind,” Urpilainen said at a press conference for the Socialist Democratic Party. “That is why I am available as SDP’s candidate in the presidential election,” she said. Urpilainen will leave her role at the European Commission in Brussels on December 2 to start her campaign, Finnish media Yle reported. Elections for the six-year term of president are to be held at the end of January, with a possible second round in February. The current president, Sauli Niinistö, is still popular after guiding the historically neutral country into NATO, but he has hit the country’s two-year term limit. Finnish socialists — including ex-Prime Minister Sanna Marin — have been begging Urpilainen to jump into a race that’s already well under way ahead of the J...

Washington Post backs down from story on Hamas hostage deal

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

The Washington Post backed away from its claim Saturday evening that Israel and Hamas had reached a tentative deal that would free at least 50 hostages in exchange for a five day pause in fighting on both sides, after a U.S. National Security Council spokesperson tempered the claim online.In an alert around 8:30 p.m. Saturday evening, the Post reported that Israel and Hamas had reached a “tentative U.S.-brokered deal” that would pause the deadly conflict in Gaza and allow some women and child hostages to be free. At 9:27 p.m., National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson reposted the story on X, formerly Twitter, with her own clarification:“We have not reached a deal yet, but we continue to work hard to get to a deal,” Watson wrote.The article was subsequently updated to say that the U.S. was “close” to a deal with Israel and Hamas to free some of the hostages, but no correction or clarification was added to the story. As of Sunday morning, the story had last been updated ...

Latvia’s Kariņš eyes NATO top job

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

Latvian Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš on Sunday declared his interest in becoming NATO’s next secretary-general, throwing his hat in the ring for the much contended race to succeed Jens Stoltenberg when he steps down next October. “Krišjānis Kariņš is ready to join the competition,” a spokesperson for Kariņš’ said in a statement on Sunday.Kariņš, who stepped down as Latvian prime minister in August, can bring to the NATO position “his leadership experience as prime minister, clear understanding of Russia’s threat, strong stance on Ukraine, and proven track record as an international consensus builder,” according to the statement. Kariņš joins Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in vying to be the next leader of the defense alliance. Stoltenberg’s tenure, which has been extended four times, ends in October 2024.Speaking at the POLITICO Defense Summit last week, Kallas said she would like to be considered for the position. R...

‘Grandpa Joe:’ Biden campaign facing heat over plans to deal with his age

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

At the Democratic National Committee’s September fundraiser retreat, a donor pressed Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, about one of the more oft-discussed topics in party circles: the president’s age.How, the person asked during a question-and-answer session on the 2024 campaign, should donors handle the stream of concerns they’ve heard about it?Fulks acknowledged the obvious: You can’t change the age of the president, who will turn 81 on Monday. Instead, he advised the donor to focus on Biden’s historic accomplishments.Fulks’ response, which was described by four people who attended the session, was well-received by those who see his age as a mark of his deep experience — and met with disagreement by others, who fear not enough is being done to remind voters that former President Donald Trump is just three-and-a-half years younger. All told, it highlighted a larger dynamic currently facing the party: Not everyone is sure what the right playbook is for handling the...

Boston Medical Center radiology tech arraigned on drug fraud charges

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

A Boston Medical Center radiology tech was arraigned Friday in Boston Municipal Court Central Division on charges that he received improper prescriptions for controlled substances from a nurse practitioner he worked with at the hospital, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.Rafael Garcia, 44, of Boston, is charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws, obtaining drugs by fraud and larceny of a drug. Judge James Coffey set bail at $2,500 and ordered Garcia to return to court Dec. 29 for a pre-trial hearing.The Massachusetts State Police Narcotics Unit built information about Garcia’s illegitimate prescription scheme during their investigation of John Cann, a nurse practitioner who worked with Garcia in the Boston Medical Center emergency department, according to a statement.Cann was arraigned in Malden District Court earlier this year on charges involving issuing improper prescriptions at a Malden pharmacy for Adderall, Lorazepam and Amphetamine ER, many of which he would pick up ...

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions: Everything you need to know about the Week 11 game before kickoff

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

The 3-7 Chicago Bears will play the 7-2 Detroit Lions at Ford Field in a Week 11 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff (noon, FOX).‘Just go out there and win games’Bears quarterback Justin Fields isn’t focused on proving himself over the final seven games of the season — though it will be necessary to do that as team leadership charts its future.Fields’ purpose is narrower as he prepares to make his first start in more than a month Sunday. Asked if he still feels pain in his hand, he said it’s not 100%.“But it feels good,” he said. “There’s still a little bit of healing left. But it’s stable.”Fields said he doesn’t think ball security will be an issue with the injury, noting he wouldn’t be playing if it was. But protecting the football is a major focus. Read more here.5 things to watch in the Bears-Lions game — plus our Week 11 predictionsColumn: As others look at the big p...

Israel says Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijacked an Israeli-linked ship. The Houthis haven’t commented

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday, raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel movement in Yemen that threatened earlier Sunday to target Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea. Last month, Houthi rebels were suspected of sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the sea. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said 25 crew members of various nationalities, including Bulgarians, Filipinos, Mexicans and Ukrainians but no Israelis, had been on board the hijacked Bahamas-flagged ship. Netanyahu’s office condemned the seizure of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier, as an “Iranian act of terror.” The Israeli military called the hijacking a “very grave incident of global consequence.” Israeli...

Canada criminalized ‘condoning, denying or downplaying’ the Holocaust: is it working?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:58:17 GMT

OTTAWA — Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism.Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said his organization had been asking the Liberals to criminalize Holocaust denialism, noting there are similar laws in France and Germany.He said it was an important symbolic step for the government to take as a way to show that Canada says: “This is the red line.”The Liberal government included an amendment to the Criminal Code in the 2022 budget implementation bill to prohibit communicating a statement that “wilfully promotes antisemitism by condoning, denying or downplaying the Holocaust,” except in private conversation.More than six million Jews in Europe were systematically killed by Nazi Germany, as well its allies and collaborators, during the Holocaust from 1933...