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Community calls for reform after man killed by Denver police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — The Opportunity Center in Aurora hosted a joint press conference on Tuesday led by Denver clergy members, NAACP Denver, community activists and attorneys for the family of Brandon Lee Cole. Denver police said Cole was shot and killed by a responding officer who believed he was holding a knife. Cole was actually carrying a black marker.  1 killed, 2 hurt in Denver shooting, car crash The situation started as a domestic violence call when witnesses reported seeing an intoxicated man push his wife, who uses a wheelchair, and then assault his teenage son, according to police. Police said they weren’t able to confirm this was a case of domestic violence, but the officers met with the suspect in the middle of the street.Attorneys want change on how police respond to a medical crisisCole’s attorneys said he was an unarmed Black father of three who was shot and killed by police on Aug. 5 while holding nothing but a magic marker. They said they are now aski...

3 rushed to hospital after shooting in NWMD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

Three adults were injured after shots were fired in Northwest Miami-Dade. Miami Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene, located at the intersection of Northwest 65th Street and 18th Avenue in Miami, just before 1 p.m., Tuesday. All three injured were transported by ground to Jackson Memorial Main Trauma Center as trauma alerts. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Publix associates join forces for Hunger Relief Month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

Publix Supermarkets, the renowned supermarket chain, is stepping up to address the issue of hunger during Hunger Relief Month. Publix associates in seven states, including Florida, are actively participating in this initiative.Volunteers from Publix are diligently packing food donation boxes and these provisions will find a new home in the Feeding South Florida Mobile Food Pantry.This marks a significant milestone for Publix as they venture into operating a food bank truck system. The primary aim of this endeavor is to provide essential and nutritious food items, such as fresh vegetables and fruits, to individuals who have limited access to healthy foods.“We’re going to take one of our food trailers, one of the eight that we currently have, to reach out to the community and provide a variety of nutritious produce to those in need,” stated Todd Jones, the CEO of Publix Supermarkets.Through these efforts, Publix is demonstrating its commitment to alleviating hunger a...

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict explained

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

Fierce firefights and heavy shelling echo once again around the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, an isolated region at the very edge of Europe that has seen several major wars since the fall of the Soviet Union.On Tuesday, the South Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan announced its armed forces launched “local anti-terrorist activities” in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is inside Azerbaijan’s borders but is controlled as a breakaway state by its ethnic Armenian population.Now, with fighting raging and allegations of an impending “genocide” reaching fever pitch, all eyes are on the decades-old conflict that threatens to draw in some of the world’s leading military powers.What is happening?For weeks, Armenia and international observers have warned that Azerbaijan was massing its armed forces along the heavily fortified line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, preparing to stage an offensive against local ethnic Armenian troops. Clips shared online showed Azerbaijani vehicles...

EU lawmakers step back from fight with ECB over Buch nomination

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

EU lawmakers look set to back down in their battle with the ECB and vote through Germany’s Claudia Buch as the bloc’s next top banking cop — in a move that could clear the way for Spain to win the more coveted job of running the European Investment Bank.MEPs had been considering flexing their muscles over the appointment to chair the European Central Bank’s Supervisory Board, which they have the power to block, after Frankfurt last week defied their wishes by supporting Buch. The Parliament instead wanted Spain’s Margarita Delgado, who lawmakers viewed as more experienced and tougher.But ahead of a hearing and committee vote on Wednesday, Parliament officials now say the big political groups are leaning toward supporting the ECB’s pick after all.“It’ll be a tough hearing, but in the end there will not be significant arguments to disapprove,” said one official, granted anonymity to speak freely because the discussions are confidential.The job ...

Nordstream trauma leads Berlin to draw up fresh Huawei bans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

The German government is drafting a new plan to impose further restrictions on using Chinese equipment for the country’s telecoms networks, according to a strategy paper seen by POLITICO.“It is obvious that there are considerable structural dependencies on Huawei and ZTE,” the document reads. Germany has “an urgent need for action … also to prevent a second Nordstream case — but in the area of even more critical telecommunications with far more serious consequences. After all, the 5G mobile network is the ‘central nervous system’ of Germany as a business location,“ it added.Berlin officials are considering requiring telecom operators to stop using equipment by the Chinese telecom vendors for the core part (or backbone) of telecom networks by January 1, 2026, and to phase out reliance on Chinese kit in the radio access network (RAN), which is the wider network of masts and base stations, within three years.Two industry officials and on...

This historic US landmark has just been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

(CNN) — A huge prehistoric structure in Ohio has become the 25th US landmark to be awarded a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which is made up of eight monumental earthworks built around 2,000 years ago, was among the sites to be added on Tuesday as the UNESCO World Heritage Committee continues to review nominations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The collection of earthen mounds built by Indigenous peoples is described as the “most representative surviving expressions of the Indigenous tradition now referred to as the Hopewell culture,” with some believed to be used as lunar or astral observatories.“The earth walls of the enclosures are among the largest earthworks in the world that are not fortifications or defensive structures,” says the official UNESCO website.Historic site“Their scale is imposing by any standard: the Great Pyramid of Cheops would have fit inside the Wright Earthworks.”The inclusion of Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks marks...

How to create scary Halloween costumes and decorations from secondhand stores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

The Halloween spirit began to possess Goodwill Southern California back in August.In Lincoln Heights, a creepy doll with blood-red tears and a stuffed animal in a Grim Reaper cloak posed amongst the seasonal tchotchkes. At the regional flagship store in Glassell Park, a witch and a flapper were amongst the mannequins dressed in their Halloween party finest to welcome shoppers.“Halloween is like Christmas for us,” says Marla Eby, director of marketing and media relations for Goodwill Southern California, which covers Los Angeles County north of Rosecrans, as well as Riverside and San Bernardino counties.While seasonal items might pop up at one of the 80+ stores in Goodwill Southern California’s territory throughout the year, staffers often save Halloween donations for the two months leading up to the holiday. It’s a popular spot for costume shopping; in fact, that’s the focus of Goodwill Southern California’s September and October lookbooks. But like most thrift, vintage and antique ...

5 grab-and-go breakfasts that get kids ready to learn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

Gretchen McKay | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)School is back in session and, for some parents, that means learning how to get a quick and nutritious breakfast into their children’s stomachs before they head out the door.I don’t have school-aged kids anymore, but I sure remember how difficult it was after getting them dressed, readying their backpacks and making them brush their teeth to get them to eat something, anything! (Please!) And it only got harder as they entered their teens and timed rolling out of bed, pulling on clean clothes and running out the door to the last possible second.A quick bowl of whole-grain Cheerios or banana slices smeared with peanut butter — my granddaughter Greta’s favorite preschool breakfast — are two easy solutions, but they come with a catch as the kids grow older: You have to actually get them to sit down to eat it.Sadly, breakfast skipping among children and adolescents is more prevalent than you might hope. The latest figures from the Centers for...

Sacramento prosecutor sues California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:26 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento prosecutor is suing California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments.Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho says his office asked the city to enforce laws around sidewalk obstruction and to create additional professionally operated camping sites.He announced the suit Tuesday during a news conference in Sacramento.Ho said the city is seeing a “collapse into chaos” and an “erosion of every day life.”Sacramento County had nearly 9,300 homeless people in 2022, based on data from the annual Point in Time count. That was up 67% from 2019. Roughly three-quarters of the county’s homeless population is unsheltered.Homeless tent encampments have grown visibly in cities across the U.S. but especially in California, which is home to nearly one-third of unhoused people in the country.The prosecutor had threatened in August to file charges against city officials if they didn’t implement changes within 30 days.At the time, Sacramento May...