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An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home after being reunited with relatives in Belarus on his 18th birthday Sunday.Bohdan Yermokhin was pictured embracing family members in Minsk in photographs shared on social media by Russia’s children’s rights ombudswoman, Maria Lvova-Belova. Andrii Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, confirmed that Yermokhin had arrived back in Ukraine and shared a photo of him with a Ukrainian flag. Yermak thanked UNICEF and Qatari negotiators for facilitating Yermokhin’s return.Yermokhin’s parents died two years ago, before Russia invaded Ukraine. Early in the war, he was taken from the port city of Mariupol, where he lived with a cousin who was his legal guardian, placed with a foster family in the Moscow region and given Russian citizenship, according to Ukrainian lawyer Kateryna Bobrovska.Bobrovska, who represents the teenager and his 26-year-old cousin, Valer...

Trump visita la frontera entre EE.UU. y México mientras intensifica su retórica antiinmigración

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

(CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump tiene previsto dar un discurso este domingo en Texas, cerca de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, mientras intensifica su retórica antiinmigrante y hace campaña con propuestas de duras políticas de inmigración.El favorito para la designación presidencial republicana en 2024 aparecerá junto con el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, quien se espera que apoye a Trump en el evento.Trump, citando ataques de Hamas, promete duras políticas de inmigración si gana en 2024Trump ha intensificado su retórica en la campaña electoral, al prometer llevar a cabo la “mayor operación de deportación interna de la historia de Estados Unidos” si gana la Casa Blanca en 2024. Dijo que los inmigrantes indocumentados están “envenenando la sangre de nuestro país” en comentarios que replican la retórica supremacista blanca y comparó a los inmigrantes que llegan a Estados Unidos con el asesino en serie de ficción Hannibal Lecter.“N...

Colorado public figures, organizations remember Club Q victims

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It has been one year since five people were killed and 19 others injured at an LGBTQ dance club in El Paso County.The shooting occurred on Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day normally marked by LGBTQ community members remembering advocates and transgender icons who have advanced the cause. Last month, Club Q's owners announced they plan to establish a memorial and reopen at a new location under the name "The Q."“When Club Q was closed in November, our employees were suddenly without work,” wrote Club Q. “The Q will be managed and operated by survivors of the shooting.”On this anniversary, many prominent Coloradans are offering their thoughts and statements in remembrance of the individuals lost and those whose lives changed forever that day. Club Q shooting survivor reflects on anniversary of tragedy Gov. Jared Polis posted a statement to social media and is expected to be at the memorial ceremony scheduled for noon, Sunday."Today, we honor and remember the five...

2 found dead inside Northglenn home

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Two people were found dead inside a home in the 11700 block of Delaware Court at about 8:52 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18.According to the Northglenn Police Department, officers found the pair dead inside the residence when they arrived. Multiple suspects at large in deadly Northglenn shooting A preliminary investigation revealed the parties had a domestic relationship, and police reported that it appeared one party killed the other before killing themselves.The victims' identities will be released by the Adams County Coroner after the next of kin has been notified.The incident is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Terrie Hoodak at 303-450-8858 or email [email protected].

Driver of Porsche ejected in South Bay crash

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Two people were injured in a collision involving a Porsche 911 and two parked cars in Chula Vista, authorities said.According to the Chula Vista Police Department, several calls came in around 12:54 a.m. Sunday reporting a vehicle collision on the 900 block of Northwoods Drive. Man’s leg amputated after motorcycle crash Responding officers determined that a Porsche 911, which was occupied by two people, had struck two parked cars. Police said the driver of the Porsche was ejected after striking the second parked vehicle.The driver and passenger were both transported to local hospitals to be treated for their injuries. The passenger sustained minor injuries and is expected to survive, while the driver sustained life-threatening injuries and is reported to be in stable condition.According to on-scene investigators, it appears speed is a factor in this collision. It's unknownwhether or not the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at this time.CVP...

NTSB investigators focus on `design problem’ with braking system after Chicago commuter train crash

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials investigating a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people when it slammed into snow-removal equipment are focusing on a “design problem” with its braking system.National Transportation Safety Board Chairperson Jennifer Homendy said the Chicago Transit Authority train was traveling at 26.9 mph (43.3 kilometers per mile) on Thursday when it struck the snow-removal equipment, which was on the tracks conducting training for the winter season. She said that based on preliminary information she believes that equipment, with six CTA workers onboard, was stopped when the train crashed into it.Homendy said NTSB’s initial calculations based on the train’s speed and other factors such as the number of passengers on board indicate it was designed to stop within 1,780 feet (542.5 meters) to avoid something its path. But that didn’t happen, and it crashed into the snow-removal equipment.“Our team was able to determine that...

32 people killed during reported attacks in a disputed region of Africa

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 32 people, including a U.N. peacekeeper, were killed Sunday following heavy fighting in the disputed Abyei administrative region, an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, authorities said.Local media reported that the civilians and a Ghanaian soldier serving with a peacekeeping force died when unknown gunmen attacked two villages in southern Abyei.A South Sudanese radio station, Eye Radio Juba, quoted Abyei information minister Bolis Kuoch as saying 32 people were killed and 20 others wounded, “but the clashes have now stopped and the situation calmed down.” Inter-communal and cross-border clashes have escalated since South Sudan deployed its troops to the contested territory in March. The peacekeeping mission there condemned the troop deployment, saying it would create“untold suffering and humanitarian concerns” for civilians.International solders were sent to Aleel and Rum Ameer counties as part of the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abye...

Hollywood’s feast and famine before Thanksgiving, as ‘Hunger Games’ prequel tops box office

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.It was a busy weekend at the multiplex, leading into the often lucrative Thanksgiving corridor. And while there was plenty to choose from at the buffet, not everything could be a hit. Audiences had “The Marvels,” which plummeted in its second weekend, as well as the nationwide debuts of the family-friendly “Trolls World Tour,” Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy “Next Goal Wins” and the R-rated slasher “Thanksgiving” all in wide release.“The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is an interesting case study for a franchise that’s been dormant for 8 years and is testing the waters for a new era. Its $44 million from 3,776 locations, including 1,610 premium screens, marks a low for films carrying “The Hunger Games” in the title. The four Jennifer Lawrence films all broke $100 million in their first w...

DeSantis won’t condemn Musk for endorsing an antisemitic post. ‘I did not see the comment,’ he says

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Musk ‘s post endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory, maintaining Sunday that he wasn’t familiar with the post despite it prompting major companies to pull advertising from the billionaire’s X social media platform. “I did not see the comment,” DeSantis, the governor of Florida, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And so, I know that Elon has had a target on his back ever since he purchased Twitter because I think he’s taking it in a direction that a lot of people who are used to controlling the narrative don’t like.”Musk has sparked outcry with a recent tweet responding to a user who accused Jews of hating white people and for professing a general indifference to antisemitism. “You have said the actual truth,” Musk tweeted in a reply Wednesday. IBM, Disney and other major advertisers have since pulled funding from X, a major blow as the platform formerly kn...

Ben Dunne, an Irish supermarket heir who survived an IRA kidnapping and a scandal, dies at 74

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:51:23 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Ben Dunne, an Irish business tycoon who survived a kidnapping by the IRA and later triggered a scandal that shook the cozy world of Ireland’s politics, has died. He was 74.Dunne’s son Robert confirmed his death to the news website Extra.ie. Irish media reported that the elder Dunn died of a heart attack Saturday during a trip to Dubai. Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs said it was aware of the sudden death of an Irish citizen in Dubai and was providing consular assistance.The Cork-born retail baron’s name was one of the most ubiquitous in Ireland thanks to the supermarket chain Dunnes Stores, founded by his father, and the Ben Dunne Gyms fitness centers.In 1981, masked gunmen from the Irish Republican Army kidnapped Dunne as he was on his way to open a store in Northern Ireland. He was released a week later, reportedly after a ransom was paid.In 1992 he was arrested in Florida after threatening to jump from a 17th floor hotel balcony in Orlando and charged with c...