By Brian Sherrod Click here for updates on this story LAKEWOOD, Colorado (KCNC) — A nonprofit is providing free gear to the unhoused after one of their own was hit and killed in Lakewood on Christmas 2023. A woman who used a wheelchair was crossing the intersection of Teller and Colfax when she was killed
Continue ReadingAmericans still dreaming of a really big Christmas present can keep that dream alive during Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for a jackpot worth an estimated $1.15 billion. Friday’s jackpot will potentially be the fifth largest in the game’s history. Mega Millions tickets are $2 a piece. But the odds of winning the jackpot are 1
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix’s “Squid Game,” but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go. The show has a huge cast and Hwang says it was “really difficult” to manage everyone on
Continue ReadingBy Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — Traditionally, the holidays are for spending time with family and friends, perhaps with a varying degree of religious rituals or practices. There’s also pressure not to miss certain family celebrations, but there will be times you can’t make it – whether by choice or circumstance. So, if you’re spending
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles had another whirlwind year around the globe, driven by buyers in China, and growth in parts of Europe and the United States, despite headwinds. In a milestone for China, the world’s biggest auto market, EVs hit 50% of new car sales in July. That included pure battery EVs
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KSTU, UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER, CNN By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said. The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest when one of them triggered the avalanche while “side-hilling in
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix left two people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed in an incident related to a family dispute, police say. Phoenix police said the shooting happened at about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday at an airport restaurant located outside the security checkpoints in Terminal 4. A
Continue ReadingLJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s mountain rescuers have found the body of a Hungarian hiker who got lost in a blizzard in the Alps last week. A brief post by the group on Thursday said that a team located the man, who was showing no signs of life, and that the transport of the body
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Por EFE Un total de 10.457 personas murieron en 2024 en su intento de llegar a las costas españolas, lo que supone una media de casi 30 al día, un 58% más respecto al año anterior, según el balance que el colectivo Caminando Fronteras hizo público este jueves. Es un cifra récord desde que esta
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years. The US Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications ticked down by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week of Dec. 21. That’s fewer than the
Continue ReadingThe World Health Organization’s director-general said airstrikes on Yemen’s main airport occurred as he was about to board a flight in the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa. The Israeli military said it attacked infrastructure used by the Houthis at the international airport as well as power stations and ports. One of the U.N. plane’s crew
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KOMO, WILD FELID ADVOCACY CENTER, CNN By Nic F. Anderson and Randi Kaye, CNN (CNN) — Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has convicted an opposition party leader of inciting social disorder and sentenced him to two years in prison, the latest legal assault on opponents and critics of the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court also banned Nation Power Party president
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique. (AP) — Mozambique’s police chief says at least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in the capital of Maputo on Christmas Day after a rebellion, as widespread post-election riots and violence are roiling the country. The police chief Bernardino Rafael said that 33 prisoners died and 15 others were injured
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIRANDO CITY, Texas (AP) — The late Amada Cardenas was called many things — the “angel of peyote,” the “peyote rose” or simply “Grandma Amada.” The beloved Mexican American peyotera — who was the first authorized dealer of peyote in the United States — not only played a vital role in the history
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some parts of southern Texas and northern Mexico. Peyote has been used spiritually in ceremonies, and as a medicine by Native American people for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be found growing naturally, nestled under thorny mesquite, acacia and blackbrush. For many Native
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. They want to push through long-sought changes such as voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. They say the measures are needed
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We are tracking another round of upper-level clouds moving across the state today. A number of small systems will pass to our north. That, combined with some broad high pressure closer to home is helping to steer the clouds in our direction. While the systems to the north will not have much of an impact
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PALM DESERT, Calif. — A hiker is recovering after being rescued on the Art Smith Trail. It happened Wednesday afternoon. Rescuers found an elderly person who had run out of energy. They are in stable condition, and firefighters were able to bring them down safely.
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