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Denver East High students return to class after spring break

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Wednesday, students and staff at Denver East High School will return to class for the first time since spring break.Some students and parents said they are on edge about heading back to class following another shooting at the school. On March 22, two administrators were shot at the school by a student. Denver Public School officials said there will be two armed school resources officers at East High through the rest of the year. District leaders have also requested mental health professionals.DPS now has SROs in more than a dozen high schools, and an officer acting as a middle school and high school liaison in each police district. Good Samaritan claims car, dog stolen by people she was trying to help Some parents are demanding more transparency on the district's safety plan in the wake of all the violence and have formed a group called the "Parents Safety Advocacy Group."A Facebook event called "East High School - Return to school with the power of love" is as...

Denver weather: Cooler Wednesday with a late flurry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Wednesday will see early sunshine over the city, but clouds and flurries arrive later in the day with below-average highs in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Evening flurry, coolSunny skies are here for the start of Wednesday after a record low temperature of 11 degrees early this morning.Pinpoint Weather: Record morning low on April 5. Temperatures will stay below average in the low 40s with lighter winds. Clouds increase through the afternoon as light flurries arrive in the evening. US 36 closed due to deputy-involved shooting Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on April 5. Weather tonight: Clearing skiesThe clouds that produced the flurries will clear overnight as the winds stay light. Temperatures Wednesday night will be below average, dipping into the lower 20s.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight lows on April 5. Looking ahead: Weekend warmupSunshine is back for the Rockies' home opener game with just below-average highs in the lower 50s. Medina Alert: White...

Bright and Breezy Midweek

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

The beautiful stretch of weather continues this Wednesday across South Florida. Following rather hot temperatures earlier in the week, highs the rest of this week will be closer to average at about 2-4F above normal at most locations.Expect lots of sunshine this Wednesday paired with highs in the mid 80s along with a better breeze out of the east, sustained up to 20 mph. This will lead to more hazardous marine conditions and a high risk for rip currents at the east coast beaches. It will also be mostly dry besides a spotty shower, especially in the Florida Keys.The sunshine and breezy conditions will stick around through Friday, still with mostly sunny skies, low rain chances and highs hovering in the mid 80s courtesy of high pressure in control over the Atlantic. Morning low temperatures will be warm as well, generally into the mid 70s.Now by the weekend, some changes will begin to arrive to our weather pattern. A slow moving front with areas of low pressure riding along it will sa...

UK’s infected blood inquiry calls for extension of compensation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

LONDON — More people affected by the U.K’s infected blood scandal should be entitled to compensation, its public inquiry has recommended.Dubbed the “worst treatment disaster in the NHS,” it has been estimated that thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis from contaminated blood they received from the NHS between 1970 and 1991.Former Prime Minister Theresa May set up a public inquiry into the scandal in 2017, describing it as “an appalling tragedy which should simply never have happened.” In July, the inquiry’s chair Brian Langstaff, while continuing to hear evidence, recommended that victims should receive interim compensation of £100,000 until full settlements are agreed when the inquiry publishes its full report. The government made the first compensation payments in October, to around 4,000 surviving victims and widows. But campaigners said these awards did not go far enough, as they excluded the parents and children of victims....

Polish farm minister quits amid protests over Ukrainian grain imports

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

Polish Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk resigned Wednesday amid a wave of farmers’ protests over unprecedented inflows of Ukrainian produce into the country.Kowalczyk said he decided to quit because the European Commission would not agree to reimpose tariffs and duties on Ukrainian grain imports, a move his ministry has been calling for since December, despite initial opposition from the country’s leadership.“Since it is very clear that the farmers’ basic demand will not be met by the European Commission, I have made a decision and resigned as minister of agriculture and rural development,” Kowalczyk said in a statement.The protests, in which Kowalczyk was booted out of one conference and egged at another, threaten to shake the bedrock of the right-wing government’s traditional rural support ahead of a general election this fall. Rumors that Kowalczyk would be sacked by the leadership of the ruling Law & Justice (PiS) party, of which EU Agricul...

Quincy Police warn of tattoo artist imposter on social media

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

Quincy Police are warning of a possible ink imposter on social media. The department says a dozen people sent money to what looked like a local tattoo studio on Instagram and TikTok. The accounts say they offer services at a shop on South Street. However, police say the company does not exist. Police are now urging people not to send payments to strangers online.

First lady Jill Biden will attend the coronation of King Charles III, White House announces

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

(CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to travel to London next month for the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, leading the US delegation to the highly anticipated event.President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with King Charles, the White House said, offering his congratulations to the monarch as he reaffirmed the strong ties between the US and the UK.“The President congratulated the King on his upcoming Coronation and informed him that First Lady Jill Biden looks forward to attending on behalf of the United States,” a White House readout of the call said.As reports surfaced that President Biden would not attend the coronation, despite the expected presence of dozens of world leaders, US officials downplayed the possibility and noted that no previous US president has attended a British monarch’s coronation.Instead, the first lady will attend the event, set for Saturday, May 6, and President Biden made clear in the Tuesd...

J&J proposes paying $8.9B to settle talcum powder lawsuits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that the company had previously set aside to pay for its potential liability.Under a proposal announced Tuesday, a J&J subsidiary will re-file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and seek court approval for a plan that would result in one of the largest product-liability settlements in U.S. history.The $8.9 billion that J&J would transfer to the subsidiary, LTL Management, would be payable over the next 25 years. The amount is up from the $2 billion that the New Brunswick, New Jersey, company set aside in October 2021.The revised amount is being backed by more than 60,000 parties that have filed lawsuits alleging harm from J&J talcum powder, according to the company.J&J isn’t admitting any wrongdoing as part of the proposed settlement, a point that company executive e...

Column: Was Michael Kopech’s home-opener flop just a blip? Or a continuation of the Chicago White Sox starter’s struggles since last June?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

The home-opener crowd of 34,784 at White Sox Park was in a festive mood early Monday afternoon, ready for a new start after the disastrous 2022 season.It had been a long, tough winter, and none of the fans’ offseason hopes panned out.Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf did not sell the team, despite a billboard campaign paid for by a GoFundMe page. Rick Hahn was still the general manager, Ken Williams was still the general manager whisperer and Ozzie Guillén did not become the manager.Yasmani Grandal was behind the plate again, Joe Kelly remained in the bullpen and SoxFest was canceled.But none of that mattered now.It was time to get back to the ballpark, to eat some encased meats and fried dough and to remember why they became Sox fans in the first place.Sox fans are a resilient bunch — and optimists down deep under the five layers of clothes for the home opener. Only when provoked do they turn, as evidenced by the “Sell the Team” banners and “Fire Tony̶...

Players in Orioles organization welcome ‘life-changing’ labor deal for minor leaguers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:40:08 GMT

When Orioles left-hander Cole Irvin first got called up to Double-A as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies organization, he adopted the lease of another minor leaguer who had been moved to Triple-A. Irvin took his place as one of five players living in a two-bedroom apartment, the group unable to afford more comfortable accommodations.It’s hopefully not a situation minor league baseball players will face going forward. On Monday, MLB owners unanimously approved a five-year collective bargaining agreement with minor leaguers that will more than double players’ salaries at each minor league level. The first labor agreement focused solely on minor leaguers’ benefits comes months after the Major League Baseball Players Association, which represents major league players as their union, became minor leaguers’ bargaining representatives in September.“Minor leaguers deserve it,” Irvin said. “They’re in the entertainment business as much as t...