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Opinion: Consumer convenience is key to making bottle bills work

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

Since the 1970s, when the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” campaign was born, we’ve all been taught that if we put our food and beverage containers and cardboard in a special bin, these materials will receive new life.Unfortunately, as single-use containers have become more popular, this just hasn’t been the case. But the good news is that policymakers in California (and beyond) are exploring additional ways to increase recycling and decrease the need to manufacture packaging out of virgin materials.Consumers want to do the right thing, but recycling the right way can be difficult for even the most astute environmentalists. This is especially true when consuming products such as bottled and canned drinks on the go.Enter recycling refunds or bottle bills.The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, implemented in 1987, has generally proven to be a success story. According to CalRecycle, in 2021 consumers recycled 68% of eligible beverage conta...

GameStop slumps after it fires former Amazon executive brought in to modernize the gaming retailer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

Shares of GameStop are plunging before the opening bell after the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive that was brought in two years ago to turn the struggling video game retailer around. The company gave no reason for the dismissal and named Ryan Cohen, the company’s biggest investor, as executive chairman. Cohen sent a cryptic tweet that read “Not for long” around the time the company announced Furlong’s firing. GameStop said Cohen will oversee investment and management for the company. GameStop briefly addressed the changes in a regulatory filing for its quarterly earnings.“We believe the combination of these efforts to stabilize and optimize our core business and achieve sustained profitability while also focusing on capital allocation under Mr. Cohen’s leadership will further unlock long-term value creation for our stockholders,” the company said. Shares tumbled more than 22% in premarket trading Thursday. In another regulatory filing, Game...

Very young children among 3 people critically wounded in French Alps knife attack; suspect detained

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

PARIS (AP) — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed several very young children, including at least one in a stroller, and also assaulted adults in a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday. The savagery left at least two children and one adult with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. A suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker, was detained.Video appearing to show the attack in a children’s play park in the Alpine and lakeside town of Annecy was posted on social media. The horrific scenes showed a man in dark glasses and with a blue scarf covering his head brandishing a knife, as people screamed for help. He first circled the playground, slashing at a bystander, and then clambered over its barriers to attack people and children inside. He appeared to stab one child in a stroller repeatedly. French President Emmanuel Macron described the assault as an “attack of absolute cowardice.” Of the victims, he said “children ...

OPINIÓN | La crisis de la deuda pública de Estados Unidos se ha zanjado, por ahora

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de El Nuevo Herald en la cadena McClatchy, y analista político y columnista en CNN en Español. Los comentarios expresados en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. Mira más en cnne.com/opinion(CNN Español) — Se ha resuelto, con el drama usual, el tema de la deuda pública de Estados Unidos. La Cámara de Representantes aprobó el acuerdo entre el Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden y los negociadores republicanos por 314 votos a favor y 117 en contra. El acuerdo fue bipartidista y su oposición también. Setenta y un republicanos se opusieron, así como cuarenta y seis demócratas. En la Cámara Alta 36 senadores...

Este país tiene los mejores vinos del mundo para 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando la luz dorada del sol del atardecer se desliza por las hileras verdes y uniformes de un viñedo y baila sobre su copa mientras saborea un vino en la terraza, es fácil comprender la importancia del terroir.Es el carácter especial que adquiere un vino por sus condiciones ambientales, en particular el suelo y el clima. Desde la región portuguesa del Duero hasta el valle californiano de Napa, son muchos los destinos del mundo famosos por sus impresionantes paisajes, sus climas templados y sus deliciosos vinos.Pero un país acaba de triunfar sobre todos los demás en los Decanter World Wine Awards 2023, el concurso de vinos más importante y consolidado del mundo, que celebra su vigésima edición.Ha sido una victoria para el Nuevo Mundo, ya que 10 vinos australianos han sido nombrados Best in Show, más que ningún otro país. Las conocidas marcas Penfolds y Jacob’s Creek estuvieron representadas, mientras que la región de Margaret River, en Australia Occidental, obtuvo dos ...

Defaulted in doubles, Miyu Kato of Japan strikes back with mixed doubles title at French Open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Miyu Kato left behind the disappointment of her controversial disqualification in doubles by claiming the mixed doubles title at the French Open on Thursday.Kato, a 28-year-old player from Japan, and her women’s doubles partner were defaulted during their third-round match last week after Kato accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck after a point.Kato also forfeited all of her 21,500 euros (about $23,000) in prize money and rankings points from women’s doubles but was allowed to keep participating in mixed doubles.Playing with Tim Puetz of Germany, they won the tournament by defeating 2019 U.S. Open singles champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada and Michael Venus of New Zealand 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 after a super tiebreak decided the outcome of the match.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Finland’s popular foreign minister announces bid to run in 2024 presidential election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, said Thursday he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year.Veteran politician Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s top diplomat since 2019 and a former leader of the Greens party, told reporters in a news conference that he would run as an independent candidate through a constituency association in the January 2024 election. The Finnish head of state is elected by a popular vote every six years. Haavisto, 65, has topped recent presidential polls by several media outlets. He is currently the caretaker foreign minister as Finland in the process of getting a new government following April’s general election.Haavisto is one of Finland’s most popular politicians. He was the runnerup in the 2012 and 2018 presidential elections but was beaten on both occasions by current President Sauli Niinistö.Following decades of military nonalignmen...

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson dies, led Christian Coalition and ran for president as Republican

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson dies, led Christian Coalition and ran for president as Republican.Source

FBI releases identity of attempted bank robber arrested by BSO in Dania Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released information on the identity of the man arrested by Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies in Dania Beach after Wednesday’s attempted bank robbery in Pembroke Pines.Officials said 28-year-old Edmanuel Victoria was in custody after he allegedly robbed an armored truck in front of a Bank of America branch located at 18291 Pines Blvd., Wednesday. Hours later, BSO captured him in Dania Beach after an hours-long police chase. Victoria is now in federal custody and he is expected to appear in a Fort Lauderdale federal court. The Pembroke Pines Police Department, BSO, the South Florida Violent Crime/Fugitive Task Force, and the FBI continue their investigation.No further information was provided as the investigation is ongoing.

‘No bullshit,’ Germany is failing on climate change, says vice chancellor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:57 GMT

BERLIN — German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has warned that green goals are not being met and said that support for climate protection appears to be wavering.“No bullshit: We are not on track, it has to be said quite clearly,” Habeck, of the Green Party that is a member of the governing coalition, said Wednesday at the re:publica conference in Berlin.After praising the German government’s expansion of renewable energy, Habeck said that even if all current measures now being planned are implemented, it would not be possible to stay below the lower 1.5-degree warming limit of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.Habeck emphasized that politics alone cannot fix climate issues; “We started far too late for that.” He said that while the government must “really pull through politically now,” it must also work to ensure popular support for the policies.“It has to be said […] that we are just perhaps moving away from a social majority f...