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Cease-fire declared after days of intense fighting in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An “immediate and lasting cease-fire” was declared Monday after a top Lebanese general met with officials from rival Palestinian factions, following days of fighting in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, which left several people dead and dozens wounded.It was the latest in a series of cease-fires that only lasted for hours before fighting erupted again. It was not clear if this truce will hold and whether rival groups will abide by it. The announcement was made in Beirut.Gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the day inside the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp, claiming the life of one person. Stray bullets and shells hit residential areas in the country’s third-largest city.The fighting that broke out Thursday night after nearly a month of calm in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the port city of Sidon between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group and militant Islamist groups has left six people dead and more than 50 wounded according...

Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before ‘Monday Night Football’ season opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Hours before the fall’s first “Monday Night Football” game, Disney and Charter Communications have settled a business dispute that had left some 15 million cable TV customers without ESPN and other Disney channels.Disney said that because of the deal, the majority of its ESPN customers would have service restored to Charter’s Spectrum cable system right away. Charter confirmed the deal Monday.It comes before the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills were to debut their season on ESPN and ESPN2. It’s the first game for the Jets with Aaron Rodgers as quarterback, and many Spectrum customers are in the New York area.Source

Harris, DeSantis and Giuliani are among politicians marking Sept. 11 terror attacks at ground zero

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero Monday.The bipartisan group of politicians was not scheduled to speak at the ceremony, marking the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. The solemn ceremony in lower Manhattan was instead focused on the hourslong reading of the names of the dead.The hijacked plane attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and upended American foreign policy and national security also created a sense of national unity across the political spectrum rarely seen in today’s U.S. politics.Monday’s ceremony brought political opponents to the same hallowed ground, though they did not appear to be interacting. Harris, who arrived with New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, passed not far from where DeSantis and his wife stood. Along with Ha...

Met Opera, Lincoln Center Theater commission work about detained Ukrainian children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained children.The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater said Monday that 42-year-old Maxim Kolomiiets will compose the work to a libretto by George Brant, whose “Grounded” with composer Jeanine Tesori premieres at the Washington National Opera on Oct. 28 and travels to the Met in the autumn of 2024. Met general manager Peter Gelb hopes the company can present the new work by 2027 or ’28.The story is fictional but based on events in Ukraine and The Hague. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on March 17 for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine.Gelb said discussions began last fall with Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska when she visited New York and Kolomiiets was picked from among 72 applicat...

How students are developing solutions to the problem of campus sexual and gender-based violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

Rebecca Hall, Queen’s University, OntarioSome universities have removed course information from public websites as part of efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, following the stabbing attack this past summer on June 28 at the University of Waterloo.Police recently added an additional charge of attempted murder to previous charges faced by a man accused of entering a classroom and stabbing three people in a gender studies class. Police believe the attack was motivated by hate related to gender expression and gender identity.While institutional responses pertaining to increasing security or surveillance technology are important, we can’t build a wall big enough, or an alarm system sharp enough, to protect students from hate, patriarchy or rape culture.And in some cases, responses like added policing can lead to increased violence, especially for Black, queer, trans, Indigenous, poor or non-binary people.As one response to the problem of gender-based violence o...

Photos: 1st snowfall on Colorado peaks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It's starting to look like winter on top of some Colorado peaks. Longs PeakLongs Peak, which sits at 14,259 feet, recorded snow just before 7 a.m. Monday. Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Chris Tomer said this was the peak's first snow of the season.The first snow of the season has fallen on Longs Peak on Sept. 11, 2023. (National Park Service)Temperatures on the peak reached 38 degrees with mostly cloudy skies and light winds. Be sure to check the weather forecast before you hike this fall, Longs Peak isn't the only snow-covered mountain.Breck's Five PeaksMother Nature showed a "sneak peak" of the fresh dusting on Breck’s Five Peaks. Vail Resorts said this is their official first snow of the season.Snow across Breck’s Five Peaks (Sarah Mclear, Breckenridge Ski Resort) Will it snow in Denver in September? Pikes PeakSnow covered another 14er Monday morning. The Pikes Peak summit had white-out conditions with the temperature just above 40 degrees. Snow on Pikes Peak (P...

Commerce City police clear car in explosives threat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Commerce City Police evacuated businesses while they investigate a car that was allegedly rigged to explode.At 11:11 a.m. Monday, Commerce City Police Department said officers are in the area of East 49th Avenue. The area is west of a large truck stop.Police said a suspect is in custody after claiming the car he was in was rigged to explode. Nearby businesses were evacuated. Police later said no bombs were found in the vehicle. Aurora family denied $30K claim after pothole totals car Traffic is being impacted, East 49th Avenue is closed between Pontiac and Olive Street.Police are asking everyone to avoid the area.

Photos: Remembering one of Colorado's deadliest floods

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Ten years ago, on Sept. 11, 2013, the Front Range experienced one of Colorado's worst floods that covered 4,500 square miles -- more than ten times the size of Rocky Mountain National Park.The rain started on Sept. 9 after a week of hot weather, just like September's forecast this year. The heaviest rain began the evening of Sept. 11 and lasted for 30 hours. After that lighter rainfall continued until the 16th.What happened:Larimer County Office of Emergency Management recorded a timeline of events:By 7:30 p.m. on the 11th, rockslides began in Golden and flash flood warnings in Boulder County and some of Larimer County. By 10 p.m. flood sirens went off in Boulder and CU students were evacuated. ‘Mountain Strong’: Estes Park cafe remembers deadly 2013 floods 2013 flood (Photo courtesy of Larimer County Office of Emergency Management)2013 flood (Photo courtesy of Larimer County Office of Emergency Management)2013 flood (Photo courtesy of Larimer County Office of Em...

Sean Payton looks back on Week 1 loss to Raiders

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There is a slim margin between success and failure in the NFL.Just ask Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton.“We're going to be in a lot of these close games and there is a fine line of winning and losing,” said Payton after his team fell in the season opener to the Las Vegas Raiders with a score of 17-16. “You want to click up close games, and pretty soon you get used to winning the close games.”For many in Broncos Country, this sounds like deja vu. Denver lost nine games by fewer than eight points in 2022. Big penalties and special teams issues lead to Broncos’ loss to Raiders in coach Sean Payton’s debut The Broncos had only six offensive possessions in the game Sunday, a uniqueness Payton noted. However, 10 penalties and a lack of big offensive plays ultimately doomed the Broncos.Payton said safety Caden Sterns and tight end Greg Dulcich are having MRIs. Sterns injured his knee while Dulcich injured his hamstring. NFL Network reports that Sterns is likely to mi...

FDA signs off on updated Covid-19 vaccines that target circulating variants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:50:42 GMT

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. The updated vaccines are each approved for people 12 and older and are authorized under emergency use for individuals 6 months through 11 years old. As part of the FDA’s update, the original bivalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are no longer authorized for use in the United States.“Vaccination remains critical to public health and continued protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a news release Monday. “The public can be assured that these updated vaccines have met the agency’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality. We very much encourage those who are eligible to consider getting vaccinated.”The mRNA vaccines have been u...