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Judge again orders arrest of owner of former firearms training center in Vermont

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge has again issued an arrest warrant for the owner of a former firearms training center in Vermont, ruling that he is in contempt of court for failing to bring his property into compliance after an inspection last week.“Respondent has failed to do so. As such, imprisonment is an appropriate coercive remedy in these circumstances,” Vermont Environmental Court Judge Thomas Durkin wrote on Monday. The Pawlet property, known as Slate Ridge, included multiple buildings and two firing ranges on land about the size of 30 football fields (12 hectares). After complaints from neighbors, the town attempted unsuccessfully for several years to get the facility owner Daniel Banyai to remove structures he built without a permit. In March 2021, the Environmental Court ordered Banyai to end any firearms training at the center and remove unpermitted structures. The Vermont Supreme Court rejected Banyai’s appeal in January 2022.Last February, the Environmental Court issued...

París tendrá una nueva red de metro. Y será inmensa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

París (CNN) — Con magníficas entradas art nouveau, túneles laberínticos y trenes que circulan a toda velocidad por debajo, y a veces por encima, de algunas de las calles más famosas del mundo, es una red de transporte que ha inspirado películas, novelas y poesía.Tiene estaciones que llevan el nombre de un revolucionario sudamericano, un presidente estadounidense y una victoria soviética. En una ciudad que alberga algunas de las galerías más famosas del mundo, algunas de las estaciones se consideran obras de arte en sí mismas.Pero el metro de París, construido en 1900 y que transporta casi cuatro millones de pasajeros al día, no da abasto para satisfacer las exigencias de los desplazamientos modernos, y sus instalaciones e infraestructuras, cada vez más antiguas, se resienten ante el crecimiento demográfico de la ciudad.Usuarios de transporte público en París reportan problemas de cara a los Juegos OlímpicosPara muchos parisinos, sobre todo los que viven o trabajan en los barri...

Fired and charged deputy says he punched man he had arrested before because he feared he had a gun

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Body camera video of a sheriff’s deputy who was fired and arrested in South Carolina shows him repeatedly punching a man in the head after a car chase. The man is knocked briefly unconscious, and the officer asks after handcuffing him if he enjoyed his nap.Charleston County deputy James “Hank” Carter III pursued the man in his cruiser for nearly 10 minutes at high speed. The chase continued on foot until the man tripped. He’s seen kneeling with his hands at his side when Carter reaches him in the recording, which was released late Monday.Carter ordered the man to get down with an expletive and almost simultaneously punches him at least eight times in the head. He handcuffs the man who doesn’t move, then lifts him to his feet and asks “you enjoy that little nap?”Carter, 39, is white and the 32-year-old man is Black. Twice after getting him in handcuffs, Carter tells another officer “it’s your boy.”Carter’s lawyer said there was no r...

Tug the beard! Kris Kringle joins WTOP as Toby’s Dinner Theatre stages ‘Miracle on 34th Street’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

Robert John Biedermann plays Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street" at Toby's Dinner Theatre. (Toby's Dinner Theatre) Robert John Biedermann plays Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street" at Toby's Dinner Theatre. (Toby's Dinner Theatre) Few movie moments are as iconic as young Susan Walker (Natalie Wood) tugging the beard of Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) at Macy’s in New York City in “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947), a tradition that continues every year with Santa Claus as the grand finale of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.Toby’s Dinner Theatre stages “Miracle on 34th Street” in Columbia, Maryland, now through Jan. 7.“Ho, ho, ho! This is Santa Claus talking!R...

The Gathering Place contracted to operate Denver micro-community

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Gathering Place will operate a 44-unit micro-community on Elati Street, the organization announced Tuesday after the resolution was adopted at the Monday night Denver City Council meeting. The one-year contract for $1.45 million authorizes the non-profit to use its existing service model to provide wrap-around support for unsheltered women as well as transgender and non-binary people. How you can help migrants in Denver The micro-community, called Elati Village and located at 1375 N. Elati St., is one of 10 sites the city is setting up to provide short-term housing for people experiencing homelessness. The communities are part of Mayor Mike Johnston's House1000 initiative, which aims to house 1,000 people living on the streets by the end of the year. With only a few weeks left in the year, the city's House1000 dashboard shows that 311 people have received some kind of shelter through the city. The dashboard also says that 500 beds will be provided through micr...

Police pursuit of reported stolen van on I-95 ends in arrest on SR 112 in Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

A police pursuit of a reported stolen van that began on the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near Miami Gardens ended with the arrest of a subject.7Skyforce followed above the van as the driver swerved through traffic.The reported stolen cargo van forced authorities to conduct multiple PIT maneuvers, all of which were unsuccessful.The subject abandoned the van on the on-ramp to SR 112 West and began running the ramp on foot.Ultimately, the subject could be seen with his hands raised and surrendered to officers around 2:15 p.m. at the SR 112 West on-ramp.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

New Harvard report shows record number of senior citizens are struggling to afford basic housing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

A new report from Harvard recently showed a record number of senior citizens are struggling to afford basic housing. The report came from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Already facing a problem, experts warn the issue is going to get worse as the Baby Boomer generation turns 80 in the coming years.The country, experts say, might not be prepared.“Older adults are more likely to be what we call housing cost burdens,” said lead report author Jennifer Molinsky in a recent interview. “They’re paying more than 30 percent of their income for housing at older ages. So, we have a population that’s aging. Baby Boomers are now in their late 70s, on the cusp of turning 80. And, already we have about a third of older households paying that 30 percent or more of their income for housing.”  “That’s 11.2 million people,” Molinsky said. Molinsky said the next few years are when the need for housing services is going to increase.As the ne...

‘Forever chemicals’ in thousands of private wells near military sites, study finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

Patricia Kime | (TNS) KFF Health NewsWater tests show nearly 3,000 private wells located near 63 active and former U.S. military bases are contaminated with “forever chemicals” at levels higher than what federal regulators consider safe for drinking.According to the Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that analyzed Department of Defense testing data, 2,805 wells spread across 29 states were contaminated with at least one of two types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, above 4 parts per trillion, a limit proposed earlier this year by the Environmental Protection Agency. That new drinking water standard is expected to take effect by the end of the year.But contamination in those wells was lower than the 70 parts per trillion threshold the Pentagon uses to trigger remediation.EWG researchers said they did not know how many people rely on the wells for drinking, cooking, and bathing, but the 76 tested locations represent just a fraction of the p...

Massachusetts could see some snow: Where’s the best chance for 2-plus inches?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

Some parts of the Bay State could see the first snow accumulation of the year when they wake up on Wednesday.National Weather Service meteorologists are forecasting some snow showers on Tuesday night into Wednesday, especially across eastern Massachusetts and particularly the South Shore. A few inches of accumulation is possible.“The risk of light snow increases tonight as ocean-effect showers return to eastern MA, particularly SE MA,” the National Weather Service’s Boston office posted on Tuesday.“The best chance of seeing 2+ inches of snow is along the south shore and, to a lesser extent, the north shore of MA,” NWS Boston added.Related ArticlesWeather | Snow possible Wednesday, according to NWS, with chilly days ahead Weather | After parts of Massachusetts see snow, a rainy and windy travel day before a sunny Thanksgiving Weather | Wind and rain could make holiday travel ‘difficult’ NWS says ...

Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:51:26 GMT

By ANNIE MA (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Tuesday that they were taking steps to combat antisemitism on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, including increasing security and providing additional counseling and mental health support.In testimony before a House committee, the university leaders said there was a fine line between protecting free speech and allowing protests, while also combatting antisemitism.“Harvard must provide firm leadership in the fight against antisemitism and hate speech even while preserving room for free expression and dissent. This is difficult work, and I admit that we have not always gotten it right,” said Claudine Gay, of Harvard. “As Harvard’s president, I am personally responsible for confronting antisemitism with the urgency it demands.”Gay, Liz Magill of Penn and Sally Kornbluth of MIT disavowed antisemitism and Islamophobia o...