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Judge blocks Biden policy limiting asylum for migrants but delays enforcement

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. But the judge delayed his ruling from taking effect immediately to give President Joe Biden's administration time to appeal.The order from U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California takes away a key enforcement tool set in place by the Biden administration as coronavirus-based restrictions on asylum expired in May. The use of a rule known as Title 42 allowed the U.S. to expel millions of people starting in early 2020 on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. ‘It’s freedom’: Migrant finds housing after 9 months in Denver shelter “The Rule — which has been in effect for two months — cannot remain in place,” Tigar wrote in an order that will not take effect for two weeks.The new rule imposes severe limitat...

CSP: Colorado 40-somethings have trouble staying in their lane

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Something about being over the hill is causing Colorado's 40-somethings to veer in traffic more than other age groups.The number of deadly and injurious crashes caused by lane shifting has spiked in the last three years, according to a release from the Colorado State Patrol. Between 2019 and 2022, there has been a 41% increase. Colorado traffic deaths highest in more than 4 decades Certain age groups are more responsible for the increase than others. The number of lane shifting-related crashes rose across all age groups, but it was highest among the 40-49 age bracket. Lane shifting-related crashes spiked 32% among this group since 2019, the highest of any group and significantly higher than the next-highest group. Retirement-age drivers had the next-highest increase, with 19%, followed by the 18-21 year age group with 12%.Officials say they have no explanation for why this one age group would have such a higher increase in veering crashes than others.“We may never...

Flavored nicotine sales may be banned in Golden

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The city council in Golden is expected to vote Tuesday on a proposal to ban the sale of flavored nicotine products.The ordinance is up for a second vote at the council's regular meeting. If approved, it would apply to all flavored nicotine or tobacco products, including vapes, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos. RTD to vote on lowering fares for all destinations "Perhaps most importantly, the community impact would align with the stated goals of preventing youth from starting use, reducing tobacco-related health disparities and increasing support for users interested in cessation or quitting," reads a memo to the mayor and council from City Manager Scott Vargo.The proposal is getting pushback from some retailers. Some will host a news conference before the council meeting to express their opposition."A ban would not only be financially devasting to independent convenience store owners, but it would also be ineffective, as many stores have competitors located a short...

Noah Kahan tickets are still available, but how much are you willing to pay?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Noah Kahan has sold-out shows across the United States and Europe, and the musician will take Colorado by storm this week. But just because tickets are sold out on his website doesn't mean there isn't a chance you can see him at his concerts in Dillon and at Red Rocks.The show at Dillon Amphitheater on Tuesday has general admission and GA-accessible tickets from the best price of $338 to up to $2,996 on StubHub. Noah Kahan writes songs about New England. His vulnerability has far wider appeal You may not get as lucky with tickets to the Wednesday show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The cheapest tickets go for $400, but some users on StubHub are selling them for over $3,000.While Coloradans had no problem putting down a couple thousand for Taylor Swift, Kahan isn't as well known. You may recognize his most recent radio hits "Dial Drunk," "Stick Season" and "Northern Attitude."Kahan's produced full albums since 2019, but his recent claims to fame are in his "I was / I ...

DeSantis cuts a third of his presidential campaign staff as he mounts urgent reset

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting far more campaign staff than previously thought as he works to reset his stumbling campaign amid unexpected financial trouble.DeSantis, long considered former President Donald Trump’s chief rival in the GOP’s 2024 primary contest, has cut a third of his campaign staff — or 38 people, according to campaign aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy.The dramatic staffing cuts include the “less than 10” employees that the DeSantis team revealed letting go earlier in the month just as federal filings showed that his campaign was burning through cash at an unsustainable rate, even before launching a substantial paid advertising campaign.“Following a top-to-bottom review of our organization, we have taken additional, aggressive steps to streamline operations and put Ron DeSantis in the strongest position to win this primary and defeat Joe Biden,” DeSantis ...

BSO arrest 2 accused of leaving 3-month-old baby in hot car in Lauderdale Lakes

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

The Broward Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested two people accused of leaving a 3-month-old baby in their car. Rose Belony, 40, and John Polidor, 43, were both charged with one count of child neglect without great harm. The two appeared in court Tuesday where a judge ordered that they’d be held on a $15,000 bond. According to reports, the incident happened at 11:30 a.m. at an Enterprise Rent-a-Car, located at 2200 N. State Road 7. The baby was in the vehicle for about 30 minutes with the windows rolled up when employees at the Enterprise noticed her and attempted to get her out.Once the baby was taken out of the car, it took 12 minutes for her body temperature to return to normal. She has since been reunited with her mother. It is not known what connection the baby had with the two that were arrested.

8 men found guilty of 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

BRUSSELS — A Brussels court on Tuesday found eight people guilty of murder and attempted murder in the 2016 Brussels terror attacks that killed 32 and injured more than 300.One of the eight is Salah Abdeslam, who is already serving a life sentence for his role in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. (He was arrested four days before the Brussels attack.)Another of those found guilty, Mohamed Abrini, was identified on CCTV fleeing Zaventem airport when his explosives did not go off. He became known as the “man in the hat.” The bombers carried out attacks at the Maelbeek (Maalbeek) metro station in the EU Quarter and at Brussels airport in March 2016.The jury’s verdict closes the first part of the trial, which started in November 2022. Under Belgian law, sentences will be determined in a second part of the trial, which will start on September 4.

Moviegoers have spotted a blooper in ‘Oppenheimer’

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

(CNN) — Christopher Nolan’s latest film, “Oppenheimer,” has become one half of the box office and pop culture phenomenon “Barbenheimer,” sweeping up glowing reviews along the way.But eagle-eyed fans have spotted a mistake in a scene set in 1945, as Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer stands among a crowd waving American flags – bearing the wrong number of stars.“It was good and all, but I’ll be that guy and complain they used 50-star flags in a scene set in 1945,” Twitter user Andy Craig wrote on Friday.In 1945, the American flag featured 48 stars, as Alaska and Hawaii hadn’t yet become US states.It wasn’t until July 4, 1960 that a 50-star flag was first flown in the US.But in another scene set in the same year, the correct American flag flies behind Oppenheimer.One Twitter user had a theory: “I can argue that this is done intentionally as the colored scenes were from Oppenheimer’s perspective, while the black and white scenes were from another. This woul...

Boston police identify suspect wanted for stealing truck with infant still inside

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

The Boston Police Department has identified a man wanted for larceny and recklessly endangering a child, after he allegedly stole a truck in Dorchester while an infant child was inside of it.Authorities are seeking Cristofanes Mendes, 33, of Boston, who stands accused of stealing a pickup truck in the area of Geneva Avenue and Westville Street on July 14, all while an infant was in the vehicle, still seated in a car seat, with the child’s family right on the adjacent sidewalk.Surveillance video obtained by 7NEWS showed the truck return to the area shortly afterwards and leave the infant on a street curb. About an hour later, officers located the stolen truck on Columbia Road.In a news release, the department described Mendes as being an Hispanic male with a height of 5’10” and weight of 230 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes.Anyone with who comes into contact with Mendes is advised to call 911 immediately. Those who may have information on his whereabouts are asked...

Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys suggest they’ll present evidence that he was elsewhere during the killings of 4 Idaho students

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

(CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last fall, was not at the location where the crimes took place, his defense attorneys suggested Tuesday, though they have yet to provide evidence or details about his whereabouts.Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the November 13 deaths of 21-year-olds Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen; and 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who were fatally stabbed in their off-campus home in Moscow. A not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf, and his trial is set for October.“Evidence corroborating Mr. Kohberger being at a location other than the King Road address will be disclosed pursuant to discovery and evidentiary rules as well as statutory requirements,” attorney Anne Taylor wrote in a Tuesday court filing.The document stops short of saying where Kohberger was at the time of the killings.The killings and lengthy investigation rattled the comm...