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US imposes new sanctions aimed at choking off Russia’s access to battlefield supplies and revenue

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on roughly 120 firms and people from Russia to the United Arab Emirates to Kyrgyzstan in an effort to choke off Moscow’s access to products, money and financial channels that support its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions imposed by the Treasury and State departments target dozens of Russian mining, technology and munitions firms and commercial banks. In addition, a group of Kyrgyzstan-based electronics firms and its leadership were targeted as exporters of components and other technology to Russia. A UAE-based engineering company that sent dozens of shipments of electronics to Russia was also sanctioned. The latest sanctions build on those imposed on Russia when the U.S. and other Group of Seven nations rolled out a wave of global actions during a Japan summit in May.“Since Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States, working with our allies and partners, has taken unprecedented steps to impose...

7 winning Powerball tickets sold in Colorado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While no one in Colorado won the Powerball jackpot — that $1.08 billion victory went to someone in California — locals still won big.The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were: white balls 7, 10, 11, 13, 24 and red Powerball 24. The California Lottery said the jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Los Angeles at Las Palmitas Mini Market. Casa Bonita employees demand answers, start petition Elsewhere in the country, 36 $1 million-winning tickets and three $2 million-winning tickets were sold. While none of those were in Colorado, winners here still lucked out for a total of $350,000.Powerball winners in ColoradoAccording to the Colorado Lottery, here's where the state's winning tickets were sold:Castle Rock: Two $50,000 tickets as 138559 King SoopersColorado Springs: Two $50,000 tickets at 48364 Loaf 'N Jug #41Erie: One $50,000 ticket at King Soopers Fuel Center #129Golden: One $50,000 ticket at 103172 Loaf 'N Jug #81Pueblo: One $50,000 ticket at Winners Co...

Violent altercation erupts over theater seats, BSO seeking assistance in identifying suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

A seemingly routine night at the movies took a harrowing turn when a dispute over seating escalated into a violent attack, leaving a 63-year-old man injured. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit detectives released surveillance footage of the incident, seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the aggressor responsible for the callous assault.According to BSO, the incident occurred on Monday, July 10, shortly before 10 p.m., at the AMC Pompano Beach 18 movie theater located at 2315 N. Federal Highway. The victim, an adult male, had purchased VIP tickets with advance seating for the screening.Upon entering the theater, the victim, accompanied by his wife, was shocked to find an unknown adult male and adult female sitting in their reserved seats. Authorities said the victim politely requested that the couple get up from their seats. However, the situation quickly turned when the unknown subject responded by standing up and aggressively confronting the vict...

A bison gores a woman near lakeside cabins in Yellowstone National Park, seriously injuring her

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

(CNN) — A bison gored a 47-year-old Arizona woman Monday morning in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, leaving her with significant injuries to her chest and abdomen, park officials said.The woman was walking with another person in a field near the Lake Lodge Cabins on Yellowstone Lake’s north shore when they saw two bison, the park said in a news release.The people turned to walk away from the bison, but one of the animals charged and gored the woman, the release reads.A helicopter took the woman to a hospital in Idaho. Details about the woman’s condition weren’t available, according to the release.“It is unknown how close the individuals were to the bison when it charged,” the release reads. “This incident remains under investigation.”Yellowstone was home to about 5,900 bison as of summer 2022, according to the National Park Service. The large herbivores have lived continuously in the area of the park since prehistoric times, despite almost going extinct during the 20th century...

Who is Maria Arena, the 4th MEP caught up in Qatargate?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

BRUSSELS — And then there were four. Belgian lawmaker Maria Arena became the fourth current member of the European Parliament this week to be fully embroiled in the Qatargate corruption scandal, seven months after a spate of high-profile arrests shook the EU to its core.She remains unquestioned, uncharged and the Belgian authorities have made no request to lift her parliamentary immunity. But police did conduct six raids at properties linked to the Belgian MEP and her family on Wednesday, in the latest twist in a scandal that prompted soul-searching and ethics reforms in the EU capital this year. Former Vice President and Greek MEP Eva Kaili, Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella and Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino have spent time detained and charged in the scandal, while Pier Antonio Panzeri, an ex-MEP, admitted his guilt and struck a plea bargain in return for a reduced sentence when the time comes.Arena and the four current or former lawmakers charged in the scandal built their...

Macron sacks education, health ministers in mini-reshuffle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron sacked Education Minister Pap Ndiaye and Health Minister François Braun in a small cabinet reshuffle Thursday, after confirming earlier this week that Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne would stay on in her role.  A long-time Macron supporter, 34-year-old Gabriel Attal, has been promoted to replace Ndiaye, and Aurélien Rousseau, Borne’s former chief of staff, takes over as health minister.Other party figures are also joining government ranks, including Aurore Bergé, leader of Macron’s Renaissance group in the National Assembly, who is taking over as the new solidarity minister. Thomas Cazenave will replace Attal as budget minister.The reshuffle has been described by French government officials as “adjustments” to government after the Elysée announced Macron was keeping Borne in the job. In the new line-up, the most embattled ministers were let go, while Macron loyalists were rewarded.Marlène Schiappa, who was junior minister for social econo...

Vegas-area home searched in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing is tied to uncle of long-dead suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police searched this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to a man long known to investigators, whose nephew had emerged as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed it served a search warrant Monday in the neighboring city of Henderson. But the department hasn’t released other details, including whether they expect to make an arrest for the first time in the slaying of the rapper nearly 30 years ago.Residents of a suburban small Henderson neighborhood — nestled in the foothills of the city about 20 miles southeast of the Las Vegas Strip — identified the property where they said they saw officers detain two people while investigators searched the home Monday night.“There were cruisers and SWAT vehicles. They had lights shining on the house,” said Don Sansouci, 61, who had just gone to bed with his wife when a swirl of blue and r...

UPS pilots vow to not cross strike picket lines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

(CNN) — The union representing pilots flying cargo planes for UPS say they will not cross picket lines if Teamsters strike next month, a spokesperson for the Independent Pilots Association confirmed to CNN.The union representing 3,400 pilots has vowed solidarity “by not ‘turning an aircraft wheel’ on behalf of the company,” which could spell even deeper disruptions for the worldwide shipper. The heads of the two unions say in letters to each other that their support proved pivotal during a previous Teamsters strike in 1997.“The IPA is committed to exercising our contractual rights, both domestically and internationally, to honor any potential IBT strike and act in sympathy with our fellow workers at UPS by not working,” said pilot union head Captain Robert Travis. “No one wants a work stoppage, but should a legal IBT strike be initiated, you and the IBT can count on the IPA for support.”This does not mean UPS pilots are going on strike, rather there will be a work stoppage...

As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

By MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN (Associated Press)As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward. The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation. Researchers have found evidence of the phenomenon from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous, populous regions of eastern Africa. Scientists now worry people living in areas once inhospitable to the insects, including the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the mountains of eastern Ethiopia, could be newly exposed to the disease. “As it gets warmer at higher altitudes with climate change and all of these other environmental changes, then mosquitoes can survive higher up the mountain,” said Manisha Kulkarni, a professor and researcher studying malaria in sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Ottawa.  ___EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a collaboration between The Associated Press and Grist exploring the intersection of climate change and infectious d...

New Nets forward Darius Bazley: ‘Brooklyn was the place to be’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

If there’s one thing new Nets forward Darius Bazley is going to do in Brooklyn — it’s play some defense.Bazley, the versatile, prep-to-pro forward who signed a one-year deal with the Nets this offseason, says he’s excited to bring his game to New York.“This is like the Mecca of basketball,” Bazley said in his introductory interview with reporters on Thursday. “So just playing in front of fans that appreciate the game, that love the game of basketball, love the sport.“I think it’d be really fun.”Bazley said he doesn’t have a relationship with Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn, but noted he worked out with Nets forward Cam Johnson this summer. He also says he has a relationship with both Mikal Bridges and Ben Simmons.And for the 6-foot-8 forward who has played minutes at both the four and five in his four-year NBA career, defense will be the calling card that earns him regular minutes in head coach Jacque Vaughn’s rot...