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US announces $3.5B for projects nationwide to strengthen electric grid, bolster resilience

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission systems. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said it was the largest federal investment ever in grid infrastructure, supporting projects that will harden electric systems and improve energy reliability and affordability. The federal spending, combined with money promised by private partners, could result in up to $8 billion in investments nationally to upgrade the grid, Granholm said.“The grid, as it currently sits, is not equipped to handle all the new demand” and withstand natural disasters and extreme weather worsened by climate change, Granholm said at a news conference. “We need it to be bigger, we need it to be stronger, we need it to be smarter” to bring a range of renewable energy projects online and m...

WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

2023 — A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces2022 — Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces2021 — Kahleah Copper, Chicago Sky2020 — Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm2019 — Emma Meesseman, Washington Mystics2018 — Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm2017 — Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx2016 — Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks2015 — Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx2014 — Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury2013 — Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx2012 — Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever2011 — Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx2010 — Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm2009 — Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury2008 — Katie Smith, Detroit Shock2007 — Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix Mercury2006 — Deanna Nolan, Detroit Shock2005 — Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs2004 — Betty Lennox, Seattle Storm2003 — Ruth Riley, Detroit Shock2002 — Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks2001 — Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks2000 — Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets1999 — Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets1998 — Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets1997 — Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comet...

Red Wings beat Penguins 6-3 for 3rd straight victory

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp and Alex DeBrincat each scored twice, Ville Husso made 30 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Wednesday night.Copp scored in a three-goal second period to give Detroit a 4-1 lead, but Pittsburgh pulled within a goal midway through the third.Copp sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 1:32 to go. DeBrincat also took advantage of the Penguins pulling their goaltender to add an extra skater, restoring the Red Wings’ three-goal lead 21 seconds later.Ben Chiarot, David Perron and Copp scored in the second period.Evgeni Malkin gave the Penguins their only lead in the opening minute, when he extended his goals streak to three games. Tristan Jarry stopped 23 shots.Erik Karlsson cut Pittsburgh’s deficit to two goals early in the third period. Shortly thereafter, Copp was given a penalty shot and he couldn’t get it past Jarry.Bryan Rust redirected a shot to make it 4-3 with 6:57 left.SENATORS 6, CAPITALS 1OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Jo...

Jewish students rally in Market Square amidst ongoing violence in the Middle East

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

As tensions remain at an all time high in Israel and Gaza, communities in Kingston and around the world have been left feeling helpless and mourning.In Kingston, and especially at Queen’s, the Jewish community has come together in the wake of a brutal attack by Hamas on October 7. On Tuesday, students organized a demonstration in Springer Market Square, gathering for speeches and songs while decrying terrorism. Director of Queen’s Hillel, Yos Tarshish, spoke to the crowd on Tuesday afternoon and denounced Hamas’ initial October 7 attack, unequivocally calling it terrorism. Tarshish decried the idea that the attack was Palestinian resistance, saying there’s never an excuse for the loss of innocent lives.“Terrorism is always wrong, always,” Tarshish said. “It is never okay to hurt the innocent, it is never okay to kill civilians… this is not resistance, we can never allow this to be considered resistance!”The rally was organized by...

'Justice is finally here': Man convicted in 2020 death of 9-month-old girl

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Three years after his daughter’s death, a local father is finally seeing a start to justice.Anthony Rosales has been fighting for justice since 2020 in the death of his baby daughter. This week, a jury convicted a man in the case. Teens accused of taking photo after rock-throwing death to stand trial for murder A Wheat Ridge cemetery is not where any family should be visiting their child. For Rosales, this is where his 9-month-old daughter, Gianna, now lies.“Aug. 4, 2020, is when she passed away,” Rosales said. “It feels like life has been on pause. Three years — saying it out loud, three years she's been gone."Autopsy results obtained by the FOX31 Problem Solvers say the cause of death for Gianna is blunt force injuries to the head. The results have pushed Rosales to fight for justice year after year.“I couldn't stop,” Rosales said. “The fact is, is, you know, someone's guilty for it. My daughter just didn't die. And that's the craziest part, why I couldn’t stop. ...

How often are railroad tracks inspected? Expert weighs in after Colorado derailment

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A section of railroad track now at the center of a federal investigation was inspected just hours before a train derailed in Colorado on Sunday, according to BNSF Railway.The derailment is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.A BNSF statement claims: "BNSF conducted a combination of rail detection testing, advanced track infrastructure testing and visual inspections within the last three months, including the most recent inspection that occurred on Sunday, October 15 prior to the derailment."BNSF has not responded to questions regarding what specific inspections happened on Sunday.How railroad inspections work Train inspector Gus Ubaldi, who now works for Robson Forensic, said most tracks nationwide are inspected at least once a week, depending on how busy the route is and whether passenger cars are involved.He said those inspections usually involve something called a "high rail truck," which allows an inspector to drive up and down th...

Police say man was killed in fender bender, but he is not dead

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

According to police and the state, he died in a fender bender. Since he called us, obviously he is alive, but problems are pouring in because he can’t get the state to list him as alive. So he asked Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to breathe new life into his efforts.Moises does pretty well playing air hockey with his daughter.Pretty well, that is, for a guy who is supposedly dead.Moises Ramos: “Fatality in 2019.”His so-called passing began when Moises backed out of his driveway and another driver bumped him.Moises Ramos: “We called police department to make an accident record for insurance.”No one was hurt. Everything was fine, until Moises applied to be an Uber driver and was rejected.Moises Ramos: “And I was like, ‘Why am I getting denied?’ So I disputed it. They came back again, and they put because of an accident of a ‘fatality.'”Moises was told to check the Miami-Dade Police report on the fender bender.Moises Ramos...

Gaza ground war could be ‘Mogadishu on steroids,’ says former US General Petraeus

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

BERLIN — A military ground offensive by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip would last years and involve horrific fighting, David Petraeus, who served as a top U.S. general in both Iraq and Afghanistan, told POLITICO’s Power Play podcast.Speaking after the brutal attacks by Hamas militants on Israel which left 1,400 dead and thousands injured, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency warned that pursuing the IDF’s bombing campaign with a land invasion “could be Mogadishu on steroids very quickly.”Citing the 1993 incident in which three American Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in the Somali capital, prompting bloody urban fighting as American forces struggled to rescue crash survivors, Petraeus said the IDF faced a similar reality inside hostile territory if it engaged on the ground. “If they’re [Hamas] as creative in the defense as they were in that horrific, barbaric, unspeakable attack, then you’ll see suicide b...

The long game: General Petraeus on Israel’s options

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast The carnage on the streets of Gaza and mounting tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbours presented a bleak and chaotic backdrop for President Biden’s impromptu visit to Tel Aviv. Is this a conflict on the brink of exploding across the region? In this week’s episode of Power Play, host Anne McElvoy talks to Da...

To ban or not to ban: Fixing the EU’s global plastic waste mess

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:21 GMT

The EU has vowed to clean up its act and cut back on dumping its waste elsewhere. For communities in low-income countries bearing the brunt of Europe’s trash, that can’t come fast enough.A joint investigation by POLITICO, Lighthouse Reports and other global media partners highlights what an uphill climb that effort will be, as legal loopholes and a lack of transparency facilitate the flow of illegal exports to countries like Myanmar, where local communities are confronted with the pollution caused by ever-growing mounds of trash.The investigation — backed by on-the-ground reporting and interviews with policymakers and waste experts — comes as EU lawmakers and countries consider an all-out ban on plastic waste exports as part of a broader revamp of the bloc’s waste rules. As part of the revision, the European Commission has suggested tightening the conditions under which recyclable plastic waste can be exported to non-OECD countries, suggesting they must express...