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Biden administration to protect hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that it was granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country — quickly making them eligible to work — as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere to arrive at the U.S. border with Mexico.The move — along with promises to accelerate work permits for many migrants — may appease Democratic leaders who have pressured the White House to do more to aid asylum-seekers, while also providing grist for Republicans who say the president has been too lax on immigration.The Homeland Security Department plans to grant Temporary Protected Status to an estimated 472,000 Venezuelans who arrived in the country as of July 31, 2023, making it easier for them to get authorization to work in the U.S. That's been a key demand of Democratic mayors and governors who are struggling to care for an increased number of migrants in their care.That's in...

Victim in US 285 road rage shooting describes what happened

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

CONIFER, Colo. (KDVR) — A Park County man is out of the hospital and recovering after he was shot in the arm during a U.S. 285 road rage incident Tuesday afternoon. It happened just a few miles outside of Conifer, where Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies briefly closed portions of U.S. 285 to search for evidence. Refugee who recently moved to Denver killed by carjackers The victim of the shooting, who does not want to be identified, spoke exclusively with FOX31 on Wednesday. He said it all started after another driver seemingly took offense to him going the speed limit in the left lane."The individual came flying around me, squeezed between my car and the car in front of me, and brake-checked me to the point where I had to slam the brakes on pretty hard,” he said. "I should have known better, should have let it be at that point, but I reacted."He said he gave the other driver the middle finger, passed him and cut him off. "He came back around me on the passenger side, and th...

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog set to miss 2nd straight season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog sees a much clearer path back to the ice, even if he's not expected to play this season.That's how encouraged he is 4 and a half months removed from cartilage replacement surgery on his right knee. Coach Jared Bednar is just as optimistic, which is why he won't name a new captain for the upcoming season. The team will wait until Landeskog's return and in the meantime rely on the leadership of Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. CU Buffs fans are giving the Broncos a run for their money “First and foremost, I feel really good,” Landeskog said Wednesday on the eve of training camp. “It’s been a really good process so far. It’s been obviously hard at times and other times you make more progress than not."Still, with hockey starting up, it's been a little difficult. He's yet to start skating, and may not get clearance until a visit with his surgeon in November.“It sucks not being a part of it,” Landeskog...

Denver to clear 8th Avenue homeless camp, move people to a hotel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver has given notice that it'll clear out an encampment near Governors Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.The area affected includes one square block bordered by Seventh and Eighth avenues and Logan and Grant streets. A 7-day notice was posted on Tuesday, meaning the camp will be cleared out by Sept. 26."What differentiates this from previous postings and cleanups is the huge effort of wraparound services being provided during the 7-day posting period, and more importantly, the connection of individuals living in the encampment directly to housing resources," Clarissa Boggs-Blake, manager of Denver's Joint Information Center, told FOX31 in an email.The JIC has been active as part of Mayor Mike Johnston's emergency declaration on homelessness. As part of the plan, his administration intends to house 1,000 unhoused people by the end of the year. Denver 2024 budget: What’s Mayor Johnston spending $1.74B on? One promise included in the plan was that no encampment...

Officers on trial ignored Elijah McClain's pleas of 'I can't breathe,' prosecutors say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas of “I can’t breathe” before the Black man was injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative and died, prosecutors said Wednesday, as a trial began over the 2019 confrontation that became a rallying cry for protests and spurred police reform.In opening arguments for the first of several trials stemming from McClain's death, lawyers for the two sides painted contrasting pictures of the fatal struggle after he was stopped by police in Aurora. Biden admin grants protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans Officers Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt approached McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, as he walked home from a convenience store carrying only a plastic bag with three cans of iced tea and his phone. A 911 caller had reported him as “sketchy.”If prosecutors can convince jurors the Aug. 24, 2019 stop was unjustified, that would undermine any argument that ...

‘Once’ director John Carney explains unique approach to making music-driven domestic drama ‘Flora and Son’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

She looked in the trash and found a treasure. In “Flora and Son,” a single mother is out to find her son a hobby — and finds it in an old musical instrument.Bonus info: this story about music bringing people together stars the daughter of Bono from U2.Orén Kinlan (as Max): “I can’t wait for the day I don’t have to be here.”Eve Hewson (as Flora): “Go on! Go back to your da!”Eve Hewson is so over her son’s bad behavior in “Flora and Son.”Don Wycherley (as Guard): “One more offense, and you’ll be behind bars. Flora, you’re his mother: Find him something to do.”Her solution?Eve Hewson (as Flora): “Happy Birthday.”Orén Kinlan (as Max): “What’s that?”Eve Hewson (as Flora): “It’s yours.”Orén Kinlan (as Max): “Don’t want to play it. Since when am I a guitarist?”Eve Hewson (as Flora): “I can’t go on like this, living in ...

State setting sights on replacing Tobin Bridge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

Acting Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt informed state officials at a meeting Wednesday that the Healey administration is beginning to plan for the “eventual replacement” of the Tobin Bridge, one of the most highly traveled routes in the state and a gateway linking Boston and communities north of the city.Tibbits-Nutt said a request for proposals could be released as soon as Friday seeking a transportation planning and engineering consultant that would work on a study examining options for the replacement of the bridge.Major changes are not imminent, and Tibbits-Nutt suggested the study alone could take two years. On the same day Tibbits-Nutt outlined initial steps toward replacement of the bridge, the Department of Transportation’s board approved a $109 million contract for repairs and maintenance to the same structure.But the forthcoming RFP signals state leaders want to begin turning the gears on what would likely be a massive infrastructure project,...

Solve It 7: Luggage Letdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

A Beverly woman returned to Massachusetts after a trip to Europe — but her luggage had an extended stay! When she needed help getting it back, she contacted Solve It Seven. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Elaine and her husband, Michael, went on a dream vacation to Italy this summer with their family.“We had a wonderful, wonderful time,” Michael said. “It’s just so beautiful, the flowers, the scenery. Michael wanted to take his children and grandchildren to see where he was from,” Elaine said. They had a tight connecting flight from Rome to Naples on the last leg of the trip.“We planned an itinerary that was completely booked,” Elaine said. They made the flight, but Elaine’s bag did not.  “We went to baggage claim, and my bag was not there. They said they would call me the next day, and I hadn’t gotten a call. I didn’t have a carry-on. So everything went in that bag. It was all I had,” Elai...

Cost to live in San Diego climbs as gas prices and soon, water rates, spike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The cost to live in San Diego has taken a steep spike as gas prices have jumped to an average $5.99 a gallon, up nearly 90 cents in a month. Water bills are also scheduled to jump nearly 20% in the next year, and the region's electricity prices are among the highest in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. “Everything -- food, hotels, water, clothing -- everybody is just trying make it in this world as it is,” Art Rodriguez, who owns a painting company, said to FOX 5. 2 local ‘Bachelorette’ contestants among 5 saved after boat sinks on fishing trip High interest rates from the federal reserve are trying to bring costs back into line, but that now means home buying has become far more expensive, locking out young buyers from the market and locking older buyers into their homes carrying low interest rates. Credit card rates are also spiking, making life simply tougher for all workers. “Now, you try to get a house and you have to m...

Man who posed as doctor to sexually assault women gets probation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:31 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A judge has sentenced Dario Moscoso to two years' probation in the sexual assault case against four women.  Prosecutors said from 2017 to 2019, Moscoso posed as a doctor at his Del Mar Cosmetic Contouring Surgery clinic in order to sexually assault the four women.  In a controversial plea deal, Moscoso was able to walk out of a courtroom with a two-year probation sentence for inappropriately touching four women.  The judge agreed to the probation sentence because she said it seemed Moscoso took responsibility, but said in the courtroom he had a credibility issue after what he wrote in his probation report.  “Sir, do you accept probation on those terms and conditions?” San Diego County Superior Court judge Polly Shamoon asked Moscoso.  “Yes, your honor, OK,” answered Dario Moscoso, sentenced to two-year probation for sexual assault allegations.  “He accuses the victims of being the liars, and that he was the one that was framed on bogus charges. He’s claiming that i...