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Denver leaders seek to change threshold for warming shelters on cold nights

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Some city leaders are contemplating changes to Denver's cold weather shelter plan.As it stands, the city opens up warming shelters when temperatures drop below 20 degrees, there's a wind advisory or more than 2 inches of snow is in the forecast. Council members Shontel Lewis and Sarah Parady both started a proposal to make 32 degrees the threshold for sheltering unhoused people."The minute you hit freezing, which is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, people are in a lot of danger," Parady said.That's what Parady wants to be the threshold for the city to offer people who are unhoused a warm place to sleep."We have no clear policy on whether there's any limit on removing people's shelters out on the street in cold weather, so tents and that kind of thing," Parady said.Councilor pitches Denver facilities for warmingFor the moment, tents or the layers on their backs are all that folks who are unhoused have to keep warm."The real issue is, basically: Do we have existing city spaces w...

Wheat Ridge community honors store owner killed in homicide

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) — Outside Peter Arguello's Wheat Ridge business, a memorial continued to grow Thursday night.Flowers and candles filled the entryway to Arguello's business, where he was reportedly killed Wednesday morning during a robbery attempt at his store."We all feel a little less because he's not here now," Brenda Ritz said.Peter Arguello (Brenda Ritz/Neighborhood Gazette)Ritz writes for the Neighborhood Gazette and recently penned a feature article on Arguello after visiting his store as a customer. She said the interview not only shed light on why Arguello loved the antique and jewelry business, but also what set his business apart.“Somebody would come in the store with a box of something, and he just couldn’t wait to see it," she said. Brother of slain Wheat Ridge man remember him as loving neighbor, good man Ritz said her friend went to the store recently to inquire about selling a ring but was turned away by Arguello after offering some hesitation.“She went to...

Should Israel funding be conditional? Bennet weighs in

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Congress is debating more funding for Israel as calls within the Democratic Party grow to make any additional funding conditional.House Republicans are already approving a funding measure, but now the bill is being held up in the Senate. Bennet: US must disincentivize migrant-smuggling gangs Some Democrats say there should be limits to the funding, although no specifics have been shared. Certain lawmakers argue if the U.S. gives Israel more money, then Israel would have to agree to certain rules about how it moves forward in its war with Hamas.U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said on "Colorado Point of View" this week that he has not been on board with conditions on military funding in the past, but he said he hasn't made a final decision yet. "Israel has to meet the highest standards in the course of this war, and they’re going to have to try to do everything they can to avoid killing civilians," he said. Bennet adds: "If we end up applying any conditions, I think we need...

Israel announces strikes on Gaza after truce expires, clear sign that war has resumed in full force

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the military said, as the war resumed in full force.Airstrikes hit southern Gaza, including the community of Abassan east of the town of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry in the Hamas-run territory said. Another strike hit a home northwest of Gaza City.Live footage from the Gaza Strip showed black smoke billowing from the territory.The Israeli military’s announcement of the strikes came only 30 minutes after the cease-fire expired at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) Friday.Earlier Friday, Israel accused Hamas of having violated the terms of the cease-fire, including by firing rockets toward Israel from Gaza.The halt in fighting began Nov. 24. It initially lasted for four days, and then was extended for several days with the help of Qatar and fellow mediator Egypt.During the week-long truce, Hamas and other militants in Gaza released more than 100 hostag...

1-year-old airlifted after falling from 2nd-floor apartment building in SW Miami-Dade

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

Rescue crews airlifted a toddler to the hospital after a frightening fall in Southwest Miami-Dade.The 1 year-old fell from the second floor of an apartment building near Southwest 202nd Street and 120th Avenue, Thursday afternoon.The child was airlifted to the trauma center at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, As of Thursday night, the victim’s condition is unknown.

7Sports’ Donovan Campbell wins ‘best dressed’ honors at 2nd Rockstar Awards in Fort Lauderdale

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

Some of South Florida’s biggest stars, including a member of the 7News team, received high honors.The Second Annual South Florida Rockstar Awards took place in Fort Lauderdale, Wednesday night.7Sports reporter Donovan Campbell served as co-host and took home the award for Best Dressed Sports Media Personality. It’s easy to see why, as the reporter opted for a rocker look for the occasion.“How many times are you gonna see Donovan Campbell dressed with a blond wig?” he said. “Got on my denim jacket, full rocker style. You know how I do it.”Lifestyle Media Group awarded several other individuals and businesses for their contributions to the South Florida community.

Pilote, l’appli pour suivre les réformes qui a fait flop

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

Insuffler les méthodes du privé dans la gestion de l’Etat : c’était l’objectif de Pilote, une application de pilotage des réformes voulues par Emmanuel Macron.L’idée de l’outil est de réduire chaque réforme prioritaire du gouvernement à deux ou trois indicateurs, et de suivre leur avancée sur un tableau de bord. Avec des indicateurs disponibles par département ou au niveau national, et pouvant être analysés depuis l’Elysée jusqu’aux préfectures, en passant par les ministères.Pilote a été conçue à partir de 2020 et sa mise en œuvre initiale a été confiée à Capgemini. Mais sa première version n’était pas complètement au point. Selon plusieurs témoignages, l’application accumulait les bugs et les défauts, tant et si bien qu’une nouvelle version vient de sortir, intégralement réalisée par l’administration, a appris POLITICO auprès de plusieurs utilisateurs.La direction interministérielle de la transformation publique (DITP) justifie le recours à un cabinet de conseil par le besoin ...

‘Silent Night’ a violent winner from John Woo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

The revenge thriller “Silent Night” marks the return of the great Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo (“Bullet in the Head,” “Hard Boiled,” “Face/Off”) to the U.S. in 20 years. Set in downtown Los Angeles, the dialogue-free film wastes no time in blasting off. We see Joel Kinnaman’s Brian Godluck, an electrical repairman, running down an alley chasing after gang members, whose four-wheeled shootout with another vehicle has taken the life of his young son with a stray bullet.Brian wears a blood-stained reindeer sweater with a bulging nose at his stomach. His face is a mirror of grief and vengeance. Instead of white doves, “Silent Night” gives us a single red balloon as a symbol of the soul that has been prematurely snatched at Christmastime. Brian catches up with the perpetrator (Harold Torres) and smashes his windshield only to be shot in the throat and deprived of his voice.The silence at the heart of “Silent Night” is only verbal. We hear everything else, especially the physical vi...

Antoni: Fed budget hikes take food off our tables

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

Inflation has left millions of Americans with no good choices, even when it comes to necessities like what to eat. Despite chicken prices being at a record high, families are buying more than ever. Why? Because the alternatives are even worse: Staples like beef and pork have sadly become unaffordable for millions whose budgets have been ravaged by inflation.That’s why Americans on average are expected to consumer more than 100 pounds of chicken this year for the first time ever. Ironically, as inflation causes people’s spending habits to change, that can minimize official inflation numbers published by the government while also causing additional pain for lower-income earners.I recently testified on this topic before both a House and Senate subcommittee, explaining how inflation is a hidden tax that disproportionately falls on lower- and middle-income folks.As the price of relatively expensive options like beef rises, people can afford less of that and shoppers increasingly choose c...

Editorial: Military once again cash cow for overcharging contractors

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:48:30 GMT

Is the $600 taxpayer-funded toilet seat making a comeback?Not if Senator Elizabeth Warren has anything to say about it.She and fellow Democrat Rep. John Garamendi of California have ramped up campaigns to stem what they call widespread “price gouging” in contracts for military spare parts.The two members of their chamber’s Armed Services Committee made their case in a pair of letters obtained by CQ Roll Call.Warren has sounded alarms over price-gouging before, blaming greedy corporations for inflation to deflect from Washington’s runaway spending.But sometimes she’s right.Warren and Garamendi claim defense contractors are exploiting loopholes so the companies can regularly refuse to provide the Defense Department legally required data to document that their parts’ prices are fair and reasonable on contracts awarded without competition.We’ve been here before, of course.Back in 1985, Sen. William S. Cohen (R-Maine) charged that the Navy had been paying mo...