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California Senate approves plan allowing the state to buy power

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate voted Thursday to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state’s power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast’s fledgling offshore wind industry.Five companies paid roughly $750 million last year to lease areas off the California coast to build wind turbines. Collectively, those projects could generate enough electricity to power 3.5 million homes, helping the state avoid blackouts during extreme heat waves that have routinely strained the electrical grid of the nation’s most populous state.But so far, the state’s largest utility companies have not been willing to commit to buying power from projects like those because it would cost too much money and take too long to build. In addition to building the wind turbines, the projects will require improvements at the state’s ports and new p...

Auto union plans strikes at factories in Wentzville, Missouri; Toledo, Ohio, and Wayne, Michigan, if no deal reached

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Auto union plans strikes at factories in Wentzville, Missouri; Toledo, Ohio, and Wayne, Michigan, if no deal reached.Source

Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, the Democratic nominees for two statewide offices said Thursday.Greta Kemp Martin faces first-term Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Ty Pinkins faces first-term Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson in the Nov. 7 election.Kemp Martin said a panel of federal appeals judges made the correct decision Aug. 4 when they ruled that Mississippi’s ban on voting after conviction for crimes including forgery and bigamy is a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.The disenfranchisement is “a continued punishment for people who have served their sentence to the state of Mississippi,” Kemp Martin said Thursday. “And they deserve the right to be able to enter their community and participate in one of our most sacred rights.”Fitch, who represe...

Una nave Apolo abandonada en la Luna está causando pequeños terremotos en la superficie

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

(CNN) — Una nave espacial abandonada por astronautas estadounidenses en la superficie de la Luna podría estar causando pequeños temblores conocidos como terremotos lunares, según indicó un nuevo estudio.Por primera vez, los investigadores revelaron un tipo, hasta ahora desconocido, de actividad sísmica en la Luna mediante un análisis de datos de la era Apolo utilizando algoritmos modernos.Los cambios masivos de temperatura que ocurren en la Luna pueden llevar a que las estructuras creadas por el hombre se expandan y se contraigan de una manera que produzca estas vibraciones, sugiere el informe. La superficie lunar es un ambiente extremo, que oscila entre -208 grados Fahrenheit (-133 grados Celsius) en la oscuridad y 250 grados Fahrenheit (121 grados Celsius) bajo el Sol directo, según un comunicado de prensa sobre el estudio.De hecho, toda la superficie de la Luna se expande y se contrae con el calor y el frío, explica el estudio publicado el 5 de septiembre en el Journal of G...

Rays open series in Baltimore with 4-3 victory, pull within game of Orioles in AL East

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Luke Raley hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, and Tampa Bay’s remarkable bullpen retired everyone it faced in the Rays’ 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night in the opener of a huge series at Camden Yards.The Rays pulled within a game of first-place Baltimore in the AL East, and their relievers extended their streak to 34 innings without an earned run.Ryan O’Hearn and Gunnar Henderson homered for the Orioles, but with the game tied at 3, Raley hit a drive to center field off Kyle Bradish (11-7) for his 19th home run of the year.Randy Arozarena hit a two-run triple in the third for the Rays, and Tampa Bay starter Aaron Civale got Adley Rutschman to hit into a crucial double play in the fifth after the Orioles had come back to tie it at 3.After that, Civale turned the game over to the bullpen. Colin Poche (12-3), Shawn Armstrong, Robert Stephenson and Pete Fairbanks teamed up to retire 12 straight batters, with Fairbank...

Zelenskyy visitará Washington mientras el Congreso debate un paquete de ayuda para Ucrania

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – El presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visitará la Casa Blanca y el Capitolio de Estados Unidos la próxima semana, en el marco de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas.El mandatario realizará su viaje mientras el Congreso estadounidense está debatiendo una solicitud del presidente Joe Biden para proporcionar hasta $21,000 millones en ayuda militar y humanitaria a Ucrania para su lucha contra la invasión rusa.Zelenskyy se reunirá con Biden en la Casa Blanca el próximo jueves, de acuerdo con un funcionario del gobierno, que habló bajo condición de anonimato a fin de poder declarar sobre la delicada visita. En tanto, la visita al Capitolio fue confirmada por dos asesores del Congreso a los que se concedió el anonimato para poder hablar de los planes.El presidente ucraniano visitó Washington en diciembre de 2022 —con la guerra ya en curso— y pronunció un apasionado discurso ante una sesión conjunta del Congreso. En ese entonces, fue su primer viaje cono...

Suspected drunk driver crashes into CU Boulder students on sidewalk

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — Two University of Colorado Boulder freshmen were walking home last Saturday night when a suspected drunk driver ran onto the sidewalk and hit them.They were just a few weeks into their college experience. Driver nearly hits 20 children while leaving Aurora park Jasmine Floyd, 18, and Anthony Maravi, 19, were walking home from a party near CU's campus where Broadway meets 20th Street when that alleged drunk driver was making a U-turn, jumped the curb and went onto the sidewalk directly toward the teens.Maravi is being hailed as a hero for his quick actions while that car was barreling toward them. He could have avoided being hit but dove to protect Floyd."I just remember looking at the car and looking at where I was at, and I looked back and I saw that she was kind of frozen and not in a good position to get out of the car's way, so I just dove, and that’s all I remember," Maravi said.'It's something you can never take backEven with this heroism, the car sti...

Safety remains top concern for RTD bus drivers

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — After an RTD passenger stabbed someone to death on a bus and later stabbed and killed another person near a bus stop, transit operators say safety continues to be a top concern. On Thursday, the Denver Police Department arrested the suspect in two deadly stabbings along Federal Boulevard, one on an RTD bus and another by a bus stop a couple of miles way near Regis University.'Really dangerous situations' on RTD busesRonald Short serves as the recording secretary for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1001, representing bus drivers in the community and helping new hires."You have moments where there’s really dangerous situations out there on the bus that can pop up out of nowhere, so I really encourage our operators to not be confrontational with anyone on the bus,” Short said. Suspected drunk driver crashes into CU Boulder students on their walk home Short said he’s been an RTD bus driver for 24 years."When once you could drive the bus and just be worried about traffi...

Rock band NEEDTOBREATHE talk about 9th album, new documentary and upcoming tour

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

Grammy-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE is back with new tunes. They’re also bringing in some familiar faces for a little collab fun. We caught up with the band for the 411 on the new album and their upcoming tour.Rock band NEEDTOBREATHE is pumping out their ninth studio album, called “Caves.”William Rineheart: “This one was a year-and-a-half process, much more ambitious, you know, with all the instrumentation, everything. We just felt like we had great songs, and so, we were like, ‘Man, we need to go in there and like – and have our reverence for them.”The new tracks see the band collaborating with artists like Carly Pearce and Old Dominion.Josh Lovelace: “It’s fun to work with people that you admire and that you can do something together. That’s really cool. It was really fun.”And get this: the album was written and recorded during a getaway in Utah, while being documented for the band’s two-part film. “...

Country music star Carly Pearce’s winning streak spills over to hosting ACM Honors for 3rd time

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:33:35 GMT

Carly Pearce is a four-time Academy of Country Music Award winner, and her winning streak is spilling over to … hosting! We love a multi-talented queen. Speaking of which, here’s the prince of reporting, Alex Miranda, with more.Carly is holding the stage down at the ACM Honors for the third time in a row, but before she does all that standing up, we wanted to do a whole lot of sitting down — with her! — to see what’s new in star’s country life.Announcer: “Please welcome your host, reigning ACM Female Artist of the Year Carly Pearce.”Carly Pearce: “Welcome to the ACM Honors.”Carly Pearce returns for the third time as host of the Academy of Country Music Honors, and this time around, she’s getting the jitters out.Carly Pearce: “The third time’s the charm, right? I would say the biggest difference is I didn’t, you know, feel like I was going to throw up immediately. So I feel like I’m definitely moving ...