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Live updates | Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and UN says half a million people there are ‘starving’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

Israel kept up its airstrikes and ground operations across the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations says more than half a million people are “starving” because not enough food has entered the besieged territory. That’s roughly one out of every four Palestinians in Gaza.Tens of thousands of people are crammed into shelters and tent camps facing shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies. A World Health Organization official who visited two hospitals in northern Gaza said they were doing more amputations because staff, electricity and other essentials are in extremely short supply. The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a long-delayed vote on a new resolution to halt the fighting in some way to allow for an increase in humanitarian aid deliveries. A territory-wide communications outage has made it difficult to confirm details about the fighting. Hamas, meanwhile, fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv, underscoring the militant group’s resilience in the face of ...

Prague police chief identifies shooter as student at university where at least 15 people killed

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

PRAGUE (AP) — Prague police chief identifies shooter as student at university where at least 15 people killed.Source

Youngkin propone ajustar impuestos sobre la renta y las ventas en Virginia

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

El gobernador de Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, propuso el miércoles un nuevo presupuesto estatal que reduciría los impuestos sobre la renta y aumentaría el impuesto sobre las ventas del estado.Se trata de un esfuerzo por estabilizar los ingresos y permitir a los residentes de Virginia “conservar una mayor parte del dinero que ganaron con tanto esfuerzo”.El plan de Youngkin para los próximos dos años fiscales también ampliaría el impuesto a las ventas para incluir servicios digitales, como la descarga de música, que ya están gravados en otros estados. Describió el plan como “cerrar la laguna fiscal de las grandes tecnologías”.“Virginia siempre ha gravado los bienes”, señaló Youngkin. “Y durante la última década, la definición de bienes ha evolucionado hacia bienes de la nueva economía, como paquetes de software, descargas digitales, transmisión de música y videos, almacenamiento en la nube y otros medios electrónicos, sobre los cuales hoy Virginia no recauda...

Sismo de magnitud 5,7 sacude Chile, según USGS

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

(CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,7 sacudió Chile este jueves, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés).El sismo se produjo a 22 kilómetros al nornoroeste de Tocopilla y a una profundidad de 55,3 kilómetros.Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Man with mental health history sentenced to more than 2 decades in wife’s slaying with meat cleaver

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man with a history of mental health issues who was convicted of killing his wife with a meat cleaver and injuring his mother-in-law will serve at least 27 years in prison. “It was an accident,” Aita Gurung said during his two-day sentencing hearing, which concluded Wednesday. “My mind was not working.” A jury convicted Gurung last year of killing his wife, Yogeswari Khadka, 32, in Burlington, and attempted second-degree murder in the attack on his mother-in-law, hours after he had sought mental health treatment at a local hospital. The attacks happened in 2017 and he was charged. But the charges were dropped in 2019 by the county prosecutor, who said evidence showed Gurung was legally insane at the time. Then-Attorney General T.J. Donovan refiled the charges months later after Republican Gov. Phil Scott asked him to review the case. Donovan said he wanted to restore public trust and that the issue of insanity should be decided by a jury.Gurung’...

EE.UU. promete trabajar con Bernardo Arévalo en Guatemala para frenar la migración irregular

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Subsecretario de Estado Adjunto para América Central, Eric Jacobstein dijo este miércoles que Estados Unidos está confiado en que se llevará a cabo la transición de mando en Guatemala y adelantó que la Administración Biden trabajará con el Gobierno entrante de Bernardo Arévalo para mejorar las condiciones de vida de los guatemaltecos y buscar soluciones a problemas como la migración irregular.“Esperamos trabajar en conjunto con el presidente electo para mejorar las vidas de todos los guatemaltecos y para aumentar nuestros esfuerzos bajo nuestra estrategia sobre las causas y raíces de la migración irregular”, dijo Jacobstein durante una conferencia virtual en la que habló sobre los esfuerzos de los Estados Unidos para restaurar y preservar la democracia en Centroamérica.Estados Unidos es uno de los países que ha condenado las acciones del Ministerio Público para evitar que Arévalo asuma el poder el 14 de enero. “Los esfuerzos de la fiscal general y elementos ...

Colorado law requires drivers to pay traffic camera citations

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Gone are the days of avoiding payment on traffic camera citations. Now, if you are caught speeding or running a red light by camera, you must legally pay the fine.Senate Bill 23-200 titled "Automated Vehicle Identification Systems" passed in June, but it didn't get a lot of attention despite its substantial changes. What happens if you get a red light ticket in Denver? Originally, drivers could legally avoid paying red light camera citations in Colorado. If you weren't served notice of violation through a person or certified mail within 90 days, the ticket would be absolved.But that's not the case anymore, according to attorney Jude Ramirez from Kurtz and Peckham, PC.New red light camera citation lawThe new law passed in June says that when your citation is mailed first class, it's been served to you. It doesn't matter if it was sent to an old address, or you claim that you didn't get it in the mail."As soon as they send it out, you're affirmed guilty," said Ramire...

Charges filed in Broomfield homicide investigation, victim identified

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A man who was arrested on Dec. 16 in connection to the death of a 43-year-old woman is now facing one count of first-degree murder, two counts of stalking and one count of criminal impersonation.Daniel Krug, 43, is facing these felony charges in connection to the death of Kristil Krug, 43, whose body was found inside a Broomfield home at around noon on Dec. 14. Driver charged in Broomfield crash that killed mom, son Kristil's body was found after police were called to a home in the 3100 block of Promontory Loop for a welfare check. Police said her body had "apparent injuries."Daniel was scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 21 for a return filing of charges hearing. On Monday, Dec. 18, a judge ordered Krug to have a cash bond of $5 million.

Shooter kills at least 15 in Prague

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

A shooter killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more in a violent attack at Charles University in Prague on Thursday afternoon before being killed himself, according to Czech police.“The shooter has been eliminated!!! The entire [university] building is currently being evacuated and there are several dead and dozens injured,” Czech police reported Thursday afternoon. “The intervention at the site is still ongoing. At the moment we can confirm more than 15 dead and dozens injured. We have no information at this time that the perpetrator is linked to any terrorist organization,” the police said in their latest update. The injured people have been cleared from the attack site, but “a smaller number of crews remain on site as a precaution,” Prague’s Medical Rescue Services reported. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will convene an “extraordinary meeting of the government” on Thursday evening, followed by a press ...

Bruins notebook: Too many points are being squandered in overtime

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:36 GMT

With the way the Bruins have to play to succeed, relying on defense and goaltending, they are going to be in a lot of tight games. Many of those close contests will go to overtime and the 3-on-3.They need to be a lot better at it than they have been.The B’s are just 2-6 in overtimes, with the last loss coming on Tuesday as they dropped a 4-3 decision to the Minnesota Wild. So it stood to reason that coach Jim Montgomery and his staff dedicated a chunk of Thursday’s practice to some extended 3-on-3 work.What was he looking to instill?“Better puck management, better defensively and just overall a little more urgency,” said Montgomery before the team took off a two-game roadie to Winnipeg and Minnesota. “We’re 2-6 in overtime in 3-on-3, so obviously we’re not near good enough, so we have to get better at it and we have to practice it more.”Losing the puck just once can be fatal.“As soon as you lose possession, you’re playing defense for what could be five ...