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A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni’s policy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

ROME (AP) — A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia, overwhelmed a tiny southern Italian island on Wednesday, taxing the coast guard’s capability to intercept the smugglers’ vessels and testing Premier Giorgia Meloni’s pledge to thwart irregular migration.Compounding the political pressure on Italy’s first post-war far-right leader were vows by France and Germany to rebuff migrants who arrive by sea on Italian shores, and, in defiance of European Union asylum system rules, head northward to try to find jobs or relatives.Starting early Tuesday, the unseaworthy, overcrowded iron boats, came one after the other in what appeared to be almost a procession to onlookers on Lampedusa, a fishing and tourist island south of Sicily. Around 6,800 migrants came in a span of just over 24 hours — that number is a few hundred higher than the isle’s full-time population.In all, by Wednesday evening some 120 boats had arrived, Transpor...

Muere el director de cine venezolano Román Chalbaud

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

(CNN Español) — A sus 91 años y con el récord de más películas producidas y dirigidas en Venezuela, murió este martes el cineasta Román Chalbaud, informó el Ministerio de Cultura de aquel país.A través de un comunicado, la dependencia de cultura venezolana informó que Chalbaud fue el director más prolífico de Venezuela al haber dirigido 23 películas en su carrera.Entre las obras más destacadas del cineasta resaltan: “La quema de Judas” (1974), “El pez que fuma” (1977), “Cangrejo” (1984), “La oveja negra” (1987), “El Caracazo” (2005), “Zamora, tierra y hombres libres” (2009) y “La planta insolente” (2014), entre otras.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

University of Northern Colorado hockey suspended after conduct investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The University of Northern Colorado's club hockey team has been suspended through 2026 after an investigation into conduct violations.According to a spokesperson for UNC, allegations against members of the team were made last spring. Failing to obey Colorado’s new roundabout law could cost you $70 "That resulted in the university launching a months-long investigation to thoroughly and carefully gather information about the allegations," the school said in a statement emailed to FOX31.The team responded to a tweet saying it was being investigated and faced allegations regarding underage drinking and hazing. "We are currently working to appeal those allegations as we feel the punishment does not correspond to our actions. We appreciate any support," UNC Hockey said on X, formally Twitter,. Photos: 150 years of Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver A statement from the team's account on X said it has been suspended through 2026."The university's actions and resolution dem...

Could Denver put the brakes on right turns on red?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Some members of Mayor Mike Johnston's transition team on transportation are proposing the city ban all right turns on red within his first 100 days."It's an easy policy change that can be done relatively quickly by the Mayor and city council," said Molly McKinley with Denver Streets Partnership.Right turns on red weren't legalized until the 1970s, according to Denver Streets Partnership, as a way to save gas during the oil prices, but research shows it hasn't made a huge impact. According to Denver Streets Partnership, allowing right turns on red increases pedestrian crashes by 60 percent and bike crashes by 100 percent."If you think about your experience as a driver if you're at a stop light and you're trying to make a right turn on red you're usually looking left you're looking for oncoming vehicle traffic, but drivers aren't always looking both ways in those occasions," McKinley said. Failing to obey Colorado’s new roundabout law could cost you The Department o...

Prime effect: 8.7M viewers watched Colorado defeat Nebraska

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The nation's eyes were truly on Boulder for the University of Colorado Buffaloes home opener. FOX Sports said 8.73 million viewers watched CU take down the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Deion Sanders' home turf debut.Saturday's electric game was record-breaking in more ways than one. The game was sold out with 51,241 people in attendance. It was the highest attendance at the field in 15 years, according to the team on social media. Celebrities spotted in Boulder for CU vs. Nebraska game Coach Prime's Buffaloes beat longtime rival Nebraska with a final score of 36-14. And according to FOX, it had the highest viewership for a Pac-12 regular season game on the network. The network was ready for the attention as FOX's "Big Noon Kickoff" pregame show was broadcast from the university's Farrand Field. The pregame show will be back for a second week in a row for the Rocky Mountain Showdown between CU and Colorado State University. Aside from being the most-watched Pac-12 game o...

Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and governor, won’t seek reelection in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection in 2024, creating a wide-open contest in a state that heavily favors Republicans and is expected to attract a crowded field.Romney, a former presidential candidate and governor of Massachusetts, made the announcement in a video statement. The 76-year-old said the country is ready for new leadership.“Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders,” he said. “They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in.”Romney easily won election in reliably GOP Utah in 2018 but was expected to face more resistance from his own party after he emerged as one of the most visible members to break with former President Donald Trump, who is still the party’s de-facto leader.Romney in 2020 became the first senator in U.S. history to vote to convict a president from their own party in an impeachment trial. Romney was the only Republican to vote agains...

Mission: Impossible — Transparency? EU closes a chapter on Qatargate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

EU politicians are acting as if they’re ready to move on from Qatargate.MEPs wrapped up a slate of transparency enhancements on Wednesday after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union speech earlier in the day made no reference to repeated breaches in trust that have plagued Brussels institutions. With a vote of 505 to 93, MEPs in Strasbourg approved changes to their own rules that would require them to declare their assets and log more of their meetings with interested representatives, including diplomats. They also agreed to implement a clearer definition of conflict of interest and publish considerably more detail about income from side jobs that pay more than €5,000. The broad majority was anything but assured: MEPs from the center-right European People’s Party and other more conservative groups rejected a version of the measure in a committee vote last week.“Proud that in record time, we took unprecedented decisions to strengthen integrity,...

Shelter-in-place alert lifted in Lynn as police continue to search for shooting suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

Police in Lynn say they are still searching for a suspect wanted in connection with what they believe was a targeted shooting on Wednesday.The Lynn Police Department announced it finished an extensive search for the suspect in the area of Commercial Street after shots were fired around 11:30 a.m., leading to officials issuing a shelter-in-place alert for the surrounding neighborhood and schools.“The Lynn Police have completed an extensive search of the area with the Mass State Police. The suspect has not been located,” the department stated on Facebook. “We encourage residents to be vigilant and to keep your doors locked. We ask everyone that has security video to check their cameras during and after this incident that occurred at 11:31 AM this morning on Commercial Street.”The shelter-in-place alert was later cancelled at 2 p.m., with the department saying officers and Massachusetts State Police troopers would remain in the area.Authorities initially told lo...

Leominster schools to reopen with 2-hour delay Thursday as flood cleanup continues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

Leominster schools will reopen with a two-hour delay Thursday after two days of canceled classes following severe flooding earlier this week, city officials announced. Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella first announced the plan for schools at a press conference around 12 p.m. Wednesday. The Leominster Public Schools in a later statement said building principals would be sending out a message to families “with any pertinent details.” The school district said transportation may be slow as buses navigate the city. “Please be patient,” the district said.Cleanup efforts have continued in Leominster after storms dropped more than nine inches of rain Monday night. Floodwaters rose fast, ultimately washing out roads and damaging homes, businesses and city facilities. First responders from numerous state and local agencies rescued residents from flooded homes. As the sun then rose on Tuesday morning, several roads remained closed in Leominster due to sinkholes and othe...

Picasso masterpiece depicting his young mistress could sell for over $120 million at auction

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:10 GMT

(CNN) — A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” is expected to fetch more than $120 million when it goes up for auction this fall.The 1932 oil painting will take center-stage at a two-day event at Sotheby’s in New York in November, when the collection of Emily Fisher Landau goes on sale.The piece, which measures 51¼ x 38 inches (130 x 96.5 centimeters), depicts Picasso’s lover and “golden muse” Marie-Thérèse Walter, who featured in many of his portraits.According to the auction house, the portrait is from one of the most prolific years of the Spanish artist’s career, which was the subject of an entire exhibition organized by the Musée Picasso in Paris and London’s Tate Modern in 2018.In a statement announcing the sale, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. Painted in 1932—Picasso’s ‘annus mirabilis’—it is full of joyful, passionate ab...