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More than 100 beds available in Denver's addiction and shelter service

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Newly released data from the Denver Medical Examiner's Office reports that 70% of the homeless deaths in Denver this year were caused by drugs and alcohol.It's a 10% increase from last year. Homelessness in Denver up 58% since 2016 Meghan Shay is the executive director of STEP Denver, a local addiction program center. She said their specialty is helping men overcome addiction and reach sobriety in every aspect of their lives from the ground up. “It’s heartbreaking and crushing because you know the potential of these people," she said. "We know they have something to offer this world if they could get their addiction into remission.” It's what organizers do at the organization's 60-bed facility on Larimer Street.“We also have 6 sober living homes in metro Denver, so at any given time we can house up to 90 men. We serve about 400 men each year helping them exit homelessness," said Shay. “We know the men coming to us are in life or death circumstances.”She says help...

Denver weather: Sunny and milder start to the workweek

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay sunny with a slight warming trend through the start of the workweek. Mines quarterback breaks all-time NCAA record for total touchdowns Weather tonight: Clear, coolSunday night will stay clear and cool. Temperatures will drop to a low around freezing in Denver. Weather tomorrow: Sunny, mildMonday, Sunshine will help keep this slight warming trend going. Highs will reach the mid-60s, which is 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. Looking ahead: Sunny and warmer weather sticks around Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will bring plenty of sunshine and above-normal temperatures. All three of those days, temperatures will start in the mid-30s, then climb to a high in the upper 60s, which is about 15 degrees warmer than normal. Freight train derails in Gilpin County, causes Amtrak delays A few more clouds will build in Friday and Saturday. Both days will see a slight drop in temperature, reaching highs in the 60s. This will be ahead...

2-year-old boy dies after being found unresponsive in SW Miami-Dade pool

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

A devastated family is dealing with unimaginable pain after what police described as the drowning of a 2-year-old boy in the swimming pool of a home in Southwest Miami-Dade.Miami-Dade Police units responded to the residence, located along the 14300 block of Southwest 170th Terrace, at around 10 a.m., Sunday.“When those officers arrived on scene, they observed a toddler, a small child, who had just been removed from the pool and was unresponsive,” said MDPD Detective Andre Martin.First responders immediately rushed into action.“A young child, non-responsive, found alone in the pool. We’re doing CPR now,” said a first responder in radio transmissions.Once Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units arrived, police said, the toddler was airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Investigators said a family member took their eyes off the child for just a moment.“They went to go check on the child, they went to look at where the child sho...

Hélicoptères, jumelles thermiques et aspirateurs : comment la police française dépense l’argent britannique

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

PARIS — Si la police française a pu investir dans de nouveaux équipements de surveillance grâce à l’argent versé par le Royaume-Uni pour la protection de la frontière à Calais, elle a aussi utilisé ces fonds pour s’équiper en matériel de la vie quotidienne : aspirateurs, micro-ondes ou encore chargeurs de téléphone. C’est ce qu’a pu constater POLITICO dans des documents inédits obtenus du ministère de l’Intérieur par voie judiciaire et détaillant les dépenses réalisées dans le cadre du traité de Sandhurst, négocié en 2018 entre Emmanuel Macron et la Première ministre britannique de l’époque, Theresa May. Ces documents révèlent aussi les décomptes réalisés par la police faisant le bilan des tentatives de franchissement de la Manche. Ils n’ont été communiqués que mi-octobre, après une condamnation du tribunal administratif ; notre demande avait été faite en 2021. L’argent britannique représente 10% du budget total de la France pour la protection de ses fron...

Iran is a direct threat to Europe

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

Henrik F. Rasmussen is the executive director of the Institute for Science and International Security.Hamas’ attacks against Israel on October 7 have laid bare an uncomfortable reality for the West: The threat from Islamic extremism is as real as ever.A long effort by the United States, Europe and Israel to “manage” rather than solve security problems in the region has proven an utter failure. And Israel’s approach of occasionally “mowing the lawn” with limited raids against terrorists in Gaza is the most immediate example of a policy that’s no longer viable.Thus, to protect its citizens, Israel must now deal with Hamas once and for all. The U.S. and Europe should give the country all the backing it needs to do so, and this includes applying diplomatic pressure to deny Hamas sanctuary in places like Turkey and Qatar.Behind Hamas, however, lurks a much greater, existential threat to Israel that’s also a direct threat to the West’s security on the whole — and that is Iran.The Iranian ...

Helicopters, riding boots and vacuum cleaners: How French border force spends UK money

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

PARIS — French authorities spent U.K. money aimed at preventing migrants from crossing the English Channel on equipment ranging from high-tech surveillance gear to vacuum cleaners and phone chargers for cars, a breakdown of spending reveals for the first time. Funds given to France under the Sandhurst Treaty were also used to police the border with Italy, 900 kilometers from the English Channel, according to the records obtained by POLITICO under freedom of information rules. French police have stopped fewer than half of all migrants attempting to cross the English Channel since the deal was signed in 2018, the records show, prompting fresh doubts over U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to “stop the boats” as an election looms.Budget documents show how France has spent the £40.4 million (€46.5 million) the U.K. has given its neighbor under the treaty on border security negotiated by President Emmanuel Macron and then-Prime Minister Theresa May.A significant portion ...

Josep Borrell: The EU’s undiplomatic top diplomat

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

Josep Borrell made some EU diplomats very angry indeed.The bloc’s top diplomat exited a meeting in Luxembourg in late October and mapped out the position of EU countries on the Israel-Hamas war. Except he got it wrong. Borrell said there was “basic consensus” among the ministers on the need for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. However, it took four more days of diplomatic haggling and a five-hour-long leaders’ meeting behind closed doors to reach unanimity on the wording. EU leaders ultimately agreed on the need for humanitarian pauses (plural). “Basic consensus” was wide of the mark. While Spain was angling for a full cease-fire, countries such as Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic wanted to avoid any language that sounded like it might impinge on Israel’s right to self-defense. A top official from the European External Action Service, the EU’s diplomatic arm, had to go and explain to the member states why Borrell announced there was con...

No update on Ravens CB Marlon Humphrey, LT Ronnie Stanley after they exit loss to Browns with injuries

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

It was bad enough that the Ravens squandered a 14-point fourth-quarter lead against the Cleveland Browns at home Sunday. The salt in the wound is that they also lost two key starters to injury during the game.Cornerback Marlon Humphrey exited with an ankle injury in the third quarter, while left tackle Ronnie Stanley suffered a knee injury in the fourth.Neither player returned, and coach John Harbaugh said after the game that he did not have an update on either.“It’s a long season,” Harbaugh said of the 33-31 loss on a last-second, 41-yard field goal. “You do lose games like this.”Humphrey was injured after a short pass over the middle to Browns tight end David Njoku midway through the third quarter, though the injury appeared to be noncontact as Humphrey made a move in the open field. He remained down but was sitting up as trainers tended to him before limping off.With Humphrey out, Brandon Stephens and Rock Ya-Sin lined up as the outside cornerbacks. ...

Man stabbed after fight in Etobicoke

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

Police are searching for a man wanted in a late-night stabbing in Etobicoke.Investigators say two men were reportedly fighting in the area of Dundas Street West and The East Mall just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday when one of them was stabbed.The extent of the man’s injuries was not immediately available.Police are searching for one man described as Black, between 25 and 30 years of age, six-foot-one with short black hair. He was last seen wearing all black.

80 people freed from Australian migrant centers since High Court outlawed indefinite detention

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eighty people, including convicted criminals considered dangerous, have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last week that their indefinite detention was unconstitutional, the immigration minister said Monday,A member of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority won freedom Wednesday when the court outlawed his indefinite detention. Australia has been unable to find any country willing to resettle the man, identified only as NZYQ, because he had been convicted of raping a 10-year-old boy, and authaorities consider him a danger to the Australian community.The court overturned a 2004 High Court precedent set in the case of a Palestinian man, Ahmed Al-Kateb, that found stateless people could be held indefinitely in detention.Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said NZYQ is one of 80 people who had been detained indefinitely and have been freed since Wednesday’s ruling.“It is important to note that the Hig...