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Here’s why some Va. lawmakers want to change the state’s constitution

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

As Virginia lawmakers prepare to head back to work on Jan. 10, the public is getting its first look at some of the legislation that will be considered in Richmond during the 2024 legislative session.On the table are a pair of amendments that would change the state’s constitution, including one that would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion.The amendment “provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one’s own decisions about all matters related to one’s pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth.”If accepted, the new amendment would prohibit “the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual’s right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unless justified by a compelling state intere...

Exclusiva de CNN: dentro de la lucha de Ucrania por el río Dnipro

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

(CNN) — Mientras Serhiy Ostapenko se agazapaba en su camioneta, escondiéndose bajo los árboles para protegerse en la oscuridad de la noche, los estruendos de los bombardeos rusos retumbaban a su alrededor.“El enemigo nos bombardea las 24 horas del día. No recuerdo la última vez que hubo silencio durante más de una hora”, dijo el piloto ucraniano de drones, de 32 años, hablando desde la orilla derecha del río Dnipro, en el sur de Ucrania, una de las nuevas líneas de frente en una guerra devastadora que ahora entra en su segundo invierno.Ostapenko es miembro de la unidad de drones “Hijos del Trueno”, parte de la operación de Ucrania para cruzar el Dnipro, haciendo retroceder a las fuerzas rusas y estableciendo una presencia sostenida en la margen izquierda. A principios de este mes, Ucrania dijo que “ganó un punto de apoyo” en el banco, un avance potencialmente significativo en lo que hasta ahora ha sido una mediocre contraofensiva.Pero durante el acceso exclusivo de CNN con Ost...

Denver weather: Snow and cold on a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for Friday as snow and much colder temperatures move into Denver's weather forecast Thursday night into the weekend. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect from Thursday evening through Saturday. Accumulating snow will make travel difficult during this time. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team Weather tonight: Snow and coldSnow will start to pick up after sunset and continue Friday night. Temperatures will be cold and fall to lows in the teens alongside a stronger breeze gusting up to 30 mph at times.Weather tomorrow: Snow showers, coldFriday, snow showers will thin, but Denver will be left with chilly and cloudy conditions. Highs will only reach the mid-20s, which is much more typical for lows this time of year. Looking ahead: Snow ending, milder workweekMost of the snow will start to taper off on Friday, but the chance for a few more snow showers will continu...

Stuffed? How to burn Thanksgiving calories without leaving home

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (KDVR) — You might already be digesting your Thanksgiving Day meal — and by now, you might have already finished off seconds.Fitness experts said you can burn some of those calories off with chores you are already doing around your home."One of the great things about Thanksgiving is that there is a lot of opportunity for some high-protein dishes," Lena Hangge said.Hangge and her colleague, Caleb Kinney-Woods, are personal fitness trainers at Lifetime Fitness in Westminster.Don't forget to drink waterThanksgiving sees many meals eaten, sometimes in one sitting, but there's a chance to curb the negative impact of so many carbs, sugars and calories."For every sugary drink that you drink, drink a glass of water," Hangge said. "Don't forget about water, people. Stay hydrated." Here’s what your dog can eat off your Thanksgiving plate Once that meal is in your system, Hangge and Kinney-Woods call it an opportunity to fuel an active day and burn some calories."Don't get...

US 287 reopens from Ted's Place to Wyoming after multiple crashes

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — As Thanksgiving Day wound down, a snowstorm began to move into Colorado. And it didn't take long for the weather to affect the roads.Northern Colorado, including Boulder and Fort Collins, are under a winter storm warning, with the area expected to get 5-12 inches of snow. The warning went into effect Thursday afternoon and is expected to stay in effect until 5 a.m. Saturday. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team Around 5 p.m. Thursday, U.S. 287 was closed from Highway 14, at Ted's Place, to the Wyoming state line. Multiple crashes were reported on the icy road, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The closure was from mile points 356-385.The highway reopened later Thursday night.The Denver metro area also was under a winter weather advisory, with a few inches expected by Saturday.A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for Friday, with the icy conditions expected to impact travel on the Black Friday shopping ho...

'A work from God': Jerusalem art survives Aurora house fire

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Days before Thanksgiving, a fire tore through an Aurora family's home, destroying almost everything. The family told FOX31 that what the destructive fire spared can only be described as a sign from God: A picture of Jerusalem was left untouched by the blaze. After tragedy, Aurora community leader helps distribute 1,000 Thanksgiving meals Five days after the fire tore through the home on East Layton Place, Renee Unruh is letting it all sink in. “This is my mom's house. She’s 70 years old," Unruh said. "She’s also had a nest egg for her, us and her grandchildren."Saturday around noon, that changed for the family.“A space heater tipped over and it was an older one and it caught on fire, which then caught the couch and blankets we tried to use to put it out," Unruh said.Colorful art left among the ashesThere's not much left of the home where the family made memories for three decades.“There is nothing but soot and piles of things to show for any of that, that’s ...

Is Westminster ready for the return of Donald Trump?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music With opinion polls showing Donald Trump beating President Joe Biden in key battleground states a year out from the next U.S. election, podcast host Jack Blanchard asks whether Westminster is even remotely ready for the prospect of a second Trump presidency.Britain’s forme...

Geert Wilders stuns with far-right election victory in the Netherlands

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music Far-right leader Geert Wilders came out on top in the Dutch election this week, sending shock waves through Brussels and beyond.In this episode of EU Confidential, host Suzanne Lynch is joined by Eline Schaart and Nicholas Vinocur to break down the results of the vote, and what...

Main Taiwan opposition party announces vice presidential candidate as hopes for alliance fracture

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party announced its vice presidential candidate Friday as hopes for a cross-party alliance to challenge the ruling Democratic Progressive Party have fractured and relations with China remain tense. Hou Yu-ih said former legislator and Cabinet member Chao Shao-kang would be his running mate in the January polls. Chao had led a breakaway faction of Nationalist politicians who established the New Party in the 1990s, but has since returned the Nationalist camp as the DPP has held on to power in both the presidential office and the legislature. The announcement comes days after the DPP announced that its presidential candidate, serving vice president William Lai, had recruited former de-facto ambassador to the U.S. Bi-khim Hsiao as his running mate. The Lai-Hsiao ticket is favored to win in the January polls, taking over from incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen, who is limited to two terms. The parties are largely divided by their a...

The founding editor of The Washington Monthly magazine, Charles Peters, has died at 96

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:45:32 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Peters, founding editor of The Washington Monthly and its editor-in-chief for three decades, died Thursday at age 96.In confirming his death in his Washington home, the journal reported that Peters had been in declining health for several years, mainly from congestive heart failure.Peters, a native of Charleston, West Virginia, brought an influential neoliberal voice to the politics of his day, challenging the left as well as the right in political circles cleaved along those ideological lines. He served as the magazine’s editor from 1969 to 2000. The author and journalist James Fallows, who began his career at the magazine, told readers of Peters’ death on the journal’s website.“He matters in the ideals he has set for his country,” Fallows wrote. “That it should be patriotic but not jingoistic, that it can respect the military without being pro-war, that it can celebrate ambition and entrepreneurship without forgetting those left behind, ...