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UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell a surge in gang violence and restore security so the troubled Caribbean nation can hold long-delayed elections.The U.S.-drafted resolution obtained by The Associated Press on Saturday welcomes Kenya’s offer to lead the multinational security force. It makes clear this would be a non-U.N. force funded by voluntary contributions.The resolution would authorize the force for one year, with a review after nine months.The force would be allowed to provide operational support to Haiti’s National Police, which is underfunded and under resourced, with only some 10,000 active officers for a country of more than 11 million people.The resolution said the force would help built capacity of local police “through the planning and conduct of joint security support operations as it works to counter gangs and improv...

‘A shared responsibility’: quotes from Canada’s 3rd Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

People donned orange clothing and gathered by the hundreds across Canada on Saturday to acknowledge the systemic oppression of Indigenous people by marking the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The federal statutory holiday recognizes abuses suffered by Inuit, First Nations and Metis people at hundreds of state and church-run residential schools.Here are some excerpts of what was said in honour of the occasion:—“I remember sitting there crying, and I was only seven years old. And my parents were probably thinking, ‘Yeah, our kids are in a better place, they’re safe, they’re looked after, they’re getting an education. But it wasn’t (safe). I was sexually abused by one of the workers, and I never talked about that.” — Tammy Cook-Searson, chief of Saskatchewan’s Lac La Ronge Indian Band—“A lot of us have to understand not just what happened in the past, but the impacts that the past has in very real things today … Whether itR...

Panama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August, due to a drought that has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks. That compares to daily averages of 36 to 38 ships per day under normal operation. Nine ships per day will be allowed to use the new, bigger NeoPanamax locks and 22 per day will be handled through the older Panamax locks. The Canal Authority guaranteed a draft of 44 feet for ships, in part because 70% of ships using the waterway need at least that depth.In August, the canal implemented a measure capping the number of ships passing through its locks daily to a maximum of 32.Not enough rain has fallen to feed the watershed system of rivers and brooks that fill lakes, whose waters in turn fill the locks.The watershed also supplies freshwater to Panama City, home to about half the country’s 4 million people.The Associated Press

Hundreds of tenants at 2 North York buildings to join rent strike

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

Deteriorating living conditions and unaffordable rent increases have led more than 100 tenants at two apartment buildings in North York to join other neighbourhood groups in withholding rent from their landlord. The buildings at 1440 and 1442 Lawrence Avenue West are owned by Barney River Investments. Residents claim the private real estate investment and management company has refused to address serious repairs in the buildings while consistently increasing rent above rent control. Conditions are said to be so bad that even Canada Post has refused to deliver mail to the buildings the last three years. “Canada post is saying bed bug infestation in your building and they are not going to deliver mail but for the landlord it’s OK for people to live in these conditions,” said Bruno Dobrusin, an organizer with the York South-Weston Tenant Union. CityNews detected foul smells throughout several floors which appeared to have not been properly cleaned, including garbage s...

State of Texas: 'This is about truth,' Whistleblower case against Paxton cleared to move forward

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Two weeks after Attorney General Ken Paxton's acquittal in his impeachment trial, the Texas Supreme Court announced on Friday that the whistleblowers' lawsuit against Paxton can move forward.The lawsuit was filed by former top deputies at the Office of Attorney General who claim they were wrongfully fired by Paxton. The former employees say the firings came after making "good faith" reports to the FBI about alleged actions taken by Paxton for the benefit of Austin-area real estate developer Nate Paul.The ruling from the Texas Supreme Court clears the way for the lawsuit to return to a Travis County trial court. The lawsuit had been on hold after a $3.3 million dollar settlement with the whistleblowers was proposed. Concerns over using taxpayer funds to pay the settlement helped lead to the Texas House investigation of Paxton and subsequent impeachment trial.Nexstar spoke with Blake Brickman, one of the whistleblowers involved in the impeachment trial and lawsuit. ...

Area college football: Last-second goal-line stand preserves Tommies’ 20-14 victory over Dayton

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

St. Thomas needed a last-second goal-line stand to pull out a hard-fought 20-14 victory over Dayton in a Pioneer Football League game Saturday in Dayton, Ohio.The Flyers had the ball at the Tommies’ 4-yard line with 10 seconds left on the clock. But on fourth down, St. Thomas’ Johnson Fallah snuck up behind wide-open receiver Joey Swanson in the end zone and batted away a pass from Dante Casciola, preventing a tying touchdown and preserving the Tommies’ 12th consecutive PFL victory.St. Thomas (3-2 overall, 2-0 PFL) led 20-0 midway through the second quarter, but Dayton (2-3, 0-2) kept clawing its way back into the game.Tommies quarterback Tak Tateoka completed 15 of 23 passes for 100 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.The St. Thomas defense got 13 tackles from Nick Hand and 12 from Jonathan Bunce, plus interceptions from Grif Wurtz and Kam In.Bethel 37, Gustavus Adolphus 28The Royals (2-2, 1-1 MIAC) scored 20 points in the final 5 minutes and 4 seconds to r...

Only 10 people live in St. Louis County's smallest village

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

CHAMP, Mo. - St. Louis County consists of nearly 100 municipalities. Some prosper behind tens of thousands of residents. Others exist at a fraction of that.The smallest municipality of St. Louis County, in terms of population, is only home to 10 people. According to 2020 U.S. Census figures, that distinction belongs to the village of Champ, Missouri, in northwest St. Louis County. Champ, Missouri, borders parts of Bridgeton and Maryland Heights and covers approximately one square mile of land. According to Google Maps, the following buildings, structures, and sites are within Champ, Missouri, village limits: Small parts of Interstates 70 and 270Champ LandfillGrace ChurchRyze Adventure ParkZoltek CorporationAim LaboratoriesAn office for St. Louis Community CollegeA small number of homesMost of these locations, however, list Maryland Heights or Bridgeton within their addresses. The village doesn't have a website, and there aren't many obvious indicators to let people know when they'r...

PHOTOS: CU comes up short with a 48-41 loss to USC Trojans

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

The Colorado Buffaloes took on and lost 48-41 to the USC Trojans at Folsom Field on September 30, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado.

Yes, it’s cold and dreary, Bay Area, but how do possible record highs in the 90s sound this coming week?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

A cold front zipped through Northern California on Saturday, bringing showers and a chance of lightning, but a big shift is in store later this week: Tank tops and sandals are in the forecast, as temperatures could hit higher than 90 degrees in the South and East Bay.The heat wave could tie or possibly break a record of 91 degrees this Thursday in San Jose, which dates back to 1930. The thermometer on Thursday could hit 87 in Oakland, 81 in San Francisco and 92 in Concord.“Today was 10 degrees below average,” said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Bay Area of Saturday. “By around Wednesday to Thursday, we will be 10 degrees above average. For early October, that will be a notable heat wave.”The schizophrenic weather comes as California on Sunday enters what meteorologists consider a new “rain year,” after a series of major storms last winter ended the Golden State’s latest drought.Saturday’s showers added to the total with ...

New children's book by Bay Area author on media representation

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:40:25 GMT

(KRON) -- A new children's book is coming about the power of representation. "How This Book Got Red" is a story about a red panda who decides to write her own story when she can't find any panda books that include animals that look like her.KRON4 spoke with Bay Area Taiwanese-American author Margaret Chiu Greanias. Watch the full interview in the media player above.