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No One Believes in Cop City. So Why Did Atlanta’s City Council Fund It?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

Last week, as Atlanta was absorbing yet another piece of bad news about its snakebit proposal for a new police and fire training facility — that it would cost the public twice as much as had been discussed — MSNBC host Chris Hayes said what much of the national audience must be thinking.“I have to say, I’ve followed this story from afar and only moderately closely, but I remain mystified why Atlanta officials are just so so SO intent on building this thing,” he tweeted.The city first accepted the proposal to build the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center — Cop City in the vernacular, a $90 million, 85-acre campus just outside of the city proper — while crime was rising in 2021, but also while the wounds of the George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks protests were still healing. A multimillion-dollar police training center, in the middle of a forest, with little transparency or recourse for voters, felt like a slap in the face to people who had been marching Atlanta fl...

Novak Djokovic perfect in key tiebreaker at French Open and faces No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic, in his words, felt “quite sluggish, quite slow” for nearly two full sets against Karen Khachanov in the the French Open quarterfinals Tuesday. Afterward, Djokovic called it his worst stretch of the tournament, a fair assessment. He dropped the opening set, something he hadn’t done at Roland Garros this year. As the second went to a tiebreaker in Court Philippe Chatrier, he knew it was vital to step up his game, bring forth his best. It’s one thing to seek perfection; it’s another entirely to deliver. As if merely wanting so made it so, Djokovic did what he’s done before at crucial moments over the years en route to 22 Grand Slam titles. Managing to choose the right shot every time, managing to put each ball precisely where he intended, Djokovic threw a shutout of a tiebreaker to point himself toward what would become a 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 victory over the 11th-seeded Khachanov.Djokovic, who will meet No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in a m...

Business Highlights: Solar power plan in New Jersey; Former Southwest agent charged with fraud

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

___New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plantMILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey utilities have joined forces on a clean energy project to pump water from a reservoir to 84,000 homes and businesses. New Jersey American Water Company and NJR Clean Energy Ventures put more than 16,500 floating solar panels atop the water of a reservoir in Millburn. The power generated by those floating panels provides 95% of the electricity that the Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant requires each day. The companies say the 17-acre solar array is the largest floating solar array in North America. Long popular in Asia, floating solar arrays are starting to catch on in the United States.___Former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is charged with fraud in voucher-selling schemeCHICAGO (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is being charged with fraud. Federal prosecutors say he issued nearly $1.9 million in travel vouchers and sold them...

NCAA Division I Baseball Super Regionals Glance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

All Times EDT:Best of Three: x-if necessary:SUPER REGIONALSHost school is Game 1 home team; visiting school is Game 2 home team; coin flip determines Game 3 home teamAt David F. Couch BallparkWinston-Salem, N.C.Saturday, June 10: Wake Forest (50-10) vs. Alabama (43-19), noonSunday, June 11: Wake Forest vs. Alabama, TBDx-Monday, June 12: Wake Forest vs. Alabama, TBDAt Klein Field at Sunken DiamondStanford, Calif.Saturday, June 10: Stanford (42-17) vs. Texas (41-20), 6 p.m.Sunday, June 11: Stanford vs. Texas, TBDx-Monday, June 12: Stanford vs. Texas, TBDAt Alex Box StadiumBaton Rouge, La.Saturday, June 10: LSU (46-15) vs. Kentucky (40-19), 3 p.m.Sunday, June 11: LSU vs. Kentucky, TBDx-Monday, June 12: LSU vs. Kentucky, TBDAt Pete Taylor ParkHattiesburg, Miss.Saturday, June 10: Tennessee (41-19) vs. Southern Miss. (45-18), 3 p.m.Sunday, June 11: Tennessee vs. Southern Miss., TBDx-Monday, June 12: Tennessee vs. Southern Miss., TBDAt Condron Family BallparkGainesville, Fla.Friday, June 9...

Comienzan las postulaciones para las primarias opositoras en Venezuela con una duda que divide a los aspirantes: ¿debe el Consejo Nacional Electoral supervisar el proceso?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Comisión Nacional Electoral de las Primarias de la oposición en Venezuela empezó este lunes el período de postulaciones de los aspirantes a la medición interna, que se extenderá hasta el 23 de junio.En estas primarias, previstas para el 22 de octubre, la mayoría de la oposición espera unir esfuerzos para elegir a un candidato presidencial único que represente a un sector muy fragmentado. Sin embargo, ese objetivo enfrenta grandes desafíos. Uno de ellos es definir si el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) prestará su apoyo técnico para organizar los comicios. Según la Constitución, las elecciones deben realizarse en 2024, pero aún no se ha dado a conocer la fecha exacta de dichos comicios.Anuncian que Freddy Superlano reemplazará a Guaidó en las primarias opositoras de VenezuelaEl CNE ha recibido críticas públicas desde las filas opositoras por considerar que no ha sido imparcial. El organismo ha desestimado esas acusaciones, asegurando que “el sistema automatiz...

Back to Bob: Florida Panthers confident goalie Sergei Bobrovsky will rebound in Stanley Cup Final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky entered the Stanley Cup Final as the hottest goaltender in hockey.He backstopped the Florida Panthers to the final by winning 11 of his last 12 games and stopping 438 of 465 shots in that span, for a 1.95 goals-against average and .942 save percentage. In two losses to the Vegas Golden Knights before being pulled midway through Game 2 Monday night, Bobrovsky has allowed eight goals in just under 87 minutes of action for a 5.52 GAA and .826 save percentage.Despite all that, and because of everything he did to get Florida through the Eastern Conference playoffs, coach Paul Maurice is expressing plenty of confidence in “Bob” moving forward into Game 3 on Thursday.“He was very, very good in Game 1,” Maurice said Tuesday before the teams flew from Las Vegas to Florida. “I thought Sergei was like our team (in Game 2): I thought we were just slightly off. We didn’t give him a chance. He didn’t, maybe, quiet the game early for us when we needed it...

Trial starts for plastic surgeon accused in teen patient's death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) -- Opening statements in the negligent homicide trial against a Greenwood Village plastic surgeon took place Tuesday afternoon at the Arapahoe County district courthouse.Dr. Geoffrey Kim faces charges of reckless manslaughter, negligent homicide and obstructing telephone services.Kim was scheduled to perform breast enhancement surgery on 18-year-old Emmalyn Nguyen on Aug. 1, 2019.Instead, the teenager slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness. She died at a nursing home 14 months later, in October 2020, at the age of 19. Colorado Springs man killed after seeking help from police Kim is accused of refusing his staff's request to call 911 for more than five hours after Nguyen failed to regain consciousness.The star witness against Kim is expected to be nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker.Meeker was originally charged with manslaughter in February 2022 for "recklessly causing the death of Nguyen from similar allegations plus, failing to properly observe h...

Why is Colorado stuck in a wet, stormy weather pattern?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

Denver (KDVR) -- Denver has recorded rain 11 out of the last 14 days and this rainy, stormy pattern is continuing."This is unique in the sense that it has been persistent," said Greg Heavener, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder. "We keep getting these really big influxes of Gulf of Mexico moisture across eastern Colorado and once it hits the mountains to our west, it rings it out as showers and thunderstorms on an almost daily basis," Heavener said.Heavener said this keeps happening because of a blocking pattern. Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Travis Michels explains. "Just like the offensive line of a football team, they are blocking because they don't want anyone to get to the quarterback. Well this high-pressure system is blocking this low-pressure system from making its way across the country and because it stops it, we don't get this low-pressure system to really move quickly and it stalls out and it stays in the same position and it stays in that rain...

Police seek video of SUV in Aurora road rage killing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Police are investigating a deadly road rage shooting that killed a 48-year-old man.Aurora Police responded to a call about a shooting in the Dayton Triangle neighborhood near South Havana Street and East Idaho Place just before 10 p.m. Monday. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident.APD said the victim, Stephen Dennis Qualls from Denver, was found at the scene suffering from a single gunshot wound. He was rushed to a local hospital where he later died. Loved ones still searching for answers in restaurant double homicide Police told FOX31 that there were other people in the car with the victim, including two small children.The suspect had been driving erratically and ended up stopping next to the victim's car at a stoplight, where the shooting happened.At this time, APD does not have any suspect information, but officers are asking the public to look out for a suspected vehicle which was described as a red or maroon Ford Explorer ...

Denver weather: Which days have the lowest storm chances this week?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay wet for the next week. There will be a chance for storms each afternoon, with heavy rain and lightning the main threats each day. Weather tonight: Scattered stormsStorms will push across the Front Range from 3-8 p.m. Tuesday. They will be slow-moving with heavy rain and could cause minor road flooding in low-lying areas. Stronger storms will bring lightning and the potential for small hail. They will be spotty, meaning not everyone will see a storm Tuesday night. Only 5 days into June, this much rain has fallen Storms will clear out after 8 p.m. with clearing skies and dry conditions returning overnight. Temperatures will fall into the low 50s early Wednesday morning. Weather tomorrow: Storms returnWednesday's temperatures will stay in the mid-70s. There will be a chance for scattered storms in the afternoon and evening.Similar to Monday and Tuesday, there is not a threat for storms to turn severe with large hail and strong wind gus...