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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden is off to Delaware to give out $16 billion for passenger rail projects

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden — perhaps the nation’s biggest Amtrak fan — is set to promote new federal investments for trains on the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor. The Democratic president is headed to Bear, Delaware, on Monday to announce more than $16 billion in new funding that will go toward 25 passenger rail projects between Boston and Washington, the White House says. Bear is located about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from Biden’s home of Wilmington.His remarks will be held at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Shops, where trains are maintained and repaired. The investments, the White House says, will help trains run faster, cut delays and create union jobs.The money comes from the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law that Biden signed nearly two years ago, one of several legislative achievements that the president is touting as he gears up for his reelection bid. From the law, Amtrak will get about $66 billion in new investments, according to t...

This year’s Affordable Care Act enrollment is different: What you need to know

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

(The Hill) - Open enrollment for plans available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace has officially begun, and this year’s sign-up period will have some new factors that may make it easier for more people to sign up for coverage. Prospective customers now have until Jan. 15 to sign up for ACA insurance plans, though those who want coverage at the start of the calendar year should sign up by Dec. 15. Last year’s enrollment reached record numbers — 15.7 million — and this year’s is expected to exceed that rate. “We're already at a record high in terms of ACA Marketplace enrollment, and there's really been a couple of years of record highs in a row,” said Cynthia Cox, KFF vice president and director of the program on the ACA. “A lot of that was driven by the enhanced subsidies. The pandemic also might have motivated more people to get or maintain their health coverage.” Several factors could drive up this year’s enrollment, includin...

Trump set to testify in New York fraud trial with business empire at stake

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

(The Hill) - Donald Trump and lawyers from New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office will face off this week when the former president is expected to take the stand in the fraud case jeopardizing his business empire.His testimony marks an unprecedented turn in U.S. history where a former president and current White House candidate must defend himself on trial and in the shadow of a host of other legal troubles. However, that seems to have had little effect among GOP primary voters throwing their support behind Trump, who is consistently polling with double-digit leads ahead of his challengers among that contingent of likely voters.Still, the former president’s fury over the probe into his business has been on full display — both online and in fiery stump speeches in the Manhattan courthouse’s hallways — throughout which he has derided James as “corrupt,” “racist” and complicit in “prosecutorial misconduct.” At stake are Trump’s business licenses and the potential for...

Late week cold front puts an end to warming trend

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unseasonably warm and muggy to start the new work week, but the end is expected to look and feel much different.Today will be similar to Sunday -- warm (low 80s), high clouds, filtered sunshine and dry. South/southwest winds could be gusty at times, with speeds up to 10-15 mph. More of the same can be expected Wednesday ahead of an incoming cold front.Late week cold frontA storm system trekking east across the Plains will send a cold front our way on Thursday. Although the exact timing of whether it comes in early morning or late afternoon is uncertain still, the impacts remain the same -- gusty north winds, scattered rain and cooler temperatures.Next cold front arrives ThursdayThe time of arrival will dictate just how warm we get on Thursday, but it is likely we'll stay in the 60s Friday through the weekend.Gusty north winds follow cold front on ThursdayEarly rainfall projections show less than an inch rain for those who see rain Thursday and Friday, particularly f...

Coming soon: Listen to OutLaw podcast

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

(KXAN) — This standalone season is a companion to our “OutLaw” project – exploring a record number of laws proposed in 2023 impacting LGBTQ+ Texans, including a repeated effort to repeal the state’s ban on homosexual conduct. KXAN’s team of journalists – many, members of that community themselves – share how they work to make fair, objective coverage decisions with this topic and also how their own experiences shape their reporting – including the murder of a gay college student two decades ago.Listen to the podcast here.

Albany Police investigating Emmet Street stabbing

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Albany Police have confirmed with NEWS10 they are investigating a stabbing that happened on Emmet Street on Sunday. Details at this time are limited. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The state of the victim is unknown at this time. Stick with NEWS10 as more information becomes available.

Ask Amy: Abuse survivor tries to confront the past

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

Dear Amy: When I was a child, my mother was abusive. She’d threaten to send me away (I’m adopted, and therefore I believed her); she’d slap me across the face or hit me with a wooden spoon in a rage, and she constantly gave me the silent treatment — without explanation — sometimes for days.I don’t think my younger brother (who really misbehaved, and yet could do no wrong) got any of that.It wasn’t horrific child abuse — there were no physical scars — but it shaped me and I’m still angry about it.I am now 50, and she’s 75.We get along OK, although I still walk on eggshells around her.I tried to talk about it with her one time, a few years back.She got angry, said I was exaggerating, and then blamed me for whatever had happened: “You were miserable to be around, you know.”She said that I am “living in the past” and that it’s not healthy.Is she right?I just want to make it clear that what happened wasn’t OK — and that these things that happened were not in my imaginat...

Commissioner Hoekstra in Kenya for international climate talks with national representatives and civil society ahead of COP28

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

Today (6 November) and tomorrow (7 November), Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra (pictured) is visiting Kenya to continue preparations for the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference (30 November - 12 December). Kenya is a key partner in the African continent for building momentum towards a successful COP28 outcome. Following this visit, the Commissioner will be travelling onwards to Zambia later this week.Today, in Kenya, Commissioner Hoekstra will meet bilaterally with President William Ruto, and later in the day with the Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Soipan Tuya; and then, with the Minister of Finance and Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Economic Planning, Njuguna Ndung'u. During the day, he will also meet with key representatives of civil society and the policy community.Tomorrow, the Commissioner will visit an EU-funded project supporting regional capacity to monitor, analyse, and communicate weather patterns in the Intergovernmental Authority...

EchoStar: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — EchoStar Corp. (SATS) on Monday reported earnings of $3.2 million in its third quarter.The Englewood, Colorado-based company said it had profit of 4 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were 15 cents per share.The seller of set-top boxes and provider of satellite services to Dish Network posted revenue of $413.1 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SATS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SATSSource

Israeli forces sever north Gaza from the rest of the territory ahead of expected push into Gaza City

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:11:52 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory ahead of an expected push into the dense confines of Gaza City. Palestinians held a mass funeral on Monday for dozens of people killed in strikes in the south, where Israel has urged people to seek refuge.Troops are expected to enter the city soon, Israeli media reported, and militants who have prepared for years are expected to fight street by street using a vast network of tunnels. Casualties will likely rise on both sides in the month-old war, which has already killed more than 9,700 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Some 1,400 Israelis have died, mostly civilians killed in the brutal incursion by Hamas that started the conflict. Both tolls are unprecedented in decades of fighting.The Israeli military said late Sunday that it had cut off northern Gaza from the south, calling it a “significant stage” in the war. It said a one-way corridor for residents to ...