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4 of the 10 Thai hostages released by Hamas had not been listed as abducted

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals Friday alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal — including four Thais who had not been officially listed as abducted, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry announced Saturday morning. Thais were the single biggest group of foreigners taken hostage when Hamas took some 240 people during its Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. Thais working in Israel are mostly employed as semi-skilled farm laborers, at wages considerably higher than those at they can earn at home. The ministry said the group of 10 Thais in all — nine men and one woman — were undergoing health checks at a medical center in Israel. They were to stay there for at least 48 hours before flying home to Thailand. It released photos of the freed hostages in the Israeli hospital where they were taken Friday after their release. There was confusion overnight about the number of those freed, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin writin...

Apuñalan a Derek Chauvin, expolicía condenado por la muerte de George Floyd, en una prisión federal, según fuentes

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

(CNN) –– El expolicía Derek Chauvin, condenado por la muerte de George Floyd en Minneapolis, fue apuñalado en el Instituto Correccional Federal en Tucson, Arizona, el viernes, según una persona familiarizada con el asunto.Chauvin encuentra en condición estable, dijo la fuente.Cuando se les consultó sobre la situación de Chauvin, las oficinas del FBI en Phoenix y Minneapolis dijeron que estaban al tanto de una agresión que ocurrió en la prisión federal este viernes, pero no identificaron al individuo, y refirieron la solicitud de CNN para obtener más información a la Oficina de Prisiones.El abogado de Chauvin, Greg Erickson, dijo a CNN que están trabajando para obtener la confirmación.Aproximadamente a las 12:30 p.m., “un individuo encarcelado”, que dos fuentes confirmaron que era Chauvin, fue agredido en la Institución Correccional Federal (FCI) de Tucson en Arizona, dijo el viernes la Oficina de Prisiones en un comunicado.“Los empleados que respondieron tomaron me...

Hellebuyck gets shutout in Bowness’ return, Winnipeg blanks Florida 3-0

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 32 shots he faced, Dylan Samberg and Mason Appleton each had two assists and the Winnipeg Jets shut out the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Friday night.Nino Niederreiter, Nikolaj Ehlers and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets in coach Rick Bowness’ return from personal leave. Winnipeg is 12-5-2 on the season and went 9-2-2 under interim coach Scott Arniel while Bowness was away.Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves for the Panthers, who fell to 12-7-1.The shutout was the first of the season for Hellebuyck, who had never before blanked the Panthers. It was the 33rd regular-season shutout of Hellebuyck’s career.Florida was blanked on home ice for the first time in its last 127 games, including playoffs. It ended the longest streak of games with at least one goal at home in club history. Before Friday, the last time Florida was shut out in Sunrise was a 3-0 loss to Dallas on Feb. 24, 2021 — a game played before about 3,000 fans because of the pande...

Family business recovering after food truck stolen, damaged

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) - Felicia Walton's food truck is a family business in every sense. From the inspiration to start her own business, to the relatives who help keep it running, even its name "Phatty Boom" is inspired by her family."It is a childhood nickname that my sister gave to me," Walton said. Lakewood childcare provider arrested for felony child abuse Phatty Boom is a unique name a for food trailer, but that's Walton's business and she's proud of it."We sell chicken and waffles, steak sandwiches, cheeseburgers topped with pastrami and we have chili cheese dogs and cheesy fries," Walton said.Business was good, she even started bottling and selling the spices she uses in her dishes.All of it was inspired by the loss of her youngest son, Jalen, who was killed two years ago."He was an entrepreneur," Walton said. "He had his own business and he always promised me that he was going to buy me a food trailer because he knew how much I love to cook and entertain."Business came to ...

Child loss memorial garden in Parker vandalized

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Several trees in a child loss memorial garden in Parker were chopped down by an alleged vandal this week.The Rowan Tree Foundation is a nonprofit that honors children who were lost at the Angel Memorial Garden at McCabe Meadows Park, located at 19700 Indian Pipe Lane. Lakewood childcare provider arrested for felony child abuse The foundation said Thursday that five memorial trees were "chopped down by someone, for no other reason than to destroy."The Parker Police Department confirmed that there was significant damage to trees around the area."I’m trying to find compassion for the person who did this, because they must have a lot of pain in their hearts," the foundation's executive director Corinne O'Flynn wrote in a release. "But I’m more concerned with you, our Rowan Tree family, those who dedicated these trees with us all those years ago, and anyone who comes here to mourn this week."The vandalism comes about a week before an annual candlelight remembrance eve...

Rock Garden record label ready to recharge Boston

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

You’re a long-running rock n’ roll couple with a lot of musical friends, an enduring love for the local scene, and a newly empty nest. So of course, you take that as a cue to start a record label.The Rock Garden showcase, Sunday at Brighton Music Hall, marks the launch of Boston’s newest label. Appearing will be everyone on the roster so far: Most of it traditionally rousing Boston rock n’ roll (the False Positives, Little Billy Lost), some tinged with metal (Fifth Freedom), vintage glam-rock (Smitt E. Smitty & the Feztones), film-noir Americana (Crow Follow) and psychedelia (Galaxy Cake). There will also be a few special guests including one of Boston’s savviest rock songwriters John Powhida, keyboardist around town Captain Easychord, and label founder’s Todd Erickson’s own band Holy Smoke.The event will also double as an impromptu Beatles tribute: Since this week marks the 55th anniversary of the White Album’s release and the syndicated show “Breakfast With the Bea...

Burke: The phantom teacher shortage in public schools

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

Pop quiz time. “Teacher shortages have gotten worse.” True or false?False. And yet, that sentence was part of a recent Washington Post headline. And it’s far from uncommon.In fact, public schools have been on a hiring spree for decades. It began with President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and has continued to the present day, aided partly by a temporary federal COVID bonus payment of $190 billion.In some school districts — mainly in the south and rural areas — and in some subjects (math, special education, foreign languages, chief among them), schools have trouble filling positions. But this problem is not acute. Nationwide, there were 5% more teachers in America’s public schools during the 2020-21 school year than during the 2017-18 school year.Taking a longer view, in 1965, when Johnson launched his War on Poverty — a third of which, he said, “would be fought in the classrooms of America” — there were 1.7 million public school teachers for about 42 million students, equating to ...

Editorial: Antisemitism thriving, spreading on TikTok

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

We’ve seen contagions induced by social media before. But the sudden popularity of TikTok videos in which confused young people muse on the merits of Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America” reveal the depths of this particular app’s ability to corrupt young minds.Yes, that would be the deranged and paranoid thoughts of the terrorist mastermind of the murderous Sept. 11 attacks. On TikTok, you can find folks wondering aloud if he might just have had a point. The stupidity and ignorance of history boggles the mind.Voices on the left, such as National Public Radio, have tried to argue that the TikTok problem is overblown and white supremacists are the real problem when it comes to rising antisemitism.And, indeed, there is a growing amount of that poison on the far-right fringes.But the left also has to recognize that antisemitism has re-emerged in troubling ways within its core communities, taking parents, ill-prepared college campuses and even some media organizations by surprise.Denyin...

McManus: Biden & Xi agree on the easy steps

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

In a world beset by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, it’s good news when two superpowers step back from frictions that increased the danger of another war in Asia.That’s what happened last week when President Joe Biden met with China’s Xi Jinping at a country estate west of Silicon Valley.The two presidents met after a year of frosty noncommunication, touched off by China’s suspected espionage balloon that wandered across U.S. airspace last winter, by aggressive Chinese military actions in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, and by U.S. restrictions on advanced technology.The presidents agreed to bury a few of their differences for the simple reason that neither needs another crisis right now.Beijing’s stock has been falling literally and figuratively. Its economy, once the world’s powerhouse, has slowed to a low-for-China growth rate of 5%. Foreign investors are pulling money out of the country, a reversal of a decades-long trend.On the diplomati...

Dear Abby: Immature sister makes lousy roommate

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

Dear Abby: I’m 20, and I recently moved into an apartment with my 19-year-old sister. I thought it would be a great idea because we’d get to see each other more often and we’d be more comfortable living together than with strangers. Recently, however, she has gotten a new boyfriend she brings over all the time.I don’t like people. Having him in my home makes me feel threatened for some reason I can’t figure out, especially since he hasn’t done anything. I acknowledge that fact, and I try not to be nasty to him because of it. The problem is, he comes over during the day, and my sister also has him sneak out of his parents’ house at 2 a.m. so he can sleep here with her.This happens almost every night, and I’m usually awake and hear them. I have told my sister I don’t like it and asked her not to do those things when I’m home, but she won’t listen. She gets upset and defensive and tries to take the blame off of herself b...