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Traveling to see the eclipse in Colorado? Be prepared for traffic

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you are looking to catch the annular solar eclipse in the southwest corner of Colorado on Saturday, you should be prepared to wait in traffic.That's according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.Three highways were called out for being potential traffic hotspots:U.S. Highway 160U.S. Highway 491 Colorado Highway 184Cortez, Dolores, Dove Creek and Mesa Verde National Park will be especially popular destinations, as they are in the path of maximum eclipse visibility, according to CDOT.CDOT said most traffic will likely happen Thursday and Friday as people travel in preparation for the eclipse, as well as Saturday afternoon when the eclipse is completed. Will you be able to see Saturday’s solar eclipse in Denver? The partial eclipse starts at around 9:11 a.m. MST and will end around 12:04 p.m. In southwest Colorado, maximum annularity -- which is the greatest coverage of the sun by the moon -- will happen around 10:33 a.m.While only the southwestern corner ...

Can you guess these Colorado-based 'Jeopardy' questions?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Can you answer these Colorado-related questions correctly from the "Jeopardy" game show?FOX31 put together nine previous "Jeopardy" questions dating as far back as 1984. All these questions were asked on air and all of them relate to Colorado.Let's see how well you really know Colorado. Use your cursor or finger to highlight and reveal the answers.For $200: John Wesley Powell was one of the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat on this river.Answer: The Colorado Colorado adults: Can you answer these 5th-grade state math test questions? For $400: As this title pair, Newman and Redford did leap off a Colorado cliff... onto a mattress a few feet below.Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidFor $600: When the first specimen of this horned dinosaur was found in Colorado in 1887, it was mistaken for an extinct buffalo.Answer: A TriceratopsFor $800: A state sport of Colorado involves racing these small donkeys.Answer: BurrosFor $1,000: Looper is an old Dutch word f...

Bad Bunny announces new album ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

(CNN) — Bad Bunny announced on Monday that he’s releasing a new album this week titled “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” (“Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow”).“El día más esperado por muchos ya llegó…” (“The day most anticipated by many has arrived…”), the Puerto Rican musician wrote on his Instagram page Monday.The album announcement included a short video featuring the Grammy winner, whose name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, walking through a group of photographers on the street as he enters a restaurant. Greeted by a maître d inside, he reveals himself and debuts a snazzy new buzz cut as he flashes a big smile.On his Instagram stories, Martínez posted pre-order links on Apple Music and Spotify for the 22-track album, including the previously released tracks “Where She Goes” and “Un Preview.”“I am playing around and enjoying myself, letting go,” Martínez told Vanity Fair last month, adding, “I’m being inspired a lot by the music of the ’70s…but I’m not sure if this is...

Keir Starmer covered in glitter by protestor as he opens Labour conference speech

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

Labour leader Keir Starmer was covered in glitter and heckled by an angry protestor as he began addressing Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday.In an incident that will raise major questions about the security arrangements for the leader of the U.K. opposition, a man rushed the main conference stage, shouted and poured glitter all over Starmer before being bundled off stage.As the protestor was wrestled to the ground, he shouted: “True democracy is citizen led. Politics needs an update. We demand a people’s house. We demand a people’s house. We are in crisis, we are in crisis.” Starmer — on course to become Britain’s next leader based on current polling — shrugged off the incident, removing his jacket and rolling up his shirt sleeves, before quipping: “Protest not power; that’s why we changed our party conference.”And he said of the protestor: “If he thinks that bothers me, he doesn’t know me.”Th...

Worcester police arrest man accused of shooting at party that left woman wounded

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

A man from Connecticut was arrested after a shooting in Worcester left a woman with non-life-threatening injuries over the weekend, according to police.The Worcester Police Department said Juan Carlos Hernandez Villegas of Danielson, Conn., was taken into custody and faces numerous firearms charges for a shooting that occurred Sunday night on Young Street.According to the department, officers were first called to the incident around 9:25 p.m. for reports of a person being shot. Police then arrived to find a large crowd surrounding a 19-year-old woman suffering what officials said were non-life-threatening injuries.While the victim was taken to a hospital for treatment, Worcester PD said investigators concluded shots were fired after a fight broke out between multiple women during a large party in the area.“Officers determined that a male on scene, identified as Juan Carlos Hernandez Villegas of Danielson Connecticut, took out a handgun and fired it, striking the female victim,...

Federal team sent to ‘assess’ migrant situation to visit Boston Tuesday, Wednesday

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

A Department of Homeland Security team tasked with “assessing” the migrant situation in Massachusetts plans to visit Boston Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Healey administration.The trip comes as migrant arrivals have surged in Massachusetts, pushing an emergency shelter system already overburdened with the number of local homeless families into crisis mode. Skyrocketing housing costs and long processing periods for work authorizations have slowed both local families and migrants’ ability to exit temporary housing.The Biden administration said last week it was sending a Homeland Security team to “assess  the current migrant situation and identify ways to improve efficiencies and maximize our support for communities that are addressing the needs of migrants.”“We look forward to having the DHS team visit Boston this week to better understand the challenges the city and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are facing, and to make response recommendations as to how we continue to w...

Chicago Bears secondary could get some help this week — and it won’t have to defend Justin Jefferson

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

The Chicago Bears could receive a boost in the secondary this week just in time for an NFC North matchup against the Minnesota Vikings — though the Bears won’t have to face star wide receiver Justin Jefferson.The Bears designated nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon to return from injured reserve Monday, one day before the Vikings reportedly decided to put Jefferson on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. Gordon had surgery on his broken hand after the season opener and missed the last four games. The Bears now have 21 days to put Gordon back on the 53-man roster.Coach Matt Eberflus declined to delve into injury updates Monday as the Bears returned to Halas Hall from their mini-bye following Thursday’s 40-20 victory over the Washington Commanders. The statuses of safety Eddie Jackson (foot) and cornerback Jaylon Johnson (hamstring) also will be worth monitoring this week after both missed extended time in the last month.But Eberflus did speak of the value of getti...

Former MLB All-Star Steve Garvey announces run for U.S. Senate in California

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

After months of speculation, former Major League Baseball All-Star Steve Garvey makes it official, telling Inside California Politics he is entering the U.S. Senate race as a Republican. His announcement comes 10 days after the death of Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, who held the seat since the early 90s. As her replacement, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Democratic strategist Laphonza Butler. Schiff, Porter lead in Senate race, but nearly one third of voters undecided, poll shows Garvey, 74, is a 17-year MLB veteran who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, winning MLB’s National League "Most Valuable Player" award in 1974 as a member of the Dodgers.In a Berkeley IGS Poll from early September, when he had yet to join the race, he garnered around 7% of respondents’ votes, as much as James P. Bradley, another Republican candidate, and Rep. Barbara Lee, one of three leading Democratic candidates for the seat.  Despite previous losses, Senate ca...

Newsom signs bill to ban hidden fees in California

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Hidden fees, which sellers use to mislead customers with an artificially low headline price before imposing additional unavoidable charges later in the buying process, will no longer be allowed in California.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 478 (SB 478) that will ban hidden fees, or "junk fees," in the state starting on July 1, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release Saturday.“These deceptive fees prevent us from knowing how much we will be charged at the outset. They are bad for consumers and bad for competition. They cost Americans tens of billions of dollars each year," Bonta said.Bonta added that these fees "hit families who are just trying to make ends meet the hardest." California campsite reservation bill signed by governor. Here’s what changes it makes "And, because a growing list of websites, apps, and brick-and-mortar businesses are using them, they penalize companies that are upfront and transparen...

The future of electric vehicles looms over negotiations in the US autoworkers strike

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:49 GMT

WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — On the picket lines at a Ford factory west of Detroit, many striking workers don’t think the electric vehicle revolution is coming for their jobs — at least not in the near future.But just in case, they’re backing United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain’s quest to unionize EV battery factories at Ford and Jeep maker Stellantis, matching a breakthrough concession made by General Motors last week.So far, neither Ford nor Stellantis has agreed to the change, which would pull employees at all 10 U.S. battery factories proposed by Detroit automakers into national contracts with the UAW, all but assuring they’ll be unionized.Fain also wants workers at the plants to make top UAW assembly plant wages, which now are $32 per hour. With the UAW strike now in its fourth week, EVs and their potential impact on job security have become central to union negotiations with the automakers. Contract talks are likely to determine whether those plants — mostl...