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Bezos vs. Musk: Launch of Amazon test satellites latest salvo in billionaire duel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

In the battle of space-minded billionaires, Elon Musk has paved the way with SpaceX as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has had to play catchup with his company Blue Origin. The first launch of a pair of satellites for Amazon set for Friday could prove to be both a boon for the future of Blue Origin and also give Musk some serious competition for one of SpaceX’s money-making ventures.The duo of test internet-providing satellites are the first for Amazon’s Project Kuiper. The Project Kuiper Protoflight is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 with a two-hour launch window that opens at 2 p.m.Space Launch Delta 45 forecasts an 70% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, and 85% in the event of a 24-hour delay.Amazon has plans to launch 3,236 of the satellites, with the majority flying from Cape Canaveral on either Bezos’ Blue Origin New Glenn rockets or ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur rockets, which will ...

Deadly flood in northern India was feared for years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

By Ashok Sharma and Sibi Arasu | Associated PressNEW DELHI — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan north, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years.The flood began in the early hours of Wednesday, when water overflowed a mountain lake. It smashed through a major hydroelectric dam downstream and then poured into the valley below, where it killed at least 41 people, carrying bodies kilometers (miles) away, and forced thousands to flee their homes.It wasn’t clear what triggered the deadly flood, the latest to hit northeast India in a year of unusually heavy monsoon rains. Experts pointed to intense rain, and a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck nearby Nepal on Tuesday afternoon, as possible contributors.But the disaster also underscores a climate dilemma that pits local environmental activists who say dams in the H...

Police find dozens of bodies at funeral home under investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

By Jesse Bedayn | Associated PressCAÑON CITY, Colo. — Police said Friday they have found at least 115 bodies at Colorado ‘green’ funeral home under investigation for improper handling of remains.Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said they are coordinating with other agencies to determine if there is any wrongdoing.The Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado, performed “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets.The investigation centered on a building owned by the funeral home where local residents reported smelling a foul stench before police became involved.Deputies were called to the single-story building on Tuesday night in reference to a suspicious incident. Fremont County Sheriff’s Office investigators returned the next day with a search warrant and found the improperly stored remains.Authorities said Friday at the press conference they believe there is currently no health risk to the public. They declined to describe...

Alameda PD arrest suspect connected to bank robbery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

(KRON) – A suspect who allegedly has a connection to a bank robbery was arrested by the Alameda Police Department on Oct. 3. Alameda police responded to the block of 2200 block of Otis Drive to a possible bank robbery. Suspect arrested in fatal Union City mobile home park stabbing According to police, officers were notified that a person handed the bank teller a note demanding money. The person was carrying a firearm.The bank teller complied with the robber’s demands. The bank staff gathered video footage and preserved potential evidence, police said. An image of the suspect was sent to patrol units. The officers subsequently located the suspect at a nearby business. Police say the officers peacefully surrounded the suspected robber. 

Autoworkers pause adding factories to strike after GM agrees to bring battery plants into main union contract

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Autoworkers pause adding factories to strike after GM agrees to bring battery plants into main union contract.Source

Judge denies temporary bid for out-of-state help for North Dakota congressional age limit measure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has denied a request from supporters of congressional age limits to temporarily allow out-of-state petition circulators as they seek to advance their proposed ballot measure.U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland on Thursday said their request for a preliminary injunction “will be addressed in due course” and after North Dakota’s secretary of state and attorney general, who are named in the federal lawsuit, have been able to respond and a hearing can be held.The measure’s backers sued over state constitutional provisions and laws that require that initiative petition circulators be North Dakota residents. Out-of-state petition circulators are currently subject to misdemeanor penalties of up to nearly a year’s imprisonment, a $3,000 fine, or both. Hovland denied a requested temporary restraining order, which is a short-term, more immediate block than a longer-lasting preliminary injunction.“In this case, it appears b...

Solicitar la FAFSA podría ser más fácil en el 2024: Mira cómo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

La Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes (FAFSA, en inglés) fue revisada para simplificar el proceso de solicitud de ayuda universitaria.Se dará a conocer un nuevo formulario FAFSA para el año escolar 2024-25. Como parte de la revisión de la FAFSA, el gobierno federal también está ampliando la elegibilidad para recibir ayuda federal.Habrá una nueva fecha de inicio. La FAFSA para el año escolar 2024-25 no se abrirá hasta diciembre o posiblemente principios de enero. Esto es sólo para el año escolar 2024-25, porque el Departamento de Educación necesita más tiempo para finalizar el formulario.Todos los que necesiten ingresar información en FAFSA deberán crear una cuenta de ayuda estudiantil para obtener una FSA ID, incluidos los padres.Si los padres están divorciados, el padre que brinde el mayor apoyo financiero al estudiante deberá completar el formulario FAFSA, independientemente de con quién viva el estudiante.Tener varios estudiantes matriculados en la universidad y...

¿Cómo saber si soy jurado de votación para las elecciones regionales de Colombia de 2023?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

(CNN Español) – Colombia se prepara para elegir autoridades regionales el próximo 29 de octubre. Esto es lo que debes hacer para consultar si fuiste designado como jurado de votación en los comicios.La Registraduría Nacional es el ente encargado de seleccionar a los jurados de votación, que tendrán como tarea dar seguimiento a la jornada electoral, llevar a cabo los escrutinios de mesa y registrar los resultados de su mesa en los formularios electorales.¿Quiénes pueden ser elegidos como jurados de votación en Colombia?Mediante la resolución 28.229/22, se estableció como fecha límite el 14 de octubre para la designación de los jurados de votación en las elecciones regionales de 2023.Pueden cumplir esa función personas mayores de 18 años y menores de 60 años, que son seleccionadas por sorteo mediante un software controlado por la Registraduría.La base de datos se compone a partir de información facilitada por empresas públicas y privadas, establecimientos educativos y partidos polític...

Southern Colorado funeral home owner where 115 decaying bodies found tried to conceal improper storage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

CAÑON CITY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner where 115 decaying bodies were found tried to conceal the improper storage of corpses and claimed he was doing taxidermy, according to a suspension letter sent to him by state regulators.The facility in the small Colorado town of Penrose had also been unregistered for 10 months after the owner for Return to Nature Funeral Home let it expire in November 2022.On Wednesday – the day after an “abhorrent smell” from the facility was reported, launching the investigation - owner Jon Hallford spoke by phone with a state regulator. Hallford acknowledged that he had a “problem” at the property. The document doesn’t explain what he meant.The document also doesn’t explain what Hallford was referring to with this taxidermy claim or exactly how he tried to conceal the improper storage of human remains.Hallford nor anyone else has been arrested or charged yet in relation to what authorities on Friday called a “disturbing discovery.”THIS IS A ...

4 members of a Florida family are sentenced for selling a fake COVID-19 cure through online church

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man and his three adult sons were sentenced Friday for selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church.A federal judge in Miami sentenced Jonathan Grenon, 37, and Jordan Grenon, 29, to 12 years and seven months in prison, while Mark Grenon, 66, and Joseph Grenon, 36, each received five years, according to court records. A jury found all four guilty in July of conspiring to defraud the United States and deliver misbranded drugs. The Grenons represented themselves but declined to speak during the two-day trial.Prosecutors called the Grenons “con men” and “snake-oil salesmen” and said the Bradenton family’s Genesis II Church of Health and Healing sold $1 million worth of their so-called Miracle Mineral Solution. In videos, it was pitched as a cure for 95% of known diseases, including COVID-19, Alzheimer’s, autism, brain cancer, HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis, prosecutors said.What the Grenons were selling was actually ...