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From greens on your plate to green space, grant money powers local sustainability efforts

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

At Centro de Apoyo Familiar in Riverdale, Maryland, Hispanic youth and their communities will be given information on environmental justice, indoor air and water quality and healthy homes.In Southeast D.C., support will be provided for fruit and vegetable production used in programs to promote nutrition, health and wellness at community garden The Well at Oxon Run.And in College Park, emergency preparedness programming will be directed to city properties that are home to low-income seniors.It’s all part of $100,000 in grant money from Pepco and Sustainability Maryland, which creates incentives to help communities reach their sustainability goals.The grants were announced by Pepco and Sustainability Maryland and are directed toward areas served by Pepco — communities in Maryland and D.C.Nine municipalities were awarded grants from Pepco. (Credit Pepco Communications)“The projects and organizations highlighted today are working to make a lasting impact on the environment and in ...

En medio de la incertidumbre, McCarthy se posiciona como líder de facto de la cámara baja

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

Los republicanos no tienen una idea clara de quién será el nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Representantes federal, lo que deja un vacío de poder sin precedentes en el Congreso y limita severamente la capacidad de Estados Unidos para responder rápidamente a la crisis en Israel, y a un sinnúmero de otros problemas en el país y el extranjero.El lunes, el expresidente destituido, Kevin McCarthy, rápidamente intentó ocupar ese vacío, al criticar duramente al gobierno del presidente Joe Biden con relación a la firmeza de su defensa de Israel y posicionándose como el líder republicano de facto a pesar de que sus colegas lo echaron del puesto.Pero no está del todo claro si McCarthy realmente podría efectuar una reaparición, o si alguno de los otros republicanos que aspiran a presidir ese recinto legislativo, Steve Scalise o Jim Jordan, puede ser elegido presidente en un momento en que la mayoría está sumida en disputas internas. Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes tenían progra...

Colorado's Jewish, Palestinian communities both hope for peace

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues overseas, the Jewish and Palestinian communities in Colorado both say that, ultimately, they want peace.Eran Hazary, associate director of the American Jewish Committee for the Mountain Region, said there’s been ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas for decades, but nothing like this."I don’t think anyone was expecting anything like this to happen,” Hazary said. “So many Jews in the span of a day being killed, it shocks your system and it harkens back to so many memories Jews have carried with them over the centuries.” Colorado artist flees Israel amid missile strikes and explosions Hazary said he was heartbroken to hear about the violence that continues to impact innocent people.“Israel does everything it can to limit causalities, but the challenges are immense, and that’s by design,” Hazary said. “Hamas wants to use human shields, and this is going to be an unimaginable pain for the people of Gaza. ...

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor dies in Denver at 102

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) — Rep. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, has confirmed that Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Hughes Van Ellis, 102, has passed away.  ‘Not just about financial compensation’: Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors at State Capitol A statement on behalf of Van Ellis’ family from Goodwin reads as follows."Mr. Hughes Van Ellis, 102, passed Mon. Oct. 9th at 11:30 am in Denver, Colorado. A loving family man, he was known as “Uncle Redd”. He was among the three last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most horrific acts of racist terrorism on American soil.      A WWIl , war veteran, Mr. Ellis, bravely served America, even as he spent a lifetime awaiting atonement related to the Tulsa Race Massacre.  Mr. Ellis was aware, survivors, his sister Mrs. Viola Ford Fletcher,109 , Mrs. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108 and family descendants were recently at our state capitol interim study focused on 2001 state commissioned reparation recommendations.&nbs...

Suivre le marathon budgétaire en 5 étapes

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

Les discussions sur le projet de loi de finances 2024 (PLF pour les experts) démarrent ce mardi en commission à l’Assemblée nationale. Sans budget, impossible de payer les fonctionnaires, faire tourner les services publics ou investir dans “la-France-de-demain”. Grâce au vote du PLF, l’Etat reçoit l’autorisation de lever l’impôt, de percevoir taxes et redevances, et de dépenser tout ça, avant de recommencer l’année suivante.Parce que l’enjeu est aussi crucial que technique à suivre, POLITICO vous donne ses bons tuyaux pour vous initier à ce sport un peu particulier, sans risquer l’élongation. Top chrono.1) Le calendrier serré, tu surveillerasLe nombre de jours de débat est strictement encadré par la Constitution. Cette année, la future loi de finances 2024 devra être entérinée, au plus tard, vendredi 22 décembre à minuit, juste à temps pour acheter les cadeaux.L’examen du budget est souvent comparé à un marathon, car il s’étire en longueur du début de l’automne jusqu’à la fin de l’a...

Ambrose: GOP must take on Democrats, & some Republicans

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

Holding hands with their ideological kin, Democrats have lately been doing everything unimaginable to wreck America – turning a helter-skelter border crisis into a national crisis through laxity, encouraging death, theft and destruction through unattended crime outbursts and putting knotty psychology ahead of education in public schools, for instance. Now, some Republicans have decided it’s their turn to be the bad guys.A majority of Democrats, with eight Republicans providing assistance, were responsible lately for ousting Kevin McCarthy from being the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives despite his self-stability and trouncing of crises amidst activist impulses. Looking to both the left and the right, he found compromises that could lead to better answers. Just recently, he stopped a government shutdown that could have led to potential casualties all over the place.Democrats controlling the Senate said “well, OK, darn it,” to his compromise legisla...

Disney+ gives ‘Goosebumps’ to a new generation

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

Since they were first published from 1992 through 1997, R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps” has sold 400 million books in 32 countries.While the Scholastic series was aimed at middle schoolers, the new, elaborately mounted Disney+ (and Hulu and Freeform) series that debuts, naturally, on Friday the 13th, aims for a broader audience as five high schoolers go on a very scary quest.The are investigating a 30-years-earlier tragedy — the terrible passing of teenager Harold Biddle. It’s a search that will reveal their parents’ dark secrets.“Our approach was we wanted the show to appeal to everyone. We wanted to have adults as well as young teens,” said director and co-writer Rob Letterman in a joint Zoom interview.  “We wanted to appeal to deep ‘Goosebumps’ fans from the ’90s as well as people uninitiated with ‘Goosebumps.’“Ultimately, the show is about teenagers going through very relatable, very universal, teenage things.“And without giving anything away,” he noted, “their parents are...

Dear Abby: Snubbed by husband’s side of family

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

Dear Abby: My husband and I have two children and live close to my family. We spend lots of quality time with them, and they are invested in our children’s lives, as we are in theirs. The same is not true of my in-laws. The first few years I would FaceTime and call, trying to build a relationship. Eventually, I realized I was the only one making an effort, so I stopped calling, which means there are no more calls.The first cousin on my husband’s side is due to give birth, and my husband wants to skip my nephew’s first birthday party for her gender reveal party. My argument is, they have put no effort into our lives or our kids, so why would we miss an event for people who do. His argument is that they don’t ask for much and we see them only twice a year, so we should just go. Help! — Easy Decision in MinnesotaDear Easy Decision: Not only do his relatives not ask for much, but they give absolutely nothing. Rather than argue about this, attend your nephew...

Live updates | 18 Thais feared dead as the latest Israel-Hamas war reaches its fourth day

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

Eighteen Thais are feared dead based on reports from employers, while the numbers of those injured and abducted stand at 9 and 11 in the fourth day of the latest Israel-Hamas war, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kanchana Patarachoke said Tuesday.She said more than 3,000 Thais have registered for repatriation. The first batch of 15 evacuees is scheduled to board a flight to arrive in Thailand on Thursday. She said Israel told Thailand’s foreign minister that it will try its best to take care of Thai workers.Thai Ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya said the embassy is in touch with Israeli authorities about Thai nationals who have been abducted, but has not been informed of their conditions or whereabouts.HONG KONG WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CITIZENS SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN ISRAELHong Kong leader John Lee said Tuesday the government had received requests for assistance from 28 Hong Kongers, and 20 of them already left Israel. Authorities will keep in contact with the rem...

Hong Kong eyes stronger economic and trade ties with Thailand to expand its role in Southeast Asia

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:10 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday the city would seek to strengthen its economic and trade ties with Thailand after a meeting with the country’s prime minister, as the Chinese financial hub looks for more business opportunities in Southeast Asia.Chief Executive John Lee said at a weekly press briefing that he and Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin agreed during a meeting on Monday that the two sides have “good and close relations” and that they would promote more exchanges between their people.Lee’s administration wants to expand the city’s role in Southeast Asia to boost economic growth for the financial hub after years of COVID-19 restrictions. It aims to position the city as a bridge between mainland China and the international community. Lee said Hong Kong will work to deepen regional cooperation and strengthen its work on economic, trade and investment activities with countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Since 2...