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Atlanta project decried as ‘Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.”The 11-4 vote just after 5 a.m. is a significant victory for Mayor Andre Dickens, who has made the $90 million project a large part of his first term in office, despite significant pushback to the effort. The City Council also passed a resolution requesting two seats on the Atlanta Police Foundation’s board. The decentralized “Stop Cop City” movement has galvanized protesters from across the country, especially in the wake of the January fatal police shooting of Manuel Paez Terán, a 26-year-old environmental activist known as “Tortuguita” who had been camping in the woods near the site of the proposed project in DeKalb County. For about 14 hours, residents again and again took to the podium to slam ...

Athletics move to Las Vegas, film tax credit proposal in flux as Nevada Legislature adjourns

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Even as Nevada lawmakers adjourned their four-month legislative session, a plan to help build a stadium for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas is still in flux.The future of the contentious bill is now uncertain after the Democratic-controlled Legislature did not advance it before the midnight deadline as Monday turned to Tuesday. The proposal could potentially be considered in a special legislative session at a date to be determined later, where lawmakers would later vote on it. Lawmakers also failed to pass one of the five major budget bills that included over $1 billion to fund capital improvement projects that fund state public works and construction, which would also likely be considered for a special session. The measure faltered in the Senate as they ran out of time for a second vote after party disagreements lasted until the midnight deadline. In a statement at 1 a.m., Republican Gov. Lombardo said he would call a special session later Tuesday mornin...

Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’ to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A top Ukrainian diplomat called Russia a “terrorist state” Tuesday as he opened his country’s case against Moscow at the United Nations’ highest court and accused Russia of blowing up a major dam in southern Ukraine.Anton Korynevych was addressing judges at the International Court of Justice in a case brought by Kyiv against Russia linked to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukraine wants the world court to order Moscow to pay reparations for attacks in the regions, including for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down by Russia-backed rebels on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew.Korynevych said that with Moscow unable to beat Ukraine on the battlefield, “it targets civilian infrastructure to try to freeze us into submission. Earlier today, just today, … Russia blew up a major dam located in Nova Kakhovka,...

White House website highlights infrastructure as Biden pushes policy wins

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show the positive impact of its policies on the U.S. economy to a skeptical public.The site, Invest.gov, documents roughly 32,000 infrastructure projects and more than $470 billion worth of investments in the production of electric vehicles, batteries, computer chips, biotech, clean energy and other sectors. President Joe Biden is seeking reelection in 2024 by trying to show how his policies are reshaping the U.S. economy to address climate change and compete with rivals such as China.Natalie Quillian, deputy White House chief of staff, said the site shows that Biden’s agenda is “underway and working.”“We want people to be able to see what’s happening in their communities,” Quillian said. U.S. adults have generally given Biden poor reviews on his economic leadership. Jus...

German factory orders dipped again as 2nd quarter started

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, dipped in April after a big drop in March, official figures showed Tuesday. The data pointed to a disappointing start to the second quarter.The Economy Ministry said orders were down 0.4% compared with the previous month. That followed a painful 10.9% drop in March. Economists had expected an increase in April, but the ministry said the figure was influenced in part by fluctuations in bulk orders.While domestic orders were up 1.6% in April, there was a drop in foreign demand — particularly in orders from elsewhere in the 20-nation eurozone, which were 2.7% lower.The orders data followed the release on Monday of lackluster export figures for April. They showed exports increasing by 1.2% on the month after a 6% drop in March.In late May, Germany’s national statistics office said that the economy shrank in the first three months of this year, marking the second consecutive quarter of c...

Dutchmen down Dragons 13-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League season is underway. The Albany Dutchmen (2-2) and Glens Falls Dragons (1-1) entered their meeting on Monday with .500 records in the young season. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Dragons struck first in the top of the first after an RBI base hit from Mechanicville native Jack Griffin. The Dutchmen responded in the bottom of the frame. The Dutchmen scored their first 4 runs without a hit thanks to walks, an error, and three batters hit by pitches. A two-RBI double from Mike Talavera made it 6-1 Albany after one. The Dutchmen ran away with it from there, winning 13-2 to improve to 3-2 on the season. The Dragons dropped to 1-2 on the year.

Play of the Week winner - Niskayuna's Davey Carroll

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Congratulations to this week’s winner of our Play of the Week poll, Niskayuna's Davey Carroll! Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Carroll tallied a nasty backhanded goal against Ballston Spa in the Silver Warriors' 9-3 win to take the Section 2 Class B title. Vote here for this week’s Play of the Week poll!

Senior Spotlight: Matt Thorsen has Chatham roaring

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

CHATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Hustling is what Chatham panther Matt Thorsen does. It helped Chatham win a state baseball championship last year and brought home the school's first-ever basketball title this past season. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “We’ve never won anything past the patroon conference in basketball," Thorsen said. "It was a great feeling with all of my best friends since fourth and fifth grade. It’s almost a better feeling than baseball just because we’ve never done it before. Baseball, basketball, wherever it may be, winning is always fun, and breaking school history is a feeling of its own.”Thorsen and the Panthers want that feeling again. The team is currently on the prowl for back-to-back class c state titles. Thorsen believes running the table would be a storybook ending his high school career.“We really talked about how winning it two times in a row would be something legendary and something that is al...

Sweden, Turkey and Finland set for more Swedish NATO membership

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

Turkey, Sweden and Finland will meet later this month to try to overcome objections that have delayed Sweden's NATO membership bid, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday after meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.Turkey in March ratified Finland's bid for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but still objects to Sweden joining the alliance, as does Hungary.Turkey has said Stockholm harbours members of militant groups it considers to be terrorists."Sweden has taken significant concrete steps to meet Turkey's concerns," Stoltenberg told reporters, referring to a constitutional change by Sweden and its stepping up of counter-terrorism cooperation with Ankara.Stoltenberg's talks in Istanbul with Erdogan took place a week after Erdogan extended his two-decade rule in an election.The election coincided with protests in Stockholm, against both Erdogan and NATO, in which the flag of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), outlawed in Turkey, was projected o...

Calls for EU to investigate Russian payments to Maltese dentist 

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:21 GMT

The level of corruption with which Russian officials and oligarchs infected individual EU countries is shocking. The EU must conduct a comprehensive examination of Maltese "passport-for-money" schemes, writes famous Ukrainian journalist Tetiana Nikolayenko of Censor.NetShe underlines in her article https://censor.net/en that the level of corruption with which Russian officials and oligarchs infected individual EU countries are shocking. The purchase of EU passports is one such example. Such schemes flourished in many countries - Spain, Portugal, Greece, but even Cyprus and Bulgaria abandoned the "passport for money" schemes.Malta remains the only country that continues to provide a cynical path to an "EU golden passport". For Russian oligarchs, Malta became a real back door to the EU. Public organizations appealed to both the Maltese authorities and the EU with a request to "stop passports sale to Russians", which Malta agreed to, but the EU has now taken Malta to court to hal...