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UK leader faces a Parliament in revolt over Rwanda plan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

By Jill Lawless | Associated PressLONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced a rebellion from restive lawmakers over his signature immigration policy, while fending off tough questions Monday about his judgment during the COVID-19 pandemic.The twin pressures add up to one of the toughest weeks of Sunak’s 13 months in office, with both his present authority and past record at stake.Legislation intended to salvage Sunak’s blocked plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda faces a vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday. While disparate groups of Conservative lawmakers met in Parliament to pick holes in the bill, Sunak was undergoing a six-hour grilling at the U.K.’s pandemic inquiry, where he denied taking risks with public health.Sunak was Treasury chief to Prime Minister Boris Johnson when the pandemic hit, and backed a discount initiative that encouraged people to go back to restaurants in August 2020 after months of lockdown.The government’s scientific advis...

Sale closed in San Ramon: $2.3 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

6045 Alpine Blue Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious, recently built house located in the 6000 block of Alpine Blue Drive in San Ramon has new owners. The 2,967-square-foot property, built in 2016, was sold on Nov. 15, 2023. The $2,310,000 purchase price works out to $779 per square foot. This two-story house offers a roomy layout with four bedrooms and four bathrooms. In addition, the home comes with an attached two-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage and additional storage space.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:On Hyacinthus Lane, San Ramon, in March 2023, a 2,967-square-foot home was sold for $2,144,000, a price per square foot of $723. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 2,967-square-foot home on the 6000 block of Alpine Blue Drive in San Ramon sold in September 2022, for $2,225,000, a price per square foot of $750. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 2,085-square-foot home on Rowan Drive in San Ramon sold for $1,...

A group of California children sue EPA in federal court, alleging it allows climate pollution to continue despite harms

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

By Ella Nilsen | CNNA group of 18 California children – ranging in ages from 8 to 17 – has filed a new constitutional climate case in federal court against the US Environmental Protection Agency, alleging it has harmed children’s health and welfare over decades.The case, Genesis B. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, alleges the EPA “intentionally allows” planet warming pollution to come from the sources it regulates, such as vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, power plants, and oil and gas wells. It follows the first constitutional climate case in the US, which youth plaintiffs successfully tried in Montana earlier this year.The case further alleges the agency allows this pollution “despite knowing the harm it causes to children’s health and welfare.” The case was filed Sunday night in US District Court in the Central District of California.“There is one federal agency explicitly tasked with keeping the air clean and controlling pollution to protect the health of every ch...

Jury seated in Giuliani election workers’ defamation trial

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Michelle L. Price | Associated PressWASHINGTON — A jury was sworn in Monday in the federal case that will determine how much Rudy Giuliani might have to pay two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after the 2020 election.The former New York City mayor has already been found liable in the defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who endured threats and harassment after they became the target of a conspiracy theory spread by Trump and his allies. The only issue to be determined at the trial is the amount of damages, if any, Giuliani must pay.Giuliani did not speak to reporters as he entered Washington’s federal courthouse — the same building where Trump is set to stand trial in March on criminal charges accusing the former president of scheming to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden.Opening arguments in the case were expected to...

Workers at Oakland coffee shop at center of antisemitic graffiti incident slam owners

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

(KRON) -- Former and present employees of an Oakland coffee shop at the center of an incident involving antisemitic graffiti have issued a statement slamming the business' owners. The owners of Farley's East knew about the graffiti in the bathroom, which equated Zionism with fascism, for two months, according to the statement from the group, Former Farley's East United.Farley's East has been at the center of a controversy that emerged after a viral video on social media surfaced showing employees of the business appearing to deny a customer access to the bathroom with the graffiti. In the video, three employees of Farley's are seen blocking the customer from going into the bathroom, before finally relenting.The woman then enters the bathroom and films the graffiti. SantaCon, Haney fight in SF draws nearly 100K BART riders "The narrative is that they denied her entry because she is a Jewish woman," said the statement from past and present employees. "That is a lie."According to sta...

Zelensky se enfrenta a una tarea imposible ante las reuniones en Washington esta semana

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

(CNN) —  El destino de miles de millones en ayuda para Ucrania sigue en el limbo este lunes por la mañana, incluso cuando se espera que el presidente Volodymyr Zelensky haga una propuesta crucial a los senadores y al presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Mike Johnson, el martes.Es poco probable que la visita de Zelensky a Washington, la tercera desde que Rusia invadió Ucrania en 2022, cambie una dinámica ya consolidada en Washington, según la cual los republicanos, incluso los que apoyan la financiación adicional para Ucrania, no están dispuestos a hacer más, a menos que los demócratas y la Casa Blanca cedan en cambios políticos importantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos.Joe Biden recibirá este martes en la Casa Blanca al presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr ZelenskyEs un momento complicado para la Casa Blanca, que ha defendido una y otra vez que Zelensky y su país se encuentran en un punto de inflexión crítico en su lucha por la democracia. Y, sin embargo, es posible q...

Broncos defuse Chargers, 1 game behind Chiefs in AFC West

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) - A lot can change in an NFL season.Just ask the 2023 Denver Broncos.On Sept. 24, the Broncos gave up 70 points to the Miami Dolphins. 76 days later, Denver finds themselves in the middle of a playoff push.And it’s a crowded room trying to punch their ticket into the playoffs. How likely is it for the Denver Broncos to make the NFL playoffs? “This last quarter poll will define a lot for many teams,” said Broncos head coach Sean Payton on his weekly Monday morning Zoom audio call.The scenarios are wild and confusing: 11 teams with winning records and six with 7-6 records, including the Denver Broncos. Both are the most for a single conference through Week 14 since 1970.As for the Broncos, they are nipping at the heels of the first-place Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West. “We’re a game out in the division and that is how we are looking at it,” Payton said.In the Wild Cars race, Denver is in the 9th position thanks to the head-to-head win over the Bills (11th) and the ...

Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday.The announcement came as Kate Cox, 31, was awaiting a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court over whether she could legally obtain an abortion under narrow exceptions to the state’s ban. A judge gave Cox, a mother of two from the Dallas area, permission last week but that decision was put on hold by the state’s all-Republican high court.“Her health is on the line. She’s been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn’t wait any longer,” said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which was representing Cox.The organization did not disclose where Cox went. On Monday, she was 20 weeks and six days pregnant.Cox was believed to be the first woman in the U.S. to ask a court for permission for an abortion since Roe v. Wade...

Boston police looking to ID suspects who stole $30,000 worth of items from Back Bay store

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

Officials with the Boston Police Department are looking to identify two suspects who made off with $30,000 worth of items after breaking into a Back Bay store overnight.Authorities released two images of the individuals, who they believe broke into a shop in the area of 47 Newbury St. around 3:25 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11.One of the images appeared to show an individual wearing a black hooded-jacket with blue jeans inside of a store, with some type of wrapping around his jaw. The suspect also visibly had several purses and handbags in their possession as they grabbed more from a shelf.Another showed a suspect clad in dark-colored clothing and some type of face covering as they walked through the shop.Image provided by the Boston Police Department.Anyone who recognizes the individuals or has any information on the incident is asked to contact Boston PD’s District D-4 Detectives at (617) 343-5619.Those who wish to remain anonymous are asked to use the department’s CrimeStopp...

‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case’ review: Can germaphobe Adrian Monk function in a COVID world?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:17:47 GMT

Nina Metz | Chicago TribuneRare is the reboot that captures the magic of the original. But sometimes it’s nice to catch up with familiar characters years later, and the TV movie “Mr. Monk’s Last Case” (on Peacock) is one such opportunity, with Tony Shalhoub returning as the obsessive-compulsive crime solver he played on “Monk,” the USA series that ran for eight seasons from 2002 to 2009.Monk’s germaphobia has always been central. So what does his life look like now, amid an ongoing pandemic caused by an airborne virus? Do the ideas behind the character’s idiosyncrasies even work in this new context?In short, no.Creator Andy Breckman does acknowledge Monk’s fixation on hygiene — often met with eyerolls in the series — makes a good deal of sense in light of (gestures broadly) everything. But here’s me, clomping through the pleasant, low-stakes vibes of a brief “Monk” return to point out that the story now also requires you to believe the character would go anywhere post-2020 sans face...