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Grief camp for Colorado kids reaches 10-year milestone

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Usually, it’s the kids who get nervous going to summer camp. But at Camp Erin Denver, it’s the grown-ups and volunteers who are anxious.They have a big responsibility: helping grieving kids cope with a death loss in childhood. Kids navigate difficult path with the help of ‘grief hikes’ Over the weekend, Camp Erin Denver held its 10th annual grief camp at Shwayder Camp near Idaho Springs.“That puts us at serving over 500 campers and their families over the past 10 years,” volunteer director Sara Chadil told FOX31.Campers spend 48 hours in the Colorado mountains, connecting with nature and taking part in grief management exercises and activities.“Trying to heal from it,” Scarlett, 7, told FOX31. She’s remembering her dad, who died last year.“For a few days I was staying with some other people, and he just didn’t make it,” she said.Three young boys skip rocks in a pond at Camp Granite Lake in Coal Creek Canyon. The boys attended Camp Erin Denver 2019, a...

Police investigate death near Washington Park

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Police are investigating a death near Washington Park.Around 10 a.m. Monday, the Denver Police Department tweeted about an outdoor death investigation taking place in the 600 block of South Downing Street. The area is on the northwest side of Wash Park, by Smith Lake on one side of the street and residential buildings on the other side.FOX31 cameras were at the scene. Multiple DPD patrol cars were parked in front of homes on the other side of the park. Police investigating death at Cheesman Park The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will provide the cause of death and identify the person.As of Monday, Denver Police had not said whether the death was criminal in nature but said they would provide an update when more information became available.This is the second outdoor death investigation in Denver on Monday, and both were near popular parks. DPD was investigating another death at Cheesman Park.

Pembroke Pines town hall meeting held to discuss garbage incineration, as landfills become major issue in city

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

Dozens of Pembroke Pines residents weighed in during a town hall meeting, worried about perceived plans for a new garbage incinerator in Broward County, despite there being no plans in place yet to build one.City officials and county officials said there is a big issue of garbage in the county, in which millions of pounds of trash are sent to landfills. A questions and answer session occasionally turned heated as Pembroke Pines residents wanted to know if a garbage incinerator is coming to their city, specifically near US 27 and Sheridan Street. “When I got the notice for this my reaction was ‘What incinerator project?'” said Assistant County Administrator Kevin Kelleher. That’s because officials said there is no plan, at least not yet. But they do need to figure out a way to deal with the county’s annual four million tons of garbage added to landfills.“Twelve million gallons of garbage juice every year that comes out of the landfill, it’s n...

Poor defense, two Chas McCormick homers sink Red Sox in 9-4 loss to Astros

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

Officially the Red Sox were only charged with two errors. They probably should have been charged with at least five.Anyone looking for proof that MLB’s official scorers have become too lenient got all the evidence they needed Monday, as the final box score belied the depths of Boston’s defensive woes. The Red Sox endured a dreadful performance at the worst possible time, squandering their momentum from this past weekend’s sweep with a 9-4 series-opening loss to the Houston Astros.Chas McCormick added to Boston’s misery by knocking two home runs, including a back-breaking three-run shot in the fourth inning that effectively put the game away.“It was difficult, when we played the defense we did early on,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “When you give those guys more than 27 outs, that’s what’s going to happen.”Rafael Devers had two crucial misplays that should have been ruled errors but weren’t. The first came on a har...

Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St higher ahead of Federal Reserve conference

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as traders waited for signs of interest rate plans from this week’s Federal Reserve conference.Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul rose. Oil prices edged lower.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index rose Monday for its first gain in five days as tech stocks rallied.Traders hope officials at the Fed’s summer Jackson Hole, Wyoming, conference say they are finished raising interest rates that are at a two-decade high. But forecasters warn they might say inflation isn’t under control yet.Fed Chair Jerome Powell “may even mention that further rate hikes cannot be entirely ruled out,” said Clifford Bennett of ACY Securities in a report.The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2% to 3,097.77 and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 advanced 0.7% to 31,776.06. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 0.6% to 17,724.94.The Kospi in Seoul added 0.5% to 2,522.08 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 was 0.1% higher at 7,123.50...

Dubai International Airport sees 41.6 million passengers in first half of year, more than in 2019

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, announced Tuesday it served 41.6 million passengers in the first half of this year — exceeding figures for the same period in 2019 as travelers return to the air after the lockdowns of the coronavirus pandemic. The airport, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates in skyscraper-studded Dubai, long has served as a barometer for the aviation industry worldwide. The new figures at the airport known as DXB reflect figures offered by the International Air Transport Association that traffic worldwide is at 94% of pre-COVID levels. “As we recover with our (half-year) traffic surpassing pre-pandemic levels, we continue to remain committed to ensuring every guest who travels through our airport leaves with a smile,” Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said in a statement announcing the figures.The 41.6 million passengers is up some 50% from the 27.9 million recorded the ...

Hong Kong’s jailed student loses bid to reduce sentence over inciting secession in landmark ruling

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed university student in Hong Kong lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence for inciting secession in a landmark ruling by the city’s top court Tuesday that will have a far-reaching impact on other cases brought under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lui Sai-yu pleaded guilty to breaching the sweeping security law in April 2022 and admitted that content on a Telegram channel he administered incited others to separate Hong Kong from China or alter the legal status of the city unlawfully. But his timely guilty plea did not get him a one-third reduction in the length of his imprisonment — like in many other cases under the city’s common law system — because the security law imposed minimum jail terms for serious offences. Lui is one of the some 260 people who were arrested under the security law as Beijing tried to crush dissidents following the massive protests in 2019. The ruling on his appeal is expected to set the bar for sentencings ...

Chicago non-profit, CTU members help register migrant children for school

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

CHICAGO — In a room at the 12th district CPD police station, volunteers with the non-profit Todo Para Todos and CTU members helped migrant parents enroll their children and teens in Chicago Public Schools on Monday."Kids who just arrived today, yesterday and this week are registered for school and get all the supplies that they need to set them up and welcome them here in Chicago," said Kathleen Murphy, a volunteer with Todo Para Todos, which translates to "Everything for Everyone."Those on hand also handed out backpacks stocked with school supplies, hoping to meet the academic needs of the City's newest, youngest residents. New school year, new challenges as CPS students return to classroom CPS has not said exactly how many migrant students have joined the district, but CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said the number of English learners has increased since last year.“We're [at] about 5,000 new English language learners," Martinez said. "Normally, we have about 3,000 because every year, we...

New platform connects aspiring professionals with mentorship network

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

A new celebrity platform is opening doors for people of color.The new platform ‘Assemble’ is connecting aspiring professionals with a strong mentorship network. 1959 Chicago Little League champs reunite, share memories “I think that this is a solution to finally create a bridge and allow experts, such as Sakiya, to reach back and have a way to properly deal with everyone that loves to learn from someone like him,” Cortney Woodruff, Assemble creator and CEO said.The new professional mentorship network connects diverse experts with its users, no matter their age or background, and offers an assembly of successful Black and brown professionals that users can text, call or Zoom anytime they want.“I was just a kid with a dream and I had to really go around the world to find mentorship to figure out how to do the thing I really aspired to do,” Woodruff said.Unlike Cameo, Masterclass and other celebrity platforms, for a small fee, Assemble connects users with mentors that it calls "Expe...

Summer 2023’s hottest spell of weather is due in Chicago Wednesday into Thursday, prompting an “excessive heat watch”

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:57 GMT

Heat-limiting easterly lake breezes, responsible for cooling lakeside areas Sunday and Monday, to linger one more day. But, well developed southwest flow to shut down that cooling Wednesday and pushing heat up to and out over the lake, allowing temps to soar. Record to near record heat expected Wednesday and Thursday with temps approaching 100 degrees for the first time in 12 years. The northern flank of heat domes can be finicky and prone to impacts like nearby thunderstorms and their outflows and lake breezes, the possibility of each of which will be monitored Thursday afternoon and evening.Temps at or above 100 in Chicago are rare. Since official records began in the city 153 years ago in 1871, there have only been 62 days with highs at or above 100 degrees. And at the Midway Airport site on the city's South Side where weather observations have been archived since 1928, on only 92 occasions over that 95 year period has a reading of 100 degrees or higher occurred.There’s a reason ...