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ANÁLISIS | ¿Está en marcha una ofensiva de Ucrania al sur de Zaporiyia?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

(CNN) — Desde el comienzo de esta semana —incluso con la atención sobre las secuelas del colapso de la represa de Nova Kakhovka— está claro que las fuerzas de Ucrania intensificaron sus actividades a lo largo de la línea del frente en el sureste de la ciudad de Zaporiyia.Pero aún es demasiado pronto para obtener una imagen real de lo que está pasando y saber hasta qué punto Ucrania realmente tiene los pies en la tierra e intenta conseguir un gran avance.Este jueves, el canal Telegram del Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia citó al ministro Sergei Shoigu, diciendo que la 47.ª Brigada Mecanizada de Ucrania había realizado cuatro intentos de atravesar las líneas rusas con hasta 1.500 personas y 150 vehículos blindados.Una escultura por cada niño muerto: mira cómo esta artista conmemora a los jóvenes que perdieron la vida en UcraniaLos ataques fueron repelidos, dijo Shoigu, y agregó que las fuerzas ucranianas sufrieron pérdidas significativas tanto de soldados como de armas. El Ministe...

Aurora chief releases video of teen's killing by police

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Aurora Police Department released the body camera video of a deadly police shooting of a 14-year-old boy last week.Jor’Dell Richardson allegedly robbed a convenience store near 8th Avenue and Dayton Street and was caught in an alley behind the small strip mall. Police had said Richardson was armed when an officer shot and killed him last Thursday. 14-year-old killed by Aurora police had pellet gun Police said there was a group of teenagers with hoodies and masks on running from them before the shooting. In a press conference Friday, interim Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo said he went to the scene and gathered information of his own after the shooting involving two of his officers. A stolen Kia minivan allegedly involved in the robbery was later recovered, Acevedo said. The van was found empty. The first names of the officers involved were not released during the news conference You can watch the full bodycam video segments on YouTube, which include graphic c...

Mayor-elect Mike Johnston announces transition team

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The newly elected mayor of Denver, Mike Johnston, announced the transition leadership that he's calling "Vibrant Denver."Johnston said the goal of "Vibrant Denver" is to listen to community leaders across the city to find out what's working, what's not working and how to make Denver better. Rapidly growing Denver picks Mike Johnston as new mayor amid mounting big-city problems Johnston announced that there will be 28 different committees to work on specific issues the city is facing. The committees will include all of the existing departments and agencies, but there will be three major additions. Those committees are homelessness, migrants and a partnership with Denver Public Schools, Johnston said. A few others he mentioned are mental health, employee voice, labor relations and community well-being and safety which will be separate from the Department of Public Safety. Johnston is using a guideline acronym called TICET which stands for transparency, innovation, c...

SoFlo stand-up comic Brittany Brave to headline Dania Improv with no-holds-barred show ‘Muchacha’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

Doing stand-up comedy can be terrifying, but one local Brave soul isn’t scared. Brittany Brave is doing a full hour at the Improv at Dania Pointe, and her talent to juggle different balls – we mean roles – may surprise you.Brittany Brave (on stage): “I do a lot of work for women. I protest, I raise money. I love seeing women win. I saw a grown man fall off a skateboard the other day. It was amazing!”SoFlo comic Brittany Brave is on a roll.Brittany Brave: “I haven’t slept in two months. I am headlining the Dania Improv.”Brittany Brave (on stage): “You could be their mother? That’s a hot category on Pornhub.”Her debut hour, called “Muchacha,” is a no-holds-barred type of show.Brittany Brave: “As long as I’ve gone through it, and it’s coming from a good place, and I’m trying to shed light on something through humor, then I feel comfortable talking about literally anything on stage.R...

Healthy Newton North eliminates second-seeded Lowell on road

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

LOWELL — Despite injuries plaguing a second straight regular season to knock it down in seeding, the Newton North boys volleyball team isn’t letting that get in the way of reaching its potential.A year removed from a second-round tournament exit, the No. 7 Tigers (17-6) showed just what they’re capable of at full strength by upsetting No. 2 Lowell, 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-18) in a Div. 1 state quarterfinal on Friday.Smiles spread like wildfire on a team that again suffered new health issues just about every other week, overcoming it to down a legitimate force in the Red Raiders (21-2).And yet, Newton North isn’t looking at the Final Four trophy as highly as what it aspires for. It gets No. 11 Brookline next after the Warriors upset No. 3 Natick.“They came out and really showed why we are one of the top teams in the state, and they played their best,” said Newton North head coach Nile Fox. “We’re just ready to keep competing. This feels good, but we’re not OK with it. We want to keep g...

Hiker who fell to death at Three Sisters Falls identified

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

DESCANSO, Calif. -- A 48-year-old woman who died while hiking Three Sisters Falls in the Cleveland National Forest has been identified, local medical officials said.Sarah Louise Crocker, of Ladera Ranch, California, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.The fall occurred Thursday just before 10 a.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. This Anza-Borrego cave system among largest in North America A group of four teenagers and a woman were hiking along the ledge of the falls when one of the teens slipped, authorities said. Crocker reached out to help the teen, but lost her footing.Both Crocker and the teen went over the edge of the waterfall and landed in the bottom pool of water, per law enforcement. Crocker died at the scene while the teenage girl suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.The medical examiner's office determined Crocker's cause of death due to "multiple blunt force injuries, e...

Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect pleads not guilty to extorting victim’s mother

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, pleaded not guilty Friday in Alabama to charges he tried to extort money from the missing teen’s mother in exchange for revealing where to find her daughter’s remains.Although he’s not on trial for harming Holloway, the extortion and wire fraud charges are the only alleged crimes that link the Dutch citizen to Holloway’s unsolved disappearance on the Caribbean island of Aruba. The 18-year-old went missing during a high school graduation trip with classmates and was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot, a student at an international school on the island where he grew up.Van der Sloot, now 35, walked shackled into the Alabama courtroom Friday as Holloway’s parents looked on. He’d been extradited Thursday from Peru, where he’s serving a 28-year sentence after confessing to killing a Peruvian woman in 2010 — five years to the day after Holloway went missing.Na...

A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

The 49-page federal indictment of former President Donald Trump lays out a stunning timeline of events, detailing allegations that he not only mishandled sensitive material, but also took steps to hide records and impede investigators.Here are some key of the key events leading to the 37 criminal charges against Trump, according to the indictment:Jan. 20, 2021: As Trump leaves the White House, he directs the movement of dozens of storage boxes to Mar-a-Lago, prosecutors say. The boxes, packed by Trump and his White House staff, contain newspaper clippings, letters, photos and other mementos from his time in office, but also hundreds of classified documents that, as a former president, he wasn’t authorized to have.Under the Presidential Records Act, presidential records are considered federal, not private property and must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. Multiple federal laws govern the handling of classified and sensitive documents, includin...

4 children lost in the jungle for 40 days after a plane crash are found alive in Colombia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that authorities found alive four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago and had been the subject of an intense search in the Amazon jungle that held Colombians on edge.The children were alone when searchers found them and are now receiving medical attention, Petro told reporters upon his return to Bogota from Cuba, where he signed a cease-fire agreement with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group.The president said the youngsters are an “example of survival” and predicted their saga “will remain in history.”The crash happened in the early hours of May 1, when the Cessna single-engine propeller plane with six passengers and a pilot declared an emergency due to an engine failure. The small aircraft fell off radar a short time later and a frantic search for survivors began. The three adults were killed, and their bodies were found in the area.Associated Press, The Associated Press

American Airlines, JetBlue seek to keep some ties despite losing antitrust case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:58:37 GMT

American Airlines and JetBlue said Friday they should be allowed to keep selling tickets on each other’s flights in the Northeast and link their frequent-flyer programs despite losing an antitrust trial over their partnership.The Justice Department said if the airlines get their wish, travelers would miss out on the benefits of restoring competition between the carriers. In separate filings, the airlines and the government told a federal judge in Boston how he should carry out his ruling last month to break up the partnership. American’s CEO has said his airline will appeal the verdict.The Justice Department proposed a final judgment that would order American and JetBlue to end most parts of the deal immediately. The government said the airlines should honor existing tickets to avoid hurting travelers, but then quickly wind down their sharing of airport gates and takeoff and landing slots at key airports.The airlines want to keep selling tickets on each other’s fli...