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Google, others say Uganda anti-LGBTQ bill bad for business

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A business group including corporate giants such as Google says it opposes Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ legislation, calling it “a concern for global businesses and investors operating or planning to invest” in the East African country. The legislation, which prescribes the death penalty or life imprisonment for some homosexual offenses, would hurt Uganda’s economy, the Open For Business coalition said in a statement Wednesday. “Diversity and inclusion are core principles of our coalition partners in the conduct of their businesses,” the statement said. The legislation, if signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni, “would undermine Uganda’s attractiveness as a place to do business and invest,” it said. In addition to Google, the Open For Business coalition includes companies such as Microsoft, MasterCard, HSBC and Facebook owner Meta. Uganda’s legislature last week passed the anti-homosexuality bill. The legislation is now with Museveni, who ...

Capitol Riot: FBI informant testifies for Proud Boys defense

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant who marched to the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys members on Jan. 6 testified on Wednesday that he didn’t know of any plans for the far-right extremist group to invade the building and didn’t think they inspired the violence that day.The informant, who identified himself in court only as “Aaron,” was a defense witness at the trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors said was a plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after the 2020 presidential election.The informant was communicating with his FBI handler as a mob of Trump supporters breached police barricades at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.The Proud Boys “did not do it, nor inspire,” the informant texted his handler. “The crowd did as herd mentality. Not organized.”The handler’s response was redacted from a screenshot that a defense attorney showed to jurors.“Barriers down at capital...

15-year-old charged with attempted murder of Denver police officer

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A 15-year-old was charged with the attempted murder of a police officer on Wednesday. According to the Denver District Attorney's office, on March 21, a program known as ShotSpotter detected 36 rounds of gunfire around 9 p.m. in the Whittier neighborhood. ShotSpotter uses artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to determine if sounds are gunfire. Officers responded to the gunfire in an alley off 30th Avenue between North Gilpin and North Williams Street. Colorado violent youth crime rising after 3 years of improvement According to the DA, Denver Police Department officers approached three males that were walking in the area when one of the males allegedly fired a gun at one of the officers.The DA confirmed the officer was not injured, and the juvenile that allegedly fired the shots was placed into custody.The DA did not identify the 15-year-old by name. The 15-year-old faces the following charges:Attempted murder of a peace officerProhibited possession...

How much more yearly income does it take to go from a condo to a home in Colorado?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Upsizing from a condo to a house is not a huge difference in annual income in Denver, thanks in part to condo prices being already some of the nation's highest. Real estate news and analysis site Point2Home crunched housing data in 200 U.S. cities to find which cities have the lowest bar for condo owners to jump into a detached single-family home. Researchers calculated the "price difference to income ratio," or the number of years worth of income that it would take to match the difference between a condo and a detached home. Colorado had a bigger share of movers than any other state in 2021 Depending on the city, condo-owning Coloradans could need anywhere between two and four years' worth of income to afford a single-family home.In Lakewood, it takes an income of 3.9 years more to afford a single-family home than a condo, which is in the top 25% nationwide and about $303,000. How much could Denver area renters save if they bunked with a roommate? It takes a s...

Classes canceled at Loveland High due to unfounded threat

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — Classes at Loveland High School were canceled for the remainder of the day Wednesday after a threat was made against the campus.According to the school, a tip was reported through Safe2Tell that a threat was made against Loveland High School Wednesday morning. The tip was then provided to local law enforcement.The Loveland Police Department investigated the tip and confirmed there was no credible threat at the school and that all students and staff were safe. 15-year-old charged with attempted murder of Denver police officer However, Loveland High School said the tip caused a disruption in the class schedule, and as a result classes were canceled for the remainder of the day and students were sent home. "The safety and security of all students, staff and visitors is the number one priority of our district team. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to remain vigilant and to take all reasonable steps and precautions to help keep everyo...

Florida man hides in insulation debris to escape arrest for alleged burglary in progress

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

(TMX) – An alleged burglar in Florida tried to hide from authorities under a pile of home insulation, with his face near an air duct so he could breathe, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to a burglary in progress in North Fort Myers on the night of March 26, and heard someone walking in the home’s attic. A five-gallon bucket and insulation debris were spotted on the floor below the attic access, and deputies ordered the suspect to come down.When the suspect didn’t come down, deputies used non-lethal gas to try to flush him out of the attic, the sheriff’s office said. When the suspect still refused to come down, deputies entered the attic with a K-9 unit.Photos shared by the sheriff’s office show the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Bruce Davis, buried under a pile of insulation, with his hands poking up. Deputies said he had pressed his face against an air duct to breathe fresh air.Davis was arrested and charged with burglary and resisting an o...

Son of rapper Uncle Luke appears in court charged with aggravated assault of 2 women in Miami

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

The son of a South Florida celebrity is now behind bars. Luther Roderick Campbell, who is the son of famous rap artist Uncle Luke, appeared before a judge, Wednesday. Campbell is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer.According to police, at around 7 p.m. Monday, Campbell was armed with a knife and walked up to two women, telling them, ‘What did you say?’The incident happened on South Beach, near the famous Big Pink restaurant. The women were behind a car and had something blocking them from Campbell. Campbell eventually ran away with that knife where police caught up with him at a Walgreens at Fifth and Jefferson. At that point, officers attempted to subdue Campbell, but he ran off. He was eventually arrested. Campbell’s bond was set at $6,000. He remains in jail because he must go in front of a judge Thursday. Once Campbell bonds out, he is ordered to stay away from the women he confronted.

Pembroke Pines firefighters extinguish house blaze

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

The Pembroke Pines Fire Department extinguished a house fire located along 11th Court and Northwest 77th Way, Wednesday. According to a tweet from Pembroke Pines Police, everyone inside the house was evacuated safely.https://twitter.com/PPinesPD/status/1641107334498770949?s=20Video footage of the aftermath captured smoke as the blaze cleared out.It remains unclear what started the fire.

Bernie Sanders confronts former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on company’s labor practices

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

(CNN) — Senator Bernie Sanders, who has roundly criticized former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over the company’s blatant attempts to shut down its own workers’ unionization efforts, finally got to question Schultz during a Senate hearing Wednesday.Schultz, currently the company’s chairman emeritus, is testifying before Sanders and the rest of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during a hearing titled “No Company Is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks,” on Wednesday morning. Later, the committee will hear from a barista, a union organizer and worker who was let go, and others.Sanders, who has accused Schultz of “illegal anti-union activities,” reiterated on Wednesday that “the fundamental issue we are confronting today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all, or whether billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity....

Pamela Smart’s latest bid for sentence reduction dismissed

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday turned away the latest attempt to get a sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990. Smart, 55, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an affair with a 15-year-old student who later shot and killed her husband, Gregory Smart. Though she denied knowledge of the plot, she was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes and sentenced to life without parole.Having exhausted her judicial appeal options, Smart returned for a third time to an elected state council, seeking a sentence reduction hearing last year. The five-member Executive Council, which approves state contracts and appointees to the courts and state agencies, rejected her latest request in less than three minutes, prompting another appeal to state Supreme Court.The justices dismissed the petition Wednesday, saying it would violate ...