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Mayors prepare for end of Title 42

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Several mayors in San Diego County are bracing for the end of Title 42 while stressing the importance of getting more resources from the federal government.Mayors in San Diego, El Cajon and National City have shared concerns about food, safety, space, and beds to house migrants.Mayors have told FOX 5 their resources are already limited and could be spread thin if there is a significant amount of migrants arriving to their cities. The mayors have also said they are not getting much communication from the federal government on what to expect once the policy is lifted."And so we don't really know what the scope of the problem is going to look like. So we are going to have to wait and see until it happens," El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells said.Wells said he worries about enough beds, food and stress on the city and its police and fire departments. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection told his staff El Cajon could see up to 400 migrants a day."I think these people are going to c...

Havasupai Tribe in Arizona marks a spiritual homecoming: ‘We are still the Grand Canyon’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a grouping of cottonwood and ash trees deep in the Grand Canyon. Birds soared above and reptiles scampered across the rocks as the canyon walls grew taller and taller behind her. This was home, yet she rarely had been there over the years.“I can’t believe how far I’ve come, it’s amazing,” she said about halfway through the 4.5-mile hike over steep, rocky terrain. “I can’t believe my ancestors used to do this all the time.”The journey was both emotional and celebratory. She remembered the words of her uncle, the late Rex Tilousi, who told stories of Havasupai people being forced out of what’s now Grand Canyon National Park. But that day she was hiking with joy at a pivotal moment in the tribe’s relationship with the National Park Service — headed toward a private ceremony rededicating a popular campground as Havasupai Gardens or “Ha’a ...

Long-haul carrier Emirates launches $200M fund to reduce fossil fuel use in aviation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates said Thursday it would create a $200 million fund for research and development projects aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels in commercial aviation. Emirates made the announcement ahead of releasing their annual report for 2022. The airline, owned by Dubai’s government, said the funding would be distributed over three years. “It’s clear that with the current pathways available to airlines in terms of emissions reduction, our industry won’t be able to hit net zero targets in the prescribed timeline,” airline President Tim Clark said in a statement. “We believe our industry needs better solutions, and that’s why we’re looking to partner with leading organizations.”Emirates separately will aim to use so-called sustainable aviation fuel as well when possible — though it remains incredibly scarce in the market. In January, the airline successfully flew a Boeing 777 on a test flight with one of its two engines ...

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed in choppy trading after US inflation report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in choppy trading Thursday after a report showed evidence that inflation in the United States was cooling, even if it remains too high.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.2% in morning trading to 29,062.04. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3% to 7,233.10. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.4% to 2,506.48. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.1% to 19,741.89, while the Shanghai Composite was little changed, inching up less than 0.1% to 3,319.80.Concerns about the Chinese economy remain a major focus, especially for the Asian region, with the latest cause for worry coming from trade data released Tuesday.“China could be heading into a deflationary funk similar to the one that Japan is starting to emerge from,” said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 4,129.20 after swinging between gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2% to 33,4...

War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.By the end of 2022, 5.9 million people had been forced to move inside Ukraine because of Russia’s invasion, bringing the global total of people internally displaced by conflict and violence to more than 62 million, an increase of 17% since 2021. Syria had 6.8 million displaced by conflict after more than a decade of civil war.The number of people displaced inside their country at the end of the year because of disasters like floods and famine reached 8.7 million, up by 45% from 2021.The total of 71.1 million internally displaced worldwide was a 20% increase since 2021.Internal displacement refers to people forced to move inside their own borders and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s repor...

‘Now or never’: Migrants seek to beat the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the border hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions were to expire Thursday, fearing that new policies would make it far more difficult to gain entry into the United States.In a move to clear out overwhelmed holding facilities, Border Patrol agents were told Wednesday to begin releasing some migrants with instructions to appear at an immigration office in the United States within 60 days, according to a U.S. official. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter and provided information to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.The Biden administration has been unveiling measures to replace Title 42, which suspended rights to seek asylum since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. On Wednesday, the Homeland Security Department announced a rule to make it extremely difficult for anyone who travels through another country, like Mexico, to qualify for asylum. It also introduced ...

Ex-Kansas legislator who committed COVID relief fraud seeks to avoid prison sentence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas lawmaker who was convicted of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief is trying to avoid spending any time in prison, with his attorney citing his Air Force service in a combat zone as one reason.But prosecutors have asked a federal judge to sentence former Republican state Rep. Michael Capps, of Wichita, to four years and three months in prison. They have argued in court documents that he “continues to show neither remorse nor contrition” over stealing nearly $500,000 in funds meant to help businesses remain afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren scheduled Capps’ sentencing for Thursday in Wichita. A jury convicted the 45-year-old former lawmaker in December of four counts of wire fraud, four counts of money laundering, three counts of making false statements on loan applications and one count of bank fraud. The jury acquitted him of six charges, and another charge was dismiss...

Idaho triple murder trial of slain kids’ mom drawing to end

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prosecutors have spent the last four weeks painstakingly detailing their case against a woman accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a bizarre doomsday-focused plot.On Thursday, they are expected to present their final arguments to the jury in the triple murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell. Vallow Daybell’s defense team, meanwhile, will likely attempt to persuade jurors that there simply isn’t enough evidence to justify a conviction. Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, are charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, murder and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and his big sister Tylee Ryan, who was last seen a few days before her 17th birthday in 2019. Prosecutors also charged the couple in connection with the October 2019 death of Chad Daybell’s late wife, Tammy Daybell.Both defendants have pleaded not guilty, but are being t...

Vote for your favorite Twin Cities-area restaurant patio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

Voting takes place May 11-19.Submit your vote in the form below:Here’s a look at last year’s reader picks.And here’s the Twin Cities patio guide assembled by our Eat team last year.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Starbucks debuts two new limited-time summer beverages Restaurants, Food and Drink | Would you pay $47 for a burger with a Lego bun? Here’s your chance! Restaurants, Food and Drink | Habanero Tacos to open soon on Snelling Ave. in St. Paul Restaurants, Food and Drink | Quick Fix: Curried Chicken with Peppers Restaurants, Food and Drink | ROK Eatery in Schmidt Rathskeller changing concepts to tacos and cocktails

Man shot while trying to break up fight outside El Compadre in Hollywood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:55 GMT

A 42-year-old man is hospitalized in intensive care after trying to help a stranger who was being attacked outside a popular Hollywood restaurant following a Cinco de Mayo celebration. The incident occurred at around 2 a.m. Saturday morning outside El Compadre Mexican restaurant in the 7400 block of Sunset Boulevard.  “We were cleaning things up, putting our equipment away for the night and these two cars pull up, looked like they were already having an altercation,” Jorge Ramirez-Galdamez, an artistic events creator who had been hired by the restaurant, told KTLA.  As he was wrapping things up on the back patio, he said the argument between the two groups started to escalate.  “This guy came out of the backseat, ran to the other vehicle and through the window, while the window was down, proceeded to punch this woman repeatedly and then continued to open the door and punch her while she was unconscious,” Ramirez-Galdamez said.  When the 42-year-old came to t...