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Fire at a coal mining company building in northern China kills 26 and injures dozens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — A fire erupted in a coal company building in a northern Chinese city on Thursday, killing 26 people and injuring dozens of others, state media said.Rescue personnel evacuated 70 people and took 63 others to a hospital, according to state media.The dead were almost all workers, according to local media outlet Fengmian News.The fire was under control and rescue work was continuing on Thursday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The building belongs to Yongju Coal Company and is in Lvliang city in northern Shanxi province, a major coal-producing region, CCTV said. The fire appeared to have started in the shower area of a building with offices and dormitories, local news outlet Hongxing News said.Coal mine accidents have been relatively common in China, though the government has been working on improving safety.Shanxi is China’s top coal-producing province and is at the center of government efforts to reduce the economy’s reliance on coal. ___AP resear...

Caught on camera: Mountain lion strolls through Genesee yard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

Mountain lion on Blink camera (Photo credit: Sherri Teter)DENVER (KDVR) — Nothing says Colorado like a mountain lion walking down the patio of a residential home.Wildlife at front doorsteps isn't unheard of near this resident's home in the Riva Chase community. The house sits on two acres in the Genesee area and has seen a lot of wildlife, but it's usually bunnies and squirrels. This is how much your Thanksgiving meal will cost this year Occasionally, there will be elk, deer and turkeys on the property as well.This time, the home's Blink camera caught a different creature, and this one was a bit more dangerous than a squirrel or bunny.On the Blink camera, a mountain lion treks across the yard like it's his home. Do you need to cook a turkey longer in Colorado? While mountain lions can be dangerous, they're more of a threat to deer than to people. Spotting a mountain lion is rare in itself, and attacks on people are even less likely, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation.If y...

City to sweep camp at 24th and Arapahoe Street

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Thursday, Denver city officials plan to clean up a homeless camp at 24th and Arapahoe Street. City officials said the cleanup is part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s House1000 initiative to move 1,000 people into housing by the end of 2023.According to the city dashboard, the goal is 27% completed with just 46 days left in the year. This is up 9% from late October. So far, 274 people have been moved into homes. After harrowing journey to Denver, Venezuelan family helps others City officials said people living at the camp off of 24th and Arapahoe will be offered housing, assistance by outreach teams and trash services to clear out waste and debris. The city will also remove “all items encumbering or obstructing” the area, which will include both sides of Arapahoe Street, along with 24th Street to the northeast and Broadway to the southwest.This will be the third cleanup under the House1000 initiative. The Common Sense Institute reported earlier in November th...

Denver homes are 120% more expensive than 10 years ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Home values in three Colorado metro areas have more than doubled in 10 years, according to data from online real estate marketplace Zillow.FOX31 looked at data from the Zillow Home Value Index, which measures the typical home value in a given region, to see how home values have grown in Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs over the past five, 10 and 20 years.These values include condos and co-ops, in addition to single-family homes. What are the most expensive neighborhoods in Denver? Because of this, the values are lower than they would be if only single-family homes were included.The difference is the most pronounced in Boulder, where the value, including condos and co-ops, in October 2023 was $728,174, while the home value including only single-family homes was $781,763.The values were calculated from the metro areas of each city, for example, Denver's values include surrounding cities like Aurora, Lakewood and Broomfield.How have home values changed in Denver?T...

China ‘strongly opposes’ Biden’s dictator remark

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

China’s foreign ministry denounced President Joe Biden’s comment Thursday calling Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” for the second time this year.“This statement is extremely wrong and irresponsible political manipulation,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters on Thursday, according to Reuters.China’s foreign ministry said it “strongly opposes” Biden’s remarks, without mentioning him by name. “It should be pointed out that there will always be some people with ulterior motives who attempt to incite and damage U.S.-China relations, they are doomed to fail,” she said.When asked by a reporter on Wednesday if Biden still believed Xi was a dictator, Biden stood by the assessment that he made earlier this year.“Look, he is. He’s a dictator in the sense that he’s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country,” Biden said during a news conference, just after he announced agreements on a number of confidence-building measures with his Chinese co...

EU closing eyes to Belarus sanctions loopholes, opposition leader says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

MÁLAGA, Spain — The EU is wilfully ignoring flaws in its sanctions regime against Belarus, said the country’s opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.“The sanctions have such huge loopholes that they don’t work effectively,” Tsikhanouskaya told POLITICO in an interview at an international meeting of social democrat parties in Spain.Brussels slapped waves of sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime in Belarus after the sham presidential election of 2020, the hijacking of a Ryanair plane and the instigation of a migration crisis on the EU’s borders in 2021. Lukashenko has also supported Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2022. EU sanctions on Belarus range from targeting the air travel, financial and arms sectors to hydrocarbons, timber and potash exports. But those sanctions are often circumvented, Tsikhanouskaya said, including sanctioned Belarusian birchwood being exported to the EU by being labeled as coming from Kyrgyzstan. “It’s no...

Protesters demanding ceasefire in Gaza block traffic on BU Bridge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

A crowd of protesters demanding a ceasefire in Gaza are blocking traffic on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston during the morning commute.State police are diverting traffic around the demonstration on the Boston University Bridge. The group, called If Not Now, is made up of American Jews and their allies and is calling for the release of hostages and a ceasefire.https://twitter.com/SabSilv/status/1725146670818599089https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1725141406052683962No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

What did Providence’s Molly Knight learn from her sisters? ‘Don’t stop shooting.’ Turns out to be good advice.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

Junior point guard Molly Knight can shoot the 3-pointer for Providence and isn’t afraid to attack a zone defense head on. Who did she learn that from? Family and friends.And it also helps to have sisters.Her oldest sister, Lauren, a 2020 Providence graduate, is now playing at Carthage. Kelly, a 2022 alum, is playing at Coe. You can count on them as being the biggest influences.What did she learn from them?“Keep moving the ball, and no matter what, don’t stop shooting, basically,” Knight said with the big smile of someone who likes to shoot the ball. “They always had that range.”Knight felt at home from any range Wednesday night, sending the Celtics to a 39-29 victory over Lincoln-Way West in a WJOL Tournament second-round game at Joliet Junior College.The 5-foot-9 Knight led all scorers with 16 points and added four rebounds, four assists and four steals for Providence (2-0). She hit three 3-pointers in the second quarter and another at the end of...

Pilot killed in small plane crash near Torrey Pines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The pilot of a small plane that crashed near homes in La Jolla overnight has been confirmed dead.Around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night, the FFA received a message from the pilot saying he was low on fuel, said the San Diego Police Department.The pilot, who was flying in rainy weather conditions, was then diverted to Montgomery Field.The pilot lost rack of his location and went off radar soon after, SDPD explained. Authorities searched for the possibly downed aircraft in the area of Torrey Pines Gliderport. Police confirmed Thursday morning that the plane was located along Caminito Sueno near Gilman Drive in Ja Jolla Heights. The plane came in through some trees.The pilot of a small plane that crashed near homes in La Jolla overnight has been confirmed dead. (KSWB)A resident in the area reported seeing lights from the plane and directed authorities to the area, SDPD told FOX 5. The department's drone team located the plane soon after. Expect rain through this weekend in San...

Finland to close 4 border crossing points after accusing Russia of organizing flow of migrants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:14 GMT

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland will close four crossing points on its long border with Russia to stop the flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants that it accuses Moscow of ushering to the border in recent months, the government said Thursday.Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said the southeastern crossing points — Imatra, Niirala, Nuijamaa and Vaalimaa — will be closed at midnight Friday on the Finland-Russia land border that serves as the European Union’s external border.It runs a total of 1,340 kilometers (832 miles), mostly in thick forests in the south, all the way to the rugged landscape in the Arctic north. There are currently nine crossing points with one dedicated to rail travel only.“Operations of the Russian border authorities have changed,” Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told reporters.He referred to dozens of migrants, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, who have arrived in recent days at the Nordic nation without p...