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Prince George’s Co. schools lifts Suitland High’s football team suspension

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

School officials from Prince George’s County, Maryland, have lifted its suspension on Suitland High School’s varsity football team following an incident between players and a coach from Bladensburg High School.In a letter obtained by WTOP to Suitland Principal Ronald Hollis, Coordinating Supervisor for Interscholastic Athletics Shirley Diggs said the Rams can resume its season on Friday at Northwestern High but that the investigation into the incident is still ongoing. The Rams played in the Wildcats’ homecoming game.“Pending the outcome of the investigation, the athletic office reserves the right to re-visit and determine any additional penalties if necessary,” Diggs said. “Please remind your team that any further altercations may result in a forfeit for the remainder of the football season.”Fox 5 DC first reported the decision to lift the suspension came after an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon.The incident occurred on Sept. 22 after ...

Garoppolo out of concussion protocol, will start when Raiders host Packers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is out of concussion protocol and will start when Las Vegas hosts the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.He went through practice Friday without restrictions for first time since getting hurt.Garoppolo missed one game because of the concussion, Sunday’s 24-17 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers. Rookie Aidan O’Connell got the start.“It was tough, but it is what it is,” Garoppolo said. “Got to move past it at this point, just focus on Green Bay. Makes everything easier when you have an opponent for next week and we have to focus on that. So the train isn’t stopping, have to jump on and keep rolling with it.” He was injured Sept. 24 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but played the entire game. Garoppolo was checked for a potential concussion afterward.“There were some hits that game, so it could’ve been a number of different ones,” Garoppolo said. “But really just after the game, the doctors grabbed me, star...

México anuncia la recuperación de US$ 2,5 millones de bienes de García Luna en EE.UU.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

(CNN) — El Gobierno de México informó que recuperará US$ 2,5 millones de bienes del exsecretario de Seguridad Pública Genaro García Luna y de su esposa, Linda Cristina Pereyra, como parte de una demanda civil que inició en Estados Unidos contra el exfuncionario, a quien acusa de fraude.García Luna, quien ocupó el alto cargo durante la presidencia de Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), fue detenido en diciembre de 2019 en Estados Unidos, acusado de narcotráfico y de proteger al Cártel de Sinaloa. En febrero de este año, el exfuncionario fue declarado culpable de los cinco delitos de los que era acusado y está a la espera de sentencia, que puede alcanzar cadena perpetua.García Luna siempre ha rechazado las imputaciones y su defensa argumentó que todos los testigos en su contra buscaban obtener beneficios penales en EE.UU. Su abogado en Nueva York, César de Castro, comunicó que planea apelar la condena. CNN ha contactado al despacho de De Castro en busca de comentarios sobre el anuncio ...

Denver council votes to add more funds to rental assistance

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver City Council is telling Mayor Mike Johnston to spend more money on rental assistance programs to prevent evictions, something several groups say leads to more people becoming unhoused.The council suggested the mayor approve adding $17 million more than the $12 million in his proposed budget for that purpose."We do have a crisis on our hands, and we need to find a way to meet the actual need that is out there and that it should be one of the top priorities in the mayor's budget this year," said Sarah Parady, at-large council member.One member of the council, Darrell Watson of District 9, said it is a noble idea, but cuts would have to be made in other city departments to make it happen. Insurance claim denied for Denver music venue flooded by burst pipe The goal is curbing any more people from becoming homeless, according to at-large council member, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez."Preventing involuntary displacement for people, making sure that we're addressin...

St. Jude researcher helps raise survival rate to 90% for certain leukemia

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (KDVR) -- Tickets for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway have sold out for the year and FOX31 viewers helped raise $2.4 million toward the St. Jude mission, all in this year alone.In the last 13 years, Denver raised more than $16.6 million for St. Jude with Dream Home Giveaway tickets.FOX31 took a trip to the St. Jude campus in Memphis, Tennessee, to learn firsthand what that money is funding.'No child should die in the dawn of life'In the heart of the evolving St. Jude Children's Research Hospital campus, flags represent the makeup of doctors and researchers coming from across the globe to work on founder Danny Thomas’ mission.“We have a mission from Danny Thomas that no child should die in the dawn of life, and everyone embraces that mission here at St. Jude, every single person,” said Kathryn Roberts, Ph.D.  How St. Jude helped save a local child from cancer Saving children’s lives is the mission that brought Roberts, the pathology department's director of res...

Poulson: Is Congress rediscovering Reaganomics?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

The House of Representatives recently completed hearings on “Examining Proposed Constitutional Amendments.” The hearings focused on two proposed Constitutional amendments — term limits and a balanced-budget amendment. The hearings also explored the question of amending the Constitution under Article V.Legislators have rediscovered Reaganomics. As president, Ronald Reagan supported term limits and a balanced-budget amendment and enacting these amendments through an Article V convention. However, before we break out the champagne, we must put this question in a historical perspective.The Founding Fathers anticipated it would be difficult for Congress to impose limits on its power of the purse. They incorporated Article V in the Constitution to give citizens and the states, and Congress, the power to propose amendments.Legislators have been proposing a balanced-budget amendment for almost a century. The high-water mark in this effort was in 1995 when a resolution calling for it fell on...

Editorial: Congress should do right thing on Afghan refugees

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is one of many blights on the Biden administration’s spotty record. The fact that this nation since then has turned its back on Afghans who helped U.S. troops only makes the matter worse.But there is a remedy for this injustice.Since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan more than two years ago, the United States has welcomed more than 80,000 refugees from the country.But the humanitarian program that allowed them to come here provides only temporary protection and no road to permanent residency. In addition, thousands of Afghans who aided the American war effort remain at risk in their home country, unable to cut through the red tape and flee to the United States. They and their families are targets for retribution from the brutal Taliban.“Helping these Afghans would signify to other allies that the U.S. doesn’t abandon its friends,” Sierra Dawn McClain wrote in the Wall Street Journal recently. “More important, it would help settle...

Lowry: Trump wages ’24 campaign from court

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

Donald Trump is getting indicted and tried all the way into a third Republican presidential nomination, and perhaps a second term in office.Trump’s court dates and legal entanglements aren’t a distraction from his campaign, as some observers predicted; in large part, they are the campaign.We’re all familiar with the so-called front-porch campaigns of the late-19th century, most famously the Republican William McKinley who would have delegations of supporters visit him at his home in Canton, Ohio. Joe Biden built on the concept with his lockdown-compliant basement campaign during the 2020 campaign (at least McKinley interacted with real people).Now, Trump has come up with another variant of this concept — the courtroom campaign.It involves massive media attention before, during and after court appearances; images and statements of bold, unadorned defiance; and inflamed Republican emotions from the sense that he is being treated unfairly.This is the potent poli...

Zito: Americans not buying ‘economy is OK’ message

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

ERIE, Pennsylvania — Two weeks ago, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman told CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour there is a peculiar disconnect between how the economy is doing and how the public is feeling about it.Amanpour pressed him on why people weren’t understanding that they are living in a “sunny economy.” He had asserted that “the economy’s rebound has been surreally good,” yet people keep saying it is terrible.Krugman pointed to surveys and even some people’s behavior, noting robust discretionary spending on travel with hotels and restaurants, and was perplexed as to why people, as if all people were traveling, thought there was a problem.“We don’t really understand why this is happening … (but) there is a real profound disconnect going on,” Krugman said.A few days earlier, “The View” co-host Joy Behar was strident in her assertion that everything was fine for all in our economy: “The eco...

Little Feat takes albums on tour with Boston stop

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:13:24 GMT

When Little Feat cut the albums “Sailin’ Shoes” and “Dixie Chicken” in 1972-73, they figured they’d have some fun, make some timeless music, and score a big hit single. Two out of three ain’t bad.The albums have indeed proven timeless, and the current incarnation of Little Feat plays them both at the Wilbur on Monday and Tuesday; doing one album plus bonus tracks each night. The band has weathered some major losses, including the death of founder Lowell George in 1979 and the more recent passings of drummer Richie Hayward and guitarist Paul Barrere. But Little Feat is now recognized as the precursors of Americana and the jam-band movement. And after all these years, they’ve still never had a hit single.“That’s probably a blessing in disguise,” says Bill Payne, the band’s keyboardist and cofounder. “I know Lowell had grand hopes for ‘Easy to Slip’ as a single, and I thought that one sounded great, but it didn’t happen. We were in an age of albums, and we came up in a time when people...