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Biden and Xi will hold a long-anticipated meeting on Wednesday for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught US-China relations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden and Xi will hold a long-anticipated meeting on Wednesday for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught US-China relations.Source

10 things to do in Colorado this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — This weekend will be full of sunny skies in Denver. While temperatures will dip into the 30s at night, conditions will be seasonal. This weekend has a mix of concerts, sports and the start of holiday happenings. If you're bored, these events are still available to attend.10 things to do in ColoradoDoja Cat - Nov. 10Doja Cat is coming to Denver to "Paint the Town Red" on Friday night at Ball Arena. She's girlbossing her way through the country on "The Scarlet Tour." Tickets are still available, and they are as low as $70 per person.The Polar Express™ Train Ride - Nov. 10-Dec. 23The multi-part show opens this weekend. It includes a cabaret-style show with a reenactment of "The Polar Express" along with witnessing the arrival of The Polar Express train. You'll also be able to visit Santa. Prepare for Thanksgiving with these Denver-area turkey trots Bighorn Sheep Festival - Nov. 11The annual event in Georgetown is back with all things bighorn sheep-related. The festiva...

How much Coloradans spent on sports betting in September

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Even though most sports are just starting their seasons, Coloradans have been placing bets all year.The Colorado Division of Gaming released September's data on sports betting figures. Are you a true Colorado sports fan? Sports betting has gone up almost 70% since August. That's over $200 million.Total sports wagers in SeptemberThese numbers come from the monthly statistics report for September 2023. All numbers in the thousands were rounded to make the numbers clearer. Football - Pro American: $157 millionBaseball: $78 millionNCAA Football: $70 millionTennis: $30 millionBasketball: $24 millionSoccer: $20 millionTable tennis: $13 millionMMA: $4 millionGolf: $2 millionHockey - Ice: $2 millionThe betting increase from August to September makes sense, as many fall sports kicked off in August and picked up in September. However, this year Coloradans still spent significantly more on sports betting.Compared to September 2022, there was a 13.9% increase, which was over ...

Michael Oher was paid $138,000 from ‘The Blind Side’ movie and book, Touhy family says in court filing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

(CNN) — Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say they paid Michael Oher more than $138,000 of proceeds from the blockbuster film and preceding book “The Blind Side,” despite the former NFL player’s claim that the couple never paid him his share of the profits, court documents say.Oher, whose life story was depicted in the Oscar-winning movie, filed a petition in August claiming the Tuohys told him they were going to adopt him, but instead filed a conservatorship that kept millions of dollars from him, including his share of the film proceeds.The Tuohys strongly denied Oher’s claims they were enriching themselves at his expense, saying they have always acted in his best interest.A Tennessee judge terminated the Tuohy’s conservatorship over Oher in September, but several issues in his petition remained unresolved, including a request that the Tuohys provide a sworn account of the money that should have been paid to Oher.The Tuohys filed the financial statement in Shelby County, Tennessee, probat...

Germany aims for a ‘war-ready’ military

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

BERLIN — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing Germany to turn its military into a powerful and well-financed fighting force focused on defending the country and NATO allies, Germany’s chancellor said on Friday.“Today, nobody can seriously doubt what we in Germany have been avoiding for a long time, namely that we need a powerful Bundeswehr,” Olaf Scholz said on the second day of a political-military conference presenting the deep change in Berlin’s strategic thinking. “Our peace order is in danger,” he warned, also mentioning the war between Hamas and Israel and adding that Germany needs “a long-term, permanent change of course.”But to defend Germany and its allies, the German military, or Bundeswehr, “needs to be upgraded for this. Only a Bundeswehr that is so strong … can ultimately prevent the worst from happening,” said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. “We need a Bundeswehr that can defend itself and wage war in order to ...

EU nature law fight ends in pyrrhic victory for Green Deal defenders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

EU negotiators have finally clinched a political deal on new rules aimed at boosting nature restoration across the bloc, saving the legislation from a conservative-led campaign to kill it. But if green-minded politicians let out a sigh of relief after months of campaigning and hours of negotiations on Thursday, the final deal is bittersweet as it came at a high price: major concessions to the center-right European People’s Party. The largest group in the European Parliament and the most vocal critic of the bill aimed at restoring the EU’s damaged ecosystems, the EPP, over the past year led a tough campaign against the legislation, claiming it would hurt Europe’s farmers and put the bloc’s food security at risk. It successfully weakened the Parliament’s position going into the talks, where it pushed to water down key aspects even further.Writing on X after the deal was reached, German MEP Peter Liese celebrated that what had been “a piranha” is ...

Massachusetts historic signs to be covered up in Concord due to their ‘offensive’ nature

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

Concord officials are covering up signs that have stood in town for nearly a century because they say the plaques have lost their appeal and are offensive to Indigenous people.In 1930, the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission distributed three markers to the town as part of an initiative recognizing the 300th anniversary of the original colony’s founding.The Select Board this week voted to cover up the signs, a step that officials say was needed to create a more respectful community for all.The signs convey what life was like close to four centuries ago when settlers founded the town in 1635. But officials say the markers don’t accurately represent the history nor the people who live and visit Concord today.Officials had yet to cover the signs as of Wednesday. The markers highlight an oak tree that settlers bought from Indians for the town’s incorporation, the site of an Indian fishing weir and a slope where settlers built their first dwellings.Select Board member Mark H...

Cape Cod man charged with 11 counts of rape involving 3 women

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

A Cape Cod man is being held in lieu of $200,000 bail after being charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting three different women in his garage, which also served as his home office.Barry Viprino, 42, of Harwich, was arraigned in Orleans District Court Thursday on 11 charges of rape, one count of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years old or older and illegally possessing a large-capacity firearm.The charges are across two different cases: one involving a woman prosecutors are calling Victim 1 who brought the allegations against Viprino and another involving two other women who came forward with their own allegations during the police investigation into the first woman’s allegations.Victim 1 said that she was in Viprino’s garage/home office in August when he locked the door and pulled up his shirt to reveal a gun before telling her to take off her clothes and lay down on the couch. She told police she did as she was told out of fear and that Viprino then sexually assaul...

Healey will stop announcing out-of-state travel plans to public

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey traveled to North Carolina last month without disclosing her trip and, in confirming the travel, her office said that it will no longer tell the public in advance when Healey is traveling out of state because of unspecified “security concerns.”A disclosure that Healey filed last month with the State Ethics Commission, which was made available to the News Service on Thursday morning, revealed that Healey planned to travel to Asheville, N.C., for a Democratic Governors Association meeting on Oct. 2 and 3, and that the DGA would foot the estimated $1,341.30 bill for Healey’s travel. The trip was never mentioned on any of Healey’s public schedules and was not disclosed at the time.In response to questions about the governor’s apparent trip to North Carolina, a Healey spokesperson said the administration will no longer publicly announce when the governor travels. Until that trip, Healey’s office regularly informed the press before the...

Bill Belichick addresses ‘personal’ Patriots player absences from Germany trip

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:51 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany — Three Patriots players didn’t make the trip to Germany for the team’s Week 10 matchup with the Colts at Frankfurt Stadium, and two of those three were listed as having “personal” matters.Left tackle Trent Brown was ruled out Thursday with an ankle injury and a personal issue. Cornerback J.C. Jackson, who was disciplined in the Patriots’ Week 9 loss to the Commanders for being tardy to the team hotel, didn’t make the trip for a lack of dependability.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Bill Belichick sees Patriots rookie Kayshon Boutte ‘trending in the right direction’ New England Patriots | Patriots look healthy at lone Germany practice before international game New England Patriots | Patriots mailbag: What is Mac Jones’ future beyond 2023 season? New England Patriots | Patriots offense gets bad news before flight to Germany New England Patriots | ...