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Police say armed man killed himself instead of carrying out apparent plan to attack amusement park

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, his body discovered in a bathroom next to words scrawled on the wall, “I am not a killer,” authorities said Monday.Diego Barajas Medina, 20, was found dead in a women’s bathroom at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park by a maintenance crew on Saturday morning, before the park opened to the public. He died of a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head, Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire said.Medina apparently entered the park while it was closed, armed with an AR-style rifle, a semi-automatic handgun and explosives and was wearing body armor and tactical clothing, similar to what a police SWAT team member might wear, authorities said. A message saying, “I am not a killer, I just want to get into the caves,” was written on a wall of the bathroom where Medina’s body was found lying on the floor, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario s...

Denver 911 testing new video stream to see emergencies live

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's testing a new technology that would allow 911 operators to see emergencies live. Callers can stream live video from their cell phones and send it directly to emergency call takers.“Cell phones have always been a bit of a challenge for 911," said Andrew Dameron, who oversees Denver's emergency communication department. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox That challenge may be made easier for 911 dispatchers because of new video technology."The vast majority, probably close to 80% of 911 calls, come through on a cell phone," Dameron said. "Having accurate, reliable location information is the most important thing that we can ask for. Having tools like this to provide that, it’s absolutely a game changer."The Carbyne 911 emergency live video stream program is demonstrated on a cell phone. (KDVR)911 video stream pilot up and running in DenverThe pilot program, created by the company Carbyne, has been up and running since June.In ...

Downed powerline in SWMD burns down shed, affecting nearby home

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

A downed power line sparked a fire at a shed in Southwest Miami-Dade, where flames spread to a nearby home.The fire happened just off Bird Road at 59th Avenue.The shed was destroyed and one wall of the house was left charred.Officials reported that no one was hurt.

Westminster’s most gruesome rivalries

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

LONDON — There are bad spirits lurking in Westminster this All Hallows’ Eve.More out of control than Frankenstein’s monster … more intense than the age-old battle between vampires and werewolves … and more un-killable than a swarm of flesh-eating zombies, these are the bitter rivalries that just can’t be doused in holy water and seen off.Emerge from your crypt and join POLITICO as we reel off the Westminster feuds haunting British politics. Reader discretion … advised. Rishi Sunak and Boris JohnsonDan Kitwood-WPA Pool/Getty ImagesBehold a tale of true horror! There is serious bad blood between these former Downing Street neighbors.Boris Johnson and his supporters continue to feel a deep sense of betrayal after nerdy ex-Chancellor Sunak quit Johnson’s government and eventually took his crown.You don’t usually get on-the-record warfare between a sitting and a former prime minister, but their disdain for each other has burs...

US isn’t ready for a war of great powers

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

Andrew A. Michta is senior fellow and director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council of the United States.United States President Joe Biden’s recent Oval Office address marked a key moment in the deepening competition between America and its allies on the one hand, and the axis of dictatorships coalescing around Russia, China, Iran and North Korea on the other.The speech effectively merged the war in Ukraine and the wider war brewing in the Middle East into two theaters of the same conflict. And should Hezbollah now also attack, it will present the U.S. and its allies with a significantly expanded theater, straining military resources yet again.At the same time, Taiwan seems even more likely to emerge as a third sphere of conflict in the next few years — or perhaps even sooner. And Beijing has been boosting its military at scale — the People’s Liberation Army Navy is already numerically greater than the U.S. Navy, while its land forces and nuclear forces are g...

How Matt Clifford became Britain’s most powerful tech adviser

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

BRUSSELS — On a warm overcast afternoon in late September, Brussels’ digerati streamed into a cramped event space, just moments from the headquarters of the European Commission, to listen to the U.K.’s man of the hour. Blonde and natty in a crisp white shirt and slim-fit navy suit, Matt Clifford — the British Prime Minister’s official representative for this week’s AI Safety Summit — ambled to the lectern with the smiling ease of someone who has delivered dozens of impromptu speeches. The event, invitation-only and held under the Chatham House Rule, was just one leg of Clifford’s globetrotting, which has taken him from London to Washington and Beijing. These days, as he told POLITICO, he “can sleep anytime, anywhere.”Clifford has been weaving across the planet to talk to top policymakers and tech barons about this week’s Bletchley Park summit, which will focus on severe risks like AI-aided cyberattacks and weapon design, and on which Rishi Sunak has pinned his hopes for a ...

Australia trashes ‘not good enough’ EU trade deal. It will struggle to do better

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

BRUSSELS — “Not good enough,” was Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell’s verdict on the trade deal on offer from the European Union before he walked away from the negotiating table for the second time in four months.Yet Canberra will struggle to do better — and may have to wait for years to close a bargain after the breakdown of what had been billed as a decisive round of talks at the weekend in Osaka, Japan.Brussels sent a team of about 10 negotiators and two top Commissioners — Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, in charge of trade, and Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski — in the hope of wrapping up a deal that was five years in the making.“The EU side traipsed all the way to Japan prepared to do the final deal, just to be told again — forget it!” John Clarke, until recently the top trade negotiator at the Commission’s agriculture department, posted on X. “Well, they will not forget that!”The theatrical snub laid bare to Brus...

Who’s in charge? Western capitals scramble to lead on AI

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

This is a make-or-break week for policing artificial intelligence.On Monday, the White House published its long-awaited executive order on everything from funding new forms of the technology to clamping down on potential abuses. The same day, the G7 group of leading democratic economies announced a separate nonbinding code for reining in so-called generative AI — tools like ChatGPT that have captured the public’s imagination this year. Not to be outdone, the U.K. will hold a two-day summit on AI safety starting Wednesday, with a guest list including U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. In the background, the European Union is also working on its own new laws expected to be finished by December. Yet this week’s carousel of AI-focused announcements and geopolitical set-piece events also underscores one key truth: Western governments are still scrambling to project themselves as leaders in a technological race t...

Norway’s government risks crisis over EU energy row

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

Norway’s government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills. The center-left Agrarian Party has previously threatened to quit the administration in Oslo if the EU’s Clean Energy for All Europeans Package is transposed into Norwegian law. The party says the package will undermine domestic control of natural resources.A dramatic exit by the Agrarians could topple the coalition government, which is currently led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre from the center-left Labor Party. The Labor-led Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is working on how to implement the new package, according to Norwegian media reports, which is set to come to a crunch when it reaches the point of final decision by the government. As the tension mounts, a key court decision due Tuesday is expected to clarify whether it was unconstitutional for Norway to adopt previous EU energy laws. Opponents of the energy package fear it will make permanent a perceived loss of energy sovereignty,...

Here’s who the Ravens might be targeting ahead of NFL trade deadline

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:49:31 GMT

The Ravens are tied for the best record in the AFC at 6-2 after their latest win Sunday in Arizona. They have the league’s top defense by a wide margin in FTN Fantasy’s Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA), which also now has them as the favorite to win the Super Bowl. They spent more money on offense this offseason than any team in the NFL, led by quarterback Lamar Jackson’s five-year, $260 million extension.Baltimore is built to win now, which is why now would also be a good time to go in on the kind of blockbuster, difference-making trade by Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline that would push the organization to the precipice of a real shot at its third championship and first since the 2012 season.Despite all their various impressive numbers the Ravens have been consistently inconsistent, enduring uneven performances on both sides of the ball. Strengthening the roster in a significant way would likely help solve that issue and elevate them into the league̵...