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Biden and Irish poets: ‘Hope and history,’ a lifelong love

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, confer with top officials on current issues and honor his Irish ancestors.You can also count on Biden to quote an Irish poet or two, especially two late Nobel laureates — Seamus Heaney and William Butler Yeats.“I think that’s a safe guess to make,” says former Biden speechwriter Dan Cluchey, who worked with the president from 2018-2022. “Yeats and Heaney encompass so much of the universal catalog of emotions poetry can express and they are the major wells he (Biden) goes to when he needs the perfect words to encapsulate a feeling.”Presidents have long made a point of citing a favorite writer, and for Biden that often has been Heaney, renowned for what Nobel judges in 1995 called “works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth.” Besides his original poems, his noted works include a bestselling translation of the Old English epic “Beowulf” and...

Is lane splitting legal in Colorado?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As temperatures continue to get warmer, motorcyclists will be riding more often.While you might see a motorcyclist lane splitting in traffic, it is actually illegal in our state. Police stop driver with tags from 2020 in Wheat Ridge What is lane splitting?The Colorado State Patrol said lane splitting is a traffic maneuver in which a motorcyclist drives between two rows of vehicles traveling in the same direction.According to the Colorado General Assembly, under current law, the driver of a motorcycle is prohibited from overtaking or passing a motor vehicle by driving in the same lane as the motor vehicle or between rows of motor vehicle. Can you get a DUI while riding a bike in Colorado? “When accidents occur from lane splitting, the motorcyclist will be on the losing side,” Sgt. Troy Kessler with CSP said. “Whether a rider strikes a car side mirror, runs into a car, or travels too fast when a motorist attempts to change a lane, riding predictably helps everyone...

1 killed during a fight in Five Points, suspect wanted

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police are investigating a deadly fight in the Five Points neighborhood.Officers with the Denver Police Department were called to a fight Sunday morning in the 1100 block of 32nd Street. DPD located one victim who was sent to a local hospital. At that time, police did not know the extent of the victim's injuries. Man sentenced for sexually assaulting girlfriend’s daughter On Monday morning, DPD confirmed the victim in the fight was pronounced dead. This case is now being investigated as a homicide. Investigators are working to develop suspect information. Anyone with information on the fight is asked to call the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a cash reward.

These 2 Colorado cities among top 25 most popular to visit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

DENVER (Stacker) — Are you fantasizing about lounging on a quiet beach or taking your chances with Lady Luck in a gambling-friendly destination on your next vacation? With spring break and summer vacation right around the corner, the season of peak travel times is approaching fast. Not to mention, travel and tourism in the U.S. has jumped nearly 65% in recent years, based on figures released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. It's the largest bump in that sector since BEA started measuring the data in 1998.To help narrow your selections with a list of the hottest travel destinations, Stacker ranked the top 25 most popular U.S. cities using 2022 fourth-quarter data from research and analytics firm YouGov. To rank cities, Stacker used YouGov's overall positive opinion score, or the percentage of positive responses in the survey, with scores also broken down by generation.From busy metropolises on both coasts to more quaint getaways to relax and recharge, you'll find both predictable ...

Some customers are complaining the new olive oil-infused Starbucks drink is making them run to the bathroom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

(CNN) — Starbucks is betting big on olive oil infused coffee, hoping customers will be enticed by the anomaly and the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil.“It is one of the biggest launches we’ve had in decades,” Brady Brewer, Starbucks’ chief marketing officer, told CNN. Former CEO Howard Schultz added in an interview with Poppy Harlow that it will “transform the coffee industry,” and be “a very profitable new addition to the company.”But what the company may not have taken into account: Some customers say it’s making them have to run to the bathroom.“Half the team tried it yesterday and a few ended up… needing to use the restroom, if ya know what I mean,” a barista on the Starbucks Reddit page posted. CNN has reached out to the Redditor for comment.It might be the sheen from the oil. Or it could be the aftertaste. Social media was swift with condemning the drink — and the after effects.“...

Healthcare workers take video of dementia patient, call her ‘embarrassing’, Brevard County officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

BREVARD COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Two nurse assistants have been arrested in Brevard County for allegedly abusing a resident at a senior care facility.According to an affidavit, 20-year-old Shy’Tiona Bishop and 18-year-old Jada Harris live-streamed a video of a resident with dementia on April 3.During the live stream, Harris allegedly said the victim was “acting like she’s psycho” and called her “embarrassing.”The affidavit said while the resident was in their care, Bishop and Harris repeatedly laughed at her and prevented her from getting into the bathroom.A staff member at Market Street Memory Care noticed the resident seemed distressed the day after the video. The resident had been living there since August 2022.Both Harris and Bishop were arrested on the charges of video voyeurism along with abuse and neglect of an older person.Harris faces additional charges of aggravated abuse and interception and disclosure of wire, oral or electronic ...

Texas judge’s abortion ruling ignites new showdown that could harm Republicans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

(CNN) — A single conservative judge in Texas has provoked sudden health care and legal chaos by effectively halting the nationwide use of a popular abortion drug by the end of the week.US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug mifepristone, which has been used safely for more than 20 years, marked an extraordinary use of judicial power in the face of scientific data and is likely to force the Supreme Court to take up abortion again, a year after it overturned Roe v. Wade.His ruling on Friday, which he paused for a week to allow appeals, also represented a judicial intervention into the health care decisions of millions of American women and could effectively make abortion unavailable in many states if it goes into force. The Biden administration is already mobilizing to thwart the judge’s audacious move after lodging an appeal.But the ruling is causing sharp political reverberations amid criticis...

Police investigating after 12-year-old boy shot in Mattapan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

Police are investigating after a 12-year-old boy was shot in Mattapan on Sunday night. Officers responding to a report of shots fired in the area of Cummins Highway just after 8 p.m. found the boy suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to Boston police. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for their injuries and is expected to be okay. The boy’s family says they are scarred by the shooting and want the person responsible to come forward now. “I am very angry that all the violence is happening,” said Alta Gracia-Lorenzo, the victim’s stepmother. Gracia-Lorenzo said her and her family were getting ready for bed Sunday night when the shots were fired. She said one bullet hit her stepson in the leg and another bullet almost hit her 16-year-old stepdaughter. Gracia-Lorenzo yelled for everyone to drop to the ground while her stepson cried for help. “He said, ‘Don’t let me die, don’t let me die,̶...

Save the date: Total eclipse of the sun a year from now, and you can see it in New England

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

NEW YORK — Dust off your eclipse glasses: It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America.On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness.It’s been less than six years since a total solar eclipse cut across the U.S., from coast to coast. That was on Aug. 21, 2017.If you miss next year’s spectacle, you’ll have to wait 20 years until the next one hits the U.S. But that total eclipse will only be visible in Montana and the Dakotas.Here’s what to know to get ready for the 2024 show:WHERE CAN I SEE IT?Next year’s eclipse will slice a diagonal line across North America on April 8, which falls on a Monday.It will start in the Pacific and first reach land over Mexico around 11:07 a.m. local time, NASA predicts. Then, it’ll cross over into Texas and move across parts of the Midwest and Northeast in the afternoon.All in all, it wi...

Maine mom sues school over teen’s gender transition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:59 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine woman is suing a school district whose counselor encouraged her teen’s social gender transition, providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting parents.It’s the latest lawsuit to pit a parent’s right to supervise their children’s health and education against a minor’s right to privacy when confiding in a mental health professional. A similar lawsuit filed in California was working its way through the courts earlier this year. In Massachusetts, parents are suing a middle school for not telling them their two pre-teens were using different names and pronouns.The federal lawsuit in Maine argues the mother of the 13-year-old student has a “right to control and direct the care, custody, education, upbringing and healthcare decisions of her children,” and that Great Salt Bay Community School violated her constitutional right by keeping gender-affirming treatments from parents.Civil rights a...