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Menlo Park street shut down due to hazmat situation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

(KRON) -- A Menlo Park road has been shut down due to a hazmat situation Thursday evening, according to the Menlo Park Police Department. The public is asked to avoid the 1300 block of Henderson Avenue.Menlo Park police sent out a Nixle alert at 5:52 p.m. No other details were immediately available. KRON4 reached out to city officials for more information. We are waiting for a response. This is a developing story. Check back as KRON4 learns more.

Gilroy police looking for 2 individuals in connection to grand theft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

(KRON) -- Authorities are looking for two suspects in connection to a grand retail theft, the Gilroy Police Department (GPD) said Thursday. Police said a "great deal of office supplies" were stolen from a store. GPD did not specify which store.The total amount these suspects allegedly stole is worth more than $1,000, according to GPD. Photos of the two individuals connected to this theft are below. (Gilroy Police Department)(Gilroy Police Department)No other information was immediately available. KRON4 reached out to Gilroy police for more information and is waiting for a response. In California, theft of property that totals over $950 is considered grand theft, according to state law. GPD says anyone with information about these two individuals is asked to email [email protected].

Time is running out to apply for Denver's housing lottery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) - Efforts to house people living in the City and County of Denver continue this week. The Denver Housing Authority (DHA) opened the application process for its housing lottery.The program is pretty popular in the city and if you want to apply, you will need to act fast.DHA said 650 vouchers will be distributed over the course of the coming year but that should not stop people from applying."It's our once-a-year opportunity for members of the public to enter into a lottery that gives them the opportunity for affordable housing in 2024," said Joshua Crawley, DHA's interim executive director. Chicago-based Portillo’s may be coming to Denver DHA's lottery for affordable housing opened at midnight Thursday. Last year, more than 18,500 people submitted applications for the lottery."I would anticipate at least the same number of entries if not more given the need that we are seeing in the community," Crawley said.Anyone can apply to enter the lottery before the city's housi...

October movies go beyond spooky season with new films by Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Blunt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

October’s coming. Keep calm and get your spook on at the movies. Gear up for screams not just from scary flicks but from being a “fang-girl” of concerts, too. Yes, concerts are movies now. Here’s a list of films to look out for to “pumpkin spice” up your popcorn outing.Taylor Swift: “We’re about to go on a little adventure together, and that adventure is going to span 17 years of music.”If you’re broke, and you can’t afford Taylor Swift concert tickets, you’re in luck. Tay is not only taking over stadiums all over the world, she’s also popping up in movie theaters. The singer’s taken spectacular moments from her “The Eras Tour,” and she’s turned it into a film.Leonardo DiCaprio (as Ernest Burkhart): “Whose land is this?”William Belleau (as Henry Roan): “My land.”Leonardo DiCaprio has a side to pick in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”Based on David Gr...

Keir Starmer seeks election tips from Obama, Trudeau and Blair

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

LONDON — Keir Starmer dreams of being the next U.K. prime minister. Can rubbing shoulders with proven winners really help him pull it off?In the past week the U.K. Labour leader has visited The Hague, Montreal and Paris for a series of public engagements with senior political figures as he seeks to project a statesmanlike image on the world stage.Behind closed doors, Starmer has been picking the brains of some of the 21st century’s highest-profile progressive leaders on how to govern — and how to win. “He is always asking ‘What are they doing? What can we learn from that? And what do we disregard?’” a senior Labour Party official said.Given Labour’s 18-point poll lead over the ruling Conservatives — and with an election looming in 2024 — more and more progressives want to talk to Starmer. A member of Starmer’s shadow Cabinet said that while it had once been an “uphill struggle” to convince foreign leaders to make time to see the Labour leader, it was “becoming much...

Europe blinks amid calls to stop backing Ukraine 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

BRUSSELS — Russian President Vladimir Putin has made little secret of his plan to keep up the pressure on Ukraine until Western resolve breaks. More than 500 days into his war of aggression, he now has reason to believe things are working out the way he hoped, even if events are not playing out how he might have imagined.Governments in Poland, Estonia, Slovakia and others in Central and Eastern Europe have been among Kyiv’s staunchest allies since the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Beyond sending weapons and welcoming millions of Ukrainian refugees, they have been Ukraine’s loudest advocates in the West, pushing for a tough line against Moscow in the face of reluctance from countries like France and Germany.But as the leaders of some of these ride-or-die allies face reelection battles or other domestic challenges, and governments get nervous about the impact of Ukraine one day joining the European Union, that support is starting to waver. The most strik...

Restoration of crumbling UK parliament slips beyond next election 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

LONDON — Major restoration works on the Palace of Westminster are unlikely to progress before the next U.K. general election, with MPs no longer expected to choose their preferred refurbishment option before the end of this year. Plans for a massive overhaul of the famous British parliament buildings have already suffered a litany of setbacks and delays over the five years since MPs first approved proposals to temporarily vacate the estate while essential works were carried out. Much of the landmark palace dates back to the 19th century — parts are considerably older still — yet it has not been properly refurbished since before World War II. Experts say the risks posed by fire and falling masonry are growing. The parliamentary authorities have spent much of this year producing a shortlist of two options — a “full decant” of MPs into temporary accommodation while work is carried out, versus some form of “continued presence” — on which MPs were expected to vote before Chris...

The best gifts ever? Being named after drugs and declaring war on the French

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column.What’s the most important gift you can give someone? Perhaps it’s to give your child a great name — something cool but not weird, and not one of those names that everyone has, like Methamphetamine Rules!What? Yes, an Australian journalist has called her son Methamphetamine Rules (Meth for short?). What were the parents thinking? Methamphetamine is obviously a girl’s name! Kirsten Drysdale said she was testing whether the authorities had the power to change a baby’s name if the one submitted by the parents was deemed offensive or unacceptable. Drysdale said she was mulling between Methamphetamine Rules and Nangs Rule, which is the Australian slang for nitrous oxide canisters that some people use to get high. Thank goodness they didn’t pick the latter, or the kid would have been bullied mercilessly!Politicians don’t have to worry about naming a child when they visit their counterparts, but they do need ...

Ukraine’s forces say NATO trained them for wrong fight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Did NATO screw up when training Ukraine’s counteroffensive units? Did it train them for the wrong battlefield?These questions are at the heart of a raging debate about why, after three months of grueling fighting, the counteroffensive in southeast Ukraine hasn’t yet managed to punch through to the Sea of Azov, cutting off the so-called land bridge that connects annexed Crimea with southern Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia.With progress painstakingly slow on the Zaporizhzhia front — the main axis of three lines of attack — there’s been plenty of second-guessing and armchair generalship going on, apportioning blame, identifying missteps or highlighting things that could have been done better.But among them, the most intriguing thinking is coming from soldiers on Ukraine’s front lines, or those who have newly returned, and they fault NATO for preparing them for a different fight.Of course, Ukraine has been encountering cr...

Polish FM: We will continue to back Ukraine, but we must protect our farmers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:23 GMT

Zbigniew Rau is the Polish foreign minister.In February 2022, millions of victims of the unprovoked and unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine — primarily women and children — found safety in neighboring Poland.Poland was the first to come to Ukraine’s aid.And in what has turned out to be Kyiv’s most valuable resource, Poles made their own territory available as strategic depth for Ukrainian defense, establishing a critical military hub for arms supplies from around the world.Above all, however, Poland believed in Ukraine’s victory as other allies concluded it was too late to arm the country. Polish-donated tanks helped defend Kyiv, and Polish-made howitzers helped liberate Russian-occupied territories in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions.This came at a tangible price for Poland. Of all the allies, Poles took upon themselves the heaviest burden when it came to helping Ukraine — equivalent to over 3 percent of the country’s GDP, nearly four times as much as wealthy Germany and a...