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12-year-old climate activist in favor of new plastic, Styrofoam ban law in 2024

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — Several laws take effect in Colorado in the new year.One of those laws bans the use of plastic bags for purchase at retail stores and Styrofoam from restaurant take-out orders. These new Colorado laws go into effect in 2024 A 12-year-old from Arvada said she has been advocating for this change since she was five. Madhvi Chittoor said the ban will help mitigate the impacts on climate change and the environment.“When I was 5 years old, I watched a CNN documentary called ‘Midway, a plastic island.’ It showed the garbage and plastics, they were all over the beaches and oceans," said Chittoor. "Everything decomposed except the plastic pieces. Also, the civilization where the plastic trash is coming from is very far away from Midway Island. It's still all over the shore and that's the really sad thing about it."It's what inspired Chittoor to become a climate activist.“So first, I wrote a book called ‘Is Plastic My Food?'" she said.From there, she worked with city ...

Barack Obama shares his favorite music of 2023, and it’s a super eclectic mix

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

(CNN) — If you want to groove like Barack Obama, you can do so from Afrobeats to Reggaeton.The former president shared his list of favorite songs of the year to his official Instagram on Friday, and it was pretty eclectic.Included was “On My Mama” by Victoria Monét, “Crazy Love” by Rita Wilson and Keith Urban, “Water” by Tyla and “La Bebé (Remix)” by Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma.There was also “Cobra” by Megan Thee Stallion, “The Returner” by Allison Russell, and Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves and more.Ironically (or not), Obama also included Beyoncé’s “America Has A Problem” which features rapper Kendrick Lamar.Oscar-winner Jon Batiste also made the list, with his song “It Never Went Away.”In a nod to any potential glaring omissions, in the caption to the list, Obama wrote, “Let me know if there are any artists or songs I should check out.”It’s become an annual tradition for Obama to share his favorite books, movies and music of the year. He also does ...

Most Unusual and Difficult Problems

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

From a woman wanting her leg removed, to a man trying to block Miami-Dade County from killing a dog based on false information: Help me Howard with Patrick Fraser had some requests for help with very difficult problems in the past few months. Now, as we turn the page to 2024, Patrick shows us how these stories turned out.I will never forget Tina’s words to us: Please help me get my foot amputated. Tina Bakr: “Its a very destructive tumor.”When Tina developed cancer in her foot, her boss fired her. For some unknown reason, her insurance company then refused to pay for the surgery to remove the foot. Months passed, the cancer spread. Tina Bakr: “The tumor has latched itself around my ankle. So now its too late for a foot removal. Now, I have to have a partial leg removal as well because of the waiting time.” Afraid she was going to die, Tina asked us to fight her insurance company and AHCA, the state agency that administers medicaid. We pushed, they gave ...

1 fatality from 3-alarm morning fire in Cambridge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

One person is dead after a 3-alarm fire in Cambridge Tuesday morning.Officers responded to a 4-story brick building on Chester Street before 5 a.m. after heavy fire was reported in a first floor apartment. Cambridge Fire Chief Thomas Cahill confirmed one fatality from the blaze; the individual was found dead by firefighters inside the structure. Authorities said they had to conduct multiple rescues to get residents out safely. They estimated between 30 and 40 people have been displaced by the fire. .One firefighter was taken to hospital for minor injuries and is expected to fully recover.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

FBI’s terrorism task force investigating deadly Rochester crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

(CNN) — The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating after cars crashed and plowed into a crowd outside of a New Years concert in Rochester, New York, according to a law enforcement official.The FBI is investigating after two vehicles – one laden with gas canisters – collided and plowed into a crowd in a fiery crash that killed two people and injured five others as a New Year’s concert was letting out in Rochester, New York.Thousands of people were pouring out of the Kodak Center after ringing in the new year when the fatal crash shrouded the night’s celebrations with tragedy, authorities said.Revelers were walking on a crosswalk outside the venue at around 12:50 a.m. Monday when a Ford SUV slammed into a Mitsubishi Outlander that was leaving a nearby parking lot, Rochester Police Chief David Smith said at a news conference Monday.The force of the crash sent the vehicles through a group of pedestrians who were on the crosswalk, Smith said.Two passengers in the Mitsubishi we...

True or false: DJ Moore — cigar celebration and all — has been everything as advertised for the Chicago Bears

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024. And in the eyes of the Chicago Bears, welcome to a year that seems to hold incredible potential.The Bears put an exclamation point on their home finale Sunday afternoon, hammering the Atlanta Falcons 37-17 for their fifth consecutive win at Soldier Field. The encouraged vibes were everywhere inside the victorious locker room with players feeling more confident than ever that the team is in the middle of a significant breakthrough.Later in the evening, the Bears were officially eliminated from the NFC playoff picture. But they have one more game to play in Week 18 with a chance to punctuate at their late-season surge in emphatic fashion.Here in the final week of the season, Tribune writers Dan Wiederer and Colleen Kane talk through four Bears-related topics in a “True or false” format to set the stage for all that’s ahead.True or false: A Week 18 trip to Lambeau Field to face the rival Green Bay Packers is the ideal final test for th...

Patriots-Bills film review: Bill Belichick’s latest loss a microcosm of lost season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

The Patriots lost at Buffalo because they fielded lesser talent, committed more damaging mistakes and failed to seize on late-game chances.Sound familiar? It should.Sunday was a striking microcosm of their season; an effort nuked by quarterback turnovers in the first half and special teams errors in the second, that proved unsalvageable despite strong defense throughout. Though, this was no defensive masterpiece. Josh Allen and the Bills offense played like they had popped their New Year’s Eve champagne a night early.Despite facing a mild pass rush (26.4% pressure rate) and favorable weather conditions, Allen threw a higher percentage of uncatchable passes than he has in any other game this season. His receivers dropped four balls. The Patriots did limit the Bills to two explosive plays and stood tall inside the red zone, but Buffalo cracked their league-best run defense for a 55% rushing success rate.In the end, that’s how Allen and Co. knocked the Pats out, running the...

Hydro One chief financial and regulatory officer Chris Lopez stepping down on June 30

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. says chief financial and regulatory officer Chris Lopez is stepping down on June 30 to pursue other opportunities.The company says it will now begin an internal and external search for his replacement.Hydro One says Lopez will remain in his position while the search for his replacement is underway.Lopez joined Hydro One in 2016 as senior vice-president of finance.Before joining the Ontario utility,  Lopez was vice-president, corporate planning and mergers and acquisitions at TransAlta Corp.Hydro One is Ontario’s largest electricity transmission and distribution provider. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 2, 2024.Companies in this story: (TSX:H)The Canadian Press

Millennial Money: I saved $800 in 5 months by eating more plants

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

I tried going vegetarian once when I was in high school. My best friend was a vegetarian, and I was curious. I lasted only about four days. My downfall: a buffalo chicken sandwich. Since that ill-fated attempt, I’ve never tried to curb my meat consumption. It’s just too dang tasty.But in 2022, a family member was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. In addition to taking new medications, they adopted a strict whole-food, plant-based diet in the hopes that it would improve their health. If diet could potentially help a serious disease, I figured maybe it could help my far less serious health issues. Why not try it?And it worked.What’s more, in addition to making me feel better, switching from a meat-heavy diet (eating meat nearly twice a day) to a plant-heavy diet (eating meat one to three times a week) saved me more than $800 over the course of five months.AN ECONOMIC DIETAt first I wasn’t thrilled about eating salad over steak, but I loved how much money I was saving. And it ...

Finland and Sweden set this winter’s cold records as temperature plummets below minus 40

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:14 GMT

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland and Sweden recorded the coldest temperatures of the winter Tuesday as thermometers plummeted to minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit) as a result of a cold spell prevailing in the Nordic region.In Nikkaluokta, a small village inhabited by the indigenous Sami people in northern Sweden, thermometer showed minus 41.6 degrees (minus 42.8 Fahrenheit) early Tuesday, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported.“It’s the coldest temperature we have had so far this winter, and it will continue to be quite cold weather in the north,” said SVT meteorologist Nils Holmqvist.Train operators in Sweden said the cold snap has caused substantial problems for rail traffic in the north, among other issues. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute has reported temperatures of minus 30 degrees (minus 22 Fahrenheit) in several locations in northern Sweden.It also issued a warning for snow and wind for central and southern Sweden, saying snowfall on Wednesday in co...