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More than 8,000 Quebec households still without power following severe storm

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

MONTREAL — Power outages persist in the Montreal area 48 hours after severe thunderstorms ripped through southern Quebec, downing trees, snapping poles and breaking wires.Hydro-Québec reports more than 8,100 customers are still without power as of Saturday afternoon, down from more than 20,000 earlier in the day and a Thursday evening peak of more than 300,000.There are 182 ongoing outages, down from more than 500 Saturday morning, with most remaining blackouts in Montreal and the regions to its north and south. The utility company said Saturday morning that work to repair the electricity network in some isolated areas could last until the beginning of next week.Around 400 Hydro-Québec teams were in the field working to restore electricity to affected areas Saturday.Thursday’s storm also caused localized flooding in Montreal, where a city spokesperson said some neighbourhoods received a month’s worth of rain in less than two hours.This report by The Canadian Press was fi...

Yellen is visiting India yet again to promote closer ties and tackle global economic problems

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations about global economic challenges like the increased threat of debt defaults facing low-income countries.Yellen will use her time in Gandhinagar to try to foster warming relations between the U.S. and India. She also plans a stop in Hanoi, Vietnam, to address supply chain reliability, clean energy transition and other matters of economic resilience.Yellen’s goals for her time in India: press for debt restructuring in developing countries in economic distress, push to modernize global development banks to make them more climate-focused and deepen the ever-growing U.S.-India relationship.Yellen’s frequent stops in the country signal the importance of that relationship at a time of of tensions with China. India’s longstanding relationship with Russia also will loom as the Kreml...

More calls for help after devastating flooding on Chicago's West Side, suburbs

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

CHICAGO — Two weeks since heavy rains caused devasting flooding on Chicago's West Side and near west suburbs, there is still little in the way of official help.But on Saturday, there were more calls for help, including from elected officials. ‘When he comes to vote I’m gonna look the other way:’ Cicero president ‘mad’ at governor over flooding response "We have experienced a horrific amount of rainfall in a very short period of time," Rep. Danny Davis, D-Il., said. On Monday, a civil rights attorney filed six FOIA requests in hopes of pinpointing the actions taken during the July 2 storms, including the reversal of the Chicago River, with questions on if that caused backups on the West Side.On Tuesday, after Cook County proclaimed a natural disaster, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was able to do the same and opened up the option for many residents to apply for state aid. If President Joe Biden agrees, they will be able to apply for federal aid as well.The Water Reclamation District, wh...

2 more people charged in deadly shooting at Beach Park mini mart

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

BEACH PARK, Ill. — Two more suspects have been charged in connection with a deadly shooting last year outside a Beach Park mini mart.According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, Cameron McCullough, 20, and Shelton Sherrod, 22, have now been charged. Police: 3 shot in Beach Park business parking lot Sherrod allegedly had been selling devices to convert guns into automatic weapons, prosecutors said. He faces more than 30 counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and is being held on a $5 million bond.McCullough is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, prosecutors said. He is being held in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and will be extradited after his sentence.Jaziya Bankston and Dishelle Flores were previously charged with unlawful use of a weapon and possession of cannabis.They were shot after an argument in what prosecutors described as a drug deal.A third person, Christopher Williams, 22, was killed in the shootout.

Many Gen-Xers facing retirement 'nightmare' due to lack of savings: report

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

(The Hill) — Members of Generation X don’t have much stored in savings, according to a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS).The report found that the “forgotten generation” faces a “dismal” retirement future. The typical Gen X household — with those born between 1965 and 1980 — has around $40,000 saved for retirement, while the bottom half of savers only have a few thousands banked. Pence says abortion should be banned for nonviable pregnancies “Generation X grew up in the shadow of the postwar economic boom that so greatly benefitted their generation predecessors, the Baby Boomers," the report says. "Many in Generation X spent their formative years as the United States grappled with the oil crisis, ‘stagflation,’ and a growing sense of disillusionment following the Watergate crisis." Slightly over half of Gen-Xers have employer-sponsored retirement plans, the report found. Most members — regardless of race, gender or income — are also failing to me...

Hutto KOKEFEST 2023 canceled, KOKE FM says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) -- KOKE-FM announced Texas Music Network's cancellation of KOKEFEST 2023, which was scheduled for Aug. 4 and 5 at Adam Orgain Park in Hutto, the Hutto station announced on Twitter Friday. "We understand that this comes as a disappointment as this is not a decision we have taken lightly," KOKE-FM said.Furthermore, ticket holders will receive and email notification with refund instructions, the Hutto station said. For additional details, visit kokefest.com.

Metro holds hiring event in East St. Louis with special incentives

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Metro Transit hosted a hiring event Saturday with a special incentive for prospective employees. St. Louis Metro officials are offering a $5,000 signing bonus to anyone who joins and takes on an “essential transit position” for a limited time. The bonus is available for new Metro Call-A-Ride operators, MetroBus operators, MetroLink operators, mechanics and MetroLink electricians. Messi jerseys not allowed in St. Louis CITY SC supporter section this weekend To help fulfil workforce shortages, Metro officials held the hiring event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its Illinois MetroBus facility in East St. Louis. Metro Transit conducted interviews on the spot, and some qualified applicants received instant job offers.Bi-State Development Board Chairman Herb Simmons says he's pleased to see so many applicants. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Yankees’ D.J. LeMahieu, the ultimate teammate, became a quiet star with Rockies

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

Yankees infielder David John LeMahieu is not a curtain call kind of guy. He’s not crazy about swarms of TV cameras, either.So the former Rockies All-Star second baseman was out of his comfort zone Friday when he returned to Coors Field for the first time since 2018.About three hours before the game, LeMahieu sat in the visitors’ dugout, surrounded by reporters and cameras, as he fielded questions.How did he feel about returning to the ballpark he called home from 2012 to ’18? “Weird, but overall it’s good to be back here.”LeMahieu made it clear that he valued his time in Colorado, where he evolved from a part-time player into one of the best — although underrated — second basemen in baseball. He helped the Rockies make the playoffs in 2017 and ’18, the only time in franchise history they’ve made the postseason in back-to-back seasons.“It’s a special place for me,” he said. “I feel like I learned a lot as a playe...

'They killed my daughter': Unhoused woman dies after being run over by landscaping equipment

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

(KTXL) — An organization that supports the unhoused and a family are heartbroken after a landscaping contractor hired by the city of Modesto allegedly drove over and killed a woman who was laying in a field of overgrown vegetation."I feel terrible because they killed my daughter," said Christopher Chavez, the father of 27-year-old Christine, who was unhoused and died Saturday, the day when workers driving a John Deere tractor with a pull-behind mower were cleaning up Beard Brook Park. Christopher said that he immediately went to the spot where his daughter died after learning about her death."There were many pieces of (her remains) around there and I called the police," Chavez said. "I went there and I still have pieces of bones, like pieces of her skull and some teeth. It's terrible." Kidnapped California woman found in Mexico At Tuesday's city council meeting, a representative of the organization We Are Not Invisible addressed city leaders, saying that Chavez's father will not g...

Oakland A’s top prospects already making an impact for big league club

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:32:12 GMT

OAKLAND – An innocuous-looking item sat on a shelf in Zack Gelof’s locker, another baseball in a stadium full of them. Of course, this was no normal piece of memorabilia: it was the ball that the 2021 second-round draft pick had smacked into a gap for an RBI double on Friday night, the first hit of his career. It won’t stay at the second baseman’s locker for long, with the ball’s final destination being his family’s home in Delaware. “I’ve got it here in my locker,” the 23-year-old said as he glanced at the ball, “and I’m gonna give it to them today.” The rookie’s mom Kelly, dad Adam and brother Jake, who was just drafted by the Dodgers in the second round earlier this week were all in the stands on Friday night to cheer for their son and the A’s. Their presence meant even the sting of Oakland’s loss couldn’t take away Gelof’s joy from his debut.“It meant everything to me for them to be here,” Gelof said. “They deserve it all.”Gelof is one of two highly-touted prospects the A’...