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Queen’s students speaking out over secrecy around cuts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

A town hall led by Queen’s Provost Matthew Evans and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Barbara Chow was interrupted by student protestors on Monday.Queen’s University barred students from attending the event, whereas students are calling for more transparency around the massive proposed cuts that have leaked and the school’s priorities for the upcoming years.Students eventually entered the town hall in silent protest, leading to Provost Evans walking off stage without answering the most recent question posed.At the town hall students were told that Provost Evans and Dean Crow will attend a meeting in the new year of the Arts and Science Undergraduate Assembly and Alma Mater Society, but some feel the university is intentionally trying to avoid keeping them in the loop.Ethan Chilcott, with the group Queen’s Students Vs Cuts, said that the first mention of any kind of meeting with students only came following pressure from a grad student who was be...

Accused 16-year-old allowed at school during sex assault investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police and Denver Public Schools are investigating allegations of a sexual assault reported at Northfield High School on Monday.A 14-year-old girl says a 16-year-old fellow student raped her in the bathroom. Is your vehicle legal to drive on I-70 this winter? Here’s what to check The family of the victim shared the 14-year-old's police statement with FOX31. She told police she was in class and got excused to go to the bathroom.In her statement, the girl says she walked to the family bathroom across from the classroom, and the 16-year-old boy followed her in. She says she tried to walk out but he grabbed her, turned off the lights and then sexually assaulted her. She told police she said "stop" more than once.Her family said she was seen by a physician, and the medical report is now in the hands of the Denver Police Department.Police did confirm the investigation. A representative with the department said: "I can confirm that the investigation is ongoing and no arre...

Colorado jails and prisons combat uptick in drug-soaked mail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado woman is facing felony charges after allegedly soaking a letter in narcotics and mailing it to a man at the Weld County jail. Weld County Sheriff's Capt. Matt Turner said his team noticed the mail while sorting through incoming mail back in April."This piece of mail that came in was discolored. It didn’t look like normal white paper," he said. "And it felt like it had gotten wet, and then hardened again."Court documents show that the paper, which was disguised as a love letter, tested positive for diethylcathinone, a Schedule IV controlled substance.  FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Monica Moreno was arrested earlier this month in the jail lobby after documents show she reportedly returned to visit Danny Marceleno, for whom the mail allegedly was intended."The person who received the mail in our custody was going to be transferred to DOC," Turner said, referring to the state Department of Corrections. "They ...

COP28 leaders announce newest attempt to seal long-fought climate compromise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Organizers of the global climate summit offered a new proposal early Wednesday seeking to bridge a yawning divide over whether to shut down fossil fuels in the name of saving the planet.The latest compromise text, published by the United Arab Emirates conference hosts after marathon overnight consultations, would commit countries to developing plans for “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems … in this critical decade.” It says this shift should occur “in a just, orderly, and equitable manner,” with the aim of bringing net greenhouse gas pollution to zero by 2050 — “in keeping with the science.”The text still needs consensus approval from nearly 200 nations at the summit, any one of which could sink the deal. That decision could come as early as Wednesday.

Building safer spaces for teenagers online

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

Life online can be immensely rewarding. Every day, billions of people around the world use the internet to connect with like-minded people, view and create videos, listen to and make music, learn more about the world, have fun and forge deep friendships. But, as with all environments, there can be risks. Since 2018, Instagram and its parent company, Meta, have offered young users of the app a suite of tools and resources to help them protect themselves online and ensure that their internet usage remains safe and healthy. “We want to help keep young people safer online, which includes supporting parents and guardians to be more involved in their teens’ experiences,” says Ciara Farren, marketing director for Europe at Meta.Safety mattersProtection begins from the moment an account is opened. Across Europe, Meta has implemented policies that reduce advertisers’ access to user data of minors for targeting purposes.By default, users under 18 can not be messaged by adults they don...

From Gilmore to Jordan to Winter, meet the 13 people in the Chicago Bulls’ inaugural Ring of Honor class

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson and 11 other legendary Chicago Bulls players, coaches and executives will be honored in January as the team celebrates its history with the creation of a Ring of Honor.The Bulls announced the inaugural class Tuesday. In addition to Jordan and Jackson, it includes Artis Gilmore, Johnny “Red” Kerr, Dick Klein, Jerry Krause, Toni Kukoč, Bob Love, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Jerry Sloan, Chet Walker and Tex Winter.The entire 1995-96 team — which went 72-10 on its way to the NBA championship, the Bulls’ fourth of six titles in an eight-year span — also will be inducted into the Ring of Honor. That includes players Jordan, Kukoč, Pippen, Rodman, Randy Brown, Jud Buechler, Jason Caffey, James Edwards, Jack Haley, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, Luc Longley, John Salley, Dickey Simpkins and Bill Wennington; coaches Jackson, Winter, Jim Cleamons, Erik Helland, John Paxson and Jimmy Rodgers; and front-office members Krause, Ivica...

San Diego County home sales down, prices up slightly in November: report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Home sales in San Diego County declined while prices up-ticked this month, according to a report.The Greater San Diego Association of REALTORS® (SDAR), a company that uses data from the San Diego Multiple Listing Service (SDMLS), released its study Monday showing single-family resale home sales, were down by more than 17% in November compared to October. The median price of single-family homes rose 2% to $980,000.Condominiums and townhomes sales, which were nearly 15% lower than last month, have a median price of $667,500, a 1% jump compared to October, according to SDAR. San Diego ‘street vet’ makes history after honored as CNN’s 2023 Hero of the Year “Home sales dropping as we enter the December holiday season is a very typical phenomenon in a yearly housing market cycle,” SDAR President Frank Powell said. “While families begin to spend more on travel and gifts, home buyers and sellers become busier and more cash strapped, creating an anticipated dem...

Delegates have a new, stronger climate proposal at COP28 as nations push for an end to fossil fuels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new compromise floated early Wednesday at United Nations COP28 climate talks called for the world to eventually wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels in a global rallying cry stronger than proposed days earlier but with loopholes that upset critics.The new proposal doesn’t specifically use the language of calling for a “phase-out” of fossil fuels, which more than 100 nations had pleaded for. Instead, it calls for “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade.” The transition would be in a way that gets the world to net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 and follows the dictates of climate science. It projects a world peaking its ever-growing carbon pollution by the year 2025 to reach its agreed upon threshold, but gives wiggle room to individual nations like China to peak later.Intensive sessions with all sorts of delegates went we...

Brother of former Harvey mayor convicted in strip club shakedown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

HARVEY, Ill.  — The brother of former south suburban Mayor Eric Kellogg has been convicted of shaking down operators of a strip club in Harvey.After a week-long trial, a jury convicted 71-year-old Rommell Kellog, a Harvey Resident, of obtaining money by threat from the strip club.According to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Illinois, Kellog was convicted on five counts, including conspiracy to commit theft and intimidation and causing the use of facilities in interstate commerce to promote theft and intimidation.The conviction was announced in a press release sent out on Tuesday afternoon. Police identify 2 killed in Chicago Lawn shooting Prosecutors said Rommell Kellog and a cousin used their relatives' high-ranking positions in Harvey as leverage to get $3,000 payments from the club every two weeks for years.The cousins were accused of threatening to have the City of Harvey shut the business down if the money stopped flowing. Man fatally struck by semi w...

Narcan: The new CPR? Local pharmacist wants to teach people how to use the life-saving nasal spray

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:43 GMT

CHICAGO — In the midst of the national opioid crisis, access to Narcan, the nasal form of the opioid overdose antidote, is easier than ever. But would you know how to use it? Well, a local pharmacist says learning how to administer Narcan should be as common as CPR training.Northwestern Medicine Clinical Pharmacist Sterling Elliott always has Narcan nasal spray on hand, because someone might need a life-saving opioid overdose reversal at any moment."I’ve actually got two of these that I carry in the bag at any one time," Elliott says. "If the need comes on, I know what I’m doing."And he wants others to know, too, giving pharmacy students lessons on the life-saving spray they'll offer on the job. It goes for $45, and it's over-the-counter. "It's been exposed to us more and more, especially as it’s been offered over-the-counter in recent years," Purdue University pharmacy candidate Jack Moen said.Added Rosalind Franklin University pharmacy student Kelsey Lanigan: "It could help someon...