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Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns from exile as party linked to him prepares to form government

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns from exile as party linked to him prepares to form government.Source

Stewart, Ortega and Lindor go deep as Mets beat the first-place Braves 10-4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — DJ Stewart, Rafael Ortega and Francisco Lindor homered as the New York Mets won for the seventh time in nine games, beating the first-place Braves 10-4 on Monday night despite two homers by Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna.Going ahead to stay with a four-run fifth inning, the Mets bounced back from an embarrassing series at Citi Field just over a week ago. Atlanta won the first three games of that meeting by a combined score of 34-3 before the Mets salvaged the finale 7-6.This time, New York got off to a winning start in a three-game set at Truist Park. After Ozuna’s second homer of the night pushed the Braves to their first lead, 4-3 in the fourth, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Daniel Vogelbach came through with consecutive RBI singles against Allan Winans (1-1). After Brad Hand replaced Winans, Stewart dropped down a bunt on the safety squeeze to bring home Alonso. Lindor put the game out of reach with his 23rd homer, a three-run drive off Hand in the sixth. David Pe...

'Where's Moochi?': 900-pound water buffalo missing in Colorado

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado family is searching far and wide for their missing pet, a water buffalo.In the Elbert County farm town of Agate, where cows graze and raise their young, a special part of the Perrys' four-legged family is now missing.“Moochi, and we call her Mooch for short,” owner Laura Perry said. “She's similar to a cow, a little bit longer nose, almost like a little hippopotamus bootie, and she's buff color."'Such a sweet girl'At 14 months old, missing Moochi is about 900 pounds. Perry said she usually spends her days watching the little calves she lives with.“She will lay with the baby. She won’t graze, she’ll literally stand in amongst the pile of them, and she'll stand there until the moms can pick them back up again,” Perry said. “Such a sweet girl.”"Moochi," the missing water buffalo, disappeared from a family farm in Agate. Her loving and loyal attitude is making it extremely hard for Perry to understand why she would just disappear on Aug. 8.“Absol...

Bus cuts a 'huge crisis,' parents tell Denver school board

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Public Schools students are back in class, but getting to school has become a serious problem for some families.DPS said they had to cut some bus services to align with the Board of Education’s Healthy Start Times resolution, prompting transportation cuts for six of the district's 204 schools. List: The 24 Denver schools getting AC, and the 31 that aren’t Lynne Ly told FOX31 the cuts severely impact students like her daughter, Mai Archibald, who's in the special education program at Morey Middle School. "It’s mostly the traffic downtown that is our biggest concern," Ly said. “These streets are not made for this volume of families coming to the school."Her concern is shared by other parents, like Janna Steele. "The amount of traffic here and the speeds that people are driving is scaring both us and our kids," Steele said.Denver Public Schools: Bus use consideredIn a statement to FOX31, DPS said these decisions were not made lightly.  To reduce the overall imp...

Grief camp for Colorado kids reaches 10-year milestone

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Usually, it’s the kids who get nervous going to summer camp. But at Camp Erin Denver, it’s the grown-ups and volunteers who are anxious.They have a big responsibility: helping grieving kids cope with a death loss in childhood. Kids navigate difficult path with the help of ‘grief hikes’ Over the weekend, Camp Erin Denver held its 10th annual grief camp at Shwayder Camp near Idaho Springs.“That puts us at serving over 500 campers and their families over the past 10 years,” volunteer director Sara Chadil told FOX31.Campers spend 48 hours in the Colorado mountains, connecting with nature and taking part in grief management exercises and activities.“Trying to heal from it,” Scarlett, 7, told FOX31. She’s remembering her dad, who died last year.“For a few days I was staying with some other people, and he just didn’t make it,” she said.Three young boys skip rocks in a pond at Camp Granite Lake in Coal Creek Canyon. The boys attended Camp Erin Denver 2019, a...

Police investigate death near Washington Park

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Police are investigating a death near Washington Park.Around 10 a.m. Monday, the Denver Police Department tweeted about an outdoor death investigation taking place in the 600 block of South Downing Street. The area is on the northwest side of Wash Park, by Smith Lake on one side of the street and residential buildings on the other side.FOX31 cameras were at the scene. Multiple DPD patrol cars were parked in front of homes on the other side of the park. Police investigating death at Cheesman Park The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will provide the cause of death and identify the person.As of Monday, Denver Police had not said whether the death was criminal in nature but said they would provide an update when more information became available.This is the second outdoor death investigation in Denver on Monday, and both were near popular parks. DPD was investigating another death at Cheesman Park.

Pembroke Pines town hall meeting held to discuss garbage incineration, as landfills become major issue in city

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

Dozens of Pembroke Pines residents weighed in during a town hall meeting, worried about perceived plans for a new garbage incinerator in Broward County, despite there being no plans in place yet to build one.City officials and county officials said there is a big issue of garbage in the county, in which millions of pounds of trash are sent to landfills. A questions and answer session occasionally turned heated as Pembroke Pines residents wanted to know if a garbage incinerator is coming to their city, specifically near US 27 and Sheridan Street. “When I got the notice for this my reaction was ‘What incinerator project?'” said Assistant County Administrator Kevin Kelleher. That’s because officials said there is no plan, at least not yet. But they do need to figure out a way to deal with the county’s annual four million tons of garbage added to landfills.“Twelve million gallons of garbage juice every year that comes out of the landfill, it’s n...

Poor defense, two Chas McCormick homers sink Red Sox in 9-4 loss to Astros

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

Officially the Red Sox were only charged with two errors. They probably should have been charged with at least five.Anyone looking for proof that MLB’s official scorers have become too lenient got all the evidence they needed Monday, as the final box score belied the depths of Boston’s defensive woes. The Red Sox endured a dreadful performance at the worst possible time, squandering their momentum from this past weekend’s sweep with a 9-4 series-opening loss to the Houston Astros.Chas McCormick added to Boston’s misery by knocking two home runs, including a back-breaking three-run shot in the fourth inning that effectively put the game away.“It was difficult, when we played the defense we did early on,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “When you give those guys more than 27 outs, that’s what’s going to happen.”Rafael Devers had two crucial misplays that should have been ruled errors but weren’t. The first came on a har...

Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St higher ahead of Federal Reserve conference

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as traders waited for signs of interest rate plans from this week’s Federal Reserve conference.Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul rose. Oil prices edged lower.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index rose Monday for its first gain in five days as tech stocks rallied.Traders hope officials at the Fed’s summer Jackson Hole, Wyoming, conference say they are finished raising interest rates that are at a two-decade high. But forecasters warn they might say inflation isn’t under control yet.Fed Chair Jerome Powell “may even mention that further rate hikes cannot be entirely ruled out,” said Clifford Bennett of ACY Securities in a report.The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2% to 3,097.77 and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 advanced 0.7% to 31,776.06. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 0.6% to 17,724.94.The Kospi in Seoul added 0.5% to 2,522.08 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 was 0.1% higher at 7,123.50...

Dubai International Airport sees 41.6 million passengers in first half of year, more than in 2019

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:29 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, announced Tuesday it served 41.6 million passengers in the first half of this year — exceeding figures for the same period in 2019 as travelers return to the air after the lockdowns of the coronavirus pandemic. The airport, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates in skyscraper-studded Dubai, long has served as a barometer for the aviation industry worldwide. The new figures at the airport known as DXB reflect figures offered by the International Air Transport Association that traffic worldwide is at 94% of pre-COVID levels. “As we recover with our (half-year) traffic surpassing pre-pandemic levels, we continue to remain committed to ensuring every guest who travels through our airport leaves with a smile,” Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said in a statement announcing the figures.The 41.6 million passengers is up some 50% from the 27.9 million recorded the ...