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Delays worsen in Texas Crime Victim Compensation Program

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When a group of men killed 22-year-old Bakari Henderson during a 2017 vacation in Greece, it didn’t just leave his mother Jill Henderson with crushing grief. Bakari’s death also led to an emotionally-draining legal saga abroad and his family dealing with unexpected, but critical, expenses.To help move forward with her life, and assist with the financial burden of having to fly back and forth to attend an overseas trial, Jill did what thousands of other Texans who have been affected by violent crime do each year: she applied for help from the Texas Crime Victims’ Compensation Program. And, like thousands of others trying to access the program each year, Jill found herself struggling to get her claim processed and enough compensation to handle the bills.In March, Jill traveled to the Texas Capitol and joined more than 100 other victims of violent crime — and their family members — to support legislation that would improve and expand access to benefits and reimbursement...

Warm spring day inspires a quest for crappies on Lake Sarah

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

ERSKINE, Minn. — The seeds for this little adventure had been planted a couple of days earlier in a late-night text message.“Whatcha doing Tuesday?” it read. “It’s going to be 70 degrees and windless. I would take you to my serious early crappie spot in my boat if you are game. Easy peasy if you want to go.”With weather like that in the forecast after a winter that seemed as if it would never end, the invitation was too good to resist.As fishing fun goes, spring crappies are pretty tough to beat.There was reason for optimism. Craig Hanson of Grand Forks, N.D., has plied the waters of Lake Sarah for years, most recently in April 2021, when he and a son-in-law hit the kind of spring crappie bonanza of which fishing memories are made.For a confirmed crappie fanatic, it doesn’t get much better.“We were just ecstatic,” Hanson said.The parking lot was empty when Hanson pulled into the boat ramp Tuesday afternoon, May 9. That would likely change for Saturday’s Minnesota Fishing Opene...

Colorado’s doctors and nurses are still disproportionately white. These groups are trying to change that.

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

Neko Upson doesn’t have to wonder whether she’s making a difference for her patients. She sees it when she walks in the room and their tension drains away.“They see someone who looks like them, and you can see them relax,” she said.Upson said she’s one of only four certified nurse midwives in Denver who are Black. While her white colleagues also can provide high-quality care, they have to work to break through the distrust that many patients of color have in the health system, while people from the same background have an easier time forming a relationship, she said.In Colorado, as is the case nationwide, Black and Hispanic people working in the health field are overrepresented in lower-paid jobs, like aides and support staff, but underrepresented among doctors, nurses, midwives and other jobs that pay more and require more education.As of 2021, about 1.4% of people working as health care providers in Colorado were Black and 8.2% were Hispanic, accordin...

Jane Earle, journalist and former Denver Post staffer, dies at age 88

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

Jane Earle, a journalist, writer, and academic, died April 9 at her Denver home. She was 88.Jane Earle, reporter for The Denver Post since 1970, was named executive editor of the Denver Magazine. Earle is pictured on Jan. 6, 1977. (Denver Post file)Born on March 23, 1935, in Kentucky, Earle began her career in journalism in Ohio and also worked at The Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma City Journal before joining the staff of The Denver Post in 1970 as a feature writer. At the Post, Earle switched beats to cover federal courts and federal agencies and during her seven year tenure she also covered state government, the legislature and minority political affairs. Among Earle’s stories at the Post were pieces on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Chicano Movement and the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973.“A journalist most of her life, she was a writer first and foremost with a deep appreciation forthe role of the press in defending American democracy,” sai...

Cheaper rent, group dinners, dozens of roommates: What’s a co-op and how could it help with affordable housing in Colorado?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

BOULDER — It was Charlie Huntington and Ylva Kroke’s turn to make dinner.Hot pizzas fresh from the oven, salad, and eggplant pasta were dished up around a crowded kitchen table, where about a dozen people from all walks of life straggled in.ABBA blasted from a record player. The front door was ajar, welcoming folks inside. Chatter filled the room as people debriefed on their days.“There’s always someone wandering in,” Huntington said after a Denver Post reporter made cautious entry through the open door and was surprised to find none of the residents batted an eye at the stranger in their living room. “That’s what’s so great.”The lively gathering wasn’t a party. It was a weekday night at the Chrysalis Cooperative in Boulder.The co-op is one of four created under the Boulder Housing Coalition, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to establishing permanently affordable cooperative housing in Boulder County.The Chrysalis co-op is a...

Me & My Car: 1927 Ford Model T ‘meant to be’ Fremont man’s

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

I think it would be fair to say that the Ford Model T was the most successful car ever. Ford Motor Co. sold the almost completely unchanged Model T from 1908 through 1927, but it wasn’t the first “modern” car built.Related ArticlesLocal News | Me & My Car: ’57 Chevy 150 could easily become a show model Local News | Me & My Car: ’47 Chevy in East Bay among first true postwar trucks Local News | Me & My Car: Bay Area owner loves his ’34 Ford pickup truck That honor goes to German Karl Benz in 1885, and the first “modern” American car was made by Charles and Frank Duryea, of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893. As a side note, the first electric vehicle, which was more of an electrified wagon, was made in about 1890 by a chemist from Des Moines, Iowa.In those early days, a good way to get attention was through publicity stunts, and Henry Ford was a master at capitalizing on events featuring the Model T. In 19...

Minneapolis city council nomination brawl leaves 2 injured; no candidate chosen

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A brawl broke out over nominations for Minneapolis City Council candidates, leaving at least two people injured, a newspaper reported. The scuffle arose during the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party’s endorsing convention for Minneapolis Ward 10, held Saturday at a magnet school in the city, the Star Tribune reported.Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs, the paper reported.Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior embarrassing and adjourned the event without a nominee being chosen, saying it was no longer safe.At least one person was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life threatening, the newspaper said. A second person was treated at the scene.No arrests were made, Minneapolis po...

La FDA aprueba nuevo medicamento para los incómodos sofocos causados por la menopausia

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

WASHINGTON — Los reguladores de salud de EEUU aprobaron el viernes un nuevo tipo de medicamento para mujeres que sufren de los incómodos sofocos causados por la menopausia.La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó la píldora de una vez al día de Astellas Pharma para tratar los síntomas de moderados a graves, que pueden incluir sudoración, sofocos y escalofríos.El fármaco de Astellas, Veozah, utiliza un nuevo enfoque, dirigido a las conexiones cerebrales que ayudan a controlar la temperatura corporal. La FDA dijo que el medicamento proporcionará “una opción de tratamiento adicional segura y efectiva para las mujeres”, en un comunicado. Más mujeres recurren al cannabis para aliviar los síntomas que provoca la menopausia Estudio: mujeres con menopausia o con síndrome SOP son más vulnerables al COVID-19 Más del 80 % de las mujeres experimentan sofocos durante la menopausia, anotó la FDA, ya q...

US beats Hungary, Canada tops Slovenia at ice hockey worlds

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The United States had to come from a goal down to outclass newcomer Hungary 7-1 for its second win at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.Canada had to do the same on the way to a 5-2 victory over Slovenia, the other newly promoted team in the top division.Nick Bonino scored two goals for the Americans and Rocco Grimaldi had a goal and two assists in their Group A game at Nokia Arena in Tampere.Americans Alex Tuch and Nick Bonino responded to Istvan Sofron’s goal to come back into the game in the opening period.Bonino added his second in the middle period on a power play and Cutter Gauthier made it 4-1 with a shot between the pads of goaltender Dominik Horvath.Connor Mackey, Grimaldi and Luke Tuch finished the scoring with a goal each in the third period.MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and two assists in the second three-point game for the Calgary Flames defenseman while Michael Carcone and Jack McBain had a goal and an assist for Canada.After Jan Drozg’s...

Former Md. Gov. Hogan to American U. grads: ‘We’re all counting on you’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:24 GMT

Maryland’s former Republican Governor Larry Hogan offered encouragement to American University’s School of Public Affairs at their Saturday commencement service.The former governor was honored with an honorary doctorate of public service just moments before speaking to graduates, guests and school community members.“Public service is and must continue to be a noble calling. And I’m encouraged that some of you, the best and brightest, may be willing to serve. We’re all counting on you,” Hogan said.The son of a former Prince George’s County executive and native of the D.C. region, he said relentlessness, passion and a positive attitude helped him achieve a governorship “in the bluest state in America.”“Change is possible, even when the odds seem stacked against you,” he said.Hogan also told the 2023 graduating class that, beyond the dysfunction, division and concerns over the political system, the nation is at a turning...