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WATCH LIVE | India lands its Chandrayaan-3 rover on the moon

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India was counting down to landing a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole Wednesday — an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold important reserves of frozen water and precious elements.A lander with a rover inside was orbiting before attempting to touch down on the lunar surface, creating an agonizing wait for India’s space scientists in the southern city of Bengaluru. India is making its second attempt in four years to join the United States, the Soviet Union and China in achieving the landmark. India unexpectedly got into a race with Russia, which had planned to land its Luna-25 spacecraft in the same lunar region on Monday. But Luna-25 crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit. It would have been the first successful Russian lunar landing after a gap of 47 years. Russia's head of the state-controlled space corporation Roscosmos attributed the failure to the lack of expertise due to the long break in lunar research that foll...

Will I get an extra paycheck in September? How to know

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – What’s sweeter than getting paid twice a month? Getting paid three times, of course.Americans who get paid biweekly on Fridays will see three paychecks hit their bank account during a few months that happen to have five Fridays.“So if you’re getting paid on the first, third and fifth Fridays, that means you have a bonus paycheck, which obviously you still earned, but is potentially outside of your regular budget and kind of like a mini windfall or a mini bonus,” Chanelle Bessette, banking specialist with NerdWallet, told Nexstar.Not every employee who gets biweekly checks will get an “extra” check during the same months, however.Workers who received their first check on Jan. 6 will see three-payment months fall on March and September, according to Alliant Credit Union. If you had to wait until Jan. 13 to get paid, your three-paycheck months will be June and December.So what’s behind the financial phenomenon?Dividing 52 weeks by two — since payments are biweekly — me...

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome baby No. 2: reports

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

(KTLA) – Baby makes four for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.The power couple quietly welcomed their second child earlier this month, according to TMZ and People magazine.TMZ reported that the "Diamonds" singer welcomed a baby boy on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles and that the child's name starts with an "R." Beyonce fans can win free ‘Renaissance World Tour’ tickets through Vivid Seats contest Fans remember when Rihanna first revealed her second pregnancy during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl this past February. The Fenty Beauty founder caressed her baby bump right at the start of the performance, which set off speculation on the internet from the start. The singer later officially confirmed her pregnancy.Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Rocky and Rihanna welcomed their first child, RZA Ath...

For all the tortillas: Anderson, McCallum clash in 22nd annual Taco Shack Bowl

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — McCallum head coach Tom Gammerdinger said the Taco Shack Bowl is not only a great rivalry, but it helps gives Austin ISD athletics a little bit of the spotlight to kick off the year.The Knights and Anderson Trojans will rumble at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at House Park in the 22nd installment of the rivalry game, and Gammerdinger said it's something his team looks forward to all summer. VOTE: 2023 Taco Shack Bowl spirit competition, Anderson vs. McCallum "Austin ISD schools don't always get the attention during the season, so it's a great way to kick off the year and showcase Austin ISD athletics," he said. "These kids have grown up playing each other in Pop Warner, so it's a good rivalry that has gone back and forth throughout the years."Last year, however, things didn't go the Knights' way. The Trojans, led by senior quarterback Fred Dale, rolled up 42 unanswered points to clobber the rival Knights 49-3. It was Anderson's 11th Taco Shack Bowl victory and the first under...

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Natalie Hudson to make history as state’s next chief justice

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Natalie Hudson will be the state’s next chief justice, and the first person of color in the role, Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday.Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Natalie Hudson. (Courtesy of the governor’s office)Hudson was St. Paul City Attorney from 1992 to 1994. She went on to practice criminal appellate law in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office for eight years and she served as a Minnesota Court of Appeals judge for 13 years.In 2015, Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Hudson to the Minnesota Supreme Court.Hudson will take over as chief justice when Lorie Gildea retires in October.Walz announced Wednesday that Karl Procaccini will serve as Supreme Court associate justice, filling the vacancy that will occur when Hudson becomes chief justice.Procaccini teaches law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, and previously served as general counsel in Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan’s offices. Before...

26-year-old rescued in Greene County water rescue

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

HUNTER, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A 26-year-old was rescued after being stuck in a crevasse in the water in Moore's Bridge Falls. The rescue happened around 6 p.m. on Saturday. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Forest rangers responded to Moore's Bridge Falls around 4:35 p.m. for a report of someone stuck in the water. Twin Cloves Technical Rescue Team and forest rangers found the 26-year-old from Bayside around 6 p.m.Images via DECRescuers were able to free her from the crevasse and rigger her to a high-angle rope system to help her walk upstream. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital around 7:20 p.m. for evaluation.

Aurora officers shoot, kill man after alleged armed confrontation at bus stop

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

A man is dead after an Aurora police officer shot and killed him after the man allegedly produced a firearm during a confrontation with another person at a bus stop.The shooting happened just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a news conference, at the bus stop near Colfax Avenue and Havana Street. Two officers were monitoring activity at the bus stop and noticed the man get into a confrontation with another person and produce a firearm, Acevedo said.Once the man showed the firearm, which appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun, the officers engaged with the man. He began running away, Acevedo said, and the officers began yelling commands to drop his weapon and raise his hands.One of the officers then fired shots and hit the man. Acevedo could not answer if the man had fired shots as well, but said no officers were injured.“You can see the individual running away, the individual who was armed that they knew to be armed because they witnessed him...

15,000-square-foot chicken-and-waffles palace opens in RiNo

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

From its whole fried chicken that comes in a chicken-shaped basket to homemade ice cream sandwiches that are served out of a rolling cooler, Yardbird’s newest and largest restaurant to date is ready to wow Denver diners.The Miami-based chicken chain debuted its sprawling, 14,950-square-foot restaurant, at 2743 Blake St., on Monday. It’s the eighth location for parent company, 50 Eggs; the others are in  Miami, Las Vegas, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Singapore and Chicago. When the Southern comfort-food restaurant first opened in Miami in 2011 it earned plenty of praise, such as the country’s best new restaurant from the James Beard Foundation and Bon Appétit.“I have a special talent to talk myself and everyone else into things,” 50 Eggs restaurateur John Kunkel said, while in Denver for the opening, of the restaurant’s size.Bartenders use ladders to navigate Yardbird's front bar, which has a liquor selection (full of plenty of bourbon) that nearly reaches the ce...

The Nazis plundered scores of artworks from Jewish families. This Colorado program wants to unspool the web.

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

Sarah Malcolm stood in the Nuremberg archives in Germany this summer, looking for clues to her partner’s past.A man behind a tall desk produced a scanned copy of her boyfriend’s great-grandfather’s resident card. It had two addresses. The archive worker told the couple that it looked like the family had left Germany because of the Nazis.How did he know?The residence card, the man answered, sported the letters “ISR,” indicating the family was Jewish. It also included a note. If the family left, the Nazis needed to be notified.“It was a super meaningful day for the both of us,” Malcolm, 35, said. “I was so excited that my boyfriend got to learn more about this part of his family history.”It’s this longing to reconstruct the circuitous path of people and culture during the Holocaust period that drove Malcolm to a certificate program at the University of Denver unlike any other in the country.The Nazi-Era Art Provenance Researc...

Housing Authority closes on $26M hotel purchase for city homeless shelter

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:18:43 GMT

The Denver Housing Authority has closed on the purchase of a northeast Denver hotel that the city plans to lease for use as a homeless shelter.The organization’s $25.95 million purchase of the 194-unit former Best Western at 4595 Quebec St., which it announced in late July, closed on Wednesday, records show.The city said in a news release last month that it would lease the property from the Denver Housing Authority and contract with an organization to operate as a non-congregate shelter with supportive services. In a few years, the property will be converted to supportive housing; more than half the units already have kitchenettes.Mayor Mike Johnston touted the deal last month as a critical part of his effort to house 1,000 homeless individuals by the end of the year.“This acquisition is the first key piece of that puzzle and puts us on a solid path to achieving our goal, connecting our unhoused neighbors to housing and low-barrier shelter, and improving quality of life in neighborh...