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Fairfax Co. to give eligible families monthly payments with new program

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

Fairfax County will launch its Economic Mobility Pilot next month, which will provide 180 families with monthly payments of $750 for 15 months.In addition to the payments, families will have access to “optional financial coaching and the opportunity to increase their social networks through virtual or in-person events,” the county website reads.The pilot will target families that are income constrained but make too much money to receive typical federal or local assistance.Pallas Washington, the county’s deputy director of neighborhood and community services, said this group is defined as asset-limited, income-constrained and employed (ALICE).“These are working Fairfax County residents who are at that brink,” Washington said. “They’re working, but they’re limited in their income, and they’re one step away from needing assistance from our federal and local benefits.”Washington said the COVID-19 pandemic shed a light on vulnerable residents throughout the county.“Duri...

Denver weather: What to expect for weekend rain chances

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Rain showers continue until late Friday night for the Denver weather forecast before heading south and ending.A flood watch that was in effect ended Friday evening for all of Colorado. Watch out for standing water and ponding on the roads as rain continues Friday night, according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Flood Watch for areas in green through Saturday morningWeather tonight: Showers and cool tempsShowers will continue until just after midnight before slowly ending. There will be good moisture along the Front Range and in metro Denver, especially given the recent hot and dry stretch.Skies will remain cloudy overnight and temperatures will cool into the 50s and 60s across the state.Overnight lows by Saturday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: Only a few storms late dayThe forecast for Saturday is not looking as dreary as it did Friday. There will be some cloudiness to start the day in the wake of Friday night's rain. The sun will ret...

Fired McAuliffe principal looks forward to day in court, attorney says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — FOX31 heard from the attorney of the now-terminated McAuliffe International School Principal Kurt Dennis.In a 6-1 vote, the Denver Public Schools board voted to terminate the employment of the embattled former principal. His initial reaction?"He's just glad to be done with DPS at this point," said David Lane, Dennis' attorney.FOX31 also spoke with Kwame Spearman, a school board candidate who organized a rally to support Dennis before he was terminated."That probably was not the right environment for our students and something that needs to be investigated," Spearman said, talking about the seclusion room, reportedly at McAuliffe, that led to Dennis' firing. 2 more Jeffco schools could close by next school year The so-called seclusion room was reportedly locked from outside, against DPS policy, and students of color were allegedly held inside the room as well.Despite that, and as others argued before, Spearman said Dennis deserved to have his side of the story told,...

Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk underway in Denver

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Friday was day one of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day event. Over a thousand registered walkers trekked 20 miles to raise money for cancer research.And it was just about the perfect day to stamp out breast cancer by stomping on a 20-mile walk.“Susan G. Komen is the world’s largest breast cancer organization, working to find a cure," said Cati Stone, Susan G. Komen vice president of community health. High-tech wheelchair allows police officer to pursue his passion Friday was the first of three days where sponsored walkers donned in pink hit the streets.“The 3-Day walk is where the breast cancer community comes together and walks 60 miles over three days, all with a common goal to raise funds to put an end to breast cancer forever," Stone said.Surviving breast cancer and working to helpEarly Friday morning, folks gathered at the Hyatt Regency ballroom for a little stretching, listened to inspirational speakers and got motivated.Nobody motivated the crowd more than Stone. Sh...

Chicago police respond to shooting inside Guaranteed Rate Field during White Sox game

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

Chicago police reported a shooting inside Guaranteed Rate Field during Friday night’s White Sox game and said more information would be forthcoming.A police spokesman on social media said a briefing would take place regarding the “shooting incident,” but later said a written update would be circulated overnight. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured.A spectator, Greg Mika, said he was seated in the left center field about four rows behind a young woman who received medical treatment to her leg below the knee and watched her walk away while speaking with medics.The incident had occurred by the game’s third inning, he said, but fans were not asked to leave. He said authorities did clear out several rows in front of and also behind where the woman had been seated.Mika, of the southwest suburbs, and his friends were unclear what happened to the woman. Despite speculation that she may have been injured from a bullet, Mika said his sense of safe...

Lowry: Trump has a spinoff in Vivek Ramaswamy

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

Just how dominant is Donald Trump in the Republican Party?He’s so far ahead in the polls that he felt comfortable skipping the first GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee, while on the actual debate stage, his epigone, Vivek Ramaswamy, soaked up an outsized portion of the attention.The 38-year-old billionaire biotech entrepreneur shows that the Trump brand is so strong that it can create successful subsidiaries, the Trump storyline so compelling that subplots can be spun off into their own programs.Thursday night was a ‘MAGA’ tag team, with Trump trying to detract from the debate from the outside and Ramaswamy shaking it up on the inside.When Trump declared a victor afterwards, it was, unsurprisingly, Ramaswamy — for having the courage and perspicacity to declare Donald Trump the greatest president of the 21st century.If Ramaswamy minds these occasional condescending pats on the head, he hasn’t yet showed any sign of it. He is making history as the first...

‘Ahsoka’ often plodding, but also promising

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

In the production brief for the new live-action “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka,” its creator and writer, Dave Filoni, says you need not know anything about the goings on a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away to follow the story.While that’s technically true, there’s a reason some are calling this show the fifth season of “Star Wars Rebels.”“Ahsoka” (streaming Tuesdays on Disney+) brings back key characters from that animated gem, including heroines Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren, now portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Natasha Liu Bordizzo, respectively.And the new series’ namesake, onetime Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano, was featured intermittently in “Rebels.” However, the co-creation of Filoni and the father of “Star Wars,” George Lucas, was introduced in the 2008 animated theatrical release “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and became a fixture in the series of the same name that followed it.The character, who long ago left the Jedi Order, made her live-action debut in th...

Editorial: Congress must take action on Ukrainian refugees

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

In a welcome move last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension and re-designation of temporary protected status for Ukrainians, allowing those who’ve arrived as of Aug. 16 to remain in the country with work authorization and protection from deportation at least through April 19, 2025. The move was a no-brainer, providing some security for those fleeing a brutal invasion.Still, it’s not the moment to call it a day. TPS is, as the suggests, structured to be temporary, though in practice it often isn’t. There are current TPS holders from countries including Somalia and El Salvador that have been living here in a sort of status limbo for decades, getting renewals but no fundamental security.That’s because Congress failed to build in a path to residency and eventual citizenship, apparently having not considered that it would never quite be safe for nationals of certain countries to return.So we don’t have to speculate about the fate that will befall h...

Schoen: Winner of the Republican debate wasn’t even there

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

Without even participating in Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, former President Donald Trump walked away the clear winner, as none of the eight other candidates who were on stage in Milwaukee did anything to close the gap with the GOP frontrunner, who was barely even discussed. Put another way, the first Republican debate was more notable for Trump’s absence – both physically and as the target of attacks – rather than anything that other candidates did or said, as no candidate did anything to stand out from the pack or weaken Trump’s commanding lead over the rest of the field. And, while it is too early for post-debate polling, one should expect little, if any, decrease in Trump’s lead.Indeed, even when the candidates did discuss Trump – whose interview with former Fox host Tucker Carlson aired at the same time on X (formerly Twitter) – they mostly offered weak criticism, clearly afraid of alienating the party’s base and drawing Trump’s ire. When asked whether they would ...

Patriots QB Bailey Zappe on re-entering preseason finale: ‘That was the head man’s decision’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:51 GMT

Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe left Friday’s preseason finale at Tennessee midway through the second quarter.As the team’s No. 2 quarterback, Zappe’s exit seemed to indicate his preseason was over. Trace McSorley took the reins of the offense on the next series, and undrafted rookie Malik Cunningham waited for his turn. McSorley even took a knee on the following drive to run out the clock on the first half.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots have difficult decision to make with Malik Cunningham as cutdowns loom New England Patriots | Callahan: The Patriots’ preseason finale shouldn’t dampen a successful summer New England Patriots | Patriots fall to Titans in preseason finale as Bailey Zappe’s tepid summer continues New England Patriots | Patriots’ offensive line suffers another apparent injury in preseason finale New England Patriots | Patriots’ ...