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7008 4672 Volunteers and community members at the Cortez Community Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. (Aaron Lewis/Special to the Journal) Cortez hosts its 32nd Community Christmas Dinner Wintry conditions might have slightly impacted turnout On Christmas Day, the Montezuma County Annex Building in downtown Cortez hosted hundreds of people as they enjoyed a hearty holiday meal, together.
Ripples of Los Angeles fires continue as Meghan delays Netflix …
1 day ago · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weaker winds and intense firefighting efforts over the weekend boosted containment of fires burning in and around Los Angeles, but the effects of the blazes on the entertainment world continue.. Several projects and awards shows have been delayed, with the Producers Guild opting not to announce its nominations Sunday due to ongoing effects of the fire.
Philadelphia 76ers reportedly reverse course, won't build …
1 day ago · PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have decided not to build a $1.3 billion downtown arena, a surprising move that comes just weeks after the team received approval for the controversial project from the city council.. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday that multiple council members had confirmed the change in plans. The team has struck a deal with Comcast Spectacor to remain ...
Judge who blocked release of Trump report was 'plainly' wrong, …
3 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge's order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of special counsel Jack Smith's investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump.. The emergency motion late Friday is the latest back and forth in a court dispute over whether any portion of Smith's report can be made ...
Trump's sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here's what could happen next
Jan 4, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future U.S. president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump 's hush money case made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case to a muted end.. In a ruling Friday, Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan scheduled the sentencing for 10 days before Trump's inauguration ...
Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to …
4 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago.
Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people …
Jan 5, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs.. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson held onto his job, but there are …
Jan 4, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — This time was supposed to be different. But while House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday avoided the dayslong ordeal that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, endured to become speaker, his relatively swift victory was hardly a unifying moment.The tumult of the day laid bare that Johnson retains only tenuous support from hard-line conservatives who gave him their votes for now ...
Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to save his job as a new Congress ...
Jan 3, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.. The uneasy scene brought an ominous start to the first day of the new Congress.
Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and …
Dec 21, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.. Midnight passage of the government shutdown package put in sharp focus the political fault lines emerging in Washington, as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., fights for his job and Republicans sweep into control ...