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Make your camping trip more sustainable by swapping out this one item

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

California has a pretty efficient system set up to handle propane tanks used for barbecues. People buy a tank at full price, empty it cooking up great meals, then bring that tank back to one of thousands of retailers, where they can swap it out at half-price for one that’s already been refilled by trained professionals.That system keeps most BBQ propane tanks out of landfills, while reducing the number of tanks that need to be manufactured. It also brings the cost down for consumers, and it makes propane use safe and convenient for all parties.But we have yet to set up a similarly effective system for the estimated 4 to 7 million one-pound propane cylinders that Californians use with camping stoves each year, or for the untold numbers of smaller isobutane canisters paired with backpacking stoves. Those tanks often aren’t re-used, and they often do become hazardous waste.To date, efforts to stem the tide of single-use fuel canisters, both through legislation and by setting up reuse p...

San Pablo sunglass thieves arrested with $13K worth of stolen shades

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

(KRON) -- Thieves, who police say stole 45 pairs of brand name sunglasses, were arrested in San Pablo Friday morning. According to a social post from the San Pablo Police Department, an officer stopped a wanted vehicle, and located sunglasses along with the occupants of the car. Menacing band of car burglars caught on camera roaming Antioch neighborhood All the stolen shades still had their price tags, police said. Each pair retailed for $300 or more, meaning the estimated value of the stolen sunglasses was over $13,000. The car's occupants were booked into county jail and charged with possession of stolen property."With the heat rising this week, it is no surprise that sunglasses would be a hot commodity," San Pablo PD said in their post. "Hopefully they have a brighter future ahead of them."

UPS CEO’s Political Donations Boost Anti-Union Republicans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

In a 2021 interview with the New York Times, UPS CEO Carol Tomé made a striking claim: She no longer believed in the godfather of trickle-down economics. “For a long time, I was sort of a Milton Friedman person: ‘The purpose of the corporation is to create value for the shareholder.’ I’m very much now of the belief that if you take care of the needs of all stakeholders, you actually create value for the share price. And taking care of the needs of all the stakeholders includes your employees.”The change of heart was a remarkable admission for a C-suite executive who had paid little public attention to the question of workers rights during her two decades as a leader in corporate America. Yet even as Tomé positioned herself as a friend of the workers who make her company run, she continued to donate money to national Republicans set on gutting worker power and maximizing salaries for America’s top earners.Tomé has donated over $70,000 in the past decade to national politicians and co...

Ex-NBA star Dwayne Wade to join WNBA’s Chicago Sky ownership group

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Dwayne Wade is joining the Chicago Sky ownership group, becoming the latest high-profile figure to invest in the WNBA.Wade will invest in his hometown team once the league’s Board of Governors approves the sale. The Chicago Sky sold a roughly 10% stake in the team to a group that included Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts last month.The three-time NBA champion confirmed on Twitter that he was investing in the team. ESPN was the first to report the news.“It’s an incredible feeling being on this side of history. To see growth, on the business side, for something that I’ve been passionate about my whole life is an amazing feeling. There are amazing things happening in the WNBA It’s official! This is for the home team– literally,” he wrote on the social media site.Wade, who retired from the NBA in 2019, joined ownership groups for the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake of the MLS since retiring.___AP Sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Spor...

Ejecutan a maestra por envenenar a 25 estudiantes y matar a uno de ellos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

Una maestra de kinder fue ejecutada por envenenar a 25 de sus estudiantes; uno de ellos murió, anunció el viernes un tribunal en el centro de China. El incidente fue reportado por The Associated Press.La sentencia de Wang Yun se llevó a cabo el jueves indicó un aviso publicado fuera del Tribunal Intermedio Número 1 en la ciudad de Jiaozuo en China, informó AP. Detienen a presunto asesino serial y descuartizador que por años sembró el pánico en Nueva York Caimán muerde a anciano que paseaba por campo de golf en Florida Se indicó que Wang de 40 años fue acusada por colocar nitrito de sodio tóxico en las gachas que se servían a los niños de Educación Preescolar de Mengmeng.AP informó que, según un aviso, los estudiantes se recuperaron rápido, excepto uno de ellos, que murió por una falla orgánica múltiple luego de 10 meses de tratamiento.Resulta que no es la primera vez que Wang utiliza ese método, pues había envenenado previamente a...

Muerte en White Oak: hallan hombre baleado y varios autos dañados

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

Un hombre fue asesinado a tiros el jueves por la noche en el área de White Oak del condado Montgomery, dijo la policía. El hallazgo ocurrió cerca de un área donde los residentes han expresado preocupación por la violencia armada.La víctima fue encontrada dentro de un automóvil en un estacionamiento en que vehículos de varios residentes sufrieron daños, dijo un vecino.Los oficiales respondieron a la cuadra 1500 de Heather Hollow Circle después de reportes de una colisión alrededor de las 11 p.m., según la policía del condado Montgomery. Hallan culpable a pastor del condado Montgomery de violar a una mujer Identifican al cuerpo hallado en Seneca Creek en el condado Montgomery Un conductor fue encontrado con una herida de bala y varios autos habían sido golpeados, dijo la policía. El hombre fue llevado a un hospital y murió, dijo la policía.“No hay información sospechosa en este momento y nadie está bajo custodia,” dijo ...

UnitedHealth Group, Elanco rise; Leslie’s, State Street fall, Friday, 7/14/2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Friday: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), up 76 cents to $149.63.The bank reported strong second-quarter financial results.UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), up $34.18 to $481.93.The health insurer gave investors an encouraging profit forecast after beating analysts’ second-quarter financial forecasts.Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD), up $4.66 to $30.47.The biopharmaceutical company acquired rights to a genetic disorder treatment outside of North America.Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN), up $1.15 to $11.75.The animal healthcare company said U.S. regulators confirmed the safety of its Seresto flea and tick collar.Leslie’s Inc. (LESL), down $3.26 to $6.26.The swimming pool supplies company slashed its profit forecast for the year.State Street Corp. (STT), down $7.75 $69.71.The financial services company reported mostly disappointing second-quarter financial results.Unity Bancorp Inc. (UNTY), up 74 c...

Viewpoint: Tourists are the answer to save downtown, not federal workers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

Louis Kahn, one of the greatest American architects of the 20th century, used to talk to bricks. When he’d ask a brick what it wanted to be, he’d say the brick would inevitably answer, “an arch.” And surely enough, Kahn created some phenomenally beautiful brick arches in his various projects across the world. If Kahn were alive today and were to ask an office building what it wanted to be, the words he would be least likely to hear would be “an apartment building.”Yes, exceptions exist but as has been widely documented, the characteristics that make structures well suited to serve office workers are generally the same characteristics that make them ill suited to serve residents. Retrofitting office buildings to become apartments is climatically responsible and needs to be part of the solution to reimagining downtowns. The economics of such transformations, however, require significant subsidies and write downs in asset values. Absent those subsidies, the likelihood of conversions…Re...

Taylor Swift's plane arrived in Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- An airplane registered to Taylor Swift arrived in Colorado and landed at the Centennial Airport near Denver ahead of her Eras Tour concerts Friday and Saturday.Swift has been traversing the country for several months, doing multiple stops in various cities. Denver police safety plan for mega event weekend Most stops have been two or three nights, building up to her six-night stop in Los Angeles in August.This is the first time she's performed in Denver since 2018 during her Reputation tour. Since then, she's released four new albums, including 2022's Midnights, and three re-recorded albums, including Speak Now (Taylor's Version) which was announced during her Era's Tour stop in Nashville in May and released before last week's shows in Kansas City.Swift's Denver shows are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. There are opening performances from Muna and Gracie Abrams, with Swift expected to take the stage around or after 8 p.m. So far this tour, Swift has kept her setlis...

What does it take to be in Colorado's top 1%?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:35 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Status-seekers be advised - it's going to take a lot of money to be in Colorado's top 1%. As the state grew rapidly in the last year, so too did its income expectations. Colorado is home to some of the most well-educated and highest-earning workforces. Denver police safety plan for mega event weekend Financial adviser site SmartAsset analyzed income levels in each state to find what it takes to be in the top 1% of income earners, as well as the tax rate paid by these top earners. Figures were derived from 2020 tax returns and adjusted for inflation for May 2023 dollars. In Colorado, it takes $709,092 in annual income to be in the top 1%, the nation's seventh-highest threshold. The threshold is lower than New York's ($776,662) and higher than Florida's ($694,987). Top earners in Colorado do pay more of that out in taxes, however. The tax rate on the top 1% is is 25.86%, the 11th highest in the nation. New England and California have the highest thresholds for bein...