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December 2023 has been one of the driest on record for snowfall

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Even after blizzard-like conditions hit parts of Colorado the day after Christmas, December 2023 will go down in history as one of the driest on record.A post-Christmas snowstorm brought blowing snow to the Eastern Plains and caused several major highways to close. Near the metro, Aurora got around 7 inches of snow. However, Denver International Airport only saw a trace.With the lack of snow, this December has been one of the driest on record.According to Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Travis Michels, DIA, where precipitation is officially measured for the Mile High City, only got around 1.4 inches of snow this month. Looking at the data from the National Weather Service, the lack of snow would put 2023 as the 18th least snowiest December on record. Take a hike – for free – on these days at Colorado’s national parks The data goes back to 1882 when historical records were recorded in Colorado. According to that data, the last December that made the list of least sn...

2 missing girls found safe after allegedly being taken from home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An endangered missing persons alert has been deactivated after a 15 and 10-year-old were found safely. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the girls were last seen in Silverthorne near the 400 block of Brian Avenue at around 11 p.m.On Friday at around 7 a.m., CBI deactivated the alert and said the girls had been safely located. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox CBI said the girls were believed to have been taken from their home by a 23-year-old woman and were allegedly driving south towards Mexico.Officials have not said if the suspect has been taken into custody.

Israeli military report reveals new failures in mission to rescue mistakenly killed hostages

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

(CNN) — Israel’s army chief said troops failed in their mission to rescue three hostages mistakenly killed in Gaza earlier this month as the military on Thursday published its report into the incident.Herzi Halevi, chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said the shootings “could have been prevented,” but he determined there was “no malice in the event and the soldiers carried out the right action to the best of their understanding of the event at that moment.”Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samer Talalka were captured by Hamas on October 7 and taken to Gaza. The three men were accidentally killed during an IDF operation around the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya on December 15 in an incident that shocked Israeli society.The report into their deaths concluded that Israeli command ranks had information about ...

More Than 400 Families On Emergency Shelter Waitlist

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

More than 400 families are on the waitlist to access the state’s overburdened emergency shelter system, a top Healey administration official said Thursday, less than a week after the state abruptly opened a new overflow site in Cambridge.During a 90-minute virtual community meeting, city and state leaders candidly explained how they selected the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds building and began welcoming families, including migrants, last Friday with little public notice or engagement. About three-quarters of families stuck on the waitlist have been directed to temporary shelter and overnight arrangements.Officials have been scrambling to open temporary overflow sites since the shelter system hit Gov. Maura Healey’s 7,500-family capacity limit in November amid a surge of new arrivals, and each day brings about 10 additional families to Massachusetts, Emergency Assistance Director Scott Rice said. When Secretary of State William Galvin offered up the east Cambridge pro...

The Chicago Bears have played 3 times on New Year’s Eve and 5 on New Year’s Day. Here’s how they’ve done since 1988.

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

Fans at Soldier Field on Dec. 31, 1988, settled in to watch a divisional playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles in unexpected comfort.There was bright sunshine, little wind and temperatures heading for the 40s.Until, a sudden slap in the face.“A fog that rolled in from the lake late in the first half left the spectators to stare into a gray shroud from which the players would emerge with maddening infrequency,” Tribune reporter Phil Hersh wrote at the time.Few of the 65,534 spectators were able to see the final moments of the Bears’ 20-12 victory due to the thick haze.The “Fog Bowl” — which marked the first time the Bears ever played on New Year’s Eve — is now one of the franchise’s most memorable games.The Bears will play on Dec. 31 for the fourth time Sunday. They face the Atlanta Falcons at noon at Soldier Field.Here’s a look back at the results for each of the team’s previous year-ending or year-beginning ga...

Self-serve ramen restaurant coming to Mid-City, says San Diego celebrity chef

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego celebrity chef and Food Network star Lauren Lawless took to social media Thursday to announce a new concept for an eatery she said will open in Mid-City. Described as "the nation’s first-ever self-serve ramen restaurant," Lawless said she plans to open RAMEN WORLD next summer, though a specific address has yet to be disclosed. 25 Southern California restaurants added to Michelin Guide in 2023 For a little back history, instant ramen noodles were brought to fruition in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, an inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. According to Britannica, the idea came to Ando after the end of World War II during a time of food shortages in Japan. He sought to come up with a nutritious, inexpensive, and simple way to prepare ramen -- and that's when this noodle craze began. Fast-forward to present day, self-serve ramen restaurants can be found all over Japan as well as other Asian countries. Lawless now wants to bring that concept int...

Stock market today: Stocks drift on the final trading day of a surprisingly good year on Wall Street

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting on the final trading day of a year of surprisingly robust gains for Wall Street. The benchmark S&P 500 index is sitting just below the all-time high Friday and is up 24.6% for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit another record Thursday and is up more than 13% in 2023. The Nasdaq is up 44% for the year, driven by gains in big technology companies, including Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft. Treasury yields edged higher and crude oil prices rose.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.U.S. stock futures are little changed Friday as the market puts the wraps on a year of surprisingly robust gains.The benchmark S&P 500 index is just 0.3% from an all-time high after a gain of 24.6% in 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sits at a record 37,710.10. The Nasdaq shows a year-to-date gain of 44.2%, driven by gains in big technology companies.The so-called Magnificent 7 companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon...

Federal Liberals will announce ‘renewed’ housing plan in 2024, minister says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

OTTAWA — Housing Minister Sean Fraser says Canadians can expect to see a full plan from the federal government in 2024 that lays out how it will tackle the housing crisis. “We’re working to develop a plan that will pull together the measures we’ve announced and the next measures we will announce into a single place for Canadians to see the full renewed approach,” Fraser said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press.The plan would build on the housing policies recently announced by the Liberals, which include eliminating GST charges on rental developments, increasing the amount of low-cost financing available to developers and launching consultations for a catalogue of pre-approved home blueprints that would speed up approvals for projects. The housing minister has also been travelling the country to sign agreements with municipalities as part of the housing accelerator fund, a program that offers federal dollars in exchange for changes to bylaws and re...

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon asks Canadians to commit to kindness in year-end message

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is calling on Canadians to commit themselves to kindness in her annual year-end message. The Governor General says the year 2023 presented challenges brought on by climate change and global conflict. But she says Canada also took “important strides in reconciliation” and marked new chapters in history. Simon alternates between speaking English, her native Inuktitut and French — which she is still learning — in her address.She says people are adapting to change in different ways, including with kindness. And she says that over the past year, she honoured people who turned challenges into opportunities.Their stories should serve as an example of the “Inuktitut word ajuinnata,” she says, which means “never giving up.” It’s the same word Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended his address to Parliament with back in September, saying Simon shared it with him when they met. Simon ends her new year’s addres...

Rescue mission underway at high-rise fire in Uptown

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:02:41 GMT

CHICAGO — A rescue mission is underway to help get residents out of a high-rise fire in Uptown.The two-alarm fire has a heavy blaze located on the sixth floor of a building in the 1000 block of West Foster.Residents are at windows looking to get out and ladders are being raised, CFD said.Crews are currently on the floor of the fire.WGN News has a crew headed to the scene and will update this story once more information becomes available.