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Report: Colorado has the 2nd best economy in country

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A new analysis from U.S. News and World Report said Colorado has the second-best economy in the country and is the 16th-best state overall.For the economy, the report looked at employment, the business environment and growth. How much will a Colorado Rockies game cost a family of 4? U.S. News and World Report said Colorado's employment situation is the best in the country, while the other two factors rank fourth and fifth in the country respectively."While its geographic diversity and natural resources have been an economic boon as well as a draw for tourism, the state's government has made efforts to diversify the economy over the past decades," the analysis said.The only state with a better economy, according to the analysis, is Utah. Idaho, Washington and Massachusetts round out the top five.For the overall score, Colorado had several other categories where it finished strong including fifth in education and 10th in health care. Cold case: Who murdered this wo...

Rapper NF brings tour to Ball Arena

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Michigan-based rapper and singer NF announced his latest world tour, and he is making a stop at the Mile High City.Nathan Feuerstein, who goes by his initials NF, will embark on a 47-show tour across the U.S., Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom following his newest album titled "HOPE.""The HOPE Tour" will hit the stage at Ball Arena on Saturday, Aug. 12, and will feature special guest Cordae. Full list of concerts at Ball Arena for 2023 With his massive hits like "Let You Down" and "The Search," the rapper has over 17 million monthly listeners on Spotify and 30 billion streams worldwide.Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster's fan-verified registration. Registration is open through Sunday at 11:59 p.m.General ticket sales begin on April 7 at 10 a.m. on NF's website. NF released his latest single "HOPE" last month and described it as finding himself at his "most raw and unfiltered as he assesses his musical journey thus far and looks to the future."

Vatican: Pope OK to leave hospital, has pizza, baptizes baby

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

By FRANCES D’EMILIO (Associated Press)ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has been cleared by doctors for discharge on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had pizza one evening with medical staff and baptized a baby in the pediatrics ward.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, in one of several updates on Friday, also said that Francis will be in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass at the start of Holy Week, although he didn’t say if the pontiff would deliver the homily during the particularly lengthy service.“The medical team that is following His Holiness Pope Francis, after evaluating the outcome of tests carried out today and the favorable clinical recovery, has confirmed discharge” on Saturday, Bruni said in a written statement Friday night.Francis, 86, was hospitalized on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic, where doctors said the pontiff was receiving antibiotics intravenously to trea...

Impact of new MLB rules immediately apparent

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Thursday’s season opener was about as long a nine-inning baseball game as you could realistically imagine.The Red Sox and Orioles combined for 19 runs, 26 hits and 12 walks, using 12 pitchers who collectively threw 344 pitches. Runs were scored by one or both sides in every inning but the second and third, and towards the end Boston mounted a late rally to nearly erase a six-run deficit entering the bottom of the eighth.All of that added up to a time of game of exactly… 3:10. One minute quicker than the average Red Sox game last season.How wild is that?Last year a game like Thursday’s would have easily taken over four hours to play. With all the walks and pitching changes the game would have dragged on forever, and everyone who’d bothered sticking around would have been frozen to their seats by the end.The same story played out across MLB on Opening Day, with the 15 games taking an average of 2:45 to complete. That’s 26 minutes faster than the average game time last Opening Day, and...

Travel rewards programs shouldn’t be so annoying to use

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Even after the “revenge travel” craze of 2022, Americans are still eager to get out there. According to an email survey of its members from Going, a travel deals service, 68% of the 3,274 respondents say they plan to spend more on international travel in 2023 than they did in 2022.Yet there’s just one problem: Travelers are also going broke. The No. 1 barrier to travel this year, according to the same survey, was a lack of money. So while inflation zaps budgets and consumers keep racking up credit card debt at a dizzying pace, those dream vacations might fizzle out.Is it time to tap into those credit card points, airline miles and hotel rewards? It might be, but actually figuring out how to use those dang points poses its own problems. Earning travel rewards through credit card offers and travel spending is one thing; successfully redeeming them is quite another.Consumers are confusedA stunning 84% of travelers cited user experience issues as their biggest frustration when using tra...

Fact check: Trump’s criticism of hush money case Judge Juan Merchan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

By The New York Daily NewsThe now-indicted former President Donald Trump Friday attacked as “VICIOUS” the Manhattan judge who will be presiding over his trial in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.Misspelling the name of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, Trump trashed the respected judge for his conduct of the trial that resulted in the conviction of the Trump Organization on tax fraud charges.“The Judge “assigned” to my Witch Hunt Case …. HATES ME,” Trump said on his social media site.Trump falsely claimed that Merchan bullied CFO Allen Weisselberg to plead guilty in exchange for testimony in the Trump Organization case.“[Merchan] is the same person who ‘railroaded’ my 75 year old former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, to take a ‘plea’ deal,” Trump said. “He strong armed Allen, which a judge is not allowed to do, & treated my companies … VICIOUSLY.”Two Trump Org entities were convicted in December of all charges and ordered to pay $1.6 million in fines. After pl...

Melania Trump smiles by Trump’s side, Ivanka’s ‘pained,’ Don Jr. fumes following indictment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

If Donald Trump was still “absorbing” the news of indictment Thursday, he and his wife Melania put on a show of “happiness” to their guests at Mar-a-Lago, according to one of those guests.“Beautiful evening here at the gorgeous Mar a Lago!” tweeted conservative media personality and Mar-a-Lago member Gina Loudon, sharing a photo of an uncertain-looking Trump at his private Palm Beach, Florida resort, with a smiling Melania Trump by his side, dressed in a very bright red dress.  “Our REAL First Couple enveloped in the love of their friends and most loyal!”Beautiful evening here at the gorgeous Mar a Lago! Our REAL First Couple enveloped in the love of their friends and most loyal! (Sorry to disappoint, corporate media . Actually not. Screw you! This is a happiness you will never know, sadly). pic.twitter.com/IFsFU41lAd— Dr. Gina (@RealDrGina) March 31, 2023Meanwhile, Trump’s two older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump,...

Greece’s PM makes border wall extension an election pledge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister promised Friday to extend an existing wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey as he campaigned for the country’s general election.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who called the May 21 election earlier this week, presided over a ceremony to sign his center-right government’s decision to nearly double the length of the existing steel border wall over the next year.The wall currently spans 37.5 kilometers (25 miles), and the government plans to extend it by 35 kilometers over the next 12 months. More than 100 kilometers of wall will be added to that by 2026, government officials said. Border security remains a high-profile issue in Greece due to long-standing disputes with Turkey and a mass migration of refugees and migrants into the European Union during 2015-16 that largely was triggered by war in Syria and Iraq.Mitsotakis and other officials accused their political opponents from the left-wing Syriz...

Toronto to double the number of speed cameras on city streets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Drivers in Toronto can soon expect to see twice as many automated speed cameras on city streets as council approves an expansion to the Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program.City council unanimously approved a motion this week to increase the number of cameras from 75 to 150, with the new ones expected to be rolled out as soon as possible.The locations of the additional camera, which are part of the city’s Vision Zero 2.0: Road Safety Plan, haven’t been announced at this point.“Speed cameras are one tool we can use to help make our streets safer for all residents,” said Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie.“This will help keep people safe in their neighbourhoods and, in particular, kids walking to and from school. These cameras will save lives by encouraging all drivers to slow down and obey the rules of the road – it’s the right thing to do,” said Coun. Mike Colle, the vice-chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.The city ...

Mexico president assigns blame elsewhere for migrant tragedy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Friday visited hospitals treating injured migrants in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where 39 men died in a immigration detention center fire late Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was personally devastated by Monday’s tragedy. But it appears he will bring little new with him in the way of immigration policy during Friday’s visit to Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. “I confess it hurt me a lot, it damaged me,” López Obrador said before the trip. “It ripped my soul apart.” The president said the Ciudad Juarez fire was the second most painful moment of his administration, exceeded only by a 2019 pipeline fire in the central Mexico town of Tlahuelilpan that killed about 135 people.However, it hasn’t cost him much politically. Many residents of Mexican border cities mourned the death of the migrants in the smoky mattress fire, set by some migrants to protest perceived moves to deport them. But in Ciudad Juare...