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Rights watchdog accuses the World Bank of complicity in rights abuses around Tanzanian national park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A rights watchdog is accusing the World Bank of enabling the Tanzanian government’s violent expansion of a national park through financing from the global lender. The World Bank has failed to hold Tanzanian authorities accountable for serious rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and sexual assaults, relating to the expansion of Ruaha National Park in the south of the East African country, according to a new report by the Oakland Institute. The report by the California-based watchdog, which regularly monitors rights abuses against Indigenous communities, is the result of months of investigation that found evidence of wrongdoing by park rangers funded partly through the World Bank’s $150 million project known by the acronym REGROW. In October 2022, Tanzania’s government minister in charge of lands and human settlement announced a plan to evict people from five villages with a combined population of more than 21,000. Evictions are...

Miguel Cabrera’s career coming to close with Tigers, leaving lasting legacy in MLB and Venezuela

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera sat in a gray chair beside his two stalls in the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse early in the final week of his career, sorting through stuff to get shipped.Major League Baseball’s only Triple Crown winner since 1967 stuffed dozens of barely used cleats and a bunch of batting gloves in a cardboard box at his feet. Cabrera then put a slew of balls he had signed, each in a zip lock bag, in a tote. The bottle of wine, in bubble wrap, that the Oakland Athletics gave him last week along with his personal belongings are being sent to his home in Miami.Where’s he going to put it all?“I don’t know,” the 40-year-old Cabrera said with a shrug and a grin.For Cabrera — and baseball fans — there’s a lot to unpack from the career of one of the best hitters ever.Cabrera’s career will end Sunday afternoon against Cleveland at Comerica Park, where a sold-out crowd will include a few thousands fans paying for standing-room only tickets to ch...

Hail storm repairs could be slowed by roofing tile shortage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- Josh Herrington said the homes in the Cat Hollow neighborhood in Round Rock look like a war zone following Sunday night's hail storm. Herrington is the owner of Sixth Gen Roofing, and he and his team are in the process of helping homeowners who suffered roof and window damage. "The ice storm -- it was bad, it was bad, but it was a lot of clean up. This is going to be a lot of work," Herrington said. That work could be compounded because of a shortage in a certain material that goes into the production of roof shingles. Herrington said there is a lack of production on granular minerals, which serves as a protector from excessive heat for roof shingles. Cars, homes in Round Rock damaged after Sunday night hail storm How much damage could it be? Herrington said he expects there is a need of between three million and four million roofing shingles for damaged homes in the Austin area. "One of the firsts for me was seeing actual hail going through shingles a...

Letters: What’s gone so wrong that we even need cops in schools?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

The question to pressThe current debate regarding what School Resource Officers can and cannot do to delinquents isn’t the issue. What needs to be addressed is how badly has public education failed that cops are needed to patrol school hallways?Al Spannbauer, North St. Paul Neutralizing the GaetzesDo the House Democrats not realize that it is entirely in their power to keep the government open? Speaker McCarthy need not cower to the Gaetzes or the Greenes if the Democrats are willing to back his speakership. They may need to hold their noses while they do it, but that’s a price worth paying.Hear me out.  From CBS News (May 31), “In order to win over conservative members in his bid to become speaker earlier this year, McCarthy agreed to a House rule that allows a single member to call for a ‘motion to vacate,’ which forces a vote on removing the House leader. The no-confidence vote would need only a simple majority to oust him.”Let’s say...

Ross Douthat: The permanent migration crisis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

Last week, the Biden administration announced that it will offer work permits and deportation protections to more than 400,000 Venezuelans who have arrived in the United States since 2021. On paper, this is a humanitarian gesture, a recognition of the miseries of life under the Nicolás Maduro dictatorship. In political practice, it’s a flailing attempt to respond to a sudden rise in anti-immigration sentiment in blue cities, particularly New York, as the surge of migrants overwhelms social services and shelters.I say flailing because the fundamental problem facing the Biden administration is on the southern border, where every attempt to get ahead of the extraordinary numbers trying to cross or claim asylum has been overwhelmed.In Eagle Pass, Texas, The Wall Street Journal reports that in a week, an estimated 10,000 migrants have entered the city, whose entire population is less than 30,000. The subsequent movement of migrants to places like New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., h...

Scarecrow tradition scares up fun in Schoharie County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

MIDDLEBURGH, N.Y. (NEWS10) - This year 40 scarecrows are set up in Middleburgh and the surrounding area as part of an annual tradition. While many of them are located on Main Street, you can spot the creative creations all across the county, sometimes easily mistaken for a person.From now until October 7, people can vote for their favorite scarecrows. To vote you have to exchange one can of food or personal care item. Each item counts as one vote, and you can vote as many times as you want. The proceeds will go to local food pantries that support the local school district.

Amsterdam man arrested after domestic incident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An Amsterdam man was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and multiple weapons offenses after a domestic incident on Monday. Corey Sumpter, 31, faces several charges. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On Monday, around 6:24 p.m., Amsterdam police responded to 100 Charles Lane for reports of a man threatening harm with a firearm. Police determined a domestic dispute occurred upon arrival.Police identified the suspect as Sumpter. Law enforcement says during the initial investigation, Sumpter was uncooperative and attempted to hinder the investigation. While searching the residence, police say they found a loaded Cobra 9MM handgun. Glens Falls man arrested 15 times since August 20 Police processed evidence at the scene. Additional ammunition for the weapon was found as well. Sumpter was arrested.Charges:Second-degree criminal possession of a weapon First-degree criminal contemptAggravated fam...

5 things to know this Thursday, September 28

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Happy almost Friday! According to Meteorologists Matt Mackie and Jill Szwed, we can expect some great weather this afternoon after yet another foggy morning. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Wednesday in the Jacob Klein trial, the court saw body camera footage from April 15, 2022, the day he was arrested on the Virginia and Tennessee border. That footage revealed Klein told police he knew why they were there and that he was going to turn himself in. Meanwhile, 182 Delaware LLC pleaded guilty to seven code violations at the Harbour Point Gardens apartment complex on Wednesday and each will cost the company $1,000. These stories, and more, are covered in your five things to know this Thursday morning. 1. Klein to police: “I know what you guys are here for”The court saw body camera footage from April 15, 2022, the day Klein was arrested on the Virginia and Tennessee border. That footage revealed Klein told...

Schalmont hoping to make a statement in Week 4 against Ravena

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- For the last two years, Ravena has had a hold on Class B, winning back-to-back section titles, and Gary VanDerzee's bunch is already out to a 4-0 start this year. But they'll be facing a fellow unbeaten squad Friday night our 1st & 10 "Game of the Week" that also has eyes on the Class B crown.Schalmont has raced out to a 3-0 mark, and has yet to allow a single point this season. Last Friday, it blanked a previously undefeated Lansingburgh squad 37-0 behind a four-touchdown performance from junior running back Landen Callahan.But head coach Joe Whipple emphasizes that the early success of his team can not be attributed to any one individual."(We're) really coming together as a group, you know? That's what I think I'm most excited for...the comradery with this group and the trust with this group is special," said Whipple. "I think they're really starting to believe in what we do. Not just 11 of them…it's the, you know...25 kids that we have that all b...

Ask Amy: Morning grouch struggles with perky mom

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:52 GMT

Dear Amy: I am the only “NOT-Morning” person in my family.Talking in the morning, or any noise, smell, or stimulation really, isn’t just annoying but actually more akin to painful. It’s like nails on a chalkboard, or being pinched — it elicits an involuntary reaction of cringe and a desire to retreat.My mother takes this really personally.First thing in the morning she wants to tell me things, or worse — ask me things. At best, I can muster a “Good morning” and a grunt, but I don’t think she’s ever understood just how much restraint is required for anything other than a snarl.She’s repeatedly accused me of being rude or mad at her, and the simple truth is that it’s not her — I just don’t want to talk in the morning, at all, to anybody.I have been explaining this for years, and to be honest I actually feel SHE’S being rude for not respecting this simple boundary.It starts both our days off wrong, to the extent that I just stay in ...