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The European Union is struggling to produce and send the ammunition it promised to Ukraine

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations acknowledged Tuesday that they may be on the way to failing Ukraine on their promise of providing the ammunition the country dearly needs to stave off Russia’s invasion and to win back occupied territory.With much fanfare early this year, EU leaders promised to provide 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine’s front line by spring 2024, an amount goal that would have amounted to a serious ramp-up of production.But the 27-nation bloc, for over half a century steeped in a “peace, not war” message and sheltering under a U.S. military umbrella, is finding it tough to come up with the goods. “The 1 million will not be reached, you have to assume that,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. After a Tuesday meeting of EU defense and foreign affairs ministers in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also cast doubt on the goal. “So maybe by March we will not have the 1 million shots,” Borrell said. Estonia’s defens...

Denver city leaders call on the state for rental aid

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Rental assistance is becoming more of a priority for some lawmakers.Denver City Council members were able to reach a compromise with the mayor on funding for the city's budget. Now, some of those council members are calling on the state for money. Mayor moves to keep Denver police chief, safety director in cabinet Community members and city leaders in Denver are celebrating the $29 million allocation for rental assistance they were able to pass in the city budget. The compromise comes after community members — like the groups within the Colorado Coalition for the Common Good — requested $55 million to avoid a crisis, but Mayor Mike Johnston only recommended $12.6 million.Some said Tuesday the funding was the right thing to do morally and financially."We spent a huge amount of time talking to every member of council and the mayor's budget team trying to figure out how we can do this without touching our city reserves, because we are going to need those," Council Mem...

UCHealth urges Coloradans to get vaccines for respiratory illness season

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- You've probably seen the effects of the 2023-24 respiratory illness season if you haven't felt them yourself.Coworkers and classmates are out sick, sniffles can be heard from the backseat or someone is coughing in your meeting. “We are officially in respiratory virus season. That includes everything you can think of from the common cold to more severe illnesses,” said Dr. Michelle Barron, senior medical director of infection prevention and control for UCHealth.Flu, COVID, RSV vaccines availableShe and other health professionals urge Coloradans to vaccinate themselves with flu and COVID-19 vaccines. RSV vaccines are also available, having been newly approved in May. These vaccines take about two weeks to become fully effective, and getting one now ensures residents are protected by the time they're gathering for the holidays, Barron said. City buys 48th Avenue shelter run by Denver Rescue Mission COVID-19 vaccines appear to now be an annual event, with this year's ...

Greeley man accused of shooting into home during break-in

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

GREELEY, Colo. (KDVR) — A Greeley man has been booked into the Weld County jail, accused of shooting into a home he was trying to break into.The suspect, 26-year-old Guadalupe Balderas, allegedly tried to kick in the door of a house in the 1800 block of Montview Boulevard. A young man and woman were inside, and the 24-year-old man in the house tried to keep him out. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox That's when Balderas allegedly fired several rounds into the house, and the 24-year-old returned fire. The 24-year-old was hit in the right arm. Police say Balderas ran off but eventually showed up at a local hospital, which reported him to police.The details are a bit bizarre, according to FOX31 legal analyst George Brauchler."My initial reaction is there must be some sort of connection between these people. It's super bizarre behavior," Brauchler said. "I understand the idea of a home invasion or burglary, but the minute you get resistance from the fo...

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett accuses Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him in the kidneys, ex-speaker denies it

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

(CNN) — GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him in the kidneys Tuesday morning while Burchett was talking to a reporter, the latest sign of how tense the dynamics are in the House GOP conference.Burchett, who was one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy, has been heavily critical of the former speaker and the alleged altercation is indicative of the pressure cooker dynamics in the House GOP right now.Burchett criticized McCarthy for being a “bully” as he described his altercation with the former House GOP leader where he says McCarthy elbowed him in the kidneys while he was talking to a reporter in the hallway outside the GOP conference meeting.“I got elbowed in the back and it kind of caught me off guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys. And I turned back (and) there, there was Kevin, and for a minute I was kind of, what the heck just happened and then chased after him of course,” Burchett to...

GOP senator challenges Teamsters head to a fight in fiery exchange at hearing

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in the room.Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate panel that was holding the hearing, yelled at Mullin to sit down after he challenged O’Brien to a fight. Mullin had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off.“This is the time, this is the place,” Mullin told O’Brien after reading a series of critical tweets O’Brien had sent about him in the past. “If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here.”The two men never came face to face in the hearing room. But they hurled insults at each other for around six minutes as Sanders repeatedly banged his gavel and tried to cut th...

Israeli military forces raid Gaza’s largest hospital in operation against Hamas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military raided Gaza’s largest hospital early Wednesday, conducting what it called a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area” of the facility, which has been the site of a standoff with the ruling militant group.Israeli authorities claim the militants conceal military operations in the Shifa Hospital. But with hundreds of patients and medical personnel inside, the military has refrained from entering.In recent weeks, Israeli defense forces have publicly warned that such use of the hospital “jeopardizes its protected status under international law,” the military said. On Tuesday, military officials conveyed again to Gaza authorities that all military activity in the hospital must cease within 12 hours.“Unfortunately, it did not,” the military said.Hamas has denied the Israeli accusations that it uses the hospital for cover.Israeli military officials gave no further details but said they were taking...

Chicago White Sox add pitching prospects Jake Eder and Cristian Mena to their 40-man roster

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

Jake Eder joined the Chicago White Sox organization in a 2023 trade deadline deal that sent infielder Jake Burger to the Miami Marlins.Cristian Mena ranked among the minor-league leaders in strikeouts.The Sox added both pitching prospects to their 40-man roster Tuesday.Tuesday was the deadline for teams to add to their 40-man rosters and protect eligible players from the Rule 5 draft on Dec. 6.Eder, 24, went 0-3 with an 11.42 ERA in five starts at Double-A Birmingham after being acquired in the Aug. 1 trade. He had 22 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings.Overall in 2023, the left-hander had a combined 2-6 record with a 6.35 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 14 starts between Class A Jupiter and Double-A Pensacola in the Marlins organization and with the Barons.Eder also made six appearances (five starts) with the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League, going 1-1 with a 6.11 ERA. He struck out 16 batters in 17 2/3 innings.Eder was originally selected by the Marlins in the fourth round of the...

Orioles’ Brandon Hyde named AL Manager of the Year, joins elite company as 4th Baltimore skipper to win award

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

Amid the Orioles’ poor start to the 2022 season, manager Brandon Hyde expressed confidence in not only the club’s future, but also his place in it.“I’m in this for the long haul,” Hyde told The Baltimore Sun last April. “I’ll be here when we’re winning.”At that point, early in his fourth season leading Baltimore’s baseball team, Hyde possessed one of the five worst winning percentages of any manager in major league history. Hired as a first-time manager before the 2019 season to guide the club through a rebuild, Hyde had overseen as many campaigns with more than 100 losses as every preceding Orioles manager had in the franchise’s first 65 years in Baltimore.Tuesday night, little more than a year and a half after his declaration, Hyde was named the 2023 American League Manager of the Year. In his fifth season at the helm, the Orioles won 101 games, winning the AL East and possessing the circuit’s top record. Hyde...

Bruins batter Sabres, 5-2

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:39:36 GMT

Wind sprints have a way of getting hockey players” attention, don’t they?A day after Bruins coach Jim Montgomery decided to end practice by treating his players to an eye-opening bag skate, the B’s responded with their most lopsided win of the season, pummeling the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.Against a young, talented Sabres team that just can’t seem to turn the corner from mediocrity, a total 10 Bruins got on the scoresheet and four B’s got their first goals of the season as the B’s put their uneven performance in Montreal last Saturday in the rearview mirror.For the first time this year, the outcome was never in doubt.The B’s exploded for three goals in the first period, including two in a span of 1:08 in the first five minutes.Danton Heinen opened the scoring at 3:01 with his first of the year. Matt Poitras won the puck behind the net and dished it up to Mason Lohrei before coming up to take it back from his fellow r...