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Capital One Lounge in Denver airport to open Friday

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A new place for travelers at Denver International Airport to take a break will be opening this week after two years of fanfare.The Capital One Plaza Premium Lounge was announced in 2021 and scheduled for opening the following year, but it's finally opening just in time for the 2023 holiday season. The best and worst cheap tourist attractions in Colorado The Capital One Lounge will offer a space for travelers to relax, sit down, and grab a healthy bite to eat and drink. It will be located in Concourse A near gate A34.The menu showcases local favorites and culinary offerings using locally sourced ingredients and sustainable packages for grab-and-go selections, according to a report from Travel and Leisure. Plus, there will be a variety of options catered to individual dietary needs.While at the 11,200-square-foot lounge, travelers can enjoy craft cocktails on tap, local beers, coffee and espresso. Other luxury amenities that will be offered at the lounge include rel...

Ranked: Price of ski day passes in Colorado

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The first ski resorts are opening up for the season. Before you start planning winter ski trips, make sure you know how much ski tickets are going for — most day passes are over $100.FOX31 compared prices of some nearby ski area tickets for the Friday before Christmas. The prices are ranked from cheapest to most expensive. 2023 Colorado ski areas opening dates Day passes for Dec. 22:These prices were recorded on Nov. 2, 2023, for online purchases only. The prices may differ from other day passes due to the nearby holiday and the day of the week. Arapahoe Basin: $119Crested Butte: $127Keystone: $169Eldora: $169Winter Park: $198Breckenridge: $203Steamboat: $223Aspen: $224Beaver Creek: $229Vail: $229 Epic vs. Ikon Pass: Is it worth it? It's no surprise the bigger ski areas are higher in price, but regardless of the area, every area on this list hit over $100.A cheaper option is to go on a weekday, where some ski area prices are as low as under $100. If you're not l...

M-DCPS launches new fentanyl awareness campaign

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) are taking a proactive stance against the growing fentanyl crisis by launching a new Fentanyl Awareness Campaign. “We are proactive instead of being reactive,” said Mari Tere Rojas, M-DCPS board chair, “and this is the way to do it, starting with an awareness campaign.” This initiative, aimed at safeguarding the community, is a collaborative effort with organizations like “Fentanyl Fathers” and student-led campaigns. The campaign is designed to educate and inform students and the entire community about the dangers of fentanyl. Founder of “Fentanyl Fathers” Gregory Swan, who tragically lost his son to fentanyl in 2013, voiced his support for the program. “[This campaign] stuns us, but most schools are not willing to do this because they want to be in denial that they have a drug problem,” explained Swan. “Well I got news for you, you got a drug problem. It’s called Florid...

British PM Rishi Sunak secures ‘landmark’ deal on AI testing

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

BLETCHLEY, England — The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday said that under a new agreement “like-minded governments” would be able to test eight leading tech companies’ AI models before they are released.Closing out the two-day artificial intelligence summit in Bletchley Park on Thursday, Sunak announced the agreement signed by Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, the U.S. and the U.K. to test leading companies’ AI models. “Until now the only people testing the safety of new AI models have been the very companies developing it. That must change,” said Sunak to a room full of journalists. “Like-minded governments and AI companies have today reached a landmark agreement. We will work together on testing the safety of new AI models before they are released… it’s made possible by the decision I have taken along with Vice President Kamala Harris for the British and American governments to establish world lead...

US intelligence currently assesses Iran and its proxies are seeking to avoid a wider war with Israel

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

(CNN) — The US intelligence community believes – for now – that Iran and its proxies are calibrating their response to Israel’s military intervention in Gaza to avoid direct conflict with Israel or the US while still exacting costs on its adversaries.But the US is also keenly aware that Iran does not maintain perfect control of its umbrella of proxies – in particular over Lebanese Hezbollah, the largest and most capable of the various groups. Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, the group that attacked Israel on October 7, and has long positioned itself as fighting against Israel. US officials are deeply concerned that the group’s internal politics may cause Hezbollah to escalate simmering tensions.The US also does not always have perfect visibility into the communications between Iran and its various proxies, according to sources familiar with US intelligence in the region.“The problem is the proxies are not all equally deferential to Tehran – lumping them together is a mistake,” sa...

Buy boomers, sell millennials is Bank of America’s way to play this market

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

Alexandra Semenova, Carmen Reinicke | Bloomberg News (TNS)Baby boomers are flush, with high interest rates fattening their savings accounts. Young Americans, they’re struggling with debts, sky-high rents and mortgage rates that are putting home ownership further out of reach.That’s driving a new trade recommendation from Bank of America Corp., one aimed at exploiting the widening generational wealth gap: Go long on old-people stocks. Avoid those whose fortunes ride on cash-strapped millennials.That means American Express Co. and cruise-ship lines are in. Out is Revolve Group Inc., a self-styled “next-generation fashion retailer” for the twenty-somethings.“Millennials are really feeling the impact of the hiking cycle. Boomers, not so much,” BofA quantitative strategist Ohsung Kwon, himself a millennial, said in an interview. “We’re starting to see a big diversion between the two.”That fault line is growing beneath an economy that’s on the surface remained surprisingly strong, largely...

Roquan Smith has changed Ravens for the better with ‘infectious’ mindset in year since trade

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

Each day at Ravens practice, Roquan Smith sprints out of the team’s sprawling “Castle” and onto whichever of the three fields the defense is using that afternoon in Owings Mills, a routine the inside linebacker has maintained every afternoon since he landed with Baltimore after being traded from the Chicago Bears 12 months ago. The only exceptions are walk-throughs, because he doesn’t get a chance to warm up.Most coaches and teammates haven’t noticed Smith’s daily sprint, but they aren’t surprised by it.“It’s his statement,” coach John Harbaugh said. “Everybody has their way of doing it, and I think it’s one of his things. He brings energy. Maybe it’s his way of saying, ‘When I step on the field, I’m 100 miles an hour. I’m full speed beginning to end, sideline to sideline, wall to wall.’ That’s the way he practices. It’s the way he plays. As a coach, of course you love t...

Format of public comment meetings for Dakota Access oil pipeline upsets opponents

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are taking issue with the format of private oral testimony in meetings for public comment on a draft environmental review of the controversial pipeline.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of two public comment meetings in Bismarck, North Dakota, the first held Wednesday, the second set for Thursday. People wishing to give testimony may do so orally in a curtained area with a stenographer, or do so in writing at tables.The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has long opposed the pipeline due to the risk of an oil spill contaminating the tribe’s drinking water supply. The four-state pipeline crosses under the Missouri River just upstream of the tribe’s reservation.The long-awaited draft environmental review, released in September, outlines five options for the pipeline’s fate. Those include denying the easement for the controversial crossing and removing or abandoning a 7,500-foot (2,286-meter) segm...

The final ‘Yellowstone’ episodes delayed until until late 2024 due to Hollywood strikes

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

The long-awaited final installment of “Yellowstone” — featuring Kevin Costner ’s final episodes — has been delayed until November 2024, the Paramount Network announced Thursday.Originally scheduled to return this month, Paramount says production was delayed by this year’s strikes by actors and screenwriters. The first half of the fifth season debuted in November 2022.Paramount also announced two spin-offs, a prequel tentatively called “1944” and a sequel to the current series, called “2024.” There’s no word yet on any casting for either series.“Yellowstone” has been a phenomenon for Paramount Network. The premiere episode of season five was watched by 12.1 million people, more than for any other scripted series airing at the time.CBS also began airing “Yellowstone” from the beginning this fall to help fill out its primetime schedule due to the strikes, and 21.6 million people tuned in to season one. It’s now begun airing season two.“Yellowstone” is a contemporary Western...

House GOP pushes ahead with $14.5 billion in assistance for Israel without humanitarian aid for Gaza

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:50:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing ahead Thursday toward passage of $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden.In a departure from norms, Johnson’s package is requiring that the emergency aid be offset with cuts in government spending elsewhere. That tack establishes the House GOP’s conservative leadership, but it also turns what would typically be a bipartisan vote into one dividing Democrats and Republicans. Biden has said he would veto the bill.Johnson, R-La., said the Republican package would provide Israel with the assistance needed to defend itself, free hostages held by Hamas and eradicate the militant Palestinian group, accomplishing “all of this while we also work to ensure responsible spending and reduce the size of the federal government.”Democrats said that approach would only delay...