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California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Major corporations from oil and gas companies to retail giants would have to disclose their direct greenhouse gas emissions as well as those that come from activities like employee business travel under legislation passed Monday by California lawmakers, the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation. The legislation would require thousands of public and private businesses that operate in California and make more than $1 billion annually report their direct and indirect emissions. The goal is to increase transparency and nudge companies to evaluate how they can cut their emissions. “We are out of time on addressing the climate crisis,” Democratic Assemblymember Chris Ward said. “This will absolutely help us take a leap forward to be able to hold ourselves accountable.”The legislation was one of the highest profile climate bills in California this year, racking support from major companies that include Patagonia and Apple, as well as Christiana Figueres,...

TIFF’23: The Royal Hotel is pure, nail-biting tension

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

Traveling around the world can be a tremendously enjoyable experience. You can learn a lot about other cultures and yourself, experience new things, and have tons of fun with new people. But as this film shows, sometimes travelling can go wrong.The Royal Hotel was an anxious, tense watch. It was a great deal of scary fun with two fantastic lead performances from Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick. Another strong film from Kitty Green. #TIFF23— James Mackin @ TIFF 23 (@JamesMackin10) September 12, 2023The Royal Hotel is the latest film from Kitty Green (the director of Casting JonBenet and the Assistant), and it stars Julia Garner (also from the Assistant and Ozark) and Jessica Henwick (from Glass Onion and Iron Fist). They’re playing two young women travelling around Australia having fun, until they run out of money. They take a job at the Royal Hotel, a small pub in a mining town in the middle of nowhere. The town is mostly filled with men, and the testosterone rises anyt...

Effort to restrict public’s access to Arkansas records stumbles at start of legislative session

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ proposal to restrict the public’s access to records about her administration, travel and security stumbled at the outset of a special legislative session that convened Monday, with lawmakers trying to rework the legislation in the face of growing criticism that it erodes the state’s open records law.The House and Senate ended the day without any action on the legislation, one of several items Sanders placed on the agenda for the special session she announced Friday. The Senate scuttled plans to hold a committee hearing Monday night on the bill, with leaders saying they did not yet have a revised version of the proposed changes to the state’s Freedom of Information Act.“We’ve made amendment after amendment after amendment today. It’s just not ready,” Senate President Bart Hester told a committee room packed mostly with opponents of the legislation who had been waiting to to testify on t...

New highways carve into Cairo’s City of the Dead cemetery as Egypt’s government reshapes the city

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — The cane chairs and umbrella still stand in the courtyard of Hussein Omar’s family mausoleum, where his grandmother came every morning for 19 years after her daughter — his mother — died. Near her grave, she would sit and pray under the date palm and among the flowering plants, a few hours of peace in Cairo ’s historic City of the Dead.Now the mausoleum, built in 1924 in a neo-Islamic style and housing the graves of a number of prominent Egyptians from a century ago, is threatened with demolition.Authorities have already razed hundreds of tombs and mausoleums as they carry out plans to build a network of multilane highways through the City of the Dead, a vast cemetery that has been in use for more than a millennium. Stunned preservationists say the construction is destroying a unique part of Egypt’s heritage where major Islamic figures, prominent Egyptian politicians, artists and scholars and the loved ones of many Egyptians are buried.“It’s always felt like a very sacr...

Tuesday’s Aerosmith concert in Toronto rescheduled after Steven Tyler hurts vocal chords

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

Aerosmith fans will have to wait to see the legendary rockers live in Toronto.Tuesday’s concert at Scotiabank Arena has been called off and rescheduled for February 21, 2024 after lead singer Steven Tyler suffered an injury to his vocal chords.“I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days,” Tyler said in a social media post.“I sustained vocal cord damage during Saturday’s show that led to subsequent bleeding. We’ll need to postpone a few dates so that we can come back and give you the performance you deserve.”All tickets will be honoured for the future show and refunds will be available for those who can’t attend the February concert.Aerosmith’s show at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on September 12, 2023 has been rescheduled to February 21, 2024. Hold onto tickets as they will be honored for the new date. https://t.co/ihiJOiklpj— Scotiabank Arena (@ScotiabankArena) September 12, 2023RESCHEDULED DATES:Monday ...

Outrage intensifies over New Mexico governor’s temporary gun ban as sheriff vows not to enforce it

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal lawsuits, cries for impeachment and outside protests.Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she would welcome a fight after announcing an emergency order to suspend the right to carry firearms in most public places around Albuquerque. That’s exactly what she’s getting. Since she issued the 30-day public health order on Friday, a furor has rained down from gun owners, state Republican lawmakers and civil rights advocates. Even some in her own party questioned the move. The sheriff who oversees the county that includes New Mexico’s largest city, Albuquerque, vowed Monday not to enforce it, joining the county’s top prosecutor, and the Albuquerque mayor and city’s police chief. “It’s unconstitutional, so there’s no way we can enforce that order,” Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said during a news conference. “This ban does nothing to curb gun violence.”A gun rights group filed a federal lawsu...

Jets’ Rodgers carted from sideline after suffering ankle injury in first series

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was injured on his fourth snap in his debut with the New York Jets, needing to be carted from the sideline with an ankle injury Monday night.Rodgers was sacked by Buffalo’s Leonard Floyd and sat on the MetLife Stadium turf, where he appeared to reach down at his leg before trainers attended to him. He stood up after a few moments, but needed help getting to New York’s sideline.The 39-year-old Rodgers was taken to the blue medical tent to be examined — and then sat on a cart. Halfway to the locker room, he hopped off the cart and limped inside.“He’s dealing with an ankle right now. We’re getting him checked out,” Jets coach Robert Saleh told ESPN in a sideline interview.The Jets announced Rodgers was questionable to return. Zach Wilson replaced him.Before the game, Rodgers jogged onto the field with an American flag in hand and received his first official welcome from Jets fans.He was introduced along with the Jets’ starters on o...

What to know about the successful rescue of a US researcher who was trapped in a deep Turkish cave

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A major rescue operation in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains succeeded in bringing out an American researcher who fell seriously ill nine days ago at a depth of some 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) from the entrance of one of the world’s deepest caves. An experienced cave rescuer himself, Mark Dickey was assisted by teams of international rescuers who by Monday had gotten him to 100 meters (some 330 feet) from the surface. They brought him out early Tuesday.Here’s what to know about the caver and the rescue operation:WHAT HAPPENED?Dickey, a 40-year-old accomplished cave explorer from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, was 1,040 meters (3,412 feet) from the entrance of the Morca Cave on an expedition, when he became stricken with severe stomach bleeding Sept. 2. There were several people with him, including three other Americans, on the mission to map the 1,276-meter (4,186-foot) deep cave system for the Anatolian Speleology Group Association.With his condition perilous, doctors, p...

Aaron Rodgers hurts ankle in first series for Jets, is carted off sideline and ruled out of game

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers' debut with the New York Jets lasted just four snaps.And now the four-time MVP and a shell-shocked fanbase will have to see how long he might be sidelined.Rodgers injured his left ankle when he was sacked by Buffalo's Leonard Floyd and fell awkwardly on the leg Monday night. He was ruled out for the rest of the game, the Jets announced midway through the second quarter. X-rays were negative, the team added.NFL Network reported Rodgers' left foot was in a black walking boot as he was carted to the X-ray room.After a 26-yard run by Breece Hall on the Jets' opening play, Rodgers threw his first pass away after getting heavy pressure from Gregg Rousseau. Rodgers threw incomplete on the next play, but Terrel Bernard was called for defensive holding.Then, Rodgers tried to avoid a rushing Floyd, who wrapped up the quarterback and took him down to the MetLife Stadium turf. Rodgers appeared to reach down at his leg before trainers attended to him. H...

The race Twins fans should be paying attention to? It isn’t the American League Central.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:52:13 GMT

The last month of the regular season is usually prime time for scoreboard watching. But the American League Central is so far from competitive at this point that it’s time for Twins fans to shift their attention away from the second-place Cleveland Guardians and to other races.The Twins haven’t clinched a playoff spot. And manager Rocco Baldelli and those within the clubhouse will be the first to point that out.But as the regular season enters its final few weeks, the Twins hold a 99.6% chance of making the playoffs, per FanGraphs, with the Cleveland Guardians sitting 7 1/2 games back entering Monday’s play, and the Twins holding a magic number of 12 before Monday’s games.Now the question isn’t so much if they will make the playoffs but rather whom they will play.FanGraphs gives the Twins a 0.4% chance of clinching a bye, which would require them to pass one of the American League East (Baltimore) or West (Houston) division leaders, with the Astros being the closer of the two....