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Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur on Tuesday to demand better wages. Bangladesh is the second largest garment-producing country in the world after China with its nearly 3,500 factories where some 4 million workers are employed — most are women — according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, or BGMEA. The workers get 8,300 takas, or $75, as monthly minimum wage and they often need to work overtime to make ends meet, labor unions and workers say. Protests erupted over the weekend after BGMEA offered to increase the monthly minimum wage by 25% to reach $90, instead of the $208 demanded by the workers.While Bangladesh has been maintaining stable annual economic growth for years, rising inflation has become a major challenge. Gazipur district, which houses thousands of factories, saw thousands of protesters on the streets with some throwing...

Joran van der Slot regresa a Perú a terminar de cumplir su condena por asesinato

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El neerlandés Joran van der Sloot ––quien confesó a mediados de octubre ante una corte estadounidense haber matado a Natalee Holloway, una joven desaparecida en Aruba en 2005–– aterrizó este martes en Lima procedente de EE.UU., de acuerdo con una publicación de la Policía Nacional de Perú en X, antes Twitter.¿Quién es Joran van der Sloot, el asesino confeso de Natalee Holloway y Stephany Flores?Van der Sloot seguirá cumpliendo en Perú la condena de 28 años de prisión que le impusieron en 2012 por el asesinato de Stephany Flores, de 21 años, en la habitación de un hotel en Lima.Van der Sloot había viajado a Estados Unidos el 8 de junio, tras la aprobación por parte de la justicia peruana de un traslado temporal para ser juzgado en una corte de Birmingham, Alabama.Joran van der Sloot confesó que asesinó a Natalee Holloway en una playa de Aruba, según un expediente judicialVan der Sloot confesó el asesinato de Holloway en una declaración relacionada con su acuerdo de c...

Children return to school and trick-or-treat as Maine community starts to heal from mass shooting

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Children were back in school in Lewiston and on the streets dressed as dinosaurs and princesses for Halloween, after a chaotic week that saw the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history and a massive search for the suspect as people sheltered indoors.Hundreds of students returned to Lewiston High School, petting therapy dogs and signing a large banner that read “Lewiston Strong.” Days earlier the campus had been transformed into a law enforcement command post, with helicopters utilizing athletic fields and 300 vehicles filling the parking lot.“Today’s going to be hard,” Superintendent Jake Langlais said. “But I think there’s strength in gathering, in unity, in getting back together.”Jayden Sands, a 15-year-old sophomore, said one of his football coaches lost four friends. One of his best friends also lost a friend, and his mom’s friend was shot four times but survived. Sands is glad to be back at school though safety was in the back of his ...

What is ‘community conferencing?’ And how does it work in Charles and Prince George’s Co.

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

People who work in the field of restorative justice say two things have to happen to make the practice work: all parties have to agree to the process, and once a resolution is decided upon, all parties have to agree to that as well.As the Montgomery County Council examines “community conferencing” as a way to deal with some juvenile offenses, WTOP reached out to two facilitators in two different Maryland counties to ask about the process.Dana Coles, who runs the Prince George’s County Community Conferencing Program said, “The most important part is to talk to people and make sure that they really want to participate” and that “they’re prepared for what the process is going to look like.”She said the process doesn’t look to be punitive, but she insists, it’s not done without accountability. “If you are the party that caused the harm, you have to acknowledge that you participated in the harm in some way.”Coles sai...

Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte extends record postseason hitting streak to 20 games

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte wasted little time extending his postseason-record hitting streak to 20 games, ripping a single to lead off the bottom of the first inning in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night.The Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman’s 20-game on-base streak is the third best to begin a postseason career, trailing Boog Powell’s 25 games from 1966-71 and Daniel Murphy’s 21 games from 2015-17.Marte came into the game hitting .333 this postseason with two homers, 11 RBIs, six doubles and three stolen bases. He got his base hit on Tuesday off Texas Rangers left-hander Andrew Heaney. He was thrown out trying to steal second to end the inning.Marte broke the postseason record with a two-run single in Saturday’s Game 2, pushing his streak to 18 games. His two-out hit was part of a three-run eighth, sending him past Derek Jeter and Hank Bauer of the New York Yankees and Boston’s Manny Ramirez for the longest streak.Jeter’s run came in 1998-99, while Baue...

Rangers slugger Adolis García and pitcher Max Scherzer to miss the rest of the World Series

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Texas Rangers slugger Adolis García and pitcher Max Scherzer will miss the rest of the World Series after getting hurt in Game 3 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.García, the AL Championship Series MVP, has a moderate strain of his left oblique. Scherzer, who had been in line to pitch a possible Game 7, has a muscle spasm on the right side of his back. They were replaced on the active roster by infielder/outfielder Ezequiel Durán and left-hander Brock Burke before Game 4 on Tuesday night.“They’ve worked their entire lives to be on this stage and be in this moment and they’ve both suffered injuries that are going to take them out of that,” Rangers general manager Chris Young said. ”I have great empathy for them in terms of that.”García grabbed his left side while coming out of the batter’s box on his flyout against Luis Frías in the eighth inning Monday.“Adolis did everything he could today,” Young said. ”He came in, was the first guy in today. He got ...

Bodycam video shows police saving residents from Maui wildfire, keeping people out of burn zone

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — An officer sprinted from house to house in the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, alerting people to the approaching inferno. Another coughed and swore as he drove through thick smoke past burning buildings with people he rescued crammed in the back seat. With no ambulance available, one officer offered to bring a severely burned man to a hospital.While police frantically tried to save people from what would be the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, they also faced another challenge: keeping people from heading back toward the flames, newly released video from body cameras shows.“No more waiting! Too much people have died already!” one frustrated officer shouted at a line of stopped cars. “Turn around and get out of Lahaina! Stop being stubborn and get out of Lahaina now!”The roughly 20 hours of video depict the actions of Maui police officers on Aug. 8, when strong winds from a hurricane passing far to the south drove flames that quickly leveled Lahaina ...

Students turn high school into fright school for those with special needs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver public charter school scared a lot of folks on Halloween: They turned their school into a haunted house.5280 High School does not look like your typical high school. That’s because it isn't."5280 is a project-based-learning chartered public school that specializes in serving students that are in recovery from alcohol and drugs and self-harm," said Nik Harris, director of the school's science department.On Tuesday, the high school was transformed into a haunted house."This year, we have been talking about the neuroscience about fear, and to tie it all in, of course we are going to demonstrate our knowledge by showing how to create fear and incite fear," Harris said. A European style of mountain climbing is taking root in the Colorado Rockies The entire student population — about 100 kids — was tour guides, makeup artists, pumpkin painters and poltergeists.Nicole Defosses is with King Adult Day Enrichment Program. They work with people with disorders of the...

Patients, staff at Franciscan Children’s celebrate Halloween with fun costumes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

It’s a Halloween takeover at Franciscan Children’s in Brighton with food, candy, pumpkins, a Halloween parade and, of course, costumes.And it wasn’t just for the patients. Staff got in on the fun too, with costume and pumpkin carving competitions.An effort worth it to put a smile on families’ faces.“Our goal is because kids are in the hospital, they deserve these kinds of holidays,”  said Elizabeth Smith, chief nursing officer.”They deserve to enjoy the same things that kids enjoy when they are not in the hospital.”“And the parents are thrilled. It gives them some normalcy and some fun seeing their kids dressed up,” said Amanda Voysey, a patient advocate.The staff said because this is such a special day that all look forward to, they are planning for next year’s celebration immediately.

A bear seen in Whitman approached homes, sniffed pumpkins ahead of trick-or-treating

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:37:16 GMT

There were more than just gummy bears in Whitman this Halloween. A big bear made his way around town around noon on Tuesday.“My husband came in and said there was a bear on our porch, had no idea,” said Jayne Casey, who saw the bear on her front porch. “Thought it was the mailman.”The local police departments have named the bear Pumpkin, who was seen around Commercial Street.“It was going after the pumpkins, and I think because they were painted he didn’t take one,” Casey said.Pumpkin helped himself to some bird feeders but mostly kept to himself.The bear’s appearance is not stopping trick-or-treating in Whitman.  “I was excited,honestly. I really wanted to see it,” said Harvey, a trick-or-treater. “I’ve never seen a bear, so I was curious about what it looked like in general.”Police said to not feed the bear or crowd it and are reminding neighbors to not leave out pumpkins or candy.“I just hope Pumpkin doesn’t make an appear...