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New Year’s Scrabble Tournament returns to Albany

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The 18th annual New Year’s Scrabble Tournament returns to the Albany Marriott this weekend. The event will run through January 1. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The multi-day tournament began with early bird matches on December 28. The weekend will feature a main event series with over 100 players and several cash prizes, as well as after-hours activities such as trivia and Scrabble variants like blitz and team games. The tournament will utilize both the NASPA Word List and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionaries. The full event schedule is listed below: Uber vouchers offered for New Year’s Eve in the Capital Region 2023 Albany New Year’s Scrabble Tournament ScheduleDecember 2911:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Early Bird 2, Rounds 1 through 57:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. - Main Event Rounds 1 through 3 December 309:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Main Event Rounds 4 through 72:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. - Main Event Rounds 8 through 119...

CDTA offers free rides on New Year's Eve

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Capital District Transportation Authority is offering free rides starting at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve. The offer runs until approximately 2 a.m. on January 1. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The CDTA will operate on a Sunday/Holiday schedule on January 1. The Northway Xpress (nX) and Thruway Xpress (TX) services will not be available. Regular weekday service will resume on Tuesday.CDTA Sales window will be closed on Monday and Tuesday and reopen on Wednesday. For more information, contact the CDTA's Customer Service Center at (518) 482-8822.

Amsterdam looking for food vendor for its golf course

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The City of Amsterdam has issued a request for proposals for food and beverage service at the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course Pavilion. The vendor would have an anticipated opening date of April 1. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! According to the city, the restaurant area in under construction and is expected to be complete on March 1, 2025. Because of that, the Pavilion has been renovated to serve a light fare menu and has a full-service drink station. The chosen bidder would also be expected to operate a beverage cart while the course is open.The concessions stand would be expected to be open seven days a week, including holidays, during golf season. The tentative hours would be daylight to dusk. Amsterdam adding driving range to its golf course Proposers should have a minimum of three years of food service management, said the city. The contract would originally be for April 1 to October 31, with an opti...

St. Louis police warn against celebratory gunfire to ring in new year

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS - We're just days away from ringing in the new year. There are lots of ways to celebrate, but police say there's at least one act of celebration that's illegal in St. Louis. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department shared a tweet Friday reminding people that celebratory gunfire is illegal in the City of St. Louis because "it is illegal to discharge firearms in the city."The St. Louis Code of Ordinances states, "No person shall discharge any kind of firearm in this City without permission of the Mayor" unless they are a member of the police force, on duty under orders of a commanding officer or a manufacturer of weapons under approved testing standards. Police: St. Louis woman Marquisha Williams found deceased in Illinois SLMPD tells FOX 2 that people linked to celebratory gunfire in the City of St. Louis could be arrested or cited for violations such as discharging a firearm, property damage or possibly assault if a person is struck by the gunfire. "Help us ensure a...

Opinion: Does Boebert’s unabashed seat shopping really matter?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s decision to cut and run for Congress on the other side of Colorado is a gross political attempt to retain office at all costs.By electing to run in eastern Colorado’s Congressional District 4, instead of western Colorado’s District 3, Boebert dodges both a tough primary from Jeff Hurd and a brutal general election against Adam Frisch. Frisch, a Democrat, fell short by only about 600 votes two years ago and since then Boebert has accomplished little for her district except embarrassing her constituents with lude and rude behavior at the Buell theater in Denver.Facing such daunting prospects, Boebert did what any unabashed person would do, abandon her constituents to seek office in another community where the incumbent has retired and the competition isn’t nearly as stiff.The move has all the makings of a backroom deal to clear the road for Hurd, a more moderate Republican, to secure the nomination and defeat Frisch in the general election. But it app...

Top 25 for 2024: Best new theme park rides and attractions

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

It’s never too early to look ahead at what’s on tap for next year and 2024 is already shaping up as a good year for roller coaster enthusiasts, thrill ride junkies and theme park fans.Consider our Top 25 for 2024 to be an evolving and ever-changing list of the best new rides and attractions coming to theme parks in the United States and around the globe in the coming year.Early announcements suggest 2024 will once again be a good year for theme park enthusiasts. Many parks have already begun construction on 2024 projects while other parks have only announced plans or launched teaser campaigns.Several Southern California theme parks have announced new attractions that have not yet been given opening dates — suggesting they could be pegged for 2025 or later. Universal Studios Hollywood has started construction on a new Fast & Furious coaster while Disneyland has teased a new Avengers E-ticket ride and Avatar experience.We’ll update our Top 25 list for 2024 as new rides and attract...

California said yes, Maine said no: Trump ballot fights threaten voting chaos just weeks before Iowa

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

By Gregory Korte, Stephanie Lai and Greg Stohr | BloombergFormer President Donald Trump’s latest legal woes are threatening to throw the Republican primary contest into chaos just weeks before the party’s voters begin the nominating process with the Iowa caucuses.Challenges from voters, seeking to keep Trump from running again over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, are likely to end up before the US Supreme Court, with pressure already mounting for the justices to act quickly to quell the legal chaos.On Thursday, Maine’s top election official moved to remove Trump from the ballot, citing his conduct after the 2020 vote, culminating in the insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Hours later in California, election officials said Trump would stay on their ballot.Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, said the ruling in Maine — the second state to bar Trump, following Colorado — set the stage for an “epic...

A Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in the UK after serving time over security law

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under a sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his social media posts on Friday. Tony Chung was among the first people convicted under the Beijing-imposed law introduced after the 2019 pro-democracy protests. He was found guilty of secession and money laundering in 2020 and sentenced to 43 months in prison. The intimidation faced by Hong Kong dissidents like Chung reflects the drastic erosion of the freedoms promised to the former British colony when it returned to China in 1997. But both Beijing and Hong Kong have hailed the security law as bringing stability to the city.Chung detailed in two Instagram posts how he was under a supervision order after his release from prison, banned from public speaking. He was asked to meet with national security authorities regularly and report on his whereabouts, people he had met and conversations he had. He...

Britain and Spain earn victories as United Cup tennis tournament starts in Australia

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Kati Boulter and Cameron Norrie helped Britain beat host Australia on the opening day of the United Cup tennis tournament, while Spain won the decisive mixed double to edge Brazil 2-1.The tournament involving mixed teams from 18 countries is being played in Perth and Sydney as a warmup ahead of the Australian Open, with a format featuring a men’s and women’s singles match played ahead of a mixed doubles.Boulter gave Britain a decisive 2-0 lead in the opening Group C match in Perth when she beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2, 6-4. Norrie had earlier silenced a packed home crowd with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2) win over Alex de Minaur.“I really had to dig deep and play very brave in that third set,” Norrie said. “It is always tough playing Alex. He is a good friend of mine and we always have battles. I knew I would have to run a lot today and I did. It was a great atmosphere.”Matthew Ebden and Storm Hunter gave Australia a consolation win when they teamed up to win the mixed do...

Stock market today: Stocks slip on the final trading day of a surprisingly good year on Wall Street

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:52:32 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower on the final day of trading for 2023 in what has been a surprisingly strong year of gains on Wall Street.Yet the so-called Magnificent 7 companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla — accounted for about two-thirds of the gains in the S&P 500 this year, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Nvidia leads the group with a gain of about 240%. The S&P 500 index fell 0.3% Friday and is sitting just below the all-time high it set in January of 2022. It is up 24% for the year.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 44 points, or less than 0.1%, to 37,665, a day after hitting another record. It is up more than 12% for the year.The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.5% as of 10:56 a.m. Eastern and is up 43% for the year thanks largely to the movement of those marquee companies.Every major index more than recovered their losses from a dismal 2022. Smaller company stocks had a late rally, but also erased losses from last year...