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Prince William data center revenue hits $100M mark

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.Data centers are projected to pump over $100 million into Prince William County coffers during the 2023 fiscal year, up 18% over last year, with more than $40 million projected to come directly from the county’s computer equipment and peripherals tax.Michelle Attreed, the county’s chief financial officer, put the industry’s remarkable growth into raw numbers during a recent presentation to the Board of County Supervisors.The figures come in the wake of heightened and vehement scrutiny of new data center projects and accompanying board votes.Just 10 years ago, with the industry in its infancy, the county pulled in $6.2 million from taxes on data centers. It was the first year the county began tracking the industry’s total tax bill. Since then, data center tax revenue has grown by 1,535% to $101.41 million in the current fiscal year...

Denver weather: Dry and cool conditions this weekend

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- There will be a little warm-up this weekend, with Denver Weather staying dry until moisture returns to the state Monday.Dry and cool weekend We have a little warm-up this weekend with highs getting into the low 40s today and into the lower 50s tomorrow. We should typically be around 57 this time of year.Mostly sunny Saturday and Sunday and staying dry this weekend. Work Week: Snow in the mountains, rain showers in the metro Moisture returns to the state starting Monday.Light snow showers will develop in the mountains Monday afternoon and Monday night.Monday night, there’s a slight chance of a rain shower in the Foothills and along the I-25 corridor. Tuesday and Wednesday are shaping up to be warmer with highs near 60. Another system moves in Tuesday night increasing snow chances in the mountains. There is a chance of a rain shower for the I-25 corridor Tuesday night into Wednesday.Snow chances continue in the mountains Thursday and...

Trump suggests he will be arrested Tuesday, calls for supporters to ‘protest, take our nation back!’

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

Former President Trump suggested he will be arrested on Tuesday as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be close to deciding whether to charge him in the probe into a hush-money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that “illegal leaks” indicate that “the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week.” “Protest, take our nation back!” Trump continued, calling on supporters to protest his potential arrest. The post comes as multiple recent signs appear to point to the grand jury Bragg organized being close to possibly filing charges against Trump.Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified before the grand jury earlier this week, and Daniels met with Manhattan prosecutors. With Cohen’s testimony, almost every major figure involved...

Ukraine grain export deal extended for 120 days

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

A deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports to pass through the blockaded Black Sea has been extended for 120 days, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov announced Saturday.Kubrakov thanked “all our partners for sticking to the agreements,” said in a tweet Saturday afternoon. The announcement comes after a week of wrangling following Moscow’s announcement Monday that it had agreed to extend the Black Sea grain initiative but only for 60 days — which drew immediate objections from Kyiv and reminders from the United Nations and Turkey that the original agreement foresees a minimum 120-day extension.  The deal — described by aid groups as a lifeline for food insecure countries — was due to expire on Saturday. Initially brokered by the U.N. and Turkey last July after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 fueled a global food crisis, the pact was extended in November for 120 days. Some 24 million tons of Ukrainian produce have ...

Germany, Japan pledge to boost cooperation on economic security

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

Germany and Japan agreed on Saturday to strengthen cooperation on economic security in the aftermath of tensions over global supply chains and the economic impact of the war in Ukraine.In the first high-ministerial government consultations held between the two countries, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reached out to Tokyo to seek to reduce Germany’s dependence on China for imports of raw materials.“The current challenges of our time make it clear: It is important to expand cooperation with close partners and acquire new partners. We want to reduce dependencies and increase the resilience of our economies.” the German chancellor said in a tweet.Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said they believe the agreement will allow both countries to diversify value chains in order to be able to reduce economic risks.In a joint statement, the two countries said they will work on establishing “a legal framework for bilateral defense and security cooperation activities,” including way...

Woman found dead after hit-and-run in Carlsbad

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

CARLSBAD, Calif. — A woman died Wednesday after she was found lying in the road after what was believed to be a hit-and-run, the Carlsbad Police Department announced.Around 7:20 p.m., police responded to a report of a woman lying in the roadway near the intersection of Palomar Airport Road at the southbound Interstate 5 onramp, Lt. Alonso DeVelasco said in a news release.Officers found a woman with serious injuries in the roadway and attempted life-saving measures but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, DeVelasco said. Bluff collapses in North County The circumstances that led to the woman's death have not yet been determined, but the incident is being investigated as a hit-and-run, according to police.The identity of the woman has not yet been publicly released, pending family notifications.Carlsbad Police have asked anyone with information regarding this incident to contact Traffic Accident Investigator Corporal Matt Bowen at 442-339-2282 or [email protected]...

Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested Tuesday and called on supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. There is no evidence, however, that prosecutors have made any formal outreach to him. In a Saturday morning post on his social media platform, Trump said he expected to be taken into custody as the Manhattan district attorney eyes charges in the investigation. Trump would be the first former president ever to be charged with a crime.Trump’s post said “illegal leaks” from the office of prosecutor Alvin Bragg indicate that “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.”Should Trump be indicted, he would be arrested only if he refused to surrender. Trump’s lawyers have previously said he would follow normal procedure, meaning he would likely agree to s...

Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world’s poor

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian officials said Saturday that an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended.Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov tweeted that the deal had been extended for 120 days, but Erdogan did not confirm the length. Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations had been pushing for a 120-day extension while Russia wanted to renew for 60 days. This is the second renewal of separate agreements that Ukraine and Russia signed with the United Nations and Turkey to allow food to leave the Black Sea region after Russia invaded its neighbor more than a year ago. The warring nations are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other affordable food products that developing nations depend on.Russia has complained that ship...

Vatican closes embassy in Nicaragua after Ortega’s crackdown

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Saturday it had closed its embassy in Nicaragua after the country’s government proposed suspending diplomatic relations, the latest episode in a yearslong crackdown on the Catholic Church by the administration of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.The Vatican’s representative to Managua, Monsignor Marcel Diouf, also left the country Friday, bound for Costa Rica, a Vatican official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.The Vatican action came a week after the Nicaraguan government proposed suspending relations with the Holy See, and a year after Nicaragua forced the papal ambassador at the time to leave. It’s not clear what the proposed suspension would entail in diplomatic terms. The care of the Vatican’s embassy, or nunciature, was entrusted to the Italian government, according to diplomatic conventions, Vatican News, the Holy See’s official media outlet, reported. It said diplomats of the European Union, Germany...

Pakistani police storm home of former PM Khan, arrest 61

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:55:47 GMT

LAHORE, Islamabad (AP) — Pakistani police stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday and arrested 61 people amid tear gas and clashes between Khan’s supporters and police, officials said.Senior police officer Suhail Sukhera, who led the operation in an upscale Lahore neighborhood, said police acted to remove a barricade erected by members of Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party and his defiant supporters. He said they blocked the lanes around Khan’s residence with concrete blocks, felled trees, tents and a parked truck. Khan was not in the home, having traveled to Islamabad to appear before a judge to face charges he sold state gifts while in office and hid his assets. The judge postponed that hearing until March 30.Sukhera said baton-wielding Khan supporters attempted to resist police by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails and a man on the roof of Khan’s residence opened fire. At least three police officers were ...