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“Este no es el momento”: Mike Pompeo descarta candidatura presidencial para las elecciones de 2024

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC- Mike Pompeo, que fue director de la CIA y secretario de Estado durante el gobierno de Donald Trump (2017-2021), anunció este viernes que no se presentará a las elecciones presidenciales de 2024.Pompeo llevaba meses dejando entrever que competiría por la nominación republicana, pero este viernes en una entrevista en la cadena Fox y en un comunicado publicado posteriormente en Twitter dejó claro que ha cambiado de idea.“Este no es el momento adecuado ni para mí ni para mi familia”, manifestó en el comunicado Pompeo, quien sin embargo dejó la puerta abierta a optar por la presidencia en un futuro. ¿Dónde está? Sigue sin aparecer la costosa botella de whisky que Japón le regaló a Pompeo China impone sanciones en contra de Pompeo y otros exasesores de Trump “A aquellos a los que este anuncio les decepciona, quiero expresarles mis disculpas. Y a aquellos a les emociona una candidatura, sepan que tengo 5...

Preview capsules for the NBA’s 1st-round playoff series

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

EASTERN CONFERENCENo. 1 MILWAUKEE BUCKS (58-24) vs. No. 8 MIAMI HEAT (44-38)Season series: Tied, 2-2.Story line: The Bucks, with the best record in the league, open against the team who knocked them off last time they were the No. 1 overall seed. Miami beat Milwaukee in five games in the 2020 Eastern Conference semifinals after the NBA’s restart at Walt Disney World. The Bucks avenged that defeat by sweeping the Heat in the first round of the 2021 playoffs en route to the the NBA title.Key matchup: Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jimmy Butler. Butler was getting the better of Antetokounmpo, the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year that season, in the 2020 series before the Greek Freak missed the final game with an ankle injury. Butler remains a clutch postseason performer, but it’s rare anyone outplays Antetokounmpo now.Prediction: Bucks in 6.No. 2 BOSTON CELTICS (57-25) vs. No. 7 ATLANTA HAWKS (41-41)Season series: Celtics, 3-0.Story line: The Celtics begin a bid for a second...

Family pleads for return of 16-year-old

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

AURORA, Colo (KDVR) -- The search continues for Alexis (Alex) Chhoeun, a 16-year-old who hasn’t been heard from since Monday. The family told FOX31 Alex was last seen wearing a red beanie with a black zip-up hoodie, black shorts and white shoes. Her father, Paul Chhoeun, said they just want her back home safe. "Just not having her home is the most difficult thing and not knowing if she’s safe wherever she’s at," Chhoeun said.  Chhoeun said it was a typical Monday when he dropped Alex off at her bus stop that takes her to Vista Peak Preparatory in Aurora.  Police shoot, kill suspect with woman, children barricaded in Northglenn "We get a phone call, first period Alex wasn’t in class and then another phone call she’s missing in second period, so we’re like, ‘Okay she’s probably ditching school,’” Chhoeun said.  But Alex didn’t return home Monday night. "Day one we thought maybe she was at a friend’s house and then day two and then the third day and then the ...

Denver changing response to migrants entering city

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver is changing its policy when it comes to how it responds to migrants in the city and county, specifically when it comes to providing emergency shelter. The root cause has to do with federal funding limitations. The announcement was made on Thursday.There has been an influx of migrants arriving in Denver since last year. Since December, the city has reported sheltering and supporting 6,392 migrants from the southern border and it comes with a big price tag. The city said it forked over $12.7 million for the effort and stressed city resources to the maximum."Denver cannot be the only one who are shouldering this responsibility," Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval said in a plea for help in January as city leaders met to tackle the influx of migrants flooding Denver. Denver’s gap in six-figure Black and white households one of nation’s highest As busloads of people from the southern border arrived in Denver, emergency shelters including rec centers opened. However, s...

Marijuana online sale bill advances in the house

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Marijuana consumers could soon be cutting their time down inside a dispensary with a bill that's moved forward which would further allow online purchases.A bill has advanced for online marijuana sales, letting the buyer pay online and have their product delivered. Dispensaries have been able to allow for online pre-orders before, but this bill would allow customers to pay online and get the marijuana delivered and not have to come into the store at all. One of the bill's sponsors, Rep. Said Sharbini, hopes it will take the industry a step forward. Denver no longer nation’s top city for weed "It's to prevent a barrier for transactions, it’s to help businesses make sure that they can takes these funds in so they are not all cash businesses there are banks that are opening up to functions with them," Sharbini said. "Regulations are opening up across the country and we need to be competitive as well as so this is a step in that direction to try and make sure that we ...

San Diego Holocaust survivor to visit Auschwitz

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Next week, Ben Midler returns to a harrowing site he will never forget.The 95-year-old San Diego resident is making his way back to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where around 1.1 million people perished during World War II, according to Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Midler's entire family was murdered at that camp.Midler, who was born in Bialystok, Poland, survived six concentration camps between the ages of 15 to 17, because he was able to work at the camps.On Friday, he spoke to FOX 5 about the painful event."As a child, going through this experience, I had strong willpower to compartmentalize my emotions. My thoughts were to believe in God in the hope to reunite with my family," Midler said. Prep basketball star Mikey Williams arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon: SDSO Midler expressed that the loss of his youth could've killed him, but he says he used his faith to create a new life for him and his family, making himself a stronger...

China says conducted mid-course missile interception test

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China says it carried out a successful ground-based mid-course missile interception test in an apparent sign of progress in its ability to bring down weapons incoming from space. The Defense Ministry says the operation was carried out late Friday night within Chinese territory and achieved “the desired test objective.”The test was “defensive in nature and not targeted against any country,” the ministry said, giving no other details such as whether it actually struck an object, how many interceptors were fired and where they landed. Such systems, which consist of ground-based interceptor missiles and a huge array of radars and fire control systems, aim to bring down ballistic missiles, including ICBMs carrying nuclear or other warheads, while they are flying in space midcourse on the way to their targets. Referred to by the U.S. as ground-based mid-course defense, or GMD, such systems are hugely complex and expensive to build, test and maintain, and China’s capabilitie...

No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $30 million Lotto Max jackpot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $30 million draw.The jackpot for the next draw on April 18 will be an estimated $40 million.The Canadian Press

Suspect leads police on high-speed pursuit in Los Angeles County

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

Four suspects were taken into custody after a high-speed pursuit in Los Angeles County on Friday night.The suspects were wanted for assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.The pursuit began in South L.A. around 9:15 p.m. The driver was seen traveling without headlights and reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour while dangerously weaving through traffic.The vehicle suddenly slowed down while traveling on the 14 Freeway before stopping and pulling over near the Soledad Canyon Road exit in Santa Clarita.Sky5 video showed all four suspects opening the car windows and sticking their hands outside as they were ordered to surrender one by one.Each suspect backed out of the vehicle with their hands held up and was instructed to lie down on the highway before they were all taken into custody.Sky5 was overhead.

Man shot in the head on Hollywood Walk of Fame, suspects at large

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:24:37 GMT

A man is hospitalized after being shot in the head on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Friday night.Police responded to reports of a shooting at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue around 7:37 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.When officers arrived, a 37-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his head, authorities said. The victim’s identity has not been released.Two suspects fled the scene — a Hispanic female and a Hispanic male, both in their 20s, police said.Police said the victim initially witnessed some sort of fight or argument between the suspects when he tried to intervene.That’s when the male suspect pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the head in front of the Hard Rock Café, authorities said.The suspects ran off into the crowds of Hollywood Boulevard before officers arrived. The victim walked over to the entrance of the Capitol One Café where he collapsed.Sky5 video shows dozens of patrol cars surrounding the shooting scene, which is located in...