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Turning a former George Washington U. dorm into shelter for unhoused people stirs opposition

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

A court battle is underway over a former George Washington University building being turned into a shelter for unhoused people with medical conditions.The school sold Aston Hall at 1129 New Hampshire Ave NW last July to the District government for $27.5 million. The city hopes to convert the 10-story structure by the fall.But the GW Hatchet student newspaper reports that a group with property interests in the West End neighborhood filed a suit last month in D.C. Superior Court in an effort to block or delay the sale.The university is defending its sale of the building to the city for the purpose of erecting a shelter.An attorney for the law firm ArentFox Schiff, which is representing the West End D.C. Community Association, declined to comment as the matter is pending litigation.“Ever since I came to GW, I can remember that I’ve always walked by homeless people at some time in the day. Whenever I’m walking on the streets … I’d always see a homeless person and...

Security guard killed in parking lot on Federal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Wednesday night, coworkers gathered in a southwest Denver parking lot to pay respects to a man who was gunned down 24 hours earlier. Denver Police say Tuesday night, an individual was shot in the 200 block of South Federal Boulevard. Authorities later said that person succumbed to their injuries. How investigators can tell a gun was used in a crime Sources told FOX31 the victim, a disc jockey who friends identified as Jason Perry, was serving in a security role and had helped to escort the suspect out of the business. Sources said the suspect later returned and shot and killed him in the parking lot of the business. The next night, a small group gathered with balloons and flowers in a corner of the parking lot. Not far away sat a parked car, with flowers and a bottle of whiskey displayed on the windshield as a makeshift memorial. "DJs are very close,” Henry Archuleta said. Archuleta is a longtime disc jockey and owner of KUHS streaming radio in Northglenn. "You ...

Denver weather: Warm with little chance of rain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The chance for rain in the Denver weather forecast is on the low side for the coming days. There will be a slight increase in showers and thunderstorms by the end of the weekend and early next week.Things remain in good shape for moisture, as precipitation is running ahead for the month of August and is well above the average for an entire year's rain, according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Latest rain totals for DenverWeather tonight: Clear and comfortableThere will be some high clouds drifting across the state overnight Wednesday. The wind will be light.Temperatures will be cool and comfortable, with overnight lows in the 50s and 60s in metro Denver and an even cooler and refreshing 40s in the Colorado mountains.Forecast overnight low temperatures by Thursday monrningWeather tomorrow: Dry and warmerThursday starts in Denver with sunny skies followed by increasing clouds during the afternoon. Did Colorado just record its largest hai...

NOMA Beach’s Miami Spice Blush Menu invites diners to think pink

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

Miami Spice is the chance to try great food from amazing chefs at a terrific price. Now you can enjoy an all pink menu at NOMA Beach with a celebrity chef. No rose-colored glasses needed here for this food, but a pink-colored outfit is encouraged.NOMA Beach wants you to think pink for Miami Spice, To celebrate the Blush Menu, they’re having a massive party, bigger and better than Barbie herself.Donatella Arpaia: “We’re going to have a pink photo booth, we’re gonna have a DJ, live reggaetón music. It’s just going to be a hot pink party.”With celebrity chef Donatella Arpaia, you know it’s going to be good.Donatella Arpaia: “I love pink. I am a female chef, I am a trailblazer in this industry, and I always embraced my femininity, and I think pink is glorious. There’s so many different shades of pink.”Even the cocktails are rosy, and inspired by none other than Queen B, Barbie.Donatella Arpaia: “Some of my favorites are t...

Biden sets new rules restricting US investments in China

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will establish new rules limiting American investments in high-end Chinese technology sectors — a long-awaited effort meant to stop U.S. capital from financing Beijing’s military development.The move represents the first time the U.S. government has sought to impose broad investment rules on U.S. firms overseas — an escalation of the economic conflict with China that is likely to earn a sharp rebuke from Beijing. Until now, U.S. firms have largely been given free rein by Washington to develop business in other countries, except for limitations on a narrow list of military-related goods. But national security officials in both the Trump and Biden administrations have warned that U.S. investors have been financing Beijing’s military advancements by funding Chinese firms that turn around and give their technology to China’s military.The executive order, which will be implemented by the Treasury Department, will prohibit some investments in Chinese firms...

From Barbra Streisand to Sly Stone, superstars have books on the way

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

Screen stars and literary stars will share the shelf space at bookstores in the coming weeks.Some of the biggest names in publishing — and biggest names, period — will hit bookstores in the coming weeks.Here are eight to watch for. It all starts with a door-stopper that is destined to cause some pulled muscles.Barbra StreisandThe “Funny Girl’s” memoir, “My Name Is Barbra,” is big in every way you can think of. Its press run is 1 million copies, a huge number at a time when only a few books each year sell that many copies. It’s, gulp, 1,040 pages. And it’s priced at $47, gargantuan even considering inflation. The octogenarian EGOT, who said she’s been jotting down notes since 2009, officially announced her autobiography in 2015. It was supposed to be published two years later, but people who need people to tell us the stories of their lives will finally get Streisand’s when “My Name” hits stores Nov. 7.John GrishamHow ...

Matthew Lopez branches into movies with “Red, White & Royal Blue”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

A celebrated, award-winning gay playwright, Matthew Lopez  now tackles movies, adapting and directing Friday’s gay rom com “Red, White & Royal Blue.”Streaming on Prime Video, “RWRB” spotlights a romance between the UK’s closeted Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine), fourth in line for the throne, and Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez)  First Son of America’s first female president (Uma Thurman).“Very early in life I had access to theater. So theater was where I started,” Lopez, 46, said in a Zoom interview of his landmark 2-part gay epic “The Inheritance” which won him a raft of awards including the Tony, Olivier and Evening Standard’s Best Play.  “But I always knew I wanted to make films and that when the time was right, I would.”What convinced him Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel was the right vehicle was the character of Alex whose father is Mexican and mother white.Alex, Lopez said, “was drawn hopefully, positively and sympathetically. That was a really big draw for m...

Editorial: Time for lofty left in Mass. to open manses to migrants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey has gotten a taste of Texas life, and she didn’t even have to take one of her many trips out of the state.As the Herald reported, Healey declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts Tuesday as local emergency shelters fill up with an ever-increasing number of migrants arriving from other countries and surging housing costs hurt residents already here.She is the latest governor to send out an SOS to respond to migrants fleeing unstable conditions in their home countries. The Democratic governor called for the federal government to step up funding, among other requests.According to Politico, when asked about Healey’s announcement Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has already hit the wall with migrant surges overwhelming city shelters,  was happy to have another partner pressing the White House for intervention.“Democratic governors and mayors, mayors in Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, here in New York, El Paso, Brownsville, all of the mayors have be...

Great style finds to make a dorm look dazzling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

It’s that time of year again – the college students are returning, U-Hauls and all.And if you’re one of them, or are sending a child off to college, you know that turning a drab dorm into a comfortable, welcoming space is of primary importance.The very good news is that decorating options have seriously leveled up. There are tons to choose from, in terms of cool gadgets and organizing systems, affordable essentials and comfy textiles, as well as fun furnishings to add style and personality, and make a kid feel happy and in his or her element.Here are a few ideas to start the year off right.Get things rolling by setting a unique background with peel and stick wallpapers — from cool trompe-l’œil red brick patterns like Bryanna Pell & Stick Brick Wallpaper ($1.20 per sq. ft. on wayfair.com) that has the vibes of a cool city loft, to the bountifully ornate and colorfully patterned Ottoman Wallpaper ($188; anthropologie.com), which makes the place feel like some kin...

Lucas: Biden’s Trump attacks echo Putin’s playbook

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:46 GMT

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have a lot in common.Both are professional politicians who will seek re-election in 2024.Biden, 80, will be seeking a second four-year term. Putin, 71, is seeking to remain president of Russia as long as he wants.Both have used their positions to get rich, although judging from their summer vacation homes, Vlad has left Joe on the beach.Putin has a fabulous, if garish, Versailles-like vacation home in Sochi, overlooking the Black Sea.Biden has a much more modest vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.But what really makes them political soulmates is how they treat their opponents. They want to shut them up. And the best way to do that is to gag them and send them to prison.Putin, who operates as a dictator, raids their homes, has them arrested and then sent to prison. It is what he did to political opponent and major dissident Alexei Navalny.Biden raids his opponents’ homes (Mar-a-Lago), has them arrested, and pra...