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Nicholas Kristof: Seeing a moral compass in Gaza’s war

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

The terror attacks by Hamas against civilians who were in their homes and dancing at a concert are being called Israel’s Sept. 11, and that’s a fair comparison.Let’s hope that Israel responds to this outrage more wisely than we in the United States did to the attack on our country.There’s a lot of loose talk about eliminating Hamas, and Hamas deserves it. As a journalist who has traveled repeatedly to Gaza, I’m appalled by the sympathy that some Americans and Europeans have shown for a misogynist and repressive terror organization like Hamas. If you care about human rights, you want to see Hamas eliminated.Yet dismantling terrorist organizations can be harder than it looks and can raise troubling moral questions about collateral damage. The Taliban also deserved elimination, yet in the end it was the United States that was eliminated from Afghanistan. I worry that Israel may charge into Gaza with a ground invasion as thoughtlessly as we plowed into Iraq.Neal Keny-Guyer, a former CEO...

3M opens collision repairs skills development center in St. Paul

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

Standing in front of a cluster of automotive vocational students, Jason Garfoot held up a demonstration panel featuring three swathes of car paint, each one of them a different color and texture.A professional car painter might consider some two dozen material conditions before spraying his paint gun, making prep as important as, if not more so than, the act of painting itself.Engineer Jason Garfoot, center right, demonstrates car paint spraying techniques for vocational students at the new 3M Skills Development Center on Wells Street in St. Paul on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Courtesy of 3M)“On the back of the panel, you’ll write what pressure — how many turns the knobs on your spray gun were to get that texture — and then we mask off half of it and spray it,” said Garfoot, a senior application engineer at 3M with more than 20 years of experience in the field of car painting.“The reason we do that is when you have your texture dialed in, and then y...

Hastings domestic and sexual violence shelter to close next month despite rising demand

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

A domestic and sexual violence shelter in Hastings will close next month due to a lack of funding.The Hastings Lewis House, run by 360 Communities, announced Thursday that it will be closing mid-November and reducing its staff in its violence prevention and intervention programs, according to a news release from the organization.“Resource constraints led us to this difficult decision,” said Jeff Mortensen, president and CEO of 360 Communities, in the release. “Unfortunately, at a time when anti-violence work is needed most, critical funding is not keeping pace with the rising cost of operations.”The two Lewis Houses, one in Hastings and the other in Eagan which will remain open, rely primarily on a grant from the Minnesota Office of Justice Programs.Despite an increase in demand for services and rising costs, the dollar amount of the grant has remained stagnant, according to the release, though 360 Communities did request additional funds to continue its services.The closure of the ...

Sarah Green Carmichael: Two full-time jobs? That’s a remote work myth.

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

There is a bogeyman lurking behind corporate America’s push to bring workers back to the office: the remote employee who is secretly working a second full-time job, not by working 80-hour weeks, but by toggling between Job 1 and Job 2.Over the past two years, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Wired, the BBC and many others have run exposes of these “overemployed” people. The details are always irresistibly juicy. One engineer told Vanity Fair that he earns $295,000 a year combined from two jobs, one of which requires about 15 hours a week, and a second that takes up “zero” time — he’s not sure his bosses even remember he still works there. A marketer told Vice that he gets 80% of his work done with ChatGPT, freeing up enough time to add a second job.The workers say the appeal of holding two full-time roles is entirely financial: Doing decent work at two jobs pays far better than excelling at one. They claim there’s so much slac...

Inver Grove Heights child endangerment charges: Boy, 7, injured in shooting when mom’s gun was unattended

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

A woman and her boyfriend are charged with child endangerment after prosecutors say her 7-year-old child was injured in an Inver Grove Heights shooting when they left a gun unattended.Kamera Karmeasha Wright Ramsey, 31, gave officials varying accounts of what happened.The Dakota County attorney’s office provided the following information in recently-filed criminal complaints:Kamera Karmeasha Wright Ramsey (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)Officers responded to a St. Paul hospital on Aug. 16 on a report of a child who’d been shot. He had injuries to his hand and thigh, which resulted in numerous fractures and surgery, and medical records noted it was unlikely he was shot once given the location of his injuries.The boy’s mother, Wright Ramsey, told Inver Grove Heights police that her son was playing with other children at Salem Hills Park in Inver Grove Heights when she heard a boom and saw her son was shot. She said she took him to her residence ...

Vikings kickoff return star Kene Nwangwu finally back at practice. When will he be ready?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

The most interesting name on the Vikings’ injury report this week is running back Kene Nwangwu.Though he still is technically on injured reserve after suffering a back injury in training camp, Nwangwu recently returned to practice for the first time this season. He was listed as a full participant on Wednesday, then again on Thursday, leaving the door open for him to make his return to game action Sunday when the Vikings travel to play the Chicago Bears at Solider Field.Asked about Nwangwu’s progress, special-teams coordinator Matt Daniels emphasized that the Vikings are still trying to be careful with him as they work him back into the mix. As many players have noted, being in good shape is completely different than being in game shape.“Just making sure he’s feeling very confident in his ability to go out and do his job at a high level,” Daniels said. “It’s going to take a little bit of time to get his conditioning up and his feet back unde...

Saratoga Springs has a new Code Blue shelter location

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

With winter around the corner, temperatures will soon start dropping. Shelters of Saratoga is proactively preparing; they're prepping a new location to help the homeless population. NEWS10 toured the new facility that officials say will allow them to help even more homeless people this year. 5-year mark nears for St. Clare’s pension woes Executive Director, Duane Vaughn, said the new facility will be able to house roughly 25% more people in need. “We had a capacity of 61 and we were full most days. So, we knew we had to find a place that we could expand a little bit and make sure that we can help everybody that needs it.”Fortunately, they found just that. 120 South Broadway in Saratoga Springs is the location of the new shelter, with an upgraded 75 beds per night capacity. This new location comes along with added healthy safety measures. We're told mealtimes will be staggered to help lower the risk of COVID-19 and flu. “The way we're going to do our meal planning this year is...

5-year mark nears for St. Clare's pension woes

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Former St. Clare’s hospital workers have been looking for answers and compensation for nearly five years now. They’ve looked to the state and the Church for help, since they received letters on October 18, 2018, notifying them that they wouldn’t receive some or all of their pension money. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Since then, the Albany Diocese declared bankruptcy, and many hearings have been held as the pensioners continue pursuing litigation."This has been an ongoing tragedy that continues, and yes, next week will be going past five years that these outstanding healthcare workers from St. Clare's hospital, 1,100 of them, had the rug pulled out from under them," said Senator Jim Tedisco, a longtime advocate for the pensioners.Over the years since the pensioners opened those letters, they’ve tried to get meetings with the governor, filed a lawsuit against the Diocese, and joined forces with a...

Charles Coyle appointed to full-time St. Louis public safety director

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis officially appointed Charles Coyle to the role of public safety director on Thursday after serving on an interim basis for several months. Coyle had been the interim public safety director since Dr. Dan Isom stepped down from the position last winter. Coyle will now serve as public safety director full-time. Coyle has served with the St. Louis Fire Department for several decades, embracing leadership roles as deputy fire chief and fire marshal. Lambert Airport sees surge in Southwest Airlines traffic In early July, Coyle and other St. Louis public safety leaders addressed procedures behind the city's 911 systems dispatch operations and emergency response times after intense storms. One woman died as a tree fell on her car as she waited out the storm, and thousands were left without power for days.Coyle said the city was dealing with more than double its normal call volume amid the storms in addition to a shortage of dispatchers. The public safety ...

Lucky winner from Missouri takes home $50,000 in Powerball

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:06:17 GMT

EUREKA, MO – A Missouri resident has won a $50,000 prize after playing a Powerball ticket they purchased at Wayside, located at 5150 State Route 109 in Eureka. The numbers they selected held a personal connection to their family.The numbers they chose aligned with four of the white ball numbers and the Powerball during the drawing on September 16. The winning numbers for that night's drawing were 8, 11, 19, 24, and 46, with a Powerball number of 5.Each Powerball ticket contains a selection of numbers drawn from a specific numerical range. The likelihood of winning is based on the total number of unique combinations within this range.The winning number combination is drawn entirely at random. The lottery is rooted in mathematics and probability, and the odds of winning remain consistent regardless of the number of participants.Powerball is a $2 per play multi-state Draw Game, with drawings taking place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 9:59 p.m. You can find all current and pa...