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Es importante saber que  no representa peligro para las personas, ya que no se transmite a humanos, pero las consecuencias pueden ser graves: sacrificios masivos de animales, pérdidas económicas, restricciones comerciales e interrupciones en exportaciones.

Victor Rodriguez Ocampo Sr., 54, owner of La Playa Taco Shop, was seized on the morning of Oct. 31 just outside his National City home.

(The Center Square) – One year into Seattle’s $1.55 billion transportation levy, the Seattle Department of Transportation has fallen short of multiple 2025 performance targets, with officials now pinning their hopes on a yet-to-be-seated funding task force to get things back on track. The eight-year Levy to Move Seattle, approved by voters in 2024, costs the median homeowner in Seattle $530 a year. This year, $176.8 million was allocated, but through September, SDOT is significantly trailing the targets set in its own 2025 Transportation Levy Delivery Plan. SDOT Major Projects Manager Megan Hoyt acknowledged Tuesday that many new programs needing more thoughtful programming did not have many deliverables in 2025. Street maintenance and modernization – the largest category at $43 million – remains well behind schedule. The delivery plan outlined 320 blocks of new sidewalks and sidewalk alternatives by 2029. The department said 36.5 blocks of new sidewalks are complete or are in construction through September. Only 12,000 of the planned 34,000 sidewalk spot repairs (35%) have been completed. SDOT has remarked 1,360 crosswalks – or about a quarter of all crosswalks in Seattle. That still falls short of the goal of up to 3,600 crosswalks established in the SDOT 2025 Transportation Levy Delivery Plan. SDOT planned to inspect 25 little-known areaways, or underground structures beneath sidewalks, and establish a process for researching and documenting ownership of areaways. Through September, the department inspected 12 areaways in 2025. SDOT officials told committee members that a Transportation Funding Task Force is close to being established, which Hoyt said will have to handle an important task for the city: developing policy and funding recommendations for Seattle’s long-term transportation needs. The department has already begun efforts to develop the taskforce, including selecting consultants, but it is not seated yet. “Our end goal is that by Jan. 1, 2029, we will have kind of a long-range strategy to invest some of those main investments and so we are intending to get this transportation funding task force seated in early 2026,” SDOT Levy Portfolio Manager Serena Lehman said during the Transportation Committee meeting on Tuesday. Seattle City Councilmember Rob Saka – the transportation committee chair – said SDOT is off to “a very strong start” for implementing the levy, but noted the importance of delivering on important work mapped out. “We also need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time so to speak and so looking forward to continuing to support that effort to stand that important body up once and for all noting that there are some past-due deliverables and milestones that we need to reach,” he said. SDOT’s 2026 Levy Delivery Plan is currently under development and is on track to be submitted by January 31, 2026.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental […]

Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Memphis schools interim leader Roderick Richmond says he wants the permanent superintendent role once his term expires in July to continue his work on “stabilizing the district.” Richmond has worked in Memphis-Shelby County Schools for over 30 years. In an interview with Chalkbeat Tennessee, he said he knows the school board will make the final decision. “I have a great relationship with the board, so I would hope that they will consider me long-term,” Richmond said. “But I try to live in the moment and try not to look too far into the future and deal with hypotheticals.” The MSCS board appointed Richmond as temporary district leader in January, shortly after firing former Superintendent Marie Feagins. Feagins’ ouster sparked criticism from elected officials and some local parents, amplifying pushes for a state takeover of MSCS. All nine board members will also have to run for reelection in 2026, but a lawsuit from the board could be on the horizon. It’s unclear whether the board will independently appoint a new superintendent or conduct a national search in which Richmond could apply for the job. The last search, which ended with Feagins’ appointment, took over a year due to board infighting and controversies. In the past 11 months as MSCS leader, Richmond says he’s most proud of his work to rebuild trust in the district. “I can see where the morale in employees and people is starting to get back to a point of normalcy,” he said. “It’s not like I would want it to be exactly, but I think my team and I have been able to steady the water.” MSCS board members are conducting an informal review of Richmond’s performance this month, surveying district staff and teachers. They’re expected to review results in early January. In the meantime, Richmond said he’s focused on finalizing his long-term facilities plan to address growing maintenance needs in school buildings. He’s expected to present a first draft to the school board by Dec. 16. Richmond said the district has sold around 12 properties since he began his interim term, generating $27 million in revenue, and bought five new buildings to repurpose. He’s also proposed closing four schools by the end of the school year and transferring a fifth to a neighboring school district. “When I think about what we’ve done in those 11 months, it’s more than we’ve seen in a decade in regards to facilities improvement,” Richmond said. “And those things are only going to get better.” If he continues as superintendent past July, Richmond said he also hopes to reduce the district’s number of teacher vacancies to fewer than 50 by the start of the next school year. Currently, he said, that number is around 165, a significant reduction from over 300 vacancies last year. Bri Hatch covers Memphis-Shelby County Schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. Reach Bri at bhatch@chalkbeat.org.

Media hora basta para descubrir un mundo entero bajo la sombra de un árbol. Las hormigas avanzan disciplinadas, cargando hojas y diminutos palitos que para ellas son columnas de un imperio subterráneo.

The City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and local organizations offer a variety of resources for residents who need help when the temperature drops and the snow starts falling. Here are some of them. If we’re missing anything, please let us know by calling or texting (216) 220-9398. If you need help at home Here’s who […] The post Winter got an early start in Cleveland. Here are some places to find help appeared first on Signal Cleveland.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental […]

În Paris, concertul de noul an, ce are loc în mod tradiţional pe celebrul bulevard Champs-Elysées, mai exact la Arcul de Triumf, nu va mai avea loc anul acesta. Prefectura Parisului este cea care a cerut Primăriei capitalei să renunţe la organizarea acestui concert, din raţiuni de securitate. Dar, în mod normal acest concert este transmis în direct, pe televiziunea franceză, în noaptea dintre ani. Aşa încât, pentru a exista un concert pentru cei care îşi vor petrece noaptea dintre ani în faţa unui televizor, acest concert a fost deja înregistrat şi va fi difuzat pe 31 decembrie, seara. Iar cei care vor fi la Paris pentru noaptea dintre ani, ei vor putea vedea, totuşi, focul de artificii, lansat de la Arcul de Triumf. Tradiţia e tradiţie!

Президент погодився з позицією США, що «кровопролиття достатньо». Водночас він закликав закінчити війну так, щоб Росія не почала третє вторгнення

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental […]

En Moratalaz, las buenas ideas se transforman en iniciativas responsables que cuidan el medioambiente.

Civil rights lawyers successfully fought the brutal tactics deployed against Chicagoans during a recent immigration enforcement deployment. But they needed help from the community to get it done.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this year related to their administration of Supplemental […]

A vaccine that helps prevent liver disease is back in the spotlight as a federal advisory panel considers delaying the first shot for infants. The hepatitis B vaccine is a multi-dose series typically first administered at birth and then through the first months of infancy. The vaccine is safe and effective — it’s credited with […]

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(The Center Square) – A woman who threatened violence against an independent journalist has been charged with harassment and could face up to a year in jail if convicted. Debra Yepez of Spokane threatened to come to the home of Brandi Kruse, host of the UnDivided podcast, after Kruse posted about Yepez allegedly threatening a woman in Spokane who was signing a petition outside of a grocery store. “I need to find this woman. Can someone help me find her because she’s so gross,” Yepez wrote in a post on X. “I’m about to get in my car and drive to this motherf------- b-----s house. I’m gonna whoop the ever loving s--- out of your white ass.” “I get unhinged comments directed at me all the time, but obviously this is a very clear actionable threat that ‘I’m going to come to your house to harm you,’” Kruse told The Center Square on Tuesday. According to police documents provided by Kruse, Yepez has another active case for threatening to beat up the woman in Spokane who was signing one of Let’s Go Washington’s initiatives concerning the protection of girls in sports. “The fact that she used her very public social media platform to cover that encounter and then come and threaten me for covering that encounter shows that she has a propensity for violence,” Kruse said. “And as shown in her own video, she said, ‘I am not a nonviolent person.’” Kruse said the most concerning part for her is the fact that the rhetoric being spewed by those who have gone so far as to threaten violence is the same language being pushed by powerful groups with large influence. The Center Square reached out to Let’s Go Washington founder Brian Heywood for comment. “Civil discourse is hard; screaming at a young mother and child and issuing online threats is apparently much easier,” Heywood texted The Center Square. “That choice speaks volumes about the strength of their position. It is disturbing that the ACLU and the WEA teachers’ union are promoting a narrative that leads to this type of violence.” According to LGW, several other individuals have been charged in connection with recent attacks on signature gatherers. Those include charges against people in Aberdeen, Poulsbo, University Place, Tacoma, Covington, Gig Harbor, Tumwater, Arlington and Newcastle. The harassment charge Yepez is facing is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and/or a $5,000 fine. Her next court appearance is set for Dec. 7.

Со второго января до 31 декабря 2026 года Министерство обороны Литвы планирует призвать пять тысяч призывников