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Union Pacific eliminates management jobs as part of plan to speed decision making at the railroad

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is trimming the ranks of the railroad’s management employees as part of the new CEO’s push to eliminate layers of bosses involved in decision making.The railroad, based in Omaha, Nebraska, said Wednesday that it is eliminating less than 5% of its roughly 5,600 management jobs.Everyone who is losing their job was encouraged to either apply for a job helping operate or maintain Union Pacific’s trains or to stay on for several months to help tackle one of about a couple dozen special projects.Fewer than 275 management jobs were being eliminated, but the final number of cuts will depend on how many managers take other jobs with the railroad.CEO Jim Vena made streamlining the organization one of his first priorities after taking the job in August.“You can’t have nine levels from the CEO to the people who actually do the work and expect that the message is clear, the decisions are made clear and there isn’t some hiccup in the decision,” V...

Adams County grand jury indicts members of drug cartel pipeline

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An Adams County grand jury has indicted nine members of a Mexican drug cartel that allegedly funneled large amounts of drugs into Adams County and other parts of Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.According to 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason, the Adams County District Attorney's Office Drug Trafficking Unit, the North Metro Task Force and the DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division, a number of drug seizures led to these indictments. Parker Police seek potential victims of alleged sexual predator Two of the defendants, Dallas Beller and Juan Manuel Sanudo-Rivera, are in custody. The rest remain at large.Court documents list 47 charges among the nine defendants. The charges include:Colorado Organized Crime Act: Pattern of racketeeringColorado Organized Crime Act: ConspiracyConspiracy to distribute a controlled substance: FentanylConspiracy to distribute a controlled substance: MethamphetamineMoney launderingVehicular eludingSpecial offender: FirearmFirst-de...

CU football announces 2024 Big 12 opponents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The University of Colorado Buffaloes announced their opponents for several upcoming football seasons Wednesday.These seasons will be the first after CU returns to the Big 12 athletic conference, 12 years after leaving it for the Pac 12. Back to football: 2023 CU Buffaloes games, watch parties The Buffs have spent the past decade as a member of the Pac-12 and have gone without winning a conference championship since. But one time, in 2016, they won the Pac-12 South division before losing in the championship game against Washington.The change, approved unanimously by the University of Colorado Board of Regents, will begin for the 2024-2025 season.2024 opponentsHome: Baylor University, University of Cincinnati, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Utah.Away: University of Arizona, University of Central Florida, University of Kansas, and Texas Tech University. CU marching band noticing high energy with ‘Prime Effect’ The team's ...

Winter Park announces 2023 opening day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Winter Park Resort will open for the 2023-24 season on Friday, Nov. 3. at 9 a.m., according to a release Wednesday.The announcement came after a snowstorm swept through Colorado over the weekend and dumped inches of snow in various areas. The resort said it saw 15 inches of natural snow. How much snow is Denver expecting in November? According to the resort, the Gemini Express and 15 acres of terrain will be open. However, Arrow Lift will be temporarily closed for maintenance and will open when that is complete."It's still early in the season, and our teams have been putting in the work to get as much terrain open as possible," Liz Agostin, vice president of marketing at Winter Park Resort, said.Lifts will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week and will open slightly earlier at 8:30 a.m. on weekends. Other resorts including Arapahoe Basin and Keystone Resort have already opened for the season.

CU marching band noticing high energy with 'Prime Effect'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Ever since Deion 'Coach Prime' Sanders began coaching the University of Colorado Buffaloes, the Golden Buffalo Marching Band has noticed a heightened sense of energy from fans.For 115 years, the band has consistently brought team spirit to games and celebrations. Regardless of the outcome for the football team, no matter the weather, the band is always there. Did you know Colorado has one of the world’s best drum corps? “Even in past years when the football team wasn't projected to be great and the stands were almost empty, fans knew that Ralphie was gonna run, the cheerleaders were going to cheer, and the band was going to be in full throttle from beginning to end,” John Davis, dean of the College of Music said.Just like any other year, the 230 band members spend hours in rehearsals, bringing the energy to performances at the Pearl Street Stampede, home games, watch parties and away games.But this year, they have noticed the 'Prime Effect' on the crowd.“It's...

Wu reports progress clearing out Mass. and Cass

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

Since Monday, a city effort has reduced the number of makeshift encampments at Boston’s intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard from 50-plus to 14 as of Wednesday morning and Mayor Michelle Wu said nearly all of the unhoused people who had been living on the street there are now connected to shelter or housing.In both a live interview on “Java with Jimmy” and a morning press conference, Wu laid out the latest changes at Mass. and Cass, the epicenter of the region’s substance use disorder, mental health, and unsheltered homelessness crises. Wu and the city’s Coordinated Response Team Director Tania Del Rio spoke to reporters on Atkinson Street, where the city has been busy since Monday clearing out encampments and connecting people staying there to services and shelter.“As you can see, tents continue to come down when individuals are moving into their placements and packing up their belongings and then accessing that [city] t...

Vulnerable New York GOP House members ask Republican colleagues to vote to expel George Santos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

(CNN) — Five vulnerable New York Republican House members are asking the conference to vote Wednesday to expel GOP Rep. George Santos from the chamber.“As Republican Members from the New York delegation, we fully support Santos’ expulsion, and ask all of our colleagues to join us in voting yes,” the lawmakers wrote in a new letter to their colleagues dated Thursday.Freshman Reps. Nick LaLota, Anthony D’Esposito, Marcus Molinaro, Brandon Williams and Mike Lawler signed the letter. The vulnerable members from New York’s congressional delegation address several specific concerns raised by their colleagues including the arguments to let Santos’ voters decide and that by removing him they are only decreasing their impossibly slim majority.All five Republicans stuck with the GOP in July to refer a similar Democratic effort to the Ethics committees.“This issue is not a political one but a moral one. … This is a question of right and wrong,” they wrote, rebutting the ar...

In a reversal, Schumer says he will move forward to confirm hundreds military promotions previously held up by Tuberville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

(CNN) — In a reversal of a months-long stance, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he will bring a resolution to the Senate floor that, if passed, would overcome the military promotions block from Sen. Tommy Tuberville.The Alabama Republican has held up more than 300 promotions over his objections to the military’s reproductive rights policy.The resolution, introduced by Senate Armed Services Chair Jack Reed, would allow the promotions to be processed en bloc. Schumer said he will bring it to the floor as soon as it clears the Senate Rules Committee, which will determine the parameters needed for the resolution to pass.The move comes in addition to the three military promotions they are acting on Wednesday that had previously been held by Tuberville.Tuberville released a statement Wednesday arguing that he forced Schumer’s hand on the top three military nominees that were advanced on Tuesday evening.“For months, Schumer publicly s...

Getting a second opinion can help ward off misdiagnosis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

By John Rossheim | NerdWalletWhy spend the time and expense to get a second opinion if your doctor recommends surgery or they diagnose a serious disease? After all, you’ve been examined, tested and evaluated by an expert with many years of training.But the harsh reality is that misdiagnosis happens a lot — and sometimes with the gravest consequences. Each year, approximately 371,000 people in the U.S. die because of diagnostic error, according to a July 2023 study in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety.A medical second opinion can increase the chances that you get the correct treatment from the start, saving money, distress and maybe your life.“Second opinions are probably the single fastest way to address diagnostic errors today,” says Dr. David Newman-Toker, director of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Center for Diagnostic Excellence.Seeing the right specialist or subspecialist can make all the difference. “We know [from research] that if a patient with sarcoma is seen at a sarc...

Politicians love to cite crime data. It’s often wrong

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:42 GMT

Amanda Hernández | Stateline.org (TNS)When Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his presidential campaign in May, he proudly told the nation that Florida’s crime rate in 2021 had reached a 50-year low.But really, DeSantis couldn’t say for sure.That’s because fewer than 1 in 10 law enforcement agencies in his state had reported their crime statistics to the FBI. In fact, more than 40% of the Sunshine State’s population was unaccounted for in the data used by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in its 2021 statewide crime report.In Wichita, Kansas, Democratic Mayor Brandon Whipple claimed in May that violent crime had decreased by half during his term. But Whipple’s source, the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer, missed half the violent crimes recorded by the Wichita Police Department, possibly because the agency couldn’t mesh its system with the FBI’s recently revamped system.Across the country, law enforcement agencies’ inability — or refusal — to send their annual crime data...