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3 local restaurants among best cheap food in US

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you are looking for a good local bite on a budget, these three restaurants are for you.USA Today sorted out 100 of the best cheap places to eat out of 28,000 options in 50 U.S. cities, and three Denver metro restaurants made the cut. What is the Colorado slopper burger, and where to get one Plus, one Denver restaurant was named among the top 25 fast-food locations in the country.No. 15 Turtle Boat - Colorado Poki SaladsLocated at 2231 S. Broadway, Turtle Boat offers gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and soy-free salads, according to its website. This affordable eatery makes salads custom-made with a variety of proteins like dietary restriction-friendly options and seafood, including locally raised Colorado striped bass, trout, salmon and more.No. 43 Urban BurmaAccording to its website, Urban Burma, located inside an international food hall at 10180 E. Colfax Ave. in Aurora, was the first Burmese restaurant in Colorado.The menu features a variety of noodle dishes, c...

CU Buffs fans are giving the Broncos a run for their money

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Saturdays might be the top football day for Coloradans. The University of Colorado Buffaloes are looking at sold-out games, empty apparel racks and viewership in the multi-millions this year. After their recent success, the Buffs are shaping up to be more popular than the Denver Broncos this season. CU Buffs merchandise in high demand far from Boulder When it comes to past viewership between the Buffs and the Broncos, the numbers are unmatched. According to Google Trends in the past 10 years, the Broncos were searched more than double the Buffs. trends.embed.renderExploreWidget("TIMESERIES", {"comparisonItem":[{"keyword":"/m/0f24cc","geo":"US-CO-751","time":"2015-08-18 2023-09-18"},{"keyword":"/m/0289q","geo":"US-CO-751","time":"2015-08-18 2023-09-18"}],"category":0,"property":""}, {"exploreQuery":"date=2015-08-18%202023-09-18&geo=US-CO-751&q=%2Fm%2F0f24cc,%2Fm%2F0289q&hl=en","guestPath":"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/"}); This made sense at the tim...

Alabama band director tased and arrested after high school football game for refusing to stop performance, police say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

(CNN) — A band director was tased and arrested after he disregarded police requests to stop his band’s performance following a high school football game, according to a Birmingham Police Department spokesperson.The incident happened Thursday following a win by Minor High School at PD Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham, said police. Birmingham police officers started clearing out the stadium when the game ended and noticed “both schools’ bands still performing,” said spokesperson Truman Fitzgerald in a statement.Officers spoke with both band directors and asked them to stop playing music “so students and attendees would leave the stadium,” said the statement.The home team band stopped playing when asked, but Minor’s band director, Johnny Mims, did not stop and “instructed his band to continue performing,” according to Birmingham police.“BPD officers attempted to take the band director into custody for Disorderly Conduct when a physical altercation ensued between the band director...

Crash on Pembroke Pines Boulevard causes street closure, power outage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

A crash in Pembroke Pines has blocked off a street and caused a power outage in the area on Tuesday morning. The incident happened at 13600 Pines Boulevard after a car, traveling eastbound, somehow went airborne and hit a heavy-duty power pole. Power lines that were destroyed as a result of the crash caused a power outage in the area.It is unclear if anyone was injured. Police have blocked off the eastbound lanes of Pines Boulevard approaching 136th Avenue as authorities clear the scene. The Pembroke Pines Police Department has been reached for more information. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Starmer tells Macron he wants to bolster UK-French ties if Labour wins power

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

LONDON — Labour Leader Keir Starmer told Emmanuel Macron he intends to improve relations between London and Paris if the opposition party wins power in Britain.The U.K. opposition leader met France’s president in Paris Tuesday, as he attempts to build on his international reputation and establish links with foreign leaders. Starmer has a commanding polling lead over current U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak ahead of an expected general election next year.Speaking following his meeting with Macron, Starmer told Sky News the behind-closed-doors talks had been his first chance to say how much he values the relationship between France and the U.K.“We had a very political discussion, covering a lot of issues to do with global politics,” Starmer said. “But also it was that opportunity to look at future prosperity, future security, some of the most pressing issues on my mind and on the president’s mind, and to discuss ideas about how we improve the relationship ...

France and Germany back four-speed Europe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

BRUSSELS — Franco-German experts unveiled a proposal for sweeping structural reforms to the European Union as pressure builds to bring in new member countries by the end of the decade.The report, commissioned by the EU’s two biggest countries, aims to overhaul rules and prepare to govern in a union of 30 or more nations.The authors envision an model EU in four concentric circles.“1. The inner circle; 2. The EU; 3. Associate members; 4. The European Political Community [a loose association of European leaders that meet twice a year to talk],” they write.EU ministers are discussing the paper on Wednesday, preparing the ground for an upcoming summit of national leaders in October where enlargement is expected to top the agenda.“It’s clear that EU enlargement and EU reform go hand in hand. And we need to begin with this now,” Germany’s Europe Minister Anna Lührmann told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday morning.The report by a group of 12 experts proposes radical refo...

UK won’t stop India trade talks despite row over murder of Sikh leader

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

LONDON — Britain will not pull out of trade talks with India despite allegations that the country’s government sanctioned the assassination of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson on Tuesday said it would not “get ahead” of the investigation being carried out by the Canadian government — a G7 and Five Eyes ally of Britain — and that “when we have concerns with countries we are negotiating trade deals with, we will raise them directly with the government.”Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sensationally claimed on Monday night that there are “credible allegations” that India’s government was involved in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June — a claim New Delhi denies.Nijjar, a well-known activist and advocate of an independent Sikh nation, was murdered by two gunmen outside his home in British Columbia on June 18.The claims, which the Indian government calls “absurd and motivated,” have sunk Canada and India relations...

Boston Unity wins expansion spot in Professional Women’s Soccer League

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

It’s official, the city will host an expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League, due to kick off in the 2026 season.The Hubs team will take the pitch at White Stadium in the city’s Franklin Park, according to an announcement from the league Tuesday.The Boston Unity Soccer Partners won the expansion bid to become the league’s 15th team.“I’m excited to expand the NWSL’s footprint and continue its transformative growth in our return to Boston, one of the world’s most iconic sports cities,” said NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman in a statement announcing the franchise. “We are very proud to welcome Boston Unity Soccer Partners to our ownership group. They bring an impressive roster of business leaders committed to continuing Boston’s legacy of sports excellence and delivering a successful team to a very passionate fanbase. We are thrilled for their entry to the league in the 2026 season and add a new chapter to the storied history of Boston sports.”Boston Mayor Michelle W...

A Moscow court delays decision on the appeal of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich filed an appeal Tuesday to be released from jail on espionage charges, but the Moscow City Court did not immediately rule on it, causing confusion from Russian media that reported contradictory results from the closed session.The court said in a statement it sent Gershkovich’s case back to a lower court due to procedural violations. The state news agency Tass reported the court had rejected Gershkovich’s appeal, meaning he will remain jailed until Nov. 30.Before the session was closed, Gershkovich appeared in the glass defendants’ cage, smiling at journalists and wearing a yellow sweater and blue jeans. He was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) east of Moscow.The court proceedings are closed because prosecutors say details of the criminal case are classified. Gershkovich last appeared in court in August when a judge ruled he must s...

Canada told allies before sharing allegations about India over B.C. killing: Trudeau

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:28:28 GMT

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging India to take allegations that the country had a role in the death of a Canadian citizen seriously, after New Delhi called the claims “absurd and motivated.”Trudeau revealed Monday that Canadian intelligence services are investigating “credible” information about “a potential link” between India’s government and the death of British Columbia Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.Trudeau says India’s government “needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness” but would not say whether it is co-operating.Ottawa has ordered a senior Indian diplomat to leave Canada, and India responded by sending an unnamed Canadian diplomat packing.Trudeau says he waited until he was able to raise the issue with allies and with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi before telling the public about the possible link.Nijjar was shot outside his...