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Metro to temporarily close 4 Green Line stations for major construction

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

Metro riders on the Green Line to northern Prince George’s County, Maryland, will experience some station closures through the end of summer.The transit agency announced that its West Hyattsville, Hyattsville Crossing, College Park-U of Md. and Greenbelt stations will be closed for major construction from July 22 to Sept. 4.Metro said these four stations will be closed for the installation of fiber optic cables to enhance rail system technology.“Once installed, the fiber-optic cables will allow Metro to get more updates done during non-customer hours, which means less downtime in the future,” the transit agency said.Metro advises riders to plan for additional time for their commute. Riders taking the Green Line to Fort Totten on July 22 and 23 will still be able to reach the station via the Red Line. On all other dates, riders can utilize free shuttle bus services to get around green line construction.This disruption to part of the Green Line is one of Metro’...

4 teens arrested, 2 wanted in Prince William Co. high school restroom robbery

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

Four teenagers were arrested and two others are wanted in a robbery inside a Woodbridge, Virginia, high school restroom that occurred over three weeks ago, police said.A 15-year-old boy was confronted and robbed in a restroom at Freedom High School in Woodbridge on June 14. The boy was struck and received minor injuries in what police called a strong-arm robbery.On that same day, a school resource officer quickly detained three of the suspects: two 15-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy.The following day, charges were obtained for the three more suspects. Last week, one of those three — a 17-year-old — was taken into custody, but the search goes on for the other two.Police are still looking for an unnamed 17-year-old boy from Woodbridge and 18-year-old Jerome Okine Amartey of Woodbridge.All suspects are charged with robbery.Source

Elly De La Cruz steals 2nd, 3rd and home in the same inning, sparks Reds to 8-5 win over Brewers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Elly De La Cruz became the first Reds player since 1919 to steal second, third and home in the same inning, the latest electrifying play from the franchise-changing rookie, and Cincinnati beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Saturday.De La Cruz broke a 5-5 tie in the seventh inning with a two-out RBI single off Elvis Peguero, then made the reliever’s life miserable in a span of two pitches. He stole second on a 1-1 offering from Peguero (1-2). On the next pitch, De La Cruz swiped third without a throw.The rattled reliever caught the ball from catcher William Contreras in front of the mound and turned his back as he walked slowly toward the rubber. Pausing only to put his helmet back on, De La Cruz walked down the third base line, broke into a sprint and easily beat Peguero’s rushed throw to the plate.“I kept checking on him, checking on him to see if he was going to go back or if he was checking on me or anything like that,” De La Cruz said through a transl...

Gustavo Petro y Lula da Silva se reunieron en Leticia para conversaciones bilaterales sobre la selva amazónica

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, recibió a su homólogo brasileño, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, en la ciudad amazónica de Leticia el sábado para una reunión bilateral antes de una cumbre internacional sobre la selva amazónica el próximo mes.Los dos líderes destacaron el papel que juega la selva amazónica para el medio ambiente global e instaron a otros países a hacer más para limitar los efectos del cambio climático.“Tenemos conversaciones muy difíciles por delante: todos hemos vivido de los recursos extractivos, pero si cambiamos, podemos vivir de la ciencia, el desarrollo justo, el turismo y la bioeconomía”, dijo Petro, instando a Brasil a limitar la exploración de hidrocarburos de la región amazónica.Colombia ya anunció la prohibición de nuevos contratos de exploración de petróleo y gas, decisión que ha sido muy criticada por la oposición del país y analistas internacionales.El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (izq.) y el presidente de Colombia,...

Candelario and Meneses HRs help Nats snap 5-game skid with a win over AL West-leading Rangers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

Jeimer Candelario and Joey Meneses hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Call also went deep, and the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game skid with an 8-3 win over the AL West-leading Texas Rangers on Saturday.Jake Irvin earned his first victory since May 8 for Washington, which had lost 15 of its last 16 games at Nationals Park. Washington is an NL-worst 14-32 at home.Josh Jung homered twice for Texas, which has lost seven of its last 10 games. Jung, the AL’s starting third baseman in next week’s All-Star Game, leads all major league rookies with 19 home runs.The Nationals led 4-0 before Texas starter Andrew Heaney (5-6) recorded an out. After back-to-back singles, Candelario — who sat out Friday’s series opener after being hit by a pitch on his right knee a day earlier — homered to right-center.Meneses then homered for the third time in two days — after going two months without one. It was the fourth time Washington hit consecutive home runs this se...

2 arrested for alleged connection to deadly I-70 shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department said two people were arrested in connection to the deadly shooting of a motorcyclist on Interstate 70 near Colorado Boulevard on July 4. Cesar Ramirez-Rivera, 21, and Nelson Miranda-Rivas, 25, are being held for investigation of first-degree murder, DPD said. Motorcyclist killed in crash in Montbello neighborhood The shooting happened around 1 a.m. and was initially reported as a crash. When police began the investigation, it was determined the motorcyclist had been shot. He later died at the hospital. What led up to the shooting is still under investigation, and the district attorney's office will determine charges when it is completed.

How loan forgiveness decision could affect the economy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan which would have canceled what would have cost roughly $400 billion.Now, Biden has another plan in the works but the decision has more of an impact on the economy. About 20 million Americans would have had federal student loans erased under Biden’s original plan and will now have to start repaying come October. “It’s going to impact everything from the housing market to loans to everything else, but I think there will be equal blame for the costs going up at this point. And it could impact the election, but we don’t know how yet,” Republican political strategist Michael Fields said on this week's episode of "Colorado Point of View." How the Supreme Court student loan decision affects you On the other side of the political view, Andy Boian agreed the decision will impact the economy. “How will it affect middle-class Americans paying for groceries? Paying for electricity? Paying f...

2 hospitalized after car hits palm tree, bursts into flames in Kendall

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

A car went up in flames after crashing into a palm tree in a residential neighborhood in Southwest Miami-Dade, sending two people to the hospital.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash in the area of South Meadow Lake Drive and Southwest 43rd Terrace in Kendall, at around 5:30 p.m., Thursday.Paramedics transported both victims to an area hospital, one as a trauma alert.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Global heat in ‘uncharted territory’ as scientists warn 2023 could be hottest year on record

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

(CNN) — The world is blasting through climate records as scientists sound the alarm: The likelihood is growing that 2023 could be the hottest year on record, and the climate crisis could be altering our weather in ways they don’t yet understand.And they are not holding back – “extraordinary,” “terrifying” and “uncharted territory” are just a few of the ways they have described the recent spike in global temperature.This week, the planet’s average daily temperature soared to highs unseen in modern records kept by two climate agencies in the US and Europe.While the records are based on data that only goes back to the mid-20th century, they are “almost certainly” the warmest the planet has seen over a much longer time period – “probably going back at least 100,000 years,” according to Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center.And they were far from the only climate superlatives scientists have reported this year.Last month, the world experienced its warme...

NATO skirts final call on Ukraine membership, leaving unity-testing fight for later

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT

Vilnius is only the beginning.Ukraine wants NATO to give it a clear path to membership at this week’s summit in Lithuania. And the request is tying the group’s members in knots.Just wait until they have to make a real decision. When the shooting eventually stops, NATO allies will actually have to choose: Is Ukraine in or out? That’s the moment that will truly test the alliance’s unity.Kyiv wants to join NATO as soon as hostilities are over and has advocated for the alliance to put Ukraine on a concrete path to membership in the meantime. It argues the promise would help the war effort now, leaving no room for Russia to think it can cleave Ukraine from the West. Allies, however, have struggled to address Kyiv’s demands. And while a compromise is in the making, the emotional lobbying and intense negotiations are merely a small preview of a much bigger political fight over Europe and Ukraine’s future once ceasefire negotiations start.Can a country with disputed borders be gra...