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Stormy weather alters Seattle’s travel plans for 1-hour flight to Washington

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — With thunderstorms blanketing the Northeast again, the Seattle Storm had to alter their travel plans to get from New York to Washington for their game against the Mystics on Tuesday.Seattle was originally planning to fly to Washington on Sunday, but when their operations staff got to the airport ahead of the rest of the team they heard their flight was canceled because of incoming storms in the area. The next direct flight out they could get that would be able to accommodate their 24-person travel party was Wednesday — a day after the game. There were also limited seats available on Amtrak trains to Washington with it being the end of a holiday week.After checking with the bus company that the driver would be allowed to take the team to Washington, the Storm picked up their staff at LaGuardia Airport and headed south for the potentially 5-hour drive to D.C. A flight to Washington usually takes about an hour.It already had been a busy travel week for the Storm. They f...

Rockville man charged with stealing two French bulldogs at gunpoint in DC

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

A Rockville, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged for knowingly receiving two stolen French bulldogs that were taken at gunpoint in D.C.D.C. police say Enrico Brown, 51, has been charged with receiving stolen property in the incident that happened on Monday morning.In the first case, an owner of a dog was approached on Monday morning around 10:30 a.m. near 7th Street Southwest while walking their dog alone. They said a suspect approached them, assaulted them and then fled the scene when they were unsuccessful in stealing the dog.Then, two minutes later, police say the original suspect, along with Brown, approached the second victim on V Street Southwest. One of the suspects brandished a handgun, assaulted the victim and then took their dogs, fleeing in a vehicle.The two dogs, a 1 1/2-year-old male named “Uno” and a 5-month-old female named “Cartier,” were later returned to their owner in good health.D.C. police are still searching for another suspect a...

Retiran más de 80,000 bicicletas para niños tras informes de que los manillares podrían desprenderse

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

Más de 80,000 bicicletas para niños están siendo retiradas del mercado luego de docenas de informes de que los manillares podrían desprenderse, de acuerdo a un informe de NBC. Woom Bikes USA retiró las 84,000 bicicletas después de los informes de que el manillar podría desprenderse o aflojarse durante el uso.Todos los tamaños de su modelo original 2018 A 2021, diseñadas para niños de 18 meses a 14 años son parte del retiro. Peloton retira del mercado 2.2 millones de bicicletas por un defecto con la tija del sillín Retiran más de 124,000 vehículos Honda por problemas con los frenos Según la Comisión de Seguridad de Productos de Consumo de EEUU, había 77 informes de desmontaje o aflojamiento del manillar.Los consumidores deben dejar de utilizar las bicicletas recuperadas y contactar a Woom Bikes USA para obtener un kit de reparación gratuito.Las bicicletas fueron vendidas en woom.com, amazon.com y tiendas locales de bicicletas en to...

Una mujer de 45 años quedó embarazada en un estado que prohíbe el aborto. Cruzó el país en avión para abortar.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando Victoria, de 45 años, se dio cuenta de que llevaba cinco semanas de retraso y las líneas dieron positivo en dos pruebas de embarazo, la residente de Nueva Orleans ideó un plan para abortar.Viajar fuera del estado era la única opción para Victoria, que pidió a CNN que no revelara su apellido por miedo a las represalias contra ella y su familia. Louisiana es uno de los estados que prohibieron prácticamente todos los abortos.“Fue probablemente una de las cosas más duras por las que he tenido que pasar, desde el momento en que descubrí que estaba embarazada, a los 45 años, hasta el hecho de tener que ausentarme del trabajo, viajar por todo el país, reunirme con un médico, tomarme las pastillas, volver a casa y volver al trabajo como si no hubiera pasado nada”, contó Victoria a CNN sobre su experiencia a principios de este año.Una pareja de Kentucky está “furiosa” porque la ley estatal del aborto les impidió abrazar a su hija para despedirse d...

Sismo de magnitud 5,6 cerca de Santiago de Chile

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

(CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,6 sacudió Chile este domingo, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés).El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 101 kilómetros de profundidad y el epicentro estuvo ubicado a 31 kilómetros al este noreste de Chicureo Abajo, Chile. A 40 kilómetros al suroreste se ubica Santiago de Chile, capital del país.¿Qué hacer durante un temblor o terremoto?Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Sweden still not ready for NATO, Erdoğan tells Biden

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

Ankara hasn’t seen sufficient progress from Sweden to support its application to join NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call Sunday ahead of a summit of NATO leaders this week. “Erdoğan stated that Sweden has taken some steps in the right direction by making changes in the anti-terrorism legislation,” Turkey’s communications directorate said in a statement following the bilateral call.But the supporters of “terrorist organizations” — pro-Kurdish groups including the PKK and YPG, which are banned in Turkey — continue to hold demonstrations in Sweden, the statement said. “This nullifies the steps taken,” it said.The call comes ahead of a two-day summit of NATO leaders in Lithuania that starts on Tuesday. Biden has thrown his support behind a push to get a deal done on Sweden at the meeting in Vilnius.Erdoğan’s administration has been blocking Sweden’s hopes of joining the ...

Obi Toppin eager for ‘fresh start’ with the Pacers after minutes issue with the Knicks

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

LAS VEGAS — It was drawn up as the feel-good homecoming. A kid from Brooklyn. Grew up rooting for the Knicks. On the day Obi Toppin was drafted, he posted a picture of himself as a child wearing a Latrell Sprewell jersey.“Meant to be,” he captioned the photo.Except, it wasn’t. If anything, Toppin’s tenure in New York was doomed from the start. And on Sunday, the power forward reflected on the disappointing stint while fixed on the better fit in Indiana.“All I can do is just do whatever the coach is asking me to do,” Toppin said when asked if either side could’ve done anything differently to make it work. “Whether that’s being out on the floor, having great energy, doing whatever I need to do to help the team win. I didn’t get the minutes I wanted. But now it’s a fresh start. I’m here in Indy. I got to work for everything I want. And I’m super excited to start.”As he did during his three seasons...

No. 1 Iga Swiatek comes back to beat Belinda Bencic and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

By HOWARD FENDRICH (AP Tennis Writer)WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek saved two match points Sunday and reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory over Belinda Bencic at Centre Court.Swiatek extended her unbeaten run to 14 matches, which includes claiming her fourth Grand Slam title at the French Open last month.Swiatek has won three championships at Roland Garros, and one at the U.S. Open, but she never before had been past the fourth round at the All England Club. Last year, she had a 37-match winning streak snapped during a third-round Wimbledon loss.So comfortable on the red clay of Paris, so capable on the hard courts in New York — and at the Australian Open, where she has made it to the semifinals — Swiatek is just not quite the same player yet on the green grass used at the year’s third Grand Slam tournament.Against the big-hitting Bencic, the singles gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Swiatek certainl...

‘Radical Love:’ Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto’s homeless

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

A last-minute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd’s life into overtime.While sitting on a patio in downtown Toronto on a warm June day, he thinks back to his life four months earlier when he faced a return to the streets. His home at the time, a room at the Royal Oak Inn that was temporarily converted to a shelter, was set to close. Then came an even more crushing blow: doctors told him he had three months to live after they diagnosed him with stage-four liver cancer.Despondent, he splayed out like a starfish on his bed.“I was getting ready to off myself,” Ackroyd, 61, says. He was broke, addicted to drugs and did not know where he would live.But then came a knock at the door. Starr Dedam, a support worker with an organization that helps Toronto’s homeless population, had come to check on him. “She pulled me out of it,” Ackroyd says. That helping hand came from Kensington Health, a non-profit organization that provides long-term and hospice care among ...

Ex-priest sentenced to 25 years for drugging and molesting men he met in New Orleans tourist area

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:17:50 GMT

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he met in a popular tourist area in New Orleans, a prosecutor said.WVUE-TV reported that Stephen Sauer, 61, targeted people in the city’s French Quarter who appeared drunk, lost or in need of help, according to Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick Jr. The crimes occurred from 2019 to 2021, and many of the victims were visiting from out of state, Connick said.The investigation began in 2021 after Sauer sent a computer to an electronics repair company in New York. A technician found hundreds of images suggesting sexual assaults had occurred. New York law enforcement officials determined the images were taken in Metairie and notified the Jefferson Parish sheriff.The prosecutor said Sauer put narcotics in men’s drinks at bars or gave them sleep-inducing drugs after they passed out from drinking. He then dro...