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DC region’s air quality gets mixed grades in new report

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Findings for the D.C. region’s air quality were mixed in the report from the American Lung Association’s 2023 “State of the Air” report, which was released Wednesday.The report grades Americans’ exposure to unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution, annual particle pollution and short-term spikes in particle pollution.According to the findings, the D.C. region received another F letter grade when it comes to ozone smog.The actual number of days with unhealthy levels of ozone smog did not change since last year’s report, but the area’s went from 30th worst in the nation to 26th worst out of more than 200 metro areas.Baltimore County displaced Harford County in Maryland, as the county in the region with the worst performance for ozone in this year’s report, earning an F grade.Harford, Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties — all in Maryland — also continued to earn F grades.“We still have significant emissions because we are a metropolitan area and we’re exposed to ...

Leão outshines ‘Kvara’ in matchup of standout wingers in CL

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Rafael Leão isn’t quite ready to relinquish his slalom title to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.It was the Portuguese winger — not the Georgian dribbling wonder — who was more successful at weaving his way around defenders in their three-week showdown, as Leão carried AC Milan past Napoli and “Kvara” into the Champions League semifinals after also helping rout the runaway Serie A leader 4-0 in the Italian league.“We’re enjoying everything about Leão,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli said after a 1-1 draw in the second leg on Tuesday enabled the Rossoneri to advance on 2-1 aggregate. “Today we asked him to help out more defensively and he did it. Rafa is becoming a champion and that’s what he’ll become. It’s up to him, because for someone with that much talent and skill, both technically and physically, it’s just a matter of how much effort he puts in.”The decisive goal of the Champions League series came when Leão took the ball from Milan’s own half and slalomed his way through...

Chisholm’s homer leads Marlins over Giants 4-2

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a go-ahead three-run homer and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Tuesday.Jorge Soler had three hits and Luis Arraez singled twice for the Marlins, who have won six of seven.Marlins starter Edward Cabrera limited San Francisco to two runs and six hits over six innings. Cabrera (1-1) walked two and struck out eight.The Giants lost their fifth straight.Chisholm’s shot off Giants reliever Jakob Junis (2-1) in the fourth put the Marlins ahead 4-2. Soler doubled and Bryan De La Cruz singled, then Chisholm connected on a drive that landed over the wall in right center field.Miami got perfect innings from Tanner Scott and Dylan Floro before A.J. Puk closed with a scoreless ninth for his third save.San Francisco lost starter Alex Wood because of a left hamstring strain in the third. Wood planted both feet awkwardly after he left the mound and fielded Jean Segura’s bunt near the third base foul line. He threw Segura out by a step but lim...

Celtics beat Hawks 119-106 for 2-0 series lead

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 29 points and an emphatic dunk to end a clinching late run and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 119-106 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.Derrick White added 26 points and seven rebounds, and Jaylen Brown scored 18 points. Boston outscored Atlanta 64-40 in the paint.Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with 29 points, and Trae Young had 24. Game 3 is Friday night in Atlanta.Down by 20, the Hawks cut it to single digits late in the third quarter. With Atlanta trailing 74-57, Young went to the bench and sat out the final 7:07 of the period, briefly visiting the locker room.His teammates picked it up without him, outscoring the Celtics 24-16 to pull within nine — at 90-81 — entering the fourth.Young returned to begin the final period and scored four straight points with just over five minutes to play to make it 104-95. But the Celtics responded with a 15-2 run — bookended by a 3-pointer and dunk by Tatum — to get it b...

Investigan como feminicidio la muerte de Bionce Amaya Cortez, una joven residente de EE.UU., en Nuevo León

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

(CNN Español) — Las autoridades de México investigan bajo el protocolo de feminicidio la muerte de Bionce Amaya Cortez, una joven residente de Estados Unidos reportada como desaparecida a principios de abril en Nuevo León.La Fiscalía General de Justicia de ese estado confirmó en un comunicado este sábado que los estudios forenses determinaron que Amaya Cortez murió por contusión profunda de cráneo, vertebro medular cervical y de tórax. Su cuerpo fue encontrado un día antes en la comunidad de El Verde, en el municipio de General Bravo.La institución agregó que el Ministerio Público ha obtenido órdenes de aprehensión en contra de dos personas presuntamente relacionadas con los hechos.Autoridades en México investigan la muerte de Luz Raquel Padilla bajo el protocolo de feminicidioEl vicefiscal del Ministerio Público, Luis Enrique Orozco, dijo a la cadena Milenio que investiga la muerte de la joven bajo el protocolo de feminicidio. Aunque no aclaró qué saben sobre cómo se produjer...

Walls hits two HRs, Bradley dazzles, Rays beat Reds 10-0

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Taylor Walls homered twice and drove in four runs and rookie right-hander Taj Bradley dazzled in his second start as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-0 on Tuesday night. Yandy Diaz hit a three-run homer, and Randy Arozarena also went deep as the Rays handed Reds lefty Nick Lodolo his first loss of the season. The Rays have homered in each of their first 18 games this season, the second-longest home run streak to begin a campaign since the 2019 Mariners went deep in 20 straight games. The 22-year-old Bradley (2-0) was sensational again, striking out nine and walking one in 5 1/3 innings. His 17 combined strikeouts in his first two career starts are the most for a Rays pitcher, surpassing Andy Sonnanstine’s previous club record of 15 strikeouts in 2007. Walls, who went 4 for 5, started the scoring with a solo homer in the second. Four batters later, Diaz launched his fifth homer of the season with two aboard to put the Rays up 4-0. Walls’ tw...

$13,200 OTF Grant Supports Kingston School of Art

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Kingston, ON – On Saturday, local MPP Ted Hsu met with the team at Kingston School of Art’s Student & Staff Show Reception to hear more about the $13,200 Resilient Communities Fund grant they received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The funds, awarded over 6 months, helped the Kingston School of Art rebuild and recover from the impacts of the pandemic by increasing staff and developing new strategies for the future.“For the last twenty years the Kingston School of Art has brought fine arts instruction to the community through its affordable programming. I am pleased that Kingston School of Art has received this Resilient Communities Fund grant, allowing them to work towards pandemic recovery and building for the future,” said Ted Hsu, MPP for Kingston and the Islands.The Student & Staff Show at KSOA’s Window Art Gallery features artworks by the KSOA Community, both adults and youth alike, and will be on display from 4...

Residents concerned about eroding stretch of US 285

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Residents near the town of Conifer are concerned about a stretch of U.S. 285, which they say looks to be eroding. The area in question is a northbound stretch, near mile marker 231 on the shoulder. Resident Mike Butterfield, who runs Red Hawk Ranch, said he’s been complaining to the Colorado Department of Transportation since September 2021. “This is a undercut of the highway, so water’s coming down and just washing out underneath the highway," Butterfield said. Federal judge halts Colorado ban on ‘abortion pill reversal’ Late Tuesday, Matt Inzeo, CDOT's communications director, said a curb edge of the road is, indeed, missing. He said infill and loads of rock will be needed to “build the area back up.” Weather permitting, that process could begin as early as Wednesday. That's good news for Mike Butterfield and others. “It’s all about the safety of the people that drive the highway,” he said.

Westchester residents upset about proposed car wash in neighborhood

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Some homeowners in Westchester are angry about a new neighbor moving in. Kevin Ozebek shows us why in tonight’s 7 Investigates.You don’t often see a protest pop up in the suburbs. But these homeowners are livid.Fred Garcia-Cartaya, resident: “The community is aligned to have no car wash in this block.”What he and dozens of others are unhappy about is what is coming to this double-lot in their Westchester community.This is the future site of an El Car Wash, a popular local car wash chain.Joel Garcia, resident: “The project is just not compatible with the neighborhood. It is mostly a residential neighborhood.”Eli Ristine, resident: “The biggest thing is, it doesn’t match. It doesn’t match with that’s going on in this area.”Sergio Tigera, resident: “It just doesn’t fit, right? There are plenty of other places.”Residents are worried the car wash will change their community’s aesthetic.Tiffany OR...

Time to reform UK lawmakers’ trough feeding

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

James Snell is a senior adviser at the New Lines Institute. He is writing a book on the war on Afghanistan.The trading of influence for money is everywhere — and Britain is not immune.Or so the anti-Brexit campaigning group Led by Donkeys found. They set up a fake Korean company, threw together a website and went on a fishing expedition. In so doing, the activists managed to snare some British politicians touting for extracurricular work.It was a fairly cheap sting operation, although the numbers involved were quite large.Four members of parliament bit the hook: Former minister Stephen Hammond, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng and former minister-turned-game-show-contestant Matt Hancock — who were filmed in Zoom meetings, asking for fees of £10,000 per day to consult — as well as Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the Conservative Party’s backbench 1922 Committee, who asked for a comparatively small wage packet of £6,000 per day.They all say they did everything by the b...