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Thousands remain powerless as DC area recovers from strong summer storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

Listen live to WTOP for the latest on storm damage and outages.D.C., Maryland and Virginia are in recovery mode after severe weather walloped area trees and knocked off power for thousands across the region. Here’s what you need to know.Current Outages — Power outages continue for more than 25,000 Pepco customers, 28,000 Dominion Energy customers, 8,800 BGE customers and over 15,000 SMECO customers.Traffic Impact — Part of George Washington Memorial Parkway is closed through Sunday while crews remove trees in the road.Heat Support — Some heat relief services will remain open into the morning after the storm.After a multiday heat wave brought dangerously high temperatures into the forecast, storms packed with winds gusting above 55 mph found their way into the capital region. Those storms brought down powerlines, trees and some buildings in the area, creating a big challenge forBy 2:30 a.m., thousands of Pepco customers were still in the dark — the number is a far cry from the ...

Sam Kerr returns for Australia ahead of must-win Women’s World Cup match against Canada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Kerr is set to return for Australia at the Women’s World Cup just in time for a must-win match against Canada. If the Matildas lose, the tournament co-hosts will be eliminated.That was barely even a consideration ahead of this World Cup, with Kerr expected to take Australia deep into the tournament for perhaps a shot at the championship. But the star striker missed the the home team’s first two matches with a calf injury. She announced ahead of Monday’s match in Melbourne that she will play against Canada, the Olympic gold medalists in Tokyo. A win will put Australia into the knockout round for the fifth consecutive time. A shocking 3-2 loss to Nigeria dropped Australia to third in Group B, behind Nigeria and Canada, and a loss in the last group game would be devastating for the co-hosts.Kerr is Australia’s all-time leading scorer with 63 goals in 121 games.“I’m definitely going to be available,” Kerr said, “but how we decide ...

Today in History: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare into law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

Today in History Today is Sunday, July 30, the 211th day of 2023. There are 154 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 30, 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, having just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 317 out of nearly 1,200 men survived. On this date: In 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. In 1729, Baltimore, Maryland, was founded.In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Confederate defense lines; the attack failed. In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people. In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I...

Kenya ofrece desplegar 1.000 policías en Haití para combatir la violencia de las pandillas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

(CNN) — Kenya ofreció desplegar 1.000 policías en la nación caribeña de Haití, en medio de enfrentamientos armados entre grupos criminales y la policía, dijo en Twitter el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Kenya, Alfred Mutua.“A pedido del Grupo de Naciones Amigos de Haití, Kenya aceptó considerar positivamente liderar una Fuerza Multinacional a Haití”, escribió Mutua este sábado.La fuerza de Kenya ayudará a entrenar y ayudar a la policía haitiana a “restaurar la normalidad en el país y proteger las instalaciones estratégicas”, según Mutua.El índice de criminalidad en Haití se ha disparado más del doble en apenas un añoLa fuerza se desplegará una vez que se obtenga el mandato del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU y se lleven a cabo otros procesos constitucionales de Kenya, dijo Mutua.El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. ordenó este jueves que todo su personal que no es de emergencia abandone el país, luego de advertir sobre una alta amenaza de delitos violentos y se...

Morocco makes history in 1-0 defeat of South Korea at Women’s World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

Adelaide, Australia (AP) — Morocco made history in multiple ways during its 1-0 victory over South Korea in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday.Defender Nouhaila Benzina became the first player to wear a Hijab in a World Cup game at the senior level, and her teammate Ibtissam Jraïdi scored the Atlas Lionesses’ first World Cup goal. The Moroccans scored in the 6th minute and were able to make it stand up for the remainder of the match. After a lopsided 6-0 loss against Germany, the victory keeps No. 72-ranked Morocco in contention to advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.KEY MOMENTSMorocco scored its first ever World Cup goal in the sixth minute when Ibtissam Jraïdi met a cross from Hanane Aït El Haj with a glancing header toward the far post. South Korea had the majority of the possession but was unable to translate the advantage into many scoring opportunities. Its best chance at equalizing came in the 87th minute when 16-year-old New Jersey resident Casey Phair pushed ...

Noruega domina las Filipinas en el primer tiempo 3 – 0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

Noruega se enfrenta a Filipinas en el estadio de Eden Park, por el Grupo A de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2023. La patada inicial de este encuentro de la Copa del Mundo se dio a la 3.00 a.m. ET / 12.00 a.m. PT.  La cobertura de Universo arranca a partir de las 2.30 a.m. ET / 11.30 p.m. PT.   Puedes ver el partido en vivo sintonizando Universo en tu TV, o para verlo por streaming desde tu computadora o dispositivo móvil a través de la app de Peacock, haz clic aquí.Source

Morocco 1, South Korea 0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

Morocco10—1South Korea00—0First Half_1, Morocco, Jraidi, (Ait El Haj), 6th minute.Second Half_None.Goalies_Morocco, Khadija Er-Rmichi, Assia Zouhair, Ines Arouaissa; South Korea, Jung Mi Kim, Young Geul Yoon, Jisu Ryu.Yellow Cards_Benzina, Morocco, 81st.Referee_Edina Alves Batista. Assistant Referees_Neuza Ines Back, Leila Naiara Moreira da Cruz, Daiane Caroline Muniz Dos Santos. 4th Official_Marianela Araya Cruz.___Source

MLB notes: With expanded playoffs, more teams have reason to buy at trade deadline

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

Not long ago there was a clear line between the contenders and the pretenders. If you weren’t leading your division or among the five or six best teams in your league, chances are you were better off looking ahead to next year.Now, things aren’t quite so simple.Entering Saturday, 11 out of 15 American League teams were over .500 and 10 were either in playoff position or within four games of a spot. A similar dynamic is at play in the National League, with nine teams at or above .500 and eight within a game of a postseason berth.That kind of situation would have been exceedingly unlikely if not mathematically impossible in years past, but thanks to the expanded postseason field, a fully balanced schedule and the historic ineptitude of the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals, we now live in a world where nearly the entire league can realistically say it has a chance to make the playoffs.And as we’ve seen so many times before, if you make it to October, you can w...

A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Thailand kills at least 10 people and wounds dozens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand on Saturday killed at least ten people and wounded dozens, officials said.The Narathiwat province’s Public Relations Department also said that at least 118 people were hurt, and that residents of more than 200 households were affected. It said that officials believe there are still a number of people trapped under the debris waiting to be rescued.Videos posted on social media from the site show a huge plume of smoke over the area and many damaged structures, cars and motorbikes, as well as streets covered with debris. Many of the houses and other buildings have collapsed roofs and walls.The local public relations agency reported that the explosion caused damages in a radius of about 500 meters (1,640 feet). About 100 residences in the area were damaged, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.Sanan Pongaksorn, the provincial governor, told public broadcaster Thai PBS that t...

9 die, including 3 children, as strong winds hit tourist camp in central Russia, officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:30 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — At least nine people — including three children — have died after high winds tore through central Russia, emergency services and a local official reported Sunday. Eight of the dead were part of a group of tourists camping close to Lake Yalchik in the Mari-El region when the storm hit Saturday, Russia’s emergencies ministry said.The strong winds caused a large number of trees to fall in the area, including where the group’s tents had been pitched on a stretch of wild beach, regional leader Yuri Zaitsev wrote on social media. He said that three children were among the dead.Across the wider Volga Federal District, 76 people were injured in the storm, with thousands of households losing power, emergency services said.The Associated Press