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Witch way to the treats? Bowie dog park hosts pet pantry Halloween event

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage.Halloween isn’t just for children. You and your pet can have a doggone good time at the Howl-o-Ween 2: Electric Pupaloo event at the City of Bowie’s dog park in Maryland.The event on Friday, Oct. 27, will run from 4-6 p.m.They’ll have treats for both humans and dogs, but the purpose of the event is to help pet owners in the community.“We’re going to be putting a pet pantry at the dog park,” said Officer Jessica Gaunt with the City of Bowie Animal Control Office. She said people are being asked to donate dog training tools to the pantry like collars, leashes, clickers, food and treats to support our pet owners. She said they want to help people who don’t always have the money to get the necessary tools to help train their dogs.She added the focus will be on filling their animal control vans, “so that we’ll have plenty of mat...

Photos: Morning fog reduces viability on roads in Denver metro

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you are headed out for your morning commute, be extra careful. Fog is moving across the northeastern plains and northern Front Range on Thursday morning, reducing driving visibility to less than a half mile at times.The Boulder National Weather Service tweeted that there was fog in the urban corridor early Thursday morning, and it will last through midday.At 7:38 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2023, NWS tweeted that a dense fog advisory for the metro has been issued until 10 a.m. due to very limited visibility.I-25 in Thornton (Courtesy of CDOT)Fog on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, morning in Brighton (Courtesy of Boulder National Weather Service)Fog on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, morning in Broomfield (Courtesy of Broomfield Police Department)With this fog, NWS Boulder said it could reduce visibility to less than a half mile at times. What is ‘super fog’? Driving tips for fogHere are some tips for driving in the fog from the NWS.Slow down and keep a safe distance from the car in fron...

Will this Halloween's weather make history?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Halloween is on Tuesday, and Denver is looking at highs in the upper 40s during the day with sunny skies, and low 40s by the evening. While this sounds chilly for trick-or-treating, it's nowhere near the coldest Halloween in history. According to the National Weather Service, the coldest Halloween on record wasn't too long ago when it hit 7 degrees in 2019. This may sound miserable, but probably not as awful as Halloween in 1972 when it snowed 8 inches in Denver. What will Denver’s weather be like for Halloween? While it isn't nearly close to the warmest Halloween on record, which was 79 degrees in 2016 and 1950, the historical probability it's going to snow is low (12%). The last time it snowed on Halloween was five years ago in 2018.Halloween in past years has been all over the place from one of the warmest years in 2016 to the coldest in 2019. This Oct. 31 is not looking too bad.On average, Halloween temperatures hit a high of 57.1 degrees in Denver with a low o...

Florida couple’s heroic rescue saves dog from predators

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

PALM CITY, Fla. (WSVN) – A Florida woman and her husband refused to leave a stranded dog’s side until she was safely rescued from a perilous situation.Wendy Diaz, a Belle Glade resident, told her husband on cellphone video she took that she wanted to stay longer to try to get the dog to come to her. “I was saying, ‘Baby no, I want to stay, I don’t want to leave, I want to stay with her,'” Diaz recalled. The stranded dog was discovered on a spillway with a 12-foot drop, surrounded by water and menacing predators.“That place was in the middle of nowhere,” she said. “You can see the gators swimming around and you know I was scared for the dog and also for us.”Facing the presence of alligators, Diaz dialed 911, and animal services supervisors were dispatched to the scene. “And I said, ‘Oh thank you Lord, thank you,'” recounted Diaz.She eagerly awaited good news, and her persistence paid off when she received the mes...

Search underway for missing 37-year-old man missing from Flagami

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

The Miami Police Department is searching for a 37-year-old man, who was reported missing from the Flagami area. Juan Carlos Torrez, with brown hair and brown eyes, stands at 5’8″ and weighs 165 lbs. He was last seen wearing a white shirt with dark pants.If you have any information or have seen Juan Carlos Torrez, please contact authorities at 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111 immediately.

Family dog dead following house fire in Miami Springs; MDFR investigation underway

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) rushed to tackle a raging house fire in Miami Springs. Although no injuries were reported, the family’s dog inside the burning building died. The blaze broke out around 4:24 a.m. Thursday, off 36th Street and Northwest 32nd Avenue, when it engulfed the residence in heavy flames and thick smoke. One adult and three children living in the house were already outside when fire crews arrived. MDFR firefighters were seen in action, working to control the fire, with some scaling the roof to address the situation. The wind spread the flames, posing additional challenges for fire units who were on the scene. “Our units found heavy fire coming from the garage side of the house. The wind exasperated the fire, made it a little more difficult,” said Mark Chavers,MDFR Division Chief. “We had seven units respond to the fire. It’s a large house. It equivalent to fighting a building fire or a small warehouse.” According to officials,...

ECB presses pause after record tightening

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

The European Central Bank left its interest rates unchanged for the first time in 15 months, taking a breather as the fastest tightening cycle in its history exerts an increasing drag on the economy.The decision had been widely expected after ECB President Christine Lagarde signaled a likely pause following last month’s rate hike. Economic activity and inflation have continued to slow since then.That means the key deposit rate stays at a record-high 4 percent, with the main refinancing and marginal lending rates staying at 4.50 percent and 4.75 percent, respectively.According to the ECB’s statement, inflation is still expected to stay too high for too long, and domestic price pressures remain strong. But at the same time, inflation dropped markedly in September.Looking ahead, the central bank left the door for further rate hikes open, saying it “will ensure that its policy rates will be set at sufficiently restrictive levels for as long as necessary.” However, most analysts th...

Vermont police find 2 bodies off rural road as they investigate disappearance of 2 Massachusetts men

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

MORRISTOWN, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police on Wednesday found two bodies in a wooded area off a rural road in Eden as they investigate the disappearance of two 21-year-old Massachusetts men, police said.“Right now we’re not able to make any identifications or any assumptions,” Maj. Dan Trudeau, commander of the Vermont State Police’s criminal division, said during an afternoon press conference. No arrests have been made, he said.“We are treating it as a homicide,” he said. Police expect to get a cause and manner of the deaths as well as identities of the victims on Thursday, after the medical examiner processes the bodies, Trudeau said.Jahim Solomon of Pittsfield and Eric White of Chicopee disappeared under “suspicious circumstances” while traveling through several communities, state police said Saturday. They were reported missing on Oct. 15 after falling out of touch with their families for several days, authorities said. They’d previously been in Burlington, Lowell, Morris...

ACLU argues Trump gag order in federal election subversion case is unconstitutional

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

(CNN) — The American Civil Liberties Union and its Washington, DC, chapter filed an amicus brief in support of Donald Trump on Wednesday, arguing that the gag order against the former president in his federal election subversion case is unconstitutional.The brief contends that the order issued by Judge Tanya Chutkan earlier this month, which limits what Trump can say about special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, violates the 2024 GOP front-runner’s First Amendment rights.The ACLU, which often challenged his administration’s policy, acknowledged that many of the things Trump “has said has been patently false and has caused great harm to countless individuals, as well as to the Republic itself.” Still, it argued, the former president “retains a First Amendment right to speak, and the rest of us retain a right to hear what he has to say.”Trump has appealed the order. Chutkan temporarily froze&n...

A ‘new turning point’: Patients could soon have a new shot to protect them from deadly meningitis

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:16:02 GMT

(CNN) — Patti Wukovits still thinks about how she had to bury her daughter in her prom dress.In June 2012, 17-year-old Kimberly Coffey had a fever and body aches. She told her mom it felt like her ankles were bleeding. When Wukovits looked, she noticed a purple rash.Wukovits, a nurse from Long Island, rushed Kimberly to the emergency room where doctors diagnosed her with meningitis. Her kidneys and heart were failing. They could do little to help her.Kimberly died days before her high school graduation.“Our whole world changed,” Wukovits said. “There’s not one day, one hour that goes by that I really don’t think about her. She’s always on top of my mind.”Wukovits was confused about how Kimberly could have meningitis. She had followed the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations and made sure her daughter had been vaccinated.Doctors explained that while Kimberly had protection with the MenACWY vaccine, a shot that the CDC recommends adolescents get wh...