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For Arbor Day, plant a tree resilient to climate change

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

Trees are long-term investments that often outlive the people who plant them. And with the world’s climate changing fast, we now need to consider whether the trees we plant today will be able to withstand the changing conditions in our gardens over the next 30, 50 or even 100 years.“Things are changing faster than the lifespan of trees,” said Daniel Herms, an entomologist specializing in the resiliency of trees at the research branch of the Davey Tree Expert Co., a landscaping firm based in Kent, Ohio.Over the next few decades, some trees will thrive and others won’t, “depending on traits that make them adapt to the changing climate,” he said. Those changes include rising temperatures, and rain and drought patterns.Even some iconic state trees are not considered resilient in their own states, Herms said. For example, California’s coastal redwoods “are very dependent on the moisture that comes from fog, and that fog is being reduced.”Other state trees that are vulnerable to climate c...

UN fears more ‘displacement’ from Sudan despite cease-fire

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency warned Tuesday of “further displacement” of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighboring Chad and South Sudan despite a tenuous cease-fire between the two warring Sudanese generals battling for control of the country. The fighting has plunged Sudan into chaos, pushing the already heavily aid-dependent African nation to the brink of collapse. Since the clashes erupted on April 15, at least 20,000 Sudanese have fled into Chad and some 4,000 South Sudanese refugees — who had been living in Sudan — have returned to their home country, UNHCR spokeswoman Olga Sarrado said Tuesday. The figures could rise, she cautioned. Sarrado did not have figures for the five other countries neighboring Sudan, but UNHCR has cited unspecified numbers of those fleeing Sudan arriving in Egypt.“The fighting looks set to trigger further displacement both within and outside the country,” she said, speaking at a U.N. briefing in Geneva. The UNHCR was scaling ...

Líder opositor Juan Guaidó llegó a Miami tras salir de Colombia

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

(CNN Español) — El líder opositor venezolano Juan Guaidó dijo que fue “obligado” a salir de Colombia y llegó a Miami debido a las amenazas contra él y su familia por parte del régimen de Maduro, aseguró en un video publicado en Twitter este martes antes de salir de Colombia.“Después de 60 horas de camino para llegar a Bogotá, saltándome la persecución de la dictadura, desafiando al régimen de Maduro, me obligaron a salir de Colombia. La persecución de la dictadura se extendió, lamentablemente, hoy a Colombia”, dijo Guaidó en el video publicado antes de partir de Colombia hacia Estados Unidos.Guaidó llegó a Miami este martes en la madrugada.Guaidó llegó a Colombia el lunes por invitación del canciller colombiano, Álvaro Leyva, para asistir a una cumbre organizada por el presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, en Bogotá, que tenía como objetivo alentar nuevas conversaciones entre el gobierno venezolano y la oposición, dijo Guaidó.“Lamentablemente cuando fue el canciller (Álvaro Le...

NextEra: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $2.09 billion.The Juno Beach, Florida-based company said it had profit of $1.04 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 84 cents per share.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 75 cents per share.The parent company of Florida Power & Light Co. posted revenue of $6.72 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.78 billion.NextEra expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.98 to $3.13 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NEE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/NEESource

Forecast update: Why some areas will get snow and Denver only rain

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It is springtime in Colorado, which means the forecast is always shifting. If you were looking forward to some snow in the metro, you might be out of luck during this storm.A Pinpoint Weather Day has been issued for Tuesday and Wednesday as wet weather will make its way into Colorado. The Pinpoint Weather team has been tracking this storm for a while and was transparent that this one was going to be tricky due to the temperature and elevation. Denver among top 10 places people are leaving in 2023 Now that the storm is closer, here is what to expect from the updated forecast.Rain for the metro snow for the higher elevationsOn Tuesday, temperatures will stay a bit warmer than previously forecast with highs in the low 50s. This means that temperatures are just too warm for anything to stick. Pinpoint Meteorologist Travis Michels said that because temperatures won't drop below freezing the impact on roads and overpasses will be minimal in the metro.It all co...

Florida surgeon general altered Covid-19 vaccine analysis to suggest higher risk for younger men, Politico reports

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

(CNN) — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo altered an analysis released by the Florida Department of Health last year to suggest mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pose a significant health risk to men ages 18 to 39, Politico reported Monday.Politico said it obtained a document as part of a public records request that shows Ladapo’s changes to the eight-page analysis. The changes deleted comments that said a link with slightly increased risk of cardiac-related deaths after Covid-19 vaccination was “no longer significant” for multidose vaccines and “there is little suggestion of any effect immediately following vaccination.” The document shows an added line that says mRNA vaccines may be driving an increased risk of cardiac-related death in males, especially those ages 18-39.The version released publicly in October 2022 said Covid-19 vaccination was “associated with a modestly increased risk for cardiac-related mortality 28 days following vaccinat...

Police release identity of man who barricaded himself in vehicle after carjacking

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has released the identity and charges of the man who barricaded himself in a vehicle following a carjacking. John Anthony Dominguez Capellan, 26, was arrested on Monday after he led police officers on a short pursuit after he stole a car near the 1200 block of Northeast 11th Avenue. Authorities managed to box him in after the chase and after he refused to exit the car, the SWAT team was called in.He was arrested shortly after without further incident.Dominguez Capellan faces three charges, including resisting an officer. He is expected to appear in front of a judge to determine his bond.

WHO: Sudan fighters’ occupation of health lab poses ‘huge biological risk’

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said there is a “huge biological risk” after fighters in Sudan seized the country’s national public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles.“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab,” said Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan on Tuesday, talking to reporters in Geneva via video link.Fighters “kicked out all the technicians from the lab … which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,” Abid said, adding that this created an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation.A power struggle between Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemeti,” has plunged Sudan into fierce fighting. The WHO representative did not specify which side’s fighters have seized the laboratory.U.S. Secretary of State Anton...

UK wants to cut ‘unnecessary waits’ for post-Brexit Brits abroad

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. is “always” trying to “find ways to minimize unnecessary waiting times for British nationals,” Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said Tuesday, following a report the prime minister is seeking a deal with the EU to cut post-Brexit passport checks.Bloomberg reported that Sunak, who has sought to repair ties with the European Union after years of post-Brexit acrimony under his predecessor, is eyeing an agreement with the bloc that would allow British citizens to sail through the EU’s electronic gates for passport checks.Since Brexit, most British travelers making their way through the bloc’s airports have been expected to queue for a manned desk, where passports are checked and then stamped.Bloomberg said British diplomats had raised the matter informally. Pressed on that report Tuesday, a spokesperson for Sunak said they were not aware of any “live discussions to that end,” but that the U.K. would “always want to f...

Harry Belafonte, radical activist and entertainer with a ‘rebel heart,’ dies at 96

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:42:19 GMT

(CNN) — Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN.He was 96.Belafonte died Tuesday morning of congestive heart failure, Sunshine said.