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DC devastated by flash floods; more storms forecast Tuesday

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

Listen live to the latest weather and traffic forecast on the 8s. Several dogs died and some drivers were stuck when torrential downpours led to flash flooding in D.C. Monday and more storms are expected Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.Tuesday is expected to start quiet and humid. During the afternoon and evening, there’s a potential for storms that could bring high winds and isolated flash flooding.The forecast storms will occur “mainly between 2 and 5 p.m. and mainly east of Interstate 95 and Southern Maryland,” said 7News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Veronica Johnson.The weather isn’t expected to be as severe as Monday’s storms, though the risk is still there, according to 7News First Alert Meteorologist Eileen Whelan.There’s a “slight risk,” of severe storms in southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore, according to the National Weather Service. The chance for powerful storms in D.C. Tuesday is lower.A cold f...

ANÁLISIS | La cuarta acusación de Trump acerca a Estados Unidos a un precipicio electoral

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

(CNN) — El aspecto más asombroso de la cuarta acusación penal del expresidente Donald Trump no es la escala de una supuesta conspiración de múltiples niveles para robarle los votos electorales de Georgia en 2020 a su legítimo ganador.Es que Trump —el alma del plan para anular la victoria de Joe Biden, quien fue imputado el lunes junto a otras 18 personas— podría en 17 meses estar levantando su mano derecha como el presidente número 47 y jurando preservar, proteger y defender la Constitución de la que fue acusado de conspirar para destruir.La grave crisis política creada por la presidencia aberrante de Trump y los esfuerzos posteriores para hacerlo rendir cuentas se profundizó significativamente justo antes de la medianoche con la revelación de otra acusación en su contra, esta de un jurado investigador en el crítico estado indeciso de Georgia. Los cargos en este caso estatal, que elevan a 91 el número total de cargos penales que enfrenta en cuatro casos separados, intensificar...

Sam Pittman has Arkansas trending up. QB KJ Jefferson and the Hogs will try to take the next step

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas coach Sam Pittman is no longer learning what it takes to win in the Southeastern Conference. He has already made significant strides in his first three years.The next step would be turning the Razorbacks into a consistent contender. The Razorbacks are on the right track — Arkansas is seeking its fourth straight bowl trip, which would mark its longest streak since a run from 1998 to 2003. A highlight of Pittman’s tenure was last year’s triple-overtime Liberty Bowl win over Kansas.Moving up in the ranks might be easier said than done with Oklahoma and Texas joining the already-stacked SEC in 2024. Quarterback KJ Jefferson gives the Razorbacks hope that more momentum can be built before the league expands. He threw for 2,648 yards with 24 touchdowns and five interceptions in 2022 and he ran for another 640 yards with nine touchdowns. “He is our leader,” Pittman said. “He’s our leader both on the offense and the defense. Obviously on one si...

Denver weather: 90s are back for rest of workweek

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — With abundant sunshine along the Front Range Tuesday, temperatures will climb back into the 90s in the Denver weather forecast. Weather today: 90s return Denver continues to have plenty of sunshine on Tuesday with the heat returning to the state. 19 Coloradans hospitalized with West Nile as of Monday Grab that sunscreen and stay hydrated, because highs top out in the low 90s with a light wind.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Aug. 15. Weather tonight: Mild and clearSkies stay clear Tuesday night with light winds. Overnight lows are mild and just above average in the lower 60s.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on Aug. 15. Looking ahead: 90s are here to stay Abundant sunshine stays in the forecast through the middle of the week. High temperatures on Wednesday will climb into the middle 90s. Thursday is just as hot as highs reach the low 90s with mostly sunny skies. Which is right: Coloradan or Coloradoan? Friday finishes off the week with highs back in the mid...

Cat returned to owner after going missing at DIA

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Update 5:30 a.m.: Breezy has been located. Her owner, Ginger Thompson, posted on Facebook that the Southwest ramp crew found her at the airport. Previous story: Ginger Thompson and Breezy, her year-old Bengal cat, flew to Denver from Washington for a cat competition. While boarding their Southwest flight home Sunday, Breezy got out of her carrier. “They were getting me on the plane rushing me, and I set her down to get ready to put her under the seat, put my backpack up into the overhead bin, and was sort of jostled,” Thompson said. Did you know Denver is one of the freshest non-coastal places you can get fish? Thompson said she isn't sure how the latch broke. But when the carrier opened up, Breezy jumped out. Thompson tried to catch Breezy, but the cat fell between the airplane door and jet bridge onto the tarmac. “I saw her fall and she sort of tried to claw to stay up, but the momentum just took her down. And it wasn’t a jump or anything, it was more like just f...

Britain has ‘let down’ Afghan families fleeing the Taliban, study warns

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

LONDON — Afghan families “have been let down” by shortcomings in the British government’s plan to offer refuge to people fleeing the Taliban, according to a new study released to mark two years since the fall of Kabul.The U.K. launched two programs — “Operation Warm Welcome” and the “Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy” in 2021 — in a bid to house Afghans who had worked closely with the British government, as well as those deemed particularly vulnerable once the Taliban regained control of the country.But, two years on, think tank More in Common found Britain’s offer of help had not “lived up to its potential.”“The British public’s generosity of spirit towards Afghan refugees has not been met by what has so far been delivered by local and national government,” it warned.The report is particularly critical of housing provision offered to Afghan refugees. It finds that roughly 9,000 people, half of whom are children, were stil...

South Korea pledges $2 million in humanitarian assistance for Hawaii. Follow live updates

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER (Associated Press)Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing dozens of people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. The cause was under investigation. Even where the fires have retreated, authorities have warned that toxic byproducts may remain, including in drinking water, after the flames spewed poisonous fumes.South Korea has pledged $2 million in humanitarian assistance for Hawaii to help respond to damage from the fires in Maui.Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Tuesday that it “will purchase drinking water, food, blankets and other relief supplies through local Korean marts and deliver them to the Hawaii state government.” It also will donate cash “to local relief groups for the Hawaii state government to use in dealing with the aftermath of the fires.”This year marks the 70th anniversary o...

Disadvantaged children get new beds

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

Pakistan anti-graft court allows questioning of deputy at Imran Khan’s party amid political turmoil

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An anti-graft tribunal in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday allowed authorities to interrogate the president of former premier Imran Khan’s political party in a corruption probe, prosecutors and a defense lawyer said.The latest development comes a day after the National Accountability Bureau arrested Pervez Elahi in the garrison city of Rawalpindi after his one-month detention expired. Elahi was detained under a law that allows the government to arrest any suspect to ensure law and order in the country.Elahi is the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI. Khan, who is imprisoned, is the chairman.Khan was arrested on August 6 after a court sentenced him to three years for corruption in a move that analysts say could halt his future in politics, for now. The court ruled that Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the country’s leading opposition figure, had concealed assets after selling state gifts. Khan denies t...

Australian ex-priest has prison sentence extended to 40 years for molesting 72nd child victim

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:24:50 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian ex-priest convicted of sexually abusing children had another 12 months added to his 39-year prison sentence on Tuesday for molesting a 72nd victim.Gerald Ridsdale, 89, has been in prison since 1994 for a series of convictions for abusing children between 1961 and 1988 while he worked as a Roman Catholic priest in churches and schools across his home state of Victoria.He was sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates Court to an additional year after he pleaded guilty in June to indecently assaulting a 13-year-old boy while he worked at a Catholic school in Horsham in 1987.It was his 193rd conviction for child abuse.Ridsdale appeared in court via a video link from a hospital prison bed. He kept his eyes closed throughout the hearing.Magistrate Hugh Radford told Ridsdale he had been in a position of trust and should have been providing guidance to his victim.Ridsdale must serve at least 33 years and six months of his 40-year sentence before he is e...