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Shooting near Peace Cross in Bladensburg shuts down traffic over Anacostia River

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

A shooting investigation in Bladensburg, Maryland, has shut down traffic near the city’s famous Peace Cross Memorial, according to the Bladensburg Police Department.SHOOTING INVESTIGATION: Road is closed at Annapolis Rd/Bladensburg Rd in @BladensburgMD for a shooting investigation. Please use an alternative route. pic.twitter.com/5EnRbOThV9— Bladensburg PD (@BladensburgPD) July 14, 2023Several people have been shot, 7News reported. Traffic is shut down at Annapolis Road and Bladensburg Road, Bladensburg police said. The WTOP Traffic Center reported at 1:10 p.m. that no traffic was allowed over the bridge, crossing the Anacostia River in both directions.WTOP has a reporter headed to the scene. Bladensburg police said they will hold a news conference at 3 p.m.Below is a map of where the shooting happened.This is a developing story and will be updated. Source

Flyers place defenseman Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers a year after trade from Carolina

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have placed defenseman Tony DeAngelo on unconditional waivers after one season with the club.DeAngelo was traded from Carolina to Philadelphia last July and signed a two-year, $10 million contract days later. He scored 42 points with 31 assists in a career-high 70 contests last season to rank sixth on the Flyers, who finished 14th in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season. DeAngelo was a healthy scratch for the final five games.DeAngelo also ranked second on the team in assists and fourth with 174 shots. The seven-year veteran led Philadelphia with 19 power-play points.Drafted 19th overall in the first round by Tampa Bay in 2014, he also played four seasons with the New York Rangers and one with Arizona. He has 199 career points with 154 assists.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Arrestan a una mujer en relación con la muerte del nieto de Robert De Niro, dice una fuente policial a CNN

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

(CNN) — Una mujer fue arrestada en relación con la muerte del nieto de Robert De Niro, dijo a CNN este viernes una fuente policial con conocimiento de la investigación.Leandro De Niro Rodríguez tenía 19 años al momento de su muerte, según un anuncio de su madre en las redes sociales la semana pasada. “Con una conmoción y una tristeza inconmensurables nos despedimos de nuestro amado hijo Leo”, publicó Drena De Niro en un comunicado en sus redes sociales verificadas. “Les agradecemos la efusión de amor y apoyo y pedimos que se nos dé privacidad en este momento para procesar este dolor inconsolable”.Drena De Niro compartió más tarde la causa de la muerte en las redes sociales, al decir que Leandro había fallecido tras ingerir fentanilo.Leandro, nieto de Robert De Niro, murió tras ingerir fentanilo, dijo la madre del jovenLa fuente policial le dijo a CNN que una mujer llamada Sofia Marks fue detenida por el cargo de vender drogas a un menor. Sin embargo, aclaró que Marks no está a...

Mississippi, under judge’s order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is starting the court-ordered process of letting people cite religious beliefs to seek exemptions from state-mandated vaccinations that children must receive before attending day care or school.Mississippi is one of the poorest states and has high rates of health problems such as obesity and heart disease. But it has received praise from public health officials for years because it has some of the highest rates of childhood vaccination against diseases such as polio, measles and mumps.In April, U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden ordered Mississippi to join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from childhood vaccinations. His ruling came in a lawsuit filed last year by several parents who said their religious beliefs have led them to keep their children unvaccinated and out of Mississippi schools. The lawsuit, funded by the Texas-based Informed Consent Action Network, argued that Mississippi’s lack of a religious exemption for childhood va...

Ex-NBA star Dwyane Wade to join WNBA’s Chicago Sky ownership group

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Dwyane Wade is joining the Chicago Sky ownership group, becoming the latest high-profile figure to invest in the WNBA.Wade will invest in his hometown team once the league’s Board of Governors approves the sale. The Chicago Sky sold a roughly 10% stake in the team to a group that included Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts last month.The three-time NBA champion confirmed on Twitter that he was investing in the team. ESPN was the first to report the news.“It’s an incredible feeling being on this side of history. To see growth, on the business side, for something that I’ve been passionate about my whole life is an amazing feeling. There are amazing things happening in the WNBA It’s official! This is for the home team– literally,” he wrote on the social media site.Wade, who retired from the NBA in 2019, joined ownership groups for the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake of the MLS since retiring.___AP Sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Spor...

Increíble: hallan un pez que sobrevive fuera del agua

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Una nueva especie de pez fue descubierta en Bolivia por el investigador Heinz Arno Drawert y es considerada muy “especial” por su capacidad de salirse voluntariamente del agua, estar por horas en la intemperie y cambiar su forma de respirar a una dérmica como la de los anfibios.Se trata de Moema juanderibaensis, la nueva especie de pez para la ciencia que es parte de la familia Rivulidae, que Drawert vio por primera vez en los años 90’s en la localidad de Santa Rosa del Sara, en la región oriental de Santa Cruz, y que casi dos décadas después logró investigar.Drawert contó a EFE que en 2018 comenzó una extensa investigación sobre los peces Rivulidae en el país como investigador asociado del Museo de Historia Natural “Noel Kempff Mercado” y luego de un intenso trabajo de varios años en 2022 se publicó su investigación sobre este pez en la revista Neotropical Ichthyology, una de las más reconocidas de investigación de peces. ...

The story behind Barbenheimer, the summer’s most online movie showdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

The very online showdown between Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” all started with a date: July 21.It’s not uncommon for studios to counterprogram films in different genres on a big weekend, but the stark differences between an intense, serious-minded picture about the man who oversaw the development of the atomic bomb and a lighthearted, candy-colored anthropomorphizing of a childhood doll quickly became the stuff of viral fodder. There’s even some disagreement over whether it’s “Barbieheimer” or “Barbenheimer” or “Boppenheimer” or yet another tortured portmanteau — a phenomenon on which the AP Stylebook has yet to offer guidance, but for the purposes of this article will be “Barbenheimer.”It didn’t hurt that both Nolan and Gerwig have very passionate and very online fandoms eager to join in. Never mind that many of those fans overlap — the memes, allegiances, and T-shirts were just too fun. Both movies often trend on social media when the other release...

Trump asks top Georgia court to disqualify election probe prosecutor and toss grand jury report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking Georgia’s highest court to prevent the district attorney who has been investigating his actions in the wake of the 2020 election from prosecuting him and to throw out a special grand jury report that is part of the inquiry.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating since early 2021 whether Trump and his allies broke any laws as they tried to overturn his narrow election loss in Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden. She has suggested that she is likely to seek charges in the case from a grand jury next month.Trump’s Georgia legal team on Friday filed similar petitions in the Georgia Supreme Court and Fulton County Superior Court naming Willis and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who oversaw the special grand jury, as respondents. A spokesperson for Willis declined to comment. McBurney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.Trump’s legal team — Drew Find...

Recipe: This Peanut Butter Fudge has won blue ribbons at county fairs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

Ah, the delicious fun of summer’s county-fair contests. I’ve judged my share of culinary competitions, evaluating everything from canned goods to cheesecakes to pies. I was always impressed with the oh-so-large number of entries, and the enthusiasm that fueled them.Maybe that’s one of the reasons that Linda Skeens’ “Blue Ribbon Kitchen” caught my eye.Skeens, a 75-year-old great-grandmother from Appalachia, won more than 25 blue ribbons last summer at the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair. She swept the awards, and the news of her stunning victories went viral online.The book contains an array of her award-winning and family-favorite recipes, including her formula for Peanut Butter Fudge, a sweet treat that she noted as one of her most-requested dessert recipes.Peanut Butter FudgeYield: One 9-by-13-inch panINGREDIENTS8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk4 cups granulated sugar1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar1 (7-ounce) jar marshmallow creme1 teaspoo...

World cycling’s governing body bans female transgender athletes from women’s events

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:15:43 GMT

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday.The International Cycling Union joined the governing bodies in track and field and swimming as top-tier Olympic sports addressing in this way the issue of transgender athletes and fairness in women’s events.The UCI’s decision came after American rider Austin Killips became the first openly transgender woman to win an official cycling event in May. “From now on, female transgender athletes who have transitioned after (male) puberty will be prohibited from participating in women’s events on the UCI international calendar — in all categories — in the various disciplines,” the international federation said in a statement.The UCI said the ban, starting on Monday, was necessary to “ensure equal opportunities.”Killips rode to victory in ...