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Severe storm watch issued for DC region; strong winds and hail possible

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

Rain moving into the D.C. region on Sunday afternoon could put a damper on some Fourth of July weekend plans.Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop and intensify across the D.C. and Baltimore areas into Sunday evening, before clearing out overnight. Some could be strong to severe.“Storms may produce damaging winds, hail and an isolated tornado,” WTOP meteorologist Mike Stinneford said. “In addition, there will be a risk of heavy rain and some flash flooding. The worst of the weather will be east of our area by 7 p.m. with only a few showers overnight.”Parts of central and eastern Maryland, northern Virginia and D.C. are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 11 p.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service highlighted a threat for damaging wind gusts of up to 70 mph. Stronger storms could carry large hail of up to 1.5 inches in diameter, and an isolated tornado or two isn’t out of the question.Thunderstorms “forming into northern Virginia ...

APD: 3 kids, 2 adults injured in rollover crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Five people were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash Sunday afternoon, the Aurora Police Department said. At approximately 12:31 p.m. Aurora Fire Rescue responded to a rollover crash around Picadilly Street and Hampden Avenue. 1 killed, 1 seriously injured after car crashes into tree Five people were involved, three were children, Aurora PD said. The children's ages are unknown. AFR said four patients had life-threatening injuries and one had non-life-threatening injuries. Police said all westbound traffic on Hampden was closed from Gun Club Road. This is a developing story and updates will be provided as they are received.

Driver hits Lauderhill officer with open car door during traffic stop, crashes while fleeing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

A Lauderhill Police officer was taken to the hospital after he was struck by a driver during a traffic stop that led to a rollover crash.According to investigators, the officer pulled over a driver along the 5500 block of Northwest 44th Street in Lauderhill, at around 8 p.m., Saturday.The motorist, identified as 26-year-old Crystalee Tennant-Parnther, opened the driver’s side door and refused to provide any information to the officer.While the officer was standing in the doorframe, detectives said, the suspect accelerated forward, striking a fence, then reversed while the officer was still next to the vehicle, striking him with the open door.Police said Tennant-Parnther fled at a high rate of school a;long Northwest 44th Street, but her drive came to a violent end when she struck a tree, causing her vehicle to overturn.She was taken to an area hospital for medical clearance and booked into the Broward County Main Jail. She faces several charges, including aggravated battery on...

Orioles players Adley Rutschman, Félix Bautista, Yennier Cano, Austin Hays named American League All-Stars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

In Brandon Hyde’s first four years as manager, the Orioles had just three players named to the All-Star Game.As a result of being one of the worst teams in the majors during that stretch, the Orioles only received the minimum of one All-Star in 2019, 2021 and 2022, and the 2020 Midsummer Classic was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.It didn’t take long for the post-rebuild Orioles to more than double that total, as four Baltimore players were named American League All-Stars on Sunday. Catcher Adley Rutschman, closer Félix Bautista, setup man Yennier Cano and left fielder Austin Hays will all represent the Orioles at the All-Star Game on July 11 at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park.The paths the four players took to each earn their first All-Star selection vary widely. Rutschman has long been destined for this achievement as the first overall pick in the 2019 draft and a former No. 1 prospect. Hays zoomed through the minors and debuted at 21 years old, but he ...

Massachusetts, other states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying its failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves has allowed the continued sale of appliances that could worsen pollution.That means programs that encourage people to trade in older stoves and other wood-burning appliances, such as forced-air furnaces, haven’t necessarily improved air quality, the states say.“If newer wood heaters do not meet cleaner standards, then programs to change out old wood heaters may provide little health benefits at significant public cost,” the states wrote Thursday in a 60-day notice of intent to sue.The states involved are Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.They allege that the EPA’s current standards aren’t good enough and that even if they were, the agency’s testing and certificati...

Former Yankee Jordan Montgomery pitches 6.2 strong innings en route to Cardinals victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

The Yankees were kept silent by a familiar face before eventually losing to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-1, at Busch Stadium on Sunday.Ex-Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery didn’t do his former team any favors on the mound. He no-hit the Yankees through 5.2 innings and recorded six strikeouts in the outing. He eventually allowed one run, three walks and two hits in 6.2 innings of work.It was Montgomery’s second appearance against his former team. Right after being sent to St. Louis in exchange for Harrison Bader last season, Montgomery pitched five scoreless innings in a 1-0 victory.His team scored more runs on Sunday and Montgomery remained undefeated in games he started against the team that made him a fourth-round draft pick in 2014.The first runs of the game were scored in the fourth inning. Yankees starter Gerrit Cole had been dealing then allowed three straight hits to start the frame. It led to an RBI single to rookie outfielder Jordan Walker. Cardinals catc...

Heavy rains flood Chicago roads and force NASCAR to cut short a downtown street race

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Heavy rains flooded Chicago streets Sunday, trapping cars and forcing NASCAR officials to cancel the last half of an Xfinity Series race set to run through the city’s downtown.The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for multiple counties in the Chicago area, saying up to 6 inches of rain had already fallen in suburban Cicero and Berwyn by midday. The NWS website warned the flooding could be “life-threatening” through 3 p.m., with numerous impassable roads, overflowing creeks and streams and flooded basements. The Illinois State Police said parts of Interstate 55 and Interstate 290 have been closed because of flooding, with at least 10 cars trapped in water on Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road, a major north-south thoroughfare in the city, WLS-TV reported. Trains were stopped in some parts of the city as well. NASCAR officials had planned to complete the last half of an Xfinity Series race through the city’s downtown on Sunday morning after ...

Maple Leafs sign Tyler Bertuzzi to one-year, $5.5M contract

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Tyler Bertuzzi to a one-year, $5.5 million contract on Sunday.???? We’ve signed forward Tyler Bertuzzi to a one-year contract pic.twitter.com/T8PLhhOqRP— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) July 2, 2023The Detroit Red Wings traded Bertuzzi to the Boston Bruins before this year’s NHL trade deadline.Bertuzzi, 28, had a combined eight goals and 22 assists in 50 games with the Red Wings and Bruins this season. He added five goals and five assists in Boston’s seven-game loss to the Florida Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.The native of Sudbury, Ont., has had a number of injuries and suffered an upper-body injury blocking a shot on Oct. 16 that sidelined him until January.Bertuzzi has 92 goals and 126 assists for 218 points in 326 career games with the Red Wings and Bruins.The Red Wings selected the Guelph Storm product in the second round (58th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft.

Two people still missing after landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec provincial police continued to search for two people on Sunday, a day after they went missing following a landslide triggered by torrential rain in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.Police said several people were trying to clear storm-related debris from a road in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 170 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, when the landslide occurred around 1:30 p.m.“A landslide and an overflow of the Éternité River swept away the people who were on the road to clear the route of debris. Three people were carried away by the current. A man in his 40s was located and rescued,” police spokesman Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu said in an interview. The man suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital, where he remains in critical condition. The two other people, a man and a woman, remain missing.Beaulieu said there was no new information about the search as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, adding around 30 police officers were on the gr...

Trump’s South Carolina rally attracted a massive crowd in heavily Republican area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:59 GMT

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump marked a return to the large-scale rallies of his previous presidential campaigns, speaking to a massive crowd gathered in the streets of a small South Carolina city on a blazing summer weekend.“There’s nowhere else I’d rather be to kick off the Fourth of July weekend than right here on Main Street, with thousands of hardworking South Carolina patriots who believe in God, family and country,” Trump said Saturday to a roaring crowd in downtown Pickens as temperatures climbed into the 90s.Randal J. Beach, the police chief in the conservative Upstate community of about 3,400 residents, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his estimates of the crowd “were somewhere between 50-55,000.”The heavily Republican area is a popular one for GOP hopefuls as they aim to attract support for South Carolina’s first-in-the-South presidential primary. In recent months, other candidates including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former V...