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Low water levels may have lead to Potomac River accident that left kayaker dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

The death of a whitewater kayaker on the Potomac River on Sunday has drawn attention to the risks that river users face when water levels are low.Ella Mills, a third-year exchange student from Dublin and a member of Columbia University’s whitewater kayaking club, died after being pinned under a rock in a hydraulic vacuum at Little Falls on a weekend trip for students from the New York City university.The Potomac River’s water level measured 2.7 feet at the Army Corps of Engineers’ downstream gauge on Sunday when the accident occurred. Experienced kayakers say more normal water levels are usually above 3 feet and are considered high when they’re 6 to 7 feet or higher.“There’s different risks when it’s high or low. Every level has its own risks … entrapment is the major risk when it’s low flows. That’s what happened in this particular case is the person got stuck. Something held them in place,” said Charles Duffy, a certified...

La NASA dice que “el océano tiene fiebre” y esta se siente en el mar Caribe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

(CNN Español) — Las altas temperaturas que vienen registrándose desde hace algunos meses en diferentes países se sienten también en los océanos.La Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y el Espacio (NASA, por sus siglas en inglés) publicó a comienzos de este mes en su página web un artículo titulado “El océano tiene fiebre”, que explica que en marzo y abril “los promedios de las temperaturas de la superficie del mar habían superado los niveles más altos que se hubieran observado en el registro de datos clave mantenido por la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés)”.2024 probablemente será más caluroso que este año debido a El Niño, según científicos de la NASAAlgunos científicos han explicado parte de lo que está ocurriendo en los mares. “Tenemos un fenómeno de El Niño en desarrollo en el Pacífico y eso se suma al calentamiento global a largo plazo que durante un siglo ha estado empujando las temperaturas oceánicas con...

Springer celebrates 34th birthday with 57th leadoff homer as Blue Jays beat Yankees 7-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — George Springer celebrated his 34th birthday with his 57th career leadoff homer, Bo Bichette hit a two-run drive and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-1 on Tuesday night.Toronto began the night one game ahead of Seattle and Texas for the second AL wild card. The Yankees entered six games back for the last AL wild card, needing to overcome Seattle and Texas.Yusei Kikuchi (10-6) was pulled one batter into the sixth because of a left upper trap muscle cramp after being checked out by athletic trainer Jose Ministral. Kikucki allowed one run and four hits in five-plus innings for his first win since Aug. 2. Springer reached 20 homers for the eighth time when he connected off Clarke Schmidt (9-9) and walked ahead of Bichette’s first homer since Aug. 20.Alejandro Kirk padded the lead with a two-run shot in the ninth and Kevin Kiermaier scored on an error by rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe.Bichette reached three times and took third when third baseman Oswald P...

Odor in Frontier Airlines plane returns flight to Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Frontier Airlines flight had to return to Denver on Tuesday night because of an issue on the plane.The flight was to Raleigh, North Carolina, according to a Denver International Airport spokesperson. The spokesperson first told FOX31 it was a medical situation. They later said it was a mechanical situation. Witness: LoDo bar patrons rushed inside and locked in after shooting FOX31 confirmed through FlightAware that Frontier flight 560 returned to the Denver airport shortly after departure on Tuesday evening.The pilot can be heard reporting an odor in the cockpit, according to air traffic control recordings on LiveATC.net. The pilot said the odor was not smoke but something "indicating that we have some kind of contamination in the cabin."FlightAware shows the plane took off at 6:32 p.m. and arrived back in Denver at 7:10 p.m.FOX31 has reached out to Denver-based Frontier for more information.

Witness: LoDo bar patrons rushed inside and locked in after shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — For the first time, FOX31 is hearing from people who saw the shooting that injured five people outside a Denver bar over the weekend.Meanwhile, the suspected shooter is still on the loose.Andrew Reader was working security for a bar across the street when he said he heard gunshots. "I was standing right here and I heard six gunshots,” Reader said. “My initial reaction, my goal, was to get all these people to safety.”This woman is wanted in a shooting on Sept. 16, 2023, in Lower Downtown. (Denver Police Department)After LoDo shooting, bar shut down for the nightThe shooting took place outside Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row, located in the 1900 block of Market Street.Police said a woman was denied entry to the bar after attempting to use an ID that wasn't hers. A few moments later, police said she shot toward the bar as she left, injuring five people. Denver rideshare driver killed in suspected random shooting Reader said they rushed everyone inside toward the back of ...

Beyond forgetfulness: Why we must act on Alzheimer’s disease now

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

In the face of an increasingly aging population, today’s reality reveals a harsh truth: health systems in the EU and beyond are ill-equipped to provide early and timely diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and embrace innovative treatments that could help to preserve memory and, with it, independence.  Recent advances suggest that timely intervention may hold the promise to slow the memory decline in Alzheimer’s disease, making early diagnosis more critical than ever before. Yet without the necessary health care infrastructure in place to diagnose and provide treatment, we risk missing the crucial early window and the opportunity to delay — and hopefully in the near future prevent — distressing symptoms for patients and heartbreaking experiences for families.  The EU and its member countries have the opportunity to be remembered for leading in this space by increasing funding for research, improving health care infrastructure to support accurate diagnosis and timely interventi...

UK dials up fight with Meta over encryption

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

LONDON — The gloves are off in the U.K. government’s deepening spat with tech giant Meta. On Wednesday, Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman unveiled a fresh campaign aimed at making the Mark Zuckerberg-led tech giant rethink its plan to roll out end-to-end encryption on Facebook and Instagram — a move she says will hamper the police’s ability to catch pedophiles.At a background briefing for reporters on Tuesday, Home Office officials used graphic language to describe the types of child sexual abuse material that they say risks going undetected if Meta goes ahead with its plans. A video put together as part of the campaign features a victim of child sex abuse appealing directly to Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg to rethink plans to roll out encryption.The National Crime Agency has estimated that making messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram end-to-end encrypted will wipe out more than 85 percent of the platforms’ reports of online child sexual abuse material.Meta, ...

Red Sox walk eight batters, lose 6-4 to Eovaldi, Rangers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

For four and a half years, Nathan Eovaldi was a linchpin of the Boston Red Sox.Then, like almost every other member of the 2018 team that won a franchise-record 108 regular-season games, a division title, and a World Series ring, Nasty Nate was gone. He signed a 2-year, $34 million contract with the Texas Rangers, and proceeded to have one of the best seasons of his career.The 33-year-old workhorse entered his Tuesday night start against his former team with a 2.96 ERA across 22 starts, by far the best mark of his 12-year career. Before going on the injured list in late July with a forearm strain, he was in the midst of a Cy Young-worthy season, posting a 2.69 ERA across 19 starts (123 ⅔ innings).The Red Sox scored three earned runs off Eovaldi in the third, pushing his ERA up to 3.05 by the end of his five innings. He issued three walks and struck out three, but on the whole, his former teammates did minimal damage against him in a 6-4 loss.Meanwhile, after four consecutive quality...

Expected front office additions excite Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol lauded Josh Barfield’s presence, Brian Bannister’s creativity and Gene Watson’s wealth of knowledge.Grifol was asked about the three expected additions to the White Sox front office staff after Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.“I think (general manager) Chris (Getz) has assembled a really good team around him,” Grifol said.MLB.com was the first to report on Tuesday night that Barfield would be joining the Sox as an assistant general manager. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale was the first to report Bannister’s role in pitching development and Watson in “player personnel.”Barfield, 40, has most recently been the director of player development with the Arizona Diamondbacks.“I met Josh not too long ago, he was extremely impressive,” Grifol said. “Great presence. Just a really good demeanor. A smart guy.“He’s been doing player develop...

London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a rectangle about an inch thick.Laying a pattern on top of the slab, Heywood slices through the clay to create a disc the size of an extra-large pizza that will become one of the blue plaques that dot the walls of buildings throughout London, marking the places where scientists, artists, politicians and activists have made history.As English Heritage unveiled its 1,000th blue plaque on Tuesday, the charity was working to broaden the program to include more women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds and community groups so that it better reflects the diversity of the capital. The latest installation marks the offices where the Women’s Freedom League “campaigned for women’s equality” in the early 20th century, satisfying at least two of those goals.“The names are no longer ju...