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Peak bloom is here: DC cherry trees reach final bloom stage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

It’s happening, people! The famous D.C. cherry trees have hit peak bloom.The National Park Service said that the blossoms are open and “putting on a gorgeous show.”PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM!The blossoms are open & putting on a gorgeous show. We hope to see you soon.!Plan your visit: https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1 #CherryBlossom #BloomWatch #WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/qXo2QkCkHI— National Mall NPS (@NationalMallNPS) March 23, 2023The final of six stages could not happen on a better day, with warm temperatures in the 70s and a breeze.The area around the Tidal Basin has already been swarmed with crowds and visitors are urged to take walk, bike or take Metro to cut back on traffic.This story is developing. Check back with WTOP for updates.PHOTOS: Cherry Blossoms 20232023 National Cherry Blossom Festival FAQMore Cherry Blossom NewsSource

Qué es Ramadán, el mes de masivo ayuno de musulmanes en todo el mundo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

La primera jornada de ayuno del mes sagrado del islam, el Ramadán, comenzó este jueves mientras cientos de millones de musulmanes en todo el mundo inician un periodo de devoción de cuatro semanas.La práctica coincide con un momento en el que muchos países y gobiernos de Oriente Medio están dando tímidos pasos para calmar los conflictos y crisis persistentes, agudizadas este año por la costosa guerra en Ucrania y un devastador sismo que mató a más de 52,000 personas en Turquía y Siria.QUÉ ES Y POR QUÉ SE CELEBRA RAMADÁNDurante las próximas cuatro semanas, millones de musulmanes se abstendrán de ingerir alimentos o agua desde la salida a la puesta del sol, cuando se reunirán con familiares y amigos para disfrutar de abundantes comidas nocturnas. Según el islam, el ayuno acerca a los fieles a Dios y les recuerda el sufrimiento de los pobres.El ayuno es obligatorio para todos los musulmanes sanos, con exenciones para los enfermos, las embarazadas o madres lactantes y los niños pequeños....

Denver Public Schools student discipline actions dropped after 2020

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver Public Schools has seen a decrease in disciplinary action in recent years, with a noticeable dropoff since students went back to the classroom after the remote learning forced by COVID.In addition to the pandemic, this change coincides with a decision by the DPS Board of Education to remove school resource officers starting with the 2021-22 school year, the first year that in-person learning happened without significant interruption.Denver Public Schools, the year of remote learning also brought a sharp downturn in student disciplinary actions, according to Colorado Department of Education records. East High School shooting suspect found dead near car in Park County Since the 2014-15 academic year, the Colorado Department of Education has grouped student disciplinary actions into a handful of categories, including classroom removals, in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion with services, expulsion without services, referrals to law enforc...

Parkland parent Manuel Oliver arrested during House hearing on Biden administration’s gun ruling

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

WASHINGTON (WSVN) — Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, was arrested at the U.S. Capitol after he was forcibly removed from a House committee hearing about a Biden administration’s firearm ruling.Thursday’s arrest happened during a House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “ATF’s Assault on the Second Amendment: When Is Enough Enough?”The hearing yielded a passionate debate over gun deaths and firearm regulations.Capitol Police intervened and arrested Manuel for disrupting a House committee hearing.His son was one of 17 people killed in the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.Cellphone video documenting the arrest captured officers holding Manuel down on the ground, as a small crowd gathered.His wife, Patricia Oliver, demanded officers to release him.“Let my husband go,” she said.“You need to back up,” an officer is heard telling her in the video.The crowd that gathered caused more ...

1st grade teacher who survived eye infection similar to one caused by recalled eyedrops speaks out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

There have been more deaths and infections that were linked to a brand of eyedrops. One woman who contracted the same infection at a spa in Thailand now has a warning. “I saw the name pseudomonas and my heart stopped, and I’m like, ‘Wow, these people are going through this,'” Sigal Konig said. Konig said she survived Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, a bacteria recently found in contaminated eye drops that has sickened, blinded and killed people in 16 states, including Florida.“It was very emotional, emotional time for me,” Konig said.The first grade teacher told her story to encourage anyone with symptoms to get help immediately.   “They have to act fast,” she said.Her infection happened in 2019 in Israel, where she was living at the time, but she took a job as a teacher in Thailand for a few months. “I wanted to just have a fun day, you know, pamper myself, and I found a local spa, and I walked in, and I got a facial done...

Police need help identifying teen shot in head in Miramar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a teenager shot in the head in Miramar.He was found injured but alive Wednesday morning.The teen was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but police said he had no kind of identification on him.With no leads or witnesses, detectives’ only clue so far is a blue camouflage Bape hoodie the teen was wearing at the time.If you have any information that can help investigators, you’re asked to call the police.

Motorheads crash into EU leaders’ summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

BRUSSELS — Olaf Scholz arrived Thursday in Brussels proclaiming the EU had made a “promise” and must keep it.Hours later, the EU clapped back, essentially saying the German chancellor was lying. That was how, in half a day, Germany’s behind-the-scenes tussle over the EU’s plan to ban traditional cars became a public war of words — overshadowing an EU leaders’ summit in the process. The gathering was meant to focus on many things — the economy, trade, Ukraine — but not cars. Nevertheless, the future of the traditional combustion engine car dominated the conversation on Day 1. Leaders were pestered about it on the way in. And Germany and the European Commission were quickly trading barbs. The fight, in a nutshell, is this: Germany wants to keep selling some traditional combustion-engine vehicles after 2035, the date the EU has set for their extermination, as long as those cars run on synthetic fuels, or e-fuels — which are, in theory, carbon neutral.The ...

Bacteria from meat could be causing more than half a million UTIs in the US every year, study estimates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

(CNN) — Bacteria from meat could be responsible for more than half a million urinary tract infections in the United States every year, a new study says.E. coli is an often-harmless bacteria that’s “part of the normal bacterial environment in the intestines in humans and animals,” said Dr. Craig Comiter, a professor of urology and obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine who was not involved in the new study.Some strains can be dangerous, causing diarrhea, respiratory illness and pneumonia, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Researchers have long known of a link between E. coli and UTIs, an infection in any part of the urinary system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra; the bacteria causes 6 million to 8 million UTIs in the US every year.But the new research suggests that more of these infections may be linked to E. coli from meat than previously known.Infections ca...

The Weeknd is officially the most popular artist in the world

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

(CNN) — It’s official: The Weeknd is the most popular artist in the world.The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, according to Guinness World Records (GWR).“No one else even comes close,” said the organization in a statement earlier this week.The Canadian singer, 33, has set two new Guinness World Record titles. He currently has the most monthly listeners on Spotify, with 111.4 million as of March 20. He also became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners.The Weeknd’s record-breaking stats will come as bad news to Swifties, Sheerios and Beliebers — whose idols are trailing in his wake.Miley Cyrus is The Weeknd’s closest competitor, with 82.4 million monthly listeners, according to GWR.Next is Shakira (81.6 million), then Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million) and Rihanna (78.5 mill...

Casey Affleck, Matt Damon spotted again in Boston as movie filming continues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:01 GMT

Hollywood stars Casey Affleck and Matt Damon hit the streets of Boston for another day of filming Thursday, a day after they were spotted filming in the area on Wednesday. Spotted in Boston’s Back Bay, Affleck briefly spoke with a 7NEWS camera. “Filming is going great,” Affleck said. Affleck and Damon are starring in “The Instigators,” a new Apple movie. The two were seen at a fire station on Cambridge Street on Wednesday. In the North End, Bova’s Bakery is also closed this week to make way for filming inside. In Back Bay, the 47-year-old, Oscar-winning Affleck took time to pat a dog before cameras started rolling on Thursday. Crews gathered as filming got underway near the corner of Exeter and Marlborough streets “I think it’s pretty exciting,” Back Bay resident Susan Gentile said. There was a whole lot of waiting for people on Exeter Street, peering down an alley which was kept wet with piles of snow being trucked in for a wintery look. Through t...