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2 men caught with guns at Dulles International Airport within 3 days

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

Two men were caught with handguns at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport’s security checkpoints this week.A man from Pennsylvania was caught with a loaded handgun at one of the airport’s security checkpoints on Thursday while attempting to get onto a flight, the Transportation Security Administration said in a news release.Officials with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department took the 9 mm handgun loaded with 15 bullets from the man. He was cited on a weapons charge, the TSA said.The man, who claimed that he didn’t know he had his gun with him, could see a penalty of up to $15,000 for bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint.“Two guns caught in a three-day span says a lot about the continued vigilance of our TSA officers,” Scott T. Johnson, TSA’s federal security director for the airport, said in a statement. “Claiming that you forgot that you had a loaded gun with you is a tragic accident waiting to happen. Ther...

Gladbach beats Hoffenheim in Bundesliga, Bayern game called off because of snow

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Nathan Ngoumou scored late for Borussia Mönchengladbach to beat Hoffenheim 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday and bounce back from its loss at Borussia Dortmund.The French midfielder was left unmarked by the Hoffenheim defense to tuck away Luca Netz’s cross in the 80th minute.Alassane Plea fired Gladbach ahead from the penalty spot in the 58th before Wout Weghorst equalized two minutes later.But the visitors were unable to muster a response to Ngoumou’s late goal as they slumped to their first away defeat.Gladbach, which was unbeaten in three games before losing at Dortmund 4-2 last weekend, was without American forward Jordan Pefok, who tore a thigh muscle in training on Friday. Pefok’s absence gave Ngoumou the opportunity to start.Also, Leipzig defeated promoted Heidenheim 2-1 and Bochum enjoyed a 3-1 win over Wolfsburg.Stuttgart hosted Werder Bremen later Saturday.Bayern Munich’s home game against Union Berlin was called off because of heavy snowfall dumped by a wint...

¿Qué es un tsunami y por qué puede ser tan peligroso?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

(CNN) — Los tsunamis se forman por un desplazamiento de agua causado por un deslizamiento de tierra, un terremoto, una erupción volcánica o un deslizamiento del límite entre dos de las placas tectónicas de la tierra (que son placas de roca de 15 a 200 metros de espesor que apoyan los continentes de la Tierra y los mares en un océano subterráneo de material semisólido mucho más caliente).Sismo de magnitud 7,6 sacude Mindanao, FilipinasLos tsunamis pueden viajar a más de 800 kilómetros por hora en el punto más profundo del agua. Sin embargo, disminuyen la velocidad a medida que se acercan a la costa.Pero siguen siendo peligrosos, pues allí pueden llegar con una velocidad de entre 32 a 48 kilómetros por hora.La energía de la velocidad de la ola se transfiere a la altura y la fuerza bruta a medida que se acerca a la orilla.Según la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de EE.UU. (NOAA), aunque no se puede prevenir un tsunami, “el impacto de uno se puede mitigar a tr...

McCarthy was ditched and Santos expelled. The House is making history, but not as the GOP envisioned

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is making history this year in ways that Republicans could hardly have envisioned when the party took control.First, the Republicans voted to oust their speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, in October. On Friday they voted to get rid of one of their own, indicted Rep. George Santos of New York.Never before had a House majority voted to evict its speaker, and not since the Civil War had the chamber voted to expel a member who was charged but not yet convicted of a crime.The result has been a dizzying 11 months in a House majority riven by infighting, chiseling away at the powers of Congress and taking its toll on the actual business of governing. As the year comes to a close, the arc of power for House Republicans is at an inflection point, a new era of performance politics and chaotic governing that shows no signs of easing.“Is it messy? Yeah, sure,” said Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, among the New Yorkers who led the ouster of Santos. “But when you’r...

EU and Mercosur give up on clinching trade pact next week

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

Argentina has thrown a wrench into the works of EU efforts to reach a Mercosur free-trade agreement next week.Brazil told the EU that sealing the trade deal next week won’t be possible as the approval of Argentina’s incoming government will be required on outstanding issues such as a policy to curb deforestation, according to two officials close to the negotiations who were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic. The EU had hoped to finalize a trade agreement with the Mercosur countries — Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina — in time for a December 7 summit of South American leaders in Brazil.But Argentina has notified Brazil, the current president of Mercosur, that it will not be able to make new commitments in the negotiations and that it intends to leave decisions to Javier Milei, an anarcho-capitalist outsider who won Argentina’s presidential election in November. The setback was first reported by CNN Brasil. As a result of Argentina’s decision, a po...

Climate action or distraction? Sweeping COP pledges won’t touch fossil fuel use

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A torrent of pollution-slashing pledges from governments and major oil companies sparked cries of “greenwashing” on Saturday, even before world leaders had boarded their flights home from this year’s global climate conference.  After leaders wrapped two days of speeches filled with high-flying rhetoric and impassioned pleas for action, the Emirati presidency of the COP28 climate talks unleashed a series of initiatives aimed at cleaning up the world’s energy sector, the largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. The announcement, made at an hours-long event Saturday afternoon featuring U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, contained two main planks — a pledge by oil and gas companies to reduce emissions, and a commitment by 118 countries to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity and double energy savings efforts. It was, on its face, an impressive and ambitious ...

Marblehead postal worker stole more than $18k from customers

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

That’s a lot of postage.A Marblehead postal worker made off with more than $18,000 through a couple schemes that boiled down to pocketing money people paid for stamps and money orders.On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris sentenced Zeon Johnson, 28, of Saugus, to just time served — a day in jail — and two years of supervised release. It’s a sentence that finds a middle ground between the prosecution’s ask of 30 days in prison with three years of supervised release and the defense’s ask of time served with one year of supervised release, according to their respective sentencing memos.He’ll also have to fork over the $18,206 he stole from the U.S. Postal Service.While that sum is only a 74th of the $1,351,250 a single Inverted Jenny — often listed as the most valuable U.S. stamp in history — sold for at auction in 2016, it’s enough to have sent out 27,667 regular letters or 35,805 postcards to family and friends at current postage rates.“For much of his employment,” fede...

These San Diego County beach towns named among best in California

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

CanvaThe best beach towns in CaliforniaSummer vacation is over across the U.S., with kids back in school. So now is the perfect time to start planning next year's beach vacation.Travelers were busy during summer 2023. On Memorial Day weekend, largely considered the unofficial start of summer, the Transportation Security Administration screened 9.8 million people, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Trips abroad spiked in popularity as people made up for time lost during pandemic-era travel restrictions.However, as inflation made travel more expensive, budget-conscious travelers cut costs by driving to their destinations and staying stateside. During the July 4th holiday, AAA projected 43.2 million people would travel by car, a new record.Beach destinations were popular this year, according to a survey from vacation-rental platform Vacasa, and outdoor recreation remains a top priority. Not only are beaches a great place to unwind and create family bonding moments, but they also boost peo...

Man killed after vehicle stalls on I-5 identified

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — A man who was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 5 in Chula Vista last week has been identified by authorities. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office, 39-year-old Hinga Benson was the sole occupant of a vehicle that apparently stalled from mechanical issues in the southbound travel lanes, north of Palomar Street. Benson, a San Diego resident, exited his vehicle when an oncoming vehicle collided with him, California Highway Patrol explained. An additional southbound vehicle also struck his vehicle.When first responders arrived to the location, Benson's death was pronounced at the scene due to fatal injuries. The medical examiner list his cause of death as multiple blunt force injury.All involved parties stopped, remained on scene, and cooperated with the investigation, CHP said. Alcohol/or drugs are not suspected to be a factor in the crash.

Second ballot needed to determine new Ontario Liberal Party leader

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:47:44 GMT

There was no clear winner after first ballot results were announced Saturday afternoon at the Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention.Bonnie Crombie fell just shy of a first-ballot victory, securing 43 per cent of the votes while Nate Erskine-Smith and Yasir Naqvi garnered 25.7 and 21.3 per cent, respectively. Ted Hsu, who earned just 10 per cent of the votes cast, drops off the ballot and his voters’ second choices will now be counted and distributed to the remaining candidates.Under the ranked ballot system being used, party members ranked candidates from one through four, and points get awarded on a weighted system depending on how many people vote in each of the 124 ridings.Each constituency association gets 100 points, to be awarded based on the percentage of the vote each candidate receives from members in that riding. As well, there are 10 student clubs that will award 50 points, and eight women’s clubs with five points each, for a total of 12,940 points.The m...