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California’s Death Valley sizzles as it reaches near record high of 128 degrees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

By JOHN LOCHER, ADAM BEAM and SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated PressDEATH VALLEY — Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists said.Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.33 degrees Celsius) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, the National Weather Service said.The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 at Furnace Creek, said Randy Ceverny of the World Meteorological Organization, the body recognized as keeper of world records. Temperatures at or above 130 F (54.44 C) have only been recorded on Earth a handful of times, mostly in Death Valley.“With global warming, such temperatures are becoming more and more likely to occur,” Ceverny, the World Meteorological Organization...

Naby Keïta will miss start of season for Werder Bremen because of injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

BREMEN, Germany (AP) — Former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keïta will miss the start of the season for Werder Bremen after being injured while preparing for a friendly.The 28-year-old Keïta suffered a groin problem before Sunday’s game against VfB Oldenburg, forcing him to miss the match.Bremen coach Ole Werner said at the time it was a precautionary measure, but on Monday it became apparent that the injury was more serious as the club announced he will miss “several weeks.”“We have to assume that Naby won’t be available for us for the first games of the season,” Werner said.Guinea international Keïta joined Bremen on a free transfer from Liverpool in June. He only managed 13 games for the English Premier League club last season, in part because of injuries.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Bowser nominates Pamela Smith to lead DC police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated former U.S. Park Police chief Pamela Smith to lead the city’s police force.Smith boasts more than 25 years of experience in law enforcement across the country, much of it with the Park Police, where she was ultimately appointed as chief in February 2021.If confirmed by the D.C. Council as Robert Contee’s successor, Smith would be the second woman and the first Black woman to permanently run the agency since its founding in 1861.She joined the Metropolitan Police Department in May 2022 as its first chief equity officer leading diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and was promoted to assistant chief a year later.Source

Grains mostly lower, Livstock higher.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly higher Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. was up 2 cents at $6.56 a bushel; Sep. corn fell 5.50 cents at $5.01 a bushel; Sep. oats was off 1 cent at $4.0425 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans was up 30.25 cents at $14.8125 a bushel.Beef and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.Aug. live cattle gained 3.15 cents at $1.8080 a pound; Aug. feeder rose 2.73 cents at $2.4780 a pound; Jul. lean hogs was up .25 cent at $1.0245 a pound.Source

James Cameron desmiente los rumores sobre una película del sumergible que viajó al Titanic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

(CNN) — James Cameron no está trabajando en un proyecto relacionado con la tragedia del sumergible Titán de OceanGate.El director de la película “Titanic”, ganadora del Oscar, desmintió recientemente a través de Twitter los rumores de que tiene planes de trabajar en un proyecto sobre el sumergible que viajó a los restos del Titanic y que sufrió una “implosión catastrófica” el mes pasado, matando a las cinco personas que iban a bordo.¿Cómo pudo ocurrir la implosión catastrófica del Titán? 3:38“No suelo responder a rumores ofensivos en los medios de comunicación, pero tengo que hacerlo ahora”, tuiteó Cameron. “NO estoy en conversaciones sobre una película de OceanGate ni lo estaré nunca”.Además de cineasta, Cameron ha realizado más de 30 inmersiones a los restos del Titanic y es una de las pocas personas que han descendido al punto más profundo conocido del fondo marino de la Tierra.Cómo James Cameron se convirtió en explorador de ...

Southwest Airlines adds former Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri to its board of directors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has added former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, to its board of directors.Blunt, 73, spent 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Senate from 2011 until leaving office in January as the fourth-ranking Republican. He did not seek re-election last year. Since April, Blunt has worked at Husch Blackwell Strategies, a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm that also employs his son and former aides. The firm said Blunt would focus on advising clients and did not plan to register as a lobbyist.Southwest Chairman Gary Kelly said Monday in prepared remarks that Blunt’s experience as chairman of the Senate aviation subcommittee would be helpful to the airline.The appointment took effect Sunday. Dallas-based Southwest now has 15 directors. Source

Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Gersbeck leaves training camp as police investigate fight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck has left the team’s summer training camp in Austria after apparently becoming involved in a fight with another man who later needed hospital treatment.Hertha said Monday that Gersbeck had left the day before and that it did not wish to make further comment on the situation while police were investigating. It did not say whether the 28-year-old Gersbeck, who only returned to Hertha from Karlsruher SC last month, will remain at the club after the incident.“Sporting and club management will now evaluate the situation together internally, taking the ongoing investigations into account,” Hertha said in a statement. “We will not comment further on this matter further because of the ongoing investigations and ask for your understanding.”Salzburg police said in a statement Sunday that “a 28-year-old German man and a 22-year-old local man got into an argument on a street in the town of Zell am See” the night before. They added that the r...

Police: Toddler found alone, drugged and dehydrated in home drug den

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — A couple is under arrest after a toddler was rescued from a home drug den in Daphne, where the child was found alone, drugged and dehydrated, according to the Daphne Police Department.Police said it was about 8 p.m. Saturday when patrol officers responded to Atrium Apartments on County Road 64 after a resident found an unattended and naked 2-year-old toddler lying near his front door.Medical responders were summoned and the parents, Hannah Straszheim and Tyler Still, were located shortly after, police said.Investigators said the toddler presented signs of heat exposure and dehydration and was transported to the emergency room where she tested positive for cocaine.Officers and investigators obtained a search warrant for the couple’s apartment, where they found the apartment in severe disarray and located more than 100 Oxycontin pills, some powder cocaine, drug paraphernalia and three semi-automatic handguns, all within access to the toddler’s reach, acc...

Southern Europe suffers in heat wave, with record-high temperatures forecast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

ROME — Swathes of southern Europe continue to experience extreme heat, with warnings that record-high temperatures could be reached in some places this week.In Italy, those record highs could come as soon as Tuesday, with Sicily and Sardinia forecast to reach 48 degrees C. Italy’s record temperature is 48.8 C, set two years ago. Some 60 percent of Italy is likely to top 40 C this week, with the government issuing a red alert for 20 of the country’s 27 main cities for Tuesday and warning of a risk to health, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable.  A study by the Institute of Global Health published in Nature Medicine journal found that 18,000 Italians died in the Europe-wide heatwave last summer, the most among the 35 countries studied. Hospital emergency departments and calls to emergency numbers have seen an uptick in use of around 20 percent in recent days, according to local media. Power outages hit parts of Rome on M...

More tourists caught defacing Rome’s ancient Colosseum

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:27 GMT

(CNN) — Two more tourists have been caught apparently defacing the Colosseum in Rome, following a similar incident in June.On Friday, a 17-year-old girl from Switzerland was spotted apparently carving her initials into a wall of the building by a tourist guide, a spokesperson for the local military police force, the Carabinieri of the Province of Rome, told CNN on Monday. The guide called security at the site, who then alerted the Carabinieri.The very next day, a 17-year-old student from Germany was caught allegedly doing something similar. This time, a security guard spotted the teen and reported him to the Carabinieri.Both teenagers risk a fine of up to €15,000 ($16,850) and up to five years in jail.This is the same punishment potentially faced by a 27-year-old British tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into the wall of the ancient arena last month.The man, Ivan Dimitrov, later sent a letter of apology to the local prosecutor’s office, according...