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Metro decorates trains, buses, SmarTrip cards, expands service for cherry blossoms

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

Metro is adding trains and buses to help meet increased demand as cherry blossoms bloom in D.C.While the cherry blossoms just reached halfway to peak bloom, a new look for trains, buses and SmarTrip cards to help D.C. get into the mood for cherry blossom season has already arrived.In addition to more trains, Metro said it would also be adding buses to meet demand as needed.To help with delays, Metro said that starting March 20, any maintenance or track work will be conducted after 10 p.m. and overnight for four weeks.The new trains launched Friday and the two decorated buses are on the roads.More Cherry Blossom NewsMore Local NewsMore DC NewsWhile the pink and white wrapped buses and trains are hard to miss, if you want to hitch a ride on one of them, there’s a special tracker so you can be sure to hop into the station at the right time.As the trains say on the side, “the blossoms are calling.”To follow the “moving blooms,” go to the WMATA website, and ...

Women’s March Madness could have more upsets due to parity

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

More March Madness chaos in the women’s NCAA Tournament could be looming on the horizon if the past few months of upsets are any indication.Upsets haven’t been a hallmark of the women’s tournament. Since 2007, 11 women’s teams seeded 10th or lower have reached the Sweet 16. That’s less than half the number of lower-seeded men’s team that have made that run.But signs are this year’s tournament is ripe for more surprises.“The talent is spread out a little bit more now,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “I think this might be one of the more exciting tournaments in recent years.”This season has been full of eye-popping upsets, including 19 losses by top 10 teams to unranked schools. That was the seventh most in a season since 2000, according to Stats Perform. That continued a trend from the 2021-22 season when there were 24 — the second most over that span.For the Huskies, it’s already been a historic year — not one they would want to bookmark. ...

Driver seriously injured after crashing into apartment, causes natural gas leak

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — Fire crews were responding to a car that crashed into an apartment building in Centennial and caused a natural gas leak. South Metro Fire Rescue and the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office were on scene of a vehicle that hit an apartment building on South Jordan Road and East Jamison Drive. The area is just west of the Cherry Creek Valley Ecological Park. Photos provided by SMFR show crews working at the Reserve at South Creek apartments. People found living in tunnel under highway flyover According to SMFR, an SUV drove through a wall and down an embankment before striking the apartment building. The crash caused a natural gas leak.An SUV crashed into a Centennial apartment cuasing a natural gas leak. (South Metro Fire Rescue)An SUV crashed into a Centennial apartment cuasing a natural gas leak. (South Metro Fire Rescue)An SUV crashed into a Centennial apartment cuasing a natural gas leak. (South Metro Fire Rescue)An SUV crashed into a Centennial apartmen...

4.3 magnitude earthquake felt in Southern Colorado

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

VALDEZ, Colo. (KXRM) — In the late hours Thursday, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Southern Colorado.According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake was centered in the Burro Canyon area in Valdez. Julie Bush of Weston, Colorado told KDVR's sister station FOX21 News she felt the shaking at 11:07 p.m."We're at 7,600 feet and it felt like an explosion, stuff flew off the walls and I'm still shaking!" said Bush. Courtesy: FOX21 Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Matt MeisterCourtesy: United States Geological SurveyUSGS's website shows the shaking might have been felt as far north as Fort Carson and Fountain areas. Are people already waiting in line for Casa Bonita to reopen? The USGS "Did you feel it?" program uses reports from citizens to estimate where the earthquake was likely felt. Here's their map for the overnight earthquake.Courtesy: United States Geological SurveyCourtesy: United States Geological SurveyOver the last three weeks, there have been six ea...

Police investigate possible murder-suicide in Miami Lakes after ‘multiple people’ found dead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

Heavy police presence in a Miami Lakes residential area Friday as police investigate a possible murder-suicide. According to Miami-Dade Police detective Alvaro Zabaleta, a call came in from a relative who was trying to locate someone from inside the residence. The relative made their way to the home located on Northwest 87th Court, near 148th Terrace, and notified the police.Upon arrival, police did an outer perimeter search of the home and found an unlocked window which they used to gain entry into the home.They found a victim deceased from a gunshot wound.Police said a total of five victims, two males, and three females were found inside the home. One person appears to be dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It still remains unknown how long the victims have been deceased inside the home. They do not believe there is a threat to public safety and this remains an active investigation. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Meta considering a standalone social network that sounds a lot like Twitter

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

(CNN) — Facebook-parent Meta is exploring building a new, standalone platform for sharing text updates, the company confirmed to CNN on Friday, in what could mark the most high-profile new contender to take on Twitter as it falters under Elon Musk.“We believe there’s an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement to CNN, which essentially described Twitter’s mission statement without naming the platform.The platform, plans for which were earlier reported by Platformer and MoneyControl, would be decentralized, meaning users could ostensibly create different servers or communities, each with their own rules rather than one central platform controlled by Meta. The concept is similar to Reddit or Discord, but a departure from how Meta’s other platforms function.If Meta’s new platform were decentralized, it could allow third parties to ...

Lineker meets his Match? Football ace steps back from TV gig after Tory tweet row

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

LONDON — Top British TV host Gary Lineker will step back from presenting the flagship “Match of the Day” football show until a “clear position” is agreed on his social media usage, the BBC has announced, after a major row with Conservative MPs.The footballer-turned-sports presenter has been embroiled in a days-long row over his tweets on Rishi Sunak’s proposals to tackle cross-Channel migration. Lineker claimed the language used to announce the bill was “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the ’30s.”Multiple Tory MPs and ministers have criticized Lineker, who is one of the BBC’s highest-paid employees. Critics argued his comments — and subsequent public arguments with ministers — breached the BBC’s strict impartiality rules.Reacting publicly to the story for the first time, the broadcaster announced Friday that Lineker would step back from his presenting duties. “The BBC has been in extensive discussions with Gary and his team in ...

Boris-style knighthood for Sunak’s dad? He’ll be lucky to get a card

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

PARIS — The U.K. prime minister sought to distance himself from Boris Johnson’s reported attempt to nominate his own father for a knighthood, saying his dad would only get a “card” for Fathers’ Day.Johnson has reportedly included his father Stanley in the list of honors he can grant as an outgoing prime minister. The Times said the list includes as many as 100 nominations.Speaking to reporters on his way to a U.K.-France summit in Paris, Rishi Sunak declined to comment on what he described as “speculation” when asked if honors should go to family members and if he as prime minister would ever nominate a family member for one of these awards, which include knighthoods, damehoods, and places in the U.K.’s unelected House of Lords. “For me a big success is remembering to get my dad a card on Fathers’ Day, so that is probably about my limit of it,” he replied.Asked if that should be interpreted as a “no,” Sunak said: “Yes. As I said, if I am doing a card, I’m doing well. There is a...

This nostalgic childhood drink is now a boozy beverage

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

(CNN) — SunnyD, the flavorful orange drink chugged from childhood by millennials, is embracing one of its more collegial cocktail combinations.There’s now a vodka seltzer version of the drink that was created because of “popular demand,” the brand said. SunnyD Vodka Seltzer becomes the latest entrant into the canned cocktail craze that has customers thirsting for flavor-packed adult beverages over their malt-based seltzer siblings.The vodka seltzer is 4.5 percent alcohol by volume, has 0 grams of sugar and only 95 calories. But there’s not actual SunnyD in the drink, rather the company said it has the “same great orange taste” as SunnyD that uses “real fruit juice and natural ingredients.”SunnyD was first developed in 1963, but later boomed in popularity in the 1990s garnering it a loyal fan base because of its tangy orange flavor that is likened to a much sweeter tasting (and sugar packed) version of regular orang...

Patrick Williams is finding his forcefulness in the final stretch for the Chicago Bulls: ‘Just scratching the surface’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:47:38 GMT

Whenever Patrick Williams drops his chin, cleaves his shoulder into an opponent’s sternum and shoots through the contact, the move earns the same repeated refrain: “Every time.”For years, Williams has heard this urging from every person in his corner in Chicago — coaches, teammates, fans — who have grown weary of the 21-year-old passing up opportunities he could take for himself.Williams’ 18-point performance in Wednesday’s win over the Denver Nuggets highlighted the impact of when he plays unafraid. It was a product of a seasons-long growth to become the most confident version of himself, a journey that’s been driven first and foremost by his Bulls teammates.“It’s hard not to be (confident) when you’ve got teammates who are always on your ass to be honest about staying aggressive, shooting the ball,” Williams said. “If I pass up one, they’re on me.”DeMar DeRozan kept the praise private after t...