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The Hunt: 4 children were stabbed in France. Was it terrorism?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Hans-Jacob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, discusses the how propaganda from terror groups works. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio 'Terrorism has shifted slightly,' terrorism expert Hans-Jacob Schindler says $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); SIGN UP TODAY for J.J. Green’s new national security newsletter,...

Australia legislating to stop Russia building embassy near Parliament House

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government will introduce legislation to prevent Russia building a new embassy near Parliament House on security grounds.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the legislation to be presented to Parliament on Thursday would extinguish Russia’s lease on the proposed site based on the advice of security agencies.“We’re dealing with this very specifically and it’s based upon very specific advice as well about the nature of the construction that’s proposed for this site, about the location of this site, and about the capability that would present in terms of potential interference with activity that occurs in this Parliament House,” Albanese told reporters.The government decided to act after Russia won a Federal Court case last month that prevented its eviction from the site which is under construction.The lease was canceled by local Canberra authorities on the basis of a lack of building activity.Russia currently occupies the former USSR em...

Australian PM says government to introduce legislation to prevent Russia building embassy near Parliament House

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian PM says government to introduce legislation to prevent Russia building embassy near Parliament House.Source

UConn star Paige Bueckers working her way back from knee injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers tries to put the fear out of her mind.But it’s there when the 2021 AP national player of the year makes a cut or comes down hard on her surgically repaired left leg. Bueckers is back on the court with her teammates — though not fully participating in practice games yet — 10 months after suffering the second major knee injury of her college career. And she occasionally wonders, could it happen again?“I believe that everything happens for a reason,” Bueckers said Wednesday following a team workout. “Anybody can be scared of getting injured. You don’t have to have a prior injury to do that. I think the fear is always there, but I try not to let it consume me and just go out there and have fun.”Well, have fun and get in shape to lead UConn on a run at a 12th national title and its first since 2016, she said. Bueckers was all-everything as a freshman, averaging 20 points, 5.8 assists and 4.9 rebounds a game.But in December of her soph...

Suspect wounded in Nuggets celebration shooting limps into court

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A suspect in the shooting that hurt 10 people in downtown Denver early Tuesday appeared before a magistrate Wednesday afternoon.Ricardo Vasquez was fresh out of the hospital after being treated for gunshot wounds himself. Denver Nuggets celebration shooting is part of an area trend The 22-year-old is one of two people arrested by Denver Police in connection with a shooting that left nine others shot after the Nuggets won the world championship on Monday night.A probable cause affidavit said Vasquez was seen running from the shooting. Officers state they quickly caught him and found a gun on the ground, as well as a bag of cocaine in his waistband.Investigators have said the shooting happened during a drug deal taking place near crowds celebrating the Nuggets' win at 20th and Market streets.Mass shooting suspect was shot twiceIn court on Wednesday, an attorney said Vasquez had been shot twice.He limped into a holding area behind a glass where he answered the questio...

Firefighters roll dice for chance to drive Nuggets in victory parade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — During the Denver Nuggets championship parade on Thursday, the team and their families will ride on Denver fire trucks.Nikola Jokic, number 15, will be on a rig from Station 15. Jamal Murray, number 27, will be on a rig from Station 27. Nuggets championship parade route and road closures Station 35 doesn’t know who they will be assigned, but the crew is excited."Generally, it’s our job to just take care of them, make sure they are hydrated and just make sure they have a good time," Capt. Matt Berry said. FOX31 will carry the parade and rally live on air and on streaming at KDVR.com. News coverage will start at 4:30 a.m. as usual, with parade and rally coverage expected to kick into gear around 9 a.m.Engineer Vaughn Henderson will drive the engine. "I was working that night when they won, in my room yelling and screaming for the Nuggets, so for me to be a part of this, to be a part of history, is really exciting for me," he said. So many people at the firehouse want...

Did Canadian wildfire smoke cause this hazy sunrise at Red Rocks?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Smoke from wildfires in Canada was the likely cause of a hazy sunrise in parts of the Front Range Wednesday morning, including near the Red Rocks Amphitheatre.A video taken near the amphitheater shows the sunrise, with the sun visible but obscured through the haze.According to AirNow, air quality in the Denver metro seems to have been largely not impacted, with "good" to "moderate" levels being recorded in most places throughout the last 24 hours. What will the weather be like for the Denver Nuggets parade? However in Conifer, near Red Rocks, the air quality ranged from "unhealthy" to "good" at various parts of the day. According to the Pinpoint Weather team, smoke from the fires should not impact the Front Range over the next few days, and impacts will primarily be seen northeast of the state.Parts of the US continue to see impacts from the smokeIn mid-to-late May, smoke from the fires spread to Denver and caused air quality in the metro to become among the worst...

Kirby strikes out 10, Mariners beat Marlins 9-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle starter George Kirby set a career high with 10 strikeouts and the Mariners’ offense broke out for the second straight game in a 9-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.Kirby (6-5) was untouchable early on, retiring the first 13 hitters of the game. He wound up allowing three hits and one unearned run over six innings with no walks.Yuli Gurriel hit a single in the top of the fifth inning for Miami’s first hit, but Kirby recovered by striking out Jean Segura and Jon Berti to escape the inning without damage.Kirby tends to live around the strike zone with his pitches, but was able to coax Marlins hitters to chase pitches throughout the game. The Marlins swung at 48 percent of Kirby’s pitches off the plate, and 58 percent of his fastballs out of the zone.“I was able to expand the slider a little bit today,” Kirby said. “But yeah, if I’m living in the zone, they’ve got to protect anything on the outer half. So I’m going to ...

Police search for 77-year-old man reported missing from Little Havana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for an elderly man who was reported missing from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.According to City of Miami Police, 77-year-old Robert Michael Comiskey stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs around 160 pounds.He was last seen wearing black joggers a shirt and a cap. Officials urge anyone with information on Comiskey’s whereabouts to call Miami Police at 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111.

Stars of Disney and Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ prove why they are best fire-and-water pair

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:19 GMT

Sweet and sour. Salt and caramel. Pink and black. Good combinations happen when opposites attract. Just don’t ask my exesFire and water might not be two things you immediately think can go together, but the stars of Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental” are here to prove why they’re the perfect pair.Talk about being in your element!Leah Lewis (as Ember Lumen, voice): “Air usually has their head in the clouds. Earth can be a little seedy. Water is always getting into something. And Fire, we run a little hot.”In Disney and Pixar’s new animated film “Elemental,” Fire, Water, Earth and Air residents live together in the same city.But not necessarily in harmony.Leah Lewis (as Ember Lumen): “We all live by one simple rule: elements cannot mix.”But the rules kinda go out the window when the fiery Ember, voiced by Leah Lewis, neets Mamoudou Athie’s water guy Wade.OK, OK, fire and water, elements, this totally begs the question...