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DC-area winter storm: A few flakes to start and then mostly rain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

Snow lovers will, in all likelihood, be disappointed this weekend. Even though snow was part of the weekend forecast just a few days ago, meteorologists are now predicting the temperature will be above freezing, so snow will be minimal at best for most in the D.C. region.The National Weather Service has the District and the nearby suburbs as receiving less than 1 inch of snow from the upcoming storm.Wintry weather expected across much of the region Saturday-Saturday night. The greatest impacts from snow & ice appear to be in areas along & west of the Blue Ridge with moderate to heavy rain reducing totals further east. More: https://t.co/ZOlvEShgSf. #MDwx #VAwx #WVwx #DCwx pic.twitter.com/kwuisG707A— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) January 4, 20247News First Alert Meteorologist Brian Van de Graff said there may be a little dusting of snow on Saturday morning, most likely in the upper Montgomery and Loudoun County areas, but that it will not last long, quickly turning...

Police: Loudoun Co. gun store burglary suspects drove stolen car into building, took ‘multiple’ guns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

Police arrived at Loudoun Guns in Leesburg early Thursday for reports of a loud noise. At the scene, they found a four-door Kia sedan that appeared to have crashed into the front doors of the store and lodged into the building. (Courtesy Leesburg Police Department)Four burglary suspects broke into a Loudoun County, Virginia, gun store early Thursday by driving a stolen car into the side of the building, the Leesburg Police Department said.Police arrived at Loudoun Guns in Leesburg shortly before 4 a.m. for reports of a loud noise, believed to be a car striking a building, according to a news release from the department. At the scene, they found a four-door Kia sedan that appeared to have crashed into the front doors of the store and lodged into the building.The suspects, who were wearing masks, stole “multiple” long guns from the store, police said. The suspects fled the scene before law enforcement arrived, leaving the Kia behind.The car was reported stolen out of anoth...

Mississippi running back Quinshon Judkins announces plans to transfer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi running back Quinshon Judkins is entering the transfer portal after opening his college career with two 1,000-yard seasons.The Rebels’ sophomore star announced his decision Thursday on X.“After long talks with my family and hard prayer, I have decided to enter the transfer portal,” Judkins posted. “This decision to enter the transfer portal was not made lightly but I believe it is the best decision for my personal and athletic growth.”Judkins helped lead Ole Miss to its first 11-win season and a Peach Bowl victory over Penn State. Players who participated in New Year’s Six or College Football Playoff games were granted extra time to make decisions on entering the portal.Judkins’ name had not appeared in the portal as of early Thursday afternoon.The Pike Road, Alabama, native has run for 2,725 yards and 31 touchdowns in his first two seasons with the Rebels. He ran for 1,158 yards and 15 touchdowns as a sophomore, producing another 1...

Hallan una de las arañas más grandes y venenosas del mundo, con colmillos capaces de perforar una uña

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

Con colmillos capaces de perforar una uña humana, el espécimen macho más grande del arácnido más venenoso del mundo ha hallado un nuevo hogar en el Parque de Reptiles de Australia, donde ayudará a salvar vidas después que una persona lo hallara por casualidad.La mortal araña de tela en embudo de Sydney, apodada “Hércules”, fue encontrada en la costa central, a unas 50 millas al norte de Sydney, y fue inicialmente trasladada a un hospital local, detalló este jueves el Parque de Reptiles de Australia en un comunicado.Los expertos en arañas del parque cercano la recuperaron y pronto notaron que era el espécimen macho más grande jamás recibido de la gente en Australia. Estas arañas gigantes se están expandiendo en EEUU Autoridades: turistas causan choque en el Valle de la Muerte tras evitar aplastar una tarántula La araña medía 7.9 centímetros (3.1 pulgadas) de pata a pata, superando el récord anterior del parque de 2018, el macho de ...

University of Colorado study: How does cannabis affect exercise?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's officially been a decade since the sale of recreational cannabis was legalized in Colorado.The research journal Sports Medicine recently published a study from the University of Colorado. According to CU, it's the first-ever study examining how legal, commercially available cannabis affects the experience of exercise. How Colorado’s marijuana industry has changed since legalization a decade ago Researchers recruited 42 Boulder-area volunteers who already run while using cannabis. The study revealed how cannabis can help or hinder performances and analyzed how CBD and THC may affect exercise differently.Cannabis may enhance mood, but not performanceIn the study, runners would take a survey and data would be collected during a 30-minute treadmill run both with and without using cannabis beforehand. Runners answered questions periodically to assess how they felt, how hard the workout felt, how quickly time seemed to pass, pain levels and more.Across the board, t...

Watch live: Authorities address shooting at Perry High School in Iowa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

PERRY, Iowa (WHO) – Multiple people were shot inside a small-town Iowa high school early Thursday as students prepared to start their first day of classes after their annual winter break, authorities said.The suspect in the shooting in Perry, Iowa, has died of what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity. Law enforcement was notified about an active shooter at Perry High School at 7:37 a.m. CT. When emergency responders arrived, they found multiple gunshot victims. At a news conference Thursday morning, Infante said it was unclear how many victims were shot and the extent of their injuries but that the threat was over and there was no danger to the public.As of July 2021, Iowa does not require a permit to purchase a ...

Iowa school shooting injures several, sends students ducking for cover and running for the exits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people were shot inside a small-town Iowa high school early Thursday, as students preparing for their first classes after winter break were forced to duck into classrooms, barricade themselves in offices or run for an exit, before the suspected shooter was found dead.Authorities in Perry, Iowa, did not say how many people were injured in the shooting, but hospitals confirmed receiving at least three patients.The suspect died of what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and at least one of the victims is a school administrator, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.Perry has about 8,000 residents and is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines, on the edge of the state capital’s metropolitan area. It is home to a large pork-processing plant, and low-slung, single story homes s...

Florida man charged with threatening to kill US Rep Eric Swalwell and his children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida man threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in a series of voicemails left at the California Democrat’s Washington office last month, federal prosecutors said.Michael Shapiro, 72, of Greenacres, Florida, was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of transmitting a threatening communication, according to court records. He made his initial appearance in West Palm Beach federal court, where a bond of $250,000 was set.According to a criminal complaint, Shapiro left five voicemail messages at Swalwell’s office D.C. office on Dec. 19. The complaint doesn’t name the member of Congress, but Swalwell confirmed that the messages were left for him in a social media post on Wednesday.“No threat is going to stop me from representing my constituents,” Swalwell said. “MAGA Republicans have chosen violence over voting and this is what it looks like.”In one of the messages, Shapiro stated that he was going to “c...

Voters file an objection to Trump’s name on the Illinois ballot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A petition filed by five voters on Thursday seeks to bar former President Donald Trump from the Illinois Republican primary election ballot in March, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.The petition, similar to those filed in more than a dozen other states, relies on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits anyone from holding office who previously has taken an oath to defend the Constitution and then later “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the country or given “aid or comfort” to its enemies.The 87-page document, signed by five people from around the state, lays out a case that Trump, having lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, fanned the flames of hardcore supporters who attacked the Capitol on the day Congress certified the election results. The riot left five dead and more than 100 injured.Officials in Colorado and Maine hav...

2 dead after early morning Dorchester crash, 1 in ‘grave’ condition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:23 GMT

An early morning crash on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester Thursday claimed the lives of two people and injured two others, officials said.Massachusetts State Police confirmed two occupants of a vehicle which rolled over on the street suffered fatal injuries. A third was in “grave condition” at a Boston hospital as of Thursday afternoon and a fourth was also hospitalized, though they are expected to survive. Police in an update near 4 p.m. said all four occupants of the car were teenage males.State police said authorities found a gun in the crashed vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Jamaica Plain earlier Thursday morning.Police in a prior statement said a state trooper on patrol on Morrissey Boulevard saw the vehicle crash on the northbound side of the road just after 3:15 a.m. near UMass-Boston. Additional state police and Boston police patrols, along with Boston Fire and EMS, were on scene shortly after. One person was pronounced dead on-site. The three ot...