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Weekend closures in DC area for Emancipation Day, Cherry Blossom Parade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

A series of springtime events in the National Capital Region — including D.C.’s Emancipation Day celebration, Cherry Blossom Parade and Arlington’s Bunny Hop 5K — will also bring a string of weekend closures to the area.D.C. Emancipation Day celebrates the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862, which ended slavery in the nation’s capital and freed 3,100 people.The law offered newly freed people money to emigrate and also provided financial reimbursement to others who had been slave owners.D.C. commemorates the act every April 16, which falls on a Sunday this year. As a result, many D.C. government agencies are observing the holiday on Monday, April 17.More DC NewsMore Local NewsMayor Muriel Bowser and members of her administration will begin four days of festivities on Friday, April 14.Here’s what’s closed and open and the road closures for D.C. Emancipation Day and other weekend events:What’s ClosedD.C. schools will be closed ...

Umpire Vanover released from hospital after ‘scary’ beaning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Major League Baseball umpire Larry Vanover was released from the hospital Friday, two days after being hit in the head with a relay throw by a Guardians player during a game against the New York Yankees.Vanover was discharged from the Cleveland Clinic after being under care for two nights and will remain off the field until he’s cleared by MLB’s medical personnel. He had been scheduled to work Thursday in Cincinnati.The 67-year-old was struck on the left side of his head in the fifth inning Wednesday by a throw from Guardians All-Star second baseman Andrés Giménez, who was firing toward home plate on the play. Giménez was less than 50 feet away.Vanover was on the grass between second base and the pitching mound when he got hit by the throw, which was clocked at 89 mph. It knocked off Vanover’s hat and sunglasses, and the moment drew a collective gasp from the Progressive Field crowd.Vanover quickly crumbled to his feet as the ball caromed off him and rolled toward f...

Así será el Previaje 4 en Argentina: fechas y tarifas del programa del gobierno que incentiva el turismo interno

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

(CNN Español) — A partir de este viernes comienza una nueva edición de Previaje, el programa del gobierno de Argentina que busca incentivar el turismo interno en el país. El Ministerio de Turismo y Deporte dio a conocer los detalles de este plan 2023 que incluye un tope de reintegro equivalente a US$ 316 al cambio oficial y podrá usarse también los fines de semana largos.Aquellos turistas que quieran usar el programa Previaje 4 podrán comprar pasajes y alojamientos desde el 19 hasta el 25 de abril en los comercios y los prestadores de servicios adheridos al plan. Una vez realizada la compra, los comprobantes se podrán cargar hasta el 28 de abril.En esta edición, las fechas habilitadas para viajar van del 24 de mayo al 30 de junio. Incluyendo los fines de semana extralargos del 25 al 28 de mayo y del 17 al 20 de junio.El sistema será el mismo que en las versiones anteriores: se reintegrará el 50% para volver a utilizar en turismo y, para personas afiliadas de PAMI (el servicio ...

Rain delays road work on George Washington Parkways that was expected to delay commutes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

(new Image()).src = "https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384&cid=c2ffed0c-3624-46c0-b10f-97c976d290a3";cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: "283a4bda-9cb2-4f81-b31a-edb9a9190142"}).render("9741f797f3e04083a1f27e2d33c7ac44"); });The National Park Service is holding off on plans to close a section of the George Washington Parkway for a major construction project, citing the weather.Rain is in the forecast for Saturday.The plan was to close the southbound lanes between the Capital Beltway and Route 123 starting this week, but officials say they need dry weather for the restriping required for the project.Instead, the work will begin sometime between April 21 and 24.When work gets underway, in addition to closing a 3.5-mile stretch of the southbound lanes of the parkway between the Capital Beltway and Route 123 in McLean, the northbound lanes will become reversible.“Morning peak hours, we’re...

‘A day of spiritual victory’: Orthodox Christians in DC area and around the world to celebrate Easter April 16

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of jesus Christ, and a day people can go egg hunting or feast on their favorite meals. But not everyone celebrates the holiday on the same day.Orthodox Christian churches in Ethiopian, Eritrean, Greek, Russian and Serbian cultures will be celebrating their Easter on Sunday, April 16, in accordance with the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.Easter for Orthodox Christian Greeks is called Pascha. For Serbians, it’s called Uskrs or Vaskrs, and for Ethiopians and Eritreans, it’s called Fasika or Tensae.Abiy Tsom, or the Great Lent, is one of the seven fasting seasons for the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches. Those who observe spend 55 days in prayer, avoid meat and dairy products, and take part in almsgiving or giving money or food to poor people.In January, Orthodox Christians in D.C. and around the world celebrate their annual Christmas.According to Bineyam Gebrewold, a Sunday school teacher at Debre Gen...

Man allegedly takes badge, uses it to slice Denver officer's neck

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Two Denver Police Department officers are recovering after a man attacked them on Friday.The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. near 6th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street while an officer was responding to a welfare check.While the officer was talking to the person who called for the welfare check, a suspect came out of the apartment building. Who shot this man and left him to die 25 years ago? According to the probable cause statement, the suspect, who has been identified as Neil Hagerty, 57, attacked the officer, tore the badge off his chest and then used the badge pin to cut the officer's throat.The officer received a six-inch cut to his neck.At the same time, the suspect allegedly tried to pull the officer’s gun out of his holster. Driver clocked going 95 mph in Aurora Another officer responded and Hagerty allegedly continued to fight, causing injuries and lacerations to the second officer's hand. Hagerty also allegedly tried take the second officer'...

Will the snow accumulate in Denver on Friday night?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- After a week where the Mile High City saw back-to-back record-breaking days of heat, things have changed in a drastic way.Temperatures went from being in the 70s and 80s to being in the 30s and 40s on Friday. How much snow could Denver see in April? While it might be wet outside, the Pinpoint Weather team says the Denver metro area will see little to no accumulation with this storm system.Accumulating snowfall is possible for the mountains and foothills, where temperatures have been cooler this week.Is it normal to see snow in April in Denver?Snow in April is not abnormal for Denver. In fact, April is the second snowiest month of the year for Denver. On average, Denver sees 8.8 inches of snowfall during this month.However, Denver has only seen 0.2 inch of snowfall so far this month.If you are wondering how much longer snow could stick around, history tells us that it could be a bit longer. ‘It is unbearable’: This is the smelliest place in Denver, according to c...

The cream-cheese-stuffed bagel is here

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

 (CNN) — In the 1990s, Pizza Hut unveiled an important cheese-in-bread innovation, the stuffed crust pizza. Now, Philadelphia cream cheese and H&H Bagels, a New York City-based bagel shop, are trying to please the carbohydrate- and dairy-loving communities with a new and dubious spin on the stuffed crust: The bagel stuffed with cream cheese.But unlike stuffed-crust pizzas, the bagel is filled with cheese after it is baked, making it more of a cream cheese bagel donut, if not in spirit then at least in form.The bagels are “baked fresh daily and then cooled to be individually stuffed with Philly’s signature cream cheese one at a time,” according to Jay Rushin, CEO of H&H. “H&H Bagels use a pastry tool to pipe in the Philly cream cheese by hand,” he added. “The process leaves very small holes where the insertions are made, similar to a jelly donut.”The obvious question, as is often the case with food mash-ups, is why. WhatR...

Residents blame South Florida Water Management for floods as cleanup begins after in Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

Clean-up efforts are underway for homeowners after Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday, damaging multiple cars and homes. Residents said they have thousands of dollars in damages. Residents who spoke to 7News said something like this has never happened in the area and at one point the water was knee-deep. Now, they are demanding answers from the South Florida Water Management District. Hallie Hodder, a homeowner in one of the affected areas said she came home at around 5 p.m. and within a few hours, water came rushing into her garage.She believes South Florida Water Management didn’t expect this much water, and they may have opened the floodgates which allowed water in, flooding both sides of the street and the canals behind her home. “I think that they opened up the floodgates, and that’s what flooded our canals and everything, ’cause this never happens. We get maybe a foot above the dock when it’s high tide or we have...

EU Parliament aims to tighten access for Qatari, Moroccan diplomats

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:09 GMT

The European Parliament is moving to make it harder for representatives of Qatar and Morocco to influence MEPs, after the two countries were embroiled in a bribes-for-influence scandal dubbed Qatargate.According to a new set of guidelines approved by leading MEPs in a behind-closed-doors meeting Thursday and seen by POLITICO, MEPs and staffers are urged to request the Parliament’s permission to invite the countries’ diplomats onto the premises, and the lawmakers also have to inform Parliament President Roberta Metsola whenever they meet them.The guidelines, however, are not binding — meaning that MEPs will not be sanctioned if they fail to adhere to them. They are designed primarily to clarify the state of play for MEPs, and give Metsola and top civil servants better oversight about who is meeting who, amid an ongoing criminal investigation in Belgium into whether MEPs took bribes from Qatar and Morocco. The move is separate from an ongoing transparency and ethics reform...