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Sunday storms cause new round of power outages

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A strong line of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon knocked out power for tens of thousands of residents in the St. Louis region.According to Ameren Missouri, approximately 23,000 customers were without power as of 5 p.m. The majority of outages were reported in Jefferson County and westerly St. Louis County.Damaging winds reached 60 miles per hour in some places, according to the National Weather Service's St. Louis office.More thunderstorms, potentially severe ones, can be expected later tonight around 10 p.m., bringing with them hail and another round of pernicious winds.This weather pattern will continue for the better part of the coming week.

HGTV star Ty Pennington goes ‘from the red carpet to the ICU’ in medical scare  

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

Ty Pennington, the former host of Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, had to be hospitalized in Denver after a “sore throat” he had for a month was found to be something else. The HGTV star took to social media on Friday to shed light on the “interesting” week he was having and what exactly sent him to the ICU. “Turns out, that sore throat I’ve had for the last month was actually an abscess which had grown so large it was closing off my airway,” Pennington said on Instagram. “Next thing I know, I was intubated and flown down to the ICU in Denver.” Pennington took to Instagram on Friday to shed light on the “interesting” week he was having and what exactly sent him to the ICU. (Instagram: @thetypennington) Ready to complete the ‘Barbenheimer’ circuit? Summer’s most-anticipated films set to release on same day Pennington had attended the premiere of the new Barbie movie in Los Angeles last Sunday and was filming in Breckenridge, Colorado when he woke up...

Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in 5 sets to win Wimbledon for a second Grand Slam trophy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A poor start left Carlos Alcaraz a single point from a two-set hole against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.That sort of deficit is daunting for anyone, let alone a 20-year-old in his second major final, and against anyone, let alone Djokovic, someone who hadn't lost at Centre Court in a decade, someone seeking a fifth consecutive championship, and record-tying eighth overall, at the All England Club. Someone who won the year's first two Grand Slam tournaments and 23 over his career.Ah, but Alcaraz, last year's U.S. Open champ, wanted this shot at Djokovic, someone he called "a legend of our sport." Said it would make winning Wimbledon that much more special. And so Alcaraz managed to come through in that tiebreaker as choruses of “Car-los! Car-los!” from the stands competed with cries of his older, more experienced, more accomplished foe's two-syllable nickname, "No-le! No-le!” And then Alcaraz came through in a 32-point, 25-minute masterpiece of a g...

Danny Jansen hits 3-run double as Blue Jays complete sweep, beat Diamondbacks 7-5

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Danny Jansen hit a three-run double in the eighth inning to give Toronto what turned out to be an important cushion, and the Blue Jays beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.Kevin Kiermaier and Santiago Espinal each had two hits and an RBI and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. broke a 2-all tie with a sacrifice fly in the fifth as Toronto picked up its sixth sweep of the season and won for the eighth time in nine games.The Blue Jays are 19-7 against NL opponents. Toronto moved to 53-41, a season-best 12 games over .500, but still trails first-place Tampa Bay by six games and second-place Baltimore by five in the stout AL East.Arizona was swept for the second time this season. The Diamondbacks have lost four straight and 10 of 14 to fall into third in the NL West, one-half game behind San Francisco.Jansen’s bases-clearing double off Scott McGough in the eighth made it 6-2, and he later scored on pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho’s infield single...

‘Troubling’: 1 in 5 American workers experience toxic workplace

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

The results of a new survey indicate nearly 1 in 5 U.S. workers experience working under “toxic” conditions, with 22% of workers saying it has negatively affected their mental health.These concerning numbers come from the 2023 Work in America Survey from the American Psychological Association.“The number of individuals who report experiencing a toxic workplace without protection from harm is troubling,” Arthur C. Evans Jr., Ph.D., APA’s chief executive officer, said in a release. “No one should feel fear at work. It is clear there is much work to be done to foster a positive work environment for all workers in the nation.”The mental health implications are severe, according to the study.Those who reported a toxic work environment were three times more likely to experience mental health harm when compared to those who reported a healthy workplace. But mental health isn’t the only casualty of a toxic workplace. The study shows that turnover at the workplace soars and...

1 dead, 1 critically injured after being knocked from gondola at Quebec resort

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — One person died and another was critically injured when they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola Sunday at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort, authorities said. Quebec provincial police said the crash occurred shortly before noon when a piece of construction equipment struck the gondola at the mountain resort around 105 kilometers (65 miles) northwest of Montreal.Police said in an email that the other passenger was taken to a Montreal-area hospital with life-threatening injuries.Investigators from the major crimes division were sent to the scene. The Tremblant Resort Association declined to comment on the accident, but said in a post on Facebook that activities at the mountain were suspended after the accident.Source

Brewers rally to beat Reds 4-3, open 2-game NL Central lead

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers opened a two-game lead over Cincinnati in the NL Central, overcoming a two-run deficit to beat the Reds for the fifth time in a six-game stretch, a 4-3 victory Sunday behind rookie Andruw Monasterio’s tiebreaking single in a two-run eighth inning.After taking two of three at home on the weekend before the All-Star break, the Brewers swept three games at the Reds. Milwaukee has a two-game lead for the first time since before play on May 25.Christian Yelich hit his 14th home run in the third and cut Milwaukee’s deficit to 3-2 with an RBI single in the fifth.Jake Fraley hit a two-run homer for Cincinnati, which had been shut out in its previous three games.With the Reds leading 3-2, Willy Adams walked against Lucas Sims (3-2) starting the eighth and took third on Jesse Winker’s single. Owen Miller hit a sacrifice fly, All-Star closer Alexis Díaz relieved and Raimel Tapia flied out.Monasterio hit an opposite-field blooper that fe...

“The Unveil”: la presentación de Lionel Messi en el Inter Miami, en vivo

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

Haz clic aquí para ver las actualizaciones más recientesSeguidores de Lionel Messi de Argentina esperan su llegada al estadio DRV PNK en Fort Lauderdale, Florida, el 11 de julio de 2023. Crédito: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP vía Getty ImagesThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Georgia suspect in 4 killings shot and killed, 2 officers hurt in encounter, official says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers shot and killed a man wanted in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta, and a sheriff’s deputy and a police officer were hurt during the attempt to take the suspect into custody, an official said.Henry County Sheriff’s spokesperson Syntonnia Moore said suspect Andre Longmore was fatally shot during a widespread search for the 40-year-old man. The intense manhunt began after the shootings Saturday morning in a subdivision of Hampton, a community south of Georgia’s main city.Moore said law enforcement forces killed Longmore in a nearby area of Clayton County, adding a Henry County sheriff’s deputy and a Clayton County police officer were injured in the attempt to arrest Longmore. Moore said she had no update on the condition of either officer. Authorities planned a Sunday afternooon briefing to provide more details.The development came shortly after a deputy U.S. Marshal, Van Grady, disclosed the search for Longmore had come to ...

Woburn school community mourning after 17-year-old student, man killed in crash involving dirt bike in Wareham

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:51 GMT

Authorities have identified the man and 17-year-old boy who were killed in a crash involving a dirt bike in Wareham late Saturday night.Officers responding to multiple 911 calls reporting a crash between a dirt bike and a motor vehicle in the area of 121 Marion Road found two people unresponsive in the roadway suffering from apparent serious injuries, according to a statement issued by the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office.The victims, later identified as Robert Stalker, 17, of Woburn, and Brady Petrucci, 20, of Raynham, were taken to Tobey Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.Stalker was a student at Northeast Metro Tech. In a statement, Woburn Metro Tech and Woburn Public Schools said, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of a beloved student at Northeast Metro Tech. This tragedy has affected all of us in Woburn and the surrounding communities. Our hearts are with the victims’ families, and all those impacted by this tragic event.”Grief cou...