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Sudanese officials say 14 workers dead in gold mine collapse

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — At least 14 workers are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan, state mining authorities said Friday.According to the state-run news agency, SUNA, the fatal collapse happened after one of the hillsides that surround the Jebel Al-Ahmar gold mine – situated near the Egyptian border – gave way Thursday afternoon.Many other miners are still missing among the rubble, it said.Witnesses cited by SUNA said the workers were searching inside mining wells for gold using heavy machinery which caused the collapse.Several of the bodies, mostly of young men, have been recovered from the site and search efforts are ongoing, SUNA said. A security source cited by the state agency said workers are feared to be trapped beneath the mine’s groundwater. Few further details were given.Collapses are common in Sudan’s gold mines, where safety standards and maintenance are poor.In 2021, 31 people were killed after a defunct gold mine collapsed in West Kordo...

Charles III commorates WWII dead, child refugees in Hamburg

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III commemorated the more than 30,000 people, mostly German civilians, who were killed in the Allied bombing of Hamburg almost 80 years ago as he visited the northern city Friday on the last leg of his first foreign trip since becoming monarch.The attack in July 1943 carried out by British and American planes using incendiary bombs was a response to Nazi Germany’s deadly aerial raids on Britain. It resulted in a firestorm which destroyed large parts of the city and remains a painful memory in the Hanseatic port’s proud history.Charles laid a wreath at the ruined church of St. Nikolai, now a memorial site, and listened to Hamburg’s Bishop Kirsten Fehrs read the Coventry Litany of Reconciliation, written to commemorate the destruction of the English city of Coventry by German bombers in 1940.Earlier, Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, visited a memorial to the Kindertransporte, or children’s transports, that saw more than 10,000 Jewish...

Stroman commits 1st of 14 pitch-clock violations on 1st day

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman is getting used to Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock. And it’s no small deal for the Chicago Cubs right-hander.“It’s tough,” he said. “It’s a big adjustment.”Stroman committed baseball’s first regular-season pitch-clock violation Thursday in the third inning of the Cubs’ 4-0 victory over Milwaukee on opening day. It was the first of 14 violations in 15 games on a day the average game time was 2 hours, 45 minutes. Five violations were by batters, eight by pitchers and one by a catcher as all MLB teams opened on the same day for the first time since 1968.Stroman took a long look at rookie Brice Turang leading off second base with no outs and Christian Yelich batting at Wrigley Field. Just as Stroman turned his attention back to Yelich, plate umpire Ron Kulpa called the violation for taking too long to deliver a pitch. Kulpa pointed to his wrist in announcing the call, and the automatic ball made it a 2-2 cou...

Hoy es el Día Internacional de la Visibilidad Transgénero. Esto es lo que debes saber

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

(CNN) — Hoy, las personas transgénero y no binarias de todo el mundo conmemoran el Día Internacional de la Visibilidad Transgénero. Con la visibilidad transgénero en EE.UU. en su punto más alto en política, medios y deportes, hoy es un día para que los aliados y defensores se presenten y muestren su apoyo.Esto es lo que debes saber.¿Cómo comenzó?El Día de la Visibilidad Transgénero fue fundado en 2009 por Rachel Crandall, una activista transgénero con sede en Michigan y directora ejecutiva de Transgender Michigan. Comenzó como un día de concientización para celebrar los éxitos de las personas transgénero y de género no conforme y es un día importante para la comunidad LGBTQ.Mientras que el Día del Recuerdo Transgénero se lleva a cabo todos los años el 20 de noviembre para conmemorar a las personas transgénero que han perdido la vida como resultado de la violencia contra las personas transgénero, el Día de la Visibilidad Transgénero es un día dedicado a honrar y empoderar las v...

An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slowed in February

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slowed in February.Source

Detienen a cinco personas por el incendio que dejó al menos 39 personas muertas en centro migratorio de Ciudad Juárez

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — La titular de la Fiscalía Especializada en materia de Derechos Humanos de México, Sara Irene Herrerías Guerra, informó que ya se ejecutaron al menos cinco órdenes de arresto contra presuntos involucrados en el incendio que esta semana dejó al menos 39 personas muertas en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.Al responder una pregunta este jueves de una periodista sobre el estatus de las órdenes, Herrerías dijo que “ya se ejecutaron cinco de ellas” y que faltaba una por hacerse efectiva. La funcionaria agregó que “eso quiere decir que ya fueron puestos a disposición del juez”.Herrerías no dio más detalles sobre los detenidos.CNN intenta obtener más detalles por parte de la Fiscalía.Incendio en centro de migrantes en México deja 38 muertos: hay “frustración” en Ciudad Juárez por la tragediaQuería mejorar su vida, dice padre de migrante muerto en Ciudad Juárez 2:22México reparará a familias de las víctimas del incendioEl gobierno de México i...

Cold case: Who murdered this woman after she left a west Denver bar?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — “Their voices may now be silent . . . those who may know the truth are not,” the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shared as a part of its mission as it works to assist in bringing justice to cold case tragedies.There are hundreds of unsolved homicide cases, long-term missing person cases, and unidentified remains cases in our state where at least three years have passed since the crime happened. Strangled, stabbed, left to die: Who murdered this woman in 1996? The Colorado cold case task force created a list of those cases dating back to 1970. The Problem Solvers are working to highlight cold cases in our state each week.Who murdered Veronica Lucero?The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Denver Police Department are working to solve a cold case from 1995. The investigation started on Aug. 12, 1995, when Veronica Lucero was found dead in the street near West 7th Avenue and Hazel Court.The CBI said Lucero was last seen leaving a bar called "Top of To...

Group of swimmers cited for chasing, harassing dolphin pod at Big Island’s Honaunau Bay

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

KONA, Hawaii (KITV) — A group of over 30 swimmers was cited on the Big Island after being caught chasing after a pod of dolphins at Honaunau Bay over the weekend.Officers with the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) issued citations to 33 swimmers for the incident that took place on Sunday.Using a drone, DLNR captured images and video of the swimmers “aggressively pursuing, corralling, and harassing the pod,” officials said.DOCARE officers contacted the group in the water and alerted them to the violation. The group was met by officers back on land and a joint investigation was initiated by DOCARE and law enforcement officers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).DOCARE officers are deputized as federal officers and are authorized to enforce federal marine laws, such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act, under the Joint Enforcement Agreement.DLNR did not say how much the swimmers w...

Mallard duck recovering after being shot with arrow in Southern California

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (WSVN) — A Mallard duck was found with an arrow through its neck in a park located in Costa Mesa. The arrow, believed to have been shot from a crossbow, narrowly missed the bird’s trachea, providing a small ray of hope for the bird’s survival.The Mallard was discovered by a 10-year-old girl from Silverado who noticed the bird’s distress and immediately called for help. Wildlife experts from the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach were called to the scene and were able to safely sedate the bird and remove the arrow.Despite the traumatic injury, the Mallard duck is now recovering at the center, much to the surprise of the staff. “We can see the wall of the trachea up here and the arrow is right next to it, so it narrowly missed going through the trachea which we were very relieved to find out,” said Dr. Elizabeth Wood, who treated the bird.Animal control officers are now working to get DNA off of the arrow ...

Jetson Electric recalls 42-volt Jetson Rogue hoverboard

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:24 GMT

Jetson Electric recalled 53,000 hoverboards after the company said the product’s lithium-ion batteries can overheat and cause fires. According to The Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been multiple reports of the 2-volt Jetson Rogue model burning, sparking, and melting, several of which involved reports of flames.Last year, two people died in Pennsylvania after a fire broke out. The Hellertown Borough Fire Marshal determined that a 42-volt Jetson Rogue was the point of origin of the fire.The recalled hoverboards ranging from $100 to $150 were sold at Target stores nationwide and online from August 2018 through June 2019 and at www.ridejetson.com from January 2019 through November 2021. Anyone with this product can contact Jetson Electric Bikes for a full refund at 800-635-4815 or online at http://www.ridejetson.com/rogue-recall or at https://ridejetson.com and click on “SAFETY & RECALL” at the top of the page for more information.