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Tropical Storm Ophelia rolls through DC region over the weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

Beach-goers brave the weather and walk along the sand at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches in Virginia Beach, Va. The storm was gaining strength as it churned toward the North Carolina coast on Friday, promising a weekend of heavy rain and windy conditions throughout the mid-Atlantic. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)(AP/Kendall Warner) Beach-goers brave the weather and walk along the sand at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches in Virginia Beach, Va. The storm was gaining strength as it churned toward the North Carolina coast on Friday, promising a weekend of heavy rain and windy conditions throughout the mid-Atlantic. (Kendall Warner/The...

La tormenta tropical Ophelia toca tierra en Carolina del Norte

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

(CNN) — La tormenta tropical Ophelia tocó tierra este sábado por la mañana en Carolina del Norte, cerca de Emerald Isle, según una actualización del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés).La tormenta tocó tierra alrededor de las 6:15 a.m. hora de Miami, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 112 km/hOphelia ya estaba llevando fuertes vientos, lluvias e inundaciones en las costas de Carolina del Norte y Virginia más temprano, donde las comunidades están sufriendo cortes de electricidad.Se espera que la tormenta genere fuertes lluvias en una amplia franja del Atlántico medio, incluyendo Maryland, Delaware, Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, a partir del sábado por la mañana y durante todo el fin de semana.Alrededor de 52.000 hogares y empresas de Carolina del Norte y Virginia se habían quedado sin electricidad a primera hora del sábado, según el sitio de seguimiento PowerOutage.us.Algunos lugares en el este de Carolina del Norte y el sureste de Virginia podría ver entre...

12.000 atletas y un megaestadio con forma de loto: los Juegos Asiáticos llegan a China

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

(CNN) — El líder chino Xi Jinping declarará el sábado inaugurados los Juegos Asiáticos en un megaestadio con forma de loto situado en Hangzhou.El estadio, apodado “el Gran Loto” por la forma de su techo, consta de 28 estructuras grandes y 27 más pequeñas en forma de pétalo. El estadio tiene capacidad para 80.000 personas, según su operador.Participarán más de 12.000 atletas de los 45 miembros del Consejo Olímpico Asiático, lo que los convierte en los mayores Juegos Asiáticos de la historia, según informó el sábado la agencia estatal china de noticias Xinhua.A la ceremonia inaugural han llegado dignatarios de todo el mundo, como el rey de Camboya, Norodom Sihamoni, el presidente de Siria, Bashar al-Assad, el dirigente de Hong Kong, John Lee Ka-chiu, y el primer ministro de Corea del Sur, Han Duck-soo.A la ceremonia asistirán unas 50.000 personas, mientras que más de 1.200 voluntarios estarán en el lugar para ayudar, informó Xinhua.El campeón mundial de natación Qin ...

Ludvig Åberg dealing with lofty expectations as Europe’s widely admired Ryder Cup rookie

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

Tomas Setterhill realized pretty quickly there was something different about Ludvig Åberg.As a coach and head pro at Eslöv Golf Club in southern Sweden, Setterhill had seen plenty of talented young golfers come and go but one thing struck him as he took Åberg under his wing from the age of 9.“He didn’t get down on himself,” Setterhill recalled. “You see many juniors who, when they make a bogey or double bogey, they get angry. But Ludvig just kept playing.”That composure remained with Åberg through high school in Sweden, through college in the United States as he rose to the No. 1 amateur ranking and it’s still there now, while he’s winning titles in his first few months as a pro and as the world’s most talked-about young golfer.Now comes the real test of that temperament: Amid the tension and raucous atmosphere of a Ryder Cup, a stage he has reached quicker than any player in history.Look through the years and golf’s biggest team event can bring the fire out of even the ...

Pope Francis says migrant surge not emergency but long-term reality

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

Pope Francis on Saturday urged EU leaders to treat migrants humanely and challenged the characterization of the recent surge in arrivals across the Mediterranean Sea as an emergency, calling it a long-term reality instead. “Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome, for life,” the pope said in a speech in the French city of Marseille, the Associated Press reported.“As for the emergency, the phenomenon of migration is not so much a short-term urgency, always good for fueling alarmist propaganda, but a reality of our times, a process that involves three continents around the Mediterranean and that must be governed with wise foresight, including a European response capable of coping with the objective difficulties,” the pontiff said.The comments made by the leader of the Catholic Church come after a boom in arrivals in Lampedusa, the small Italian island between the coasts of Sicily and Tunisia, which is a frequent landing destination for migrants making th...

Tropical Storm Ophelia creates rainy, breezy weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

Welcome to the start of astronomical fall! Today you’ll want the pumpkin spice latte in one hand and umbrella in the other. We’ll have periods of rain this weekend with breezy, cooler conditions. Rain moves out Monday morning, and the rest of the first week of fall looks nice!Here’s the latest track of Tropical Storm Ophelia. Here’s what radar could look like later today…Join us this morning on 7News for more on the rain and wind timing.

Olympic bobsled medalist files lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by chiropractor employed by USA Bobsled

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

(CNN) — Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled athlete who won bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually abused by a chiropractor who was working with the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation.Chiropractor Jonathan Wilhelm, as well as the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation and Wilhelm’s personal practice in Montana, Pro Chiropractic, are named defendants in the suit, which was filed Wednesday in a New York state court.According to the filing, Evans alleges Wilhelm repeatedly sexually harassed and sexually assaulted her under the guise of athletic medical care while she was a member of the USA Bobsled team, starting in 2012.“This lawsuit is not only to spare other athletes from the predatory behavior of Mr. Wilhelm, who continues to practice sports medicine, but also to hold USA Bobsled and the USOPC accountable for their role in enabling my abuser and neglecting the wellbeing of their a...

California attorney general sues groups over abortion reversal claims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

(CNN) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday that his office has filed a lawsuit against two organizations that operate crisis pregnancy centers, saying the organizations used “fraudulent and misleading claims” about a procedure they claim can reverse medication abortions.The complaint alleges that Heartbeat International (HBI) and RealOptions mislead patients by claiming there is a way to “reverse” the effects of mifepristone, the first of two oral drugs used for medically induced abortions, through a process they call “abortion pill reversal.”Bonta alleges both companies know there is no evidence showing the protocol works, is safe or is effective, but they keep promoting and advertising it to patients. According to the complaint, the organizations direct a patient to take high doses of progesterone within 72 hours of taking mifepristone to “reverse” the effects of mifepristone.HBI operates more than 2,000 “pregnancy resource centers” in the United States....

Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina and will now trek up the East Coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

(CNN) — Ophelia made landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, on Saturday morning as a strong tropical storm and will now head inland and up the East Coast, delivering heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding well beyond its center.The storm roared ashore with 70 mph sustained winds – just shy of hurricane strength. Tropical-storm force winds extend up to 310 miles from Ophelia’s core and had knocked out power to at least 50,000 homes and businesses across North Carolina and Virginia by early Saturday, according to utility tracking site PowerOutage.us.The storm will weaken as it moves farther inland, but power outages could grow as it affects more areas.Ophelia is on track to move across eastern North Carolina and then travel through southeastern Virginia, before heading farther north across the Delmarva Peninsula on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.The storm’s shield of rain extends hundreds of miles from its center and is already dumpi...

Who could win Most Valuable Oriole? These 10 players deserve consideration.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:41:57 GMT

Throughout the season, as the Orioles have racked up impressive win after impressive win, their players have remarked at what they view as the main reason for their success.“Every game, it’s a different person,” catcher James McCann said. “It’s a different hitter, a different pitcher, a different guy stepping up every night. We have a group of guys that truly believe in each other.”That balanced approach has led them to a 95-59 record, the best in the American League. It will also make voting for Most Valuable Oriole more difficult than in recent years.When local media votes later this month for MVO, there are plenty of candidates who have cases to land on the top three of ballots. Compare that with the rebuild years, when either one player was an obvious choice (Cedric Mullins in 2021) or there were no standout options (pandemic-shortened 2020 season).Ahead of next week’s voting, here are 10 players who could receive MVO consideration and t...