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A guesthouse blaze in Romania leaves 6 people dead and several others missing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A massive fire at a guesthouse on Tuesday morning in Romania left six people dead, including at least one child, authorities said.Emergency intervention teams were deployed to the blaze in the village of Tohani in Prahova county, where 26 people were staying at the guesthouse, according to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. Initially the death toll was four. Before the emergency authorities confirmed the fourth and fifth fatality around noon, search and rescue teams were set up to find five missing persons. It wasn’t immediately clear if the additional two dead had been among those listed as missing. Authorities said they couldn’t determine whether the sixth victim was an adult or a child. Authorities said 18 people managed to escape the fire and two of them were being treated for burns. The blaze was extinguished shortly after noon but by evening, the search for the missing was still ongoing.The affected area was about 1,000 square me...

Denver weather: When do you have to shovel your sidewalk after snow?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- For homeowners, a fresh dusting of snow on the ground means another chore to add to your growing list: Shoveling your sidewalk.While you may be able to rely on the sun to melt the snow, if your sidewalk falls on the wrong side of the road or it stays cloudy for an extended time, you're going to have to break out that shovel or snow blower. Places to recycle your Christmas tree around the Denver metro area Many municipalities have rules in place that require property owners to shovel the sidewalks in front of their homes or businesses within a certain time after the snow stops falling:Aurora - 24 hours after the end of a storm or 48 hours after a snow emergency is declaredBoulder - 24 hoursBroomfield - 24 hours Denver - 24 hours for homes, but businesses need to start clearing sidewalks immediately after a stormFort Collins - 24 hoursLakewood - 24 hours One important thing to note is that it is against state law to put snow onto the street when shoveling. A violati...

Man killed in parking lot after dispute with coworker: Thorton police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A dispute between two coworkers at a Thornton Topgolf location resulted in one man's death on Dec. 23. The man has now been identified by authorities.Bryce Holden, 22, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after he was shot in the early morning hours on Saturday. A Wheat Ridge man was arrested in connection with Holden's death. ID released for Adams County deputy killed in crash that injured woman and 2 toddlers According to a Thornton Police Department arrest affidavit, officers were initially dispatched to 16011 Grant St. in Thornton, a Topgolf, at about 12:50 a.m.According to an investigation conducted by Thornton police, the suspect and victim both worked as dishwashers at the business. According to police, a kitchen manager noticed that Victor Salazar Guarache, 26, of Wheat Ridge, had punched out from work at 11:42 p.m. before his shift was scheduled to be over.According to an arrest affidavit, Guarache went to his car in the parking lot and drove around the...

Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services in the besieged territory.The military’s announcement of the new battle zone threatens further destruction in a war that Israel says will last for “many months” as it vows to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its Oct. 7 attack. Israeli forces have been engaged in heavy urban fighting in northern Gaza and the southern city of Khan Younis, driving Palestinians into ever-smaller areas in search of refuge.The U.S. said Israel’s minister for strategic affairs, Ron Dermer, was meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Despite U.S. calls for Israel to curb civilian casualties and international pressure for a cease-fire, Israeli ...

Apple seeks a path to getting 2 of its best watches back on shelves during a bitter patent dispute

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

Apple filed an emergency motion seeking court permission to begin selling two of its most popular watches again until a final decision on its broader appeal in a bitter patent dispute is decided.The company cut off sales right before the Christmas holiday and in a motion filed Tuesday, Apple said it would suffer “irreparable harm” if previous court orders remain for the two weeks that it said the U.S. International Trade Commission will take to respond to its appeal.The disruption will likely cost Apple about $300-400 million in holiday-season sales, estimated Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. That’s a relative drop in the bucket for Apple, given that industry analysts are expecting the company to generate nearly $120 billion in sales this quarter, which includes the holiday shopping season.On Oct. 26, the ITC determined that Apple infringed on two patents owned by Masimo Corp. and Cercacor Laboratories, both U.S. companies. After a 60-day review, the ITC’s decision became ...

Driver facing motor vehicle homicide, OUI charges for wrong-way crash that killed two people in Somerset

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

Authorities say a 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Somerset that killed a grandfather and his grandson on Christmas night.The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Adam Gauthier was being charged with multiple counts of Operating Under the Influence, Motor Vehicle Homicide-OUI Liquor, and other charges after he allegedly drove a Range Rover eastbound in the westbound lane on Route 6 Monday night.Based on a preliminary investigation, the DA’s office said that while Gauthier crossed the Veterans Memorial Bridge on the Somerset side around 11 p.m., the 41-year-old struck an Infiniti SUV head on.Inside the SUV was Floriano Arruda, 73, his wife, Donna Arruda, 68, and their 15-year-old grandson, Jacoby Arruda .According to the DA’s office, all three were rushed to local hospitals, where Jacoby was pronounced dead Monday night, while Floriano was pronounced dead Tuesday morning. As of Tuesday afternoon, officials said Donna Arruda ...

Gretchen’s table: Sichuan dry-fried green beans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

Gretchen McKay | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)I baked a lot of cookies for my newspaper’s annual holiday cookie contest and my kitchen floor isn’t the only thing that ended up a sweet and sticky mess.My palate, after baking and tasting a dozen cookies for the recipe competition, was in sugar overdrive. Even a day after the winners were announced, and all the baking supplies were back in my pantry, my taste buds were still screaming out for something — anything! — that didn’t hang its hat on butter, chocolate and brown, white or confectioner’s sugar.Which is a long way of saying: Thank goodness for Sichuan food.This easy recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, “Chinese Soul Food” by Hsiao-Ching Chou, was exactly what I need to get on a sugar-free track. Sichuanese in origin, it involves blistering green beans using a shallow frying method called gan bian, or “dry-frying.”Because you use less oil and a longer cooking time, the beans are slightly dehydrated, which creates a crispy an...

Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

Corinne Purtill | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesTo understand the path forward in regulating social media, it’s helpful to look to a transformative technology from the previous century: the car.A car is an essential tool for getting places we want and need to go. It’s also an exceptionally powerful one that can be dangerous if handled irresponsibly.We require education and training for people who want to drive them. We insist that companies build in safety features, which are updated over time as research and technology advance.And when young people come of age and want to get behind the wheel, “we would never dream of allowing them near a car where we didn’t have safety standards for the vehicles and where we didn’t have education for the adolescents,” said Dr. Sandro Galea, a Boston University physician and epidemiologist.“But if you think about it,” he said, “that’s exactly what we do with social media.”In a report releas...

MA firefighter unions push Boston City Council to accept $13M counter-terrorism grant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

A statewide firefighter’s union pushed Boston city councilors Tuesday to take up and accept just over $13 million in federal counter-terrorism grant dollars that have ignited debate at City Hall and even on Beacon Hill.In a letter to councilors, Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts President Richard MacKinnon Jr. and Secretary-Treasurer Billy Cabral urged local lawmakers to put aside their disagreements after the money was stalled earlier this month.“We ask that the Boston City Council put aside its internal political fights and do its job to protect the interests of the citizens and visitors of Boston and the surrounding communities,” the letter said, a copy of which was obtained by the Herald.Seven votes were needed on the council to shuttle the dollars to Boston’s Emergency Management Office to help prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorism threats, “including  chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in a note to t...

North Dakota Republican leaders call on state rep to resign after slurs to police during DUI stop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:15 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican leaders have called on a North Dakota lawmaker to resign after he lashed out at police with homophobic and anti-migrant remarks during a traffic stop earlier this month for drunken driving.Republican House Majority Leader Mike Lefor said Tuesday he called on Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, to resign over the weekend. His statement cited a police officer’s report of Rios being “verbally abusive, homophobic, racially abusive and discriminatory” toward him “for the entire duration of the incident following road side testing,” as well as attempting “to use his position as a lawmaker to intimidate police and avoid an arrest.”“There is no room in the legislature, or our party, for this behavior. I understand people make mistakes, but his comments and defiance to law enforcement are beyond the pale. In addition, any lawmaker attempting to use his or her elected position to threaten anyone or skirt the law is completely...