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Antes y después: fotos muestran los daños de devastadores incendios forestales en Hawaii

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

Los incendios forestales devastaron partes de la isla de Maui en Hawaii el miércoles, y las llamas destruyeron cientos de edificios, desplazaron a cientos de familias y mataron al menos a 36.Las fotografías satelitales proporcionadas por la compañía de imágenes Maxar muestran al pueblo de Lahaina, que alguna vez fue la capital del reino y la antigua casa del rey Kamehamaha III, reducida a cenizas en el lado oeste de Maui. Los incendios no perdonaron el puerto de Lahaina, según las actualizaciones de la ciudad, ni dejaron intacto su amado árbol de banyan. Haga clic aquí para ver todas las actualizaciones sobre los incendios forestales de Maui y aquí para saber cómo ayudar a las personas afectadas por los incendios.Source

Laurel MARC station to close for 10 weeks for platform replacement

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

FILE - MARC train. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck) FILE - MARC train. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck) Riders of Maryland’s MARC train service should make plans for alternate routes, when construction closes the Laurel station for 10 weeks.The closure starts Aug. 21 for a project that will replace both platforms, stairs and ramps at the station. The closure is scheduled to last until Oct. 29.“We understand this will cause some short-term inconvenience, but working this way will result in a far faster return to service for our riders and ensure the safety of riders and workers during construction,” Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold said in a statement.The construction project costs $2.6 million, and official...

Yemeni military commander and 3 others killed in a suspected al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suspected al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen on Thursday killed a military commander and three soldiers from a secessionist group, according to the group’s leader, security officials, and an eyewitness.Commander Abd al-Latif al-Sayyid and the three soldiers from the Security Belt Forces, a fighting group loyal to Yemen’s secessionist Southern Transitional Council, were killed in an explosion while traveling in a convoy through southern Abyan province, three security officials and the witness said. They blamed al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen — known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula — for the attack but provided no further details. All spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. In a obituary statement issued late Thursday by the head of the secessionist council, Aydarous al-Zubaidi said the separatist force was mourning the loss of al-Sayyid and the three fighters “who were touched by the hands of treach...

Cómo mataron a Morena Domínguez, la niña que falleció tras un asalto en Lanús, Argentina

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

(CNN Español) — En medio de la conmoción por la muerte de Morena Domínguez, una niña de 11 años, tras un asalto en Lanús, ubicada en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, se conocieron los resultados de la autopsia: la menor falleció “por un desgarro en el hígado producto del golpe profundo que recibió”, informó a CNN una fuente judicial.La misma fuente agregó que hay dos sospechosos detenidos, identificados como Darío Humberto Madariaga, de 25 años, alias lolo y Miguel Ángel Madariaga, de 28 años, que fueron imputados por cargos de “homicidio en ocasión de robo en concurso real con encubrimiento, debido a que la moto utilizada en el hecho tenía pedido de secuestro” por un suceso ocurrido este martes.Muere Morena Domínguez, niña de 11 años que fue asaltada en Lanús, Argentina; hay dos detenidosCNN está averiguando quiénes son los representantes legales para solicitar comentarios.Cómo fue el ataque a Morena DomínguezMorena Domínguez fue interceptada e...

Bancolombia: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Bancolombia SA (CIB) on Wednesday reported net income of $330.1 million in its second quarter.The Medellin, Colombia-based bank said it had earnings of $1.45 per share.The financial holding company posted revenue of $2.53 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $1.59 billion, topping Street forecasts._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CIB at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CIBSource

Titans’ Terrell Williams hopes NFL follows Vrabel’s lead with preseason head coaching chance

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Terrell Williams’ stint as the Tennessee Titans’ acting head coach is more than just for their preseason opener Saturday in Chicago. Coach Mike Vrabel is turning the Titans over to his assistant head coach and defensive line assistant for a 48-hour period running from Thursday through postgame Saturday afternoon for a simple reason. The best way to learn how to be an NFL head coach is by doing rather than watching, and Williams, 49, said Thursday he hopes this sets a new standard for the whole league. “There’s nothing better than actually getting the experience, and I think he deserves a lot of credit for doing that,” Williams said of Vrabel.Williams, who is Black, came up through the NFL’s minority coaching program with his first stint in 1999 with Jacksonville and yes, he wants to be a head coach some day. Vrabel announced Monday that Williams would serve as acting head coach for the preseason opener and later explained his intent was rewa...

Slain Ecuador candidate fearlessly took on drug cartels and corruption

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Ecuadorian presidential candidate fatally shot at a political rally fearlessly took on his country’s criminal networks and the political elite that he accused of corruption at the hands of organized crime.Fernando Villavicencio, a journalist before entering politics, waged a yearslong battle against the forces that he saw transforming Ecuador, including crime seeping into nearly every aspect of life. The quest made some of his country’s most powerful people into his enemies.The 59-year-old received multiple threats and he linked some to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, a powerful drug-trafficking network on the rise in Ecuador. Regardless of the danger, Villavicencio promised in his final speech that he would lock up the “thieves.”“Here I am showing my face. I’m not scared of them,” Villavicencio told reporters before he was killed.Born in a rural part of Ecuador, Villavicencio moved to the country’s capital, Quito, with his family as a teenager. ...

Iowa aims for the women’s basketball attendance record at Kinnick in preseason game with DePaul

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will attempt to set the all-time women’s basketball attendance record when it hosts DePaul in an outdoor exhibition at 69,000-seat Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 15, the school announced Thursday.“I know if anyone can do it, Hawkeye fans can and will,” coach Lisa Bluder said.The state of Iowa has a long history of supporting girls and women’s basketball. The Hawkeyes were second nationally in attendance last season with an average of 11,143 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The women’s basketball attendance record of 29,619 was set in the 2002 national title game between Connecticut and Oklahoma in San Antonio’s Alamodome.Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. A portion of the tickets will be sold for $20 and honored if the game is moved indoors because of inclement weather. Tickets sold for $10 are non-refundable.The Hawkeyes were 31-7 and national runners-up to LSU last season, and they return Co...

Local distillery crafts limited edition bourbon, vodka with Broncos alumni

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you have ever been to a Broncos game and wished you could capture the sound of the cheers in a bottle, you are going to want to see what Breckenridge Distillery announced Thursday.Breckenridge Distillery is releasing three limited-edition Broncos spirits worth saving the bottle, as well as a canned cocktail. Denver Broncos 2023 schedule The local distillery recently signed as the official vodka of the Denver Broncos, according to a press release, and now it's releasing a vodka bottle that depicts the new "Snowcapped" helmets that will be worn for two home games this season.It's called the Broncos Blizzard, and it's crafted with water from rocky mountain snow melt and features flavor notes of lemon cream and fragrant meadow flowers.Plus, there will be two bourbon blends commemorating the Broncos' back-to-back Super Bowl victories of 1997 and 1998.The "Back-to-Back Blend" bourbons were blended by two teams of superfans, Broncos alumni players and cheerleaders. Th...

Witness: Man charged with DUI after crash on Miramar Parkway hopped in back seat, claimed he wasn’t driving

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:35:14 GMT

A drunk driver traveling at a high rate of speed on Miramar Parkway crashed through a fence and two vehicles that were parked in front of a home, police said.A witness said the suspect told police he wasn’t behind the wheel. Then he failed a sobriety test.According to Miramar Police, a Toyota Camry was traveling westbound on Miramar Parkway at approximately 4:30 a.m., when it crashed into a fence and kept going, smashing into a tree before coming to a halt after colliding with two cars. The driver was identified as 28-year-old Luis Nunez Perez.Investigators said the crash happened near 6507 Miramar Parkway and it involved a male driver and a female passenger. The homeowner, George Ellis, said he had taken his dogs out and was going back to sleep when he heard a loud crash. “The windshield was just caved in, I guess from all the fence debris,” Ellis said. “When it hit that tree, it just destroyed the driver’s front corner.”Ellis said he ran out and...