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Giro leaders play it safe on first mountain stage as breakaway rider Bais wins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

CAMPO IMPERATORE, Italy (AP) — The first mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia ended without any changes to the top of the overall standings on Friday.The leaders all crossed together amid big banks of snow, three minutes behind a group of three breakaway riders.Norwegian rider Andreas Leknessund therefore held on to the pink jersey, while pre-race favorites Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic remained second and fifth overall, respectively.Italian rider Davide Bais won the seventh stage when he attacked the other two breakaway riders with 150 meters to go. It was the first professional victory for Bais, who rides for the Eolo-Kometa team founded by former Giro champions Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso.“It was unexpected because I went into the breakaway to prepare for an attack by Lorenzo Fortunato,” Bais said. “He was the inspiration for our team to go for a mountain stage victory since he made it at Monte Zoncolan two years ago. In the finale, I knew I was the fastest so ...

Colorado will have a 'broiling wet' summer, Farmer's Almanac says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The arrival of spring has brought a wealth of moisture to the Denver area. With summer right around the corner, predictions are starting to come in for what the weather will be like.In fact, the Farmer's Almanac said this summer is going to be "broiling wet" for Colorado. See the Farmer's Almanac's full forecast here "While we hate to be the bearer of bad news, we’d be amiss not to warn you of what our long-range weather outlook is pointing to –Sizzling Temperatures (again!). Our forecast, which is based on a proprietary formula that relies on many factors, including the Moon, is calling for a warmer than normal summer for most of the nation!" the Farmer's Almanac said in its outlook.What was last summer like?The National Weather Service said when averaging out all of the high and low temperatures for the summer of 2022 from June 1 to Aug. 31, the mean average temperature in Denver was 74.8 degrees. Summer 2022 is 3rd warmest on record in Denver It was the third...

Chicago man shines flashlight at catalytic converter thieves, only to be shot at

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

CHICAGO (WBBM) — It took only seconds, but a Humboldt Park man realized too late that a simple flash of light almost cost him his life.As CBS 2’s Shardaa Gray reported Thursday, Alberto Collon tried to scare off catalytic converter thieves outside his home – only to run into gunfire.Collon woke up to what sounded like his car being tampered with.“The deafening sound of a saw sawing through something – followed immediately by an alarm,” Collon said. “I jumped out of bed.”Collon grabbed a flashlight and went to the window. He opened the shades and shined the flashlight toward the suspects.Collon thought this would be a harmless gesture he thought would scare off the thieves. Instead, someone started shooting at him.“I jumped back. My wife was sitting in the corner,” Collon said. “I said: ‘Let’s get out of the room. He’s pointing a gun.’ And her reaction was like, ‘Oh my god, Al.'”They were ...

Two fishermen accused of stuffing fish with weights during a tournament sentenced to jail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

(CNN) — Two fishermen who were accused of cheating during the Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament last September — after it was discovered their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish fillets — will serve jail time for the crime, according to court documents from a Thursday sentencing hearing.As part of an agreement reached in March, Jacob Runyan and Chase Comnisky pleaded guilty to charges of cheating and of unlawful ownership of wild animals. Additional charges of attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools were dropped as part of the plea deal.Runyan and Cominsky will each serve 10 days in jail and six months’ probation, according to court documents. They are required to forfeit their boat and trailer to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.The men will also each pay a $2,500 fine. The court said half the fine may be suspended if Runyan and Cominsky chose to make a charitable donation of $1,250...

‘Significant risk’ for debt default in early June, CBO reinforces

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

(CNN) — There is a “significant risk” that the federal government will no longer be able to pay all its obligations in the first two weeks of June if the debt limit remains unchanged, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.The forecast reinforces both Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s estimate and the agency’s earlier warning that House Republicans and President Joe Biden may only have a few weeks to address the debt ceiling or unleash global economic and financial upheaval. Talks are underway between White House and congressional staffers.Predicting just when the nation hits the so-called X-date, when a default would occur, is uncertain because of the timing and amount of revenue Treasury collects and the bills it has to pay.If government collections wind up being enough to keep Treasury’s coffers flush through early June, then it’s likely the government won’t default at least until the end of July, the C...

Twitter’s new CEO is an NBCUniversal executive with deep ad industry ties

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, MATT O’BRIEN and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (AP Technology Writers)Elon Musk confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry. “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” Musk wrote in a Friday tweet. He added that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operations” while Musk will stay closely connected to product design and new technology.Before that announcement, NBCUniversal said Friday that Yaccarino would step down immediately as chairwoman for global advertising and partnerships. Musk, who bought Twitter last fall and has been running it since, has long insisted that he would step down as top executive at the company, which is now called X Corp. Few expect Musk to remove himself from the decision making process at Twitter, however. “While he’s stepping back from the CEO title, Musk is far from likel...

‘It’s horrible, disgusting:” Police investigating racist posters found outside Ajax school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find disturbingPolice in Durham Region are investigating after a series of flyers with anti-Black messaging and offensive illustrations were found outside an Ajax school, prompting an emergency parent council meeting.Staff at Eagle Ridge Public School were alerted to the incident on Thursday after students found one of the flyers pinned to a portable on the school’s property.“A poster was found depicting inappropriate and offensive racist slurs, messaging, and imagery,” reads an email sent from the school’s principal to parents on Thursday afternoon. “Unfortunately, some of our students were exposed to this poster and brought it to the attention of staff.”The email advised that the school had contacted police who would be looking into the matter. Durham Police tell CityNews they were contacted about the incident and are in possession of one of the flyers.A photo of the flyer found by the studen...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan leaves high court after getting protection from arrest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan left a high court in Islamabad on Friday after being granted broad protection from arrest in multiple legal cases against him. The ruling struck a blow to the government in a stand-off that has sparked days of rioting by Khan’s followers and raised the scepter of widespread unrest in the country.After the court granted him bail, Khan spent hours more in the building, as he and his legal team were locked in apparent negotiations over his exit from the site. He was to head to his home in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, according to his lawyers.Security was extremely tight around the court ahead of Khan’s departure as authorities have expressed concerns for the former leader’s safety. Clashes between his supporters and police have periodically erupted outside the building.Khan and his lawyers were also working to ensure the rulings were fully documented, trying to close off any legal lo...

‘The devil’: Métis settlement looks to rebuild from wildfire as hot weather to return

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

A Métis settlement devastated by an out-of-control blaze remains at risk as hot and dry conditions in Alberta’s forecast threaten to worsen an already intense wildfire season.“That fire, I call it the devil. I’ve never seen a fire like that in my life,” said Raymond Supernault, chair of the East Prairie Métis Settlement.“I never seen a fire like that come that quick and fast and go through the settlement and burn everything in its sight.”Driving through the settlement around 165 kilometres east of Grande Prairie, the ground is charred black, electrical poles look like matchsticks and 14 homes were consumed by the inferno.  Around 80 per cent of the community was touched by the blaze in some way or another. It’s an overwhelming loss for the community of around 300, Supernault said.Family pictures, heirlooms and important history for the Métis families vanished in ash. A bridge needed by some families to return home was also destroyed.The sett...

New musical track released by Canadian charity aims to help plants flourish

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:16 GMT

May 12 is designated as International Day of Plant Health by the United Nations to raise awareness about how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty and boost economic development. A Canadian charity is helping to further those goals by helping small scale farmers in Africa.Farm Radio International creates as well as fosters the continued development of informative radio programming that provides vital information to rural farmers in the region.“The men and women in Africa who grow most of the food, certainly for their families, their communities, but even the nation, and have so much potential to produce more, grow more and improve the quality of their lives doing it, but are held back by inadequate, unreliable or irrelevant information about the kind of changes they can make,” explains executive director Kevin Perkins.He says in places where access to the internet is limited or non-existent, radio is the most accessible and ubiquitous way to reach people....