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Maryland fends off plan to have wastewater from Ohio train derailment treated at Baltimore facility

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

The plan was to have 675,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater on its way to Maryland from East Palestine, Ohio, by Thursday.But that plan came to a screeching halt Tuesday after Maryland state and congressional lawmakers objected and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott moved to block the shipment.On Tuesday, Clean Harbors, the company handling contaminated runoff and wastewater from the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio last month, issued a statement saying it was no longer planning to ship the wastewater to Baltimore for eventual treatment at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dundalk.More Local NewsMore DC NewsMore Maryland NewsThe Back River treatment facility, owned and operated by Baltimore City, has had a troubled history — the latest episode related to an explosion on the site less than two weeks ago.Doug Myers, a senior scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, told WTOP that it was surprising that the Back River plant would be considered f...

Lionel Messi surpasses 100 career goals for Argentina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina with three in the first half of Tuesday’s international friendly against Curacao. The World Cup winners beat the Caribbean side 7-0 in their second match since clinching the trophy in December.The 35-year-old Messi opened the scoring against Curacao in the 20th minute with a right-foot shot from the edge of the box to reach the 100-goal milestone. Nico Gonzalez added another three minutes later with a header from close range.Messi then scored his 101st for Argentina in the 33rd minute with a crossed shot to the right of the goalkeeper and his 102nd in the 37th after an easy run to score. Two minutes earlier he had assisted Enzo Fernandez’ blast from the edge of the box. The Argentine captain trails only two players on the list of most goals scored for national teams in official matches; Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, with 122, and Iran’s Ali Daei, with 109.__...

Short-handed Wizards rout Celtics 130-111

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis had 32 points and 13 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards boosted their flickering postseason hopes with a 130-111 victory over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.The Wizards won despite the absence of Bradley Beal (left knee soreness) and Kyle Kuzma (right ankle sprain) and pulled within 2 1/2 games of Chicago for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference. Washington has six games remaining in the regular season.The Celtics had their three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 2 1/2 games behind Milwaukee for the top record in the NBA. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 28 points, but the Celtics trailed 64-51 at halftime, and then their deficit rose to as many as 23 points in the third quarter.Milwaukee plays at Indiana on Wednesday before a showdown Thursday against the Celtics.Deni Avdija matched a career high with 25 points and added 10 rebounds for Washington. Monte Morris scored 19 points.Jaylen Brown contributed 18 points for the Celt...

Petro anuncia que convocará a varios países a una conferencia para promover el diálogo en Venezuela

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia Gustavo Petro anunció este martes que planea convocar a representantes de varios países de Europa, Latinoamérica y a Estados Unidos a una conferencia que buscará “promover el diálogo entre sectores de Venezuela”.Mediante un comunicado, el gobierno de Petro informó que el encuentro se llevaría a cabo en Bogotá, en fecha “por definirse”.“El mandatario buscará un diálogo directo con la oposición venezolana en la reunión, cuya fecha no está acordada, pero se definirá después de Semana Santa”, precisa el texto.Gustavo Petro dice que Colombia debe ayudar a Haití por una relación histórica y por el rol de mercenarios en el asesinato de Jovenel MoïseEl gobierno agregó que esta conferencia fue uno de los puntos tratados entre el cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, y Petro, durante sus recientes reuniones, incluida la del jueves en Caracas.“El objetivo de la reunión es reabrir caminos y construir una hoja de ruta para estimular ...

“Se volvió ‘cool’ ser latino”: Bad Bunny protagoniza la primera portada de TIME completamente en español

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

(CNN Español) — La carrera de Bad Bunny va de éxito en éxito. El artista puertorriqueño protagoniza la primera portada completamente en español de la revista TIME, con el título “El mundo de Bad Bunny”. Y, justo arriba, una cita que parece advertencia: “No voy a hacer otra cosa para que te guste a ti”.Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, su nombre de pila, aparece vestido de negro y con una flor blanca en el pecho, adelante de un fondo rojo. En la entrevista que le dio a TIME habla sin tapujos de los diferentes ámbitos de su vida: desde su infancia en Puerto Rico y la relación con su familia hasta la fama, el reguetón y el alcance que tiene la música latina actualmente.“Se volvió ‘cool’ ser latino. No solo están haciendo la música, están tratando de copiar el flujo de los latinos. Pero luego pienso; nuestra cultura y nuestra música se extienden por todas partes. Impacta a personas en otros lugares. Quieren probarlo y sentirlo. Entonces, ¿por qué me va ...

FLL airport partially evacuated for security probe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP/WSVN) — Officials briefly ordered a partial evacuation of a South Florida airport Tuesday evening as part of a “security-related investigation.”The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport posted on Twitter shortly after 8 p.m. that officials were investigating in the baggage claim area of Terminal 1, which is used primarily by Southwest Airlines. Then just before 9 p.m., a second post said that law enforcement had cleared the security incident.The disruption lasted for hours, since 6:30 p.m, even causing traffic trouble around the airport.The terminal’s lower level was evacuated, and the airport’s entrance roadway was blocked, the social media post said. Airport services and entranceways were expected to resume normal operations later Tuesday night.Travelers were instructed to check their airlines for updated flight information.Officials didn’t immediately provide details about what prompted the investigation and evacuation, but it...

Aventura assisted living facility vows fixes as stalled and broken elevators leave seniors stuck, stranded

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

Elderly South Florida residents say one elevator in their building is broken and the second elevator often leaves them trapped or stranded, and they have had enough. Karen Hensel has tonight’s 7 Investigates.      The Imperial Club calls itself “… Aventura’s finest independent and assisted living….” facility, but video provided to 7 Investigates tells a different story.Kenny Froom, son of a resident (cell phone video, lobby, March 5: “Here I am at the Imperial Club, as you can see one elevator is out…”And that leaves wheelchair-bound residents stranded in the lobby.Kenny Froom: “There’s no service on this elevator either…it’s being repaired.”Kenny Froom — whose mom lives at Imperial Club — recorded the video.Kenny Froom: “That means one’s down, one’s not working. There’s zero elevators here at the Imperial Club…what a disgrace.”Broken elevators mean residents get stuck in the lobby, but s...

There is still a place for neutrality in Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Speaking before the United States Congress 11 days after the terror attacks on New York and Washington in 2001, then President George W. Bush made clear it was time to choose. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”From the perspective of an aggrieved nation, such a black-and-white ultimatum seemed reasonable — although less so when the war against al-Qaeda morphed into a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that didn’t have the approval of the United Nations. And that expansion of the war against terror goes some way to explaining why some Global South nations, troubled by Western double standards, are now reluctant to choose a side in Russia’s war on Ukraine.However, along with its Western partners, Ukraine — a grievously wronged nation — is now likewise arguing that this is no time for niceties, and to them, this includes neutrality. Yet, for some organ...

Ukraine expels pro-Russian clergy from Kyiv cave monastery complex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

KYIV — Near the entrance to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century Orthodox cave monastery complex in the heart of the city, police stop every car for a brief check. Wednesday is the deadline for the monastery’s 1,000 inhabitants to leave what was their home amid heightened political concerns that some of them were too close to Moscow, and were Russian fifth columnists. The police inspected the departing vehicles to ensure that none was loaded with the more than 800 icons, crosses and other priceless artifacts stored within the religious complex. Three women — all inhabitants of the Lavra — sat on a bench not far from the lower caves of the monastery, watching monks load bags into a car.One asked her comrades: “Where are we going to sleep, do you happen to know?”“It’s as if they are taking our home,” another of the women told POLITICO, refusing to say her name. “God will punish you, and others like you for playing with his will,” she said angrily.The high-profile evict...

The headache-inducing in-tray facing Scotland’s new leader Humza Yousaf

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:14 GMT

LONDON — Elected leader of the Scottish National Party on Monday, Humza Yousaf will formally replace Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s first minister Wednesday. It won’t be an easy ride.The 37-year-old becomes the youngest and only Muslim first minister in the short history of Scottish devolution. He faces a number of lingering policy sores left by the departing Sturgeon — as well as the task of repairing his party after a bitter leadership contest. POLITICO runs through the in-tray that greets Yousaf as he takes on the seat of power in Scotland.Bringing the family back togetherYousaf will have to balance his responsibilities as first minister with those he holds as SNP leader. He has spoken of the need to “heal” divisions exposed during the contest, when the leadership candidates and their supporters traded personal attacks.His narrow victory added to the need to unify his party and convince those who backed his fellow leadership contenders. On Tuesday he offere...