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What’s summer without an ice cream sandwich? How to make or assemble one at home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

What’s left on your bucket list this summer? Have you spent enough time near water? Listened to live music outdoors? Have you eaten enough corn, berry cobblers, ice cream sandwiches?Wait, what’s that? You haven’t had an ice cream sandwich this summer? Let’s fix that right away!Of course you can buy ice cream sandwiches at the grocery store, and perhaps you’re lucky enough to live somewhere where the jingle-jangle of an ice cream truck can be heard. But making ice cream sandwiches at home is so easy, so much fun, and allows you to customize your ICS (ice cream sandwich, of course) any which way. And I speak from experience when I say that pulling out a tray of ice cream sandwiches at the end of a cookout will cement your legacy as the host of the summer.First, let’s talk about the cookiesYou can absolutely use store-bought cookies, but think about making your own. Pretty much any kind of sturdy cookie can be turned into an ice cream sandwich. Chocolate chip, sugar cookies, oatmeal ra...

Soon, it will get dark before 8 p.m.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — July brought late nights with the sun setting around 8:30 p.m. But, the final summer days are counting down and the long summer nights are almost over. As of Monday, the sun sets just after 8:00 p.m. Within one week from Monday, Aug. 7, the sun will be setting before 8:00 p.m., according to the Global Monitoring Laboratory. The darker seasons are approaching, but it's not time for cookouts in the dark just yet. Why isn’t Colorado on permanent daylight saving time? Daylight hours will be more noticeable by the end of August when the sun rises around 6:30 a.m. and sets around 7:30 p.m. That's 13 hours of sunlight compared to the midsummer's 15 hours. And it's only getting darker from there. Mid-September reaches sub-7 p.m. and late October brings a 6:00 p.m. sunset. The darkest days of 2023 will be in early December with the sun rising just before 7:30 a.m. and setting a little past 4:30 p.m.The nine-hour days of sunlight are months away, but the days are starting to...

Vegan bakery opens in Capitol Hill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Plant-based people with a sweet tooth are in luck. The Cake Bar, a completely vegan bakery in Capitol Hill, opens on Aug. 12. Think peanut butter mousse, vanilla buttercream, chocolate ganache icing, but all of it's plant-based. While custom and premade cakes are available, the showstopper is the handheld cakes. Vegan cupcakes made by Angie Wells at The Cake Bar. (Photo credits Angela Wells)Vegan cake at The Cake Bar. (Photo credits Angela Wells)Vegan cake at The Cake Bar. (Photo credits Angela Wells) 5 top-rated breweries to visit on International Beer Day "What makes it so innovative is going to be like the Cold Stone Creamery of cake. So you're going to be able to walk in and choose your cake flavor, choose your frosting flavor, choose your toppings and it's made in like an ice cream paper cup to-go," said owner Angie Wells. "So whatever your sweet tooth is craving as far as cake goes is quickly made in a to-go container for you like ice cream."And it's not just...

Coach Prime on the mend, ready for first season at Colorado with overhauled roster

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders rode into his fall camp news conference Friday on a scooter with a protective boot covering his left foot, visible signs of a recent health scare that the first-year Colorado coach conceded cost him some running speed. He vowed it won’t slow him down for long.“I lost a few steps but I’m still ‘Prime,’” said Sanders, now known as Coach Prime after a sterling NFL playing career under his “Primetime” moniker. “We have some wonderful doctors, wonderful staff, wonderful trainers that are committed to give me help, as well as to the players and the staff. I’m going to run out with the team in Fort Worth. It’s gonna happen.”Colorado opens its first season under Sanders at national runner-up TCU on Sept. 2, a prelude to CU joining the Big 12 next season after it leaves the Pac-12. He underwent a pair of surgeries in June and July to remove blood clots from his legs as well as to repair so-called hammer toes, in which the toes can become excessively curved...

Miami-Dade Police investigate fatal shooting in Homestead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

Police responded to an apparent robbery on Monday that left one person dead in Homestead. The Homestead Police Department swiftly responded to reports of gunfire at approximately 1 a.m., in the area of Northwest First Avenue and Ninth Street. Officers discovered an adult male victim who had sustained apparent gunshot wounds when they arrived at the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue airlifted the victim to Jackson South Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.One hotel worker said around 12:30 a.m., the man that is believed to be the victim knocked on one of the doors at the establishment nearby; he was allegedly asking for a room there, but there was none available.According to preliminary findings, an unidentified person confronted the victim and demanded his belongings. The confrontation escalated before the suspect shot the victim and fled the scene.At this time it remains unclear at this time if any belongings were taken from the victim.According to police, no arrests have b...

Ukraine Security Service arrest women accused of being Russian informant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

Ukrainian Security Forces have arrested a woman suspected of conspiring to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The accused individual, believed to be a Russian informant, was allegedly planning to share crucial information with Russian forces regarding the Ukrainian president’s whereabouts.The unidentified woman had been gathering information about President Zelenskyy including where the president was visiting last week.The woman also allegedly traveled around and filmed the locations of Ukrainian objects.

First asylum seekers moved to barge off UK south coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

LONDON — The British government has moved a first cohort of asylum seekers onto a barge docked off the Dorset coast as part of a concerted push to deter people from traveling to the U.K. by small boats.The first asylum seekers arrived on the 222-room Bibby Stockholm barge, which is set to house up to 500 people, on Monday, a U.K. government official, not authorized to speak on the record, confirmed. The U.K. government has pushed ahead with the controversial plan amid pressure to find an alternative to housing asylum seekers in hotels, a strategy the Home Office says is costing £2.3 billion a year. Earlier on Monday the Home Office minister Sarah Dines told Sky News that “luxurious hotel accommodation” has been “part of the pull” for criminals trafficking people to the U.K. Housing people on the Bibby Stockholm barge sends “a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation, but not luxurious,” she said.“There have been promises made abroad by the organized criminal ga...

Philippines accuses China of firing water cannons at its ships in South China Sea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

(CNN) — The Philippines has accused Chinese Coast Guard ships of firing water cannons and making “dangerous maneuvers” at its ships in the South China Sea.“The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) strongly condemns the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) dangerous maneuvers and illegal use of water cannons against PCG vessels,” the PCG wrote in a statement shared on its official Facebook account Saturday.PCG vessels were escorting ships carrying supplies to military troops stationed in Ayungin Shoal, also known as Second Thomas Shoal, in the Spratly Islands chain, known in China as the Nansha Islands.China calls the shoal Renai Reef.In a response issued on Sunday, China accused the Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) of trespassing in its waters.“Two Filipino supply vessels and two coast guard vessels illegally intruded into the waters adjacent to Renai Reef in China’s Nansha Islands,” Gan Yu, spokesman for the China Coast Guard, said according to the statement published on its website.“China coast gu...

NTSB investigating helicopter collision that left 3 dead while battling Southern California fires

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

(CNN) — National Transportation Safety Board investigators are headed to the spot where three people were killed after two helicopters collided in midair Sunday while fighting a fire in Southern California, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday.The helicopters were among six aircraft responding to the Broadway Fire, which began Sunday after a structure fire spread to nearby vegetation in Cabazon, a community in Riverside County some 90 miles east of Los Angeles, CalFire Southern Region Chief David Fulcher said Sunday night.A Bell 407 helicopter and a Sikorsky S-64E helicopter collided in the air, the NTSB spokesperson said.“The first helicopter was able to land safely nearby,” Fulcher said during a news conference. “Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed, and tragically all three members perished.”Those killed – a contracted pilot, a CalFire division chief and a CalFire captain – are the first victims of California’s 2023 fire season, according to data&...

WWE’s SummerSlam pulls in $7M in sponsorship revenue, up 23% from a year ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:08 GMT

WWE’s sponsorship revenue for SummerSlam rose 23% from a year ago to $7 million, the most for any event outside of WrestleMania. The Saturday event in Detroit also brought in huge merchandise sales, up 60% from a record set in 2021. It was the best performance in company history for any premium live event outside of WrestleMania. Sponsorship revenue for this year’s WrestleMania doubled to more than $20 million, a record for any WWE event. Sponsors for the event, which was headlined by Roman Reigns facing Jey Uso, included Slim Jim, C4 and Rocket Mortgage.WWE’s events continue to attract strong numbers on social media as well. Its SummerSlam content generated more than 100 million video views across all platforms, led by Samantha Irvin announcing Logan Paul’s win against Ricochet, which drew 30 million views in less than 24 hours. Views on TikTok jumped 500% from a year earlier. Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant and served a federal grand jury...