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Delegate apologizes for emotional outburst on House floor at close of General Assembly session

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.An Anne Arundel County lawmaker who disrupted House of Delegates floor proceedings in the waning minutes of the 2023 General Assembly session apologized Tuesday, after telling Speaker Adrienne A. Jones to “take a seat.”“I will apologize for my tone,” Del. Nicholaus R. Kipke (R-Anne Arundel) said Tuesday afternoon. “I went back and listened to it. I was tired and emotional.”Kipke said he was not intoxicated during the exchange, in which he shouted at the speaker in the final 10 minutes of the legislative session, after she cut short debate on a bill to limit arrests based on cannabis odor.Jones (D-Baltimore County) said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that she’d spoken with Kipke and believed he offered a genuine apology.“The final moments of Sine Die were an unfortunate ending to an otherwise great session. There is always tension b...

Matthew McConaughey habla sobre su próximo papel en el spinoff de la serie “Yellowstone”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

(CNN Español) — Matthew McConaughey parece dispuesto a sumergirse en un nuevo papel.Días después de que el director de Paramount Media Networks, Chris McCarthy, confirmara en una entrevista con The Hollywood Reporter que McConaughey protagonizará un spin-off de “Yellowstone”, una conversación en un podcast nos dio una idea de qué está pensando actualmente McConaughey sobre su carrera.Dax Shepard habló con el actor ganador del Oscar en un nuevo episodio de “Armchair Expert” y le preguntó sobre su carrera después de haber escrito sus memorias en los últimos años.Matthew McConaughey comparte las historias de las víctimas de Uvalde en un emotivo discurso y pide mayor control de armas“Ahora estoy interesado en interpretar a otro personaje en una serie de televisión, porque los últimos cuatro años han sido de culminación, de escritura, de reunir todas estas cosas y de dedicarme más al servicio público”, explicó McConaughey. “La idea de actua...

El presidente de Brasil, Lula da Silva, viaja a China con las esperanzas puestas en el comercio y la paz

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, se dirige a China en una visita de Estado y se espera que las conversaciones con el líder chino, Xi Jinping, se centren principalmente en el comercio, así como en la guerra en Ucrania.Lula, de 77 años, originalmente tenía planeado visitar Beijing el mes pasado, pero fue hospitalizado debido a una neumonía. Este lunes, su despacho anunció que se reanudaba el viaje con el objetivo de “retomar sus relaciones con el país que ha sido su principal socio comercial desde 2009”.Una moneda común entre Argentina y Brasil: lo que sabemos sobre “sur”, el plan de una divisa sudamericanaLa delegación brasileña que llega a China con Lula este miércoles incluye empresarios, gobernadores de estado, congresistas y ministros, que buscan firmar más de 20 acuerdos bilaterales con China en agricultura, ganadería, tecnología, viajes y turismo, entre otros.Las cifras del gobierno muestran que China importó el equivalente a más de ...

Teacher's suspected meningitis death closes Aurora school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A local high school will close on Wednesday after a teacher died with symptoms of bacterial meningitis.The case is affecting the Eaglecrest High School community. In a letter on Tuesday, the Cherry Creek School District said it's working to identify students and staff who may have been in close contact with the teacher."Those individuals will be offered preventative antibiotics," the district said.Maddie Schmidt, a teacher at the integrated learning center, died over the weekend, according to the district. The Arapahoe County Public Health Department alerted the district that the teacher "had symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis." Former principal, secretary accused of embezzling $100,000 from high school The district is offering support for the school community after her death."As the Eaglecrest community continues to grieve together this week, we will have school and district mental health support staff available," according to the letter.Athletic...

Denver weather: Record heat, fire danger Wednesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay hot into Wednesday, with another record high temperature possible.Denver hit the low 80s Tuesday afternoon, breaking the record high of 80 degrees from 1982. Weather tonight: Quiet, mostly clearDenver's overnight temperatures will fall into the upper 40s with mostly clear skies and dry conditions. Winds will stay breezy overnight on the Eastern Plains. Weather tomorrow: More 80s, fire dangerWednesday will hit 83 degrees, with sunshine and dry conditions. The record high temperature is 79, set in 2018. There will be partly cloudy skies building in during the afternoon. Fire danger will be high, with a fire weather warning in place for the foothills, Palmer Divide and plains. Winds will gust up to 35 mph. Looking ahead: Rain chance FridayDenver will hit the 70s on Thursday with temperatures in the mid-70s. There will be more wind and high fire danger along the Front Range. Weather changes will move in on Friday with a 60% chance for rain. Tem...

Black Family Advisory Council to question superintendent about SROs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

DENVER, Colo. (KDVR) -- Denver Public Schools' Black Family Advisory Council plans on asking questions about the district’s use of school resource officers.The council wants to make sure students of color, especially Black students, are not mistreated by SROs who are currently in schools. The group also wants to have a say in what a safety plan looks like in the future. Former principal, secretary accused of embezzling $100,000 from high school When school resource officers were put back in Denver Public Schools after the recent shooting at East High, the Black Family Advisory Council knew it would be asking a lot of questions.“We want to create a plan and some policies and procedures so that our kids are safe while these SROs are in our schools,” council chair Tiffany Grays said.The council says it’s ready to collaborate to make sure students are safe and protected from officers who might mistreat them.“We as a community as a whole haven’t had any answers about: What are SROs do...

Berthoud Pass reopened after Avalanche

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow Tuesday afternoon, closing all lanes for several hours.The highway was back open around 5 p.m., the Colorado Department of Transportation said. The snow slide occurred near Winter Park, at mile marker 238.Crews used heavy equipment to clear snow from the roadway as as drivers waited in stopped traffic. April heat wave: Denver breaks temperature record from 41 years ago An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)The Colorado Avalanche Information Center's forecast had the a...

Find The Hungry Dutchman at your local sandbar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

There are food spots, food trucks, and now food boats. Foodies, set course for a new eatery on the water, and we do mean on the water. The Hungry Dutchman is run by three SoFlo locals who are taking your boat day bites, to the next level. Rather than you bringing your own meals out to sea, they’re bringing the grub to you.Sure, you heard of the flying Dutchman, but have you ever heard of The Hungry Dutchman?Michael Angulo: “The Hungry Dutchman is a food boat, that me and my best friends had started together from scratch, we did it on our terms, this is exactly what we wanted. We want to feed everybody out there on the water and make sure they’re having fun when they come down here to South Florida.”Boat captain, Michael Angulo starred on season 15 of “Naked and Afraid”, and he told us the meaning behind this ship’s name.Michael Angulo: “We came up with the name The Hungry Dutchman because we like to think of ourselves as modern-day pir...

Magic relocate G League affiliate from Lakeland to Kissimmee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

The Orlando Magic on Tuesday announced the relocation of their NBA G League affiliate from Lakeland to Kissimmee, a move first reported by the Orlando Sentinel on Monday.The Magic’s G League team was rebranded as the Osceola Magic and will start playing at Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in November.Kissimmee’s Silver Spurs Arena was one of two finalists, along with Lakeland, for where the Magic were looking to base their G League affiliate ahead of the 2017-18 season.“Proximity matters greater,” Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman said. “This is going to be a game-changer for us.”Magic CEO Alex Martins told the Sentinel that the Magic’s leasing agreement with Osceola is for 12 years. The G League team will continue to practice at the training facility inside Amway Center.“We certainly like the fact we’re locked into a long-term agreement so we don’t have to approach a situation like this in an...

Mets Notebook: Seth Lugo returns to Queens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:41 GMT

Seth Lugo never needed any validation from baseball about what he was capable of doing on a mound. The right-hander always knew he could take the ball every five days and get outs.But when he became a free agent over the winter, other teams showed considerable interest in him as a starter. It reaffirmed that his decision to leave the Mets to seek a job as a starting pitcher was the right one.“I was surprised that all of the phone calls were about starting,” the right-hander told the Daily News Tuesday at Citi Field. “It wasn’t until the night before I signed with the Padres that I had a team call about relief. That was really cool. I didn’t expect it to go that way but it did early on, so it really kept me focused on what I had to do in the offseason.”Lugo signed a two-year, $15 million contract with San Diego right before Christmas, effectively ending his tenure with the Mets. There are no hard feelings on either side as Lugo returned to New York...