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Montgomery Co. executive backs compromise on rent caps

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich. (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich. (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) Rent in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been a contentious issue for months, with competing plans to try to grant relief to renters before the County Council.On Wednesday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said he favored a compromise bill discussed by a council committee on Monday.Under the plan, new rent increases would be capped at the rate of inflation plus 3% or 6% overall.“This in no way prevents landlords from recovering costs that exceed inflation,” Elrich said, and it doesn’t prevent landlords from “getting rent increas...

Judge plays catch in first baseball activity since hurting toe on June 3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge played catch before Wednesday’s game at Oakland in the AL MVP’s first baseball activity since tearing a ligament in his right big toe on June 3.“There’s a lot of steps we’ve got to take to get back to going on the field,” Judge said. “So this is just another step along the way.”Judge was injured when he slammed into the outfield wall at Dodger Stadium while making a catch.“Definitely good to see him out here walking and playing some catch. Another step on the road back,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Been slow moving, obviously, but at least we continue to see steady progress.”Boone said Judge’s biggest challenge is getting more comfortable swinging a bat.“Really being able to torque and turn on that back foot and stuff,” Boone said. “When we get to that point where he starts being able to let it go hitting wise, that’ll be a good indicator that now it’s just about getting built up and ready to go.”___AP...

Springer sparks 6-hit, 4-double 1st inning and Blue Jays beat Giants 6-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — George Springer hit the first of four Toronto Blue Jays doubles in a five-run first inning in a 6-1 victory over San Francisco on Wednesday night that stopped the Giants’ 10-game road winning streak.Giants right fielder Michael Conforto left after one inning because of a tight left hamstring. He is hitting .236 with a team-high 12 homers and 42 RBIs after signing a $36 million, two-year contract as a free agent.Bowden Francis got his his first major league victory for the Blue Jays.Toronto won for the third time in four games and reached the season’s midpoint at 44-37. San Francisco lost for just the third time in its last 16 games.Springer doubled off Logan Webb (7-7) leading off the first for the first of six hits for Toronto in the inning and three hits for Springer in thegame.Springer scored on Bo Bichette’s single. Brandon Belt, Daulton Varsho and Whit Merrifield hit RBI doubles and Danny Jansen followed with a run-scoring single.Francis (1-0), a 27-y...

‘Go slow and start low’: Montgomery Co. readies for impact of new statewide marijuana law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

Gloved hands, putting trimmed CBD hemp flower weed buds in a storage glass jar, using tweezers.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/24K-Production) Gloved hands, putting trimmed CBD hemp flower weed buds in a storage glass jar, using tweezers.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/24K-Production) The Maryland law allowing the purchase of marijuana for recreational use goes into effect on July 1, and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich talked about what that means for the county.“We anticipate there are going to be circumstances when marijuana use could lead to some complaints about neighbors or people smoking in public,” Elrich said. While the odor may be annoying to some, Elrich added, “We don’t want residents calling 911.”“Even tho...

¿Por qué los retrasos y las cancelaciones de vuelos en EE.UU. han sido tan graves? No todo es culpa del mal tiempo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

Nueva York (CNN) — Cientos de miles de pasajeros en Estados Unidos se han quedado varados esta semana por el mal tiempo, que ha generado la inmovilización de aviones y la cancelación de vuelos.Pero las tormentas fueron apenas uno de los factores detrás de esta pesadilla. La escasez de personal, tanto en las aerolíneas estadounidenses como en las operaciones de control del tráfico aéreo de la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA, por sus siglas en inglés), empeoró la situación.Más de 7.000 vuelos se han retrasado o cancelado en EE.UU. por el mal tiempoEl panorama en los aeropuertos estadounidenses mejoró ligeramente este miércoles. A las 2:44 pm ET, el servicio de seguimiento FlightAware informaba que había casi 850 vuelos cancelados y otros 3.500 retrasos. Las tormentas en la zona de Boston provocaron una parada en tierra a primera hora del miércoles, manteniendo a los aviones con destino al aeropuerto de Logan en la puerta de embarque o en la pista en aeropuertos de todo e...

‘Code Red’ air quality into Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires returns to DC area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

Listen to WTOP for weather updates on the 8s.Where there’s smoke, there’s Canadian wildfires, and the smog is drifting back to the D.C. area to round out the week. Here’s what you need to know.It was “Code Orange” Wednesday and “Code Red” by the evening in the D.C. area, which means the air quality will be unhealthy for all — not just sensitive groups like children, older adults and people with asthma and other respiratory conditions who should limit their physical activity.It won’t get better on Thursday, when air quality is projected to stay at “Code Red.” Particle pollution will be worse than Wednesday, 7News First Alert meteorologist Jordan Evans said.Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM.Current traffic conditionsWeather forecastClosings and DelaysSign up for WTOP alerts‘Milky look to the sky’“Northwesterly winds will transport wildfire smoke back into the region on Wednesday,” WTOP...

Delle Donne, Atkins help Mystics cruise past Dream, 109-86

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points, Ariel Atkins added 19 points and the Washington Mystics beat the Atlanta Dream 109-86 on Wednesday night.Washington outscored Atlanta 35-13 in the second quarter and topped 100 points for the first time this season.Myisha Hines-Allen scored 16 points, Tianna Hawkins had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Brittney Sykes had 12 points and 10 assists for the Mystics (9-5).Cheyenne Parker had 23 points and eight rebounds and Allisha Gray added 17 points for Atlanta (5-8).SKY 80, SPARKS 63CHICAGO (AP) — Courtney Williams scored a season-high 21 points, Kahleah Copper added 14 points and Chicago beat Los Angeles to snap a six-game skid.Marina Mabrey added 13 points and Dana Evans had 11 for Chicago (6-9).Nneka Ogwumike had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Los Angeles (7-8), which was 22 of 63 (35%) from the field with 16 turnovers.___AP Sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Denver weather: Severe storm threat on Thursday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will feature an increasing chance for thunderstorms for the end of the workweek ahead of a few thunderstorms over the July Fourth weekend.The Denver area is under an air quality alert until 12 a.m. Thursday because of the heat and a light breeze. Hot temperatures reaching 99-102 degrees in southeast Colorado are triggering head advisories for Wednesday. Fire weather warnings remain in effect through 8 p.m. on Wednesday due to low relative humidity and light wind increasing fire danger.Weather tonight: Storm possibleThere is a slight chance for thunderstorms, mostly in Northeast Colorado, but areas like Denver will just see more clouds build in alongside a northwest breeze. Temperatures will stay seasonal and fall to the upper 50s.Weather tomorrow: Afternoon storms Thursday will start with sunshine, but clouds will quickly start to build in. As high temperatures climb to around 80 degrees, there will be an increasing chance for rain and thunders...

Subject, crash victim hospitalized after police pursuit in SW Miami-Dade ends in rollover wreck

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

A police pursuit led to a rollover wreck in Southwest Miami-Dade, sending the subject involved and another person to the hospital and bringing a chaotic chain of events to a violent end.According to Miami-Dade Police, officers were engaged in an active and ongoing narcotics investigation and were taking a subject into custody, Wednesday night.All of a sudden, investigators said, the subject struck an officer’s vehicle and almost ran over another officer in an attempt to flee.Police pursued the subject, and at one point, the subject struck a white car and a Tesla before hitting a light pole, rolling over and coming to a stop in the parking lot of a gas station in the area of U.S. 1 and Southwest 128th Street.Witness Viviana Tinoco said she came upon the crash scene.“We were like close by, and we just saw all the cars and accidents,” she said.Paramedics transported the subject and a person who was inside the white car to an area hospital.Detectives said the subject w...

Migration money feud infiltrates EU summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

BRUSSELS — EU countries are bickering over granting billions in new funds to deal with migration as asylum applications soar and backlogs pile up at the Continent’s borders. Germany, which received a quarter of all EU asylum applications in 2022, specifically wants to “revitalize” the EU’s ties with neighboring Turkey, according to a senior German official — a nod to the last time the bloc faced such levels of migration. Then, in 2016, the EU offered Turkey billions in exchange for the country housing thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing civil war. Now, there is a push to authorize up to €10.5 billion in new money for not just Turkey, but also countries like Libya or Tunisia, hoping it would help them prevent people from entering the EU without permission. The debate has jumped onto the agenda of an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday. And countries are sparring over whether to reference a monetary request in the meeting’s final conclusions, ac...