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Hace mucho calor y va a continuar así para millones de estadounidenses. Estos gráficos explican la tendencia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

(CNN) — Ha sido un verano abrasador para muchos estadounidenses, con decenas de millones viviendo en zonas de calor extremo.En las tres últimas semanas, más de un tercio de la población ha experimentado temperaturas máximas medias semanales superiores a los 32 °C (90 °F), sobre todo en la mitad sur del país.Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), la semana pasada casi el 12% de los estadounidenses sufrió temperaturas máximas superiores a los 38 °C (100 °F). Se trata del porcentaje más alto de estadounidenses con temperaturas máximas medias por encima de los 38 °C (100 °F) en lo que va del verano.El rastreador de calor y salud de la agencia examina en qué zonas del país se registran condiciones de calor extremo, de modo que las comunidades puedan prepararse y responder a estos fenómenos.Mientras que el sur y el oeste han experimentado las temperaturas más altas en los últimos dos meses, a finales de julio, las...

NASCAR Craftsman Truck TSport 200 Results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

FridayAt Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkIndianapolis.Lap length: 0.69 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (2) Ty Majeski, Ford, ontrack, 20 points.2. (1) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, ontrack, 15.3. (12) Layne Riggs, Chevrolet, ontrack, 9.4. (5) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, ontrack, 11.5. (8) Zane Smith, Ford, ontrack, 5.6. (10) William Sawalich, Toyota, ontrack, 5.7. (4) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, ontrack, 3.8. (3) Corey Heim, Toyota, ontrack, 18.9. (13) Matt Crafton, Ford, ontrack, 0.10. (24) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.11. (9) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, ontrack, 1.12. (6) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, ontrack, 12.13. (7) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, ontrack, 6.14. (22) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.15. (19) Tanner Gray, Toyota, ontrack, 5.16. (21) Ben Rhodes, Ford, ontrack, 0.17. (20) Jake Drew, Toyota, ontrack, 0.18. (23) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.19. (28) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.20. (34) Taylor Gray, Toyota, ontrack, 0.21. (26) Logan Bearde...

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor scratched with soreness on his right side, ending streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was scratched from the lineup because of soreness on his right side about 30 minutes before the first pitch Friday night against Atlanta, ending his streak of consecutive games played at 223.Lindor said he “felt something” while stretching before batting practice. He continued his early work and then visited the trainer’s room, where New York’s medical staff decided he should sit out the game. He will undergo testing Saturday. “We have one of the best training staffs in the league, so whatever you guys think is best,” Lindor said. “I want to play, but I’ve been through a situation where I tried to play through it and didn’t work out in my favor.”Lindor missed five weeks in 2021 with a right oblique strain.“Doesn’t even compare,” he said. “That one felt bad. I could barely take off my shirt.”Lindor has been one of the few bright spots this season for the retooled Mets, who are 52-63 after dealing away six veterans at the trade dea...

Did the wedding crasher thief target this bowling alley too?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (KDVR) — A Lafayette bowling alley could be the latest target of a real-life wedding crasher, wanted for stealing cards and gifts from multiple weddings over the past month. Wednesday night, Michael Gonder said a man matching the same description as the alleged wedding crasher stole multiple items, including backpacks, from the Coal Creek Bowling Center. ‘Banking while Black’: Woman sues Chase Bank over racial discrimination The business now believes the same man stole multiple vending machines from the alley last year, when he wheeled in a dolly while wearing a construction vest.“It’s the same guy," Gonder said. "Same shoes, same pants. Doesn’t look like he’s changed clothes.”Are the wedding and bowling alley thefts connected?A side-by-side comparison of two thefts, one in Westminster, Colorado and one in Lafayette, Colorado. (Church Ranch Events Center, Coal Creek Bowling Center)Gonder, a Marine Corps veteran, said the backpacks contained his fami...

Aurora is nearing the 2022 total for deadly crashes, and it's only August

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — New numbers show a sharp increase in traffic-related deaths within the city of Aurora this year.Agent Matthew Longshore, with the Aurora Police Department, said they’ve recorded 43 fatal crashes, just seven short of their entire total for all of 2022. "We’re on par to break last year’s record, which is awful,” Longshore said.Longshore said police have responded to nearly 5,000 crashes this year, with about 10% classified as injury crashes. ‘Banking while Black’: Woman sues Chase Bank over racial discrimination In Aurora, he said the top contributing factors are speed, intoxication, lack of seat belt use and distracted driving.  "The text message can wait. You don’t need to check your social media when you’re driving," Longshore said. “These are things that we are seeing people do that are leading to these injury and fatal crashes.”Aurora Police officers are on a mission to prevent deaths on the road through education and enforcement.DUI checkpoint Satur...

Gas leak likely cause of Denver apartment explosion: investigators

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Investigators believe a gas leak is what caused an apartment building to explode in the 400 block of South Lincoln Street on Thursday night. According to the Denver Fire Department, it is unclear where the gas was leaking from or what ignited it. Broomfield burglaries allegedly same crew as Cherry Hills Village "It actually sounded like a bomb," Emily Stallings said.Stallings is renovating her home across the street from where the building exploded. She said she was standing at her front window discussing window treatments when debris hit the glass. "And then there was a huge thud on our window," she said. "And then I look straight forward and the house is completely demolished."Part of a multi-unit residential building on South Lincoln Street in Denver collapsed after an explosion on Aug. 10, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)Home explosion sent debris across the streetHalf of the four-unit building has been reduced to rubble. The other half is still standing with its ...

Strogov: Recruited college athletes should be required to play

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

Another bomb has struck the college admissions process. Rather than a Supreme Court decision, this time it’s research from a group called Opportunity Insights consisting of Harvard University economists who study inequality. Their research found that recruited athletes have an advantage in college admissions by virtue of being needed on the playing fields — and those same applicants tend to be wealthier, sometimes very wealthy.The connection between wealth and superior athletic performance isn’t that hard to trace. Participating in sports can cost quite a bit and price out poor families. Research from the Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of Michigan found that “only 30% of students in families with annual household incomes of less than $60,000 played school sports, compared with 51% of students in families that earned $60,000 or more a year.” Just participating in sports is out of reach for many, much less excelling at them.While most peo...

King: Climate change, AI, China disrupt the globe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

The future has arrived. Those things we were warned about for decades are here. They are now palpable.For the world, it will get bumpy for the next decade and beyond as we adjust to three massive, disruptive realities: climate change, artificial intelligence and brutal competition among countries for raw materials for new, carbon-saving technologies like electric vehicles.This summer, with its aberrant weather the world over, is a clear declaration that climate change is upon us. It is no longer hypothetical; it is here.This summer isn’t a template, it is the first manifestation, from wildfires in Hawaii to elevated temperatures in Argentina’s winter to heat in the Middle East that approaches the point after which life becomes impossible to sustain.It isn’t all heat, either.It is storms, deluging rain and previously unexperienced cold. David Naylor, who heads Rayburn Electric, near Dallas, told me what worries him, what keeps him awake at night, is the weather. The cold — new for Te...

Editorial: Term limits on Capitol Hill make sense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states could not impose congressional term limits — it would take a constitutional amendment to accomplish the objective. Nearly 30 years later, it may be time to embark down such a path.The high court decision invalidated provisions in 23 states in which voters had approved limitations on how long their senators and representatives could serve in Congress. Term limits had become popular in the early 1990s and were included in the GOP’s 1994 Contract with America, which helped Republicans gain control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years.Currently, 16 states limit how long their state lawmakers may serve. Such restrictions were approved in those states with an average of 66% voter support.Despite the popularity of the concept, proposals to limit congressional terms have languished — largely because such an amendment would require the consent of the very politicians who would suffer the consequences. Yet the nat...

The Hooters bring the hits to Lynn Auditorium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:34 GMT

What’s the Hooters big hit? Turns out the answer is deeply dependent on geography.Most Americans remember the band for 1985 smashes “And We Danced” and “All You Zombies.” But others love the Hooters for songs that missed the charts, well, the American charts.“‘Johnny B’ was the song that broke us in Germany, ‘Satelite’ got us our 15 minutes of fame in the UK, after which we were basically done, and ‘500 Miles’ is really the big one in Sweden and Norway,” band co-founder Eric Bazilian told the Herald.“We kept having bigger hits in smaller countries,” Bazilian added with a laugh.When the band came up with its setlist for its current tour – its first U.S. tour in years – with Rick Springfield, it didn’t even include European hits “Johnny B” or “500 Miles.” The tour, which Springfield specifically recruited the Hooters for, stops at the Lynn Auditorium on Sunday.Now if you’re from Philly, and in your 50s or 60s, you may have a whole other set of favorites.Before going global, the roots ...