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1 dead in Montgomery Co. pedestrian crash along I-270

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

Montgomery County police said that the main lanes of southbound I-270 between Route 28 and Montrose Road have been closed off due to the collision. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)One person is dead after getting struck by cars after running onto Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, Sunday morning.Maryland State Police said, shortly before 8 a.m., officers responded to southbound I-270 north of Montrose Road where the incident happened.In their initial investigation, they discovered the person, for reasons not known, ran onto the road and was hit by two cars, a Lincoln and a Volkswagen sedan.The person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, adding that “the identity of the victim is unknown at this time.”Montgomery County police said the main lanes of southbound I-270 between Route 28 and Montrose Road were closed off due to the crash. The WTOP Traffic Center reports all affected lanes had reopened by 1 p.m. Sunday.The Montgomery County Fire Department is on the sce...

McNulty claims first Grand Tour stage win, Armirail stays in Giro lead ahead of decisive Dolomites

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

BERGAMO, Italy (AP) — American cyclist Brandon McNulty won the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday for his first victory in a Grand Tour while Bruno Armirail kept hold of the leader’s pink jersey as the race prepares for a dramatic and decisive final week.McNulty, who rides for UAE Team Emirates, edged out Ben Healy and Marco Frigo at the end of the tough 195-kilometer (121-mile) route from Seregno to Bergamo.“I’m stoked. This was my goal coming here,” McNulty said. “I wanted a stage win but I got sick in the time trial. “I wanted to finish solo but luckily I managed to win even in a sprint … Let’s hope this win adds to the team’s motivation on GC with Joao Almeida.”All three had been part of a large breakaway that went early in the stage. Healy attacked on the fourth and final classified climb and McNulty caught up to him on the descent, followed by Frigo with 10 kilometers remaining.Frigo was dropped again on the unclassified climb shortly before the ...

Greek elections: Exit polls indicate governing conservative New Democracy party in the lead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek elections: Exit polls indicate governing conservative New Democracy party in the lead.Source

Customer strikes flight attendant with intercom phone at DIA: Frontier

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A customer struck a Frontier Airlines flight attendant with an intercom phone after being asked to deplane from a flight at Denver International Airport early Sunday.According to Frontier, the customer became belligerent while the flight to Tampa International Airport was waiting to depart. Passengers vote to kick woman off Frontier Airlines flight, video shows The customer was then arrested by Denver police.The flight left around 5:30 a.m., Frontier said. According to FlightAware, the plane was scheduled to leave at 12:55 a.m.FOX31 reached out to Denver police for additional information on the incident.

Moldova ramps up EU membership push amid fears of Russia-backed coup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

CHIȘINĂU, Moldova — Tens of thousands of Moldovans descended on the central square of the capital on Sunday, waving flags and homemade placards in support of the country’s push to join the EU and make a historic break with Moscow.With Russia’s war raging just across the border in Ukraine, the government of this tiny Eastern European nation called the rally in an effort to overcome internal divisions and put pressure on Brussels to begin accession talks, almost a year after Moldova was granted EU candidate status. “Joining the EU is the best way to protect our democracy and our institutions,” Moldova’s President Maia Sandu told POLITICO at Chișinău’s presidential palace, as a column of her supporters marched past outside. “I call on the EU to take a decision on beginning accession negotiations by the end of the year. We think we have enough support to move forward.”Speaking alongside Sandu at what was billed as a “national assembl...

Greece’s ruling conservatives lead in polls, but second round likely

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s conservative ruling party was leading in Sunday’s election, according to early exit polls, but a second round of national voting is the most likely scenario.The New Democracy Party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a significant lead over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, according to first exit polls published jointly by six polling agencies after the ballots closed. Up to seven parties were likely to pass the 3 percent threshold and enter parliament, according to the projections.Nonetheless, New Democracy didn’t gather enough votes — 45 percent — to win an outright majority, as these elections are being held under a new proportional representation system.Even though a coalition government would be possible, Mitsotakis has made no secret of the fact that he would prefer a majority government, and would hold out for the second round of voting, when he is poised to garner an absolute majority thanks to a system that grants the winning party up to ...

5 archaeological site areas in San Diego with remnants of the past

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- With over 6,500 recorded Native American and historic archaeological sites in San Diego, taking a look back at ancient civilizations is as easy as visiting a one of the many state parks in the region. According to the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR), San Diego was home to various groups and tribes before later becoming the home of two Spanish Missions. From there, the region developed into homesteads and towns, leaving a trial of history behind. 4 castles within driving distance of San Diego For an up-close look at remnants of the past, here are five archaeological site areas right here in San Diego County that contain traces of the civilizations that came before us.Anza-Borrego Desert State ParkThis park contains over 4,400 recorded archaeological sites, according to CDPR. Some of these sites include villages, camps, hunting sites, food and material processing sites, rock art sites and sacred places. California officials say there are eight ...

‘Exhaust them’: Why Ukraine has fought Russia for every inch of Bakhmut, despite high cost

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The nine-month battle for Bakhmut has destroyed the 400-year-old city in eastern Ukraine and killed tens of thousands of people in a mutually devastating demonstration of Ukraine’s strategy of exhausting the Russian military. The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation on the ground Sunday in the invasion’s longest battle: Russia’s defense ministry reported that the Wagner private army backed by Russian troops had seized the city. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, said Bakhmut was not being occupied by Russian forces. Regardless, the small city has long had more symbolic than strategic value for both sides. The more meaningful gauge of success for Ukrainian forces has been their ability to keep the Russians bogged down. The Ukrainian military has aimed to deplete the resources and morale of Russian troops in the tiny but tactical patch of the 1,500-kilometer (932-mile) front line as Ukraine gears up for a major counteroffensive in th...

Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday for debt ceiling talks after ‘productive’ call

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet in person on Monday as the government races against a looming deadline to raise America’s debt limit before federal funds potentially run dry early next month.The leaders spoke by phone Sunday as the president returned home on Air Force One after the Group of Seven summit in Japan. McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters at the Capitol that the call was “productive” and that the on-again, off-again negotiations would resume later in the day. Both sides have said progress was being made but that they remain far apart. Biden’s Treasury Department has said it could run out of cash as soon as June 1, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, “I think that that’s a hard deadline.”McCarthy said after his call with Biden that “I think we can solve some of these problems if he understands what we’re looking at.” The speaker added, “But I’ve been very clear to him from the very beginning...

Peace, food and fertilizer: African leaders’ challenge heading to talks with Moscow, Kyiv

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:44 GMT

A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process,” but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator who helped broker the talks said in an interview with The Associated Press.Jean-Yves Ollivier, an international negotiator who has been working for six months to put the talks together, said the African leaders would also discuss the related issue of easing the passage of more grain shipments out of Ukraine amid the war and the possibility of more prisoner swaps when they travel to both countries on what they’ve characterized as a peace mission.The talks will likely be next month, Ollivier said. He arrived in Moscow on Sunday and will also go to Kyiv for meetings with high-level officials to work out “logistics” for the upcoming talks. For one, the six African presidents would likely have to travel to Kyiv by ni...