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

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:48 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 15:53:48 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 15:53:48 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 15:53:48 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 15:53:48 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...

How to survive Westminster’s wine-fueled party season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:48 GMT

LONDON — Suspect wine, sweltering political obsessives and the bitter taste of regret: it can only be party season in Westminster.Think tanks, lobbying shops and even much-loved media titles are all rolling out the red carpet for their summer gatherings over the next few weeks, with proper power players rubbing shoulders with humble free booze-enjoyers to swap gossip, gather intel and spray around business cards like confetti.So how can the consummate political pro make the most of all this enforced revelry? POLITICO tapped up the experts so you didn’t have to. Cheers!Seriously, watch the drinkingGetting blitzed may be big and clever — but it’s bad for business. It might seem like common sense, but free booze, 30-degree heat, and a sea of unfamiliar faces make it easy to slip from tipsy to trolleyed in record time.Rat-arsed antics or loose-lipped gossip can come back to haunt you. So — and stay with us here — why not try a glass of water or two in between the throat-burn...

Live blog: EU leaders’ summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:48 GMT

EU leaders may schedule their summits months in advance, but they always seem to somehow fall right after a major news event. This time, it’s an aborted mutiny in Russia that has Europe buzzing as everyone anxiously peers into a crystal ball and tries to divine Russia’s future. Yet that hasn’t totally derailed the agenda for Thursday and Friday. China will be woven throughout the talks, as leaders spar over the EU’s attempts to get more sensitive technologies made at home and not in China. And there’s a fight brewing over migration, with leaders set to discuss a recent deal that would overhaul how the EU processes and relocates migrants (explainer here). As of now, there’s little agreement over how to actually implement — and pay for — the agreement.Expect an update as well on how the EU thinks it’s doing on its self-appointed mandate to become a military manufacturing powerhouse (relative to now, at least). As always, POLITICO will have al...

Sir Veer Starmer? All the Labour leader’s screeching U-turns in one place

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:48 GMT

LONDON — Fancy a fetching pair of Keir Starmer brand flip-flops? Britain’s Conservatives — and their enthusiastic chairman Greg Hands — have kept tabs on the mounting number of high-profile U-turns from the opposition Labour leader, who looks likely to lead the country’s next government.While some see a willingness to sheer off unappealing or unrealistic bits of Labour’s program after a colossal defeat under Jeremy Corbyn in 2019, others cry sellout as an opposition leader who once loyally served Corbyn shifts to unashamed centrist. As the next U.K. election approaches, POLITICO has collated all of the Starmer U-turns so far in one place — and you may want to check for updates. Caveat alert: Britain’s Tories also love a good U-turn.Bye Angela. Hi AngelaIn a botched reshuffle following disappointing local election results and a major by-election defeat in Hartlepool, Starmer attempted to clip the wings of his deputy leader Angela Rayner, seen as being on the l...

Let’s build a combat-effective Europe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:48 GMT

Kaja Kallas is the prime minister of Estonia.Sixteen months of war in Ukraine have revealed strategic opportunities and challenges for transatlantic security and European defense. With the European Council and NATO’s Summit in Vilnius lying just ahead, the time to lift our defense up to match the demands of the new security reality is now — because later may be too late.Prompted by Estonia, the European Union recently decided to provide a million artillery rounds to Ukraine by March 2024. This is highly important assistance for Ukraine and, simultaneously, an incremental step toward ramping up the European defense industry’s output, and a demonstration of where common resolve and action can take us.Russian aggression has reminded us that together, we can accomplish difficult things. However, it is equally true that when it comes to making Europe combat-effective, we are still under-delivering.Europe’s battle-decisive ammunition stocks and enabling capabilities are not enough for the...

Source: Patriots, WR DeVante Parker agree to reworked 3-year deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:48 GMT

The Patriots and wide receiver DeVante Parker agreed on a reworked 3-year contract Wednesday worth up to $33 million, per source.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Former Patriots QB Ryan Mallett, 35, reportedly dies in drowning accident New England Patriots | Will Patriots CB Jack Jones go to prison? Here’s what we know New England Patriots | Patriots CB Jack Jones arrested for trying to bring firearms onto flight at Logan Airport New England Patriots | Mac Jones, a breakout defender and 4 takeaways from Patriots minicamp New England Patriots | DeAndre Hopkins reportedly leaves ‘productive’ Patriots visit without a deal, could still sign Parker was set to enter a contract year, but his new deal runs through 2025. He can earn $14 million in guarantees and per-game roster bonuses alone. Parker caught 31 passes for 539 yards and three touchdowns last season, his first in New England, ...