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‘My heart was in my stomach’: Arlington woman jumps out of Lyft after driver heads away from destination

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

An Arlington, Virginia, woman thought she was about to be kidnapped during a Lyft ride that she called one of the most terrifying experiences of her life.Katlyn was headed just a few miles away to the middle of Northwest D.C. Saturday night when her Lyft driver started making wrong turns, the 29-year-old told WTOP’s partners at 7News.“My heart was in my stomach, just racing,” Katlyn told 7News. “We are going the entirely wrong direction now. I am supposed to be going left. He is going right. I keep calling out to him, ‘Sir, this is actually left, not right.’ He’s not answering me.”She even got a text from Lyft saying she was not heading in the right direction and asking if she would like to be called by a representative.On Saturday, June 17, I was on a Lyft ride in Washington, D.C. that made me fear for my safety.My driver missed numerous turns, prolonging my ride. In the midst of D.C. traffic, he almost hits a car and slams on his breaks, stopping about a fo...

Belarus hands lengthy prison terms to 18 participants of 2020 protests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus on Wednesday handed lengthy prison terms to 18 participants of mass anti-government protests that shook the country in 2020, the latest step in a brutal years-long effort to stifle all and any dissent. Multiple charges against the activists, three of whom had left the country and were tried in absentia, included assault on law enforcement officers, conspiracy to overthrow the government, committing a terrorist act and others. According to the authorities, the protesters formed a resistance movement, attacked law enforcement officers, carried out acts of sabotage and set police stations in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on fire. Some of them were also accused of attempting to set fire to the house of a pro-government lawmaker, Aleh Hayukevich, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus, by throwing Molotov cocktails at it.Sentences handed to the demonstrators ranged from two to 25 years in prison. Mass protests engulfed Belarus in 2...

MLB views the UK as a gateway to European growth, with eyes on Paris and Germany

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

LONDON (AP) — London seems like a no-brainer for a European road trip. Paris is all but assured next. Why not throw in Germany and the Netherlands?Major League Baseball has big plans for Europe, starting with an English reintroduction to the sport this weekend when the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs play a two-game series in London.The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox featured in London four years ago, smashing six home runs in a European debut for MLB that was higher scoring — the Yankees won 17-13 — than the NFL’s first one in London in 2007, when the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10.Though the coronavirus pandemic threw a curveball — the Cards-Cubs series was slated for 2020 — the success of the World Baseball Classic has provided a boost. Britain won a game at the tournament for the first time and found a star in Seattle Mariners prospect Harry Ford, who was born in Atlanta but has parents from the U.K.“The U.K. has really been identified for us, Lond...

Llegaron los descuentos: todo lo que debes saber sobre el Amazon Prime Day 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

Si eres un amante de los descuentos alista tu tarjeta de crédito y también tu membresía de Amazon. La compañía anunció este miércoles las fechas de su jornada de descuentos Amazon Prime Day, la cual lanzó desde 2015.Este año, se realizarán los próximos 11 y 12 de julio, pero como es habitual solo estará disponible para los suscriptores de Amazon (cuya suscripción anual vale $139). CNBC: Amazon pagará más de $30 millones por violaciones de privacidad de “Ring” y “Alexa” Buscan flexibilidad y compromiso climático: 2,000 empleados de Amazon se van a huelga LAS MEJORES OFERTAS, SOLO PARA ALGUNOSPor primera vez, algunas ofertas solo estarán disponibles por invitación. Esto quiere decir que los suscriptores pueden solicitar una invitación para acceder a rebajas en los artículos que normalmente se agotan rápidamente, como los dispositivos Amazon de Alexa y electrodomésticos como televisores y computadores, entre otros.Los suscriptores t...

Replacing bullets with beanbags: Fairfax Co. officers now carry ‘less lethal’ option in addition to handguns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, won’t be carrying shotguns anymore. Instead, officers will have what police call a “less-lethal shotgun” that fires a beanbag.The change doesn’t mean officer won’t be carrying any lethal weapons, a spokesperson told WTOP as police will still carry handguns.The department used to equip each police cruiser with a 12-gauge shotgun, according to a news release. Since March, the department has removed all 800 of its shotguns and replaced the weapons with 630 less-lethal beanbag shotguns.“In an effort to give officers more less-lethal options, FCPD reviewed the data, discussed use-case issues, surveyed patrol districts, and determined that department shotguns could be better utilized in a less-lethal capacity,” the police department said in a news release.The alternative weapons are about the same size and weight as a traditional shotgun. But they’re hard to mistake for the original with some parts being b...

Manifestantes llenan las principales calles de San José por presupuesto para la educación

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

(CNN Español) — Miles de manifestantes llenaron este martes las principales calles de San José, la capital de Costa Rica, para exigir al gobierno que cumpla con destinar el 8% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) para la educación, un mandato que rige desde 2011 con la última reforma al artículo 78 de la Constitución política costarricense.Estudiantes, docentes, trabajadores del sector educativo y sindicatos salieron de diferentes puntos de la capital para marchar hasta la Plaza de la Democracia y la Abolición del Ejército, ubicada al frente de la Asamblea Legislativa.El presupuesto para las universidades estatales del Fondo Especial para la Educación Superior (FEES) fue el punto de arranque de la convocatoria, a la que se sumaron otros sectores, con las consignas de una educación de calidad y excelencia.Eugenia Aguirre, profesora universitaria y una de las participantes, dijo a CNN que la marcha no es solo por la educación superior, sino que se trata de un movimiento articulado d...

Al menos 46 personas muertas por revuelta en cárcel de mujeres en Honduras

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Honduras dijo que se elevó a 46 la cifra de muertas, todas mujeres, en la revuelta y un incendio ocurridos el martes en el Penitenciaría Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social (PNFAS).En un tuit, agregaron que las primeras autopsias y entregas a familiares se hicieron esta madrugada y que continuará el trabajo de identificación en los casos complejos. En declaraciones a Televicentro, afiliada de CNN, la portavoz de Medicina Forense Issa Alvarado confirmó que todas las víctimas mortales son mujeres y que se identificaron 23 cuerpos.Esta semana, la subsecretaria de Seguridad y también encargada de la intervención en los centros penitenciarios de Honduras, Julissa Villanueva, reportó actos vandálicos en esa prisión, ubicada en el departamento de Francisco Morazán.También dijo que se había respondido con “mano dura”. “No vamos a tolerar actos vandálicos ni tampoco irregularidades (…) Se autoriza la intervención inmed...

Who is under an enhanced risk for severe storms on 1st day of summer?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The summer solstice is starting with a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day as storms will begin to fire up Wednesday afternoon east of the metro and move across the plains overnight. After a long stretch of wet weather, the workweek started off with two dry and warm days, with Denver almost hitting 90 degrees. However, the storms have returned. 11 new Colorado laws go into effect in July The Pinpoint Weather team has been warning about the return of heavy rain and hail.What does an enhanced risk for severe storms mean?On Wednesday, parts of the metro and the Eastern Plains are under an enhanced risk of a severe storm. But what does that mean exactly?According to the National Weather Service, an enhanced risk category is an intense threat. This category isn’t common, with the NWS describing it as a storm your area may only experience once or twice a year.This category means there is high confidence that several storms will produce damaging winds, severe hail and tornadoes.A...

Suspect charged for killing 2 brothers in I-25 road rage shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Stephen Long, 25, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly killing two brothers in a road rage incident on Interstate 25.The shooting happened just before 3 p.m. on June 13. The incident is still under investigation, and further information about what led up to the shooting has not been released.However, according to Denver Police, it appeared the two brothers, 20-year-old Blake Lucas and 22-year-old Damon Lucas, were traveling in a vehicle together when they were involved in a road rage incident with Long on I-25. Brothers killed in I-25 road rage shooting, family says Both vehicles stopped under West 6th Avenue and one of the brothers allegedly approached Long's vehicle and was shot. Police said the other brother then got out and jumped on Long's car, and Long drove off.Long was arrested after a deputy in the area heard the gunshots and followed his vehicle until the car was stopped at 13th Avenue and Meade Street.Long first appeare...

Woman dies after struggle in Boulder Creek

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A woman died after she was pulled out of Boulder Creek during a struggle in the water last week.Boulder Police received multiple calls about a woman struggling in the creek around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Boulder Fire-Rescue and police responded, according to a news release from the city. The release said that initial information indicated that she went into the water to help a family member and was then swept away by the current. Hot weather expected to increase creek danger Bystanders had pulled the 48-year-old woman to the south side of the creek and began administering CPR before firefighters worked to safely swim the woman to the north side of the bank. She was taken to the hospital in an ambulance where she remained in critical condition for several days before dying over the weekend, according to the release.She wasn't the only person to lose their life in the creek last week. On June 11, a 9-year-old boy died after he fell off his tube and drowned in the water.N...