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Strike over: OmniRide resumes service

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.Supporters of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 and Teamsters Local 639 on Feb. 14 jointly rallied against Keolis, the France-based company that operates both OmniRide in Prince William County and Loudoun County Transit. They held a demonstration outside the Loudoun County government center in Leesburg. (Trevor Baratko | InsideNoVa)The nearly month-long OmniRide strike is over.The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission on Sunday evening reported that union bus operators voted to accept the latest contract offer from transit operator Keolis. OmniRide buses will resume service Monday.Teamsters Local 639 announced the strike Feb. 14, citing a need for better pay, less time to reach the top pay levels and better retirement benefits.“We’re not working for nothing no more,” Local 639 Treasury-Secretary Bill Davis said at t...

A medida que las fallas de Twitter van de mal en peor, los usuarios se preguntan cuánto tiempo puede seguir funcionando

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

(CNN) — A finales del año pasado, Dan Sinker se encontró en la situación del “Día de la Marmota”. Cuando consultaba su pestaña de notificaciones en Twitter, Sinker, quien tiene decenas de miles de seguidores, veía a menudo que la plataforma recomendaba el mismo tuit de hace semanas de otro usuario. Como Sinker describió la situación en un tuit a principios de diciembre, “volvimos al 7 de noviembre en mis menciones otra vez”.La falla fue representativa de un problema mayor para Twitter: en las semanas posteriores a que el multimillonario Elon Musk adquiriera la empresa a finales de octubre de 2022 y empezara rápidamente a recortar personal, algunas partes de la red social dejaron de funcionar. Las respuestas a los tuits aparecían desordenadas, la pestaña de notificaciones no se actualizaba y la herramienta de autenticación de dos factores fallaba en algunos casos.La situación parece empeorar a medida que Musk sigue recortando personal. Este lunes, Twitte...

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar in career comeback

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brendan Fraser won the best actor Oscar for “The Whale,” a transformative role in which he revived a career that was once so bright.“I started in this business 30 years ago and things didn’t come easily to me,” said an emotional Fraser, breathing heavily on stage Sunday night. “I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement.”Fraser was one of five first-time nominees in the category, the first time that had happened since 1935. Fraser beat out Austin Butler of “Elvis,” Colin Farrell of “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Paul Mescal of “Aftersun,” and Bill Nighy of “Living.”Fraser figures the role of Charlie, a 600-pound reclusive gay English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter, found him at the perfect time.Any earlier in his career and Fraser has said he wouldn’t have had the life experience or heartache to authentically play a character who lives with sadness, pain and life-threatening obesity.“I think it’s a film that’...

Orioles World Baseball Classic roundup: Israel’s Dean Kremer pitches 4 shutout innings; Venezuela’s Anthony Santander homers again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

Dean Kremer showed Sunday why he was tasked with starting Israel’s World Baseball Classic opener.The Orioles right-hander pitched four shutout innings in Israel’s 3-1 win over Nicaragua at LoanDepot Park in Miami. Kremer allowed three hits and one walk while striking out four. He threw just 49 pitches, 32 for strikes.Kremer retired the side in order in the first and fourth innings and stranded a runner on third in both the second and third. In the third inning, he punched out a Nicaragua batter to end the threat and was fired up as he walked off the mound.Sunday wasn’t Kremer’s first time pitching in the WBC. At 20 years old, he helped Team Israel qualify for the 2017 event and then pitched in the main tournament at 21. Kremer, 27, has dual Israeli-American citizenship.Kremer, who is expected to be in the Orioles’ starting rotation this season, was one of Baltimore’s top starting pitchers in 2022 with an 8-7 record and a 3.23 ERA in 125 1/3 inning...

San Diego father killed in avalanche

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego man has been identified as the skier who was killed during an avalanche in Utah last week.According to the Summit County Sheriff's Office, 46-year-old Ryan Barr died on Thursday in the Weber Canyon backcountry when he and another individual were buried by snow. Officials say the other person is expected to survive. Motorcyclist killed in crash on I-805 The sheriff's office said, "We send our sincerest condolences to the Barr family and friends."Barr leaves behind a wife and daughter. His family shared the following message in regards to his passing:"Ryan was a devoted husband, father, son, and brother. He was part of a close-knit family, who loved nothing more than to spend family vacations and celebrate birthdays and holidays together. Ryan was loved by all and will be remembered for his big personality, kindness, and ability to light up a room."According to his family, Barr worked in commercial real estate and loved skiing, surfing and cooking. They sai...

Las Vegas water agency seeks power to limit residential use

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Ornamental lawns are banned in Las Vegas, the size of new swimming pools is capped and much of the water used in homes is sent down a wash to be recycled, but Nevada is looking at another significant step to ensure the water supply for one of the driest major metropolitan areas in the U.S.State lawmakers on Monday are scheduled to discuss granting the power to limit what comes out of residents’ taps to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the agency managing the Colorado River supply to the city.If lawmakers approve the bill, Nevada would be the first state to give a water agency permanent jurisdiction over the amount of residential use. The sweeping omnibus bill is one of the most significant to go before lawmakers this year in Nevada, one of seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Deepening drought, climate change and demand have sunk key Colorado River reservoirs that depend on melting snow to their lowest levels on record.“It’s a worst case scenari...

Law enforcement investigates threat on Vermont-bound plane

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies continued to investigate after they said a threat was made on a United Airlines flight Sunday night bound for Burlington, Vermont.Police said the threat was made on United Airlines flight 3613, which took off from Newark, New Jersey, at 3:14 p.m.MyNBC5 reported officials said about 20 minutes before landing at Burlington International Airport, the pilot was made aware of a threat found inside of a bathroom on the plane.The pilot notified Air Traffic Control officers, prompting a massive emergency response at the airport, which was closed for several hours.Responding agencies included the Vermont State Police Bomb Squad, Burlington police, South Burlington police, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.The plane landed around 4:30 p.m., and was taken to a specific area on the tarmac.The 65 passengers were able to de-plane after sitting on the tarmac for almost two hours, but couldn’t take any personal belongings with them.Polic...

Fire damages part of Cambodian king’s residence near temple

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Fire damaged part of the provincial residence of Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni near a famous temple complex, officials said Monday. No injuries have been reported.The blaze broke out on Sunday night in the northwestern city of Siem Reap, damaging the roof of one of the smaller buildings in the complex. The 69-year-old king is currently in Beijing for routine medical checks. Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said there were no reports of anyone being injured. The Ministry of the Royal Palace on Monday blamed an electrical fault.Video from the state news agency AKP showed the intensity of the fire before emergency crews brought it under control and evidently prevented major damage to the main residential building.The large villa is the official home of the king when he is in Siem Reap. King Sihamoni’s main residence is a palace inside a walled compound in the capital, Phnom Penh.Siem Reap is famous for the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex...

Maritime Security: EU updates Strategy to safeguard maritime domain against new threats

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

On 10 March, the European Commission and the High Representative adopted a Joint Communication on an enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy to ensure a peaceful use of the seas and safeguard the maritime domain against new threats. They have also adopted an updated Action Plan through which the Strategy will be implemented.Maritime security is vital to the European Union and its Member States. Together, the EU's Member States form the largest combined exclusive economic zone in the world. The EU economy depends greatly on a safe and secure ocean. Over 80% of global trade is seaborne and about two-thirds of the world's oil and gas is either extracted at sea or transported by sea. Up to 99% of global data flows are transmitted through undersea cables. The global maritime domain must be secure to unlock the full potential of the oceans and the sustainable blue economy. The EU intends to reinforce the wide range of tools it has at its disposal to promote maritime security, both civilian...

Alexei Navalny’s Stanford daughter honors dad on Oscars stage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

The 21-year-old daughter of Alexei Navalny joined her mother and brother on stage at the 95th Academy Awards Sunday to celebrate the best documentary award going to “Navalny,” a portrait of how the imprisoned Russian opposition leader investigated his own poisoning after he stood up to the dictatorship of President Vladimir Putin.Dasha Navalnaya, a junior at Stanford University, held back tears as “Navalny” director Daniel Rohrer praised their family’s courage and dedicated the award to her father, saying, “To all political prisoners around the world, Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all. We cannot, we must not be afraid to oppose dictatorship and authoritarianism whereever it reads its head.”Dasha Navalnaya and her brother, Zakhar, also listened as mother Yulia Navalnaya briefly went to the podium and said, “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democ...