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Woman accused of shoplifting briefly escapes police in Montgomery County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

A file photo of a Montgomery County police car. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)(WTOP/Kate Ryan) A file photo of a Montgomery County police car. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)(WTOP/Kate Ryan) A woman arrested for shoplifting briefly got away from police after her arrest Tuesday afternoon.Montgomery County police said the woman had been arrested for shoplifting at a Giant Food Store on University Boulevard in Wheaton, Maryland.When the patrol car the woman was in arrived at the Montgomery County Detention Center on Seven Locks Road in Rockville just before 2 p.m., the woman was able to escape the patrol car and run off.A search of the area for the 19-year-old woman led to her being spotted and arrested by the Rockville Police Department 15 minu...

How to see the International Space Station while it's visible in Denver metro skies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The International Space Station is expected to be visible nightly as it passes over skies in the metro area in early June.It's not always visible, but when it is, NASA describes its appearance as similar to a fast airplane or a very bright star moving across the sky, except it maintains one direction and doesn't have flashing lights. According to the NASA website, sighting the ISS will be possible through June 10 in the Denver metro area.When and where to lookThe website lists the best viewing times according to when the sun reflects off of the space station to contrast against the dark sky, and how long it will be visible before it crosses back below the horizon. Space station welcomes 2 Saudi visitors, including kingdom’s 1st female astronaut NASA uses degrees to refer to where the station is located vertically in the sky in relation to the viewer, with zero degrees being the horizon and 90 degrees being directly overhead. To gauge degrees on the horizon, NASA's ...

Man hospitalized after being struck by lightning in Tamarac

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

There was a lightning scare in Tamarac. A man was transported to the hospital after he was struck by lightning while he was walking to his car, Tuesday evening. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were at the scene. The 31-year-old was transported to Broward Health North as a trauma alert. No one else was injured. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Georgia hedges its bets on the EU — and Russia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. TBILISI — Even by the disorderly standards of Georgian politics, last week’s Independence Day celebration in Tbilisi’s Liberty Square was strikingly odd, with the country’s feuding president and prime minister delivering dueling speeches to the crowd.President Salome Zourabichvili — who stood as an independent candidate in 2018, winning with the support of the ruling Georgian Dream Party — renewed her criticism of the government for what she dubbed its “anti-Western policy,” and focused sharply on the recent restoration of direct flights with Russia, describing them as “incomprehensible and insulting.”For his part, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili insisted that Georgia’s “progress on the path to European integration is particularly impressive,” reassuring the packed square that he’s sparing no effort to persuade the European Union that Georgia deserves to be granted candidate status. “In today’s most difficult geopolitical s...

Group protests planned closure of maternity ward at Leominster hospital 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

A group of people rallied in a show of support Tuesday as they try to keep the maternity ward at UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital open.  UMass Memorial Health recently announced that they plan to close the ward in September. Protestors, though, have said the shutdown will have a negative impact on the region. “It’s like the worst thing they could possibly be doing,” said labor and delivery nurse Amy Gagnon. “It’s so dangerous for our patients. We’re going to be having moms deliver in the emergency room.”Gagnon was one of dozens of people showing up outside the hospital in LeominsterUMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital President Steve Roach discussed the planned closure in a statement, blaming the move, in part, on hiring challenges.“In recent years, industry-wide workforce shortages have exacerbated the challenges of fully staffing our maternity inpatient unit,” Roach said. “This, along with the steadily declining number of births in North Centra...

Orioles explode for seven runs early, hold on late in 8-5 win over Guardians

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

Despite their success in May, the Orioles’ bats have, at times, gone cold.After spending April as one of the best offenses in the majors, Baltimore was shut out Monday for the fourth time this month. However, the possibility of it happening again Tuesday was put to rest early, as the Orioles exploded for seven runs in the first two innings en route to an 8-5 win over the Cleveland Guardians.The Orioles entered Tuesday with just 11 runs across their previous five games, and it wasn’t going to get easier with leadoff hitter Cedric Mullins being placed on the injured list earlier in the day with a right groin strain. But Gunnar Henderson’s two-run double in the first inning and Anthony Santander’s bases-clearing triple amid a five-run second snapped the club’s lumber lull and provided enough offense to stave off Cleveland’s comeback attempt.“We hate that he got injured in that way, but we all have great approach and great players behind him,...

North Korea fails on attempt to launch its first spy satellite

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG (Associated Press)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise.After its unusually quick admission of failure, North Korea vowed to conduct a second launch after learning what went wrong with its rocket liftoff. It suggests Kim remains determined to expand his weapons arsenal to apply more pressure on Washington and Seoul while diplomacy is stalled. A satellite launch by North Korea is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban the country from conducting any launch based on ballistic technology. Observers say North Korea’s previous satellite launches helped improve its long-range missile technology, though the latest launch likely was more focused on deploying a spy satellite. North Korea has already ...

Yankees Notebook: Harrison Bader lands on IL, Jose Trevino gets activated

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

SEATTLE — Harrison Bader is back on the shelf.The Yankees placed the center fielder on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday after an MRI revealed a right hamstring strain. Franchy Cordero was recalled in Bader’s place shortly before first pitch against the Mariners.Bader exited Monday’s game after legging out an infield single in the third inning. He ran hard to first base but departed after some stretching and a brief conversation with Aaron Boone and trainer Mike Schuk.Bader, who started the season on the IL due to an oblique injury suffered in spring training, has been a linchpin for the Yankees since making his season debut on May 2. In addition to playing elite defense, the impending free agent is hitting .267 with an .806 OPS, two triples, six home runs, 19 RBI and five stolen bases over 26 games.Bader has played in just 40 regular-season games — in addition to nine playoff contests — since being acquired from the Cardinals last August in a deal tha...

MLB takes over Padres broadcasts Wednesday after Bally misses payment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports missed a rights fees payment to the regional sports network's parent company and let the grace period expire.Diamond Sports, which owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner, said in a statement that it decided “not to provide additional funding to the San Diego RSN that would enable it to make the rights payment to the San Diego Padres during the grace period and will no longer be broadcasting Padres games after Tuesday.”San Diego began a three-game series at the Miami Marlins Tuesday night. The Padres RSN is owned by a joint venture of the team and Diamond.The Padres become the first team that MLB will take over production of its broadcasts. MLB set up a local media department during the offseason to prepare for a bankruptcy filing by Diamond Sports, which took place in March. Distribution plans for Padres games have not been announced, but it is like...

Brother: Authorities told family that body of missing Missouri ER doctor was found in Arkansas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:28 GMT

CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The body of a Missouri emergency room doctor who has been missing for more than a week has been found in northwest Arkansas, his brother told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Dr. John Forsyth was last heard from in text messages around 7 a.m. May 21. His brother, Richard Forsyth, said authorities called the family Tuesday night to say his brother was found deceased. He provided no other details. Messages left with the Missouri State Highway Patrol were not immediately returned. John Forsyth, 49, was last heard from in text messages around 7 a.m. May 21. Police said he was reported missing when he failed to show up for work later that day at Mercy Hospital in Cassville, a town of 3,100 residents deep in the Missouri Ozarks.His black Infiniti was found parked in a remote area near an aquatic park in Cassville. The car was unlocked with his wallet, two phones and a laptop inside.“It doesn’t seem like a person who left with a plan,” Richard Forsyth told the A...