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If you see these at Yosemite, here's why you should push them over

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Have you ever passed by a rock cairn and felt the urge to knock it over? Well, officials with Yosemite National Park strongly advise that you do.Rock cairns are man-made piles of rock stacked on top of each other. According to park rangers, Leave No Trace ethics states that when recreating in wilderness spaces, the goal is to leave no signs of human impact on the land so as to respect the other creatures living in it.And while the effort and aesthetics of these rock cairns may seem too precious to ruin, oversized cairns are a mark of human impact and are distracting in a wilderness setting. Officials also say building them disturbs small insects, reptiles, and microorganisms that live on the underside of these rocks.In general, park rangers say rock cairns should only be built by trail workers and are meant for navigation, safety, and delineating new or hard-to-follow trails.KRON On is streaming live news.embed-container { position: relative; padding-b...

Flash flood warnings issued for parts of DC area as severe storms roll in

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

Thunderstorms rolling through the D.C. area have led to a ground stop at D.C.-area airports Friday afternoon.Planes scheduled to arrive at Reagan National, BWI Marshall and Dulles International airports may be affected by the ground stop.The ground stop is expected to last until at least 7 p.m.The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for D.C., parts of Prince George’s County in Maryland and parts of Arlington and Alexandria counties in Virginia, which is in effect through 7:15 p.m.A severe storm was located over Nationals Park shortly before 6:30 p.m., moving east at 30 mph.Another Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Fairfax County and Prince William County, including the city of Manassas, in Virginia is in effect until 7 p.m.Another Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for D.C., southeastern Montgomery and northern Prince George’s counties in Maryland and northern Arlington and northeastern Fairfax counties through 6:30 p.m.Accordin...

Juanes promete volver a Nueva York, tras cancelación de su concierto gratuito por gran aglomeración de asistentes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

(CNN Español) –– “Esta espina nos la sacamos como sea”, dijo Juanes a CNN este viernes, luego de que un concierto gratuito que ofrecía el miércoles en el Central Park de Nueva York se cancelara por la gran multitud de personas que asistió.El concierto de Juanes en el SummerStage ―una serie de conciertos gratuitos en un escenario dentro del icónico parque― tenía capacidad para 5.000 personas, pero, según los organizadores del evento, al menos otros 12.000 se aglomeraron afuera de las puertas.“Ante la continua aglomeración en las puertas, y como medida de precaución, se tomó la decisión de detener el espectáculo durante la interpretación de su segunda canción, y se pidió a los fanáticos que abandonaran el lugar”, detallaron en un comunicado Latin Alternative Music Conference y City Parks Foundation SummerStage.Agregaron que esa fue la primera vez en 30 años que un concierto tiene que cancelarse por ese motivo.“Aprovecho para agradecer a toda la gente que estuvo ahí por haber demostrad...

Ionescu scores record 37 points to win 3-point contest and Aces’ team takes skills competition

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu electrified the crowd Friday by scoring a record 37 of a possible 40 points to easily win the 3-point shooting contest at the WNBA All-Star Game.She beat the Seattle Storm’s Sami Whitcomb and the Dallas Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale in the final. Whitcomb had 24 points and Ogunbowale 11.“I knew they were going in,” Ionescu said. “I was telling my agents over there, I didn’t even wait for the ball to get through the net. As soon as I shot it, it looked good and I just went down and kept grabbing (basketballs) and was listening to the fans as they were cheering, knowing that they went in. So they were my validation.”The Las Vegas Aces’ team of Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum won the skills competition with a time of 44.3 seconds in the final round, easily beating the 58.0 put up by the Liberty’s Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot.Allie Quigley, who has won a record four 3-point contests, including the pas...

‘God left me there for a reason’: Coconut Grove man home from hospital amid recovery from street beating

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

Days after he was brutally beaten in Coconut Grove, a man is home from the hospital, but as his body continues to recover from the hateful attack, his psychological and emotional wounds may take longer to heal.Speaking with 7News on Friday, Gregory Breidenbach described his injuries from the attack after he spent several days in the hospital.“I’ve got plates all through my face,” he said.Breidenbach needed extensive surgery, including facial reconstruction, after, he said, people jumped him, early Saturday morning.The not knowing has been the toughest part for him.“Was it my fault that something happened to me? Was I too flamboyant? Was I too happy?” he said. “And then you think, ‘No, that’s not it, that’s not it, it’s just that there’s bad people out there.'”Breidenbach said he was targeted while he walking home, just after midnight.The victim said two men punched and kicked him over and over again while they c...

Good Karma Pet Rescue seeks help as AC fails at Pompano Beach adoption center

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

Local nonprofit Good Karma Pet Rescue is in a tough spot and seeking the community’s help after the air conditioning at their Pet Adoption Center in Pompano Beach unexpectedly went out.With scorching temperatures from an ongoing heat wave gripping the area, the absence of cool air puts the animals in serious jeopardy.The heat can be stressful on everyone, and especially for the dogs that are in kennels, with less-than-reliable AC.7News on Friday spoke with Bridget Greenough, Good Karma’s shelter manager.“The line freezes up, today I had a volunteer here, an awesome volunteer, Todd, who came in, hosed it down, dried it off,” said Greenough.The temperature was at 79 degrees, but the Good Karma Pet Rescue have had to improvise to cool it down a few degrees with the help of fans.“We have to be putting in fans and extension cords, which is not safe, which is not something that we want to leave at nights, with fans running on extension cords for our dogs,...

Erdoğan: The master haggler of world politics

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

Only Hungary’s Viktor Orbán comes anywhere near to exasperating Western allies as much as Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Anyone reckoning on longevity in office diminishing the Turkish president’s skillful unpredictability would have been disabused by his tour de force at NATO’s annual summit in Vilnius this week. Erdoğan jolted Western allies — and Vladimir Putin — with his outspoken support for Ukraine’s bid to join the 31-nation military bloc, saying the war-torn country “deserves NATO membership.” He followed that quickly by adding a new, impossible condition on dropping his veto on Sweden joining NATO: that the European Union must first advance Turkey’s long-stalled bid to be admitted. It looked like the summit would be totally sidetracked from its planned focus on Ukraine. “Nobody should expect compromise nor understanding from me,” Erdoğan declared as he set off for Lithuania.  And then suddenly he pirouetted. After hours of frenetic diplomacy, the Turkish ...

Italy warned of dead children on migrant ship hours before it capsized

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

Early on the morning of the Adriana’s final day at sea, the Italian authorities sent a troubling warning to their EU and Greek colleagues: Two children had died aboard the overloaded migrant boat. The alert was sent at 8:01 a.m. UTC, just over an hour after the Italians initially spotted the vessel at 6:51 a.m., an investigation by Welt am Sonntag and POLITICO found. The ship would later stall out in the ocean and capsize that night, killing hundreds of migrants on board.The new details are revealed in an internal document at the EU border agency Frontex and seen by Welt, part of a “serious incident report” Frontex is compiling on the tragedy. The findings raise questions about whether the authorities knew of serious distress on the boat much earlier than they have admitted. The document further complicates the timeline European authorities have given about the boat — Frontex has said its own plane was the first to discover the Adriana at 9:47 a.m., while the Greek governm...

In pictures: Europe swelters as heatwave hits Europe

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

OPTICSHeatwave in Europe: In picturesManuele Valeri/EFE-EPASouthern Europe could see record-breaking temperatures in the next few days as a heatwave sweeps across much of the continent.Italy, Spain, France, Croatia and Turkey have all been affected by scorching temperatures. The Italian Meteorological Society has named the heatwave “Cerberus” after the three-headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek mythology.The beginning of July marked the planet’s hottest week in recorded history. Last month was the warmest-ever June, and a study this week found that more than 60,000 Europeans died due to heat last summer.Cooling off at the Ada Ciganlija lake in Belgrade, Serbia | Andrej Cukic/EFE via EPAPeople cool off in a fountain during a hot summer day in Piazza di Spagna in Rome | Fabio Frustaci/EPA-EFEA man cools off in a fountain in Rome | Fabio Frustaci/EPA-EFEPeople cool off in a fountain at the Pantheon in Rome | Fabio Frustaci/EPA-EFE A ...

Tracking weekend storms and flooding potential

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:56 GMT

Storms rolled through midday and early afternoon Friday bringing torrential rain. Towns in Worcester and Middlesex Counties picked up a quick 1-2″ of rain. The atmosphere is in a bit of a break from storms this evening. You’ll find storm activity along a frontal boundary to our west. How does the weekend look? Saturday will be your better day to target getting outside. Sunday will bring the potential for flooding.The Weather Prediction Center highlights a portion of New England with a moderate risk for excessive rainfall. That means it’s likely there will be numerous flash floods across the region. A cold front will sweep across the state late Sunday. The atmosphere will have a lot of water vapor to tap into (shown below with precipitable water values), which will mean the potential for torrential downpours. This comes after the ground is already saturated from recent rain. A Flood Watch will likely be issued once again Sunday for localized urban and small stream f...