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Black Restaurant Week begins in DC this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

Black Restaurant Week in the D.C. region kicks off Sunday, July 16.The Shaw neighborhood’s FishScale is one of the dozens of restaurants participating this year. Kristal Williams, co-owner of the ocean-to-table eatery, said being part of previous Black Restaurant Weeks boosted sales.“It helps with promoting a lot of small businesses that may not have the bandwidth to do large marketing,” Williams told WTOP. “We are just excited to participate.”This year, FishScale will be offering a discount on their Chesapeake Cheesesteak — its take on the Philly favorite using sustainably caught blue catfish.Williams said the event brings awareness to Black and African American cuisine which is a staple of D.C. culture.“It helps to say who and what D.C. is,” Williams said. “While we love to see our city improve, I do want to make sure that some of the core factors and the foundations of the city remain.”Black Restaurant Week was founded in Hous...

La Corte Suprema de Guatemala avala que el Tribunal Electoral oficialice los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Corte Suprema de Justicia de Guatemala (CSJ) informó este lunes que el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) y las Juntas Electorales cumplieron el fallo que el 1 de julio emitió la Corte de Constitucionalidad, lo que representa un paso previo para oficializar los resultados de las pasadas elecciones presidenciales.El TSE aún debe emitir un acuerdo a través de un comunicado o un mensaje en conferencia o cadena nacional.Los magistrados de la corte habían ordenado que se repitieran las audiencias de revisión, al admitir un amparo interpuesto por nueve partidos que señalaban supuestas irregularidades.Instalan en Guatemala las primeras audiencias de revisión de las votaciones ordenadas por la Corte de ConstitucionalidadLa Corte de Constitucionalidad había suspendido la oficialización de los resultados de las elecciones generales del 25 de junio, que incluyeron la votación para presidente y vicepresidente.Las juntas realizaron las audiencias de revisión entre el marte...

Denver neighbors concerned about sniper after 5 windows shot at on 2 occasions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Denver community is concerned that a sniper is targeting its condominium complex after bullets went through five different windows on two separate occasions.“Just piecing it all together has been tough," Lauren Shrensky said. “It’s been five windows out in our entire building.”Shrensky said the first shooting at the Beauvallon happened on June 14.“One went fairly close to a woman who was sitting at her desk. It was very unnerving to be around that,” Shrensky said.  20 casings found where motorcyclist was shot on I-70 Nerves heightened after another shooting on the Fourth of July.“July 4 was the bigger one which came from both sides of the building,” she said. “We had two people on the balcony and a shot comes like right over their head through the glass above and obviously super crazy.”A nearby person captured a video showing a person who appears to be aiming at the building on July 4, firing off a gun next to a light-colored Toyota Prius.“We didn't know if...

A cure for HIV: When will Europe get there?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher .st0{fill:#EB8A23;} .st1{fill:#FAC617;} .st2{fill:#612368;} .st3{fill:#3792C4;} .st4{fill:#C33727;} Acast There’s one key weapon that would be a gamechanger in the fight to end HIV transmission in Europe by 2030 – a cure. Forty years after scientists in Paris identified the virus that caused AIDS, we still...

Make medicines affordable — without going to court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

Tom Buis is a medicines policy expert for the NGO Wemos. Wilbert Bannenberg is chairman of the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation.Earlier this year, the Dutch Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation filed a lawsuit against big pharma company AbbVie. According to the foundation, AbbVie made excessive profits on a medicine, and by doing so put a strain on the health care system by generating unnecessary costs.Now, AbbVie is being held to account — but this case is also a clear message to governments around the world that, ultimately, it’s their responsibility to ensure access to affordable health care and medicines.Governments can and must take control to prevent extreme drug prices.The lawsuit against AbbVie focuses on the sale of the drug Humira, which is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. From 2004 to 2018, the Dutch public health care system spent approximately €2.3 billion on this drug. This means that after subtracting rese...

Pete Alonso falls in Home Run Derby to historic Julio Rodriguez performance; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wins it

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

Mets star Pete Alonso met the ultimate buzzsaw at Monday’s MLB Home Run Derby, where he was quickly eliminated after a historic performance by Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez.Swinging in front of his hometown crowd at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, Rodriguez slugged a whopping 41 home runs in the first round to defeat Alonso, who hit 21. The 41 homers set a new record for a single round, but that pace proved unsustainable, and Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ultimately won the derby.Guerrero hit 25 homers in the final to beat Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena, who hit 23. The younger Guerrero follows his father, former Expos and Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero, who won the event in 2007.It’s the second consecutive year Rodriguez eliminated Alonso, who won the Home Run Derby in 2019 and 2021. The annual contest didn’t take place during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Alonso, 28, had hoped to join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players to win three Home Run Der...

Vladimir Guerrero joins Vladimir Sr. as first father-son Home Run Derby winners

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. joined Vladimir Sr. to become the first father-son duo to win the All-Star Home Run Derby, beating Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena 25-23 in the final round on Monday night.Guerrero defeated Julio Rodríguez 21-20 in the semifinals after the Mariners star hit a record 41 in the first round in front of his hometown fans. Batting against Blue Jays manager John Schneider, Guerrero was the last semifinalist to swing and the first finalist, setting a final round record for homers to top the mark Pete Alonso set when he beat Guerrero 23-22 in 2019.Vladimir Guerrero Sr. won the 2007 derby in San Francisco while with the Los Angeles Angels, beating the Blue Jays’ Alex Rios 3-2 in the final.With Guerrero Jr. catching his breath while watching, Arozarena hit against Tampa Bay field coordinator Tomas Francisco. Arozarena started his final 30-second segment with 21 homers and had 23 with 7 seconds left before lining and popping up on his fina...

Authorities capture slaying suspect who escaped custody while being transported in Montana

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities in western Montana have captured a Michigan slaying suspect who escaped custody over the weekend by removing his handcuffs and shackles at a gas station while being transported to face charges.Chadwick Shane Mobley was taken into custody at about 6:10 p.m. Monday in the town of Plains, the Sanders County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. Mobley, 42, escaped on Sunday while being moved by a private company under contract with the U.S. Marshals Service through Plains, the sheriff’s office said.The town of about 1,000 people along the Clark Fork river is surrounded by mountains and portions of the Lolo National Forest.Local residents had been advised to remove their keys and guns from their vehicles, lock their houses and report any suspicious activity. It had been unknown if Mobley remained in the area, according to Sanders County Undersheriff Jerry Johnson.Michigan’s attorney general announced last week that Mobley would be charge...

NATO summit boosted by deal to advance Sweden’s bid to join alliance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO’s summit will begin Tuesday with fresh momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a significant move toward Sweden’s membership and it will alleviate tension in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital.“This is a historic day,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said late Monday as he announced the agreement following days of intensive meetings. As part of the deal, Erdogan said he would ask Turkey’s parliament to approve Sweden joining NATO. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to take a similar step. The outcome is a victory for U.S. President Joe Biden as well, who has touted NATO’s expansion as an example of how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has backfired on Moscow. Finland has already become the 3...

Growing widlfire in central Washington prompts evacuations and threatens homes and farms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:01 GMT

QUINCY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in central Washington told some people to leave their homes immediately as a new, growing wildfire sparked west of Quincy on Monday afternoon. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office issued the evacuation notices for areas near the unincorporated community of Trinidad and the resort area of Crescent Bar.Washington’s Fire Marshal’s Office said in the evening said that state mobilization had been authorized for the the Baird Springs Fire, which had burned about 1.4 square miles (3.6 square kilometers) of terrain containing sage brush and crops. It was also threatening homes, orchards and a processing warehouse. The fire started at about 2:30 p.m., and the cause was under investigation.It was moving south, and State Route 28 was closed in the area because fire had burned right up to it, according to the sheriff’s office.An American Red Cross shelter was opening in Quincy. In southwest Washington, officials said, the Tunnel 5 Fire, which star...