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You may be surprised by the state with the most roundabouts

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — There are some 13,000 roundabouts in the U.S. (depending on what you consider a roundabout) — that works out to one roundabout per 25,531 people, give or take. Can you imagine 25,531 people all waiting to traverse through a roundabout?Thankfully, you’re likely never going to encounter such a situation. But depending on where you live, you may drive through more roundabouts in a day than someone in another state does in a year. If you aren’t familiar with what a roundabout is, let’s start there. What is a roundabout?Roundabouts, sometimes called traffic circles or rotaries, are circular intersections meant to “safely and efficiently” move traffic, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration explains. Traffic enters through usually-curved approaches, yields to traffic from the left, then proceeds into the counterclockwise flow around an island. DOT data shows roundabouts can reduce crashes that cause injury or death by roughly 80% ...

Did you know bread bag tag colors mean something?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Your bread is speaking in code — or at least the colored tag or twist tie keeping its plastic bag is. While this isn't exactly a science, it turns out that colors of the tags or twists serve a very specific purpose: to indicate the age of the bread.And while this isn't an exact science (and many stores/bakeries may have their own color systems), what follows is the generally accepted color code to indicate what day of the week a particular loaf was baked on. Will Ferrell’s ‘Elf’ returning to theaters for 20th anniversary Here is the most common color coding system:Monday — BlueTuesday — GreenThursday — RedFriday — WhiteSaturday — YellowIn case you're wondering where Wednesday and Sunday are in the list, well, those days are generally skipped for baking, according to fact-checking outlet Snopes. While origins of the color coding seem to be unknown, Snopes verified through research that many bakeries and stores do in fact use it. In conversation with Southern Living, Har...

How do you talk to your parents or grandparents about scams?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — This summer, Daniel Goldstein’s 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. She was alarmed because she hadn’t spent the money it mentioned, so she called a help number on the email. The person on the other end of the line asked for her bank account information and made her believe she would get her money back. Instead, she lost $600 to a scammer.Last year, consumers of all ages were scammed out of $8.8 billion. And older adults lost the most money compared to other age groups, according to the Federal Trade Commission.While everyone wants to protect their parents and grandparents from scammers, sometimes these conversations can be complicated to navigate.“We encourage people to think in multigenerational approaches. Everyone is getting scammed, it’s just a different way that scammers go after you,” said Genevieve Waterman from the National Council on Aging.From having a lot of empathy to knowing how to report a scam, experts shared ...

Pamela Paul: It’s not kids with the cellphone problem. It’s parents

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

The hardest rule I ever set for my kids was refusing them cellphones until high school.I’d seen the research on the doleful effects of social media, screens and surveillance parenting on kids’ mental, physical and cognitive well-being. If it turns out that the data is wrong, I figured, they will have survived a mild deprivation in their relatively privileged lives and provided fodder for a future therapist’s couch.“How did you manage?!” other parents asked, and I knew exactly what they meant. Much as parents don’t want to admit it, we need — or it feels like we need — our kids to have a phone.They’ll be safer walking to school, we tell ourselves — fully aware that should they be hit by a car or snatched away, they won’t be texting Mom about the situation. Even in a school shooting, cellphones have as much potential for danger as they do for safety.We tell ourselves the phone will give our kids a sense of independence, even though phone trackers let us know exactly where they are. It...

Avalanche Journal: NHL players at the 2026 Winter Olympics “would mean a lot” to Mikko Rantanen

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

Mikko Rantanen can probably envision himself streaking down the wing in a blue-and-white jersey, collecting a pass from one of the best centers or defensemen in the world and scoring one of the biggest goals of his hockey career.Sure, that can happen in a Stanley Cup Final with Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and the Colorado Avalanche. But this version of his dream could include Aleksander Barkov and Miro Heiskanen, and the jersey would have a golden lion on the front.Rantanen, like MacKinnon, Makar and so many of the NHL’s greatest players under the age of 30, has not had the chance to play for his country in the Winter Olympics, let alone any best-on-best tournament with his national team. He has played for Finland at the IIHF world championships, which is a much bigger deal in European countries. But to put on the Suomi sweater and participate in an experience like the Olympics would be something entirely different.“It would mean a lot,” Rantanen said. “Hope...

10 Freeway shut down in downtown L.A. due to massive storage yard fire 

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

A large fire shut down part of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning, and the closure is expected to last at least 24 hours, officials said.The blaze was first reported around 12:30 a.m. at a storage yard near East 14th and Alameda streets and quickly spread to neighboring storage yards, preliminary indication from the Los Angeles Fire Department indicated. Fire had engulfed both sides of 14th Street underneath the 10, and the heat was so intense that it melted some of the freeway's steel guardrails, according to LAFD Public Information Officer David Ortiz. Only 15% of Californians can afford a home, new data shows "Firefighters mounted a very heroic defense against this fire, and they saved three buildings they were looking to protect," Ortiz told KTLA 5's Erin Myers. "But the flame lengths were to the point where...steel was melted [and] concrete is falling."More than 160 firefighters and a helicopter were brought out to battle the blaze, which eru...

By the numbers: Sizing up Christian McCaffrey’s 49ers’ touchdown streak against Lenny Moore

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

Christian McCaffrey enters Sunday’s road game against the Jacksonville Jaguars more concerned with snapping a three-game losing streak for the 49ers than setting an NFL record for scoring touchdowns in consecutive games including the postseason.Asked about potentially breaking the record, McCaffrey said, “It will mean a lot more if we get the win.”If McCaffrey gets in the end zone for the 18th straight game, it will break a tie with Hall of Fame running back Lenny Moore of the Baltimore Colts, who also scored touchdowns in 17 consecutive games in 1963-64.Moore was one of the first great NFL rushing/receiving backs, a role McCaffrey has excelled at since he was drafted No. 8 overall by Stanford by the Carolina Panthers in 2017.In their 17-game streaks with a touchdown, both men have scored 23 touchdowns during that span and their teams have posted a 13-4 record.McCaffrey leads the NFL in rushing with 652 yards, and although he’s averaged just 2.7 yards per car...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 12 action

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …CCS Open/Division INo. 7 Wilcox 52, No. 2 St. Francis 28Elijah Walker scored five touchdowns, four rushing and one on a kickoff return, as Wilcox pulled off perhaps the most stunning upset of the first round. The Chargers defense also forced three turnovers as Wilcox punched its ticket to the Open Division final and a spot in the Division I title game. Nathan Canilao has the full story from Mountain View.No. 3 St. Ignatius 21, No. 6 Valley...

Despite privacy concerns, Morgan Hill embraces web of 50 surveillance cameras snapping license plates

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

Every time someone drives in or out of Morgan Hill, an automated camera takes a swift snapshot of the license plate. A web of 50 cameras form a virtual net around the city, and their use has been accompanied by a string of arrests and a marked drop in some property crimes, according to the South Bay city’s police department.Morgan Hill was among the first cities in the Bay Area to adopt such a complex network of license plate readers, and — according to statistics provided by the police department — it’s among the most successful. But as the technology is set to spread through the region, privacy experts worry that the cameras also function as a surveillance system hiding in plain sight, even as the threat they pose goes under the radar.The police department’s interest in the license plate readers began in 2020 after a suspect fired fatal shots from one vehicle into another. When the department couldn’t immediately find the shooter, they began looking f...

Veterans help deer stuck at NASA Visitors’ Center

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:18:12 GMT

A veteran and his sister sprung into action in the District to free a trapped deer on Friday.“There’s nothing that says the people who are the first to answer the call know the answer to the call,” Peter Moschetti said.Moschetti, who served in the Navy for 5 years, told WTOP that he invited his sister Elizabeth, who is currently in the reserves and is retiring from the Navy after 23 years of service this year, to celebrate Veterans Day in D.C. this weekend.They planned to visit NASA in Greenbelt, Maryland, where Peter now works as an electrical engineer. He said he got his master’s degree after leaving active duty thanks to the GI Bill.Little did the sibling pair know they’d have to use some of their training to help another living creature in need.“As we’re pulling through the main gate, we see a deer with its head stuck in the main gate for the visitor’s center,” Moschetti said.Elizabeth worked as a dog handler in the Navy duri...