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Street closures, transit detours in DC for ‘Open Streets Georgia Avenue’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

Three miles of Georgia Avenue will be closed to vehicles on Saturday for the District Department of Transportation’s Open Streets event that encourages residents to walk, run, bike and play along the Northwest street.The route will feature free workout classes, musical performances, community yoga, roller derby lessons and many more events. Check out DDOT’s website for the full schedule.Open Streets is meant to encourage community, healthy lifestyles and sustainable modes of transportation, with bike repair clinics, bike mechanics classes and even bike decorating being offered at the event. DDOT will also be giving away 170 free bikes in a raffle. District residents can apply through the Open Streets webpage.Georgia Avenue will be closed off from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Oct. 7, from Missouri Avenue to Barry Place NW. Traffic will be redirected to North Capitol Street, 13th Street NW and Bryant Street NW. Here is a map of the vehicle detour plan released by DDOT.Buses oper...

El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, pide a la OEA que intervenga en la crisis política en el país

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, pidió a la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) que intervenga en la crisis política en su país, donde el Ministerio Público ha allanado instalaciones del Tribunal Supremo Electoral y confiscado actas de votación alegando supuestas irregularidades por parte de la institución y sus magistrados.Arévalo, quien se encuentra de gira en Estados Unidos, participó este martes en un foro en el Wilson Center, en Washington. Durante su intervención, dijo que —a su juicio— en Guatemala hay “lo que parece un golpe de Estado en cámara lenta” y “un ambiente político muy tenso”.El presidente electo también consideró “inaceptable” la actuación del Ministerio Público contra el Tribunal Supremo Electoral y pidió que la OEA intervenga en el conflicto.Nueva jornada de protestas en Guatemala por allanamientos al Tribunal Supremo Electoral“Representa una alteración seria del orden c...

Alexandria, Annapolis land on ’10 Best Small Cities’ list

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

Conde Nast Traveler’s 36th annual Readers Choice Awards includes survey favorites for Best Small Cities in America, and Alexandria, Virginia, and Annapolis, Maryland, both make the top 10 cut.Its Readers Choice rankings included survey responses from 526,518 readers this year.Alexandria ranks No. 3 on this year’s Best Small Cities list. Conde Nast readers cite its charming historic district that draws travelers and would-be residents alike.“Most folks start to imagine moving there immediately after setting foot in Old Town, once they’ve strolled the red-brick sidewalks, clocking street after street of perfectly preserved row houses from the 18th and 19th centuries,” its editors wrote.Its readers recommend King Street boutiques and restaurants, the waterfront, the Torpedo Factory Art Center and Gadsby’s Tavern, where some of America’s Founding Fathers used to drink.Annapolis is No. 9 on the list, with readers liking the charming town’s beck-lined streets and structures that dat...

Who are the 2023 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the 2023 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the “genius grant,” on Wednesday. The 20 fellows will each receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want, though they are selected for the exceptional work they’ve already done, their ability to do more and their ability to leverage and be enabled by the fellowship itself, said Marlies Carruth, who directs the MacArthur Fellows program. The foundation reviews nominations for fellows over a yearslong process that solicits input from their communities and peers. Fellows do not apply and are never officially informed that they’ve been nominated unless they are selected for the award. The 2023 fellows are:E. Tendayi Achiume, 41, Los Angeles, a legal scholar who examines the history of global migration to argue for a reimagining of the rules governing the movement of people.Andrea Armstrong, 48, New Orleans, a legal scholar who focuses on inca...

RPM International, Acuity Brands rise; Cal-Maine, Helen of Troy fall, Wednesday, 10/4/2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Wednesday: RPM International Inc. (RPM), up $5.26 to $98.06.The specialty chemicals company beat analysts’ fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts.Acuity Brands Inc. (AYI), up $10.08 to $177.46.The lighting maker reported strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings.Helen of Troy Ltd. (HELE), down $9.07 to $104.57.The Hydro Flask maker expects stagnant earnings this quarter because of retailers’ growing caution.Cal-Maine Foods Inc. (CALM), down $3.08 to $44.52.The egg producer’s fiscal first-quarter earnings fell far short of analysts’ forecasts.A10 Networks Inc. (ATEN), down $4.39 to $10.78.The provider of networking technologies gave investors a disappointing financial update.Insulet Corp. (PODD), down $5.80 to $151.The maker of insulin infusion systems’ chief financial officer is stepping down.Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), down $3.57 to $112.26.Energy companies slipp...

Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan lawmakers said Wednesday that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. Security Council this week.Opposition lawmaker Anthony Oluoch told a session of Parliament’s lower house that the conditions for foreign deployment hadn’t been met under the National Police Act.He also said that the country’s security needs “ought to take first precedence before any foreign commitments,” alluding to the internal attacks by the East Africa-based al-Shabab extremist group, which has links to al-Qaida.Another lawmaker, Junet Mohamed, said the matter should be tabled in Parliament for approval “before any police officer leaves the country” for what he called a “dangerous mission,” citing Kenyan police officers’ inexperience in combating local crime.The Kenya-led peacekeeping mission to Haiti was approved in a U.N. Security ...

Tennis player apologizes for hitting a chair umpire with ball in Shanghai Masters qualifying

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

SHANGHAI (AP) — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has apologized for hitting a ball into the face of the chair umpire during final round qualifying at the Shanghai Masters, which led to him being immediately disqualified.Polmans, ranked 140th, had match point against Italy’s Stefano Napolitano in the second set on Tuesday when he missed a volley and then hit the ball in anger as it bounced back from the net. His errant hit narrowly missed the ball person before hitting chair umpire Ben Anderson in the face. Anderson was apparently not seriously injured.“An update from me – the umpire, Ben, has accepted my apology for my actions,” Polmans posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. “He knows it was unintentional, and I shanked the ball on the frame in frustration in the heat of the moment.“We both move on. It was a high-pressure situation and I should have reacted better.”The Australian joins Denis Shapovalov, Novak Djokovic and former British player Tim Henman ...

Jannik Sinner wins China Open. Iga Swiatek advances to quarterfinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Jannik Sinner won his third title of the year by beating third-ranked Daniil Mevedev 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) Wednesday at the China Open.The 22-year-old Italian had not beaten Medvedev in their six previous meetings, but he quickly found his rythym from the baseline to earn his ninth tour title.“Daniil, thanks for letting me win at least one match,” Sinner joked during the trophy ceremony. “We have had some very tough battles, especially this year. Thanks for making me a much better player. I have been training a lot to beat you.”Along with his trademark clean groundstrokes, Sinner relied on his serve, winning more than 70% of his second-serve points and attacking from the net.Medvedev came into Wednesday’s final looking for his 21st career title and sixth of 2023. His next stop will be the Shanghai Masters, where he is seeded second.In the women’s tournament, second-ranked Iga Swiatek dropped only two games and advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Magd...

Pakistani army says 2 people were killed when a Taliban guard opened fire at a border crossing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban guard opened fire at civilians at a border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people, including a 12-year-old boy, the Pakistani military said. Another child was wounded in the shooting at the Chaman border crossing in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. The military said in a statement that Pakistani troops “exercised extreme restraint” to avoid more casualties in the shooting. The army did not say anything on the Afghan Taliban guard’s possible motives for opening fire and there was no immediate comment from Afghanistan’s Taliban government. Pakistan has asked the Afghan Taliban authorities to investigate the “irresponsible and reckless act, apprehend and hand over the culprit to Pakistani authorities,” the military also said. On Tuesday, Pakistan announced a major crackdown on migrants who are in the country illegally, many of them from Afghanistan, and said it would expel them starting next month. The expulsions wou...

Meet this year’s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients, including a hula master and the poet laureate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

A scientist who studies the airborne transmission of diseases, a master hula dancer and cultural preservationist, and the sitting U.S. poet laureate were among the 20 new recipients of the prestigious fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, known as “genius grants,” announced on Wednesday.MacArthur fellows receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want. Fellows are nominated and endorsed by their peers and communities through an often yearslong process that the foundation oversees. They do not apply and are never officially interviewed for the fellowship before it’s awarded.Each year, the foundation calls the new class of fellows in advance of the public announcement and fellows described being shocked and stunned by the news after receiving a call from an unknown number, which they had sometimes initially ignored. Ada Limón, who recently began her second term as the country’s poet laureate, said she first missed a call the d...