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Colorado brewpub named best in the country

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — USA Today's 10 Best readers voted for the best brewpubs in the country, and a Colorado location made the number one spot. The highest-voted brewpub in America is the Stronghouse Brew Pub, which is one of the last intact buildings in Telluride's Four Corners. Built in 1892, there's still a rustic feel to the place, except it pours beer now instead of storage for goods from the Rio Grande Southern Railway, according to its website. The building went through many business owners before landing in the Stronghouse Preservation hands in 2020 and renovating it into a brewpub. While the business is fairly new, there's a brass cash register that dates back to 1909, according to its website.The beer's made on-site and ranges from ales, stouts, IPAs and sours along with cocktails, draft kombucha and seasonal non-alcoholic beer. Based on Google Reviews, the food is a huge part of the experience as well. While the menu seems like normal bar food, the reviews suggest different."I ...

Gal Gadot stars as spy in cat-and-mouse chase — with world’s fate at stake — in Netflix’s ‘Heart of Stone’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

I am an international superspy — in my head, and definitely on Facebook and Instagram when I’m stalking people — but Gal Gadot is playing the real kind in a new action movie. She has to save the world, and no, it’s not a new “Wonder Woman” sequel.The flick is called “Heart of Stone.” Like my heart: cold, hard and lifeless.This job probably doesn’t come with pizza parties.Jamie Dornan (as Parker): “You know what you signed up for.”Sophie Okonedo (as Nomad): “No friends, no relationships. What we do is too important.”What could be more important than Jamie Dornan? Well, in “Heart of Stone,” turns out, it’s something like world peace.Jamie Dornan (as Parker): “What’s happening?”Matthias Schweighöfer (as Jack of Hearts): “All our systems are offline. We’ve lost the Heart.”International intelligence agent Rachel Stone, played by Gal Gadot, embarks on a dange...

53 people have died from the Maui wildfires, governor says, and historic Lahaina has burned down

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition, as the death toll rose to at least 53 and survivors told harrowing tales of narrow escapes with only the clothes on their backs.A flyover of historic Lahaina showed entire neighborhoods that had been a vibrant vision of color and island life reduced to gray ash. Block after block was nothing but rubble and blackened foundations, including along famous Front Street, where tourists shopped and dined just days ago. Boats in the harbor were scorched, and smoke hovered over the town, which dates to the 1700s and is the biggest community on the island’s west side.“Lahaina, with a few rare exceptions, has been burned down,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press. More than 1,000 structures were destroyed by fires that were still burning, he said.Already the state’s deadlie...

7 Investigates: Crosswalk Concerns

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

Residents in a Revere neighborhood are fed up with speeding cars. They want drivers to slow down after a woman was hit and severely hurt crossing the street. 7Investigates took their concerns to the city and got answers.Roberta Cordero’s daughter Gina is lying in the street as paramedics strap her to a stretcher.“I’m sick to my stomach,” Roberta said. “There was a witness that saw her in the crosswalk and the driver didn’t, and that’s what’s scary.”Gina was in the crosswalk on Malden Street when a car crushed her right side. Gina needed five surgeries since the accident on July 21 to repair her broken pelvis, leg, elbow, collarbone, and check bone. She also fractured her neck.“If it was a bigger car or a truck, Ford truck or something they would’ve probably just mowed her over so we’re very lucky,” said Rita Dantona, Gina’s aunt. Unfortunately crashes like this are not uncommon on Malden Street.7Investigates found  23 accidents have occurred there since January o...

James Paxton strikes out six, leads Red Sox to 2-0 win over Royals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

Knowing the game being cut short due to rain was an ever-present possibility, both sides understood having the lead by the end of the fifth inning was crucial.The call never came, but James Paxton and the Red Sox pitching staff saw to it the Kansas City Royals never had a chance anyway.Coming off a rough outing last weekend against Toronto, Paxton bounced back with 5.1 shutout innings to help lead the Red Sox past Kansas City 2-0. The left-hander scattered six hits over the six innings he appeared in, but otherwise shut the Royals down and struck out six to earn the win.Not only did the victory give Boston a 3-1 series win over the Royals, but coupled with Toronto’s loss earlier in the day, the Red Sox were able to regain some ground on their divisional rivals and now trail the Blue Jays by four games for the last American League Wild Card spot.Playing amid a steady rain that started falling just before first pitch, neither offense was able to get anything going through the fi...

Orioles hold on to beat Astros, 5-4, avoid sweep behind Adley Rutschman’s leadoff homer and stellar defense

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

The opening batter in each half of the first inning featured impressive feats from Orioles players.To lead off the game, third baseman Ramón Urías made a diving play at third base to steal an extra-base hit from Houston Astros leadoff hitter José Altuve — the first of several superb plays by starting pitcher Dean Kremer’s defense. To begin the bottom half, Adley Rutschman hit a leadoff home run that narrowly cleared Camden Yards’ rarely conquered left field wall to become just the second left-handed batter to do so since the strange dimensions were put in place last year.Coming off back-to-back ugly losses, the good start on defense and offense put the Orioles on the right path to beat the defending World Series champion Astros, 5-4, and avoid a sweep for the 76th straight series. The bullpen continued to show cracks, allowing a run in both the eighth and ninth as the Astros cut a three-run lead to one, but closer Félix Bautista got Jon Singleto...

Orioles announcer Kevin Brown receives support from big-name broadcasters amid suspension

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

If baseball fans didn’t know Orioles announcer Kevin Brown before, they probably do now.Big-name broadcasters continue to voice their support for the MASN play-by-play man after the Orioles’ John Angelos reportedly suspended him for factually referencing the team’s past struggles at Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field during a July 23 broadcast.Viral comments by the YES Network’s Michael Kay, SNY’s Gary Cohen and other industry titans including Dan Patrick and Al Michaels shined a national spotlight on the situation ahead of Brown’s return to the booth, which is expected to happen Friday, according to The Athletic.“There should be a suspension here,” Michaels said on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” program. “They should suspend the doofus that suspended Kevin Brown.”The suspension, which Awful Announcing first reported Monday, began after Brown pointed out the Orioles had won three games in Tampa this season, tyi...

Patriots fall to Texans in preseason opener in Bailey Zappe’s extended look

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

FOXBORO — The Zappe fever was mild on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.The Patriots gave backup quarterback Bailey Zappe a surprisingly long look in their preseason opener against the Houston Texans, trotting out the second-year pro for the entire first half and the first series of the third quarter before he gave way to third-stringer Trace McSorley as starter Mac Jones dressed but took the night off. Zappe completed 10-of-12 passes for 67 yards and was sacked twice behind an offensive line that struggled to give its quarterbacks time to look downfield in the Patriots’ 20-9 loss.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots-Texans Inactives: Nine players not spotted in pregame warmups New England Patriots | Patriots assign rookie numbers before preseason opener vs. Texans New England Patriots | The Patriots’ 4 big questions heading into the preseason New England Patriots | Five things to watch in preseason o...

Protester in Argentina dies of heart attack apparently suffered while being detained by police

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

A leftist political activist taking part in a protest days before national primary elections in Argentina died of a heart attack that he suffered while being detained by police Thursday, authorities said.Video posted on the Instagram account of Susana Maresca, an independent photojournalist, shows Buenos Aires city police pinning the man face down on the pavement when Maresca starts yelling: “He’s purple! He’s purple! He’s going to suffer an attack. He’s purple!”The video shows officers then turning the unresponsive man over and performing CPR on him before he was taken to a hospital. He later died, the city government said in a statement.“The causes of the death are related to a cardiac arrest resulting from risk factors,” the statement said. It described the man as being “between 40 and 45 years old” but did not name him because he did not have a document on him.People at the scene identified the victim as Facundo Molares, a leftist activist who was part of the Revolutionary Armed...

Journalist jailed in China for 3 years describes standing in sunlight for just 10 hours each year

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:12:08 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese-Australian journalist who worked for China’s state broadcaster and was convicted on murky espionage charges has spoken out about the harsh conditions of her detention, including being allowed to stand in sunlight for just 10 hours each year.Cheng Lei has been held for three years, and although found guilty on national security charges at a closed-door trial last year, has yet to be sentenced. She hasn’t seen a tree since she was detained and deeply misses her daughter and son, now entering high school, Cheng said in a statement conveyed to an Australian diplomat and released to local media. “I relive every bushwalk, river, lake, beach with swims and picnics and psychedelic sunsets, sky that is lit up with stars, and the silent and secret symphony of the bush,” Cheng said in the statement read by her partner Nick Coyle on the Australian Broadcasting Corp.“I secretly mouth the names of places I’ve visited and driven through,” Cheng said. “It is the Chine...