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Miles de personas huyen del incendio de Highland en California, mientras los vientos de Santa Ana avivan las llamas

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

(CNN) — Un incendio forestal en el condado de Riverside, California, se extendió en tamaño debido a los vientos cálidos y secos de Santa Ana. Las llamas calcinaron múltiples estructuras y obligaron a miles de personas a abandonar sus hogares.Cuando el incendio, llamado Highland, se reportó por primera vez este lunes a las 12:37 p.m., hora del Pacífico (3:27 p.m., hora de Miami), cerca de Aguanga, California, cubría apenas 5 hectáreas. Siete horas más tarde, el incendio consumía más de 485 hectáreas, según el Departamento Forestal y de Protección contra Incendios de California, Cal Fire.A primera hora de la mañana del martes, el incendio de Highland había calcinado 890 hectáreas y estaba contenido al 0%, informó la agencia. Sus llamas destruyeron al menos tres estructuras y dañado otras seis.Las órdenes de evacuación se emitieron por primera vez en la tarde de este lunes, pero se ampliaron rápidamente horas después y de nuevo el martes por la mañana.Más de 1.100 hogares fueron...

Games 2 and 3 of the World Series were the least-viewed in recorded Fall Classic history

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

The fears of this year’s World Series between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks becoming the least-viewed Fall Classic in TV history are becoming a reality.Games 2 and 3 are the least-watched on record according to Nielsen. Monday’s 3-1 victory by the Rangers averaged 8.13 million on Fox, according to fast national figures. Saturday’s 9-1 Diamondbacks’ win averaged 8.15 million. Before this year, the least-watched World Series game was Game 3 in 2020 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, which averaged 8.34 million.Game 1 was also the least-watched World Series opener recorded. The three-game average of 8.48 million is on pace to become the least-viewed Series ever, fewer than the 9.79 million in 2020 that watched the Dodgers beat the Rays in six games.Last year’s series — when the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games — had an 11.76 million average.Game 3 went up against “Monday Night Football” for the first time since 2...

Bruins’ McAvoy suspended 4 games for an illegal check to the head of Panthers’ Ekman-Larsson

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended four games by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson.The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Tuesday, saying after a disciplinary hearing that McAvoy made Ekman-Larsson’s head the principle point of content on a hit in which head contact was avoidable.McAvoy hit Ekman-Larsson in the head with his left shoulder midway through the third period of the teams’ game Monday night. McAvoy was ejected with a match penalty, and Ekman-Larsson did not return after leaving the ice.The Panthers also took issue with a hit that McAvoy delivered on Carter Verhaeghe in the first period. Asked after the game what his view of the hit to Ekman-Larsson was, Florida coach Paul Maurice said, “I thought it was exactly like the hit on Verhaeghe in the first.”McAvoy scored the tying goal about two minutes before the hit on Ekman-Larsson.It’s McAvoy’s second NHL suspension ...

Israel-Hamas conflict: Has Israel’s war in Gaza expanded beyond Hamas?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's J.J. Green speaks with Fadi Mansour, Washington correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Israel’s attack on the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in Northern Gaza killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.Fadi Mansour, Washington correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, spoke with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green on the day before the attack, saying that the number o...

Trayectoria de la tormenta tropical Pilar: a dónde se dirige y qué países y estados amenaza

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

(CNN Español) — La tormenta tropical Pilar se mantiene la tarde de este martes frente a las costas de El Salvador y se esperan lluvias, vientos y oleaje para esa zona, incluidos algunos estados de México, según la actualización más reciente del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) mexicano.Por su ubicación, países como Guatemala y El Salvador también se ven afectados por esta tormenta.En ese sentido, fue la propia Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador quien declaró la emergencia nacional ante el riesgo de inundaciones y derrumbes que podría causar la tormenta tropical Pilar.Hasta el aviso más reciente emitido por el SMN la tarde de este martes, la tormenta tropical Pilar se encontraba a 260 kilómetros al sur de San Salvador, El Salvador, y a 445 km al sureste de la desembocadura del Río Suchiate (frontera entre México y Guatemala).Pilar tiene vientos máximos sostenidos de 85 km/h con rachas de hasta 100 km/h y desplazamiento hacia el este-noreste a 6 km/h.La tormenta podría est...

Sheriff: Man who spurred chase from Loudoun Co. to Tysons was driving stolen Hummer that had been painted a different color

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

The man who authorities said led police and deputies on a chase through two Northern Virginia counties while driving a stolen Hummer has been identified.Joseph C. Daniel, 44, of Leesburg, was arrested in the Tysons Corner area Monday, after a chase that started in Ashburn. He faces charges in both Fairfax and Loudoun counties related to the pursuit.The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said that deputies showed up to a reported “abduction in progress” just before 2 p.m. Monday.Daniel, in the Hummer, drove northbound on the Loudoun County Parkway and ignored commands and signals to pull over.The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said in an update Tuesday that the Hummer was reported stolen in Chantilly last March and had been repainted from its original green color to black.Daniel ended up on Interstate 495 by Tysons Boulevard, with officers from Virginia State police and Fairfax County on his tail.Helicopter footage, released by Fairfax County police on Tuesday, ...

Man arrested after alleged road rage incident in Wheat Ridge

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man was arrested for a road rage incident in Wheat Ridge on Monday where he allegedly drove up to a vehicle and fired a gun three times.Police said the incident started on Kipling Street at around 10:10 p.m.A couple called 911 and said a silver Ford truck drove up next to them and they heard three loud gunshots. An officer spotted a truck that matched the description on Colfax Avenue and Kipling Street.Wheat Ridge police said a traffic stop was made at the intersection of Colfax and Balsam Street with the help of the Lakewood Police Department. These 11 Colorado cities are growing, but these 3 are shrinking Three men in the truck handed themselves over to police without incident 18 minutes after the initial 911 call. Two handguns were found in the truck, including one with three rounds missing. According to police, the men initially denied any knowledge of the incident.However, police said after testing for gunshot residue, 21-year-old Christopher Apocada admitt...

Complaint filed against district attorney in Morphew case

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The district attorney who initially filed charges in the Suzanne Morphew case will have to defend herself against a new complaint that alleges misconduct in how she handled it and another case regarding an infant's death.The complaint, which was filed Monday, claims 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley launched an investigation into a judge who ruled against prosecutors in the case of Barry Morphew, who was charged with murder in wife Suzanne's disappearance. It also takes issue with public comments she made about both cases, including to true crime podcasters and the local news media. What has happened since Suzanne Morphew disappeared in 2020? The complaint was filed with the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge, who is appointed by the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, a judicial department spokesperson told FOX31.DA goes on true crime podcasts, joins the commentsStanley's office charged Barry Morphew with murder in the 2020 disappeara...

Expert in ballot trial: Trump could have defended Capitol on Jan. 6

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Then-President Donald Trump could have mobilized the National Guard and other federal agencies to protect the U.S. Capitol once violence broke out on Jan. 6, 2021, a law professor testified Tuesday as a case to bar the former president from the 2024 ballot moved into a new phase.William Banks, a Syracuse University law professor and expert in national security law, said that once the attack on the Capitol began, Trump had options he did not use. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox “He should respond to his constitutional responsibilities to protect the security of the United States when there’s an assault on our democratic process,” Banks said of Trump.Banks was testifying as a witness for a group of Colorado voters who want to bar Trump from the ballot for allegedly violating his oath to uphold the Constitution in his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss. They cite a rarely used clause in the 14th Amendment, adopted just after th...

Defense calls forensic pathologist to the stand in Aurora Police officer's trial

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:08:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The defense team for officer Nathan Woodyard called a forensic pathologist to the stand Tuesday to testify that the carotid hold used by Woodyard did not contribute to Elijah McClain's death.Woodyard, who is suspended from the department, is charged with reckless manslaughter for the 2019 death of McClain, who was 23 years old. Woodyard placed McClain in a carotid hold shortly after approaching him. 7 years later, man faces charges in death of woman on train When the defense asked Dr. Michael Arnall if the carotid hold caused McClain's death he replied "no" since McClain regained consciousness after it was applied."It would appear as though if unconsciousness even occurred, it would appear as though it may have lasted for some short number of seconds," Arnall testified. "Research has been done indicates no one has died, no one has permanent injuries up to 100 seconds."Woodyard’s defense team wants the jury to assign blame to paramedics since an autopsy found McCla...