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Ask Amy: Why do they think I want to hear their annoying music in public?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

Dear Amy: I live in Colorado and have young children at home, as well as a job where I am constantly bombarded by sound.I frequent outdoor spaces to seek peace, solitude and the quiet sounds of nature – for my mental health.I am dismayed at the proliferation of Bluetooth speakers, large and small. They seem to be everywhere! Hiking trails, lakes, on boats and paddleboards, at the pool, while camping, even strapped to people while they are biking and skiing! Few seem concerned about the noise pollution they are inflicting on others around them.Why do people seem not to notice or care that those around them may not wish to listen to their choice of music?What happens if we get multiple, conflicting speakers at the same time?I wish I could ask people to use headphones when they are alone, or at least turn down the sound so it is mostly heard by a group in a small vicinity, not everyone around them.In the case of running or biking, they should only wear one earbud and have the volume on...

Tropical Storm Ophelia moving inland over North Carolina as coastal areas lashed with wind and rain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023 as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches the area. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)(AP/Kendall Warner) Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023 as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches the area. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)(AP/Kendall Warner) ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia was moving inland across North Carolina early Saturday, lashing coastal areas with rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges of water, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Life-threatening flooding was forecast for parts of eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virg...

Man sentenced to life in prison for ‘gruesome’ attack that left Dumfries woman blind

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.A Dumfries man has been sentenced to life in prison in a “gruesome” 2021 attack that left his victim permanently blind.Prince William County Circuit Court Judge James Willett handed down the sentence on Thursday. In April, a jury found Cody Dale Davis guilty of aggravated malicious wounding after a three-day trial.The attack happened on Feb. 2, 2021 while the victim and three children were asleep in their home.Police found the woman in pool of blood suffering from severe facial lacerations and blunt force trauma to her eyes, the Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said in a news release.Davis was also found at the home.“Investigation revealed that the defendant attacked the victim while she was defenseless and unsuspecting,” the release said. “The defendant beat the vict...

Team World sweeps opening three matches against Team Europe at Laver Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3, helping Team World win the first three singles matches of the Laver Cup international tournament on Friday.Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo also claimed wins for Team World, along with the doubles pairing of Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe.Monfils came to Auger-Aliassime’s side of the court twice to verbally spar with him during their match, and the Canadian ignored his taunts both times.“At the end of the day, the goal is to get through and win,” Auger-Aliassime said about the confrontation. “I take all matches seriously and want to compete and win and have fun doing it.”Monfils repeatedly played to the crowd, cupping his ear to hear cheers or sitting on advertising boardings along the edge of the black court at Rogers Arena and shrugging to the crowd when a call didn’t go his way. The French player was heard on mic telling Team Europe captain Bjorn Borg that he “was here to have fun” and appe...

Europe stays close after splitting foursome matches against United States in Solheim Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

CASARES, Spain (AP) — Swedish rookies Maja Stark and Linn Grant kept it close for Europe at the Solheim Cup on Saturday, making crucial birdie putts on their final two holes to help the hosts split the morning foursome matches and stay only 7-5 down against the United States.Stark and Grant defeated Danielle Kang and Andrea Lee 1 up in the final group to secure a 2-2 split in the early session. Stark’s putt on the 17th put Europe ahead, then Grant clinched the win by sinking hers on the 18th.Stark and Grant, good friends off the course as well, had made their Solheim Cup debuts with a loss in the opening foursomes on Friday.The U.S. got off to its best-ever start to take a 4-0 lead on Friday morning. The Europeans rallied in the fourball matches in the afternoon to cut the lead to 5-3 going into the weekend.The Europeans, trying to win three Solheim Cups in a row for the first time, came in touted as the favorites after bringing an experienced squad to Spain. The Americans arrived w...

Insólito: el aterrador caimán sin nariz, y un astronauta hispano cultiva tomates en el espacio

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

EL ASTRONAUTA HISPANO QUE CULTIVA TOMATES EN EL ESPACIOUn hispano está a punto de romper el récord de permanencia de una persona en el espacio. Ningún astronauta de la NASA ha vivido más tiempo en la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI) que Frank Rubio, de origen salvadoreño, quien completará 371 días orbitando en el espacio el próximo 27 de septiembre.Uno de sus principales proyectos es el cultivo de tomates en el espacio como parte de la Expedición 68. Los tomates se cultivaron sin tierra utilizando técnicas de nutrición hidropónica y aeropónica para crear métodos agrícolas espaciales que permitan sustentar a las tripulaciones en largos vuelos espaciales para futuras misiones a la Luna y Marte.Mientras sigue en el espacio, cuenta los días para reencontrarse con su mamá, quien vive en El Salvador y quien lo sacó adelante siendo madre soltera. RESCATAN A CAIMÁN SIN NARIZ EN FLORIDA Un pequeño caimán que provocó conmoción en Florida por no tener su mandíbula superior, encontró ...

Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering.Sevastopol was put on air raid alert for about an hour after debris from intercepted missiles fell near a pier, Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on the messaging app Telegram. Ferry traffic in the area was also halted and later resumed. Loud blasts were also heard near Vilne in northern Crimea, followed by rising clouds of smoke, according to a pro-Ukrainian Telegram news channel that reports on developments on the peninsula. Crimea, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, has been a frequent target for Ukrainian forces since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country almost 19 months ago.Ukraine’s intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, told Voice of America on Sat...

¿Quién fue Yiya Murano? Subastan juego de té que asesina en serie argentina usó en sus crímenes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

(CNN Español) – – Hace unos meses, Martín Murano recibió un paquete que contenía un juego de tazas y tetera. Habían permanecido más de 40 años en una caja que nadie se atrevió a abrir. Y para él fue como revivir una pesadilla. “No puede ser, me persiguen”, pensó.Un montón de porcelana vieja puede no significar mucho para la mayoría de la gente, pero para él, y para quienes conocen su historia, tiene una carga terrible: se trata del juego de té que usó su madre, Yiya Murano, en al menos tres oportunidades, en las que envenenó a sus amigas.Mercedes Bolla Aponte de Murano, alias “Yiya”, quedó en los registros de la historia criminal argentina como la “envenenadora de Monserrat”, la primera asesina en serie del país.El caso salió a la luz en 1979, cuando las hijas de Carmen Zulema Del Giorgio de Venturino pidieron una autopsia al cuerpo de su madre, que había muerto en marzo de ese año. Según ellas, el portero del edificio les dijo que había visto a Murano entrar...

FEELING LIKE SUMMER ON 1ST DAY OF FLL

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

Happy First Day of Fall, South Florida!Hopefully everyone had a great week!  Daily thunderstorms earlier this week grew very old, very quickly for South Florida. But by the end of the week, the forecast showed Tropical Storm Ophelia moving closer to North Carolina while funneling in drier air towards South Florida. And that’s exactly what happened! We enjoyed a beautiful Friday with plenty of sunshine and near average temperatures. But then late in the day, just past evening, thunderstorms began to develop and drift across South Florida and they lingered all night long. And that’s how we started the morning off today.  Rumbles of thunder likely woke up many as thunderstorms developed along our coastal areas and covered the Florida Keys.Tropical storm Ophelia made landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina early this morning and will move farther away from South Florida. As Ophelia lifts northward, it will be pulling a stalled front (that is sitting just off of our coastline) northwa...

MBTA auditing buses after driver safety mics failed at high rates, emails say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:12:15 GMT

The MBTA is in the process of auditing its fleet of buses after a review of 30 across three garages found issues with emergency communication equipment, including a covert microphone drivers can use to talk to dispatchers, according to internal emails obtained by the Herald.The emails show top safety officials acknowledging the issue this week, coming up with a workaround for the covert microphone problem, pledging to continue auditing a sample of buses this weekend before turning to a larger fleetwide review next week, and saying they communicated the issue with dispatchers.Deputy Chief Safety Officer Dennis Lytton told MBTA officials about the emergency communication equipment failure rates on the 30 buses in a Friday email that mentioned the covert microphones and other safety features like an interior camera.“Besides a much larger audit of the fleet as a first step, I think there needs to be a discussion about how we communicate this to bus operators, bus dispatchers, and others...