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National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day brings calls for regular testing, reduced stigma

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

The U.S. will observe National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Wednesday. Health care workers in the District said it’s a chance to promote testing for men and continue efforts to eliminate the stigma linked to HIV.“For many over the course of this epidemic, there’s been the feeling that people with HIV are somehow the vector of this disease when actually, in this case, they’re the root for us to end this epidemic,” said Michael Kharfen, director of the division on policy and data in the federal government’s Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau.The day is especially significant in D.C., as the District has the most HIV cases per capita nationwide, according to Kharfen, at nearly three times the national rate. Baltimore and Prince George’s County in Maryland also have a high number of HIV diagnoses.Moreover, recent data reveals that 70% of all new HIV cases in the U.S. are among gay and bisexual men, even though these groups make up about 2% of the...

Muere bajo custodia el jefe de la mafia italiana ‘Diabolik’, quien había sido capturado después de casi 30 años prófugo, según informes italianos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

(CNN) — Un jefe de la mafia italiana que pasó casi tres décadas evadiendo a las autoridades antes de ser arrestado en enero de este año murió mientras recibía tratamiento médico, según informes de medios de comunicación italianos.Matteo Messina Denaro, quien se cree que ordenó decenas de asesinatos relacionados con la mafia para el grupo criminal Cosa Nostra, murió en el hospital San Salvatore en L’Aquila, en el centro de Italia, donde había sido tratado por cáncer de colon, informó la cadena pública italiana RAI este lunes.Antes de su arresto en una clínica privada en Palermo en enero, el exjefe de la mafia siciliana estaba prófugo desde 1993 y era considerado por Europol uno de los hombres más buscados en Europa, dijo a CNN el fiscal Maurizio de Lucia en ese momento.Messina Denaro recibió varias condenas a cadena perpetua en rebeldía por sus numerosos crímenes, sobre todo en 1992 por su participación en los asesinatos de los fiscales antimafia Giovanni Falcone y Paolo ...

Sam Howell throws 4 interceptions and is sacked 9 times in the Commanders’ 37-3 loss to the Bills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell put up some historic numbers on Sunday: His four-interception, nine-sack performance was the first in the NFL in 28 years.Facing a good Buffalo Bills defense while playing behind a shaky offensive line had something to do with that. So did just an all-around mediocre showing by Howell in his first loss as a starter in the pros.Wins and losses are not the best — nor the fairest — way to evaluate a QB, but after all of the praise Howell received before this disaster of a 41.5-rating game, he certainly deserved at least a share of the blame, and acknowledged as much, for the way things went awry in Washington’s 37-3 loss to Buffalo.“It starts with me,” Howell said no fewer than four times during his news conference. “But the good thing is: The sun’ll come up tomorrow.”He entered the rainy afternoon with a 95.0 rating this season, having thrown for 501 yards and three TDs with just one interception. He also owned victorie...

ANÁLISIS | La política de cierre del Gobierno del Partido Republicano sacude a Washington mientras Trump y Biden se dirigen a un enfrentamiento en los estados indecisos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y su predecesor en la Oficina Oval, Donald Trump, están a punto de librar el enfrentamiento más directo hasta el momento de su posible revancha mientras los republicanos de extrema derecha de la Cámara de Representantes llevan a la nación al borde de un cierre del Gobierno.La intensa actividad desde Washington hasta el estado indeciso de Michigan durante esta semana crucial recordará cómo el extremismo sacudió las instituciones políticas durante el turbulento mandato del expresidente Trump y pondrá a prueba la capacidad de Biden para explotar nuevamente el caos para potenciar su candidatura a la reelección.El Gobierno podría quedarse sin dinero la medianoche de este sábado mientras el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, lucha por controlar una facción de su mayoría que busca quemar todo. Los rebeldes mantienen la financiación como rehén de sus demandas de enormes recortes de gastos que no tienen poder p...

Jeep SUV wanted in deadly hit-and-run in Littleton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Medina Alert was issued Sunday for the vehicle involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Littleton.The crash happened just after 3:20 a.m. on Bowles Avenue near the intersection of Santa Fe Drive. Police said a driver was traveling eastbound on Bowles Avenue when they allegedly hit and killed a pedestrian who was described as a Hispanic man in his 40s or 50s. Pedestrian hit, killed on Colorado Blvd. The vehicle is described as a 2016 to 2021 white Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.The Jeep left the scene traveling westbound. There is damage to the left front fender of the Jeep, according to CBI.Anyone who sees the Jeep should call 911 or the Littleton Police Department at 303-794-1551.

1 dead, 2 injured following shooting in Lauderhill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

Lauderhill Police Department officers responded to a 911 call on University Drive where they found one man dead and two other individuals injured.At approximately 10 p.m. Sunday, the officers received a distress call from an adult male victim at 5001 N. University Dr. Authorities rushed to the scene and discovered a man with gunshot wounds to his arm and leg, lying behind a business at the location.Simultaneously, officers arrived at 5200 N. University Dr. and located another man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds near a vehicle. Tragically, this individual was pronounced dead at the scene.A third victim, an adult woman, was found at the Florida Medical Center, where she had sought treatment for a gunshot wound to her leg. Fortunately, both surviving victims are expected to recover from their non-life-threatening injuries after being transported to Broward Health Fort Lauderdale.The Lauderhill Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and Crime Scene Invest...

Powerball jackpot grows to $785 million, fourth-largest prize in history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

(CNN) — Lottery players have another chance to win big on Monday after the Powerball jackpot grew to a record-breaking $785 million.The prize became the fourth largest in history after Saturday’s drawing produced no winners matching all six drawn numbers.White balls 1, 12, 20, 33 and 66 and red Powerball 21 were drawn on Saturday.The large prize is now surpassed only by previous jackpots over $1 billion, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.The largest jackpots were $2.04 billion in November 2022, $1.586 billion in January 2016 and $1.08 billion in July 2023, lottery officials said in a news release.At least one person from California scored a jackpot-winning ticket in each of those three drawings, according to the release.While there were no jackpot winners Saturday, the drawing produced more than 1.5 million winning tickets across the United States, including three tickets matching all five white balls to win $1 million, lottery officials said.There have been 28 consec...

Wake to be held for lifelong Patriots fan who died at Gillette Stadium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

A wake will be held Monday for the New Hampshire man who died at Gillette Stadium earlier this month.Visiting hours for Dale Mooney will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home on Exeter Road in Newmarket, New Hampshire.In an update last week, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said Mooney’s autopsy, which occurred shortly after a scuffle in the stands, did not suggest traumatic injury but did identify a medical issue.State police had previously said Mooney, 53, suffered an “apparent medical incident” in the 308/309 section of the stadium. Emergency crews responded and Mooney was taken to an Attleboro hospital where he died, according to state police.Mooney had been married to his wife, Lisa, for more than 20 years and was a father to two sons — Brandon and Aaron — according to a GoFundMe page raising money to support Mooney’s family. The description attached to the page said Mooney was “a loving soul who cared so muc...

DA: Final suspect set to be arraigned in murder of 17-year-old Weymouth HS student

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

The last at-large co-defendant in a shooting in Quincy last year that claimed the life of a 17-year-old Weymouth High School student has been returned to Massachusetts and will be arraigned this week, the district attorney announced.Keniel Diaz-Romero, formerly of Quincy, was taken into custody in Puerto Rico and returned to Massachusetts, where he’s set to be arraigned on a murder indictment Tuesday in connection with Nathan Paul’s death on Feb. 15, 2022. “State Police assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office and Quincy Police have been working with the US Marshals Service and the the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section of the Massachusetts State Police to first locate, then return this defendant to Massachusetts since this indictment issued sixteen months ago,” District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a statement. “I thank Quincy Police Chief Mark Kennedy, the US Marshals Boston Office and VFAS for their coordination and cooperation here.”

Another Wet Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:52 GMT

Go figure… another wet day in southern New England. It’s been the theme of the month, the summer, and the year. We’re in quite a water surplus for the month of September, going back to June 1st, and going back to January 1st. Thankfully the rain will wind down today, but it’s not until later so it’s cloudy and wet all day long today. Showers will end north to south late this afternoon and evening.Not only is it cloudy and wet today, but we’ll keep the onshore wind that could get pretty gusty on the coast. So it’s just another raw day today. Thankfully improvements start as soon as tomorrow.High pressure will start to push in from our north. As that happens we’ll see baby steps of improvements through the next couple of days. The first improvement is the rain. The rain will push south overnight and finally dry us out for the rest of the week. Even though the rain pushes south tomorrow, a lot of the clouds will hold tight, especially in ...