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How parents can discern between real numbers and anecdotal stories of COVID in classrooms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

Kids are back in the classroom. Though, across the D.C. region, some classrooms are already seeing empty desks because kids are home sick with COVID-19.But for all the stories you might hear from parents and teachers, the true numbers are harder to track than they used to be.That’s because the dashboards that used to provide up-to-date information on COVID-19 infections down to the ZIP code don’t do that anymore. To confirm the reports, some parts of the region track the virus through monitoring stations in sewage wastewater.“Probably the best picture we have these days is that wastewater monitoring that’s going on,” said Dr. Donald Milton, a professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. “It’s happening in D.C. Not so much in the rest of Maryland.”Montgomery County is the only county in Maryland tracking COVID-19 in wastewater. Virginia still does it too.“That’s go...

Un estadounidense robado cuando era bebé en Chile se reencuentra con su madre a los 42 años

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

(CNN) — Jimmy Lippert Thyden dice que siempre supo que era adoptado. También sabía que no había nacido en Estados Unidos, sino en Chile. Criado en Virginia por unos padres adoptivos muy cariñosos y comprometidos, dice que nunca le faltó de nada. Este hombre de 42 años, que sirvió en la infantería de Marina, ahora es abogado, está casado y tiene dos hijas pequeñas.“Me dijeron que me dieron en adopción por amor”, cuenta Thyden. “Entregado por una madre que me quería y quería lo mejor para mí: una vida llena de oportunidades, educación y significado”.Todo eso empezó a cambiar en 2012, cuando su madre adoptiva le entregó los papeles de su adopción mientras se preparaba para desplegarse en Afganistán. Thyden cuenta que cuando empezó a examinar detenidamente los expedientes de adopción, descubrió que había muchas discrepancias e incoherencias.“Había tres o cuatro relatos diferentes de una historia que eran tan divergentes que no podían ser todos ciertos...

New speed humps coming to roads near 3 Arlington schools

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

Speed humps will be installed this fall near three Arlington, Virginia, schools where county officials say a lower speed limit in school zones hasn’t deterred drivers from speeding.The speed humps will be installed on South Lang Street near Gunston Middle School, South Queen Street near Hoffman Boston Elementary School and 19th Street North near Cardinal Elementary School.The measure is part of a pilot program, according to Dan Nabors, the county’s transportation, engineering and operations manager.ARLNow first reported details of the program.In an effort to make streets near schools safer, Arlington started lowering school zone speed limits last year. It introduced school slow zones, which have permanent 20 mph speed limits on neighborhood streets within 600 feet of a “key” school access point.The 20 mph zones were adopted around 13 schools last year, and will be used near 14 schools this year and 19 more next year. Previously, school zone speed limits were ...

Humidity and Some Rain Returns this Weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

Following what was a really nice week for September standards, the summer feels return to South Florida this weekend.Winds off the water along with a southerly steering flow back in place will allow for humidity to increase starting this weekend with hotter temperatures in the low to mid 90s, which is a few degrees above normal. These warmer temperatures will last into next week too.This Saturday, expect a mix of sun and clouds with scattered showers and storms, especially late today across our inland areas, although a few showers cannot be ruled out by the coast this morning.Then on Sunday, it will be a fairly similar setup, although with a southeast breeze instead of an east wind, temperatures should be a degree or two warmer. The day should start off mostly dry, then some showers and storms will be possible during the afternoon and evening, mainly for inland locations.Much of next week will feature fairly similar conditions with the daily chance for scattered showers and storms. ...

How Patriots will try to neutralize Eagles’ biggest strength Week 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

FOXBORO — If the Patriots fail to slow down the Eagles’ pass rush in Week 1, it’s certainly not for lack of awareness.Head coach Bill Belichick’s message that the Eagles’ defensive front is not something to be messed with has trickled down successfully as the Patriots prepare for their season opener on Sunday.“Defensively, their front is a very dominant front, best pass rushing front in the league by, I’d say, quite a bit with good depth,” Belichick said Wednesday morning. “So, they can roll those guys out of there pretty comfortably and bring in other guys that are just as explosive, dangerous. They’ve got a great combination of power and speed in the pass rush front.”Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots-Eagles injury report: Jack Jones out, Rhamondre Stevenson among 5 questionable New England Patriots | Source: Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson expected to play Week 1 despite practice absence New England Patriots | Patriots are s...

Battenfeld: Boston power brokers flexing weakened muscles to influence City Council race

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

The Boston old boys’ network that used to run the city is trying to flex its withered muscles to tilt the City Council race in what could be a last gasp at power.The group of power brokers is funding a new super PAC that’s running ads supporting a slate of more conservative candidates.But it’s questionable whether the strategy will work.The old Boston — once controlled by politicians like Marty Walsh and Ray Flynn — is gone.It’s been replaced by Michelle Wu’s Boston.The first term mayor put together a coalition of progressives to win the last election and install a number of progressive Democrats like Kendra Lara and Ruthzee Louijeune on the council. They now run the city.Southie’s Ed Flynn is still the council president for a few more months but he lost control of his more liberal colleagues a long time ago.The Wu administration has effectively shut out the once powerful network represented by businessmen like New Balance’s Jim Davis.Davis is now almost entirely funding the super P...

‘The world knows us.’ South Sudanese cheer their basketball team’s rise and Olympic qualification

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Basketball has united the South Sudanese.The country, which gained its independence just 12 years ago, is still celebrating the men’s national team after its first-ever qualification for the Olympics.South Sudan will play at the Paris Olympics as the automatic qualifier from Africa thanks to a 101-78 win over Angola a week ago at the basketball World Cup in the Philippines.Thousands of fans, some wrapped in the national flag, blew horns and flooded the streets of the capital this week to welcome the team home.Chol David, a 22-year-old diehard fan, called it incredible and historic.“The world knows us,” he said.The players and staff met Friday with South Sudan President Salva Kiir, who expressed his pride for their accomplishment. The government called the Olympic qualification a “remarkable achievement.”Earlier in the week outside the Juba International Airport for the team’s arrival, fan Anger Aquin Awan said “they have registered our names in history...

UN atomic watchdog warns of threat to nuclear safety as fighting spikes near plant in Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United Nations atomic watchdog warned of a potential threat to nuclear safety due to a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine as the forces of the war-torn country continued pressing their counteroffensive on Saturday.The International Atomic Energy Agency said its experts deployed at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reported hearing numerous explosions over the past week, in a possible indication of increased military activity in the region. There was no damage to the plant.“I remain deeply concerned about the possible dangers facing the plant at this time of heightened military tension in the region,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned in a statement issued late Friday. He noted that the IAEA team was informed that staff at the nuclear power plant had been reduced temporarily to minimum levels due to concerns of more military activity in the area.“Whatever happens in a conflict zone, where...

Violence flares in India’s northeastern state with a history of ethnic clashes and at least 2 died

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Violence erupted in India’s northeastern state with a history of ethnic clashes when armed men exchanged gunfire with security forces, leaving at least two dead, police said Saturday.The shootout took place in Pallel village in Manipur state on Friday, the police said in a statement. As reports of the shooting spread, hundreds of people belonging to the majority Meiti community rushed to the spot fearing attacks by the minority Kuki ethnic group. Police said they fired tear gas. One army officer and three police were among 140 people injured, police said.The police reported two deaths on Friday, but the Press Trust of India news agency said another person succumbed to head injuries in a hospital on Saturday.The police tweeted the shootout was not between rival communities but involved unidentified armed men and security forces. Manipur has been wracked by ethnic violence since early May between the two dominant ethnic groups. More than 150 people have be...

Emotions will run high for Virginia as the Cavaliers honor slain teammate ahead of 1st home game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:55 GMT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia will play its first home football game in 10 months on Saturday and the Cavaliers hope it is the high point of a long, emotional journey that started in an horrific way.Tributes and dedications for three players slain last Nov. 13 began Friday with a tree planting and placement of a plaque to honor them as well as another player and a female student who were wounded. The victims will be remembered in an on-field ceremony a half-hour before the noon kickoff against James Madison.“At UVA, we have a tradition of planting trees to mark the tradition and the moments that have shaped our history,” school President Jim Ryan said before those in attendance, including family members of the players killed, were allowed to help encase the roots in soil. The tree, an oak, can grow to as tall as 60 feet and live for hundreds of years. The plaque will serve as a reminder of the lives of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry. Authorities just t...