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Fire that tore through Chevy Chase church caused $11.5M in damage, authorities estimate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

The fire that burned through a church in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Monday is estimated to have caused $11.5 million in damages.Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted that damage to the structure was estimated to be $10 million. And there was $1.5 million worth inside.Update (~1230p 11/20) The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, Western Av; Origin/Cause, under investigation, due to partial bldg collapse, fire investigators not able to safely enter bldg w/o further heavy equipment; Damage $10M structure/$1.5M contents; ~100 FFs responded https://t.co/KAWU2ZPViv pic.twitter.com/gaC710aniR— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) November 21, 2023The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Due to a partial building collapse, “fire investigators not able to safely enter” without “further heavy equipment,” Piringer said.The fire broke out Monday afternoon.Some firefighters were briefly trapped.“They were rescued pretty quickly and were un...

UCLA beats Chaminade 76-48 to set up showdown with No. 11 Gonzaga in the Maui Invitational

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Freshman Sebastian Mack scored 16 points, Lazar Stefanovic added 13 points and UCLA beat Chaminade 76-48 on Tuesday in the Maui Invitational. UCLA (4-1) will play No. 11 Gonzaga (3-1) in the fifth-place game on Wednesday. Adem Bona added 12 points and Aday Mara grabbed 10 rebounds for UCLA. Mack, who scored 25 points in a 71-69 loss to No. 4 Marquette on Monday, was 7 of 15 from the field with six rebounds and five steals.UCLA scored 13 of the opening 15 points of the game and added a 15-0 run for a 28-4 lead with 11 minutes remaining. Chaminade made three straight 3-pointers to get within 15 points and the Silverswords trailed 36-21 at the break.UCLA turned it over 14 times in the first half before finishing with 18.Chaminade also had a 9-0 run in the second half, on three 3-pointers, to get within 45-35 with 14:24 left. But that’s as close as the Silverswords would get. UCLA secured it by scoring 14 straight points to make it 72-44.Jamir Thomas scored 17 poin...

Formula One’s return to Las Vegas is a winner for late-night TV viewers, too

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

Formula One’s return to Las Vegas drew the largest audience for the series since June, despite starting in the middle of the night for viewers on the East Coast, according to ESPN. The race, which began at 1 a.m. Eastern, attracted 1.3 million viewers, one of its largest audiences for the series this season, ESPN said.The telecast, which ran until just after 3 a.m. Eastern, averaged 1.3 million viewers. That’s the third-largest F1 audience of the season on cable and sixth-largest overall on ESPN platforms this season.The Las Vegas Grand Prix, run for the first time since 1982 in Sin City, was the most-viewed F1 race since June’s Canadian Grand Prix on ABC (1.76 million) and the most-watched telecast of any kind on cable after 11 p.m. Eastern on Saturday night and in the overnight hours. Viewership for the race peaked at 1.5 million between 1:15-1:30 a.m. EST.The 2023 season has had three of the four largest live F1 audiences in history on U.S. television: 1.96 million in...

Injury-riddled Cavaliers facing 76ers without Mitchell, LeVert, Okoro

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The injury-riddled Cleveland Cavaliers were without star forward Donovan Mitchell, shooting guard Caris LeVert and small forward Isaac Okoro for Tuesday night’s NBA In-Season Tournament game against the Philadelphia 76ers.Mitchell — a four-time All-Star averaging 29.2 points in 10 games — missed his third game with an injured right hamstring. Mitchell has now missed four games this season.LeVert was questionable up until game time on Tuesday night. The 29-year-old missed his second straight game with left knee soreness. He is averaging 18 points per game.Okoro is missing his eighth straight game with a left knee injury that sidelined him on Nov. 3. He is averaging 9.5 points and 4.8 rebounds off the bench. Also missing for Cleveland was reserve guard Ty Jerome, who was out for his 12th straight game with a right ankle sprain.The Cavaliers entered Tuesday night with a 7-6 record and looking for their fourth straight win despite the injury concerns.“The reali...

Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire with Hamas that includes release of some 50 hostages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved a cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that would bring a temporary halt to a devastating war that has stretched on for over six weeks and release dozens of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.Under the deal, Hamas is to free 50 of the roughly 240 hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip over a four-day period, the Israeli government said Wednesday. It said it would extend the lull by an additional day for every 10 hostages released.The government said the first hostages to be released would be women and children.Ahead of Wednesday morning’s Cabinet vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would resume its offensive against Hamas after the cease-fire expires.It was not immediately clear when the truce would go into effect.Netanyahu convened his Cabinet for the vote late Tuesday. The meeting stretched well into the early hours Wednesday, underscoring the sensi...

Road rage suspected in Wheat Ridge shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police were investigating a possible road rage shooting in Wheat Ridge on Tuesday afternoon.It happened in the area of West 44th Avenue and Youngfield Street, according to the Wheat Ridge Police Department."A driver in a dark sedan fired a gun into another vehicle," the department posted at 4:50 p.m. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Police said the male victim was able to drive farther west and called 911 at 4:20 p.m. The victim was not hospitalized.The road was reopened before 6 p.m. Police said the investigation is ongoing.

Coloradan's young doodle dies from unidentified respiratory illness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Dog owners across Colorado are being warned by local veterinarians who are seeing an increase in a deadly respiratory disease sweeping across the state."We've had cases that require oxygen, some require surgery and there have been fatalities with this throughout the region, unfortunately," said Dr. David Israel, medical director of the Veterinarian Emergency Group on Colfax Avenue. Denver dog becomes ill, tests positive for meth after walk in RiNo Israel said that right now, his clinic and other emergency clinics around Colorado are seeing multiple cases of this infection daily. "We are seeing one or two or three or even more of these cases coming up," Israel told FOX31.Over the past several months, Israel said the clinic has seen dogs with a respiratory disease similar to kennel cough, but this year, the regular treatments aren't working. "It's progressing to pneumonia, which is infection in the lungs, and getting much sicker than we’ve seen in the past," Israel...

Prima Pasta makes pumpkin martini as Deco’s Shireen Sandoval’s annual Thanksgiving cocktail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

One of the things Lynn loves most about Thanksgiving is my yearly creative cocktail.Usually, I come up with a new recipe every year… But I just got married, moved and somehow forgot to get my drink on.Never fear, the Prima pumpkin martini is here.Shireen Sandoval: “Happy Thanksgiving Deco Drive peeps, I am so excited to be celebrating with you this year, I have everything I need, I’m totally ready for my Thanksgiving feast.” Hot pink dinner jacket, check.Matching “Loubie’s,” check.Pouty pink lips, double check.Yep, I’m serving Thanksgiving Day glam.Shireen Sandoval: “All this beauty stuff and getting ready makes me parched. Speaking of drinks, I forgot about my annual Thanksgiving day cocktail.” OMG, I know exactly who to call.Shireen Sandoval: “I forgot all about my annual Thanksgiving day cocktail, I was thinking you could make me the Prima pumpkin martini so I can serve it to my guests.”Prima Pasta to the rescue.My...

Israeli government agrees temporary cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Hamas: reports

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

The Israeli Cabinet voted overnight to accept a temporary cease-fire and prisoner-exchange deal with Hamas, according to local media reports.Haaretz reports that under the deal, Hamas is expected to release 30 Israeli children and 20 women, of the around 240 hostages its militants kidnapped during their October 7 mass attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel would release 150 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails. An official told Haaretz that Hamas may also release foreign national hostages under deals reached with their countries.Under the deal, which was brokered with officials from Qatar acting as intermediaries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said hostages who are not released will receive medicine and be visited by the Red Cross.According to Haaretz, the cease-fire is expected to last for five days, but Netanyahu dismissed the idea the fighting could halt for a longer term. “There is nonsense out there suggesting that we will halt the war after the ce...

Quentyn Dulin’s late-game heroics lift Brighton past Tech Boston at Fenway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:29 GMT

For most high school football players, this week could be the last time they ever put on the pads, the final time they stroll out onto the field.As Brighton’s Quentyn Dulin strapped up Tuesday evening, he realized he had a unique opportunity, playing his last game with the Bengals at America’s most historic ballpark.The senior quarterback (three rushing touchdowns) closed his high school career with a bang, sprinting five yards for the winning score with 18 seconds remaining as Brighton rallied for an epic 20-14 comeback victory over City League rival TechBoston at the annual Fenway Thanksgiving series.“It’s awesome,” Dulin said. “It’s like a dream come true. I don’t know how to put it into words. The ending … I dreamed of this, honestly. I hope to play in the future.”Dulin finished his evening 6-for-9 passing with 133 yards to go with 88 yards rushing, as Brighton (5-4) captured the Boston City League (South) crown. For the majority of the opening quarter, however, the local rivals...