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Was your home damaged in a tornado? Here’s what to do next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

Deadly storms in the past two weeks have unleashed dozens of tornadoes in the United States, mainly in the South and Midwest, killing at least 63 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of people’s homes. This year’s early severe weather, especially in the Midwest, is part of a trend seen over the past few years, according to Bill Bunting, chief of forecast operations at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.“We are entering the time of the year where the potential for severe weather increases and much more of the U.S. becomes at risk,” Bunting said this week in a email.An average of 1,200 tornadoes hit the country yearly, and the United States will probably get more killer supercells spawning tornadoes and hail as the world warms, according to a recent study. That study also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in populous Southern states like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. But tornadoes can happ...

More than 30 civilians killed by Islamic extremists in Congo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 30 people were killed in a string of attacks by extremist rebels in eastern Congo, a local human rights organization said.Men, women and children were killed by the Allied Democratic Forces — which has ties to the Islamic State group — between the Irumu and Mambasa territories in Congo’s Ituri province, Christophe Munyanderu, coordinator for the Convention for the Respect of Human Rights, told reporters. “In this area there are several farmers who were killed and the death toll of 31 people is only provisional because there are many bodies, which have not yet been found,” he said. The attacks occurred on Monday and Tuesday and were followed by subsequent fighting in other villages, he said. Violence has been simmering in eastern Congo for decades where some 120 armed groups have been fighting over land, resources, power and some to defend their communities.Attacks by rebel groups like ADF have increased recently. Since April last year, ADF atta...

Napoli faces new challenge: Responding to a heavy loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

ROME (AP) — Out of nowhere, Napoli is facing what might be its biggest challenge yet.Napoli has won so many games (30 of 37 across all competitions) and scored so many goals (91) to be the runaway leader in Serie A and a legitimate contender for the Champions League trophy, that one situation it hasn’t dealt with is responding to a heavy loss.Yet that’s what the Partenopei have to deal with following a 4-0 rout at home by defending Italian champion AC Milan on Sunday.“The concept of unbeatability is something you placed upon us. We know full well that we have defects,” coach Luciano Spalletti told the media on Thursday. “And now we know that from here on there are going to be very hard battles to bring home the scudetto (championship).”Until the Milan defeat, Napoli fans had been casting aside superstitions and painting the city blue as if the team had already won the scudetto — replete with flags featuring “3” on them to mark the team’s third Serie A title.Diego Maradona led Napoli...

Leipzig’s Henrichs publishes racist abuse from social media

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig defender Benjamin Henrichs has published hateful messages, including racist abuse, that he received on Instagram following his team’s 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup.Henrichs posted a video on TikTok on Thursday in which he referred to Wednesday’s victory and says “I’ll show you what my DMs look like,” before displaying a series of messages of threats and abuse against him and his family.One message had only monkey emojis, another called him the N-word, while another threatened to “find you and your family.”The 26-year-old Henrichs, who is Black, was born in Germany and has made seven appearances for the country’s national soccer team.“We live in a society where everyone on the internet can spread hate and racism,” Henrichs wrote in German with a hashtag meaning “unfortunate truth.”Leipzig also denounced the abuse.“Leipzig condemns any form of racism, condemns antisemitism and does not tolerate any form of discrimination,”...

1 killed in crash between driver, pedestrian in alleyway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police in Denver are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian in an alleyway in North Cap Hill. According to the Denver Police Department, officers were called to a crash in an alleyway of East 16th Avenue between Broadway and Lincoln Street. The alleyway is in between the Downtown Denver YMCA and the Bank of Oklahoma building. ‘It is unbearable’: This is the smelliest place in Denver, according to complaints DPD said a motorist and a pedestrian were involved in the crash. One person was killed, but DPD did not identify the person. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. FOX31 has reached out for more information.

Most commonly mispronounced Colorado locations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Besides wearing a flashing sign that says "tourist" or "newcomer," there is one way to make it obvious to locals that you haven't been somewhere very long: Mispronounce locations.So, if you want to blend in with the Coloradans and look like you've never lived in any other state, you need to know how "not" to say things. New to Colorado? 20 facts you should know One rule is that you can't always depend on the way it is said in other states or countries, because Colorado has its own way of doing things.But here's how to correctly -- and incorrectly - say these Colorado locations:Colorado Even the name of the state is a contentious issue. There are a few ways that people can pronounce it, and they range from correct to egregiously wrong in the eyes of Coloradans.The most accepted way of pronouncing "Colorado" is "Caw-luh-rad-oh."Other ways of pronouncing it, from "Caw-loh-ray-doh" to "Caw-luh-rah-duh" -- and everything in between -- are not as well-liked by residents ...

Boulder has one of the smallest shares of education degree holders in US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Educators are a small part of the labor pool in Colorado. The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey records the percentage of every metro area's residents with bachelor's degrees and what each of them studied. Colorado cities have some of the country's highest levels of college-educated adults who studied STEM, STEM-related fields or business. Retirees are fleeing Colorado, but one city still attracts them On the other hand, Colorado cities also have some of the lowest levels in the country of degree holders who specifically studied education. In Boulder, only 5.9% of degree holders studied education, the seventh lowest share of nearly 400 areas.Colorado's other cities have low levels of education degree holders, too. Why did Colorado get so expensive? College degrees The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area has the 29th smallest share of education degree holders in the country. Only 8.2% of bachelor's or higher studied education. Similarly, low levels exist in...

FBI and Army members raided the wrong hotel room during a training exercise and detained a guest inside

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

(CNN) — Members of the FBI and the US Army Special Operations Command who were conducting a training exercise in downtown Boston raided the wrong hotel room and detained the person inside before realizing their mistake, the FBI said in a statement to CNN.The FBI said its Boston division was helping the military with a training exercise around 10 p.m. Tuesday “to simulate a situation their personnel might encounter in a deployed environment.”“Based on inaccurate information, they were mistakenly sent to the wrong room and detained an individual, not the intended role player,” the FBI said.“First and foremost, we’d like to extend our deepest apologies to the individual who was affected by the training exercise,” USASOC Lt. Col. Mike Burns told CNN.The exercise was meant to “enhance soldiers’ skills to operate in realistic and unfamiliar environments,” Burns said, adding the incident is under review.No one was injured, t...

Police officer airlifted to JMH following crash in Hialeah

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

A Miami-Dade Police officer was hospitalized following a crash near the Palmetto Expressway in Hialeah. The crash occurred just before 9 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Okeechobee Road just before the on-ramp to SR-826.The officer was airlifted from the scene to Jackson Memorial Hospital as a trauma alert. A van was also involved in the crash. No word on if anyone in the van was injured. Drivers in the westbound lanes will be forced onto the expressway northbound as police investigate. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

UK minister Mark Spencer criticized over handling of Islamopobia probe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:14 GMT

LONDON — A Conservative MP has been criticized over his response to a complaint by a fellow minister, in which she accused him of making “humiliating” comments about her Muslim faith.In a report released Thursday, the prime minister’s ethics adviser Laurie Magnus stopped short of saying former Chief Whip Mark Spencer had broken the ministerial code in his response to the allegations by Nus Ghani, whom he now serves alongside in government.But he said Spencer, who is currently the farming minister, had shown a “lack of care” over his response to Ghani’s claim that she had been told her “Muslimness” was the reason she was being fired from then PM-Boris Johnson’s government.Following the report’s publication, Ghani highlighted what she described as “the ‘omissions,’ ‘shortcomings,’ ‘incomplete information,’ ‘inaccurate briefings’ and claims ‘implied without evidence,’” which she said the ethics adviser identi...