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Metro CEO: Looming budget gap risks half-hour wait times by next summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

Trains arrive every 10 minutes on Metro — more or less. It’s a big improvement from the half-hour wait times riders experienced a little over a year ago after 60% of the rail fleet was sidelined due to the 7000-series derailment.But Metro still has more work to do, Metro CEO and General Manager Randy Clarke said on WTOP’s DMV Download podcast.“The frequency in the system is pretty good right now, not to where we need it to be,” Clarke said. “We feel that there’s gonna be another increase this summer. And then [by] the fall, we hope to be back to relay that full Metro service.”By summer’s end, Metro rail headways would range between five to eight minutes, according to Clarke. But a looming budget threatens these gains.“We can’t afford to run the service you would get at the end of the summer. We can’t afford to run that the next summer,” Clarke said.The Washington Area Transit Authority (WMATA) budget is short mo...

Putellas returns as Barcelona wins women’s Spanish league

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

Alexia Putellas made her long-awaited return from injury to help Barcelona clinch its fourth straight women’s Spanish league title on Sunday.Putellas came off the bench in the 74th minute after being sidelined for nearly 10 months because of an ACL injury. The two-time Ballon d’Or winner had returned to the squad for the second leg of the Champions League semifinals against Chelsea on Thursday but did not play. Barcelona advanced to its third straight final in the European competition. Barcelona beat Sporting Huelva 3-0 at home on Sunday to maintain its perfect record — 26 games, 26 wins — and secure its eighth league title with four games to spare. It has an insurmountable 10-point lead over second-place Real Madrid, along with a game in hand.Barcelona has so far scored 108 league goals and conceded only five.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Liverpool gana de último minuto al Tottenham en vibrante partido de Premier League

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Premier League de Inglaterra es una de las ligas más competitivas y espectaculares del mundo, y el partido de este domingo entre Liverpool y Tottenham es prueba de ello.El Liverpool ganó en Anfield ante un Tottenham que vino de atrás para empatar el encuentro en el tiempo de compensación, pero que no le alcanzó debido a un gol agónico en el último minuto por parte de los Reds.El partido terminó 4-3 a favor del club de Jurgen Klopp. El marcador indica un enfrentamiento lleno de emociones… y así fue, aunque al inicio todo parecía decantarse para un solo lado.El marcador final tras el partido de fútbol de la Premier League inglesa entre el Liverpool y el Tottenham Hotspur en Anfield, Liverpool, el 30 de abril de 2023. (Crédito: PAUL ELLIS/AFP vía Getty Images)Los Reds comenzaron de forma vertiginosa el encuentro y al minuto 15 del primer tiempo ya ganaban 3-0 ante unos Spurs que no podían retener el balón ni dar pases consecutivos. Curtis Jones, Luis Díaz...

Police manhunt continues for suspect in Texas mass shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement officers were going door-to-door Sunday searching for clues about a gunman who fled after killing five people in a rural Texas town after his neighbors asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard.The alleged shooter, Francisco Oropesa, 38, was considered armed and dangerous after fleeing the area Friday, likely on foot, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said late Saturday. He said authorities had widened the search to 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the scene of the shooting.Investigators found clothes and a phone while combing a rural area that includes dense layers of forest, but tracking dogs lost the scent, Capers said. Authorities were able to identify Oropesa by an identity card issued by Mexican authorities to citizens who reside outside the country, as well as doorbell camera footage. He said police have also interviewed the suspect's wife.Police recovered the AR-15-style rifle that Oropesa allegedly used in the shootings but au...

Tornado barrels through northern Palm Beach County, causing extensive damage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

A tornado touched down in the northern part of Palm Beach County, causing damage in the area.In a tweet posted Saturday night, officials with the National Weather Service confirmed the twister “occurred in the vicinity of Palm Beach Gardens late this afternoon.”NWS had previously issued a tornado warning for North Palm Beach and Juno Beach until 5:30 p.m.Video posted to social media captured the dark funnel traveling near U.S. 1 and PGA Boulevard.Other video clips captured a car on top of another in a parking lot, as residents came to terms with what just happened and assessed the damage to their vehicles.The strong winds also shattered windows, broke tree limbs, toppled light posts and tossed dumpsters onto their sides.Saturday night, Florida Power and Light reported at least 7,000 customers in Palm Beach County without power.No injuries have been reportedNWS officials said they are surveying damage along the path of the tornado and will have further details in the comi...

Butler, Heat start 2nd round with 108-101 win over Knicks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the No. 8-seeded Miami Heat kept rolling after barely reaching the postseason, beating the New York Knicks 108-101 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.Gabe Vincent scored 20 points for the Heat, who became the sixth No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 when they toppled Milwaukee in the first round and continue to look nothing like a team that needed to win a play-in game just to get the final postseason berth in the East.They averaged 124 points in that series behind Butler’s 37.6 per game, but they pulled this one out with old-fashioned defense and rebounding that has always worked so well before for them at this time of year.RJ Barrett scored 26 points and Jalen Brunson had 25 for the fifth-seeded Knicks, who are in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2013. They started strong and led most of the first half, but the Heat eventually got the Madison Square Garden crowd quieter and...

Knicks collapse in second half, drop Game 1 to Heat 108-101

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

Jimmy Butler was on the court, writing in pain.There was about five minutes remaining in Sunday’s Game 1, and it felt, during that brief moment, that Butler’s badly twisted ankle shifted the game, perhaps the series, to the Knicks.Except it didn’t work out like that. At least not in Game 1. Butler never subbed out. He emerged out of the timeout to bury two free throws. He was clearly under physical distress, limping around the court down the stretch.But it was the Knicks who were shellshocked at MSG, not the Heat.In the two minutes following Butler’s injury, the Knicks were outscored, 9-2, and that stretch became the story of Miami’s 108-101 victory Sunday at MSG. Butler was nothing more than a decoy in the final minutes, standing around the perimeter while watching teammates Kyle Lowry, Gabe Vincent and Bam Adebayo bury the home team.Butler still finished with 25 points and 11 boards. The Knicks, playing without Julius Randle, had no rebuttal. They sho...

Beyonce petitions IRS to contest $2.7M back tax bill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

After the Internal Revenue Service claimed Beyoncé owed nearly $2.7 million in back taxes from 2018 and 2019, she has now decided to file a petition disputing the claim.The 41-year-old music and fashion icon filed the petition in April, and has also requested a trial over the matter in Los Angeles, reports People. A potential date for the trial is unknown.The IRS originally dealt Beyoncé a Notice of Deficiency, which claimed she owed a total of $805,850 from 2018 and $1,442,747 from 2019, in addition to $449,719.40 in combined penalties from the two-year period.Beyoncé’s legal team is disputing at least $868,766 of that total, arguing that Bey had donated that amount to charity in 2018, and therefore it should have been counted as a deduction. The petition also agues that if there’s a deficiency in her payments, she “has acted reasonably and in good faith,” and should not be required to pay it.The Grammy winner has supported multiple charities over the course of her career, an...

Heat, Butler make another playoff statement, pushing past Knicks 108-101 in series opener

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

The opponent changed, the magic continues.The team that required two chances just to survive the play-in round, entering the NBA playoffs as the No. 8 seed at the bottom of the Eastern Conference bracket, is now three victories from consecutive appearances in the conference finals.No, nothing as dramatic as pushing past the No. 1-seeded Milwaukee Bucks, as they did in five games in the first round, but the Miami Heat made another statement Sunday.This time it was overcoming a 12-point deficit to take a 1-0 lead over the New York Knicks in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals with a 108-101 victory at Madison Square Garden.With Jimmy Butler again in playoff mode, the Heat made it a second consecutive series of stealing homecourt advantage, having done it two weeks earlier at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum.Butler led the Heat with 25 points and 11 rebounds, supported by 20 points from Gabe Vincent, 18 from Kyle Lowry and 16 from Bam Adebayo.The Knicks, playing in the injury...

Lawrence man accused of supplying drugs to person who died in police custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:21 GMT

A Lawrence man is accused of supplying drugs to a person who died while in police custody early Saturday morning, according to police.Javier Garcia, 49, had been in custody himself at the Lawrence Police Department headquarters after being arrested this weekend for disorderly conduct.Garcia will now face an additional charge of distribution of a Class A substance following the death of 25-year-old Lawrence man Christian Marte-Martinez. He died early Saturday while in custody for disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property.Marte-Martinez was placed into a cell at police headquarters at 1:15 a.m. Saturday. Garcia was being held in the same cell.Then at about 5 a.m. Saturday, police discovered that Marte-Martinez was unresponsive. They began CPR and other life-saving measures before he was transported to Lawrence General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The incident remains under investigation by the Essex County District Attorney’s Office State Police Detectiv...