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1 dead after Christmas morning fire in Centreville, firefighters say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

One person is dead after an early morning fire in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Monday.Firefighters were called around 5:30 a.m. to a townhouse on Red River Drive in Centreville, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.The department said they found one person dead when they arrived at the home.Units are on scene of a townhouse fire in the 14100 blk of Red River Dr in the Centreville area. Crews arrived with smoke and fire showing from the home. The fire is under control. Crews located one deceased civilian. No firefighter injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/SMzXrUunOR— Fairfax County Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) December 25, 2023A spokesperson with the department told WTOP the age and gender of the person has not yet been confirmed.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Below is a map of the area where the fire took place. Source

Así es el tren interoceánico en México: rutas, horarios, precios y más

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

(CNN Español) — “Lo han venido soñando desde hace siglos, autoridades, reyes, políticos, gobernantes. Desde que se llevó a cabo la invasión española, Carlos V le pidió a Hernán Cortés que buscara un paso que uniera a los dos océanos”.Esto es lo que dijo el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, sobre uno de los planes prioritarios de su Gobierno: crear en el corredor interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec una plataforma logística para interconectar, a través de 1.200 kilómetros de vías férreas, en conjunto con el sistema carretero nacional, los puertos de Salina Cruz (Oaxaca), Coatzacoalcos (Veracruz), Puerto Chiapas (Chiapas) y Dos Bocas (Tabasco), facilitando con ello, el comercio regional y mundial, con acceso a Estados Unidos, Centro y Sudamérica, señaló.Un proyecto con el cual México, según López Obrador, no busca competir con Panamá y su canal, sino que tiene en cuenta que esa vía interoceánica en la nación centroamericana “ya está saturada”.Uno de los puntos...

Salario mínimo en México: ¿de cuánto es el aumento para 2024 y cuándo entra en vigor?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

(CNN Español) — A partir de este 1 de enero, los trabajadores mexicanos que ganan el salario mínimo recibirán un aumento del 20% en su percepción.En México existen dos zonas salariales: la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte, que está compuesta por 43 municipios de los estados de Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León y Tamaulipas, y el resto del país.Con el aumento del 20% aprobado el pasado 1 de diciembre —el quinto en lo que va del gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador— así queda el salario mínimo en México:El salario mínimo general pasa de 207,44 a 248,93 pesos diarios (US$ 12,20 a US$ 14,64)Mientras que el salario en la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte pasa de 312,41 a 374,89 pesos diarios (US$ 18,37 a US$ 22,04)Esto se traduce en que un trabajador recibirá 11.403 pesos al mes en la frontera norte (US$ 670,49) y 7.508 pesos mensuales (US$ 441,47) en el resto del país, de acuerdo con lo aprobado por la Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos (Conasami), or...

1 dead in potential hit-and-run crash early Christmas Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora are investigating what is believed to be a fatal hit-and-run crash early Christmas morning.Around 1:20 a.m., officers responded to a report of a man down near the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street. CSP: 1 dead in officer-involved shooting on US Highway 36 in Boulder County An unidentified man was found with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died.Investigators believe the man is the victim of a hit-and-run, and that the vehicle in question is a dark-colored pickup truck.The driver and the vehicle have not been identified or located.Anyone with information about the driver or the truck is asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

Denver activates cold weather shelter plan amid potential policy change

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver activated its cold weather shelters overnight on Christmas Eve because of frigid temperatures. This comes as Denver City Council is looking to raise the threshold of what qualifies shelters to open. Last week, two resolutions expanding services for the unhoused population in the city were passed out of committee and will move to the council as a whole. The first would increase the threshold to 32 degrees. Right now, warming shelters in the city are only open when temperatures drop below 20 degrees.  Local woman looking for owner of Christmas card with cash The second resolution would prevent police from conducting homeless camp sweeps if temperatures are under 32 degrees. A big talker of the Dec. 20 meeting was the cost of the shelters. For December 2022, presenters estimated that if the warming shelter was open for 90 days, at $50,000 per day, it would equal a cost of about $4.5 million. During the meeting, a concern of Council Member Flynn was the num...

Investigation underway after shots fired at home Brockton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

Police are investigating after shots were fired into a home in Brockton early Christmas morning.Officers responding to a report of a house damaged by gunfire on Tilton Avenue around 11 a.m. determined the incident occurred around 3 a.m. There were no reported injuries,Anyone with information is urged to call Brockton Police at 508-941-0200.

Sheep on the lam captured by Boston police officers, returned to Southie Christmas service

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

Rudolph wasn’t the only one making a run for it on Christmas.Two sheep escaped from a Southie church service on Christmas Eve before Boston police officers helped corral the fleeing duo.At around 4 p.m., police officers responded to Boston Street in Andrew Square near Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Parish. The officers were responding to a report of two sheep on the lam.“A white sheep and a black sheep had escaped from a Christmas service,” a Boston Police spokesperson said on Monday. “They were captured and returned to the church.”Video of the Christmas Eve sheep incident made the rounds on social media. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Live Boston News (@livebostonnews)Related ArticlesLocal News | Cardinal O’Malley joins Pine Street Inn residents for Christmas Eve: ‘We never turn anyone away’ Local News | The Menino family toy drive celebrates 30 years: More than 300 families receive gifts on ...

Holiday travel is mostly nice, but with some naughty disruptions again on Southwest Airlines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

Conditions were mostly nice this year for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas, but some naughty disruptions again plagued those flying with Southwest Airlines.For millions of people traveling over the holiday, this year was much better than last. Christmas morning put a bow on a relatively smooth weekend.By midday Monday, only 138 flights within, into or out of the U.S. had been canceled and 1,366 were delayed, according to the tracking website FlightAware.For this holiday season, U.S. airlines prepared for massive waves of travelers by hiring thousands of pilots, flight attendants and other workers — in an effort to avoid the delays and cancellations that marred travel in 2022, culminating with the Southwest Airlines debacle that stranded more than 2 million people.Still, Southwest experienced hiccups again over the weekend that the airline was looking to clear by Monday. Just 2% of the airline’s flights were canceled Monday, though 12% were delayed, which is 524 flights tot...

Armenian leader travels to Russia despite tensions and promises economic bloc cooperation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whose country’s relations with Russia grew tense this year, said Monday that when Armenia takes the rotating chairmanship of a Moscow-dominated economic alliance he will try to suppress politics obstructing regional integration.Armenia is to become the chairman country of the Eurasian Economic Union in 2024. The bloc, established in 2014, includes Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan along with Russia and Armenia and encourages the free movement of goods and services.Pashinyan in the past year has offended Russia by refusing to allow a Moscow-led security alliance to hold exercises in Armenia and by declining to attend an alliance summit.Russia also was angered when Armenia joined the Treaty of Rome, which established the International Criminal Court that has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on charges of war crimes for deportation of children during the war with Ukraine.However, Pashin...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:47 GMT

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 31-Jan. 6:Dec. 31: Actor Anthony Hopkins is 86. Actor Sarah Miles (“The Big Sleep”) is 82. Actor Barbara Carrera (“Never Say Never Again”) is 82. Guitarist Andy Summers of The Police is 81. Actor Ben Kingsley is 80. Singer Burton Cummings of The Guess Who is 76. Actor Tim Matheson is 76. Actor Joe Dallesandro (“The Limey”) is 75. Bassist Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith is 72. Actor James Remar (“Dexter”) is 70. Actor Bebe Neuwirth (“Madam Secretary,” “Cheers”) is 65. Singer Paul Westerberg is 64. Actor Val Kilmer is 64. Guitarist Ric Ivanisevich of Oleander is 61. Guitarist Scott Ian of Anthrax is 60. Actor Gong Li (2020’s “Mulan,” “Memories of a Geisha”) is 58. Singer-actor Joe McIntyre of New Kids on the Block is 51. Cellist Mikko Siren of Apocalyptica is 48. Singer Psy is 46. Drummer Bob Bryar (My Chemical Romance) is 44. Drummer Jason Sechrist of Portugal. The Man is 44. Actor Ricky Whittle (“American Gods”) is 44. Actor Erich Bergen (“Madam Se...