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Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

NEW YORK — Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, downing 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes.Chestnut out ate runner-up Geoffrey Esper and the rest of an international field of 15 competitive eaters by double digits to clinch his 16th title. Esper, of Oxford, Massachusetts managed to ingest 49 hot dogs and buns.In the women’s contest, defending champion Miki Sudo forced down 39 1/2 hot dogs and buns to collect her ninth Mustard Belt. But before the men could compete, stormy weather moved over New York City’s Coney Island and delayed the competition for two hours.“What a roller coaster, emotionally,” Chestnut said after riding out the rain and wondering whether the famed contest would go on at all. The 39-year-old from Westfield, Indiana first competed for the Nathan’s title in 2005 and hasn’t lost it since 2015. His best finish was in 2021 when he ...

Search continues for two people missing after Quebec landslide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

SAGUENAY, Que. — A search continued Tuesday for two people swept away by landslides in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region triggered Saturday by a “phenomenal” rainfall that washed away roads and caused flooding.Rescue teams continued to look for a man and woman in their 40s missing in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 260 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. More than 50 residents of the town were forced to leave their homes after a storm on Saturday dumped 130 millimetres of rain in the space of two hours.During a technical briefing on Tuesday, officials said the “the phenomenal amount” of rain that fell on Saturday in the Parc du Fjord-du-Saguenay triggered seven or eight landslides on the main road that leads to the campground at the provincial park.An engineer with the Transport Department showed an aerial photo of a vehicle where a landslide occurred on Saturday.“What we understand of the event is that there was a first small landslide and peop...

Whitby woman charged with impaired had 5-year-old in car, toddler at home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

Durham Regional Police said a woman suspected of driving while under the influence had her five-year-old child in the car with her at the time of her arrest and a toddler at home alone.Officers received reports of an impaired driver just before 9 a.m. on July 1 in the Columbus Road East and Baldwin Street North area in Whitby, Ont.Police tracked down the vehicle and noticed the driver showed signs of being impaired.Once the driver was pulled over, police located a five-year-old child in the vehicle and determined that the woman had left her two-year-old at home unsupervised.The children were physically unharmed.A 28-year-old woman from Oshawa, Ont. was charged with impaired operation and failing to comply with police.The woman was not identified.

Up to 9 people treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at North York construction site, 1 hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

Paramedics say up to nine people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning following an unknown accident at a construction site in North York on Tuesday afternoon, with one requiring hospitalization.Emergency crews were called to the site at Yonge Street and Cummer Avenue near Finch Avenue East just before 1:30 p.m. .Police say it appears to be ventilation issues with the exhaust from the machinery.The condition of the person taken to hospital is not yet known. The others are being treated and assessed at the scene.The Ministry of Labour is investigating.Police are advising drivers of traffic delays in the area while emergency vehicles are on scene.

Andy Murray gets a win at rainy Wimbledon and a thumbs-up from Roger Federer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — On a day filled with far more rain drops than drop shots at Wimbledon — light, but persistent, showers prevented the completion, or even start, of dozens of matches — Roger Federer and Andy Murray provided the highlights.The retired Federer, who won a men’s-record eight of his 20 Grand Slam titles at the All England Club, was in the front row of the Royal Box, where he sat next to Kate, the Princess of Wales. Federer was saluted with a 1 1/2-minute standing ovation during a pre-match tribute to his career at Centre Court on Tuesday.Hours later, Murray was down below, competing.Murray won two of his three Grand Slam titles and one of his two Olympic gold medals on that rather famous patch of grass and — even if those triumphs were long ago; even if he is now 36 with an artificial hip — the locals fondly remember those good times, especially his 2013 championship that made him the first British man in 77 years to win the event. They hope against hope for an a...

Suspicious powder found at White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered a suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance was cocaine, two law enforcement officials said Tuesday.Secret Service agents were doing routine rounds on Sunday when they found the white powder in an area accessible to tour groups, not in any particular West Wing office, the officials said.The officials were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.The complex was evacuated at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday as fire and emergency crews were brought in to do a rapid test, which preliminarily identified cocaine. The White House was soon reopened, and the powder was sent for further testing.Biden and his family left for Camp David on Friday and returned to the White House on Tuesday.The Secret Service said in a statement the White House was clo...

ISP launches new website for crime statistics

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- Illinois State Police (ISP) launched a new website for Illinois residents to view Illinois crime statistics Saturday.According to an ISP press release, as part of the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting (I-UCR) Program, the Crime in Illinois Online website serves as the state repository for crime statistics to provide reliable information for use in law enforcement.“The new Crime in Illinois Online website helps meet the growing demand for crime data andtransparency,” said ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly. “Legislators, media, academia and the publiccan use this data to drive public safety priorities and decisions as crime fluctuates from year-to-year in communities across Illinois.” Some fireworks are legal in Illinois, but they can still be dangerous Information on the site includes crime rates per county, the type of offenses, trends, andmore.The I-UCR program adopted the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2021 to match the FBI's reporting...

Some fireworks are legal in Illinois, but they can still be dangerous

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

(WTVO) -- Firework-related injuries are common around the Fourth of July.Most fireworks are illegal in Illinois, but even the legal ones are risky. About a quarter of all emergency room visits are due to legal fireworks in the state.Items like "Sparklers" can be dangerous if they are given to children who are too young to handle them, or if they are lit in a way that they should not be. They can cause a larger fire, which can be potentially harmful. What beaches in the Chicago area are open on Fourth of July? "Never light a firework in your hand," said Dr. Ben Kemp, emergency department physician at OSF Healthcare. "Obviously, that can explode unexpectedly, quickly, and you can get blast injuries to the hand, or burns to the hand that an be very harmful. And also, burns to clothing. Clothing lights on fire, and then you get burns to other areas. Facial injuries too, so, a firework goes off in someone's face, you can get injuries to the eye and the face that can be rather harmful, ...

Exclusive: Austin vehicle inspector charged with faking safety, emissions tests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A state vehicle inspector was arrested in Austin, accused of falsifying safety and emissions tests since 2018 for profit — upwards of $300 a piece — while allowing hundreds of unsafe vehicles on the road, according to law enforcement.The arrest comes weeks after a Hays County vehicle inspector was arrested, accused of illegally selling vehicle inspection reports, and after the Texas Department of Public Safety announced a crackdown on fraudulent vehicle inspections, dubbed "Operation Cinderblock." Rivera Welding on East Seventh Street in AustinMaritza Rivera-Tirado, 29, was arrested after law enforcement detected "inspection data irregularities" and set up an undercover sting operation, according to court records. She worked at Rivera Welding on East Seventh Street in Austin. A sign in front advertises the business as an official vehicle inspection station.Maritza Rivera-Tirado booking photo (Courtesy of APD)KXAN tried for two days to get a comment from the business....

Cody Cropper retires as player, joins St. Thomas men’s soccer staff

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:06 GMT

Cody Cropper won’t pack away his goalkeeping gloves just yet.Cropper, who spent his pre-teen and early teenage years in Maple Grove, retired as a player over the weekend and will begin as an assistant coach with the St. Thomas men’s soccer program.“I’m thrilled Cody has entrusted us in his next career steps,” Tommies head coach Jon Lowers said in a tweet. “He’s a big-time add to our growing program.”St. Thomas made the jump from Division III to DI last year, and Cropper, 30, will bring a dozen years of first-hand experience in the professional ranks.Cropper’s pro career started before he finished high school when he joined lower-level England club Ipswich Town in 2010. He left MK Dons in England after 2016 and played in MLS for New England Revolution (2016-19), FC Cincinnati (2021) and Vancouver Whitecaps (2022) as well as three clubs in the second-tier USL Championship.Cropper thanked his wife, family, teammates, coaches and fans in an Instagram post. “As I bid farewell to the spor...