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Md. and Va. school employees can snag a free car wash this month

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

There’s nothing like going back to school in style, and in that spirit, a local car wash company is helping to make sure school employees are riding clean as they start the new school year.Through Aug. 31, Mr Wash Car Wash is offering free car washes to all teachers, faculty and administrators across Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mr Wash Car Wash (@mrwashcarwash)“We are excited to show our gratitude for the hard work and dedication of our educators and school faculty across our region,” said Mr Wash Car Wash President, Nathan Harris in a news release. “Teachers, Administrators and Faculty can mention their role to any of our team members to receive their Free Express Signature+ Extra Shine Car Wash and their School ID is not required.”Mr Wash is offering the special to school employees at locations throughout Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, including:4148 S Four Mile Run Dr. Arlington, VA*101 N Glebe ...

Contreras, Frelick help Brewers beat Padres 10-6 for 8th straight victory

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Scoring isn’t a problem for the Milwaukee Brewers anymore.William Contreras homered and doubled, Sal Frelick drove in three runs and the Milwaukee Brewers capitalized on San Diego’s control problems to beat the Padres 10-6 on Sunday for their eighth consecutive victory. The Brewers have scored at least five runs in each game during this win streak and had at least six runs in all but one of them. They had scored as many as five runs just 53 times in their first 122 games.“We just have good at bats,” said Mark Canha, who had two hits during the Brewers’ seven-run rally in the sixth inning. “We’re doing a little bit of everything. We’re walking. We’re hitting for power. We’re just getting on base and also cashing in runs with runners in scoring position. We’re just kind of ‘offense-ing.’ “Milwaukee’s seven-run sixth inning matched its most productive inning this season and helped the Brewers erase an early 4-1 defi...

Police searching for suspect after 3 injured in Denver shooting

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department said three victims were taken to the hospital Sunday evening after a shooting.DPD tweeted about the incident just after 6 p.m. Sunday. Videos capture bright meteor falling above Colorado It happened in the 4000 block of Lipan Street, DPD said three victims were taken to a local hospital, but the extent of their injuries was unknown.Police were searching for suspect information and said the investigation was ongoing.

Florida Gov. Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON (Associated Press)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness ” — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil. Ju’...

City Councilor Fernandes Anderson reportedly robbed on Mass and Cass walkthrough

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was reportedly robbed during a walkthrough of the city’s troubled Mass and Cass area Saturday evening, according to multiple sources.At about 7:43 p.m., a redacted Boston Police report reads, an unnamed victim approached a police officer on Southampton Street and reported that an unknown white man stole her phone.Three sources confirmed to the Herald that Fernandes Anderson was the victim who’s name was redacted in the police report.The Mass and Cass area, known for homeless encampments and increasingly rampant drug activity, is largely concentrated around Southampton and Atkinson Streets. Fernandes Anderson’s reported walkthrough of the area comes in the wake of an updated city plan to address issues in the area and ahead of the council’s planned discussion on related legislation next week.The phone was snatched from the councilor’s hands while she was taking pictures around 112 Southampton Street, the report sta...

Trump voters and donors unbothered by debate dodge, fueled by arrests

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

Former President Donald J. Trump has been arrested four times since he left office and declined to participate in his party’s first debate, but Republican voters seem to know who they want, and it’s Trump, according to another round of polls.After skipping the party debate Wednesday evening and despite his arrest by authorities in Georgia on Thursday, recent polling and fundraising indicate that Trump continues to maintain his grip on the GOP.According to Trump’s campaign, on the Friday following his surrender to authorities in Fulton County the 45th president had his best fundraising day of the 2024 campaign. His jail mugshot, plastered on campaign memorabilia and shared across the one-term chief executive’s social media accounts, is apparently quite appealing to conservative donors.“Close to $20 [million] raised in the last 3 weeks, coinciding with indictment in DC and the Atlanta mugshot,” Trump 2024 campaign spokesman Steven Cheung claimed Saturday via X, the social media ...

Police investigate SDSU sexual assault report

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are investigating a report from a San Diego State University (SDSU) student who says they were sexually assaulted by a driver they thought was for a rideshare vehicle, school officials said.The incident was alerted to the San Diego Police Department on Sunday, SDSU said in a news release.The student told police they entered a vehicle thinking it was a rideshare vehicle at an unknown location possibly in the College Area, according to the university. USPS supervisor slashed outside of post office in North County "At some point between the victim/survivor entering the vehicle and getting dropped off at an off-campus location at the area of 70th Street and Saranac Street in the City of San Diego, the victim/survivor told police that the driver sexually assaulted them," SDSU said.The description of a suspect is limited at this time, but police will share more details about the person once it becomes available, per the university. Anyone with information is ur...

Unifor autoworkers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strikes at GM, Ford, Stellantis

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

TORONTO — Workers at a trio of major automakers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of allowing their union to call a strike if bargaining committees can’t secure new collective agreements in the coming months. Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, says its members at Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis all voted between 98 and 99 per cent in favour of the strike mandate.The vote took place over the weekend amid a pause in bargaining talks. The current batch of collective agreements, which cover 18,000 workers at the “Detroit Three” automakers, are set to expire before midnight on Sept. 18.The results mirror a strike mandate handed down by members of the U.S.-based United Auto Workers union on Friday, who are negotiating with the trio of automakers at the same time.Unifor National President Lana Payne issued a release saying the union’s bargaining teams are set to resume talks with support from members across the auto sector and a...

Highland Park man dies, ID'd after crashing bike in northern suburbs

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

GLENCOE, Ill. — A man who was hospitalized after crashing his bicycle on Wednesday afternoon in the northern suburbs has died, according to the Glencoe Department of Public Safety.Officials say 64-year-old John Kezday was hospitalized after the crash, which occurred around 4 p.m. near the intersection of Sheridan Road and South Avenue in Glencoe. North suburban bicyclist critical after hitting back of van According to an initial investigation by Glencoe Public Safety, Kezday was riding his bicycle northbound on Sheridan Road, past South Avenue, when he ran into the back of a stopped Dodge Ram ProMaster.Authorities say they responded to the scene around 4:15 p.m. and began life-saving measures on Kezday before he was taken to the hospital by ambulance in critical condition.The driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene and cooperated with authorities during the investigation. CPD: 12-year-old girl missing from Austin neighborhood Kezday, who was a Highland Park resident, succumbed...

Slim rain chances Monday, but not as hot

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:35:51 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We all cooled off, but we didn't all get rain. Rainfall amounts ranged from nothing to almost a full inch in parts of Central Texas. Rain chances drop down to just 10% for the rest of the night as drier weather settles in. CENTRAL TEXAS RAINFALL TOTALS As the rain and rain cooled air approached, temperatures dropped from 106º to 82º within just one hour in Austin early Sunday evening. This was one of the biggest 1 hour temperature drops in Austin history! Our official high on Sunday in Austin at Camp Mabry was 109º, but the 110º at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the second hottest temperature they've ever recorded and a new record for the date.Showers continue to fade with the loss of daytime heating and the rest of the night will be mostly dry with lows in the upper 70s and low 80s.The above-mentioned cold front will knock temperatures down closer to 100º or the upper 90s on Monday and Tuesday, but most areas will be back up to triple digits again on W...