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Post-Tropical Storm Hilary pushes into Nevada after drenching Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to the desert resort city of Palm Springs and inland mountains, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers.By early Monday, remnants of the storm that first brought soaking rains to Mexico’s arid Baja California peninsula and the border city of Tijuana, threatened Nevada and as far north as Oregon and Idaho with flooding.Southern Californians were battling flooded roads, mudslides and downed trees.“Thank God my family is OK,” Maura Taura said after a three-story-tall tree crashed down on her daughter’s two cars but missed the family’s house in the Sun Valley area of Los Angeles.Hilary is just the latest major weather or climate disaster to wreak havoc across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Hawaii’s island of Maui is still reeling from a blaze that killed more than 100 people and ravaged the historic town of Lahaina, making it the dea...

Lawrence man drowns trying to save child, child’s mother from fast-moving river in NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

A Massachusetts man drowned in New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon while trying to rescue his wife and stepson from a fast-moving river.New Hampshire state troopers responding to a possible drowning in the Swift River in Albany around 12:33 p.m. learned that a family from Massachusetts was on the Passaconaway roadside when a mother and child became stuck in an area with fast-moving water, according to police.Police said the man attempted to rescue his family members and ultimately became stuck in the current himself.The mother and child got to shore and bystanders helped get the father to shore, where they performed CPR. The father, identified as Vincent Parr, 37, of Lawrence, was later pronounced dead. Anyone who witnessed the incident Sunday afternoon or who has additional details is asked to contact New Hampshire State Police – Marine Patrol Lieutenant Crystal McLain at (603) 227-2113 or [email protected] death followed less than a week after a mother from Lynn ...

Man dies, others taken to hospital after crash in Brookline

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

A man died and several other people were taken to the hospital Sunday after a crash on Route 9 in Brookline, police said. Brookline police in a statement said crews responded to the area of Route 9 and Warren Street around 2:40 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a multi-vehicle crash with serious injuries. On scene, police said, officers found one vehicle had hit two other cars before veering off the road and hitting a tree. Police said the driver of the first vehicle and his wife were trapped in their car and had to be extricated by responding firefighters. The driver was pronounced dead, according to police. His wife was taken to a hospital where she was in stable condition and expected to survive as of Sunday night. Three other people from the other cars that were hit were taken to the hospital with what police said were “much less serious injuries.” While the incident remains under investigation, Brookline police on Monday said preliminary informati...

‘Blue Beetle’ unseats ‘Barbie’ from the top of the US box office

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

New York (CNN) — The reign of “Barbie” is over. At least at the box office, anyway.For the first time since its July 21 release, the Greta Gerwig-directed film wasn’t the country’s top-grossing film for the weekend. Instead, DC’s superhero film “Blue Beetle” took its place and grossed an estimated $25.4 million, while “Barbie” slipped to second and brought in $21.5 million, according to studio estimates.“Oppenheimer,” which was also released the same weekend as “Barbie,” fell to third place and made $10.6 million, bringing its total US haul to $285 million.So far, “Barbie” has made $567 million at the US box office. The film ends its place on top smashing several records.Last week, it became Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing domestic release, beating the former title holder, the 2008 film “The Dark Knight.” It’s also still on track to surpass Universal Picture’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” as the biggest domestic release of the year. That movi...

Domino’s Pizza will close all 142 stores in Russia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

London (CNN) — Domino’s Pizza will close all its outlets in Russia, becoming one of the first major Western fast-food chains to exit the country since McDonald’s and Starbucks left more than a year ago.DP Eurasia — the company that owns franchise rights for the Domino’s Pizza brand in Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia — said Monday that it would file for bankruptcy for its Russian unit, DPRussia.The move highlights the increasingly hard choices facing Western firms that stayed in Russia after the start of the Ukraine war. The Kremlin has made it vastly more difficult and more costly for Western companies to sell their Russian businesses. And it has in some cases seized control of firms’ local assets, as with Danish brewer Carlsberg (CABGY) and French yogurt maker Danone (DANOY).“With the increasingly challenging environment, DPRussia’s immediate holding company is now compelled to take this step, which will bring about the termination of the attemp...

South Boston groom picking up passport today (hopefully) in time for Italian wedding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

Strike the wedding bells!A South Boston couple’s romantic Italian ceremony will go on as planned next week, and the groom will be in attendance.Donato Frattaroli is heading to the Boston Passport Agency for an appointment today, the North End native told the Herald this morning. He is set to pick up a new passport (hopefully), just days after his Golden Retriever puppy, Chickie, destroyed his old one.U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch’s Office confirmed with the Herald that it had been handling the case ever since Frattaroli’s fiancee Magda Mazri reached out for help from the congressman. A spokesperson said the office secured the appointment for the couple.Frattaroli had previously told the Herald that he also had been in contact with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey. Local dog lover — PR guru George Regan — also assisted in the process. The story, first reported by the Herald on Friday, went national, with Frattaroli and Mazri appearing in a Monday segment on Good Morning America.Chickie, sho...

Tropical Storm Hilary brings record-breaking rainfall to San Diego County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

SAN DIEGO — Tropical Storm Hilary swept through San Diego County Sunday, with some parts of the region experiencing their wettest August day on record.The National Weather Service is reporting rainfall totals that have not been seen in decades in some areas of the county.Before Hilary, the wettest August day on record in the county was Aug. 17, 1977, when post-hurricane Doreen dropped record-breaking rainfall to most climate stations, NWS said. A quick look at rainfall totals from Hilary The latest rainfall measurements from NWS San Diego show that Tropical Storm Hilary has made Aug. 20, 2023, the wettest August day on record for several areas in the county, breaking the nearly 50-year record.Below is how some reporting station's rain amounts from Sunday stacked up to the previous record, according to weather service officials:StationRainfall for Aug. 20, 2023Rainfall for Aug. 17, 1977San Diego1.82 inches1.80 inchesOceanside Harbor2.38 inches2.20 inchesVista2.12 inches1.45 inches...

Power restored for most as Hilary moves through region

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- As Tropical Storm Hilary continues its northward movement, the storm continues to batter San Diego County with heavy rain and gusty winds.These conditions have had widespread impacts on residents Sunday afternoon, including power outages for thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers. MORE: Tracking Hilary By Monday morning, the majority of outages had been restored, with only 319 customers still being impacted, according to SDG&E's Outage Map.As of 6:30 a.m. Monday, 118 customers in the Julian/ Santa Ysabel/ Morettis communities were still without power due to weather affecting SDG&E equipment.A new outage started around 5:19 a.m. Monday in the south Poway area, with 179 customers losing power, although SDG&E did not say if weather was a factor for this outage.All other outages reported around the county Monday morning were impacting less than 10 customers, according to SDG&E.

Guatemala’s pick of independent anti-corruption progressive as president may face challenge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans overwhelmingly picked an independent progressive to be the country’s next president but his opponent remained silent Monday morning, leaving open the possibility of a challenge to landslide results that resoundingly rejected the country’s elite. With 100% of votes counted, anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo got 58% of the vote to 37% for former first lady Sandra Torres in her third bid for the presidency. The results still have to be certified to become official, an open question as the attorney general’s office attempts to suspend his party’s legal status.“We know that there is a political persecution underway that is being carried out through the institutions and prosecutor’s offices and judges that have been corruptly co-opted,” Arévalo said Sunday night. “We want to think that the force of this victory is going to make it clear that there is no place for the attempts to derail the electoral process. The Guatemalan people have ...

Haiti and Dominican Republic warn of floods and landslides as Tropical Storm Franklin nears

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:57 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin churned through the Caribbean Sea on Monday as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warned residents to prepare for floods and landslides.The storm was located some 240 miles (390 kilometers) south of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph). It was moving west at 6 mph (9 kph) and was forecast to make a sharp turn north late Monday or early Tuesday.Franklin is expected to strengthen before making landfall late Tuesday in Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm is forecast to drop up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain in both countries, with up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) in isolated areas. Heavy rainfall is of great concern to Haiti, given that the country floods easily in many places due to severe erosion. More than 40 people died in June following a day of heavy rain from a thunderstorm.“The mudlslide risk there i...