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How to grow your cup of coffee (and enjoy a pretty houseplant)

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

About 20 years ago, while on vacation in Nashville, Tennessee, I saw my first coffee plant growing inside a greenhouse. I was fascinated to learn that its red “cherries” grew in bunches and that each cherry contained two seeds, which are what we call coffee beans.I was also surprised to learn that coffee can be grown indoors and, with proper care and some patience, will even produce beans that can be roasted (or toasted) for brewing, although likely just enough for a cup or two. Still, with its beautiful glossy green leaves, fragrant white flowers and shrubby habit, Coffea arabica makes a handsome and fun houseplant.You should have no trouble finding it at larger nurseries, and houseplant catalogs and websites.Coffea trees grow to roughly 25 feet tall in the wild on their home turf near the equator. As potted houseplants, they top out at about 6 feet, but are often trimmed to a more manageable size without ill effects.GROWING CONDITIONSTo grow one yourself, plant it in a well-draini...

American Cancer Society marks 30th anniversary of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

The American Cancer Society is celebrating a significant milestone during its 2023 campaign. During the Miami-Dade Commission meeting on Tuesday, the organization made a special presentation, marking the 30th anniversary of their “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” campaign.WSVN proudly sponsors this campaign, which hosts the “Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk” on Saturday, October 28, at LoanDepot Park in Miami and at its new venue, the Amarant Bank Arena, in Broward this Saturday. This enduring initiative underscores the collective commitment to fighting breast cancer and supporting those affected by it.

Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in a Florida prison on wrongful conviction

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities said.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting, identified the man as Leonard Allen Cure, 53.Cure had been represented in his exoneration case by the Innocence Project of Florida. The group’s executive director, Seth Miller, said he was devastated by news of the death, which he heard from Cure’s family.“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent and watch him be sentenced to life in prison, to be exonerated and … then be told that once he’s been freed, he’s been shot dead,” Miller said.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a Camden County deputy pulled over Cure as he drove along Interstate 95 near the Georgia-Florida line. He got out of the car at the deputy’s request and cooperated at first but became violent after he was told ...

Dolphins have an offense built to carry them through the upcoming tough stretch on their schedule

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins are showing few weaknesses on offense.At 5-1, the Dolphins have bulldozed teams behind Tua Tagovailoa’s accuracy, wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s dynamics and a running game that has been just as productive as their passing attack.Miami overcame a 14-point deficit to defeat the Panthers 42-21 Sunday in a game that showed coach Mike McDaniel the growth in his team from last season to now.“It was a big day for our football team and I think the guys knew it,” McDaniel said. “They didn’t bat an eye. They didn’t go at each other. They didn’t question calls. They didn’t do all the things that when it’s the first time that you’ve put forth maximum effort and you have enough talent on your team, the first time that happens, it’s not that easy.”Miami will next face the athletic dual-threat quarterback Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles (5-1), and Tagovailoa understands the magnitude of that matchup. It will provide the Dolphins with ...

Putin in first pictured handshake with EU leader since start of Ukraine invasion

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in China on Tuesday — the first photographed handshake between the Russian president and an EU leader since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.According to Russian state-run news outlet TASS, Orbán told Putin that, “Hungary has never sought to confront Russia. Rather, the opposite is true: Hungary has always pursued the goal of building and expanding the best communication.”Putin said, “it is very important to have a chance to exchange views not only on bilateral relations, but also on the situation in the world and in Europe with one of the EU countries — with Hungary in this case,” adding, “we know that our positions do not always coincide, but an opportunity to exchange views, in my opinion, is always extremely important.”The meeting took place at a two-day forum on Tuesday marking the 10th anniversary of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s br...

Supreme Court allows Biden administration to continue fully enforcing ghost gun regulations

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Biden administration to continue regulating so-called ghost guns – untraceable homemade weapons – as firearms under federal law.The court’s brief order grants the Justice Department’s request to wipe away a lower court order and allow the regulations to remain in effect while a legal challenge brought by firearm manufacturers continues to play out in the lower courts.There were no noted dissents to the order.Ghost guns are kits that a user can buy online to assemble a fully functional firearm. They have no serial numbers, do not require background checks and provide no transfer records for easy traceability. Critics say they are attractive to people who are legally prohibited from buying firearms.In the Justice Department’s emergency application to the justices, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar pointed out that a district court judge had essentially ignored an order the Supreme Court issued ...

Grand Canyon issues warning about ‘love locks’

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

(CNN) — “Love is strong, but our bolt cutters are stronger,” reads a new Facebook post from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.In the post shared on social media earlier this week, the park management expresses concern about ‘love locks.’ These popular objects are padlocks that are hung from a metal fence, often bearing a couple’s name or initials, with the key then thrown into a nearby body of water.Many people believe that the locks are good luck for a relationship, and that throwing away the key symbolizes an unbroken love.However, while the locks themselves are considered “littering” and “graffiti” in the park, it’s the keys that can cause even more serious problems.The critically endangered California condor is attracted to shiny things, and as a result some of the birds have eaten keys out of the water and required surgery to remove them.“Condors are curious animals and much like a small child will investigate strange things they come across with th...

Two Holyoke suspects charged with accessory murder in fatal shooting involving a baby

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

Two suspects have been charged with accessory murder in the Holyoke fatal shooting that involved a baby, according to police.Both 31-year-old Jose Galarza and 29-year-old Jay Marie Rosado-Rosario were charged with accessory after the fact — murder. The charges for the Holyoke residents are connected to the fatal bus shooting two weeks ago.Both suspects have been charged in relation to the police’s ongoing effort to find the third suspect in the shooting, Kermith Alvarez. The pair of suspects are accused of helping Alvarez after the shooting.Last week, the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, Holyoke Police Department, and Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section reported that they were looking for Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke.Alvarez is reportedly trying to avoid police, the firearm used in this incident has not been found, and he should be considered armed and dangerous, according to police.Holy...

San Marcos couple returns from harrowing trip to Israel

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

SAN MARCOS, Calif. -- A local couple who were on vacation in Israel and got stuck there after Hamas unleashed its attacks has made it home.Patty Kolb and her husband are back in San Marcos, arriving in San Diego Sunday night after a harrowing trip to Israel.“We have to use the experiences of the last eight days for a greater good and we believe that that's the purpose of why we were there,” Kolb said.They were there for about a week visiting friends and touring sites when everything changed with Hamas’ terror attacks.“Potentially at anytime, we could have been I guess bombed, at no time was I fearful,” Kolb said.But getting out was not easy.The couple’s flight home was canceled, rescheduled, then canceled again. Eventually, they found a Saturday flight from Tel Aviv to Athens. Man arrested after machete attack, SWAT standoff in Oceanside “We spent a lot of time in bomb shelters including about 15 minutes before we left our Airbnb to go to the airport and a half hour before we boar...

Ukraine has used US-provided long-range ATACMS missiles against Russian forces for the first time

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:50:33 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The long-range ballistic missiles sought by Ukraine have been delivered quietly by the U.S. and were being used on the battlefield against Russia on Tuesday, an official familiar with the move said, nearly a month after President Joe Biden promised them to his Ukrainian counterpart.The official was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter before an official announcement and spoke Tuesday on the condition of anonymity. The missiles’ delivery to the warfront was shrouded in secrecy, with the expectation that the first public acknowledgement would come when the missiles were used on the battlefield.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders have been urgently pressing the U.S. to provide the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS. But the U.S. balked for months, worried that Kyiv could use the weapons to hit deep into Russian territory, enraging Moscow and escalating the conflict.Biden finally greenlighted the delivery last month a...