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Fire tears through a parking garage at London’s Luton Airport, and 5 people have been hospitalized

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A massive fire tore through a newly built parking garage at one of London’s international airports early Wednesday, and four firefighters and an airport employee were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.All flights at Luton Airport were suspended until 3 p.m. U.K. time Wednesday, the airport said in a statement, and would-be passengers were asked to stay away because emergency crews were still on scene and access was restricted. Luton, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of central London, is a hub for budget airlines such as easyJet, Ryanair and others.In addition to the five people hospitalized, a sixth person was treated at the scene.Video posted on social media and on British news outlets’ websites showed police and fire department vehicles gathered outside a multi-story parking structure where the top level was engulfed in flames. The parking garage for Terminal 2 partially collapsed after the fire started around 9 p.m. Tuesday. Russell Taylor, 41, an account...

Commission disburses third payment of €18.5 billion to Italy under the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

The payment of €18.5 billion on 9 October in grants and loans was made possible by Italy's fulfilment of the 54 milestones and targets linked to the third instalment. They cover several key reforms in the areas of competition, justice, education, undeclared work, and water management, as well as transformative investments in digitalisation, particularly concerning the public administration and cybersecurity, renewables, electricity grids, railways, research, tourism, urban regeneration, and social policies.As for all member states, payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU, are performance-based and depend on the implementation by Italy of the investments and reforms described in its recovery and resilience plan.On 30 December 2022, Italy submitted to the Commission the third request for payment under the RRF. On 28 July 2023, the Commission adopted a positive preliminary assessment of Italy's request for payment. ...

Dear Abby: I suspect this girl is not actually my fiance’s niece. Should I demand the truth?

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

DEAR ABBY: My fiance and I have been together nine years. During that time, we have had our ups and downs.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: I’m afraid she’ll get us kicked out of the restaurant. Any advice? Advice | Dear Abby: All these years later, I freak out when I hear her name Advice | Dear Abby: My wife now ‘doesn’t remember’ our crucial conversation Advice | Dear Abby: What I said about his girlfriend got back to her Advice | Dear Abby: The holiday dinner came with an unpleasant surprise Eight years ago, after a year of dating, we decided to move in together. The following year we got into a big argument because his ex-girlfriend was sticking her nose into our household. (She was also dating his brother.) He moved out that night.We were able to repair our relationship and decided to live separately for a while.A month and a half after he moved, I found out his ex wa...

La Guardia Costera de EE.UU. recupera restos y pruebas del submarino Titán

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

(CNN) — Los restos del submarino Titán, que sufrió una implosión catastrófica en junio cuando se dirigía a los restos del Titanic, fueron recuperados, incluidos posibles restos humanos, informó este martes la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos.Los cinco pasajeros a bordo del Titán, una embarcación de 10.432 kg aproximadamente del tamaño de una minivan, murieron poco después de que perdiera el contacto con su nave nodriza, aproximadamente a la hora y 45 minutos de su inmersión hacia el Titanic.Recuperan con éxito restos del submarino Titán 1:08Las pruebas que se recuperaron del fondo marino del océano Atlántico Norte la semana pasada por los ingenieros de seguridad marítima de la Junta de Investigación Marítima de la Guardia Costera fueron “trasladadas con éxito a un puerto estadounidense para su catalogación y análisis”, dice un comunicado de la Guardia Costera.“Otros presuntos restos humanos fueron cuidadosamente recuperados de entre los escombros del Titán y...

Golden Knights raise Stanley Cup banner, beat Kraken 4-1 in opener

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jonathan Marchessault scored, Adin Hill made 23 saves and the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Tuesday night after a banner-raising ceremony.Conn Smythe winner Marchessault scored in the first game of the season for the fourth straight year and the fifth time in seven seasons with Vegas.Chandler Stephenson, Ivan Barbashev and Jack Eichel also scored for the Golden Knights.The Golden Knights improved to 6-1-0 in home openers, their only loss coming in 2018 to Philadelphia. Vegas has outscored their visitors 26-14 in those games.Jared McCann scored Seattle’s lone goal. Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves.Vegas got the scoring going early in the first period when Mark Stone, Brett Howden and Stephenson played tic-tac-toe in the offensive zone. As they crossed the blue line, Stone went cross-ice with a pass to Howden, who sent the puck to the crease where Stephenson was there for the finish.The Golden Knights made it 2-0 when Seattle’s...

Lidia se debilita y se convierte en tormenta tropical

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

(CNN) — Lidia se debilitó hasta convertirse en tormenta tropical, según la actualización de las 2:00 a.m. hora del este de EE.UU. del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC). Lidia tiene vientos de 112 km/h y se mueve hacia el noreste a 37 km/h.Todas las advertencias de huracán han sido cambiadas a advertencias de tormenta tropical, según el Gobierno de México.¿Qué lugares están amenazados por el huracán Lidia ahora que tocó tierra en México?Aquí hay una lista de las advertencias actuales:Hay un aviso de tormenta tropical vigente para:Punta San Telmo a San BlasLidia continúa trayendo fuertes lluvias en todo el occidente y centro de México. Aquí hay algunos totales preliminares de lluvia:Colima: 134 mmManzanillo: 130 mmSe espera un rápido debilitamiento este miércoles a medida que Lidia continúa avanzando hacia el interior.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

MLB playoffs 2023: Rangers sweep into ALCS, 3 games Wednesday as Astros, D-backs look to advance

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

In his first season with Texas, veteran manager Bruce Bochy has guided the Rangers into the AL Championship Series.Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros are one win from making it a Lone Star State affair.Corey Seager and Adolis García homered early, Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven smooth innings in another playoff clincher and the Rangers completed a Division Series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-1 victory Tuesday night in Game 3.The Rangers, whose loss at Seattle on the last day of the regular season made them a wild-card team instead of the AL West champion, have since won all five of their postseason games. They are going to the ALCS for the first time since 2011.“I saw a team that was really motivated,” said Bochy, who managed San Francisco to three World Series titles from 2010-14. “The offense, everybody was doing something to contribute.”In Minneapolis, José Abreu hit a three-run homer in a four-run first inning against Sonny Gray and piled on with a two-run shot in th...

Golden Knights raise Stanley Cup championship banner before season opener

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights raised their Stanley Cup championship banner in the most Las Vegas way possible.Captain Mark Stone placed the Stanley Cup next to an oversized slot machine on the ice Tuesday night before the season opener against the Seattle Kraken and pulled the lever. Three Cups representing the jackpot came up, and then the banner began to emerge from the slot machine as the capacity crowd roared and players looked on just before they beat Seattle, 4-1.“It’s not easy, we had our ring dinner a few nights ago, went to the Raiders last night, so you get a lot of things going on in your life and you’re trying to enjoy what we accomplished but also prepare for a season so you try to balance both,” Vegas forward Jack Eichel said. “It’s an amazing experience to watch a banner go up and you want to enjoy every moment. But in the back of your mind, you’re preparing for a game as well.”Before the players came on the ice, a video played in T-Mobile Arena going through th...

Fiscalía de Paraguay abre causa penal tras declaraciones de testigo que acusa al expresidente Cartes del homicidio del fiscal Pecci

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Paraguay abrió este lunes una causa penal para determinar la veracidad del testimonio de Francisco Luis Correa Galeano, testigo clave en el caso del homicidio del fiscal Marcel Pecci, que acusó al expresidente Horacio Cartes de ser uno de los autores intelectuales del crimen.Galeano, quien se encuentra detenido y fue condenado por el asesinato del fiscal antidrogas paraguayo, hizo un recuento cronológico de cómo se planeó y ejecutó el crimen y mencionó al expresidente Horacio Cartes así como al presunto narcotraficante Miguel Angel Insfrán, alias Tío Rico, indicó el Ministerio Público.Tras la declaración del testigo, Cartes rechazó las acusaciones a través de su cuenta oficial en X, antes Twitter. “Inmensamente indignado por una acusación infundada, claramente montada con el afán de perjudicarme”, escribió.La Fiscalía de Paraguay abre una investigación contra el expresidente Horacio Cartes y el actual vicepresidente Hugo Velázquez por presunta co...

Bedard has assist in NHL debut, Blackhawks beat Crosby, Penguins 4-2 on opening night

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:47:05 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Top draft pick Connor Bedard had an assist and dazzled occasionally with his skating in the his NHL debut, helping the Chicago Blackhawks beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Tuesday night.The 18-year-old Bedard played over 21 minutes in the opener, often sharing the ice with Crosby, one of his idols. Bedard had five of Chicago’s 35 shots.Crosby began his 19th season by scoring his 551st goal, a shot into an open net off a pass from Jake Guentzel midway through the second period for a 2-0 lead.The Blackhawks roared back behind a goal from Ryan Donato — with a secondary assist from Bedard — in the second period. Cole Guttman tied it midway through the third, and Jason Dickinson gave Chicago the lead with 4:31 remaining. Nick Foligno’s empty-netter with 1:33 to go sent most of the sellout crowd that came to watch one of the NHL’s brightest stars take on one of its newest.Petr Mrazek stopped 38 shots for the Blackhawks.Bryan Rust also scored for...