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‘A day of spiritual victory’: Orthodox Christians in DC area and around the world to celebrate Easter April 16

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of jesus Christ, and a day people can go egg hunting or feast on their favorite meals. But not everyone celebrates the holiday on the same day.Orthodox Christian churches in Ethiopian, Eritrean, Greek, Russian and Serbian cultures will be celebrating their Easter on Sunday, April 16, in accordance with the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.Easter for Orthodox Christian Greeks is called Pascha. For Serbians, it’s called Uskrs or Vaskrs, and for Ethiopians and Eritreans, it’s called Fasika or Tensae.Abiy Tsom, or the Great Lent, is one of the seven fasting seasons for the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches. Those who observe spend 55 days in prayer, avoid meat and dairy products, and take part in almsgiving or giving money or food to poor people.In January, Orthodox Christians in D.C. and around the world celebrate their annual Christmas.According to Bineyam Gebrewold, a Sunday school teacher at Debre Gen...

Man allegedly takes badge, uses it to slice Denver officer's neck

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Two Denver Police Department officers are recovering after a man attacked them on Friday.The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. near 6th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street while an officer was responding to a welfare check.While the officer was talking to the person who called for the welfare check, a suspect came out of the apartment building. Who shot this man and left him to die 25 years ago? According to the probable cause statement, the suspect, who has been identified as Neil Hagerty, 57, attacked the officer, tore the badge off his chest and then used the badge pin to cut the officer's throat.The officer received a six-inch cut to his neck.At the same time, the suspect allegedly tried to pull the officer’s gun out of his holster. Driver clocked going 95 mph in Aurora Another officer responded and Hagerty allegedly continued to fight, causing injuries and lacerations to the second officer's hand. Hagerty also allegedly tried take the second officer'...

Will the snow accumulate in Denver on Friday night?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- After a week where the Mile High City saw back-to-back record-breaking days of heat, things have changed in a drastic way.Temperatures went from being in the 70s and 80s to being in the 30s and 40s on Friday. How much snow could Denver see in April? While it might be wet outside, the Pinpoint Weather team says the Denver metro area will see little to no accumulation with this storm system.Accumulating snowfall is possible for the mountains and foothills, where temperatures have been cooler this week.Is it normal to see snow in April in Denver?Snow in April is not abnormal for Denver. In fact, April is the second snowiest month of the year for Denver. On average, Denver sees 8.8 inches of snowfall during this month.However, Denver has only seen 0.2 inch of snowfall so far this month.If you are wondering how much longer snow could stick around, history tells us that it could be a bit longer. ‘It is unbearable’: This is the smelliest place in Denver, according to c...

The cream-cheese-stuffed bagel is here

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

 (CNN) — In the 1990s, Pizza Hut unveiled an important cheese-in-bread innovation, the stuffed crust pizza. Now, Philadelphia cream cheese and H&H Bagels, a New York City-based bagel shop, are trying to please the carbohydrate- and dairy-loving communities with a new and dubious spin on the stuffed crust: The bagel stuffed with cream cheese.But unlike stuffed-crust pizzas, the bagel is filled with cheese after it is baked, making it more of a cream cheese bagel donut, if not in spirit then at least in form.The bagels are “baked fresh daily and then cooled to be individually stuffed with Philly’s signature cream cheese one at a time,” according to Jay Rushin, CEO of H&H. “H&H Bagels use a pastry tool to pipe in the Philly cream cheese by hand,” he added. “The process leaves very small holes where the insertions are made, similar to a jelly donut.”The obvious question, as is often the case with food mash-ups, is why. WhatR...

Residents blame South Florida Water Management for floods as cleanup begins after in Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

Clean-up efforts are underway for homeowners after Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday, damaging multiple cars and homes. Residents said they have thousands of dollars in damages. Residents who spoke to 7News said something like this has never happened in the area and at one point the water was knee-deep. Now, they are demanding answers from the South Florida Water Management District. Hallie Hodder, a homeowner in one of the affected areas said she came home at around 5 p.m. and within a few hours, water came rushing into her garage.She believes South Florida Water Management didn’t expect this much water, and they may have opened the floodgates which allowed water in, flooding both sides of the street and the canals behind her home. “I think that they opened up the floodgates, and that’s what flooded our canals and everything, ’cause this never happens. We get maybe a foot above the dock when it’s high tide or we have...

EU Parliament aims to tighten access for Qatari, Moroccan diplomats

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

The European Parliament is moving to make it harder for representatives of Qatar and Morocco to influence MEPs, after the two countries were embroiled in a bribes-for-influence scandal dubbed Qatargate.According to a new set of guidelines approved by leading MEPs in a behind-closed-doors meeting Thursday and seen by POLITICO, MEPs and staffers are urged to request the Parliament’s permission to invite the countries’ diplomats onto the premises, and the lawmakers also have to inform Parliament President Roberta Metsola whenever they meet them.The guidelines, however, are not binding — meaning that MEPs will not be sanctioned if they fail to adhere to them. They are designed primarily to clarify the state of play for MEPs, and give Metsola and top civil servants better oversight about who is meeting who, amid an ongoing criminal investigation in Belgium into whether MEPs took bribes from Qatar and Morocco. The move is separate from an ongoing transparency and ethics reform...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

Crews battle brush fires in Northborough, near Mass. Pike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. (WHDH) – A large brush fire in Northborough sent smoke rising into the sky and drew an emergency response Friday. Later Friday afternoon, state police announced troopers were on scene at another fire in Hopkinton. Crews were in Northborough as of around 2:30 p.m. in the Mount Pisgah area, according to police, who asked community members to avoid the area in a message on Twitter. https://twitter.com/NorthboroughPD/status/1646943516327550976Overhead, SKY7-HD captured video of flames as fire crews could be seen nearby. Elsewhere, Massachusetts State Police said its personnel were on scene at a brush fire affecting traffic on the Mass. Pike in Hopkinton as of around 4 p.m. Police asked motorists to avoid the area, warning of “significant delays.”Crews could be seen pouring water off the Pike onto smoke and flames in Hopkinton shortly before 4 p.m. Though some traffic was getting by, heavy backups could be seen in the area.Officials have cont...

Boston-area COVID data keeps falling, Massachusetts virus cases down 15%

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

Boston-area’s COVID cases and the region’s wastewater continues to fall, as state health officials this week also reported a drop in new virus cases and hospitalizations.In the city, the number of new COVID cases has decreased 20% over the past week. The seven-day average of new virus cases is now 2.4 cases per 100,000.Both of the wastewater counts for the south-of-Boston and north-of-Boston regions are plunging. The south-of-Boston seven-day average is now 219 RNA copies per milliliter, which is down from 463 copies last month. The north-of-Boston average is now 247 copies, a drop from 450 copies.Data from the Boston Public Health Commission’s wastewater surveillance program shows that the number of COVID particles in the wastewater did go up over the past week, but the data remains 38% down over the last two weeks.Related ArticlesHealth | Howie Carr: Panic ends with a whimper Health | Battenfeld: Biden declaration that COVID emergency o...

DeSantis’ signing of abortion law could hurt his White House chances, experts say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:28:20 GMT

Steven Lemongello and Jeffrey Schweers | Orlando SentinelGov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to sign one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country could cost him voters if he runs for president, political operatives said Friday, and doing it in a private event late at night suggests he’s well aware of that.“DeSantis or any other [presidential] nominee signing a six-week ban is starting with a losing hand,” said David Jolly, a former Republican congressman from St. Petersburg and co-founder of the Forward Party.The governor “knows this is a double-edged sword,” added Mac Stipanovich, a Tallahassee consultant. “He wouldn’t have signed it in private if he didn’t know the consequences.”The bill bans most abortions after six weeks before most women even know they’re pregnant. It provides exceptions for victims of rape or incest for up to 15 weeks but requires they prove it by providing a copy of a restraining order, police report, medical record, or other documents.DeSantis’ office se...