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Coors Field covered in hail after storm in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Hail pummeled Coors Field on Thursday as a severe thunderstorm rolled through the Denver metro area.The storm hit late in the afternoon, also bringing a heavy downpour that flooded roadways, including nearby Interstate 25 during rush-hour traffic. Car submerged in Denver flooding, search finds no one trapped Thick hail covered the field and seats. Coors Field workers were filling buckets with the mixture of water and hail that blocked the dugout doors to the home clubhouse. Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz even decided to take a dive into the small hail on the field.Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz, front, dives onto a hail-covered tarpaulin after a summer storm packing heavy rain, high winds and large hail swept over Coors Field, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Denver. Injured Rockies pitcher German Marquez, back, walks away. The Rockies were set to host the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Colorado Rockies assistant bullpen catcher Kyle...

New Schnitzel House — where the Old Schnitzel Haus was — brings taste of Germany to Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

Miami has no shortage of Latin restaurants, but if you wanna broaden your taste buds, we know just the place.The New Schnitzel House is ready to take your flavor palate all the way to Germany … along with a few comfort food bites you won’t want to miss out on.Out with the old, and in with the New Schnitzel House.Adam Gersten: “The New Schnitzel House is a new German restaurant on 79th Street. We sell classic German food.”The eatery used to be the Royal Bavarian Schnitzel Haus, aka the “Old Schnitzel Haus.”Adam Gersten: “We wanted to honor the Old Schnitzel Haus, but we didn’t want to do the exact same thing, so we decided to call it the New Schnitzel House, to let people know it definitely wasn’t the Old Schnitzel Haus — something new but similar.”They’ve got classic German bites like…Adam Gertsen: “Schnitzel is pounded, breaded meat, fried. The smoked kielbasa, it’s beef and pork, bratwurst, a...

3 displaced after fire damages mobile home in Pompano Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

A mobile home went up in flames in Pompano Beach, leaving three people without a place to call home.Pictures show the charred mess left behind at the home in the area of Par Drive and Golfview Boulevard after a fire sparked on Wednesday afternoon.The residence was left badly charred.Volunteers from the American Red Cross are assisting the people affected by the blaze.The cause of the fire is not known.

‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ stars share challenges of voicing characters of new animated feature

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

A sea kraken with a heart of gold? Sounds like a dream. For DreamWorks, that’s exactly what “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is all about. Alex Miranda is here to tell us all about it.Being a teenager is hard enough, but being a sea monster with tentacles makes it even harder. That’s what “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is all about. The cast gave Deco a deep sea dive into the story.Jane Fonda (as Grandmamah, voice): “Krakens are majestic creatures and noble protectors.”Lana Condor (as Ruby Gillman, voice): “I’m just Ruby Gillman, normal teenager.”It’s hard being normal … whether you’re a giant kraken or actress Lana Condor.Lana Condor: “I wish I’d gotten into more trouble. I really am someone that looks back, and I’m like, ‘I wish I was kind of like a little bit of a bad girl,’ but I really wasn’t. Like, I had like one friend, you know, and my parents were my best friends....

Migration mutiny: EU summit deadlocks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

BRUSSELS — EU leaders were ticking through their agenda items with alacrity on Thursday. Rumors were circulating they might even cancel Friday’s meeting, having nothing left to talk about.Then Viktor Orbán stepped in.Our approach to migration is unacceptable, the Hungarian leader fulminated. Exactly, echoed the Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki. We won’t move forward with the summit’s final statement until our concerns are addressed, they vowed.In the end, they got their way — kind of. The entire summit stalled as the leaders of France and Germany, plus European Council President Charles Michel, negotiated with Hungary and Poland. Eventually, everyone just gave up. Shortly after 1 a.m., EU leaders called off the summit and went home, vowing to try again Friday morning. It was exactly what everyone had been hoping to avoid: Yet another migration mutiny. The talks had been “difficult” and “complicated,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo conceded on his wa...

Janitor heard ‘annoying alarms’ and turned off freezer, ruining 20 years of school research worth $1 million, lawsuit says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

(CNN) — A university janitor who turned off a freezer after hearing multiple “annoying alarms,” ruined more than 20 years of research, according to a lawsuit filed against his employer by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York.The janitor, who is not being sued in the lawsuit, was a contractor with Daigle Cleaning Systems Inc., who worked for several months in 2020 at the private research university in Troy.The school is seeking more than $1 million in damages and legal fees from Daigle Cleaning Systems as a result of the incident.The lab’s freezer contained over 20 years of research, including cell cultures and samples, to which a “small temperature fluctuation of three degrees would cause catastrophic damage,” according to the lawsuit filed with the Rensselaer County Supreme Court.The college does not believe the janitor is at fault but instead blames Daigle Cleaning Systems for failing to properly train and supervise him, according to the suit.“Defendant, by an...

First home run down, Jared Young creating more options for the Chicago Cubs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

Back in the major leagues for the second time after a short stint with the Chicago Cubs last September, Jared Young is confident he is ready to contribute to a team hoping to contend for a division title.“I’d say it’s a different feeling this time,” Young said. “There’s a little bit more of a sense to win right now and a sense to help the team the way that I know I can. It feels like the right spot for me and it’s one of those things where I just want to keep going.”After hitting his first career home run in his first major league at-bat of the season Wednesday, Young was back in the starting lineup for Thursday’s series finale with the Philadelphia Phillies, playing first base and batting eighth as the Cubs tried to avoid a three-game sweep.Wednesday’s third-inning homer, which Young hit to right-center field off Aaron Nola, took a bit of the weight off the shoulders of the 27-year-old Young.“It was nice,” Youn...

‘A disgrace’: Harvard students react to Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

The phrase “affirmative action” rippled around conversations at the Harvard campus Thursday afternoon, as students took in the significant implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling against their school.“We’re all just genuinely sad because there’s certain college experience that we’ve all benefited from — the incredible diversity of thought, of people has completely changed my life, my friendships, the way I learn,” said Muskaan Arshad, a Harvard senior and intern with the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard.Arshad noted that the Class of 2028 is “probably gonna look very different than the college experience that we’ve had in the last two years.”The Supreme Court ruled against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in a decision released Thursday morning, limiting the schools ability to consider race in their admissions processes.Many Harvard students echoed a common sentiment, expressing fear that the rulin...

Two years after being drafted, Marcelo Mayer remains on fast track to Red Sox stardom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

When the Red Sox drafted Marcelo Mayer there was a sense within the game they’d just landed the best player in his class.The high school shortstop was an elite talent in the mold of Corey Seager and Brandon Crawford, only Red Sox officials believed he was even more advanced at his age than those two All-Stars and World Series champions.That’s a lot to measure up to, but two years later Mayer’s done everything possible to live up to the hype.Since being selected No. 4 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft, Mayer has rocketed through the Red Sox minor league system, and last month the 20-year-old became the youngest Red Sox draftee to earn a Double-A call-up since 2009. He ranks as a top five prospect in all of baseball and recently was selected to the Futures Game over All-Star Weekend in Seattle.“I’ll tell you what,” said Portland Sea Dogs manager Chad Epperson. “This kid, every time he steps into the box there’s a chance for something good to...

Businesses file $2.5M claim against city over homeless issues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:33:54 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A group of seven downtown San Diego businesses have filed a claim against the city seeking $2.5 million in damages tied to problems with the homeless.“They feel that they've been completely abandoned by the city," said Craig L. Combs, an attorney for the businesses.Combs says the businesses – which include a condo complex, a couple of restaurants and other firms – continue to lose money as they deal with unsafe and unsanitary conditions. California grad student commutes to class by plane to save on rent “One of their tenants was punched in the face by a homeless person. They're defecating and urinating and vomiting on the property, sleeping on the property. My clients have lost tenants because they don't want to have a business where they have to deal with that every day," said Combs.Jonathan Cavuoto is the property owner with Alcer Studios Homeowners Association, which is the lead claimant."It's a warzone. I've seen someone swinging machete on the corner of 10th and ...