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Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — A tornado touched down Wednesday evening near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights. There were no immediate reports of injuries. A confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Chicago. “This tornado has been touching the ground intermittently so far and is moving east. There are additional circulations along the line south of O’Hare. Seek shelter if in the warned area,” it said.By 8 p.m. the weather service said the Chicago forecast area was “currently tornado warning free.” It said the storm was moving east toward Michigan, where tornado warnings were issued.Video from TV stations showed hundreds of people taking shelter in an O’Hare concourse. Some 169 flights were canceled and nearly 500 were delayed, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware.The National Weather Service issued two tornado warnings for portions of the ...

Kim vows to boost North Korea’s nuclear capability after observing new ICBM launch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his country’s nuclear fighting capabilities as he supervised the second test-flight of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the mainland U.S., state media reported Thursday.Kim’s statement suggested North Korea would ramp up weapons testing activities to expand its arsenal in response to recent U.S. steps to enhance its security commitment to ally South Korea.“The present unstable situation in which the security environment on the Korean peninsula is being seriously threatened by the hostile forces every moment,” Kim said, according to state media. “(That) requires more intense efforts to implement the line of bolstering nuclear war deterrent.”The Korean Central News Agency reported Kim’s comments a day after the launch of the Hwasong-18, which was first test-fired in April and which Kim has called the most powerful weapon of his nuclear forces. The road-mobile ICBM has bu...

ESPN's Dick Vitale diagnosed with cancer for a third time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

(AP) - Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale says he has been diagnosed with cancer for a third time.Vitale tweeted Wednesday that he had surgery in Boston this week, and tests revealed that he has vocal cord cancer. He said he will undergo six weeks of radiation treatments.“I plan to fight like hell to be ready to call games when the college hoops season kicks off in the fall,” Vitale tweeted, adding that his doctor “feels that scenario is entirely possible.”The 84-year-old Vitale has previously been treated for melanoma and lymphoma. He celebrated being cancer-free in April of last year.Vitale has been with ESPN since 1979, the year the network launched. He called ESPN’s first college basketball broadcast. He's also a longtime fundraiser for cancer research.Vitale helped friend Jim Valvano to the stage at the 1993 ESPYs, where Valvano delivered his famous “Don’t give up” speech. Valvano died of adenocarcinoma less than two months later.

Doctor behind once-viral TikTok page stripped of medical license by state board

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio plastic surgeon with a once-viral TikTok page has been stripped of her medical license.On Wednesday, the Ohio Medical Board permanently revoked the licensure of Dr. Katharine Grawe, formerly known as @doctorroxy on TikTok, after she botched the surgeries of three patients – each of whom required medical care following their procedures, according to disciplinary records with the board. She was issued a $4,500 fine for failing to meet the standard of care."I strongly recommend that there never be a Dr. Roxy or patient one, two or three - and protect the people of the state of Ohio from this reckless physician," board member Dr. Jonathan Feibel said. High school baseball standout loses his hand after July 4 fireworks accident From 2018 to 2022, Grawe frequently livestreamed patients’ surgeries on her TikTok, amassing thousands of followers who tuned in to watch the procedures. But a board member at Wednesday’s hearing said Grawe prioritized her social ...

Tornado touches down near O'Hare Airport in Chicago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday following warnings of severe weather for the city. There were no immediate reports of injuries.A confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Chicago.“This tornado has been touching the ground intermittently so far and is moving east. There are additional circulations along the line south of O’Hare. Seek shelter if in the warned area," it said.By 8 p.m. the weather service said the Chicago forecast area was “currently tornado warning free." It said the storm was moving east toward Michigan, where tornado warnings were issued.Video from TV stations showed hundreds of people taking shelter in an O’Hare concourse. Some 166 flights were canceled and nearly 500 were delayed, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware.The National Weather Service issued two tornado warnings for portions of the cit...

Ex-Minneapolis police officer sentenced to workhouse for high-speed crash that killed St. Paul man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in the county workhouse for a high-speed pursuit that killed an innocent St. Paul motorist.Brian Michael Cummings, 39, pleaded guilty in April to criminal vehicular homicide in the July 6 crash that killed 40-year-old Leneal Lamont Frazier. In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a charge of second-degree manslaughter.Frazier was the uncle of Darnella Frazier, whose cellphone video of George Floyd’s May 2020 murder at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked a wave of global protests against racial injustice.The sentence by Hennepin County District Judge Tamara Garcia was a downward departure from state sentencing guidelines.On the night of the crash, Cummings attempted to stop a Kia Sportage SUV he believed was stolen in North Minneapolis, the criminal complaint said. The driver sped away from Cummings, who pursued for 20 blocks at speeds that reached roughly 100 mph through residential nei...

Water main break discolors water on Wynantskill Way in Troy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Some residents in Troy may have discolored water after a water main break on Wynantskill Way Wednesday morning. City leaders said a boil water order is not in effect. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Anyone who has discolored water can run the tap until it turns clear. Scheduled repairs of a fire hydrant on Hoosick Street have been pushed back until Thursday.Westbound traffic will be down to one lane between 15th and 10th Streets from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Rail Trail Bridge in Slingerlands buckles during construction

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

SLINGERLANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Construction on the Albany County Rail Trail Bridge in Slingerlands has been temporarily stopped after the bridge buckled Wednesday morning while concrete was being poured. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! County leaders said no one was injured. Officials are investigating what caused the bridge to buckle.State Route 85 is closed between Kenwood Avenue and Mullins Road while construction continues. The closure was expected to last until the end of July. Officials have not said if it will have to be extended.

Argument escalates into deadly shooting in Denver police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

A man shot in Denver Wednesday morning died at a local hospital and police have arrested a suspect.About 9:10 a.m. officers responded to the 1700 block of West Mosier Place on a shooting, a victim was found and taken to a hospital where he died, according to a Denver Police Department news release.PRESS RELEASE: Denver Police Arrest Suspect in Mosier Pl. Homicide pic.twitter.com/Nxlh3aslrY— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) July 12, 2023The incident began as an argument between two men who knew each other and it escalated into a shooting, police said.A suspect, identified as Anthony Huff, 64, has been arrested on investigation of first-degree murder, police said.The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will release the name of the victim after family has been notified of his death. 

Firefighters battling massive fires at 2 apartment buildings in Hollywood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:34 GMT

Firefighters are responding to a "major-emergency" fire in a two-story apartment building in Hollywood where at least one person was in need of rescue on the second floor, authorities announced Wednesday. Crews responded to the 7700 block of Hollywood Boulevard at around 5:20 p.m. after receiving reports of two vehicles on fire in the carport of the garden-style apartment building, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.  Crews work to extinguish a greater-alarm fire at an apartment building in Hollywood on July 12, 2023. (KTLA)At the scene, fire personnel discovered the flames had extended into the building’s attic and began working, with assistance from L.A. County Fire, to extinguish flames in the 32-unit, 18,900 square foot building, which has been structurally compromised from the heat of the blaze. Crews worked to rescue a woman on the second floor, who was described as being in fair condition and was taken to a nearby hospital for unspecified injuries, LAFD said. Aerial footage...