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Moldova shootout suspect dies in custody, airport security probed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

A man accused of killing two security officials in a shootout last week at Moldova's main airport died of multiple gunshot wounds on Monday (3 July), as authorities in the ex-Soviet state ordered an enquiry into beefing up airport security.President Maia Sandu declared Tuesday (4 July) a day of mourning and ordered flags to be flown at half staff after last Friday's (30 June) incident. Posthumous medals were awarded to the two victims.An official statement, quoting police, announced the death of Rustam Asurov, 43, a native of Tajikistan, who seized a gun from a security officer after being refused entry to Moldova.He was accused of killing two officers and briefly taking hostages before being overpowered by a security team. He had suffered 10 gunshot wounds and never regained consciousness.Asurov had arrived in Chisinau from Istanbul and was being led away to an area of the airport to be put on a return flight - with five others refused entry - when shooting broke out.Prosecutors in...

Word Game: July 7, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — OBVIATES (OBVIATES: OB-vee-ates: Makes unnecessary.)Average mark 28 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 39 or more words in OBVIATES? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — MOTIVATE mate matte meat meta mite mitt moat mote motet motive move movie omit ovate tame team teat time tome tote totem iota item veto vomit vote atom emitTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Ask Amy: I told the bride she was being rude, and now everyone’s mad

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

Dear Amy: My niece lives 10 states away and is getting married.Her invitation stated that my 17-year-old son was invited only to the wedding ceremony, not the reception.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: I don’t want him giving my wife such extravagant gifts Advice | Ask Amy: Our real estate agent has become a scary stalker Advice | Ask Amy: The stay-at-home mom is clueless about my responsibilities Advice | Ask Amy: My husband sulks when I say we can’t afford these things Advice | Ask Amy: I’m sickened by my granddaughter’s cheerleading, and her parents won’t listen I told her that we would not be spending thousands of dollars (flights, hotel, rental car, gifts) for a 15-minute ceremony.Her response was, “You can come, and he can sit in the hotel.”I said that we were still not coming. And (I told her), “By the way — that was so rude.”Now her parents are angry, and others in ...

Harriette Cole: People are saying my friend’s bad news is just a scam to get money

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: Earlier this year, I was informed that my best friend’s girlfriend — and the mother of his children — was diagnosed with cancer. I do not share a close relationship with her because I find her a little shady, but I extended my support to both of them.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: She fought my sentimental claim to my mom’s table. Now we don’t speak. Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m starting to believe the rumor about my ex Advice | Harriette Cole: We posted a vacation TikTok, and this guy flipped out Advice | Harriette Cole: My family isn’t happy about my peanut brittle obsession Advice | Harriette Cole: I was appalled that my friend showed this movie to my kids Recently, I was told by someone close to the couple that my friend’s girlfriend never had cancer and that they’ve both been lying about it. They lied not only to me, but...

Cameras catch thousands of speeders near Fairfax Co. school zones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

Security Camera on blue sky.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/vichie81) Security Camera on blue sky.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/vichie81) Thousands of drivers have been caught speeding in the months since speed cameras were placed in school zones near eight Fairfax County, Virginia, schools, according to police data obtained by WTOP.In total, 23,431 cars were caught going 10 or more miles per hour above the speed limit in April, May and June combined. The cameras were installed in February, but speeders received warnings until about April 10, according to Capt. Alan Hanson, a commander in Fairfax County Police’s traffic division.However, only 8,169 of those speeders were sent fines, because the cameras aren’t ye...

Rescatan a las personas atrapadas en el teleférico de Quito tras una falla técnica

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

(CNN en Español) — Todas las personas que se encontraban atrapadas en el teleférico de Quito fueron rescatadas, informó este viernes en un comunicado el municipio de la ciudad.En total las autoridades rescataron a 27 personas que se habían quedado suspendidas en las góndolas cuando el servicio quedó inoperante y 47 personas que se habían quedado sin transporte en la cima de la montaña.El alcalde de Quito, Pabel Muñoz, agregó que tras el rescate de todas las personas que estaban en las góndolas ha ordenado que se clausuren las operaciones del teleférico para las investigaciones respectivas del caso.Muñoz también dijo que las personas rescatadas no presentan signos de hipotermia o lesiones y todos ya se encuentran en sus residencias.El teleférico de QuitoEl teleférico de Quito alcanza más de 3.947 metros sobre el nivel del mar, lo que lo convierte en uno de los teleféricos más altos de Sudamérica, según su página web oficial.El teleférico recorre más de 2.500 metros en un trayec...

Gasoducto Néstor Kirchner: irregularidades del gobierno de Argentina en registros de reuniones con Techint

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El gobierno de Argentina mantuvo reuniones que violaron un decreto presidencial al no registrar que recibió en la Casa Rosada a un directivo del Grupo Techint, que luego de tres encuentros y una licitación se convirtió en el proveedor de los caños del gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner, tal como revela una investigación de CNN.Tenaris Siat S.A. fue la única empresa en hacer una oferta y, con ello, ganar la licitación de más de US$ 500 millones en mayo de 2022. El director institucional de Techint, David Uriburu, se reunió cuatro veces con los entonces jefe y vicejefe de gabinete, Juan Manzur y Jorge Neme, según el listado de ingresos a la Casa Rosada al que accedió CNN. Tres de esas reuniones se produjeron en los tres meses anteriores al lanzamiento de la licitación, mientras que la cuarta reunión fue seis días después de la adjudicación a favor de la misma empresa.El Registro Único de Audiencias de Gestión de Intereses, una base de datos pública, no contiene esas...

OPINIÓN | Olvidemos el jiu-jitsu. Pensemos en lo que Threads puede significar para nuestra vida nacional

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

Nota del editor: David Zurawik es profesor de prácticas en estudios de medios de comunicación en el Goucher College. Durante tres décadas fue crítico de medios en el Baltimore Sun. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario pertenecen al autor. Lee más columnas de opinión aquí.(CNN) — Basta ya.Dejemos de hablar de peleas en jaulas, jiu-jitsu y de si el propietario de Twitter, Elon Musk, hundió la red social y si el CEO de Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, va a lanzarse en picado a matar las redes sociales con el lanzamiento de una nueva aplicación llamada Threads.No hay nada intrínsecamente malo en destacar el conflicto y el drama de dos grandes figuras de la cultura popular que compiten por el mismo terreno tecnológico y mediático.Pero podemos cubrir los medios de comunicación mejor que esto. Y podemos empezar ese proceso yendo más allá de las personalidades de jugadores como Zuckerberg y Musk para centrarnos en cómo las plataformas que controlan influyen en todo, desde nuestras imágen...

Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app.The move ramps up the tensions between the social media giants after Threads debuted Wednesday, targeting those who are seeking out alternatives to Twitter amid unpopular changes Musk has made to the platform since buying it last year for $44 billion.Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote Thursday on Threads: “No one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee — that’s just not a thing.”In the letter, which news website Semafor first reported Thursday, Spiro said Twitter “intends to strictly enforce ...

2 stolen French Bulldogs found, returned to family, DC police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:18:52 GMT

The two French Bulldogs that were stolen at gunpoint in D.C. on Monday have been found and returned to their rightful owner, D.C. police said Thursday.*Update* As a result of the Violent Crimes Suppression Division detectives’ investigation, Uno and Cartier have been recovered and returned to their family. https://t.co/cOHN57lLHo— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) July 6, 2023According to police, the dogs were stolen around 10:30 a.m. Monday. A man was walking the dogs along V Street in Southwest D.C. when multiple suspects approached the dog walker and one pulled a gun and assaulted them, police said.The group snatched the dogs and sped off in a car, according to police.The male dog’s name is “Uno” and is 1 1/2 years old, and the female dog’s name is “Cartier” and is 5 months old.Just a few minutes before Uno and Cartier were stolen, D.C. police said there was another reported attempted dognapping nearby. Police said they believed the incident...