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Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts for the second day as 12 climbers remain missing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities halted Monday the search for 12 climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again, unleashing a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air, officials said.The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered earlier in the day — while searching for those missing — but attempts to relocate them were hindered by the renewed activity, West Sumatra’s Search and Rescue Agency head Abdul Malik said. The search operation would resume once conditions improved, he added.A video released by the agency showed rescuers evacuating an injured climber on a stretcher off the mountain and into a waiting ambulance to be taken to hospital.Marapi initially erupted on Sunday spewing clouds of hot ash.The volcano has stayed at the third highest of four alert levels since 2011, a level indicating above-normal volcanic activity, prohibiting climbers and villagers within 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) of the peak, said Hendra Gunawan, the head of the C...

Divers have found wreckage, 5 remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, US Air Force says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday.The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American personnel crashed last Wednesday off Yakushima island during a training mission. The body of one victim was recovered and identified earlier.The Air Force Special Operations Command said two of the five newly located remains have been recovered but their identities have yet to be determined. The joint U.S.-Japanese search operation is still working to recover the remains of three other crew members from the wreckage, it said.The search is continuing for the two people who are still missing, it said.“The main priority is bringing the Airmen home and taking care of their family members. Support to, and the privacy of, the families and loved ones impacted by this incident remains AFSOC’s top priority,” it said in a statement.The U....

Members of KISS say goodbye at final concert – but their digital avatars will keep touring

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

NEW YORK (CNN) — Members of KISS played the final show of their farewell tour on Saturday night – but the band isn’t quite done performing yet.The iconic American rock band ended their “End of the Road” tour with a final concert, the culmination of 50 years of touring, at Madison Square Garden in New York.Founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer took to the stage, performing classic tracks like “I Love It Loud” and “Beth.”At the end of the show, the musicians left the stage – and their digital avatars took their places to perform “God Gave Rock And Roll To You.”The band also released a video on their official YouTube channel that shows the musicians in motion-capture suits used to create the digital avatars, as well as the avatars themselves performing and breathing fire.“The band deserves to live on because the band is bigger than we are,” frontman Paul Stanley says in the video.The avatars were created through a partnership w...

Pembroke Pines gym aims to empower young children through weightlifting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

To combat the decreasing physical activity among children, a gym in Broward County is rewriting the rules by introducing young ones to the world of weightlifting.At Team Omnia Weightlifting Gym in Pembroke Pines, Coach Paul Baher is guiding little tikes through workouts that include hoisting barbells, some heavier than their body weight. According to Baher, the goal is not just physical exercise but empowering the youngsters. “When we are constantly attempting our best, giving our best, and failing, but then trying again and succeeding, we learn to push ourselves past our limits,” he explained.Meet Ava Luis, a 12-year-old Olympic weightlifting prodigy who, in just three months, has become a dominant force in the sport. In October, she secured the top prize in her age group, ranking second in the state and 17th nationally. “It’s a great feeling when I lift it, drop it, and I knew I picked it up. I knew that I was gonna win the competition,” Ava expressed...

John Kerry: COP28 chief’s contested fossil fuel stance may need ‘clarification’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber’s controversial remarks that “no science” shows a fossil fuel phaseout is needed to hit climate goals may require “clarification,” U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told POLITICO. Kerry’s remarks — his first reaction since the Guardian published al-Jaber’s comments on Sunday — show the U.S. diplomat is not withdrawing his long-standing support for the COP28 chief, despite ongoing concerns about al-Jaber’s other role as CEO of ADNOC, the UAE’s state-owned mega oil firm.“Look, he’s gotta decide how he wants to phrase it, but the bottom line is this COP needs to be committed to phasing out all unabated fossil fuel,” Kerry told POLITICO’s Power Play podcast with Anne McElvoy. Speaking during an online event in November, al-Jaber said there was no scientific basis to conclude that a fossil fuel phaseout is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius — the most ambitious target of the Paris Agreeme...

Barn on RI “The Conjuring” property suffers fire damage overnight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

Fire crews in Burrilville, Rhode Island battled a fire overnight in the barn of a famous spooky property.The barn is on the same property as the house made famous by the movie “The Conjuring” about paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.Officials said the house from the movie was not damaged and the cause of the fire remains unclear.

Drying Out… Flakes Ahead?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

After a soaking Sunday with chilly air, we start drying it out this morning, and generally have a mainly dry day ahead. Sure, once and a while a few spotty sprinkles, or a brief shower is possible, but the overall theme of the day is to have improved weather vs. what we had yesterday. High temps today run close to 50, under a mainly cloudy sky. More of a chill is in the air tomorrow with highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s, coolest in the Worcester Hills. The best chance for breaks of sunshine will be in the morning, as mainly cloudy skies win out in the afternoon. A few spotty showers across the lower Cape/Nantucket are possible too. Wednesday will offer not only a deep chill, but also some flakes flying. Scattered flurries and snow showers are likely Wednesday morning to midday. The combo between a disturbance aloft and relatively cold air passing over the warm ocean waters, will help manufacture the flakes. The best chance for a coating to an inch of snow near and southeast of I-9...

Police raid gay venues in Russia after top court bans ‘international LGBTQ movement’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

(CNN) — Police carried out raids on gay venues in Russia late Friday, two online Russian news outlets reported, one day after the country’s top court ruled to ban the “international LGBTQ movement” and labelled it an extremist organization.Thursday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court sent a fresh shiver of fear through Russia’s LGBTQ community, who have already faced an intensifying crackdown in recent years, as President Vladimir Putin seeks to shore up his image as defender of traditional moral values against the liberal West.The raids took place in at least three entertainment venues in the capital Moscow, according to the two independent Russian Telegram news outlets, Ostorozhno Novosti and Sota.Police said they were conducting routine drug raids, the outlets added.Ostorozhno Moskva also reported that police photographed the passports of partygoers.“Eyewitnesses said that security forces entered the premises under the pretext of an anti-drug check and photograp...

Turmoil at pro-DeSantis super PAC overshadows Florida governor’s White House bid at critical moment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

Newton, Iowa (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had only moments earlier departed a Saturday celebration marking his completion of a 99-county tour of Iowa – a feat he has hyped for months – when word began to spread that another wave of turmoil had hit the machine trying to elect him president.Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting the Republican’s White House bid, abruptly let go three key senior staffers that evening, including an interim CEO who had just been installed nine days earlier. The sudden departures sent shockwaves throughout DeSantis’ political operation, from Tallahassee to Des Moines. Some people intimately involved in the effort to elect DeSantis learned of the dismissals the night they happened. A source inside the super PAC told CNN the changes as a whole were distracting and said they came as a surprise to people at Never Back Down.One of the dismissed operatives had appeared that day at a super PAC event in Sioux City, Iowa,...

Russel Metals buying seven service centres from Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. for $225M

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:49 GMT

TORONTO — `Russel Metals Inc. has signed a deal to buy seven service centre locations from Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. for about $225 million.The agreement covers five locations in Western Canada and two in the United States.Russel Metals chief executive John Reid says the acquisition is complementary from both geographic and product mix perspectives.The metals distribution company will acquire Samuel’s metals service centres in Winnipeg, Calgary, Nisku, Alta., Langley, B.C., Surrey, B.C., Buffalo, N.Y., and Pittsburgh.The company says Samuel will keep its location in Delta, B.C., and conduct an orderly shutdown of that facility.  The deal is subject to regulatory clearance as well as other customary closing conditions. It is expected to close in the first or second quarter of 2024.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:RUS)The Canadian Press