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Study: Sharks nearby more than we think, are not 'bothering' us

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

LONG BEACH, Calif. (NewsNation) — A new study hopes to change how beachgoers perceive sharks.In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers in Southern California used drones to observe great white sharks — and their encounters with humans.“Despite all the statistics you hear about the probability of being bitten by a shark (approximately 1 in 3.75 million), we actually have no real statistics because we don’t know how many people go in the water,” said Dr. Chris Lowe, a professor in marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach.In a way, Lowe and his team are tracking humans as much as the sharks.“By gathering this data, we can better adjust those statistics about your chances of being bitten by a shark,” Lowe said in 2019. “I expect the risk to be much lower.”"We have a study coming out next week that was done using drones to survey and look at when white sharks and people were next to each other; we've actually found that the risk is very low,...

McCarthy: Student loan payment pause ‘gone’ under debt ceiling deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

(The Hill) – Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday that the student loan payment pause is "gone" in the debt ceiling deal announced by the California Republican and President Biden late Saturday night. "The pause is gone within 60 days of this being signed. So that is another victory because that brings in $5 billion each month to the American public," McCarthy told anchor Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday."McCarthy's remarks came after he and Biden came to an agreement in principle late Saturday to cap spending and raise the debt ceiling. The most popular college majors aren’t the highest-paying – these degrees are, study finds "What the president did, he went unconstitutionally and said he was going to waive certain people part of their debt for student loan, but then he paused everybody's student loan. So everybody who borrowed a student loan within 60 days of the signing is going to have to pay that back," McCarthy said on Sunday. "The Supreme Court is taking up that case. Bu...

Which Austin roads will be closed for the CapTex Tri race?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Ascension Seton CapTex Tri race is slated to run Memorial Day in downtown Austin, with the triathlon beginning with a swim in Lady Bird Lake before participants cruise on their bikes through downtown and finish with a run at Butler Park. As a result, several roads near downtown will be closed for the event. Here's a look at road closures planned on Monday.Congress Avenue: Closed from Cesar Chavez to 11th streets from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m.Cesar Chavez Street: Closed from Congress Avenue to MoPac Expressway from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m.S.F. Austin Boulevard: Closed from Cesar Chavez to Atlanta streets from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m.Atlanta Street: Closed from S.F. Austin to Lake Austin boulevards from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m.South First Street: Closed from Barton Springs Road to Cesar Chavez Street from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m.Riverside Drive: Closed from Barton Springs Road to Lamar Boulevard from 4 a.m. to 3 p.m.Lee Barton Drive: Closed from Barton Springs Road to Riverside Drive from 4 a.m. to 3 ...

More businesses in MN and elsewhere requiring teens to be chaperoned, curbing their independence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

PARAMUS, N.J. — Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang out afterwards at the food court or elsewhere.Not anymore.Starting April 18, Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey — the second largest mall in the state — is requiring anyone under 18 years old to be accompanied by a chaperone at least 21 or older on Fridays and Saturdays after 5 p.m.The move, according to the mall, follows “an increase in disruptive behavior by a small minority of younger visitors.” That included a reported brawl in the food court last year and a fight in March that brought swarms of policemen to the center but ended up being a smaller altercation than initially reported.Sepulveda of Passaic, New Jersey said she was fine with the new policy.“On Friday and Saturdays, it’s just been a madhouse,” she said on a recent Friday night while shopping for Mother’s Day gifts with Jord...

Denver weather: Sunshine, then slight chance of thunderstorms Sunday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

Denver will see sunny skies Sunday ahead of a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service at Boulder.City residents can expect partly cloudy skies with a high temperature of 79 degrees Sunday. The region has an about 20% chance of seeing afternoon thunderstorms after 3 p.m., according to the weather service.The scattered storms in Denver are not expected to be severe, though the eastern plains may see stronger afternoon thunderstorms with potentially damaging hail and wind, according to the weather service.Scattered thunderstorms will occur this afternoon, with a few being severe, across the northeast plains. Large Hail and Damaging Wind will be the main threat. The threat for flash flooding in the the burn scars will be limited. #cowx pic.twitter.com/snkOnX8C9k— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) May 28, 2023Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.

Two children injured in roll over crash in San Bernardino

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

One person is dead and five people were injured, including two children, after a fatal car crash involving a flatbed truck in San Bernardino Sunday morning. Fire and emergency crews responded to a traffic collision on the Northbound 215 Freeway, just South of University Parkway in San Bernardino around 2:11 a.m. When they arrived on the scene, they found seven victims involved in the crash, one of who was dead at the scene. Video shows fire crews attempting to free a woman who was trapped inside a sedan with major damage. Fatal car crash in San Bernardino (Source: Onscene TV)Fatal car crash in San Bernardino (Source: Onscene TV)Fatal car crash in San Bernardino (Source: Onscene TV)Fatal car crash in San Bernardino (Source: Onscene TV)Fatal car crash involving a flatbed truck with pallets in San Bernardino (Source: Onscene TV)The entire front of the car was severely crushed. The windshield was shattered and had caved in. The front hood was crammed toward the windshield...

Review: Duran Duran kicks off North American tour at BottleRock Napa Valley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

Simon Le Bon was feeling a bit lost.It seems that there had been several revisions made to the setlist earlier in the day and the Duran Duran vocalist didn’t get the finalized document.“We got to version No. 7 or 8,” he remarked to the crowd. “And I got version No. 6.“Now, I really don’t know what song we are doing next.”The situation was quickly resolved and turned out to be the only hiccup in what was an otherwise pretty much flawless opening night of Duran Duran’s 2023 North American tour on Saturday (May 27) at BottleRock Napa Valley.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group — which also was scheduled to perform on Sunday at SAP Center in San Jose — delivered a thrilling 100-minute set that nicely balanced the big hits with deep cuts and new songs.Duran Duran certainly wasn’t holding anything back at the start of the show, opening this headlining set on the festival’s big Verizon Stage with two of the new wave ba...

Verstappen wins Monaco GP to extend F1 championship lead; Alonso 2nd ahead of Ocon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

MONACO (AP) — Formula One champion Max Verstappen’s lights-to-flag victory at the Monaco Grand gave the Red Bull driver his fourth victory of the season and extended his championship lead to 39 points over teammate Sergio Perez on Sunday.Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso was a season’s best second for Aston Martin as he collected a fifth podium in six races, albeit 28 seconds behind Verstappen, while Frenchman Esteban Ocon secured third place and a rare podium for Alpine.Red Bull has won all the races so far.“It’s super nice to win it in the way we did today with the weather and everything to stay calm and bring it home,” Verstappen said.For most of the race, he coasted on a dry and narrow track where overtaking is the hardest in F1.But an incident-free race in Monaco is rare and heavy rain played havoc with about 20 of the 78 laps left. Some drivers had pitted for the wrong medium tires shortly before the downpour and slid around. “It was incredibly slippery,”...

Unofficial results in Turkey’s presidential runoff split in early counting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkey’s state Anadolu news agency showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 67% of ballot boxes counted, while a competing news agency gave a slight lead to the opposition candidate in a presidential runoff that will decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.Anadolu showed Erdogan at 55%, and his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at 45%.Meanwhile, the ANKA news agency, close to the opposition, showed the results at 51% for Kilicdaroglu and Erdogan at 49%, with 69% of ballot boxes counted.The outcome could have implications far beyond Ankara. Turkey stands at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and it plays a key role in NATO.Erdogan’s government vetoed Sweden’s bid to join NATO and purchased Russian missile-defense systems, which prompted the United States to oust Turkey from a U.S.-led fighter-jet project. But it also helped broker a crucial...

Latvia defeats US 4-3 in OT to win bronze at ice hockey worlds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:25 GMT

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Defenseman Kristian Rubins scored his second goal 1:22 into overtime to lead Latvia to a 4-3 victory over the United States and earn a bronze medal at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.It’s the first top-three finish for Latvia at the tournament. Its previous best was a seventh place it managed three times.The U.S. lost in the bronze medal game for the second straight year. The U.S. team was cruising through the tournament with eight straight wins until it was defeated by Germany in the semifinal 4-3 in overtime.Rubins rallied Latvia with his first with 5:39 to go in the final period to tie the game at 3 to force overtime.Roberts Bukarts and Janis Jaks also scored for Latvia.Rocco Grimaldi scored twice for the U.S. in the opening period to negate Latvia’s 1-0 and 2-1 leads.Matt Coronato had put the U.S. 3-2 ahead 6:19 into the final period.Canada faces Germany in the final later Sunday.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twi...