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Federal jury convicts 2 employees in fatal Wisconsin corn mill explosion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two senior employees at a Wisconsin corn plant of falsifying records and obstructing an investigation into a fatal corn dust explosion in 2017, Justice Department officials announced on Tuesday.Corn dust is explosive, and high concentrations are dangerous. Federal regulations require grain mill operators to perform regular cleanings to reduce dust accumulations that could fuel a blast.Jurors found Derrick Clark, vice president of operations at Didion Milling, and Shawn Mesner, a former food safety superintendent at the company, guilty of multiple safety, environmental and fraud charges on Friday. The two men are the latest in a growing list of Didion employees found guilty in association with the 2017 explosion that killed five people at the company’s Cambria corn mill.Attorneys listed for both men did not immediately respond to voicemails seeking comment on Tuesday.Didion Milling pleaded guilty in September to charges that its...

Travel experts call Thanksgiving the ‘hidden best week’ to travel abroad

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

How about tucking into your turkey dinner in Italy this year?Katy Nastro from Going.com, a travel deal website, said Thanksgiving is the “hidden best week to travel internationally,” and you can score a round-trip flight from the D.C. area to Milan for $486.Nastro told WTOP that holiday flights from the D.C. region to Europe are plentiful and affordable, including to Dublin for $360 and Barcelona for $433.“Thanksgiving is only a holiday in the States,” Nastro said. “That’s part of the reason why Thanksgiving is a really great time to travel internationally.”Whether flying internationally or domestically, Nastro said the best time to book airfare is three to seven months in advance. If you haven’t booked yet, she said do so within the next two weeks to ensure you are taking advantage of any deals that are left.Nastro said if you are thinking ahead to Christmas, you should also book your airfare before the end of October.This year, you can expect to pay a little less...

Police: Woman asked for help before man dragged her away by her hair

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Englewood Police Department asked for the public's help searching for a person in a potential domestic violence incident that happened around 4 p.m. last Thursday.Police said a woman went into a Burger King at 900 W. Hampden Ave. and asked for help. While in the restaurant, a man came in, dragged her out by her hair and left with her in a black Cadillac Escalade.Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Vehicle wanted in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Vehicle wanted in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)The Escalade SUV did not have a...

After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants.At least 500 people were killed, the ministry said.As rage spread through the region because of the hospital carnage, and with President Joe Biden heading to the Mideast in hopes of stopping the war from spreading, Jordan’s foreign minister said his country canceled a regional summit scheduled for Wednesday in Amman, where Biden was to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.The war between Israel and Hamas was “pushing the region to the brink,” Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told state-run television. He said Jordan would host the summit only when everyone had agreed its purpose wo...

Get fresh stone crab at your doorstep from Miami-based service Holy Crab Delivery

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

If you can’t make it to the festival or if you like everything done for you like I do, you don’t even have to leave your home to get some stone crabs.One Miami delivery service is serving up some fresh stone crabs right to your door step.Seafood lovers listen up, because we’ve got something you want.No it’s not shrimp. It’s Holy Crab, a quick and fast delivery service that brings fresh stone crabs right to your door.Lucas Calderon: “When we first started Holy Crab, this will be our fourth stone crab season. We set out a mission to be able to bring friends and family the opportunity to dine with incredible fresh stone crabs sourced from the Keys.”That’s exactly what they are doing. Now I know what you are thinking. How does a stone crab delivery service work?Lucas Calderon: “You have the opportunity to place your order online or you can give us a call and it’s a very seamless check out process. You decide what claw size you ...

Sugarhill Gang performs their hits at Gulfstream Park this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

It was 1979 when Sugarhill Gang first uttered the words “I said a hip, hop, the hippie to the hippie to the hip hip hop-a you don’t stop the rock.”And they haven’t stopped booging to the beat ever since. In fact, they’re playing at Gulfstream Park this Saturday.Deco caught up with the crew to reminisce about the start of it all.Can’t talk about hip-hop without “Rapper’s delight”.Sugarhill Gang just celebrated the 40th anniversary of their hit song.For member Master Gee, there was no way to know they started something by just saying the words “hip-hop.”Master Gee: “When we created ‘rapper’s delight’ and at that point there were no categories for our music. And it was just still R&B groups. We thought the record was going to be good, yeah, the record was going to be successful but we had no idea it was going to launch a global phenomenon.”But most importantly, it opened up the rap world...

With Holiday, Porzingis in Boston and Harden trying to leave 76ers, Celtics the best of the Atlantic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

When James Harden was twice scoring 40 points against Boston in last season’s playoffs, it was easy to picture a championship in Philadelphia’s future.Now it’s hard to picture a future at all between Harden and the 76ers.The only Atlantic Division team with the look of a champion at this point is the Celtics, who the Sixers had down and nearly out five months ago.With Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis arriving in Boston to join Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Celtics should easily be the class of the division and maybe even once again the entire Eastern Conference after falling one game shy of the NBA Finals in 2022-23.The New York Knicks should be back in the playoffs, the Brooklyn Nets could be and the Toronto Raptors, under a new coach, will try to bounce back after missing them.The question mark is Philadelphia, at least until the saga with Harden has played out.The 76ers opted not to give him a contract extension after he struggled in the final two g...

Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate, Norfolk Tides, sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings but expected to stay put

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

Ken Young wasn’t looking to sell, but he finally got an offer he couldn’t turn down.As a result, the Norfolk Tides, the Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate, will change hands for the first time in 30 years.Young, the team’s president and chief owner since 1993, has agreed to sell the club to Diamond Baseball Holdings, which owns more than 20 minor league baseball teams, the Tides and DBH announced Tuesday.Young, a longtime food service executive, said the ownership change puts the team in no danger of leaving, adding that the club’s staff will stay put.“They don’t want to go anyplace,” Young said, referring to DBH. “They know Norfolk’s a good market. The Tides will stay in Norfolk.”Subject to obtaining the consent of the International League and satisfying other standard closing conditions, the transaction is expected to be completed promptly.Norfolk is operating under a player development contract with the parent ...

Boston City Council punts vote on Mass and Cass tent ban

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

The Boston City Council won’t vote on the mayor’s anti-encampment ordinance for the Mass and Cass zone until next week, effectively putting off action until the final possible moment.After chairing a seven-plus hour working session on the ordinance Monday, City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, who is tasked with pulling the matter from committee and calling for a vote, texted his colleagues Tuesday evening to inform them that he tested positive for COVID-19.“I will bring it out for a vote next week,” Arroyo told the Herald Tuesday.Related ArticlesPolitics | Council president calls for investigation into toddler found at Boston’s Mass and Cass Politics | Man stabbed at Mass and Cass area shelter, police Politics | Mass and Cass danger pushing homeless encampments throughout Boston Politics | Taking the needles out of Roxbury’s Clifford Park Politics | Boston police arrest suspect in late-night Mass and Ca...

Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson, Kyle Bradish, Ryan O’Hearn named finalists for player-voted MLBPA awards

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:11:22 GMT

The Orioles won 101 regular-season games thanks to a roster with top-to-bottom depth. But their peers recognized some individual standouts.Three Baltimore players were named finalists for the Major League Baseball Players Association’s Players Choice Awards, as voted on by players across the league.Infielder Gunnar Henderson was nominated for American League Outstanding Rookie alongside Texas third baseman Josh Jung and Boston first baseman Triston Casas. The favorite for the league’s official Rookie of the Year honor, Henderson overcame a slow start to his first full season to bat .255 with an .814 OPS, 28 home runs, 29 doubles, nine triples and 10 steals. Although Henderson could be the Orioles’ first AL Rookie of the Year since 1989, teammate Ryan Mountcastle won the MLBPA’s version of the honor in 2021.In his second season, right-hander Kyle Bradish joins New York’s Gerrit Cole and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray as the finalists to be AL Outstan...