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Officials: Epic California snowpack among biggest on record

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This year’s epic snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada could top records, state officials said Monday, and significant flooding is expected when it melts and flows down from the mountains.Just months after the state was dangerously deep in drought, its reservoirs are filling, with the snowpack yet to melt.The water content of the statewide snowpack as reported by a network of automated sensors on Monday was 237% of average to date, said Sean de Guzman, water supply forecasting unit manager for the California Department of Water Resources.That is greater than any previous April reading since the sensor network was deployed in the mid-1980s, de Guzman said. Manual measurements on “snow courses” date back to 1910 and only the years 1952, 1969 and 1983 showed a statewide result greater than 200% of average in April.The record 1952 measurement was also 237% of average, but there were fewer snow courses measured then and the addition of others over the year...

Dubai upholds extradition of financier accused of fraud

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Dubai on Monday rejected the appeal of a British financier fighting extradition to Denmark, where he is accused of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud.Hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah is accused of masterminding a scheme that ran from 2012 to 2015 in which foreign businesses pretended to own shares in Danish companies and claimed tax refunds for which they were not eligible. He was arrested in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, last year.The Dubai media office said the Court of Cassation upheld a ruling late last year that granted Denmark’s request for extradition. The lower court had said documents implicated him in fraud and money laundering. It was not immediately clear when he would be extradited. In a separate ruling in September, Shah was ordered to pay $1.25 billion to Denmark’s tax authority as part of a civil case in Dubai. His lawyers are also appealing that ruling.Shah’s lawyers could not immediately be reac...

Stephen F. Austin’s Mark Kellogg named WVU women’s coach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Stephen F. Austin women’s basketball coach Mark Kellogg was named to the same position at West Virginia on Monday.Kellogg compiled a 195-55 record in eight seasons at Stephen F. Austin, leading the Ladyjacks to two conference tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022. His teams won at least 23 games in each of the last seven seasons.Kellogg replaces Dawn Plitzuweit, who left West Virginia after one season to become coach at Minnesota.Prior to Stephen F. Austin, Kellogg spent 10 years combined coaching at three Division II schools: West Texas A&M, Northwest Missouri State and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.“Mark Kellogg is an established winner who has made a name for himself by building championship programs and preparing his student-athletes to be leaders on and off the court,” West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker said in a statement. “He has had tremendous success at every stop along his coaching career jou...

Spieth returns to Augusta in search of another green jacket

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth was caught in such a whirlwind after winning the Masters eight years ago, whether it was winging his way to New York for television appearances or throwing out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game, that he never bothered to find a tailor for his green jacket.Leave it to Augusta National, where every piece of the property is finely tailored, to take care of such details.“I just had it everywhere and I never got it fixed,” Spieth said Monday, “and I think they have done it since here, because the arms certainly fit a lot better. I left a little room just in case I put on a few pounds over the years.”That’s some forward thinking.Of course, a better solution would be to keep winning new ones.There was a time when that seemed inevitable. Spieth was just 21 back in 2015, when he became the first wire-to-wire Masters champion since Ray Floyd nearly four decades earlier, tying Tiger Woods’ then-record of 18 under along the way. He went on to ...

Valencia held by Rayo, stays near relegation zone in Spain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Valencia couldn’t manage more than a 1-1 draw at home against Rayo Vallecano on Monday, remaining near the relegation zone in the Spanish league.The result moved Valencia to 17th place but it has the same points as 18th-placed Espanyol and second-to-last Almeria. It could have risen to 15th with a victory at Mestalla Stadium.“It doesn’t feel like it’s a lot,” Valencia captain José Luis Gayà said after the draw. “We played well enough to win, but it’s been like this in these last few rounds. We have been playing well but not winning.”Valencia will try to win its first away game in the league since October when it visits Almeria on Sunday in a key match in the fight against relegation.It was the seventh consecutive winless match for Rayo, which stayed in eighth place and within range of the European places.The visitor opened the scoring with a goal by Santiago Comesaña after nine minutes. Valencia equalized with a penalty kick converted by Justin Kluivert in ...

Court documents reveal moments leading up to Va. woman’s deadly stabbing at Ivy City Hotel in DC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

Less than an hour after a Virginia woman checked into a D.C. motel Friday evening, a man on a bicycle approached her room, opened the door and then brutally stabbed her 30 times with a kitchen knife, according to court documents.George Sydnor, 43, of no fixed address, has been charged with first-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Christy Bautista, 31, of Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Facebook profile for Bautista indicates she is originally from Arlington, Virginia. Family members told NBC Washington Bautista was visiting D.C. to attend a concert over the weekend.More Local NewsMore DC NewsSydnor was ordered held without bond following an appearance in D.C. Superior Court on Monday. He has pleaded not guilty.There’s no indication Sydnor knew Bautista.Prosecutors said Bautista’s lifeless body was discovered by D.C. police inside Room 116 of the Ivy City Hotel on New York Avenue in Northeast D.C. after they were called to the hotel to check on a 911 call. A pas...

Jill Biden wants champions LSU — and Iowa — at White House

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she wants the defeated Iowa women’s basketball team to be invited to the White House in addition to the national title winner Louisiana State University. She watched LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa from the stands on Sunday night. Biden, speaking at the Colorado state capital in Denver, praised Iowa’s sportsmanship and congratulated both teams on their performance.“I know we’ll have the champions come to the White House, we always do. So, we hope LSU will come,” she said. “But, you know, I’m going to tell Joe I think Iowa should come, too, because they played such a good game.”The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about whether President Joe Biden would also extend a White House invite to Iowa — and whether it would be a joint visit with LSU or a separate engagement. In her remarks, Biden also marveled at how far women’s sports in the U.S. have come since Title IX in 1972 ga...

En video: Hispana afirma que hombre con machete la persiguió tras incidente de ira al volante

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

Una joven hispana denunció que teme por su seguridad luego de que un hombre la amenazara con un machete en un supuesto incidente de ira al volante en Maryland.Todo ocurrió cuando Daniela Rodríguez de 19 años se disponía a dejar en su casa a una compañera de trabajo en la calle Indiana de Baltimore. En el trayecto, al parecer un vehículo estaba obstruyendo el paso, por lo que le tocó la bocina dos veces. Esta acción ocasionó que el sospechoso se tornara agresivo, según evidencia el video. De acuerdo con el reporte de la policía de Baltimore, la joven se bajó del auto, ingresó a una vivienda y luego salió para hablar con el sospechoso, que comenzó a discutir con ella.Acto seguido, se presume que el sujeto sacó un machete de una vivienda cerca y comenzó a perseguirla.“Salió corriendo por toda la calle porque iba moviendo el machete como que me iba a cortar. No lo tenía de adorno, me quiso matar, me quiso cortar con el machete, lo iba moviendo”, relató Rodríguez.“Siento que ...

Red flag, gun-buying age bills headed to governor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — State senators approved amendments to two gun violence prevention measures at the Capitol on Monday, sending the legislation to the governor's desk for final approval.Senators approved changes that statehouse representatives made to bills expanding who can file for an extreme risk protection order under the state's red flag law and increasing the minimum purchasing age to buy any firearm in the state to 21. 2 street racers sentenced in death of 21-year-old and her dog Both of these measures will now head to Gov. Jared Polis for his consideration to be signed into law. Senators also went over amendments to a third gun proposal. This bill looks to make it easier for gun violence victims to sue gun manufacturers. Senate sponsors rejected changes representatives made to that measure and asked for a conference committee meeting to explore compromises on that bill before sending it to the governor.

Denver-area homes still selling faster than nearly any other US metro area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Very little seems to sour homebuyers in the Denver metro area. The Front Range housing market has been characterized by limited supply, limited development and stratospheric prices for the better part of three years. Denver area homes are the nation's eighth most expensive, according to the March market report from Realtor.com, which compares real estate markets across the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. The median listing price in March was $655,000. This would require a roughly $200,000 household income, assuming current interest rates, a 30-year mortgage and a 20% down payment. This is the household income threshold for the top 10% of American households, according to the World Economic Forum. Colorado cities rank highest for DUI arrests per capita That top 10% is still snapping up homes around the Denver metro faster than almost anywhere in the U.S. A Denver area home sat on the market for 28 days before it sold in March, according to the Realtor.com report...