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Bus-ted! Metro program to use cameras to fine DC drivers in bus lanes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

This Metrobus in D.C. is one of 140 that are equipped with cameras that will catch motorists, who block bus lanes and zones in the city. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)Blocking the bus lane while waiting for someone or quickly popping in to grab a mobile order will soon be a costly mistake in D.C.The District Department of Transportation announced that beginning July 24, cameras designed to catch bus lane and bus zone violators will go live.For the first 45 days after the program’s rollout, motorists will receive a warning. After that, the fines get pricier.The fine for motorists driving, idling or parking in a bus lane, where they are not allowed, is $200. The fine for idling or parking in bus zones near bus stops is $100. Any vehicles parked in a bus lane long-term will be towed.Motorists blocking bus lanes and zones have a big impact on transit times, Metro claims, after finding buses only move an average 9.8 mph. In addition, prototype test equipment caught more than 60 violators per ...

Jonathan Marchessault earns playoff MVP honors for leading Vegas Golden Knights to Stanley Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

Jonathan Marchessault won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after leading the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup, a fitting honor for one of the franchise’s original players who has been a key contributor since the first puck dropped in Las Vegas.Marchessault led the Golden Knights with 13 goals and ranked second with 25 points during their playoff run, this one ending on a winning note unlike five years ago when they lost in the final. He is one of six original Knights players left from the start of the expansion franchise in 2017 and has since developed a reputation for scoring big goals at timely moments.“What I’ve always said about Jonathan Marchessault: He seizes big moments,” general manager Kelly McCrimmon said before Game 5. “He has always had a knack for that.”Marchessault scored important goals during just about every Vegas playoff run, from the second-round series clincher in 2018 through this final against the Florida Panthers. Not bad for a player who was undra...

Renfroe’s HR keys three-run sixth, Angels beat Rangers 7-3 for third straight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Hunter Renfroe’s two-run home run capped a three-run sixth inning and the surging Los Angeles Angels beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 7-3 on Tuesday night.Renfroe’s homer helped spoil the major league debut of Owen White (0-1), who was recalled from Double-A Frisco earlier in the day. White entered with one out in the fifth inning and gave up three runs on four hits with two strikeouts and one walk.The Angels have won three consecutive games and eight of their last nine. At 38-31, they are seven games over .500 for the first time since May 27, 2022.Los Angeles added three more runs in the ninth, two on Zach Neto’s homer.Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reached base all five times – single, double, two walks and an intentional walk – extending his hitting streak to 10 games. He scored twice and stole his 10th base of the season.The Rangers have lost three straight and five of six.Jimmy Herget (1-2) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of start...

Bus with 5 people rolls off road in Larimer County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A bus rolled off Pingree Park Road on Tuesday night with five people on board.Two adults and three children were on the bus in Larimer County, according to Poudre Fire Authority. Two people, including a toddler, were flown from the scene. Rescue groups were in contact with all five people. 2 killed in road rage shooting on I-25 It was reported around 8:30 p.m., according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.FOX31's Nicole Fierro learned the bus was a school bus converted into a camper. The people on board had varying levels of injury, a Poudre Fire spokesperson said.The response also included Larimer County Emergency Services, Larimer County Search and Rescue, Poudre Canyon Fire and UCHealth.Colorado State Patrol is also responding to investigate the crash.

Editorial: White House press secretary latest to ignore Hatch Act

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

The Hatch Act isn’t complicated. It restricts federal employees from being involved in partisan political activity, like disclosing  “non-public, sensitive DOJ information” to reporters about a potential Justice Department investigation of a Suffolk County District Attorney candidate.You can’t do that when you’re the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, as Rachael Rollins discovered. Especially when one of those reporters worked for the Boston Herald, who didn’t take the bait. The Herald did report her attendance at a Democratic Party fundraiser featuring first lady Jill Biden, which set Rollins’ house of cards tumbling.Fortunately, there are others willing to sound the alarm when people in power cross the line. The Office of Special Counsel just signaled a personal foul by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.The watchdog agency has informed the White House that Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act through her usage of the term “mega MAGA Republica...

Treat Dad with these brownies on Father’s Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

I was surprised that the late film star, Katharine Hepburn, was legendary in her day for her brownies. As a youngster, I adored the film roles she portrayed, quirky women often with an endearing rebellious streak. I never imagined that she had found baking fame until I read a revised recipe for her brownies in David Lebovitz’s “The Great Book of Chocolate” (Ten Speed Press).Lebovitz wrote that her recipe was fine, but to reflect more current tastes he tweaked it to include additional chocolate and chocolate chips. They are delicious, rich in chocolate goodness with the crunch of chopped nuts, either pecans or walnuts. The texture somewhere between cakey and fudge-like.They would make a welcome gift for Dad this Father’s Day, June 18. They are scrumptious on their own, but I like them served topped with ice cream or whipped cream and fresh strawberries. That’s how my dad would have liked them.Dave and Kate’s Remarkable BrowniesYield: 16 browniesINGREDIENTSSoft butter and flour for pr...

Indulge on a budget with grilled steak kebabs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

For this meat lover, there may be no better summer dinner than a fat and juicy ribeye steak cooked to perfection over a bed of hot coals. But boy, is that a splurge in these days of high inflation, especially when you’re also cooking for others.The economical stand-in to that expensive steak doesn’t have to be burgers. Instead, buy a less premium cut of meat, cut it into chunks, let it soak for a few hours in a savory marinade and then stick the pieces on a skewer with your favorite vegetables.Kebabs are not only more cost-effective than steaks, but also an easy way for home cooks to get meat and a variety of vegetables on the table at the same time. Plus, skewered food is just fun to eat, especially in summer, when dining tends to be a little more casual.For this recipe, I used top sirloin, a cut that’s leaner than ribeye but still full of beefy flavor. A quick bath in an acidic and garlicky marinade guarantees it will be tender.A few tips: Be careful not to threa...

Toast summer with Jack Kerouac’s Margarita

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

Sipping a margarita can evoke the ensuing days of sunshine and outdoor antics. That’s especially likely when you make this recipe – a favorite of author Jack Kerouac on one of his many Mexican sojourns – courtesy of “How to Drink Like a Writer: Recipes for the Cocktails and Libations that Inspired 100 Literary Greats” (Apollo Publishers), writing by Margaret Kaplan.TAG GOES HEREJack Kerouac’s MargaritaINGREDIENTS2 ounces silver tequila3/4 ounce Cointreau3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed1 teaspoon agave nectar (optional)Rock salt for garnishingLime wedge for garnishingDIRECTIONSPour salt onto small plate. Rub a lime wedge around the lip of a rocks glass and dip the rim in the salt. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and agave, if using. Shake vigorously. Strain into the salt-rimmed rocks glass over ice. Garnish with the lime wedge.

Lowry: Whose Pride flag is it, anyway?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

It’s June, when one can be forgiven for thinking we live in the United States of LGBTQIA2S+.Old Glory is, at best, supplemented with, and sometimes supplanted by, the pride flag in all its varieties.The flag is ubiquitous. Its increasingly elaborate jumble of clashing stripes — whether seen shopping, at a ballgame or on U.S. government buildings — is a reminder to get with the program, and that the program is always changing.Team Biden draped what is known as the Progress Pride flag, with no fewer than 11 different colors, on the White House in between two American flags, giving it — no pun intended — pride of place.Flags aren’t trifling matters. People rally to them and live and die for them. The firing on the flag at Fort Sumter at the outset of the Civil War, for instance, had a galvanizing effect on the North.Whereas the power of the Star-Spangled Banner is its extraordinary history, its relatively simple design, its easily understood symbolis...

On the road again, Indigo Girls making Medford stop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:11 GMT

Think of the Indigo Girls, and loud electric rock probably doesn’t come to mind. But there will be some of that when the duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray hit Medford’s Chevalier Theater on Thursday and Saturday, on their first full-band tour in many years.They’re touring “Look Long,” the album they released in March 2020. “We had the band tour all planned and ready to go before COVID hit,” Saliers said this week. “A lot of our arrangements have to do with who is producing, and who we invite to play with us at the time. But for us, (playing rock) is the most natural thing in the world; Amy has done punk albums and her main writing instrument is electric guitar. Most people think of us as a folk band, and the acoustic elements are always there– but we’re really more of a mishmosh band. A mishmosh with a little pigeonholing.”The duo writes nearly all their songs separately, with Saliers often pigeonholed as the more sensitive and Ray as the tougher one. “You can’t really articula...