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Shane Pinto’s half-season suspension from the NHL shines a light on gambling education in hockey

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

Glenn Healy still remembers longtime NHL director of security Frank Torpey walking into a locker room in the 1980s to warn players about the pitfalls of illegal sports wagering.Back then, a warning like that conjured images of shady bookies asking for injury information and taking cash. Now, gambling is legal across the U.S. and Canada and with that reality comes a different kind of danger.Ottawa Senators player Shane Pinto was suspended earlier this season for 41 games for violating the league’s gambling policy. No details were released, though the investigation found no evidence Pinto bet on NHL games. The situation prompted calls for better education on the subject.“The education has always been there: I guess it has to be put onto speed dial and be more enforced today because gambling is more prevalent than it was in the ’80s with the guy on the corner in a trench coat,” said Healy, a retired goaltender who is now executive director of the NHL Alumni Association. “The leag...

Baking Connections: Unconventional paths to local fame for DC-area Asian-inspired pastry shops

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

Customers pick out pastries at one of the Toi Moi stands at a farmers' market in Northern Virginia. (Courtesy Shurou Pu) Customers pick out pastries at one of the Toi Moi stands at a farmers' market in Northern Virginia. (Courtesy Shurou Pu) This is part two of “Baking Connections,” a series on three local bakers and the incredibly popular baked goods with Asian flavors they are bringing to the D.C. region. Three local bakers have been feeding the D.C. area’s appetite for pastries with an Asian flair, mirroring a nationwide hunger for innovative baked goods that range from strawberry lychee rose doughnuts to black sesame croissants.Despite drawing similar culinary inspirations from Far East flavors mixed wit...

It’s time to change lead pipes, EPA says — How DC’s water crisis spurred this move 20 years ago

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

Lead pipes must be removed by 2037 under new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at preventing health crises like the one in D.C. more than 20 years ago. The local water authority is offering help to residents looking to check the quality of their home’s drinking water.Many older homes in the District were built with lead service lines — the pipe that connects water mains in the street to homes. After years of efforts to replace those lines, the EPA announced Thursday it’s cracking down on lead pipes with hopes of improving IQ scores in children and reduce high blood pressure and heart disease in adults.D.C. Water offers test kits that determine if there’s a significant amount of lead in a home or business’ plumbing. Those interested in getting a test kit can request one online.The water authority also has an interactive map that marks areas with a suspected or confirmed presence of lead.D.C. Water released a plan this year that stated ...

Denver weather: Chilly with mountain snow and a metro flurry

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Snow showers continue to impact the higher elevations through Friday with a possible flurry in the metro. High temperatures will be cooler in the Denver weather forecast. Weather today: Mountain snow showersCloudy skies will continue across most of the state Friday with below-average highs in the Front Range. Denver leaders seek to change threshold for warming shelters on cold nights Snow showers will continue in the higher elevations with winter weather advisories issued for areas south of Interstate 70 until 11 p.m. Friday. Pinpoint Weather: Winter weather advisories on Dec. 1 Denver will only see highs near the 40-degree mark on Friday, with the chance to see some flurries south of the city this afternoon.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Dec. 1 Weather tonight: Cool, cloudy, and snow continuesLight snow showers stick around the mountains overnight Friday with cloudy skies. Lows in Denver dip to the lower 20s with cloudy skies.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight lows...

Warm & Humid Weekend Ahead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

The direction the wind is flowing from makes all the difference and we’ve seen a drastic change in temperatures as a result.An ocean breeze has helped temperatures climb to above average values to start off December and it looks like some records will be in jeopardy. Overnight lows will be in the 70’s and highs in the mid to upper 80’s this weekend.Overall quiet weather is set to persist through the first half of the weekend. By Sunday, high pressure in the Atlantic will continue to push further away opening up the avenue for a series of fronts to move in.The first one will be weak, but manage to bring temperatures back to normal on Monday. However, models are insisting on a stronger cold front moving in by Wednesday bringing a few spotty showers ahead and then cooler air to close out the week… Just how will the temperatures go? If models are right, overnight lows will be in the 50’s once again.Have a wonderful weekend South Florida and make it a safe one! Vi...

Major crash near SR-836 causes road closures as police investigate

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

A crash near State Road 836 has resulted in road closures and significant traffic delays on Northwest 27th Avenue as police investigate the scene. The collision involved a black SUV, severely damaged in the front, indicating the severity of the impact.Live video from the scene captured the intensity of the traffic delays, with honking in the background expressing the frustration of commuters navigating the aftermath of the crash. Notably, a red car involved in the incident ended up on the opposite side of the ramps onto SR-836. Police have taken measures to block off lanes in both directions on Northwest 27th Avenue between Northwest 14th Street and Northwest 11th Street. Off-ramps on westbound SR-836 to Northwest 27th Avenue are closed, and eastbound off-ramps onto Northwest 27th only permit southbound traffic due to the closure of northbound lanes.As the investigation unfolds, morning commuters are strongly advised to seek alternative routes to avoid the affected area.The Miami Po...

Police chase ends in Plantation shopping plaza

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

A police pursuit unfolded in Plantation on Friday morning, ending in a shopping plaza after a black Honda Accord led officers on a chase near Oakland Park Boulevard and Northwest 38th Avenue.The chaotic scene was captured on a police officer’s dashcam, revealing the black Honda navigating between police cars and executing a U-turn to evade authorities. The pursuit reached its conclusion as dozens of Plantation Police officers, K-9 units, and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies swarmed the shopping center. A police helicopter hovered overhead to aid in the apprehension.While one person was observed in the back of a police car at the scene, details regarding potential charges remain unclear as of now. As of 6 a.m., police have cleared the area, but the investigation continues to uncover the circumstances surrounding the pursuit and apprehension.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

How to watch the climate summit like an expert

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

Two weeks, at least 100,000 attendees and a major oil producer serving as host country — with the Earth’s future high on the agenda.The United Nations climate talks that began Thursday in Dubai aim to get nearly 200 countries to agree to actions to limit the worst impacts of global warming. They come at the end of what is likely the hottest year on record, as study after study shows that planet-warming pollution is still rising, along with the fossil fuel production that drives it.Delegates meeting in the United Arab Emirates will make decisions about issues including the fate of coal, oil and natural gas, along with the trillions of dollars needed to avoid and respond to catastrophes. They’ll do so amid hardening divisions over trade, wars on two continents and economic instability.Climate negotiators and diplomats won’t be the only ones crowding Expo City. The summit is also drawing royalty of various origins, chief climate officers, financiers and climate activists.What will all ...

OPEC+ members agree to significant voluntary oil production cuts

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

London (CNN) — Several OPEC+ countries agreed to voluntarily cut oil production by a total of 2.2 million barrels per day in the first quarter of 2024, the oil producing group announced Thursday.Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, will lead the effort by extending a voluntary production cut of 1 million barrels per day of oil — previously intended to run till the end of December — by another three months, according to a statement from OPEC+, which comprises the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies.The kingdom’s production will stay at around 9 million barrels a day until the end of March 2024, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said, citing “an official source from the Ministry of Energy,” after Saudi officials met with other major oil-producing nations in Vienna Thursday.In addition to Saudi Arabia, the following voluntary barrel-per-day production cuts were announced: Russia by 500,000; Iraq by 223,000; the United Emira...

‘Lost’ Botticelli masterpiece worth $109 million found in home in southern Italy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:35:57 GMT

Rome (CNN) — A painting by the 15th-century master Sandro Botticelli, recorded as missing since the 1980s, has been found at a home in southern Italy.The depiction of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ was discovered in a home in the town of Gragnano, near Naples, according to the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Naples.The painting by the artist most famous for “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” is estimated by Italian authorities to be worth at least €100 million ($109 million). It was commissioned for the Roman Catholic Church in 1470.The 58- x 80-centimeter (23- x 31-inch) work, painted in tempera on wood, had hung in a church in the Neapolitan suburb of Santa Maria la Carità since the early 1900s, after the church it was originally given to burned down.When an earthquake damaged the church in 1982, the painting was given by the parish to a local family named Somma for safekeeping, according to a spokesman for the Italian minis...