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Estas son las actividades del Día de la Independencia en el National Mall

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

¿Te diriges al National Mall el Día de la Independencia? Si planeas disfrutar de los fuegos artificiales, los conciertos y eventos, aquí tienes una guía con todo lo que necesitas saber para pasar un gran 4 de Julio.Cada año, miles de personas se dirigen al centro de DC para disfrutar no solo de los fuegos artificiales, sino también del Smithsonian Folklife Festival, el National Independence Parade, el Capitol Fourth Concert y numerosas fiestas en azoteas por toda la ciudad.Los asistentes deben estar preparados para temperaturas cálidas y posiblemente tormentoso. La Autoridad en el Tiempo pronostica máximas en los 90 y un par de tormentas eléctricas emergentes. Aquí está el pronóstico completo.Asegúrese de hidratarse y descansar a la sombra. El Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS, en inglés) sugiere llevar agua y bocadillos, además de pasar tiempo en espacios con aire acondicionado (muchos de los museos Smithsonian están abiertos el 4 de julio). Eventos del 4 de julio en el National ...

CNBC: el 68% de estadounidenses trabajan en vacaciones; 3 consejos para que este sea relajante y no estresante

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

Este verano, es posible que los trabajadores sientan más calor por el exceso de uso de sus portátiles que por el sol de la playa. El invierno trajo ráfagas de despidos que dejaron a las empresas de todas las industrias con menos mano de obra. Mientras tanto, la inflación récord ha pesado sobre las billeteras de los consumidores. Con personal de empresa más pequeño, los empleados se han encontrado con cargas de trabajo más pesadas. El resultado: el 68% de los estadounidenses informan que trabajan en vacaciones, según una encuesta de mayo de la plataforma de aprendizaje en línea Elvtr. El estudio encuestó a 1,800 trabajadores estadounidenses y 500 de Canadá. CNBC: hacerse rico ya no es el “sueño americano”. Así es cómo la gente define el éxito, según encuesta Pasajeros de montaña rusa quedan atrapados boca abajo durante horas en festival Y eso es si se toman unas vacaciones. Con un poder adquisitivo más reducido, los consumidores h...

The Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat's Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry said Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)(AP/Rahmat Gul) FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat's Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry said Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)(AP/Rahmat Gul) ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday.It’s the latest cu...

Shooting after local festival leaves 3 dead and 8 injured in Texas, police say

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities in Texas say three people were killed and eight people were injured when gunfire erupted following a local festival. The shooting in Fort Worth happened at about 11:47 p.m. Monday in the Como neighborhood on the city’s southwest side, just hours after the end of the neighborhood’s annual ComoFest.Police said shots were fired into a crowd of hundreds of people. Responding officers found multiple victims in a parking lot, including one pronounced dead at the scene. Other victims were transported to local hospitals by ambulance or private vehicles. One of the 11 victims is a juvenile, police said. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning. It was also unclear how many people may have opened fire.ComoFest is the Independence Day celebration for Fort Worth’s Como neighborhood, a historically Black community. In 2021, a shooting at the celebration wounded eight. In Philadelphia on Monday right, a heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened ...

Sorteo de octavos de la Copa Libertadores 2023: equipos, horario y cómo seguir en vivo

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Copa Libertadores 2023 sigue su curso y este miércoles se conocerá cuáles serán los partidos que iniciarán las fases eliminatorias de la presente edición de la competencia.El pasado 29 de junio se jugaron los últimos encuentros de la fase de grupos de la copa y, con ello, quedaron definidos los equipos que disputarán los octavos de final (la primera de las fases eliminatorias del torneo).Para definir los cruces de octavos de final, se llevará a cabo un sorteo en la ciudad de Luque, Paraguay, sede de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Conmebol).La FIFA postergó el proceso de presentación de candidaturas para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol 2030El sorteo se realizará este miércoles 5 de julio. Para que no te lo pierdas, aquí te damos todos los detalles.¿Qué equipos estarán en el sorteo de octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores 2023?En total, los equipos clasificados para los octavos de final de la Libertadores son 16: ocho de estos clubes corresponden quiene...

The Glorious Sons to kick off new tour in September

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

Kingston based Rock and Roll Band The Glorious Sons have announced a new tour starting in September, with one of their key concert dates taking place in their hometown.The band is slated to start its tour on September 6th in Pittsburgh and will have a total of 57 shows. The tour begins in the US at locations such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and then picks up in Canada on November 10th in Victoria.Canadian tour locations include Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Sudbury, Ottawa, Montreal, Moncton, Halifax, and will conclude in Kingston at the Leon’s Centre on New Year’s Eve. The band will be supported by the Blue Stones, Velveteers (TBA), and other special guests.Leading up to the tour, the band is promoting its upcoming album by releasing new singles, such as “Lightning Bolt,” which was released on June 30th.Their new album, dubbed “Glory,” is expected to be released this fall.The band’s previous albums, ‘The U...

Townhome complex burned in 2-alarm fire in Aurora

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A townhome complex in Aurora caught fire Monday night, with a resident and officer sent to the hospital.The fire was in the 17000 block of Rice Circle around 10 p.m., Aurora Fire Rescue said. Several units and multiple floors of the homes were on fire. Two homes destroyed, firefighter burned in 2-alarm firework fire As of 10:39 p.m., crews said the fire had crossed over into other units and flames were beyond the structure. That's when the fire department said the structure was unstable and they switched their efforts to the exterior.At 11 p.m., fires were "flaring up in various locations around the structure" and crews were not able to complete searches of the homes yet because of the condition of the buildings.At around 11:30 p.m., Aurora Fire Rescue said the fire was under control, and one person was taken in an ambulance to the hospital for a leg injury. Additionally, at least one Aurora Police Officer was treated at an emergency room for smoke inhalation inju...

Florida couple competes in annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. (WSVN) — As millions of Americans celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and barbecues, a Florida couple is making waves in the competitive eating world. Nikki Sudo and Nick Wehry, known as “Major League Eaters,” are gearing up to participate in the highly anticipated annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.Sudo, a seasoned competitive eater, first tried her hand at a food competition and achieved unexpected success, propelling her into the world of elite competitive eating. In 2014, she clinched victory in the women’s division of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Since then, she’s had an impressive record, securing eight championships and setting the women’s record in 2020 by devouring a staggering 48 and a half hot dogs in just ten minutes.“We’re incredibly supportive of one another and we also push each other to look at things differently to really rethink what’s possible. He’s my hotd...

Partygate scandal reignites as UK police probe fresh claims

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

LONDON — British police are investigating fresh claims of coronavirus lockdown-breaching gatherings in Westminster, in the latest twist in the Partygate scandal. The Metropolitan Police announced Tuesday that it is opening one new investigation — into a December 8, 2020 “gathering in Parliament” — and re-opening another, covering an “event in Matthew Parker Street on 14 December 2020.”The first date is the same as a gathering reportedly attended by senior Conservative MP — and Partygate inquisitor — Bernard Jenkin, according to the Guido Fawkes website.The second date matches with a controversial “jingle and mingle” event at Conservative HQ. That event, at which party aides were pictured dancing and laughing at a time social gatherings were tightly restricted, was the subject of an exposé by the Sunday Mirror.In June, Boris Johnson — who was fined for his own COVID-19 rule breaches and recently condemned by the Commons privileges committee fo...

Rishi Sunak still hasn’t read a three-page report condemning Boris Johnson’s allies

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:59:54 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak has yet to read a three-page, week-old report condemning allies of Boris Johnson who attacked parliament’s privileges committee, he admitted Tuesday.Seven Tory MPs and three Tory peers close to the former prime minister were accused last week of waging a “coordinated campaign” to interfere with the privileges committee’s own inquiry into Johnson.In their damning follow-up to that initial inquiry — which found in June that Johnson repeatedly misled parliament — the committee said the lawmakers put MPs on the committee under “improper pressure.”But in a terse exchange with the Labour MP Chris Bryant at the House of Commons liaison committee Tuesday, Sunak refused to say whether he believes Tory MPs should apologize for their comments about the committee and said he had not read the report “yet” — despite last week asking a serving minister to apologize after he was named in the report.“I’ve read the findi...