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More than 60 people detained after a gay wedding in southern Nigeria

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality, which is outlawed in the West African country.The “gay suspects” were arrested in southern Delta state’s Ekpan town at about 2 a.m. on Monday at an event where two of them were married, state police spokesman Bright Edafe told reporters. He said that homosexuality “will never be tolerated” in Nigeria.Arrests of gay people are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, where gay people can face up to 14 years in prison under the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. Accomplices also face 10 years in prison. Enacted in 2013, the law has been condemned locally and internationally though it is also supported by many in the country.Police in Delta stormed a hotel in Ekpan where the gay wedding was being held and initially arrested 200 people, Edafe told reporters. Later, 67 of them were detained aft...

Heavy rains cause significant flooding in parts of West Virginia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said.Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency in at least five counties, enabling the National Guard to activate swift-water rescue teams and use helicopters in areas hit by floodwaters.“This is an ongoing, life-threatening emergency,” the Kanawha County Commission said on social media. “Please seek higher ground.”The commission said that based on radar estimates, up to 6 inches (15.2 centimeters) of rain fell in a short amount of time Monday in areas east of Charleston, sending several creeks out of their banks. Classes at several schools were canceled. Mudslides closed U.S. Route 60 in the Kanawha County community of Cedar Grove, and flooding led to lane closures on parts of Interstate 77.First responders conducted at least 22 water rescues in the county Monday morning, the commission said. The communities that were hit the hardest were al...

Le extraen del cerebro una lombriz intestinal viva, común en serpientes pitones

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

AUSTRALIA – Un grupo de neurocirujanos extrajeron del cerebro de una mujer australiana una lombriz intestinal viva de ocho centímetros, el primer caso de este tipo en humanos, según informaron este martes fuentes académicas.El parásito, identificado como Ophidascaris robertsi, es común en las serpientes pitones diamantina, una especie endémica de Australia.“Se trata del primer caso humano de Ophidascaris documentado”, dijo el profesor asociado Sanjaya Senanayake, experto en enfermedades infecciosas de la Universidad Nacional Australiana y el Hospital de Camberra, que incluso afirma puede ser el primer caso conocido de una infección cerebral con este parásito en cualquier especie de mamífero. “Vomitaba del dolor”: hispano vivió una pesadilla por una lombriz en su cerebro Joven muere por la ameba “devoradora de cerebros” tras infectarse en un lago La mujer, de 64 años, fue internada en enero de 2021 en un hospital ...

Más baratos: los precios de estos 10 medicamentos entrarán a negociación con el Medicare

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

El gobierno anunció este martes los 10 primeros con prescripción que estarán sujetos a negociaciones de precios de Medicare, un logro clave para el gobierno de Biden en su objetivo de reducir el alto costo de los medicamentos recetados para personas mayores.La disminución en los costos beneficiará a unas 9 millones de personas. Se calcula que el Medicare presta cobertura médica a 65 millones de personas en Estados Unidos, según KFF, un grupo no partidista que estudia cuestiones de políticas de salud.Entre los medicamentos que tendrán precios reducidos, están algunos que son de los recetados más comunes y costosos para tratar la insuficiencia cardíaca, coágulos sanguíneos, diabetes, artritis y enfermedad de Crohn. Esto se suma al progreso que logramos al reducir el costo de la insulina a $35 por mes para las personas mayores con Medicare.“Estas personas mayores actualmente pagan hasta $6,497 en costos de bolsillo por año por estas recetas”, dijo el presidente Joe Biden en...

Se definen los cuartos de final de la Copa Libertadores: previas, partidos, horarios y cómo ver en televisión

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Copa Libertadores de América ya tendrá esta semana a sus cuatro semifinalistas, que seguirán con el sueño de llegar a la gran final en Río de Janeiro. Y, claro, el torneo de clubes más importante del continente promete emocionantes definiciones.De los cuatro partidos de ida que se disputaron la semana anterior, uno dejó la llave prácticamente definida (a favor de Palmeiras ante Deportivo Pereira); otras dos llaves, con favoritismo para dos equipos (Internacional de Porto Alegre y Fluminense de Rio de Janeiro); y la última tiene pronóstico en suspenso (Boca Juniors y Racing Club).Mira el detalle de cada llave y cómo sigue el torneo:Internacional (Porto Alegre) vs Bolívar (Bolivia)El equipo conducido por el argentino Eduardo Coudet ganó en su visita a la altura de La Paz. El equipo brasileño se impuso 1-0 con tanto de su máxima estrella, el ecuatoriano Enner Valencia. En el estadio Hernando Siles, el equipo rojo de Porto Alegre estableció condiciones que marca...

Ronald Acuña Jr. knocked over by fan charging field in Colorado, but Braves star says he’s OK

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. said he was OK after fending off two fans, including one who knocked him over, in right field during the Atlanta Braves’ 14-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. One fan got his arms against Acuña during the middle of the seventh inning. Two security people quickly grabbed the fan and, as they tried to drag him away, a third security person approached. A second fan then sprinted toward the group, knocking down Acuña, and that fan was tackled as one of the security people chased him down.Acuña wasn’t injured and remained in the game.“I was a little scared at first,” Acuña said through an interpreter. “I think the fans were out there and asking for pictures. I really couldn’t say anything because at that point, security was already there and we were already kind of tangled up, but security was able to get there and everything’s OK. We’re all OK and I hope they’re OK.”Teammate Kevin Pillar expressed relief Acuña wasn’t hurt.“Thankfully, t...

This mountain town hotel spa is one of the best in US

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you drive west from Denver for about an hour on Interstate 70, you will hit a small mountain town known for its casinos and hotels. Now, one of those hotel spas has been named among the best in the U.S.USA Today’s 10Best combines a list of 20 nominees for contests that cover food, lodging and travel. Then, readers get to make the final decision and vote for their favorite picks. Recently, USA Today made a list of the 10 best hotel spas where guests can indulge in luxury, wellness and serenity. Colorado hot spring voted one of the best in US Colorado's very own Spa Monarch at Monarch Casino Resort Spa was picked as the fourth best in the whole country.According to USA Today expert Ava Roxanne Stritt, Spa Monarch is "one of the most complete luxury spas in the USA."According to the resort's website, the spa offers an indoor infinity pool, jetted spas, aqua spas, respiration and light therapy, herbal steam rooms and their Laconium Lounge. The Laconium Lounge c...

Police investigation underway after shots fired in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

A police investigation is currently underway after authorities responded to a ShotSpotter Alert in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, Tuesday morning. Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) officers, including units with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (FLFR), were dispatched to the vicinity of Northwest 15th Court and 15th Place around 3:30 a.m., where authorities were seen closing off the surrounding area with crime scene tape. A yellow house on the street was at the center of the investigation as authorities were seen entering and exiting the home during their investigation. Bullet holes were also evident in the home.Neighbors said they heard seven shots around 3:30 a.m. and as another neighbor heard about the incident, they mentioned this was the second time that home was targeted. That incident occurred on Friday and no one was injured when that situation unfolded. Officials said FLFR crews transported a victim, who is expected to survive, as a trauma alert to Broward Health Medical...

Florida’s already-volatile insurance industry is bracing for Hurricane Idalia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

New York (CNN) — As it churns toward the disaster-prone Sunshine State, Hurricane Idalia could be a litmus test for Florida’s increasingly volatile and expensive insurance landscape.Despite several insurance companies exiting Florida, experts say the state’s residents are still mostly covered this hurricane season.But insurers are keeping a wary eye on Idalia, expected to make landfall Wednesday. Experts say the state’s insurance industry can absorb potential losses for now, but an Idalia hit on a highly populated area could affect those companies’ future outlooks.Conditions could change ahead of Wednesday, including the strength and path of the storm.“This would be a very different event if it was going right into Tampa versus much less populated areas,” said Matthew Carletti, an analyst at JMP Securities. “There should be much less loss where it’s headed now, but that could change. Tampa is on the edge of the cone, but (the storm) could still end up there, and that will have ...

Walt Disney Pictures VFX workers file for unionization

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:46 GMT

New York (CNN) — Disney’s visual effects crew filed for an election to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board with the backing of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union announced Monday, just weeks after Marvel’s VFX moved to unionize.More than 80% of Walt Disney Picture’s 18 in-house VFX crewmembers signed their authorization cards, IATSE said in a release.Marvel’s and Disney’s filings are the first for VFX professionals, who “have joined together to demand the same rights and protections as their unionized colleagues throughout the film industry,” IATSE said.The announcement comes as industries throughout Hollywood are demanding improved labor conditions. While the Marvel Studios VFX unionization effort is set to count votes on September 12, workers at Puerto Rico-based Gladius Studios also voted unanimously to unionize earlier this month. Hollywood productions have screeched to a halt since the Writers Guild of America announced a st...