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Spaniards back home celebrate La Roja winning Women’s World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Spaniards erupted in joy after La Roja won the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, with some following coach Jorge Vilda’s call to take to the streets and celebrate Spain’s first major soccer title in more than a decade. Fans in Madrid, Barcelona and around the country cheered when the final whistle blew in Sydney, Australia, following Spain’s 1-0 win over England to clinch the women’s world title for the first time. The women’s triumph came 13 years after the men’s national team won its only World Cup title in South Africa. The men’s team also won the 2008 and 2012 European Championships.“They made it possible for people to watch women’s soccer the same way that they watch men’s soccer,” said 20-year-old Erika Macarro at a viewing party in Madrid. “This is great for young girls who are being able to experience this. We never expected this team to get this far and they did. It shows that you always have to believe.”The match commentator on Spanis...

Denver weather: Another day of high temps

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Sunday brings another day of temperatures in the 90s but with the dry conditions and wind picking up, high fire danger will be back this afternoon.Red Flag Warnings go into effect for the metro and Eastern Plains from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.Highs Sunday will be back in the mid-90s, above average for this time of year. It'll be mostly sunny and dry, and the winds will pick up in the afternoon to around 10-20 mph. 90s stick around for most of the work week, but there's finally relief in sight - Rain is back in the forecast and temps drop into the low 80s to end the week.

More than 36K kids enrolled in universal pre-k so far, 65K could be eligible

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- 65,000 children in Colorado could be eligible for Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program. Despite many lawsuits coming after the program, UPK leaders say the program is working.More than 36,000 children are enrolled in the program so far.Beginning in August, Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program will provide 10-15 hours per week of free preschool to every child in their year before entering kindergarten. To be eligible for preschool during the 2023-24 school year, a child must be at least three years old and younger than five years old on October 1, 2023. Some families wish the program paid for full-time care.“What we know and what we've seen from a lot of our families who are applying is that half-day isn't enough,” said Dawn Odean, the Director of Universal Preschool. However, you can enroll your child in a full-day program and receive the benefits of half-day care. which they say is about a savings of $6,000 per year. 6 public school districts sue Colorado ov...

1 person dead, 1 hospitalized after fatal rollover car accident in South Miami Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

A car was left mangled after a deadly drive in South Miami Dade. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a black Cadillac sedan collided with a pedestrian around 3 a.m. causing the vehicle to rollover and leaving it destroyed.The pedestrian, an adult male, died on the scene, while the driver of the Cadillac was left injured after crashing into the side of a strip mall building along US 1 near Southwest 272nd Street.First responders cut out a person from the car which was propped up against the building.Miami Dade Fire Rescue reported that once the occupant was extricated from the car, they were airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center as a trauma alert. Their condition is said to be stable, however, their exact injuries remain unknown. US 1 was shut down for most of the early morning while officials conducted a preliminary investigation. Authorities, including the Traffic Homicide Unit, continue to investigate what caused the crash.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more ...

Tropical Storm Hilary swirls northward packing deadly rainfall along Mexico's Baja coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary swirled northward Sunday just off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, no longer a hurricane but still carrying so much rain that forecasters said “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding is likely across a broad region of the southwestern U.S.As of 8 a.m. Pacific time, Hilary was located about 220 miles (350 kilometers) south-southeast of San Diego, the National Hurricane Center reported. Hilary had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) and was moving northwest at 25 mph (41 kph). The Mexican cities of Ensenada and Tijuana remained directly in the tropical storm's path, and meteorologists warned that despite weakening, the storm remained treacherous.One person drowned Saturday in the Mexican town of Santa Rosalia, on the peninsula’s eastern coast, when a vehicle was swept away in an overflowing stream. Rescue workers managed to save four other people, said Edith Aguilar Villavicencio, the mayor of Mulege township.I...

Sweltering temperatures bring misery to large portion of central U.S., setting some heat records

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes.Record high temperatures were recorded in Texas and other states. People were told to chug extra water while mowing lawns or exercising outdoors, and to check on neighbors to ensure air-conditioning is available.“These high temperatures can impact our friends, families, and neighbors who may live alone, especially if they limit their use of air conditioning,” Sarah Russell, commissioner for the St. Louis Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement. “We urge everyone to stop and visit loved ones to ensure they are healthy and well during this extreme heat.”The Dallas-Fort Worth area was expected to reach 110 F (43.3 C) Sunday after hitting 108 F (42.2 C) Saturday, said Sarah Barnes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The record high for those dates was 107 F (41.7 C), set in 2011.Barnes said the area is not ...

7 fans of Brazil’s Corinthians soccer team have been killed in a bus crash, dozens wounded

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — A bus carrying fans of the Brazilian soccer team Corinthians crashed Sunday following a match in the city of Belo Horizonte, killing at least seven people and injuring 36 others, police said. The seven dead were members of a club of supporters of Corinthians called Gavioes da Fiel. They had traveled from the city of Taubaté in northeast Sao Paulo state to watch their team’s 1-1 draw with Cruzeiro in a Brazilian championship game Saturday evening.Passengers told local media the bus lost its breaks and flipped over trying to avoid a head on crash with another bus.Corinthians said in a statement it will give support to families of the victims. Other Brazilian clubs also expressed their sorrow for the accident as did President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is also a fan of the club.Associated Press, The Associated Press

Denmark joins Netherlands in offering F-16 jets to Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an important motivation for his country’s forces, embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive against Russia.The promise of new fighter jets came the day after an unusually brazen Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian theater that killed seven people and wounded almost 150 others in the northern city of Chernihiv. Zelenskyy vowed stern retaliation for the attack, whose victims included a slain 6-year-old girl dead and 15 wounded children.After months of entreaties from Zelenskyy for F-16s to bolster the Ukrainian air force, the U.S. recently gave approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to provide Ukraine the American-made jets. Zelenskyy travelled to both countries Sunday to finalize the delivery deals.’’F-16s will certainly give new energy, confidence, and motivation to fighters and civili...

‘Blue Beetle’ unseats ‘Barbie’ atop box office, ending four-week reign

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The DC superhero film “Blue Beetle” led weekend ticket sales with an estimated $25.4 million, according to studio estimates, dethroning “Barbie” from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month.The “Barbie” phenomenon is far from over. Greta Gerwig’s film, which earlier this week became the highest grossing Warner Bros. release ever domestically, nearly managed to stay No. 1 again with $21.5 million in its fifth weekend. Its in North America is up to $567.3 million.And the other half of “Barbenheimer” also continues to perform remarkably well for a movie so far into its run. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” took in $10.6 million in its fifth week. With a $285.2 million domestic total, “Oppenheimer” now owns the distinction of being the biggest box-office hit never to land No. 1 at the weekend box office. The previous record-holder for that unlikely stat is 2016’s “Sing,” which grossed $270.3 million in the shadow of “Rog...

Thousands of tarantulas to 'migrate' in Colorado: Here's where to see it

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:59:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Calling all spider lovers: It's almost time for thousands of male tarantulas to crawl across 433,000 acres in southeast Colorado for their mating season. If you aren't creeped out by that mental image, there's still time to catch the many-legged sighting, which occurs between late August and early September.Nexstar's KDVR spoke with a tarantula expert for the top spots you might catch a glimpse of the "mate-gration." During Colorado tarantula migration, females see males as a tasty snack Sara Stevens, the director of animal collections at the Butterfly Pavilion, named a few places she expects to see the 5-inch spiders:Comanche National GrasslandYour best bet is to go to the grasslands for tarantula viewing. Stevens said the grasslands are a place where there are usually higher concentrations of tarantulas. Visit La Junta recommends Highway 109 on the Comanche National Grassland.La JuntaStevens also recommends La Junta because it's most associated with the tara...