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National Cinema Day is back with $4 movie tickets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

New York (CNN) — If you haven’t seen some of the summer’s hottest blockbusters, there’s no time like the present.Sunday is the second annual National Cinema Day. At more than 3,000 participating theaters across the country the price of a movie ticket is just $4. The last time the average movie ticket was priced this low was in 1989, according to survey data from the National Association of Theatre Owners. Last year, the average ticket price was $10.53.Theaters have been working to regain their footing post-pandemic. Summer hits like “Barbie” have helped buoy sales numbers, with AMC seeing its highest quarterly attendance since 2019. But movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc is still millions in debt and the ongoing strike by Hollywood actors and writers has caused film production to screech to a halt. National Cinema Day could give the theater business a boost.Last year’s Cinema Day, when tickets were only $3, drew 8 million participants and raked in $23.8 million at th...

Do you have ‘gymtimidation’? Here’s how to fix it

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

(CNN) — It happens to every gymgoer at some point. You’re getting ready to head to the gym or begin using a piece of equipment, and suddenly you feel stressed and anxious. Maybe it’s because of what you’re wearing, a lack of fitness or uncertainty about how a group class will operate. These negative feelings — dubbed “gymtimidation” — are real, and they can prevent you from achieving your fitness goals. That’s a real problem, experts say.There is a wealth of evidence that being physically fit is key to preventing chronic illness and death. Staying active also helps you sleep better, reach or maintain a healthy weight, and control your blood pressure. In addition, exercise is a powerful force in combating stress, anxiety and depression — a real irony when it comes to the issue of gymtimidation.“Gym anxiety affects people who are young, old, male and female,” said Brookelyn Suddell, director of group fitness strategy and development for Crunch Fitness in New York City. “It affects peo...

Accidente aéreo durante entrenamiento deja tres soldados estadounidenses muertos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

Tres marines murieron cuando un avión se estrelló en una isla frente a la costa norte de Australia durante un ejercicio de entrenamiento multinacional, dijo el Cuerpo de Marines en un comunicado este domingo.El avión de rotor basculante MV-22B Osprey se estrelló “mientras transportaba tropas durante un ejercicio de entrenamiento de rutina” en la isla Melville, al norte de Darwin, según el comunicado.Otros cinco en “estado grave” fueron transportados al Hospital Royal Darwin a unas 60 millas al sur de la isla, según el comunicado. “Había un total de 23 personas a bordo”, añadió.Un portavoz confirmó a NBC News que todos los que estaban a bordo eran marines.“Los marines a bordo del avión volaban en apoyo del ejercicio Predators Run”, decía el comunicado, y agrega que “la causa del incidente está bajo investigación”. Desplome de helicóptero militar de EEUU deja al menos tres muertos y varios heridos Muere el pi...

Fire sparks in kitchen of Davie home, 2 transported to hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

Fire rescue crews and police responded to a fire that initiated in the kitchen of a home in a Davie townhouse complex. The flames ignited in a house located on the 11000 block of Southwest 15th Manor, around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday.Davie Fire Department reported one adult and one child that sustained smoke inhalation, both were transported to Broward Health Medical Center in serious condition.American Red Cross is assisting approximately 10 adults and 10 children from other units who have been displaced at least for the night.The fire remains under investigation.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

A US Marine Osprey crashes during drills in Australia, killing 3 and injuring 20, some critically

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said.Three had been confirmed dead on Melville Island and five were flown in serious condition 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the mainland city of Darwin for hospital treatment after the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed around 9:30 a.m., a statement from the Marines said.“Recovery efforts are ongoing,” the statement said, adding the cause of the crash was under investigation.Aircraft had been sent from Darwin to retrieve more survivors from the remote location but no further details on the fate of the other 15 Marines on board had been released hours later.A U.S. military official reported to Australian air traffic controllers a “significant fire in the vicinity of the crash site,” according to an audio recording of the conversation bro...

Thousands of athletes gather at Carson Beach to swim, bike and run the Boston Triathlon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

Thousands of athletes are gathering on Carson Beach in South Boston to run, swim and back as a part of the Boston Triathlon.Racers took off Sunday morning, marking the 15th year of the race. More than 20,000 athletes are competing from all 50 states and 36 different countries.Among the competitors is 12-year-old Eshe Stockton of Rhode Island, who is competing in the adults race. Stockton, who placed third in the Under-19 sprint race last year, said she wants to be an Olympian one day.“I want to become professional and go to the Olympics,” Stockton said. “I want to inspire kids my age and maybe adults that aren’t too as active.”The Boston Triathlon kids race took place Saturday, which Race Director Michael O’Neil said is an important part of the organization.. “We are open to everyone, and we invite them in and we help them whether it’s teaching them to swim, whether it’s helping coaching them to bike, whether it’s learning how to run,” O’Neil said....

Pastor urges sadness, not rage, after white shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The pastor of a church near the site of the racist fatal shooting of three Black people told congregants Sunday to follow Jesus Christ’s example and keep their sadness from turning to rage. The Saturday shooting came on the same day thousands visited Washington, D.C., to attend the Rev. Al Sharpton’s 60th anniversary commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have A Dream” speech. The latest in a long history of American racist killings was at the forefront of Sunday services at St. Paul AME Church about 3 miles from the crime scene.“Our hearts are broken,” the Rev. Willie Barnes told about 100 congregants Sunday morning. “If any of you are like me, I’m fighting trying to not be angry.”The choir sang “Amazing Grace” before ministers said prayers for the victims’ families and the broader community. Congregants with heads bowed answered with amens from the pews.A ma...

Austrian police find 53 people apparently headed for Germany in a small truck

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities on Sunday found 53 people apparently headed for Germany crammed into a small truck that was stopped in the Austrian city of Linz.Four men were in the cabin of the vehicle when it was stopped on Sunday morning, one of whom fled on foot after getting out of the vehicle, police said. He was arrested, as were three others, on suspicion of smuggling.In the truck’s cargo compartment, officers found the 53 people, including small children. Most of them were from Turkey, police said.The smuggling suspects were three Turkish nationals aged between 18 and 28 and another man whose identity has yet to be established.Police didn’t give details of the migrants’ journey, but in recent years authorities have repeatedly found large numbers of people crammed into vehicles that brought them across the Balkans to Austria.The Associated Press

At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

OKUMA, Japan (AP) — At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room in northeastern Japan, the treated water transfer switch is on. A graph on a computer monitor nearby shows a steady decrease of water levels as treated radioactive wastewater is diluted and released into the Pacific Ocean.In the coastal area of the plant, two seawater pumps are in action, gushing torrents of seawater through sky blue pipes into the big header where the treated water, which comes down through a much thinner black pipe from the hilltop tanks, gets diluted by hundreds of times before the release. The sound of the treated and diluted radioactive water flowing into an underground secondary pool was heard from beneath the ground during Sunday’s first plant tour for media, including The Associated Press, since the controversial release began.“The best way to eliminate the contaminated water is to remove the melted fuel debris,” said Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdin...

Man killed, several injured in overnight shooting in Louisville

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:32 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — A shooting near a Louisville restaurant and bar early Sunday left one man dead and five others injured by gunshots, according to police.Police arrived at the scene in downtown Louisville around 3 a.m. and found a man dead, Louisville Police Maj. Shannon Lauder told media near the scene. Another man wounded by gunfire was transported to a hospital and was in critical condition Sunday morning. Four other people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and another man was hurt in a fall, according to media reports. There have been no arrests in the shooting. Lauder urged anyone with information about the shooting to call police.The shooting occurred near the Southern Restaurant & Lounge on Third Street in the city’s downtown area. Police were continuing to investigate Sunday morning.The Associated Press