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First African American mother, daughter graduate from US Naval Academy in Annapolis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage.A retired Navy captain has made history with her daughter, becoming the first African American mother and daughter to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in its 177-year history, according to the Maryland academy’s public affairs office.“If you would’ve asked me if this was a possibility seven years ago, I would’ve said no way in the world,” retired Captain Timika Lindsay said.Timika Lindsay was the Navy’s highest-ranking African American female officer before retiring in 2021 after 30 years of service. While at her last duty station at the academy, where she served as the chief diversity officer, her daughter Elise became interested in attending as well.A student at Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland, at the time, Elise said that living on the yard, being exposed to midshipm...

Casi 1,4 millones de personas han sido desplazadas en Sudán desde el estallido de la guerra civil, según un informe de la ONU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

(CNN) — Casi 1,4 millones de personas se han visto desplazadas en Sudán desde que estalló el conflicto entre dos generales rivales en abril, según informó este domingo la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (OCHA) de Naciones Unidas en un nuevo informe que expone la magnitud de la catástrofe en la que está sumida la nación africana.Incluso antes de que se intensificaran los combates, años de inestabilidad política hacían que Sudán tuviera varios millones de desplazados internos. El país también acogía a 1,13 millones de refugiados de otros países en conflicto, como Sudán del Sur, Eritrea y Siria, según datos de ACNUR.El nuevo brote de violencia obligó a una nueva oleada de personas a abandonar sus hogares, trasladándose a otros lugares de Sudán o cruzando a países vecinos.La nueva estimación cita cifras de varias agencias de la ONU.Desde que estallaron los combates el 15 de abril de 2023, más de un millón de personas se habían desplazado internamente en el país has...

Pena de muerte, criminalización de la homosexualidad, terapias de conversión y más: el presidente de Uganda firma una de las leyes anti-LGBTQ más duras del mundo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, firmó una de las leyes contra el colectivo LGBTQ más duras del mundo, según declaró el portavoz del Parlamento, desafiando así la presión internacional.El proyecto de ley incluye la pena de muerte por “homosexualidad agravada”, que incluye las relaciones sexuales con un menor, mantener relaciones sexuales siendo seropositivo y el incesto.El proyecto de ley penaliza la educación sexual sobre la comunidad gay e ilegaliza no denunciar a la policía a los que denomina autores de homosexualidad agravada. Exige la “rehabilitación” —una terapia de conversión ampliamente desacreditada— de los delincuentes homosexuales.Uganda aprueba un proyecto de ley que penaliza identificarse como LGBTQ e impone la pena de muerte para algunos delitosYoweri Museveni, presidente de Uganda. (Crédito: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters/File)Museveni devolvió el proyecto de ley al Parlamento para que lo revisara a principios de año. La última ...

Boil Water Advisory in DC; Northeast residents warned water could be contaminated

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

Residents living in parts of Northeast D.C. are advised to boil water before drinking or cooking with it.D.C. Water issued the Boil Water Advisory on Sunday after receiving calls from residents reporting a complete or partial loss of water pressure — which can increase the chance of the water being contaminated by bacteria or other disease-causing organisms.Callers were from the Ford Lincoln, Woodridge and Langdon neighborhoods, according to the advisory.“We have no information that the water was contaminated by this incident, but issue this advisory as a precaution while we test the water,” the advisory states.The areas impacted are:East of Montana AvenueWest of Eastern AvenueSouth of Rhode Island AvenueNorth of New York AvenueDC Water issues a boil water advisory for some customers in NE. We advise customers to not drink or cook with their water without first boiling it for one minute. The earliest the advisory will be lifted is Tuesday, May 30. Visit https://t.c...

Entregan nuevas opciones de vivienda para los migrantes en Nueva York

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

(CNN) — Un recordatorio del profeta Mahoma sobre dar a la “humanidad” está pintado en el exterior de un edificio indescriptible del sur de Brooklyn que abrió sus puertas a migrantes de todas las creencias.Durante los últimos nueve meses, el Centro Comunitario Musulmán ha acogido colectivamente a unos 75 solicitantes de asilo. Pero quieren hacer más.“Como musulmanes, tenemos la obligación de ayudar a alojar a los migrantes y a las personas que viajan, y hemos decidido dar ese paso”, declaró a CNN Soniya Ali, directora ejecutiva del centro.El centro es una de las organizaciones religiosas que han presentado una solicitud a la ciudad de Nueva York para alojar a migrantes. A su vez, la ciudad ha firmado un contrato con New York Disaster Interfaith Services, una organización benéfica religiosa, para proporcionar 950 camas a los solicitantes de asilo, según un funcionario del gobierno con conocimiento del plan de la ciudad.En el centro musulmán, las camas ya ...

2 people killed in crash on I-25 in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department is investigating a deadly crash that happened late Sunday evening.The crash was reported before 11:30 p.m. at southbound Interstate 25 and Yale Avenue. Rafter rescued from swift rapids on Royal Gorge DPD said two people in a single vehicle were pronounced dead following the crash. Their identities will be released from the coroner's office following notification of next of kin.No other injuries were reported in the crash. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Ancient tombs and large mummification workshops unearthed in Egypt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

(CNN) — Egypt has announced the discovery of two of the largest workshops ever used to mummify human and animal corpses in ancient times.Two workshops and two tombs were discovered in Saqqara, a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo, according to Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.“Today, we announce the discovery of the two biggest mummification workshops for humans and animals at the Saqqara Necropolis. This workshop is the one used for humans, including the beds on which the bodies were washed,” Waziri told journalists in Giza over the weekend.The embalming workshops date back to the 30th Dynasty (380-343 BC) and the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC), Egyptian state newspaper, Al-Ahram reported Saturday, citing Waziri.The first workshop is a rectangular building containing multiple rooms with stone beds measuring 2 meters (6.6 feet) long and 50 centimeters (20 inches) wide which were used to mummify the deceased, acco...

Fire chief: 1 person rescued overnight from Iowa building collapse; No deaths reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — One person was found overnight at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Iowa, bringing the total number of people rescued to eight, authorities said Monday.Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said at a news conference Monday that it was unclear if anyone was still missing after part of the six-story complex crashed to the ground in the eastern Iowa city. No deaths have been reported.“No known individuals are trapped in that facility,” Carlsten said. Authorities have not released how many people were injured or provided details on the nature of their injuries. Carlsten did say that the person who was rescued overnight was in the hospital.Rescue teams, including K-9 units, were inside the building all night.“When something like this happens here, and tragedy strikes, our responders immediately do their work and their job and I can’t thank them enough,” Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said.Rescuers were called to the scene shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday...

Halifax wildfire still out of control, 14,000 forced from their homes: deputy chief

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

HALIFAX — A wildfire that has damaged or destroyed dozens of homes in suburban Halifax is still burning out of control because of gusty winds and dry conditions.Halifax deputy fire Chief David Meldrum says an estimated 14,000 people were forced to flee their homes after the rapidly spreading fire broke out Sunday afternoon in Tantallon, a 30-minute drive northwest of downtown Halifax.Meldrum says the wind shifted directions overnight and is now coming from the northwest, which means the fire is blowing back on itself and could set new fires in the large subdivisions on the outskirts of the city.With no rain in the forecast, Meldrum says it could take the rest of the week to subdue the fire.He says about 100 firefighters are doing their best to contain the fire, and he says two helicopters from the Department of Natural Resources will be joined today by two water bombers from Newfoundland and Labrador.The size of the fire remains unclear and Meldrum says emergency officials are still...

South African president appoints judge to oversee weapons-for-Russia inquiry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:28 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a judge to oversee an inquiry into allegations that the country supplied arms to Russia on a ship that docked secretly at a naval base in December. The allegations were made this month by the United States’ ambassador to South Africa, who said he was sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto the Russian-flagged cargo ship Lady R when it docked at the Simon’s Town naval base near Cape Town late last year.Ambassador Reuben Brigety indicated that the U.S. had intelligence to sustain the allegation and he said he would bet his life on the accuracy of his claim that weapons were loaded onto the ship.The Lady R container-carrying ship is under U.S. sanctions for being tied to a company that has transported weapons to aid the Russian war effort in Ukraine.South Africa has denied there was any government-sanctioned deal to provide weapons to Russia, although it hasn’t categorically ruled...