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Bethesda Row Arts Festival invites art lovers to browse and buy from 165 artists over five blocks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews the Bethesda Row Arts Festival (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Are you looking for new artwork to adorn your home? Maybe a nice gift as the holidays approach?The Bethesda Row Arts Festival celebrates its 25th edition this Saturday and Sunday in Bethesda, Maryland.“It is the area’s largest fine arts event,” Co-Director Jon Gann told WTOP. “It is...

Filippo Inzaghi back coaching in Serie A after being hired by Salernitana

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

SALERNO, Italy (AP) — World Cup-winning forward Filippo Inzaghi is back coaching in Serie A after being hired by Salernitana on Tuesday.Salernitana announced that it had fired Pauolo Sousa and replaced him with Inzaghi, the older brother of Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi.Salernitana lost 3-0 at Monza on Sunday for its third straight defeat without scoring a goal. It has only three points from three draws in eight matches and sits just above bottom club Cagliari.Inzaghi’s first match in charge will be against Cagliari after the international break.The 50-year-old Inzaghi has been out of work since leaving Reggina in the offseason after the club was excluded from Serie B because of financial irregularities. He had led them into the promotion playoffs last season.Inzaghi last coached in the Italian top flight in the 2020-21 season but failed to avoid relegation with Benevento — which he had led to promotion the previous year — and left at the end of the campaign.Inzaghi started...

Canadian auto workers, GM reach tentative contract agreement less than 24 hours after strike began

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a strike that began early Tuesday.Lana Payne, president of the Unifor union, says that when faced with the strike, GM had no choice but to follow a pattern agreement reached with Ford.The new agreement covers about 4,300 autoworkers at GM’s assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, a powertrain plant in St. Catharines, Ontario, and a parts distribution center in Woodstock, Ontario.Payne said GM agreed to all items that it fought the union on such as pensions, retiree income and converting temporary workers into permanent employees during the agreement.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.TORONTO (AP) — Auto workers walked off the job at three General Motors facilities in Canada early Tuesday after failing to reach agreement with the automaker. Their union, Unifor, represents more than 4,200 workers at the plants. They had warn...

Pakistan beats Sri Lanka in a record run-chase at Cricket World Cup. England defeats Bangladesh

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

HDYERABAD, India (AP) — Mohammad Rizwan and opening batter Abdullah Shafique hit centuries Tuesday as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a record run-chase at the Cricket World Cup.Chasing a target of 345, Rizwan played with a pulled right calf and scored an unbeaten 131 off 121 balls. Shafique, replacing out-of-form Fakhar Zaman, scored 113 to help Pakistan reach 345-4 in 48.2 overs.Pakistan stretched its World Cup record against Sri Lanka to 8-0 as has four points from two victories. Pakistan have beaten both the qualifiers — the Netherlands and Sri Lanka — going into the marquee game against rival India in Ahmedabad on Saturday.“Always proud when you perform like that,” Rizwan said after a knock which featured eight fours and three sixes. “It was difficult and when you chase like that, it’s always special. Every player in the dressing room had the belief we can chase that.”Sri Lanka has had plenty of bowling problems at the World Cup in the absence of injured star legspinn...

Less than 24 hours after hitting picket lines, Canadian auto workers reach tentative agreement with General Motors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Less than 24 hours after hitting picket lines, Canadian auto workers reach tentative agreement with General Motors.Source

Officials say four Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies taken to hospital following fire during law enforcement training

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Officials say four Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies taken to hospital following fire during law enforcement training.Source

Así es vivir en Gaza: los habitantes sienten “pánico y miedo” y no tienen a dónde ir

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando el grupo extremista palestino Hamas lanzó un ataque contra Israel el 7 de octubre los palestinos que vivían en la zona sitiada tuvieron sentimientos encontrados.Algunos celebraron, orgullosos de lo que percibieron como una victoria contra Israel. Otros, sin embargo, tenían miedo y temían una represalia mortal.La incursión sin precedentes del grupo extremista provocó votos de represalia por parte del primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, quien declaró que su país estaba en guerra y prometió una “poderosa venganza por este día negro”.El lunes siguiente, las represalias estaban en pleno apogeo, cuando el ministro de Defensa, Yoav Gallant, ordenó un “asedio completo” de Gaza.“He dado una orden: Gaza quedará bajo un asedio total. Sin electricidad, sin comida, sin combustible. Todo cerrado. Estamos luchando contra (terroristas) bárbaros y responderemos en consecuencia”, dijo ante las cámaras, añadiendo que también se le corta...

Biden to condemn Hamas brutality in attack on Israel and call out rape and torture by militants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden planned to use a Tuesday speech about the four-day-old war between Israel and Hamas to condemn the militant group for a shocking multipronged attack on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of civilians, including at least 11 American citizens, according to a White House official.Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the situation on the ground. The president was also expected to speak of the actions he and other allies have taken to support Israel in the aftermath of the attack, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the president’s remarks. He also planned to address the brutality of the militants toward Israelis who were captured by Hamas in the operation, including rape and torture, the official said.Biden, in his public remarks and statements since Hamas launched its attacks, has repeat...

Biden condemns Hamas brutality in attack on Israel and calls out rape and torture by militants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used a Tuesday speech about the 4 -day-old war between Israel and Hamas to condemn the militant group for a shocking multipronged attack on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of civilians, including at least 11 American citizens.Watch his full remarks in the video above.Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the situation on the ground. The president also spoke of the actions he and other allies have taken to support Israel in the aftermath of the attack.He also addressed the brutality of the militants toward Israelis who were captured by Hamas in the operation, including rape and torture.Biden, in his public remarks and statements since Hamas launched its attacks, has repeatedly emphasized his shock over the breadth and brutality of the Hamas assault — a blitz by land, sea and air that surprised Israeli and U.S. intelligence and...

‘My family members are being used as pawns’: Needham man describes learning relatives were taken hostage by Hamas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:58:26 GMT

A man from Needham says he is pleading for his family members’ safe return after they were captured by Hamas during a series of attacks in Israel.Jason Greenberg told 7NEWS several members of his family were taken hostage when gunmen stormed into southern Israel Saturday morning and killed hundreds of civilians during hours of violence that have since escalated into all-out war.Greenberg said he himself had been in the country for the past few days, and was able to get out with his father via one of the last flights out of the region before airlines began cancelling flights.He said his sister was still in the country, but was in a safe area and had remained in constant contact.However, contact with family members living near the Gaza Strip was lost.Greenberg said that after silence, he learned that his great aunt in her 80s, her three grandchildren and their father were taken hostage by Hamas. With contact lost, he said video of his family members being captured emerged and co...