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Word Game: April 21, 2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — VAGARIES (VAGARIES: VAY-guh-reez: Erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant actions or ideas.)Average mark 28 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 37 or more words in VAGARIES? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — REPENTED reed rend rent repent ender enter entree epee erne peen peer pent pert peter preen preteen pretend need nerd teed teen tend tender tepee tern tree trend deep deepen deeper deer deet dent deterTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contac...

Horoscopes April 21, 2023: Andie MacDowell, live up to your promises

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Emma Tremblay, 19; Rob Riggle, 53; Andie MacDowell, 65; Tony Danza, 72.Happy Birthday: Emotions will be your driving force this year. Recognize that you must look at every angle and go over every detail before making decisions that can influence your position, reputation and prospects. If you use your intelligence, the experience and connections you have built over the years and your ability to live up to your promises, you will meet your expectations. Your numbers are 5, 16, 22, 25, 32, 34, 48.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take a moment to follow the dots and figure out what you want before you head in a different direction. Seek knowledge and wisdom from someone you trust to coach you along the way. Put your skills to work for you. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take care of personal problems before you help others. You’ll do better with less stress, a clear head and a good understanding of what’s possible. Once your vision is evident, reac...

“Myth America”: New Book Dismantles 20 Legends About Our Past

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

Recently, peculiar skirmishes have broken out in the U.S. over our history. In Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, and many other places, conservatives have made efforts to sanitize the teaching of what exactly happened in America’s past. But it’s important to keep in mind this is just part of a much longer war — and, in fact, those who want to misrepresent history have won many victories. This is evidenced by the fact that the conventional wisdom about the past in the U.S., what everyone “knows,” is often wrong or far too simplistic.This week on Deconstructed, senior writer Jon Schwarz speaks to historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer about their new book, “Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past.” With 20 chapters by 20 different historians, the new book takes a look at key fairy tales and replaces the standard bland hokum with the far more interesting reality.Transcript coming soon. The post “Myth America”: New Book Dismantles 20 Legends Abo...

3 dead after car plunges into river below Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

Three people — two women and a man — are dead after a vehicle entered the Anacostia River beneath the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Southeast D.C. on Thursday night.Authorities began receiving reports of a car crashing into the water around 11 p.m.Update water search under S. Capitol St bridge. A submerged vehicle has been located. @DCPoliceDept Harbor Div. divers with assistance from our Fireboats will enter the water and conduct a search. #DCsBravest pic.twitter.com/P5BZhpZKmd— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) April 21, 2023D.C. police and D.C. Fire and EMS officials responding to the scene discovered tire tread marks leading into the river near the bridge.Harbor division divers, with assistance from D.C. Fireboats, located the car at around 11:45 p.m.Divers conducted a water search and located one person dead inside the submerged vehicle shortly after 12:40 a.m. on Friday. The investigation later found two more people dead near where the car entered the river.Upda...

Una obsoleta nave espacial de la NASA regresó a la Tierra después de 21 años de su lanzamiento

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

(CNN) — Un satélite de la NASA que observó las erupciones solares y ayudó a los científicos a comprender los poderosos estallidos de energía del sol cayó a la Tierra esta semana, casi 21 años después de su lanzamiento.La nave espacial retirada Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), que se lanzó en 2002 y se dio de baja en 2018, volvió a entrar en la atmósfera de la Tierra este miércoles aproximadamente a las 8:21 p.m. ET, según la NASA.La nave espacial de 725 kg volvió a entrar en la atmósfera sobre la región del desierto del Sahara a 26 grados de longitud y 21,3 grados de latitud, según el Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos.¿Qué sigue ahora para el Starship de SpaceX tras la explosión en su prueba de lanzamiento?La NASA esperaba que la mayor parte de la nave espacial se quemara mientras viajaba a través de la atmósfera, pero algunos componentes podrían haber sobrevivido al reingreso. El riesgo de daño para cualquier persona en la Tierra como res...

Friday’s weather could break DC-area springtime records

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

Friday’s weather has the chance the break record highs in the D.C. region with temperatures nearing 90 degrees by the middle of the day.After Thursday’s dry heat, Friday will be “manageably hot,” at least according to 7News First Alert Meteorologist Steve Rudin.Rudin said “records are in jeopardy” near the Capital Region’s three airports. The current record for highest spring temperatures of 89 degrees at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, was set in 1976.Despite the potentially record-breaking temperatures, the heat shouldn’t bring humidity with it this weekend. However, the Council of Governments has placed its second Code Orange warning of the year, noting that air levels could be unhealthy for sensitive groups including people with asthma and other respiratory illnesses, as well as children, older adults and anyone who works or plans to exercise outside.Warm and dry conditions continue this afternoon with highs in the ...

Regions Financial: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Regions Financial Corp. (RF) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $612 million.The Birmingham, Alabama-based bank said it had earnings of 62 cents per share.The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 65 cents per share.The holding company for Regions Bank posted revenue of $2.17 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $1.95 billion, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.96 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on RF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/RFSource

DuBose uses odd jobs to carve out unusual path to NFL draft

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Grant DuBose took the chances when nobody else would.He accepted the only scholarship offer he had coming out of high school, from Division II Miles College in Alabama, less than two weeks before signing day. When the COVID-19 pandemic canceled his 2020 season, he juggled four jobs between workouts so he could pay bills. And at the urging of a friend, he left Miles in 2021 for a summer tryout with Division I Charlotte.Now, after two strong college seasons, DuBose may be about to see the payoff — going from grocery bagger and Walmart employee to NFL draft pick in three years.“What it taught me about life? Just the importance of hard work,” he said. “Going in, working those shifts and once I got off, finding time to put the extra work in, to go to the field and go to the gym. It taught me the process of hard work and working for the things you really want in life.”The lanky receiver never doubted he could make it — if given the chance. Most did no...

Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 21 de abril: El Starship explotó: ¿qué sigue ahora?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

Los tiroteos  por “errores” en EE.UU., el país con más armas que personas. Lo que debes saber de la histórica coronación del rey Carlos III. Woody Harrelson también dice que Matthew McConaughey podría ser su hermano. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.1. ¿Qué sigue ahora para el Starship tras la explosión?A pesar de haber explotado apenas unos minutos después de su despegue en la mañana de este jueves, el lanzamiento de prueba del cohete no tripulado Starship, de SpaceX, cumplió varios de los objetivos que la empresa de Elon Musk y las autoridades tenían para el vehículo. ¿Cuáles serán sus próximos pasos?Mira el momento en que despega y explota Starship, de SpaceX 1:552. Los tiroteos  por “errores” en EE.UU.Timbre equivocado. Entrada equivocada. Auto equivocado. En los tres casos, una persona abrió fuego en lugar de hacer una simple pregunta: “¿Qué necesitas?”. Esta no es una historia sobre tiroteos masivos, AR-15, ...

Denver weather: Cooler with overnight snow showers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:30:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Clouds will increase across the Front Range Friday with cool highs in the low 50s before the snow arrives during the late evening hours in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Cool with more cloudsDenver will have extra clouds throughout the afternoon with a light breeze and cooler highs on Friday. ‘Truck of interest’ not involved in rock attack that killed 20-year-old Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on April 21. Snow pushes into the high country with a winter weather advisory in effect until 6 p.m. on Saturday.Pinpoint Weather: Advisories on April 21. Weather tonight: Light snow showersSnow moves into the Front Range after the evening hours Friday and lingers into Saturday morning. Overnight lows dip into the upper 20s with lighter winds. Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on April 21. Snowfall totals in the metro will amount to an inch with a bit more along the Palmer Divide and into the foothills.Pinpoint Weather: Snow tracker on April 21.Looking ahead...