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Why Montgomery Co. officials are cheering the just-approved Novavax COVID-19 vaccines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

Novavax, a biotech firm based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been granted emergency FDA authorization for its version of a COVID-19 vaccine — and local officials hope it will encourage more people to get boosted against the latest COVID-19 variants.At his weekly briefing with reporters, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said the Novavax vaccine is a protein-based vaccine, as opposed to the mRNA vaccines already on the market.Noting concerns that some had about the speed with which the mRNA vaccines were developed, Elrich said, “This gives that group the opportunity to get a vaccine that they otherwise wouldn’t have taken.”Elrich introduced Silvia Taylor, the executive vice president of Novavax, who told reporters, “Our next step is — now that we’re authorized and we have the recommendation from the CDC — we begin shipping in a matter of days” to outlets across the country.During the online briefing, Sean O’Donnell, the Montgomery County Health and Human Services public health ...

Duncan McGuire scores and Pedro Gallese earns 10th clean sheet as Orlando City beats Nashville 1-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Duncan McGuire scored in the 44th minute, Pedro Gallese earned his 10th clean sheet of the season and Orlando City held off Nashville 1-0 on Wednesday night.Orlando (16-7-9) has collected 28 points on the road this season. Orlando has outscored opponents 22-20 in 15 away matches this season — the only team in the league with a positive goal differential on the road.Nashville (12-9-9) has gone 3-3-4 at home since an eight-match win streak.McGuire became the fifth player in MLS history to score at least 10 regular-season goals in the year they were drafted out of college. Orlando returns home to host the New England Revolution on Saturday. Nashville travels to play the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Young Marlins flop against Phillies in NL Wild Card Series sweep

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Josh Bell warned his young Miami Marlins of the dangers that lurked in Philadelphia.Yes, the Phillies’ big bats of Bryce Harper and Bryson Stott and aces Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola certainly played a factor in why the Marlins should have been wary.But it was the noise that Bell feared might rattle the Marlins.That Red October cacophony of rapturous cheering, constant clapping, ear-pounding roars that have turned Citizens Bank Park into one of the biggest menaces for visiting teams in all of sports.“I was trying to prepare the guys for it just on the flight over,” Bell said before a 7-1 loss Wednsday night completed Philadelphia’s two-game Wild Card Series sweep.Bell was in the lineup a year ago for San Diego when Harper hit a decisive two-run homer that ushered the Phillies into the World Series. About a year later, Bell was back in the postseason, this time a helpless bystander at first base for the Marlins as Bryson Scott hit a grand slam that turn...

Phillies sweep Marlins to earn NL Division Series rematch with MLB-best Braves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott crushed the second grand slam in Philadelphia Phillies postseason history and Aaron Nola tossed seven shutout innings in a performance worthy of a postseason ace that led to a 7-1 win and a two-game sweep over the Miami Marlins in their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday night.After making quick work of the surprising Marlins, it’s time for an anticipated rematch.J.T. Realmuto also homered as the Phillies advanced to another best-of-five NL Division Series against Ronald Acuña Jr., Matt Olson and the Braves. Game 1 is Saturday in Atlanta.The NL champion Phillies finished third last season in the NL East at 87-75, a full 14 games behind the 101-win Braves, only to beat them in four games in the NLDS. The Braves were even better this season with 104 wins and a sixth straight NL East crown — clinched last month in Philadelphia — while the Phillies again earned a wild card with 90 wins.More postseason thrills are surely ahead.Stott provided one Wednesday w...

Ameristar Casino sued by card counter after police detainment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

BLACK HAWK, Colo. (KDVR) -- A Georgia blackjack player has filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado claiming he was illegally detained for doing something that's perfectly legal: counting cards at a casino.Joseph Shiraef told the Problem Solvers that what happened to him at the Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk on Oct. 19, 2021, was the most bizarre experience of his life."Well, I knew that it was wrong and I was just kind of in a state of shock at how ignorant that city officials were acting," he said.Colorado casino demands to see player's IDThe 34-year-old said he was down $4,000 when a floor manager demanded to see his identification. Shiraef said he still had about $1,800 in chips to cash out but the manager refused to let Shiraef cash out unless he handed over his driver's license. Problem Solvers: Case dismissed for man who trolled Thornton mayor — and video shows what happened Cell phone video shows Shiraef was already wearing a wristband he had been given to prove his age. He tol...

United plane catches fire on takeoff from Denver International Airport

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A United Airlines flight aborted takeoff at Denver International Airport over the weekend after a fire on the airplane.UA329 was bound for Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday.A preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, a Boeing 737, aborted takeoff because of smoke and fire under the right wing.In recordings on LiveATC.net, an air traffic controller can be heard telling the pilot he saw fire and smoke under the plane. The pilot suggested it may have been the brakes and said there was a flat tire.Listen to those recordings in the video above. Delta flight diverts to Denver after hydraulic issue The pilot aborted takeoff. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting crews, which are part of the Denver Fire Department, extinguished the fire, according to the FAA.United Airlines responded in a statement Wednesday night, saying passengers were transferred to another plane."United flight 329 experienced a mechanical issue at the begi...

Despite claims of change and housing, Denver begins clearing encampments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — In July, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared a citywide homelessness emergency and a big goal: house a thousand people by the end of the year.The city put a spotlight on clearing out the encampment at Eighth Avenue and Logan Street near the Governor's Residence at Boettcher Mansion last week. The mayor announced dozens of people would be housed and the Salvation Army gave a tour of a new shelter. United flight catches fire on takeoff from Denver International Airport On Wednesday, FOX31 learned that other​ homeless encampments are getting cleaned up but aren't​ getting that same kind of publicity.At a town hall meeting last week, the mayor said he was not going to approach the problem like others before him. On Wednesday, the city cleared out a homeless camp on 16th and Sherman streets, and now some said it's just more of the same."This sweep was something that was not something that resulted in any kind of housing opportunity offered, hotel stay, anything like tha...

WWII photographer honored for 100 years of service to country, community

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KDVR) – A century of service. That’s what a Broomfield veteran has brought to his community and his country. Later this month, Bill Stremel will celebrate his 100th birthday.He’s crammed a lot into a century. Stremel served in the Army Air Corps in World War II as a photographer. He entered France 10 days after D-Day and captured some of the most brutal days of the war on film.“We took pictures of the damage that they thought they had caused,” Stremel told FOX31. Historic D-Day plane salvaged from the rubble heap After the war, he put down the camera and picked up the Bible. Following in his father’s footsteps, he spent decades as a Lutheran minister.“I’ve always wanted to help people,” Stremel said.He’s still working. Just a couple of weeks ago, he officiated the wedding of his granddaughter at Red Rocks. He’s married off generations of relatives.“I’m the pastor for the family,” Stremel joked.All that time in the clergy taught him an important life lesson.“Lear...

Policing the world: Michael Froman on limits to US power

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast The crisis in the U.S. House of Representatives is resonating far beyond Washington, not least in Ukraine, where the durability of America’s commitment to the war effort has been thrown into doubt after future funding was omitted from its recent stopgap funding deal.Can Ukraine and its allies in Europe go it alone without agreement on...

Exorcising King Leopold’s ghost: Brussels takes on its colonial monuments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:26 GMT

This article is part of POLITICO’s Global Policy Lab: Living Cities, a collaborative journalism project exploring the future of cities. Sign up here.BRUSSELS — The Black Lives Matter movement forced Brussels to confront Belgium’s brutal colonial past. But the city’s architecture keeps that fraught legacy squarely in the present. With eight months until the next election, the Brussels regional government is wrestling with a series of proposals designed to put some of the city’s most controversial monuments in historical context — or eliminate them altogether. While the ideas being floated are relatively modest, they have already elicited pushback from those who accuse the city of planning to erase history.Brussels is run through with monuments to Leopold II, the Belgian king who ran the Congo as his personal fiefdom in the late 19th and early 20th century, and to the country’s later period as a colonial power. A walk around the city will reveal dozens of monuments to ...