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Civil War reenactors bring history to life at elementary school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — One student marveled at the size of the jawbreaker, a mainstay of candy stores and Civil War soldiers’ rations bags alike.“Can I eat it?” the student asked the man dressed as a Confederate soldier.“I’ve probably had that thing so long, I wouldn’t eat it!” Civil War reenactor Buddy Miller said. “I’ve probably had that thing longer than you’ve been alive.”Reenactors from across Maryland came to Bester Elementary School in Hagerstown recently to close out the fifth-grade class’ unit on the Civil War, priming them for a trip to one of the war’s bloodiest battlefields just a few miles south at Antietam.Throughout the day, around 60 students in four groups walked through stations in the school’s courtyard, greeted by Union and Confederate soldiers, grocers and volunteers, all to bring the textbooks to life.How do reenactors bring history to life?Miller, 67, showcased the standard Confederate soldier uniform, loading one student up with everything from the holster to...

Hidden vault inside coffee shop captivates the imagination — and the internet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A coffee shop coming to Buckroe Beach became the focus of worldwide internet intrigue after business owners documenting the building’s rehab discovered a locked vault hidden within the shop’s walls.Chesapeake resident David Spring and Virginia Beach resident John Napier hope to open Buckroe Coffee Co. at 1936 E. Pembroke Ave. this summer. But their renovations took a detour when they discovered a mysterious vault as they tore down drywall inside the roughly 2,400-square-foot building.Napier said he knew the building had previously served as a bank through the 1990s but had no idea the vault was left behind. Excited by what they found, Spring started recording their discoveries and uploading the videos to Instagram and Facebook.“I just posted that video randomly because people like house flipping shows,” Spring said. “I’m like, ‘Well, how about, like, business flipping?’ Right? That might be a fun thing to share.”The April 19 Instagram video showing the discovery ...

Ground stop issued at Denver airport due to staffing: FAA

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A ground stop at Denver International Airport was issued Sunday morning by the Federal Aviation Administration due to staffing issues.The ground stop was issued at 7:45 a.m. and was expected to last until 9 a.m., with a 30% chance to extend. The stop was for departures from several regions surrounding Denver.

Pattern Turning Wetter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

A typical Summer-like pattern is underway for South Florida this Sunday with a couple passing showers on the breeze. By the afternoon, temperatures quickly warm up into the upper 80’s to low 90’s with the sea breeze developing isolated storms favoring inland areas. Some of the leftover activity could drift early evening into Metro portions of Miami-Dade county. Overnight, there is a slight chance of seeing a few showers around the Florida Keys. By Tuesday, deeper moisture moves into the state of Florida and gets trapped by a stalled front making conditions ripe for rain. The deeper moisture is located North of the Dominican Republic and Haiti and stretches into the Southern Bahamas including the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is associated with a disturbance high up in the sky. Therefore, look for it be wet at times from Tuesday through Friday. The National Hurricane Center started to keep a close eye on that area of disturbed weather producing scattered showers and storms...

Germany reportedly investigating alleged poisoning of Putin critics in Berlin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

German police have launched an investigation into the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figures in Berlin, according to media reports.Two activists who took part in a conference organized by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on April 29-30 subsequently reported poisoning symptoms, according to the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.German police confirmed to Welt and AFP that a probe is under way but did not mention Russia’s alleged involvement in the two incidents.The head of the Free Russia Foundation, Natalia Arno, identified herself as one of the victims of the suspected poisoning. “There is a suspicion that during my recent trip to Europe I was poisoned, possibly by some nerve agent, one (or even more than one) Western intelligence service is investigating,” she wrote on Facebook.Arno said she started feeling “strange symptoms” after smelling an unusual scent in her hotel room in an unidentified European city where she had held...

In Hiroshima, Zelenskyy borrows history to fight for the future

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan — No one fears a repeat of this city’s suffering more than Volodymyr Zelenskyy.From the moment the world’s most recognizable president-in-uniform walked down the stairs from the Republique Française plane at the Hiroshima airport on Saturday, the Ukrainian leader soon captured all the attention at the G7 summit — downsized from G8 almost a decade ago after Russia was kicked out following its illegal occupation of Crimea.Zelenskyy toured the site where an American atomic bomb put an end to the Second World War in 1945, as his people were fighting on the frontline in Ukraine, preparing for an offensive against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invading forces while fighting back Moscow’s claims that the key Ukrainian city of Bakhmut had fallen.His surprise, whirlwind visit carried a sense of urgency in contrast to the somewhat relaxing schedule for the G7 leaders, some of whom took their spouses on the mission, enjoyed tea ceremonies and visit...

Hull to file another motion after massive fire disrupts voting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

The town of Hull plans to file another motion after a massive fire caused emergency responders to close roads near a polling location.A large fire blocked traffic to the town’s high school, the only polling location, for more than an hour. Some voters said they couldn’t get to the polls so the town kept the polls open for an extra two hours.But a Superior Court judge rejected the decision to extend hours.The town is now asking for guidance on how best to move forward.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Cartel threatens Tijuana police chief after mayor's bodyguard survives assassination attempt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A member of Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero's security team was the target of an assassination attempt Wednesday morning in the city's downtown area.The bodyguard's vehicle was fired at by an unknown gunman in a burgundy Suburban with California license plates, according to Tijuana Police.Investigators say one bullet pierced a window in the car driven by one of Caballero's guards, assigned to her security detail. The guard was not hurt.He was reportedly in the area before the mayor's visit to a beauty salon. She was scheduled to arrive moments later.The SUV involved in the shooting was reportedly found in the area later in the morning with police officers recovering three "long" loaded guns and several bulletproof vests.Caballero wasted no time in blaming Ricardo Iván Carpio Sánchez, Baja California's Attorney General for "the lack of security in Tijuana."She said through social media she would hold Carpio Sánchez "responsible should anything happen t...

South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Germany on Sunday pledged more cooperation in building stable industrial supply chains and addressing the challenges posed by nuclear-armed North Korea as they met in Seoul after flying in from the Group of Seven meetings in Japan.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, pointed to the similarities between the two major manufacturing nations that are dependent on foreign trade and said a stronger supply chain partnership would help them cope with “intensifying global economic instability and geopolitical conflicts.”He said the countries in particular will work to advance trade relations in high-tech industries and clean energy, including semiconductors and hydrogen projects, and pursue further opportunities in defense cooperation.Yoon said they also discussed the growing threat posed by North Korea, which has test-fired around 100 missiles since the start of 2022 whil...

In Cannes, Scorsese and DiCaprio turn spotlight toward Osage Nation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:25 GMT

CANNES, France (AP) — It was well into the process of making “Killers of the Flower Moon” that Martin Scorsese realized it wasn’t a detective story. Scorsese, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter Eric Roth had many potential avenues in adapting David Grann’s expansive nonfiction history, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.” The film that Scorsese and company premiered Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, however, wasn’t like the one they initially set out to make. The film, which will open in theaters in October, chronicles the series of killings that took place throughout the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma. The Osage were then enormously rich from oil on their land, and many white barons and gangsters alike sought to control and steal their money. Dozens of Osage Native Americans were killed before the FBI, in its infancy, began to investigate. DiCaprio had originally been cast to star as FBI agent Tom White. But aft...