WASHINGTON DC will be throwing a spectacular firework show to celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July. The fireworks will be displayed at the National Mall but can be seen from Northern Virginia. What time is the National Mall's Fourth of July fireworks show? The National Mall’s Fourth of July fireworks show will take place at 9.09 pm ET, weather-permitting. The show is expected to last 17 minutes. The National Park Service will host the event and advise all guests to arrive as early as possible to guarantee a view of the show. Read More on The US Sun PARTY IN THE USA The annual Fourth of July TV festivities & events are slated to kick-off july 4 crackdown Warning you may face $5K fines for setting off fireworks in key states NBC Washington notes that the public access points include: Constitution Avenue NW between 23rd Street NW and Henry Bacon Drive NW The west side of the Arlington … [Read more...] about What time is the National Mall’s Fourth of July fireworks show?
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‘Get Frexit done!’ Campaigners ramp up referendum pressure on Macron after election chaos
Macron forced to beg for 'compromise' after poll defeat Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Last month, Emmanuel Macron saw his Ensemble coalition fall 44 seats short of the threshold required for an absolute majority during the legislative elections in France , winning just 245 seats of the 289 needed. In a further blow, political rival Marine Le Pen led her party to its biggest ever representation in the lower house while the left-wing bloc Nupes, led by Jean-Luc Melenchon, now forms the largest opposition force. Related articles Putin humiliated after Russian navy sinks one of its OWN ships Gina Miller erupts at EU's … [Read more...] about ‘Get Frexit done!’ Campaigners ramp up referendum pressure on Macron after election chaos
Will foggy Bay Area weather clear out for July Fourth? Here’s the forecast
Bay Area residents hoping to enjoy a summertime holiday weekend may have been disappointed to wake up to foggy skies and cold conditions Saturday — and those conditions are expected to last through Monday, according to the National Weather Service. “It’s pretty much No Sky July everywhere right now,” said David King, a meteorologist with the weather agency’s Bay Area branch. “We expect that to continue into tomorrow.” No Sky July may be here, but the sun is slowly eroding away cloud cover from inland areas. Expect stratus clouds to return again tonight. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/xoTPjBJ3aY — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) July 1, 2022 There’s still a chance skies will clear out just enough for people to see fireworks Monday night, he said — a dry cold front is expected to push through Monday, and if it’s timed right, it could push out the clouds just enough to clear the skies for a nighttime firework show. Here’s a comprehensive summary of Independence Day festivities aand … [Read more...] about Will foggy Bay Area weather clear out for July Fourth? Here’s the forecast
Stuck bags add to tangles at Paris airports amid travel boom
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 Airlines worked Saturday to deliver luggage to passengers around the world after a technical breakdown left at least 1,500 bags stuck at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, the latest of several tangles hitting travelers this summer. The airport’s baggage sorting system had a technical malfunction Friday that caused 15 flights to depart without luggage, leaving about 1,500 bags on the ground, according to the airport operating company. The airport handled about 1,300 flights overall Friday, the operator said. Union activists said many more passengers flew without their bags, apparently because of knock-on effects from the original breakdown. It came as airport workers are on strike at French airports to demand more hiring and more pay to keep up with high global inflation. Because of the strike, aviation authorities canceled 17% of flights out of the Paris airports … [Read more...] about Stuck bags add to tangles at Paris airports amid travel boom
Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own
By TERRY SPENCER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The jurors chosen this past week to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will visit a bloodstained crime scene, view graphic photos and videos and listen to intense emotional testimony — an experience that they will have to manage entirely on their own. Throughout what is expected to be a monthslong penalty trial, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will order jurors not to talk to anyone about what they have seen, heard or thought. Not their spouse. Not their best friend. Not their clergy or therapist. Not even each other until deliberations begin. The order is not unusual; it is issued at all trials to ensure jurors’ opinions aren’t influenced by outsiders. Once the trial ends, the 12 jurors and 10 alternates can unload to others — but they won’t receive any assistance from the judicial system. As is the case in most of the United States, neither Florida nor Broward County courts provide juries with post-trial … [Read more...] about Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own
For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19
By CARLA K. JOHNSON The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations. COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but is not nearly as dangerous as it was last fall and winter. “It’s going to be a good summer and we deserve this break,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. With more Americans shielded from severe illness through vaccination and infection, COVID-19 has transformed — for now at least — into an unpleasant, inconvenient nuisance for many. “It feels cautiously good right now,” said Dr. Dan Kaul, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. “For the first time that I can remember, pretty much since it started, we don’t have any (COVID-19) patients in the ICU.” As the nation marks July Fourth, the average number of daily deaths from … [Read more...] about For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19
Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 4 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to inspect more trucks — again expanding a border security mission that has cost billions, given the National Guard arrest powers and bused migrants to Washington, D.C. What Abbott’s get-tough plans haven’t done in the year since he began rolling them out is curb the number of people crossing the border. Along the border in Texas, where officials say Monday’s fatal tractor-trailer journey began, U.S. authorities stopped migrants from crossing illegally 523,000 times between January and May, up from 417,000 over the same span a year ago. It reflects how, across the nation’s entire southern border, crossings are at or near the highest in about two decades. The deadliest smuggling attempt in U.S. history illustrated the limitations … [Read more...] about Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high
Afghan clerics’ assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in the Afghan capital concluded Saturday with pledges of support for the Taliban and calls on the international community to recognize the country's Taliban-led government. The meeting in Kabul was tailored along the lines of Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirgas — regular councils of elders, leaders and prominent figures meant to deliberate Afghan policy issues. But the overwhelming majority of attendees were Taliban officials and supporters, mostly Islamic clerics. Women were not allowed to attend, unlike the last Loya Jirga that was held under the previous, U.S.-backed government. The former insurgents, who have kept a complete lock on decision-making since taking over the country last August, touted the gathering as a forum on issues facing Afghanistan. According to Mujib-ul Rahman Ansari, a cleric who attended the gathering, an 11-point statement released at the end urges countries in the region … [Read more...] about Afghan clerics’ assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt
US testing new fire retardant, critics push other methods
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons annually from one supplier, but watchdogs say the expensive strategy is overly fixated on aerial attacks at the expense of hiring more fire-line digging ground crews. The Forest Service used more than 50 million gallons (190 million liters) of retardant for the first time in 2020 as increasingly destructive wildfires plague the West. It exceeded 50 million gallons again last year to fight some of the largest and longest-duration wildfires in history in California and other states. The fire retardant cost those two years reached nearly $200 million. Over the previous 10 years, the agency used 30 million gallons (115 million liters) annually. “No two wildfires are the same, and thus it’s critical for fire managers to have different tools available to them for … [Read more...] about US testing new fire retardant, critics push other methods
She died in a Manhattan penthouse but was buried on an island for the poor
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 NEW YORK - Valerie Griffith's final journey began on a battered ferry, a floating hearse bound for a most unusual island. Nobody lives on Hart Island, a scruffy one-mile slice of land in Long Island Sound that New York's tabloids call "Forgotten Island," "Haunted Island" and "Isle of Tears." For 150 years, it's been known as the place where the city buries its penniless - not art collectors like Griffith. But on Dec. 7, 2020, Griffith's coffin arrived at Hart Island's dock and was loaded onto a truck for a quick drive to a trench the size of a tennis court. There, on a cold and wet morning, gravediggers lowered her simple wooden coffin into the muddy ground. No relative or friend was present and there was no mention of her remarkable life: how the English-born Griffith had helped the U.S. military during World War II, exposed antisemitism in the United States and … [Read more...] about She died in a Manhattan penthouse but was buried on an island for the poor