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 | From the Editor's Desk The first, biomass carbon removal, uses organic materials — including trees, other plants, algae or even animal products — that naturally draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The biomass can then be harvested and used to produce energy, paired with carbon capture and storage technology to snatch the emissions it produces before they go back into the atmosphere. Or it could be harvested and stored to keep the emissions contained. |
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| Work Winter storm hits Northeast, causing difficult driving, closed schools and canceled flights  Associated Press writers Jake Offenhartz and Philip Marcelo in New York, Pat Eaton-Robb in Columbia, Connecticut, Steve LeBlanc in Boston; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Bruce Shipkowski in Toms River, New Jersey; and Ron Todt in Philadelphia contributed to this report. |
| Work Arrest made in Jackie Robinson statue theft that was not motivated by race, police say  Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, paving the way for generations of Black American ballplayers. He’s considered not only a sports legend but also a civil rights icon. Robinson died in 1972. |
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| Work Pilots got their payday. Now flights attendants are pushing airlines for higher wages  \"We reached an industry-leading Tentative Agreement with TWU 556 in October 2023 and are scheduled to meet next week with the union and the National Mediation Board to continue working toward an agreement that benefits our Flight Attendants and Southwest,\" the airline said in a statement. |
| Work Mansfield partners with FC Dallas, REV Sports on a multi-use soccer complex  The city said they are currently working with REV and FC Dallas on the design of the stadium and that additional details will be announced in the coming months, including a construction timeline and renderings of the facility. |
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| Work Lyft expands safety feature that pairs women and nonbinary drivers and riders  “At Lyft, it’s our goal to get them where they’re going comfortably and confidently,” the press release said. “Women+ Connect offers more control over the rideshare experience for women and nonbinary riders and drivers.” |
| Work Shoppers thrown out of Boston Sephora in filmed apparent blackface incident  Blackface is a racist tradition that dates back to American minstrel shows, post-Civil War performances where white actors wore makeup on their skin as they put on songs and skits mocking Black people. Blackface appears in the landmark movie, \"The Jazz Singer,\" the first feature-length film with sound and music, and it continued to be featured in popular culture for decades. |
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| Work ‘Unacceptable’: Federal accident investigators urge FAA to require better voice recorders on plane cockpits  In 2018, a year after an Air Canada jet nearly hit planes on a taxiway at the San Francisco airport, the NTSB urged FAA to require 25-hour recordings on new planes and — by 2024 — also on existing planes that are required to have a voice recorder and a flight data recorder. |
| Work Plushie smackdown: Toy makers Squishmallows and Build-A-Bear sue each other over 'copycat' accusations  Jazwares actually offered plush Squishmallow versions of Buffett and the late Charlie Munger at Berkshire’s annual meeting last spring — and they were a hit with shareholders who were willing to wait in line for hours to buy them. It was the first time the plush products were offered to shareholders since Berkshire bought Alleghany in 2022 for $11.6 billion. |
| Work FC Dallas kicks off 2024 season with new Texas-sized menu additions  Funnel Fries with Cherry SauceFresh twist on the beloved classic funnel cake with fresh fried funnel cake sticks, topped with powdered sugar and sweet cherry dipping sauce.Location: Burgers & More |
| Work A Mississippi university that's enrolled men since 1982 tries — again — to drop ‘Women' from its name  The school was chartered in 1884 as Industrial Institute and College and was on the campus of an existing private school, Columbus Female Institute. The original mission of the college was to provide higher education and vocational training for women. |
| Work Valentine's Day chocolate prices highest in years amid cocoa shortage  \"I think it was more of a novelty when you first started dating someone,\" she said. \"When I first started dating this person, we had a fancier, more expensive dinner. But now it just feels like, \'let\'s not waste money.\'\" |
| Work Lake Highlands HS senior is cut above the rest  \"I just care a lot about things and a lot about people,\" Morales said. \"When people tell me certain things, I just feel for them and it sucks that I can\'t do anything else but give them some words...and a haircut.\" |
| Work ‘Our toughest season' North Texas restaurants, catering companies deal with crawfish shortage on Fat Tuesday  “This has been our toughest season,” said Kandace Ladis with Aw Shucks & Big Shucks Oyster Bar. “We really take pride serving fresh not frozen crawfish. We’ve waited this long to be able to offer it fresh and of the right size and the right quality.” |
| Work Here's what Tom Brady had to say about Travis Kelce and Andy Reid's Super Bowl incident  “[Travis Kelce] came over and gave me a hug and said ‘sorry about that,’” Reid said in an interview with ESPN. “He wants to be on the field and he wants to play. There’s nobody I get better than I get him. He’s a competitive kid, he loves to play, and he makes me feel young.” |
| Work North Texas man offering cash reward for return of missing monitor lizard  \"This sucks. There\'s not going to be to many of this species of monitors in the area. If you live in the Crowley area and hear of anything in regards to a roughneck monitor lizard, please let me know,\" said Smoak. |
| Work Woman provided fentanyl-laced pills that killed boyfriend, Grapevine Police say  Despite claims that certain colors may be more potent than others, there is no indication through DEA’s laboratory testing that this is the case. The DEA said every color, shape, and size of fentanyl should be considered extremely dangerous. |
| Work House Republicans impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas  “Obviously, you feel good when you can make a difference,” said Green, describing his painstaking route from hospital bed to the House floor. “All I did was what I was elected to do, and that was to cast my vote on the issues of our time, using the best judgment available to me.” |
| Work 1 person killed and 10 injured when vehicle crashes into emergency room in Austin  According to our NBC affiliate KXAN, ATCEMS said three people, one adult and two children were taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center. One child had potentially serious injuries. Another adult and child are being treated for “non-life-threatening injuries.” |
| Work Fort Worth ISD to undergo layoffs soon, impacting employees  \"Additionally, it\'s essential to remember that vacancies will continue to rise throughout the spring due to retirements, resignations, and other factors, providing further avenues for those who wish to remain with the district,\" she wrote. |
| Work ‘He didn't comply with anything we asked him to do,' Arlington Police chief says of fatal shooting  \"We dealt with him in the past. He had a criminal background,\" Jones said. \"Based on his criminal history he should not have had a gun. He was charged with capital murder in the past. He also was charged with a weapon violation as well as drug charges, so he should not have had a weapon on him.\" |
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| Work Whitlow's Bar Is Now a Tiki Party Boat  Jessica Sidman covers the people and trends behind D.C.’s food and drink scene. Before joining Washingtonian in July 2016, she was Food Editor and Young & Hungry columnist at Washington City Paper. She is a Colorado native and University of Pennsylvania grad. |
| Work USMNT vs. Colombia at Fedex Field: Tickets Go on Sale This Week - Washingtonian  The US Soccer Federation made it official Tuesday: The US Men’s National Team will play Colombia at FedEx Field on June 8. The match is part of the teams’ shakedown cruise before this summer’s Copa América, which will take place in a bunch of US metropolitan areas that aren’t named Washington. |
| Work Late to Summer Camp Registration in the DC Area?  Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis. |
| Work Give Your Valentine Their Name on a Wall, Tree, or Park Bench This Year - Washingtonian  If long walks in nature are the shared love language between you and your significant other, then a park bench could be just the ticket to a beautiful tree-lined date with a surprise reveal at the end. Only five tribute benches at the Rock Creek Conservancy are available per year, and each bench requires a donation of $10,000. |
| Work Georgetown’s Elite Consulting Clubs Come Down to Earth  Let’s be real, though: DC college students are about as career-focused as can be. As senior Katary puts it, “I think the ‘preprofessional drive’ label can be placed on everyone at Georgetown.” |
| Work What The Heck Is Going On With The Potomac Yard Stadium Plan?  “Democratic legislators don’t want this stadium deal nearly as much as Youngkin does, and so I would expect this to fail unless the governor more or less gives away the store on Democratic budget preferences,” Farnsworth wrote. |
| Work Hot Student Job at Georgetown: Calling the 2024 Presidential Election - Washingtonian  Though students won’t appear on television, they will play a role in covering what is certain to be an interesting November from Georgetown’s brand-new McCourt building on Capitol Hill. Students will get “a chance to be part of history,” the school’s dean, Maria Cancian, said in a press release. |
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| Work End of school closings? NYC used online learning, not a snow day. It didn't go well  “We really should have the capacity to still have snow days,” he said. “It’s like a mental health day for kids to just go and play. It’s already enough of a challenge for parents to figure out how they are going to do their work.\" |
| Work Winter storm dumps nearly a foot of snow on parts of NY as schools battle remote tech issues  New York City schools announced they would go fully remote Tuesday in anticipation of the storm, and Mayor Eric Adams urged everyone who could to stay home. There were more than a few headaches when students awoke to sign onto their accounts Tuesday morning, but the Department of Education stressed it was working on improvements. Check school closings and delays. |
| Work House Republicans impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas  “Obviously, you feel good when you can make a difference,” said Green, describing his painstaking route from hospital bed to the House floor. “All I did was what I was elected to do, and that was to cast my vote on the issues of our time, using the best judgment available to me.” |
| Work 74-year-old killed by falling bricks from Brooklyn brownstone: Officials  The incident occurred just before 12:30 p.m. on Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in Sunset Park, the FDNY said. The woman was on the stoop of a three-story brownstone on the corner when video obtained by NBC New York showed bricks and other parts of the building rain down on her. |
| Work As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs' harsh side effects  But getting the dose right early will in the long run lead to more effective drugs, said Dr. Timothy Yap, a drug developer at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. “If the patients are not taking the drug, then it’s not going to work.” |
| Work It's time to get your cholesterol in check  The most commonly prescribed cholesterol drugs are statins, which reduce LDL cholesterol. It may take some trial and error to find the right drug and dose, Wilkins added, and most people need to stay on statins for life. Stopping the medication can cause your cholesterol levels and risk of developing heart disease to go back up. |
| Work Why February is the best month for resolutions  Show yourself grace and compassion, she said. Instead of beating yourself up, savor the small wins. If you’re trying to walk 2 miles every day and logged only a half-mile today, appreciate the movement you did fit in. |
| Work Rady Children's Hospital seeing increase in Kawasaki disease cases. Cause remains elusive.  The scientist said he does not believe the research effort is yet on the cusp of answering this nearly 50-year-old riddle. But, he added, the patterns gleaned in examining decades of diagnoses in Japan can help guide deeper research, especially in more closely investigating and monitoring just what is being breathed and where. |
| Work SDSU report calls Tijuana River contamination a public health crisis. 'We know people are getting sick.'  Researchers call for better monitoring of environmental contaminants and a deeper investigation of “nearby community exposures and health effects,” including investments “by Congress and federal and state agencies “ to “slow and prevent the ongoing and egregious contamination” and also to assess local environmental harm. |
| Work Man who trafficked 15-year-old girl for sex in San Diego County sentenced to prison  Nurse Danalee Pascua and Dr. Friederike Von Lintig were each charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Elisa Serna, who collapsed and died in Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee |
| Work Rollercoaster rescues at Legoland on Wednesday? Don't worry, it's just training.  At Legoland, task force members will practice a variety of technical search-and-rescue tactics during a mock earthquake scenario, including rollercoaster rescues and a parking structure collapse. |
| Work Fire-damaged building at Seaport Village set for demolition  At least six major technology companies are planning to sign an agreement this week that would guide how they try to put a stop to the use of artificial intelligence tools to disrupt democratic elections |
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| Work Sen. Blakespear introduces legislation to improve troubled railroad corridor  Ridership on the corridor reached 8 million people a year in 2019 before the pandemic began. In early 2020, it fell as much as 90 percent when health concerns kept people at home and train service was reduced. Since then, some riders have returned, but the total was only about 4 million in 2023. |
| Work San Diego couple whose toddler died from fall at Mexican Hyatt settles lawsuit  The videos of the sexual encounter with a 17-year-old girl were ruled to be “highly relevant evidence that provide insight into what occurred” during the alleged incident, the judges ruled |
| Work Detectives seeking answers 2 years after body dumped on the side of the freeway  “We have interviewed several potential witnesses or persons who may have information on the case, but we still have not identified a suspect or clearly defined motive,” said Lt. Steve Shebloski in an email. |
| Work San Diego spending $21M on new firefighting helicopter  But he said the delay has increased the cost of the hangar far beyond the $20 million approved six years ago because of rising costs for labor and materials. He said that means the hangar will likely be built in phases. |
| Work LAPD straining to provide 24-7 security at graffiti towers in Downtown  One address listed in corporate filings for Oceanwide is a mail box rental business a few blocks from the construction site; another is a law office inside a high rise on Figueroa. The company\'s listed phone number does not appear connected, and an attorney who represented Oceanwide several years ago has not returned messages. |
| Work Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday: Is it a red flag to go on a date with a cross sign on your forehead?  “A lot of people are really nervous to say things like \'What are you looking for?\' or to say, \'Hey, you know, I\'d love to hear from you more than once every two weeks,\' or \'I\'d like you to take me on a date and not just call me at 11 o\'clock.\' People are afraid.” |
| Work 4 southeast L.A. County victims were part of 'random murder spree'; 2 suspects arrested  Andrew J. Campa is a member of the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times, having previously covered the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley. Before, he worked at several medium and small daily newspapers and has covered education, sports and general news. He’s a proud University of Alabama (#RollTide), Cal State Fullerton and Pasadena City College alumnus. |
| Work BASE jumpers paraglide from the top of graffitied DTLA skyscraper in viral video  Summer Lin is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before coming to The Times, she covered breaking news for the Mercury News and national politics and California courts for McClatchy’s publications, including the Sacramento Bee. An East Coast native, Lin moved to California after graduating from Boston College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In her free time, she enjoys hikes, skiing and a good Brooklyn bagel. |
| Work After mistrial, ex-LAPD cop who fatally shot disabled man in Corona Costco won't be retried  Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native. |