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Denver Broncos vs. Buffalo Bills: TV channel, time, what to know

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Broncos hit the road this week for the first time in a month as they head to Buffalo, New York, to take on the Bills on Monday Night Football.The Broncos have won their past two games, including a 24-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, and should be well-rested after a bye last week. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies and more sports news The Bills, on the other hand, have lost two of their previous three games, including last week's matchup against the Bengals, which Cincinnati won 24-18.How to watch Broncos vs. Bills on TV and streamingA prime-time matchup for the Broncos this week means everyone watching football will have their eyes turned to this game. Kickoff: 6:15 p.m. MTChannel: ESPNWhile it's still a bit too early to be looking at the playoffs, both teams are currently on the outside looking in. The Bills are a bubble team, but the Broncos would need a strong finish to the season if they're hoping to get a shot.Forec...

Trial confirms heart benefits of Wegovy, but is weight loss responsible – or something else?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

(CNN) — Results from a landmark clinical trial this summer suggested, for the first time, that a medication given for weight loss alone could reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death in people with cardiovascular disease, bolstering physicians’ excitement about an already-exploding class of new medicines.Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, part of the booming group of drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists, was shown to reduce those people’s risk of another cardiovascular event by 20%, results that were confirmed in a presentation of the full dataset Saturday at the American Heart Association conference in Philadelphia.“Imagine a future where we’re treating obesity and, in effect, treating these other obesity-related diseases” like hypertension, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes, Dr. Ania Jastreboff, director of the Yale Obesity Research Center, who helped conduct the trial, said at a briefing Friday. “Treating obesity clearly improves health outcomes.”A key question about...

Wet Windy Days Ahead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

It was a gorgeous warm and quiet weekend across South Florida. However, we are looking at a wet and windy week ahead.A front nearby will bring mostly cloudy and warm conditions with only a few stray showers today. By tonight, it turns breezy due to the front hovering around South Florida and high pressure to the North around the Gulf Coast states. This should drive in a stray shower or two along the coastal communities overnight. On Tuesday, winds will go from breezy to windy along deeper moisture moisture moving in as a low develops along the stalled out front in the Gulf of Mexico. This will help lift the front back as a warm front bringing times of showers and storms with the bulk of the activity happening between Wednesday and Thursday. Models suggest about 2 to 3+ inches of rain possible through Thursday with drying happening over the weekend.Today in the TropicsLow pressure is expected to form over the Southwestern Caribbean Sea in a few days. Gradual development likely and a ...

Restoring nature is possible — but we must work together

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

This week marks yet another busy week on the sustainability circuit here in Brussels. At Politico’s Sustainable Future Week, businesses and lawmakers exchange views and ideas for a sustainable future.This year, as a main sponsor of the event, Coca-Cola in Europe will highlight the importance of multistakeholder partnerships that can scale up solutions. Collective action is needed to deliver long-term positive impacts for nature restoration and the protection of essential ecosystems — and across the wider, interconnected sustainability agenda. Together with longstanding Coca-Cola Europe partner, global conservation organization WWF-Central Eastern Europe (WWF CEE), we’ll share the outcomes and learnings of our eight-year partnership to conserve and restore vital wetlands, floodplains and ecosystems along the Danube River. We want to demonstrate that reversing the effects of species and ecosystem loss and re-enriching the tapestry of nature through conservation and restoration is poss...

Los Angeles braces for transportation ‘crisis’ as part of Interstate 10 indefinitely closes due to fire damage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

(CNN) — Los Angeles drivers have been warned of significant travel headaches after a major fire over the weekend forced the indefinite closure of a downtown portion of Interstate 10, one of the city’s major traffic arteries.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass described the closure as a “crisis” for a city already notorious for its traffic woes. She urged travelers to brace for delays and plan alternative routes as the interstate remains shut down in both directions in downtown Los Angeles near Alameda Street.Ahead of the Monday morning commute, a citywide alert was sent to residents’ cell phones warning that the freeway “will be closed indefinitely” and to “expect significant traffic.”More than 300,000 vehicles travel through the freeway corridor every day, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.“It’s of significant consequence to the economy, to the health and safety of Angelenos,” Newsom said. “The impact to our schools, to vulnerable communities – all of that we take...

Secret Service agents protecting President Biden’s granddaughter fire weapons after seeing 3 people trying to break into government vehicle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when they saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV, the official said. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on Monday on the condition of anonymity.One of the agents opened fire, but no one was struck by the gunfire, the Secret Service said in a statement. The three people were seen fleeing in a red car, and the Secret Service said it put out a regional bulletin to Metropolitan Police to be on the lookout for it.Washington has seen a significant rise in the number of carjackings and car thefts this year. Police have reported more ...

Tim Scott suspends presidential run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

The only sitting U.S. Senator to throw his hat into the presidential race has suspended his campaign for the White House.U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the two-term junior senator from South Carolina, announced late Sunday that he would no longer actively seek the Republican party nomination.“Tonight, I suspended my campaign for president. Traveling this country and meeting all of you has been one of the most fantastic experiences of my entire life. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. God Bless the United States of America,” he said via the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.Tonight, I suspended my campaign for president.Traveling this country and meeting all of you has been one of the most fantastic experiences of my entire life.From the bottom of my heart, thank you.God Bless the United States of America. pic.twitter.com/yniJWQMW1N— Tim Scott (@votetimscott) November 13, 2023 The end of Scott’s long-shot bid for the nomination comes a couple of weeks after former...

San Diego police investigating deadly crash into Cricket Wireless store

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

SAN DIEGO — San Diego police are investigating after a car crashed into a Cricket Wireless store in Otay Mesa early Monday, leaving one person dead.Around 4:11 a.m., authorities were alerted to the collision involving a structure at the corner of Coronado Avenue and Beyer Boulevard, just east of the Interstate 5.For reasons unknown, a Toyota sedan veered off the road and up over the sidewalk, coming to a rest after going through the side of the Cricket store.One person who was inside the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, San Diego police confirmed. It is unknown if any other individuals were in the car at the time of the crash.The store suffered significant damage as a result of the crash, but an estimate has not been determined.As of 6:30 a.m., road closures along eastbound Coronado Avenue and Beyer Boulevard had been implemented near the site of the crash for SDPD's on-scene investigation.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Military youth group's equipment lost after thefts at Camp Pendleton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

SAN DIEGO — A military youth group had thousands of dollars worth of equipment stolen from Camp Pendleton in at least two incidents between September and October, officials with the base confirmed.Several items belonging to the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps were stolen from the base between Sept. 29 and Oct. 29. The Sea Cadet Corps is a non-profit youth development program that trains children ages 10 to 18 in basic military skills, such as sailing, aviation and robotics.The items that were stolen from the base were not disclosed by Camp Pendleton officials. 5 US service members killed in military helicopter crash over the Mediterranean However, parents said in a GoFundMe set up to help replace the stolen items that the unit lost about $3,000 worth of "training equipment and uniforms" that were funded by annual enrollment fees. Without the items, parents say the cadets in the program are unable to "train (on base or) attend nationwide training."In a statement to FOX 5, Camp Pendleto...

Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:16 GMT

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok on Monday, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said the app would be banned immediately. “The government has decided to ban TikTok as it was necessary to regulate the use of the social media platform that was disrupting social harmony, goodwill and flow of indecent materials,” Saud said.He said that to make social media platforms accountable, the government has asked the companies to register and open a liaison office in Nepal, pay taxes and abide by the country’s laws and regulations. It wasn’t clear what triggered the ban or if TikTok had refused to comply with Nepal’s requests. The company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, has faced scrutiny in a number of countries because of concerns that Beijing ...