How Wordle helped save Seattle woman’s mother from home invader An 80 year old Chicago resident named Denyse Holt has made a daily habit of sending her Wordle score to her daughter Meredith. who lives across the country in Seattle. When Denyse missed a day earlier this week. Meredith suspected something might be wrong. Gun violence in King County continues rise to ‘crisis’ levels After the day went by without Denyse having texted her daughter her score from the popular word puzzle. subsequent texts and calls went unanswered. Eventually. Meredith placed a call to the Chicago Police Department. asking that they send officers over to check on her mother. When Chicago police found Denyse. they discovered that she had been held hostage by an intruder for over 20 hours. The intruder — a 32 year old man who was believed to be suffering from a mental health crisis — had taken Denyse’s phone and locked her in the basement of her home. Police were able to enter the home and get Denyse out of the house. before finding the intruder upstairs armed with a knife. Officers then subdued the intruder with a Taser and arrested him. The intruder has since been charged with home invasion with a dangerous weapon. aggravated kidnapping. and two counts of aggravated assault against a peace officer. Meredith expressed relief that police were able to help. urging people to take the incident as a message to “reach out to your loved ones when they’re... #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkNwMti5anM

Rep. Jordan: Durham filing shows Trump was right about being spied on The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday that a blockbuster new federal filing proves ex President Trump’s claim he was being illegally spied on and the Russian collusion tale is a hoax. ​​Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio noted Special Counsel John Durham alleged in Friday’s legal filing that Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign paid an Internet company to “infiltrate” servers at Trump Tower and the White House to try to tie Donald Trump to Russia. “Yep. there was spying going on. and it was worse than we thought because they were spying on the sitting ​p​resident of the United States.” Jordan told “Fox & Friends.” “And it goes right to the Clinton campaign. So God bless John D​urham​. “​His investigation is taking a long time. But we’re getting to ​now what we all suspected.” Jordan said. “The only thing we didn’t understand was it was worse than we thought​.” In May 2019. Durham was tasked by Trump’s attorney general. William Barr. with investigating the origins of the FBI’s probe into allegations that the then president colluded with Russia to win the election. Rep. Michael Turner ​(R Ohio) ​said Sunday that Durham’s investigation uncovered a “whole new level of corruption and is of grave concern. “I mean. this is a threat to our democracy itself.” Turner said on Fox News’ “Sunday... #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDz9PmpR278

U.S. faces 'significant consequences' from more severe coastal flooding The U.S. is poised to see as much of a rise in sea levels through the year 2050 as it has experienced in the past century. with additional increases through 2150. according to a comprehensive new federal report out Tuesday. Why it matters: Sea level rise is one of the most tangible present day effects from human caused climate change that is being felt in the U.S.. with coastal flood events becoming far more common and damaging in just the past few decades. Driving the news: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the report along with about six other federal agencies that play a role in tracking the rise in sea level. It updates figures from 2017 by taking into account the newest sea level rise projections. and breaks trends down into different time periods. Data from tide gauges. satellite instruments and the latest computer models are all incorporated. The report includes extreme water level probabilities for points along the U.S. coastline. and will be incorporated into the next National Climate Assessment. which is underway.The assessment projects an additional 10 to 12 inch increase in sea levels by 2050. with higher amounts in some parts of the country due to changes in land height and ocean currents. The East and Gulf coasts are expected to see a greater rise in sea level than the West Coast. for example. The big picture: The range of sea level rise at the global. national and regional levels has narrowed since 2017. thanks to improved measurements. a better understanding of polar ice sheets and refinements of computer modeling. The report projects the sea level rise along the contiguous U.S. coastline to be between 1 and 7 feet in 2100. compared to 2000 levels. and 2.6 to 13 feet by 2150. The range in these projections largely depends on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and resulting warming. Threat level: The report warns that the sea level rise through 2050 will dramatically escalate the frequency and severity of coastal flooding. including so called 'sunny day' flooding at times of high tide in areas such as Charleston. S.C. and Miami. The report says that nationally. a 'flood regime shift' is projected to occur by 2050. with moderate high tide flood frequencies to increase by more than a factor of 10 nationally. along with a five fold increase in major high tide flood frequencies. It notes that 'significant consequences' are in store for coastal infrastructure. absent new efforts to reduce risk exposure. Moderate and typically damaging high tide flooding is projected to increase from an average frequency of 0.3 events per year in 2020. to 4 events per year in 2050. the report finds. And minor or nuisance high tide flooding. cur ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_bjQzQ4O-0

A skier slid hundreds of feet and off a 50 foot cliff during an avalanche. He survived Anna DeBattiste. public information officer for the Summit County Rescue Group (SCRG). told CNN on Monday that the skier sustained no injuries aside from some slight bruising. DeBattiste said the incident began Saturday when a mother and son went up Loveland Pass. a point on a mountain located about 60 miles west of Denver. The ski chute they were heading to. locally known as Butt Crack. is one that the pair needed to rappel down into. A piece of their gear did not release correctly during rappelling. so they went back Sunday to retrieve it. To get to the gear. the son cut across a steep slope on the ridge. triggering an avalanche. It took him 200 to 300 feet down the mountain. including off a cliff estimated to be 50 feet high. DeBattiste said. This is what is called a terrain trap. according to DeBattiste and experts at avalanche.org a situation where a gully. trees or a cliff could make the consequences of an avalanche even worse. 'You can have a transceiver. a shovel. a probe and an avalanche air bag but if you get caught in a terrain trap then none of that stuff is going to matter.' DeBattiste said. It took the mother about 10 minutes to ski down to her son. finding him stuck waist deep in snow. DeBattiste says she is unsure who called in the avalanche whether it was the woman or a witness but the SCRG crew arrived at the scene. They were joined at the foot of... #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UYq17gC5MM