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Severe Weather Potential: Residents Urged to Be Weather Aware Today
The National Weather Service (NWS) is calling for thunderstorms bringing widespread rainfall of 1” – 3” with isolated areas receiving as much as 4 inches. Strong, damaging winds, hail, and a slight chance of isolated tornadoes are also possible. Residents should be prepared for severe weather conditions through 6:00 p.m.
The biggest threat will be street flooding in areas that receive the most rainfall. Motorists should be extremely careful and remember never to attempt to drive through high water areas. Turn Around, Don’t Drown!
Ponding on roadways can also increase the risk of hydroplaning. Slow down and leave a little extra room between you and vehicles ahead.
NWS has issued a Wind Advisory until 6:00 p.m. and residents should expect additional weather watches and warnings throughout the day. Monitor local media, social media, and other trustworthy news sources for weather information. Be prepared to act immediately if a warning is issued in your area.
For more information on how to prepare and stay safe during a severe weather event, visit ReadyHarris.org.
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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads Oscar nominations with 11
The strange and sentimental film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led among the films nominated for the 95th Academy Awards on Tuesday, scoring 11 nominations. “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin” followed with nine nominations each.
Blockbusters “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” each landed nominations for best film, and there is plenty of star power among the nominees. Both Rihanna and Lady Gaga were nominated in the original song category (for tunes from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” respectively), as veterans in the industry were recognized as well.
Those actors include Angela Bassett, who was nominated in the best supporting actress category for her role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever;” Jamie Lee Curtis in the same category for “Everything Everywhere All at Once;” Judd Hirsch in “The Fabelmans,” nominated for best supporting actor; Colin Farrell in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” and Brendan Fraser in “The Whale,” nominated for best actor; and in the best actress category Cate Blanchett for “Tár,” Michelle Williams in “The Fabelmans” and Michelle Yeoh in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Allison Williams, who most recently starred in the horror hit “M3GAN,” and Riz Ahmed, who received an Oscar las year for his role in the short film “The Long Goodbye,” announced the nominations.
The Academy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, March 12.
See below for a full list of the nominees.
BEST PICTURE
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Triangle of Sadness”
“Women Talking”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Hong Chau, “The Whale”
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany
“Argentina, 1985,” Argentina
“Close,” Belgium
“EO,” Poland
“The Quiet Girl,” Ireland
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“The Elephant Whisperers”
“Haulout”
“How Do You Measure a Year?”
“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
“Stranger at the Gate”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“Navalny”
ORIGINAL SONG
“Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman”
“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”
“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
“This Is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“The Sea Beast”
“Turning Red”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Living”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Women Talking”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Tár”
“Triangle of Sadness”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”
Bill Nighy, “Living”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, “Tár”
Ana de Armas, “Blonde”
Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”
Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
DIRECTOR
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Todd Field, “Tár”
Ruben Ostlund, “Triangle of Sadness”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Babylon”
“Elvis”
“The Fabelmans”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
“Elvis”
“Empire of Light”
“Tár”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Babylon”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Elvis”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
“The Flying Sailor”
“Ice Merchants”
“My Year of Dicks”
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“An Irish Goodbye”
“Ivalu”
“Le Pupille”
“Night Ride”
“The Red Suitcase”
ORIGINAL SCORE
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Babylon”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
FILM EDITING
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“The Batman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“The Whale”
Source: cnn
Mexico’s former top cop took drug cartel bribes, prosecutors say in New York trial
García Luna is accused of accepting millions of dollars to let the notorious Sinaloa cartel operate with impunity as it sent tons of cocaine to the U.S.
“The person who’s supposed to be in charge of fighting the Sinaloa cartel was actually its most valued asset … and with his help, the cartel made millions,” Assistant U.S. Atty. Philip Pilmar told jurors. He called García Luna “a man who betrayed both his country and ours.”
He said that while García Luna portrayed himself to both countries as a drug enforcement hero, he saw to it that the cartel got information on investigations, police escorts and smooth passage for its cocaine through police checkpoints — and sometimes even badges — for cartel members. Officers hand-delivered drug shipments from airports and acted as mercenaries to kill people whom the cartels wanted gone, Pilmar said.
García Luna’s lead lawyer, César de Castro, told jurors that the government’s case rested on “rumors, speculation and the words of some of the biggest criminals in the world.”
“No money, no photos, no video, no texts, no emails, no recordings, no documents — no credible, believable evidence that Genaro García Luna helped the cartel,” the lawyer said in his opening statement. He described the case as “a very public and angry display” by a U.S. government that is forsaking a onetime drug-fighting partner whose diligent work made him enemies: corrupt police officers, politicians who opposed the anti-drug war, and cartels. Traffickers are taking the stand to lessen their own punishments and exact revenge, the attorney argued.
“Don’t let the cartels play you,” he told jurors in his opening statement.
Cartel lays siege to Mexican city after recapturing of the son of ‘El Chapo’
They soon heard a different story from former police officer-turned-cartel insider Sergio Villarreal Barragan, known as “El Grande.”
He testified about joint Sinaloa-police raids on the rival Gulf cartel’s operations in the city of Monterrey; police officers letting him set up routes to move 1,700 to 2,600 pounds of cocaine multiple times a week through the state of Chiapas; and police tipping the cartel to forthcoming searches so the traffickers could clear out beforehand.
Villarreal Barragan said that after some Sinaloa cartel drugs were seized in the state of Sonora, he got the contraband released by reminding the regional police commander that the cartel had gotten him placed in his job.
During all these alleged episodes in the early 2000s, García Luna headed the federal police force — and got payoffs from the Sinaloa group, according to Villarreal Barragan. He described García Luna picking up duffel bags full of cash at a Mexico City safe house and collecting $14 million in cardboard boxes at a warehouse full of cocaine that police had seized from the Gulf gang and turned over to its Sinaloa rivals.
Cartel leaders viewed García Luna as “the best investment they had,” said Villarreal Barragan, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. García Luna’s lawyers haven’t yet had their turn to question him.
García Luna led Mexico’s Federal Investigation Agency from 2001 to 2005, then served as secretary of public security to then-President Felipe Calderon from 2006 to 2012.
Seen as the point man in Calderon’s bloody war on cartels, García Luna was also considered a key ally in a U.S. anti-drug-trafficking initiative that started in former President George W. Bush’s administration and provided Mexico’s police with equipment, technology and training. Photos shown in court depict García Luna with former U.S. President Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Sen. John McCain and other high-ranking officials.
But García Luna also was dogged by allegations of ties to drug traffickers.
Then, during former Sinaloa kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s trial in New York, a former cartel member testified in 2018 that he personally delivered at least $6 million in payoffs to García Luna, and that cartel members had agreed to pool up to $50 million to bribe him.
García Luna, who moved to Miami after leaving his government post, was arrested in 2019 in Texas and has since been held without bail in a federal lockup. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. The 54-year-old could face decades in prison if convicted.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a leftist, has welcomed the trial, which could spotlight corruption on a conservative predecessor’s watch.
Like Guzman, García Luna is facing jurors whose names are kept secret. They also are escorted to and from the courthouse by deputy U.S. marshals and sequestered from the public while inside.
Source: latimes
Heavy rain, strong winds expected to hit region Tuesday
The commute home Tuesday could be a slow slog for many across the Houston area, which is bracing for heavy rain, strong winds, and potentially other types of severe weather.
A cold front is expected to pass through the region Tuesday afternoon, according to editor Eric Berger of Space City Weather. He said Monday morning that a line of storms figures to hit the city between 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, bringing 1-3 inches of rain on average along with gusty conditions and possibly thunder, lightning, hail, and tornados.
“There’s probably the potential for some street flooding,” Berger said. “It looks like this is going to come just before rush hour on Tuesday, so hopefully things will be improving by the time people start heading home (from work). It’s definitely going to be disruptive on area roadways Tuesday afternoon.”
A strengthening low-pressure system from the west is the culprit, according to Berger, who said temperatures are expected to be in the upper 60s with the potential for rainfall before the cold front arrives. The forecasted low for Tuesday night is 42 degrees, according to the National Weather Service’s Houston-Galveston office, which also is projecting wind gusts up to 40 mph during the latter part of the day and night.
Berger said winds are expected to shift late Tuesday and come from the north, with gusts potentially approaching 50 mph in coastal areas such as Brazoria and Galveston counties. He also said there could be isolated areas throughout the Houston region that see 4 inches or more of rain.
“We expect the severest weather, in terms of strong winds, lightning, thunder, that sort of thing, to be south of (Interstate 10),” Berger said.
Skies are expected to clear by Wednesday, but cooler temperatures will remain. The National Weather Service predicts highs in the 50s and lows in the upper 30s on both Wednesday and Thursday, with a high of 58 and a low of 47 projected for Friday.
“We’re going to see some of the coldest weather of the year so far,” Berger said. “For Houston, this is pretty chilly, even in January.”
Temperatures are expected to warm up this weekend, with projected highs in the 60s on Saturday and Sunday. The chance for rain also will return, according to the National Weather Service, with a 30 percent chance for precipitation during the day Saturday and a 50 percent chance at night.
Source: houstonpublicmedia
Air traffic audio details plane crash on Grand Parkway
Officials said the plane actually hit the roof of an 18-wheeler on its way down. No injuries were reported.
No injuries were reported after a small plane crashed on a northwest Harris County toll road on Sunday, according to Texas Department of Public Safety officials.
The crash happened around 11:15 a.m. when the pilot of a single-engine plane reported a loss of power.
The plane was approaching the Grand Parkway near Cypress Rosehill Road when the pilot decided to land on the roadway, DPS public information officer Richard Standifer said.
“I’m just passing the Tomball stadium now. I’m going to try to bring it in over the road and land with traffic,” the pilot said in the recorded Live ATC communication
As the pilot attempted the emergency landing, the plane crashed into the top of an 18-wheeler, Standifer said.
“Not good. They’re on big fire. Big time. Emergency services now as fast as you can,” one dispatcher can be heard saying on the air traffic control communication.
Neither the driver of the big rig nor the pilot of the plane was injured, officials said.
Once the plane got to the ground, it caught fire. Officials said the wings of the aircraft were a little wider than the roadway and the fire started when the wings rubbed against the concrete barriers. There was a fuel leak, but Standifer said the Rosehill Tomball Fire Department got to the scene and was able to stop it.
Standifer said the pilot was flying a survey assignment and was coming from West Houston Airport. The Bonanza 35 aircraft is registered in Michigan.
DPS officials waited for National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration officials to get to the scene.
Source: khou
Familias de Houston compran gallinas ante el aumento en el precio del huevo
Familias de Houston están optando por comprar gallinas ante el incremento del precio del huevo en los últimos días.
Un brote de gripa aviar terminó con el 5% de las gallinas que producen huevos en EEUU y tardará al menos 4 meses para que los nuevos polluelos alcancen la edad de producción, dijo a Univision 45 un profesor de avicultura de la Universidad de Texas A&M.
Las ventas de gallinas están aumentando, asegura el gerente de un lugar donde se ofrecen las aves.
“Han estado hablando por teléfono todo el tiempo, preguntando si tenemos gallinas,” indicó Manuel Zavala, gerente de Quality Feed and Garden.
En los últimos tres días se han vendido 60 gallinas adultas
“ Es una buena inversión porque no cuesta mucho tener una gallina y es muy simple cuidarlas porque no necesitas vacunas, es más fácil que un perro y más barato también”, continúa Zavala.
Familias como la de Leslie Cortés han optado por comprar gallinas
“Yo elijo nada más tener 12 gallinas y las que van creciendo, me las voy comiendo pero siempre tengo 12 y porque no ponen diario, tengo 8 a 10 huevos diarios”, aseguró la mujer que compró cinco polluelos de $4 cada uno.
¿Le conviene terne gallinas en su casa?
El precio de las gallinas en edad para empezar a poner huevos es de $26, van a seguir produciendo hasta los 3 años y ponen uno al día.
“Si tienes tres gallinas adultas, te pueden poner hasta tres docenas a la semana y nada más te cuesta 25 centavos alimentar un ave”, agregó Zavala.
Restricciones y regulaciones
La ordenanza de la ciudad permite tener gallinas, deben estar en un corral, no pueden andar sueltas”, indicó Elisa Salazar, oficial de control animal de la ciudad de Houston.
Las gallinas deben estar a 100 pies de distancias de otro hogar, escuela y hospital, debe mantener limpias las jaulas y bebedero.
Los gallos no están permitidos dentro de la ciudad, el infringir la ley podría generar multas de hasta $100 por animal.