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Spicy food not doing enough to conjure warmth? Try a spicy cocktail!

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

A few weeks ago, I did a roundup of some of my favorite spicy foods — couched in a suggestion that they might help warm you as winter continued to drag on.Since I’m still looking out my window at nearly a foot of snow covering the lawns across the street, I thought I’d offer you another one of my favorite ways to warm up, which also happens to be a way to forget about all the white stuff. Let me introduce you to the spicy cocktail.Yes, bloody Marys are often spicy, but we are going to skip over those in favor of lighter, brighter drinks that are spiked with chili peppers of one sort or another.I will say that most of these drinks were not as spicy as I wanted them to be, but they are all tropical and delicious and offer a little tingle for your taste buds that might make you forget for a few minutes that outside is still looking like winter.Cross-eyed Mary from Tongue in Cheek on St. Paul’s Payne Avenue. (Jess Fleming / Pioneer Press)Several options at Tongue in CheekWhy...

Adirondack Northstars return home after winning national championship

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Girls ice hockey is on the rise in the Capital Region. Right on the heels of the Adirondack United's breakout inaugural season in the high school ranks, a local travel team made some history of its' own this week. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Adirondack Northstars won the national championship of the 2023 Chipotle-USA Hockey Girls Tier II 14U 1A tournament Monday out in Irvine, California. They arrived at the championships Thursday, and rattled off six straight victories over five days, capped off by a 2-1 title win over Team Colorado. It was an experience the players won't soon forget."I was really excited; it felt like a dream," said goalie Aurora Graham-Hayes, who's an eighth grader in the Warrensburg Central School District. "We came off the ice, and were, like, "Did we actually just do that? Like, that's crazy." That hasn't happened in our organization. We're a really small town. Be...

Saints super in 15-8 win over Canisius

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Sophomore Kelly Logue had a career day, shaking defenders and shooting from different angles, to the tune of five goals and an assist and Siena Women’s Lacrosse put together another stout defensive performance to beat conference foe Canisius 15-8 on Wednesday afternoon at Hickey Field to extend its winning streak to five straight games.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Siena (9-4 overall, 4-0 MAAC) took control early in the third quarter by grabbing a 11-5 advantage and would not let go. Logue scored three of her goals in the third quarter while fellow sophomore Jordan Bentley put together an all-around performance to showcase her versatility with three goals, an assist and a team-high seven draw controls. Logue had scored three goals in a single game on three separate occasions earlier this season against Pittsburgh, New Hampshire and at then #13 Army. On Wednesday, the...

Ukrainian drone crashes near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

A Ukraine drone has crashed near Zaporizhzhia's nuclear power plant. Russia's RIA news agency reported that a Russian officer said Wednesday (5 April) that the chief of the global nuclear watchdog was expected to arrive in Russia for talks about the plant's security.Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was scheduled to travel to Russia's Kaliningrad area on Wednesday. This is one week after he visited Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, which has been controlled by Russian forces.A Polish-made drone weighing over 2 kg (4.4 lbs) was reported to have crashed near the plant by a Russian military officer, RIA reports. The news agency didn't say when.Grossi has been advocating for a demilitarized zone around Europe's biggest nuclear facility. This has been repeatedly shelled, and Russia and Ukraine blame each other.

Ask Amy: My husband and his siblings have their family party, and I’m left in the parking lot

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

Dear Amy: I’ve been married for 36 years. Whenever we used to see my husband’s family, there would be a point when the “family” would be in one room and the “not-family” in another.A few years ago, one of his sisters was very ill and needed help. All the siblings pitched in. She is healthy now, and it made them realize that they wanted to spend more time together.However, they exclude the “non-family” from these gatherings. They get together three or four times a year.My husband and I moved a distance away a few years ago. Just before we moved, his siblings got together to celebrate his birthday. I was not included.Last year when we traveled for one of these gatherings, I had dinner with a friend, and then waited for 30 minutes for my husband to come out of the restaurant where he was with his siblings! He now says I could have joined them, but I know they don’t want anyone but siblings.I have told him that if I travel with him again s...

Harriette Cole: My co-worker blatantly shuns me, even when I speak directly to her

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I was on a small group work call the other day, and I noticed that one person in the group blatantly ignored me when I spoke directly to her.At first, I thought she might not have heard me, but then it became increasingly clear that she was intentionally choosing not to engage with me. I wrote a follow-up group email, and everyone responded but her.I am completely confused as to why she would do this, as I’ve never had any sort of negative interaction with her before. What do you think this could be about?Work TensionDEAR WORK TENSION: Stop driving yourself crazy trying to imagine what this woman’s issue with you might be. Ask her.Describe to her how you experienced her behavior during that work call. Be calm as you tell her what you noticed. Ask her if she intentionally chose not to engage you and, if so, why.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: I’m rattled by my friend’s unexplained death Advice | Harriette Col...

Iran FM says he and Saudi FM agree to joint agenda to resume economic ties, pursue regional stability

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Iran FM says he and Saudi FM agree to joint agenda to resume economic ties, pursue regional stability.Source

False accounting inquiry targets Roma’s American owners

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

ROME (AP) — Roma’s current and former American owners and Lazio president Claudio Lotito are among numerous officials at the two clubs being investigated by Italian authorities for false accounting via alleged abuse of capital gains in the transfer market.Prosecutors in Rome (for Roma) and Tivoli (for Lazio) announced the investigations, which also involve a third Serie A club, Salernitana, and which resulted in financial police searches at offices for the clubs on Wednesday.Prosecutors say the clubs involved earned profits by falsely reporting the values of players bought and sold on the transfer market.Current Roma owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin, as well as former Roma owner James Pallotta, were named in the prosecutors’ report.Lotito formerly owned Salernitana as well.The transfer deals being examined occurred between 2017 and 2021.All three clubs maintain that they operated within the rules.Juventus and several other clubs in Italy have also been investigated for capital gains cas...

Orioles top pitching prospect Rodriguez has solid MLB debut

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Once Baltimore Orioles top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez got through a nervous first inning in his big league debut, he settled in and got a no-decision while going head-to-head against an ace.“There were a lot of nerves that first inning. Really couldn’t feel the baseball,” Rodriguez said. “I kind of felt like I was on an island, but yeah, the second inning was pretty normal.”After needing 30 pitches to get through the first inning Wednesday against the Texas Rangers, who got early back-to-back RBI hits to Adolis García and Josh Jung, Rodriguez retired 13 of the last 15 batters he faced. The 23-year-old right-hander struck out All-Star shortstop Corey Seager twice, including a 97-mph fastball on his last pitch in what was then a tie game.“He got a little nervous there in the first inning, might not get out of it. He was just really excited, a little jumpy,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “He just really did a great job of settling down....

Traffic stopped on southbound I-95 in Prince William Co. after police chase, shooting leaves 1 dead

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:30 GMT

A shootout following a police chase has left a woman dead and a man hospitalized, while causing headaches for drivers on southbound Interstate 95 in Dumfries, Virginia.Virginia State Police said an SUV with “the wrong license plates displayed on it” was seen traveling south on I-95 near the Backlick Road exit in Springfield at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday.More Virginia NewsMore Local NewsWhen the state trooper tried to stop the vehicle, the driver sped away, according to Virginia State Police.Despite the SUV then crashing near the 152 mile marker in Dumfries, where it struck a guardrail, the vehicle continued south toward Exit 148 in Stafford.That’s when police said it left the roadway and crashed in a wooded area. As troopers approached the SUV, the male driver began shooting at them and they returned fire.Police said the female passenger died at the scene, the driver was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injures.None of the state troopers involved in the sho...