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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Semi vs. car collision takes down power poles, closes lane in Puyallup
A semi-truck vs. car collision took out power lines and partially closed the road near the intersection of North Meridian and River Road in Puyallup Thursday afternoon, according to the Puyallup Police Department. An X post sent just before 3:30 p.m. advised people to take alternate routes around the area. Traffic has been reduced to one lane for drivers traveling eastbound on River Road turning north onto North Meridian, according to the post and Puyallup police spokesperson Kevin Gill. Gill said the semi-truck collided with a car and pushed the car into a power pole. Puget Sound Energy is on the way, he said at about 3:40 p.m. The Puget Sound Energy outage map shows 13 customers impacted in the area near the collision and that the agency is assessing damage as of a 3:35 p.m. update to the map. The estimated restoration time is 6 p.m. today, the map said. Gill said that the driver of the involved car has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. The Washington State Patrol will do a commercial vehicle check on the semi-truck to check that the truck is in compliance with safety regulations, he said. He said he would expect the scene will be cleared in a 'couple hours,' but that the closure may 'cause some significant traffic issues for the time being' because of higher traffic levels anticipated in the area on the Thursday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend.
Forbes
22-05-2025
- Science
- Forbes
NASA Juno's Jaw-Dropping New Jupiter Photos Are Some Of Its Last
Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno on May 8, 2025 during its 72nd perijove. NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back yet another batch of spectacular new images of Jupiter — including its moon Io — after its 72nd perijove (close flyby), with just four more to go until the end of its mission. The space agency's $1 billion spacecraft — the furthest solar-powered spacecraft in NASA's fleet — completed its latest close flyby on May 8, 2025, dipping close enough to image its cloud bands and turbulent storms in incredible detail. Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno on May 8, 2025 during its 72nd perijove. Juno launched from Earth in August 2011 and has been in orbit around Jupiter since July 2016. Juno has transmitted back thousands of raw images of the belts and zones within the giant planet's dense clouds that encircle it in the last almost nine years in the Jovian System. NASA's Deep Space Network, an array of three dish antennae worldwide, allows engineers to communicate with and receive data from the space agency's more than 30 robotic probes in the solar system and beyond, including Juno. The three dishes are placed 120° from each other in California in the U.S., Madrid in Spain and Canberra in Australia. Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno on May 8, 2025 during its 72nd perijove. The data sent back by Juno is processed from raw data not by a science team but by an army of specialist citizen scientists, including Kevin M. Gill, Jackie Branc, Brian Swift, Thomas Thomopoulos and Gerald Eichstädt. The raw images come from JunoCam, a two-megapixel camera that continues to capture images as it spins despite problems with overheating early in 2023. Juno also has a magnetometer, a gravity science system and a microwave radiometer. Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno on May 8, 2025 during its 72nd perijove. Juno's next close flyby of Jupiter, perijove 73, will occur on June 10, 2025. The Juno mission is scheduled to end with its perijove 76 on Sept. 15, 2025, when Juno will perform a 'death dive' into the gas giant to make sure it cannot one day accidentally crash into Europa, its moon suspected of containing the conditions for life to exist. Jupiter has four so-called Galilean moons — Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and Io — which were first discovered by Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1610. Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno on May 8, 2025 during its 72nd perijove. With the Juno mission over, Jupiter will be quiet until 2030, when NASA's Europa Clipper, launched in November 2024, reaches the Jovian System to study Europa in a series of close flybys. The following year, in 2031, the European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft will begin its series of flybys, including Europa and Callisto, before eventually going into orbit around Ganymede for 18 months. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Yahoo
Suspected DUI driver crashes after driving wrong way away from officer in Puyallup
A 39-year-old man suspected of DUI crashed into a curb and trees in Puyallup early Saturday morning after fleeing a police officer, according to a Puyallup Police Department press release. The police officer attempted to stop the driver, who was driving the wrong way, at East Main and 3rd Street Southeast at about 2:15 a.m., but the vehicle 'fled the wrong way on 3rd Street Southeast at a high rate of speed,' the release said. The officer didn't chase the vehicle. Another officer later found the vehicle had crashed near the intersection of 7th Avenue Southeast and 3rd Street Southeast, after failing to make a turn, according to the release. The driver appeared alcohol-impaired, and one passenger, a 52-year-old man who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, suffered 'serious but non-life-threatening injuries.' There were no other occupants in the vehicle, Puyallup Police spokesperson Kevin Gill confirmed in a text message. He also added that the driver was booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of vehicular assault and eluding. Parts of the 300 block of 7th Avenue Southeast were closed for the investigation, led by the Metro Major Collision Response Team, earlier this morning, but were reopened in time for the 12:45 p.m. Daffodil Parade, according to the release and Gill.
Telegraph
30-03-2025
- Telegraph
My Venice day trip cost less than a one-way rail ticket to London
A holidaymaker enjoyed a day trip to Venice for less than the price of a one-way train ticket to London. Kevin Gill, aged 43, treated himself to 18 hours in the romantic Italian city of canals and waterways for just £71. He set himself a maximum budget of £100 to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Return flights cost him £44, he spent £18 on bus tickets to and from the airport, £7.50 on pizza, ice cream and pasta and £1.70 on a ride across the Grand Canal. Meanwhile, the cost of a single train ticket from his home town of Runcorn, Cheshire, to London Euston on Sunday was £171. Mr Gill, who works in the pharmaceutical industry, said: 'Extreme travelling has turned my ambition of seeing the world into a reality.' He said he had been looking for a break without a hefty price tag or needing to book time off work, and his cousin told him about 'extreme day trips', which involve travelling abroad with two fixed rules. The trip should be completed in under 24 hours, with a maximum budget of £100, which includes all travel expenses. Mr Gill, a keen traveller since he was in his 20s, liked the idea so tried it out for himself booking a trip to Venice on Wednesday February 19, and he was back in time for work the next day. He said: 'I felt inspired by reading all of these posts on the Facebook page of different people travelling to different places for so cheap just for the day. 'I had no idea travelling like this was possible.' He flew to Venice from Manchester airport at 5:45am, arriving at 9:30am local time. He said: 'The weather was lovely, the sun was out, it was nice to escape the UK. 'It wasn't busy like it had said online as I was able to walk around the narrow streets and visit the attractions without much hassle.' He got to see famous sights including the Rialto bridge, the Piazza San Marco and Saint Mark's Basilica. He said the price of the trip is near what he would spend on a day trip to the Trafford Centre, in Manchester, or the Liverpool One shopping complex. He said: 'A typical day trip to a shopping centre can be comparable in price. 'You would have to pay for the petrol or diesel, you'd do some shopping maybe buy yourself a jacket, then you would have to get yourself something to eat, that's not including if you want to go the cinema - it all adds up.' Mr Gill then returned home, catching a 5:45am flight back to Manchester, landing at 7:30am UK time ready for work later that day. Mr Gill has 'dreamed' of seeing the world, having visited over 12 European countries, parts of America, Asia including India, and North Africa. He said: 'I no longer need to have to spend thousands to go on a week long holiday. 'It has returned me to days when 20 years ago travelling was cheap, accessible and affordable.'
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Yahoo
2,000 lose power in Puyallup after woman suspected of DUI crashes into utility pole
Police arrested a woman who crashed into a utility pole Sunday night in Puyallup. The wreck cut power to nearly 2,000 homes. The woman crashed into a utility pole in the 1400 block of East Main Avenue, Puyallup Police spokesperson Capt. Kevin Gill told The News Tribune via email Monday. Officers arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence, he said. Gill didn't immediately know the woman's age. He believes she was the only person in the vehicle. The wreck about 8:30 p.m. caused a power outage for 1,978 residents, Puget Sound Energy spokesperson Andrew Padula told The News Tribune via email Monday. 'We were able to do some switching (reroute power around) and got some customers back on last night — but all customers were restored by 5:22 a.m. today,' he wrote. 'Our crews worked throughout the night to replace the power pole and damaged equipment.' A Puyallup Police Department Facebook post Sunday night warned residents that traffic lights might not be working in time for the Monday morning commute. 'Remember that if you encounter a traffic signal light that is out to treat the intersection as a four-way stop,' the agency wrote. 'Use caution.'
