A man died from exposure to a record heatwave while visiting Death Valley National Park in California on Saturday. National park officials said in a press release that the man was a part of a group of six motorcyclists driving through the Badwater Basin in the park. 'If you warm up and never properly cool down, your body doesn’t get a chance to reset.' “Yesterday it was 128 degrees, which was a record high for that day in Death Valley,” said park ranger Nichole Andler, “and these folks were traveling through on motorcycles, and most likely they didn’t have adequate cooling.” One of the six motorcyclists was declared dead at the scene while four were treated for heat illness. One of those was later sent to a hospital for treatment of "severe heat illness," according to Andler. The heat also prevented an emergency helicopter from responding to the incident. Officials had warned prior to the incident that the high heat thins the air and makes it dangerous for helicopters to maintain the lift necessary to fly. At least one person dies every year from the heat in Death Valley, according to officials. The park reported that a 65-year-old died in July 2023 when the temperature reached 126 degrees, and another person, a 71-year-old hiker, died a few days later when the temperature reached over 120 degrees. “Folks get excited about experiencing the warmest temperatures that they’ve ever experienced before, and sometimes they forget that if an hour ago they were hot and started to feel nauseous, then they need to spend the rest of the day in air conditioning — because that could be the earliest sign of heat illness,” Andler said. “If you warm up and never properly cool down, your body doesn’t get a chance to reset," she added. Despite the warnings, other visitors gleefully took photographs in front of the famous Death Valley digital temperature indicator. “Death Valley during the summer has always been a bucket list thing for me. For most of my life, I’ve wanted to come out here in summertime," said Chris Kinsel, a visitor from Las Vegas, Nevada. The heatwave affecting the southwest region of the U.S. has resulted in record-high temperatures for Palmdale and Lancaster, both in California. Palmdale's temperature hit 114 degrees after setting a previous high of 110 in 1989, while Lancaster hit 115 degrees after previously reaching 110 in 2017. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An illegal alien with at least one prior deportation from the United States has now been accused of raping a child in Utah.The nature of those charges is unclear, but they resulted in an immigration detainer. Fewer than two weeks later, an immigration judge ordered him deported.Around 3 p.m. on July 4, Francisco Lopez-Ramirez, a 42-year-old Mexican national living in the U.S. illegally, was arrested in Provo, Utah. Though almost no details have been reported regarding the allegations against him or the circumstances regarding his arrest, Utah County jail records confirm not only that Lopez-Ramirez was arrested but that he was charged with raping a child and with unlawful sexual activity with a minor believed to be 16 or 17 years old.Jail records also indicate that ICE has since issued an immigration detainer against him, rendering him "not bailable." Blaze News reached out to Enforcement and Removal Operations at the ICE field office in Salt Lake City to learn further details about the suspect.ERO informed us that Lopez-Ramirez has at least one prior arrest from more than a decade ago that resulted in a deportation. On January 31, 2010, he was "discovered living in Utah" after he was arrested for "local charges," an ERO spokesperson told Blaze News. The nature of those charges is unclear, but they did result in an immigration detainer. Fewer than two weeks later, an immigration judge ordered Lopez-Ramirez deported back to Mexico, the ERO spokesperson told Blaze News.At some point since, Lopez-Ramirez must have re-entered the country illegally "without inspection by an immigration official," as ERO has no record of when or where he may have entered. Once ICE officials learned about his arrest for alleged child rape in Provo on July 4, they issued an immigration detainer for him the same day.It is unclear when Lopez-Ramirez is next scheduled to appear in court. Jail records note only that he is 5'2", weighs 130 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. No booking photo was provided.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Music streaming is immensely popular—in fact, I spend most of my day with music playing while I work, as I’m sure many others do. But, if you’re listening to music on Spotify or Apple Music, you might not actually be getting the sound quality you’re paying for. Here’s a quick way to instantly boost sound quality on Spotify and Apple Music just by changing one setting. If you’ve never dug into the settings in Spotify or Apple Music, then you might not realize that you can actually control the quality of the audio that Spotify and Apple Music play. Further, you might not realize that by default, neither service actually selects the highest quality playback option for you. This means you’ll need to do it yourself if you want the highest-quality audio. How to boost Apple Music sound quality Image source: José Adorno for BGR If you’re an Apple Music subscriber and you really want to take full advantage of the higher-resolution audio that Apple Music offers, then you’ll want to make sure your settings are all set up right. When listening on Wi-Fi, Apple Music will play at the highest quality by default. However, listening on cellular will default to a lower resolution. To boost the sound quality on Apple Music, follow these steps. Open Settings on your phone (or in the app if on Android). Scroll down and find Music. Select Mobile Data. Tap Streaming. Toggle High-Quality Streaming. You’ll also want to turn on Lossless audio mode, as you get it included in your Apple Music subscription. To do this, Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Scroll down and tap Music. Select Audio Quality. Toggle Lossless Audio to on. You can also select the specific quality you want for each connection type, including Hi-Res Lossless, which will play music at up to 24-bit/192 kHz. For even more on Apple Music, check out this hidden secret feature. How to change Spotify audio quality Image source: Spotify While Spotify has yet to add lossless audio, you can boost the quality of the audio quite a bit by tinkering with some settings. Most notable here, Spotify’s default playback bitrate is just 95 kbit/s, whereas its maximum playback quality is 320 kbit/s. So, if you want to boost sound quality on Spotify, you need to up the bitrate exponentially. It should be noted, however, that only Spotify Premium subscribers can take advantage of this higher audio setting. To change the audio quality in Spotify, follow these steps: Open Spotify. Tap your profile picture in the top-left corner. Select Settings & privacy. Tap Audio Quality Toggle it to Very High. Make sure to toggle all streaming and download options to Very High, if you want the highest quality across Wi-Fi, Cellular, and downloads. If you have a lower-memory smartphone, you can always select one of the lower-quality download options to save space on your device, though if you’re using higher-end headphones, you’ll notice the difference pretty easily. Spotify has announced Spotify Hi-Fi, its own version of lossless audio. However, as of July 2024, it hasn’t yet been released. Don't Miss: 2 new species of hallucinogenic mushroom were just discovered The post How to instantly boost sound quality on Spotify and Apple Music appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $249 iPad 9th-Gen, $20 Anker Soundcore earbuds, $110 Ninja AF161 Max XL Air Fryer, more Today’s deals: $120 off Ryzen 9 mini PC, $89 Apple AirPods, $25 portable neck fan, $79 23andMe DNA test, more Today’s deals: $19 myQ smart garage controller, $799 75-inch smart TV, $90 Ninja Air Fryer Pro, more Today’s deals: Rare Meta Quest 3 discount, $8 mosquito bite relief, $300 off Narwal Freo X Ultra, more

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