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Tracking Tropical Depression #2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

On the first day of Hurricane Season Tropical Depression #2 developed over the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico and it is looking weak, exposed to the elements on the left side. This system managed to develop because it was at the right place and time. It was located to the North of some strong upper-level winds and over warm waters in the 80’s that helped it form into the seasons second tropical system. However, South Florida will have “No direct” impacts from Tropical Depression #2, but rather indirect impacts as deep available moisture will be present. This will help fuel showers and storms each afternoon/evening through the weekend. The weekend won’t be a washout, so look for morning sun and afternoon scattered to numerous showers and storms developing inland, then pushing toward the coast. Have a wonderful weekend South Florida and make it a safe one! Vivian GonzalezMeteorologist, AMS Certified WSVN Channel 7

Car smashes into entrance of apartment complex in NE Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

Police responded to the scene of a crash on Friday where the entrance of an apartment complex was smashed.Just after 4:30 a.m., a car, according to a witness, was speeding when it lost control in the area of Northeast 13th Avenue near 119th Street.The entrance gate was seen damaged along with a concrete barrier. The front bumper of a car was also on the street.Footage of the wreck showed a black Sedan totaled. Another witness said this all started when the driver of the Sedan allegedly hit his car further down the road. “Boom he hits me. He backs up, he drives off. I get out and I inspect the damage, OK fine and dandy. As I’m still coming north, you can actually see all the way down the street.” said the man. “So I see his lights just driving crazy down the street, driving down crazy. I said ‘Damm that’s him right there”. I see the taillights just go up in the air and flip.”7News has reached out to police for more information. The driv...

Crime Stoppers offers up to $5,000 for information on murderer after stabbing man to death in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

The City of Miami Police Department is asking for the public’s help with information on a criminal that stabbed a man to death and tips that lead to an arrest could receive a reward of up to $5,000.According to officials, on May 26, authorities responded to 200 Rickenbacker Causeway after someone was stabbed. When police arrived at the scene, they found a Black man unresponsive with stab wounds.Fire rescue crews arrived and administered lifesaving efforts, but the man succumbed to his injuries.Detectives later identified the deceased man as 48-year-old Tyson Cash.The murderer is still on the loose and police need the community’s help in stopping the criminal that remains on the streets.Anyone with information is urged to contact the Miami Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (305) 603-6350. Those with information that wish to remain anonymous can contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471- TIPS (4877), visit www.crimestoppersmiami.com and select “Give a Tip” or Send ...

Poland’s Duda backtracks on controversial Russian influence law after backlash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

BRUSSELS — Polish President Andrzej Duda announced Friday he had amended a controversial law aimed at investigating Russian influence in Polish politics, days after the EU and the U.S. expressed concerns that the bill could be used to intimidate political rivals ahead of an upcoming election.Duda said he had removed the use of sanctions for people found guilty of acting under the influence of the Kremlin — including banning them from public office — handed down by an ad hoc commission.The commission would still, however, prepare a negative opinion regarding a person’s ability to hold a public position.“I propose that instead they [the sanctions] should be replaced by a statement by the commission that a person who has been found to have acted under Russian influence does not provide a guarantee that they will properly carry out their activities in the public interest,” the Polish president said in a statement. The initial bill, including the ban on running for publ...

Trump-DeSantis feud gets ugly fast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

LACONIA, N.H. — Shortly after Ron DeSantis snapped at a reporter who questioned his limited voter engagement during a swing through New Hampshire on Thursday, his chief primary rival tried to one up him.Donald Trump made a crack about his opponents’ fear of the media and proceeded to field 20 minutes of questions from reporters in Iowa, drawing an immediate contrast to his protege turned foe. Elsewhere, a super PAC backing DeSantis drove a bus that mockingly followed Trump around the state. And DeSantis all but accused Trump of failing to push through a sufficiently sweeping conservative agenda during his four years in office, while ripping the former president for his “juvenile” use of derisive nicknames.The day on the trail illustrated just how bitter the race has become in its embryonic stages. While the campaign is still young – Republicans won’t begin voting for more than six months — Trump and DeSantis are already engaged in the kind of mano-a-mano fight typically seen much cl...

DA: Man to be charged in elderly mother’s death after attack outside Marlboro hotel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

A Westboro man is set to be arraigned on criminal charges Friday in connection with the death of his 82-year-old mother who he’s accused of attacking and hitting with a truck in the parking lot of a Marlboro hotel, officials said. Daniel Uhlman, 53, will be arraigned in Marlborough District Court on charges of armed assault to murder a person over 60, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person over 60 in connection with the death of his mother, Nancy Uhlman, of Westboro, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.Officers responding to an apparent homicide at a hotel on Lakeside Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Thursday took Uhlman into custody. A preliminary investigation suggests there was an altercation in the parking lot during which Uhlman physically attacked his mother and struck her with her truck, according to the DA’s Office.No additional informatio...

Today is National Donut Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

(CNN) — The first Friday in June — June 2 this year — is National Donut Day.Started by the Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938, the day honors the group’s “donut lassies,” who served treats and provided assistance to soldiers on the front lines during World War I. (And this isn’t to be confused with National Doughnut Day, which is in November and honors the actual food; though both days are celebrated by eating doughnuts.)Doughnuts have been around since long before the First World War, and we have the Dutch to thank for them. The Dutch would make “olykoek,” which translates to oily cake. The first Dutch doughnuts didn’t have a hole, but they were fried in hot oil and the dough was sweet.It wasn’t until 1847 that the holed-out doughnut we know and love today appeared. Hanson Gregory, 16 at the time, claimed credit. Sick of doughnuts with a raw center, he used a pepper pot to punch out holes to help his doughnuts cook more evenly.By 1920, Adolph Levitt, a Russi...

14-year-old Dev Shah of Florida wins Scripps National Spelling Bee with final word ‘psammophile’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

(CNN) — Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, correctly spelling psammophile to take the $50,000 first prize.“It’s surreal. … My legs are still shaking,” he said at the competition in National Harbor, Maryland.Eleven students made the finals after 11 million people entered spelling competitions throughout the world.The preliminary rounds were held Tuesday, while the quarterfinals and semifinals took place Wednesday.In Thursday’s finals, Dev correctly spelled schistorrhachis, aegagrus, rommack and tolsester. In the word meaning round, Dev picked the right definition of chiromancy, identifying it as someone who tells fortunes using lines on the palm of the handDev competed against 14-year-old Charlotte Walsh from Merrifield, Virginia, as the final two standing. She earned $25,000 for reaching second place after correctly spelling akuammine, collembolous ...

US employers added a strong 339,000 jobs in May as labor market stays durable

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER (AP Economics Writer)WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.Friday’s report from the government showed that the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from a five-decade low of 3.4% in April.The stronger hiring demonstrates the job market’s resilience after more than a year of rapid interest rate increases by the Fed. Many industries, from construction to restaurants to health care, are still adding jobs to keep up with consumer demand and restore their workforces to pre-pandemic levels.Having imposed 10 straight rate hikes since March 2022, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to skip a rate increase when it meets later this month, though it may resume its hikes after that. Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials have made clear that they regard strong hiring as likely to keep infl...

‘Veteran young guy’ Gleyber Torres showing Yankees signs of leadership

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:43 GMT

Only 26 years old, Gleyber Torres doesn’t consider himself a veteran.“I feel the same younger way,” the six-year pro told the Daily News, but he’s no longer among the Yankees’ youngest players. That group has been headlined by Anthony Volpe, 22, and the recently demoted Oswaldo Cabrera, 24. Other pinstriped contributors this season, including Oswald Peraza and Jhony Brito, also predate Torres, who debuted at age 21 in 2018.“He’s like the veteran young guy,” Cabrera told The News. “When you say veteran, that doesn’t mean you have to be an old guy.”While Torres can debate his veteran status with his younger peers, there’s no denying that the second baseman has shown signs of growth this season. At the plate, that’s meant well-documented adjustments to his approach, which has yielded better strikeout and walk rates and a higher on-base percentage.But Torres has also shown more leadership this year, a developm...