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1 dead, 3 others shot after fatal overnight Lauderhill shooting

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

After seven hours on the scene, police wrap up their investigation of a deadly overnight shooting in a Lauderhill neighborhood.The Lauderhill Police Department received calls for help around 11:26 p.m. on Saturday after reports about several people being shot after a party along 3170 Northwest 2nd Street. “I saw about 30 shots on the ground,” said a witness. Upon arrival, officers discovered four adult gunshot wound victims. Lauderhill Fire Rescue and BSO rescue transported two of the victims to Broward Health Hospital in Fort Lauderdale with non-life-threatening injuries. The third victim was grazed in the lower back and treated on scene and the fourth victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.Investigators placed more than 50 markers for the evident barrage of gunfire, most of which have been identified as shell casings. “My mom called me to say somebody came and shot up my house. I came rushing, I just see my best friend in the yard, dead, like this is crazy m...

Tornado watch in effect for much of New England as powerful storms move through

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornando Watch for much of New England as a series of powerful storms move through New England on Sunday.The watch is in effect until 3 p.m.Tornado warnings already have been issued for several parts of Massachusettts and southern New Hampshire due to rotating cells inside severe thunderstorms. A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for parts of of Middlesex and Worcester counties until 10:15 am.7NEWS Chief Meteorologist Jeremy Reiner is tracking the storms and will provide live updates in studio.Stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.https://twitter.com/NWSNewYorkNY/status/1680552501731524609This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Harkes scores twice, propels Revolution over NYCFC 4-0

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Ian Harkes had the first two-goal match of his career to spark the New England Revolution to a 4-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night.The Revolution (12-4-7) extended the second best unbeaten run at home to 13, going 8-0-5 during the streak.Neither team scored until Gustavo Bou found the net in the 45th minute to put the Revolution up 1-0. Bou’s fifth goal of the season came with an assist from Carles Gil.Harkes took a pass from Bobby Wood in the seventh minute of stoppage time and scored for the first time since 2017 to give the Revs a 2-0 lead at halftime. He scored again two minutes into the second half, using Gil’s league-leading 12th assist. The midfielder, who has been out of the league since 2018, has made two starts and three appearances this season. Harkes had two goals and two assists in 33 appearances and 26 starts for DC United in the 2017-18 seasons.An own-goal by DC United defender Brendan Hines-Ike in the 73rd minute comple...

After-school boxing program started by school resource officer gives confidence, focus to Revere students

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

An after-school boxing program in Revere provides an outlet for young students to destress.The Revere Boxing Outreach program in Revere is a nonprofit run by volunteers and is now in its second successful year.Joe Singer, a school resource officer for Revere Public Schools, said the program all started in his office.“I keep my door open and the kids would walk by on the way to gym or classes and they’d see me hitting the bag,” he said, “and a couple of freshmen would be like ‘hey that’s awesome can we go in and hit the bag sometime?’“One bag turned into two, and two bags turned into four, next thing you know we’re running a little boxing class right out of my 20 by 20 office,” he said.Singer then received a grant to start the boxing gym inside of the empty McKinley School. The program has classes for age groups ranging from elementary school to high school. They also offer all-female classes coached by female instructors.Singer said kids take away...

Tornado watch issued for most of Massachusetts, Connecticut, parts New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine until 3 pm

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

An “atmospheric river” first brought the state a tornado warning — that ended at 9:15 a.m. — and now a tornado watch until 3 p.m. for most of Massachusetts.According to the National Weather Service, most of Connecticut and sections of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and southern Maine fall under that watch.The rest of Massachusetts and Vermont are under a thunderstorm and flood watches on and off into tomorrow. That unyielding atmospheric river is moving northeast with western Mass, Vermont and New Hampshire in for more misery.Related Articles Early-week floods leave Western Mass. crops ‘a total loss’ for some farmers Basically, be careful today and have your eyes to the. We will keep you updated right here. Here is the latest from the Weather Service:8:45 a.m. — The Weather Service stresses “This dangerous storm will be near…Lowell, Dracut, Tewksbury and Tyngsborough around 850 AM EDT.”Update: “TAKE COVER NOW! Move t...

An AP explainer on recent arrests in alleged human remains network

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — WHAT HAPPENED?Federal investigators discovered a human remains trade with connections to Harvard Medical School and have arrested people in several states. According to prosecutors, the defendants were part of a nationwide network of people who bought and sold remains stolen from the medical school and an Arkansas mortuary. One of those charged, 55-year-old Cedric Lodge, of New Hampshire, allegedly took dissected parts of cadavers that had been donated to Harvard in a scheme that started back in 2018, prosecutors said. Another person facing criminal charges, Katrina Maclean of Salem, Massachusetts, owned a store that sells “creations that shock the mind” with along with “creepy dolls, oddities and bone art,” according to the store’s social media page.WHO IS FACING CHARGES?The indictment charges Lodge; his wife, Denise; Maclean; Joshua Taylor, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania; and Mathew Lampi, of East Bethel, Minnesota, with conspiracy and interstate transport of st...

Novak Djokovic wins the first set against Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic won the first set of the Wimbledon final 6-1 against Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday.Djokovic is bidding for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles championship and fifth in a row. Alcaraz is trying for his first trophy at the All England Club.Djokovic wants his 24th Grand Slam title. Alcaraz wants his second.There is plenty on the line when Djokovic and Alcaraz meet each other at Centre Court.There’s also this: Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, is ranked No. 1, and Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, is ranked No. 2. In addition to the Wimbledon trophy, the winner will have the top ATP ranking.This is a rematch of the showdown between Alcaraz and Djokovic in the French Open semifinals last month.The first two sets were terrific, and each man won one. But then Alcaraz was overcome by cramping — he said later he thought nerves were the main cause — and Djokovic took the anticlimactic last two sets 6-1, 6-1.Marketa Vondrousova won her first...

3 survivors rescued from rubble of collapsed apartment building in Naples, Italian officials say

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

ROME (AP) — A wing of a three-story apartment building collapsed Sunday in a seaside suburb of Naples, and three people were pulled out alive from the rubble, Italian officials said. “As of now, there are no indications of people missing,’ said Luca Cari, a spokesperson for Italy’s national firefighters’ corps, of the collapse of the building in Torre del Greco, a town 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Naples. Firefighters initially said they pulled out two survivors, and later a local interior ministry official confirmed Italian media reports that a third survivor was rescued. Local officials told reporters at the scene that all persons were accounted for.Among those pulled alive from the mound of rubble was the owner of a pizzeria down the block who happened to be in front of the building when it collapsed, Rai state TV said. Survivors were being treated in hospital for fractures, Rai said.Two passersby were slightly injured by fragments of debris and were treated at ...

Palestinian gunman opens fire on a car in the occupied West Bank, wounding 3, including 2 girls

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a car in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, wounding three Israelis, including two girls, Israeli authorities said. The suspect fled the scene of the shooting, but he was later captured.The bloodshed was the latest in a relentless cycle of violence that has gripped the region, driving up the death toll and sparking the worst fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank in nearly two decades.The Israeli military said the gunman opened fire on a car from a passing vehicle. Israel’s rescue service MDA said three Israelis were wounded, including a 35-year-old with gunshot wounds who is in serious but stable condition. Two girls, ages 9 and 14, were slightly wounded by flying debris. The military said that forces apprehended the suspected gunman in the city of Bethlehem and seized his car and an assault rifle found inside. Troops arrested two other suspects, the army said.Fighting between Israel and the Pal...

Better weather conditions help slow down La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:59:37 GMT

MADRID (AP) — More favorable weather conditions have helped firefighters slow down the advance of a wildfire on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands that has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents, authorities said Sunday. The blaze, which started Saturday, has affected an area of about 4,600 hectares (11,300 acres) and burned some 20 houses and buildings.Authorities urged people not to go near the area on the northwest side of the island.Tourism Minister Héctor Gómez told reporters that thanks to the efforts to combat the blaze overnight, the outlook for bringing it under control had improved.More than 300 firefighters have been deployed and nine water-carrying helicopters and two planes are being used to try to extinguish the fire. A further 86 members of the army’s Military Emergency Unit were flown to the island on Sunday.The fire coincides with a heat wave that is hitting southern Europe.Temperatures in the Canary Islands, located off the northwest coast of Afri...