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2 arrive at Lauderdale Lakes Fire Station, 1 shot and transported to hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

Lauderhill Fire Rescue transported a victim to a nearby hospital after arriving at a fire station and claiming they had been shot, Thursday. A man and a female arrived in a black Nissan sedan at Station 110, located at 3120 NW 12th Place in Lauderhill. The shooting did not occur at the station, but somewhere in the area.One of them had been shot in the chest. The shooting victim was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with serious injuries but was conscious at the time. This is the third day in a row a shooting has occurred in Lauderdale Lakes. On Tuesday, a man was killed after being shot at a Walmart. Broward Sheriffs’ Office has taken over the investigation. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Hundreds of pounds of pasta mysteriously dumped in New Jersey town

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

(TMX) – Hundreds of pounds of cooked pasta were found mysteriously dumped by a creek in New Jersey last week.Former town council candidate Nina Jochnowitz shared photos of the mess in the woods next to a stream near Veterans Park in Old Bridge Township on April 26. They show several large mounds of a variety of cooked noodles.She said the town was alerted to the estimated 500 pounds of dumped pasta, but hadn’t taken action.“No surprise when we see the dumping of construction and other garbage spewed in all of the neighborhoods,” Jochnowitz said. Per reports, Old Bridge is the only town in Middlesex County without bulk garbage pickup, and sees widespread illegal dumping.In an update two days later, on April 28, Jochnowitz said the social media attention had prompted action, and the town’s Public Works department cleaned up the creek.“The township heard or read the comments and responded by doing a rapid cleanup [of] the river basin and pasta dump,” Jochnowitz wrote on Facebook....

SWAT situation underway in Dania Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies worked with SWAT officers after a man barricaded himself inside a home.Just before 10 a.m. Thursday, authorities investigated an occupied burglary near the 600 block of West Dania Beach Boulevard. According to BSO officials, the burglar fled the scene and barricaded himself in an empty house.BSO SWAT teams were notified and responded to the scene.Authorities said the investigation is ongoing as negotiators continue to ask him to exit the house.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Bomb attack on Bulgarian prosecutor may have been staged, opposition claims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

This week’s alleged assassination attempt on Bulgaria’s public prosecutor may have been staged, prominent Bulgarian officials claimed, as doubts grow about the evidence supporting the official version of events.Officials said on Monday the country’s chief prosecutor, Ivan Geshev, escaped unscathed after a roadside bomb went off as he drove past. Borislav Sarafov, head of the National Investigation Service, spoke of an “extremely strong” explosion that generated a towering pillar of fire and left a 3 meter-wide crater in the road. “Obviously the bomb was intended to kill,” he told national media.Reporters who made it to the location of the blast within hours found only a small patch of lightly disturbed grass, provoking immediate mockery on social media. Some of the country’s most prominent opposition figures have joined the chorus of doubt.The aftermath of the alleged explosion looks more like someone was trying to “scare rabbits...

POLITICO reviews ‘The Diplomat’ — Meloni surprises Brussels — The key to Ukraine’s victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher .st0{fill:#EB8A23;} .st1{fill:#FAC617;} .st2{fill:#612368;} .st3{fill:#3792C4;} .st4{fill:#C33727;} Acast As the EU defense industry gets the green light to ramp up ammunitions production, we hear from former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Ben Hodges on why Crimea holds the key to a Ukrainian victory. ...

New surveillance video shows explosion at chemical plant in Newburyport, 1 person remains missing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

One person is missing and four others are injured after an explosion caused a seven-alarm fire at the PCI Synthesis chemical plant in Newburyport Thursday morning, officials say. Firefighters from multiple communities responding to an alarm and multiple reports of an explosion just before 1 a.m. were met heavy flames and smoke. Crews said an industrial-sized vat from inside the building had moved about 30 feet because of the explosion and was in the parking lot when they got there. Officials say the four injured workers were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released. One person remains unaccounted for as of 12 p.m., but officials say they cannot enter the building to look for the worker until they make sure it is safe. PCI Synthesis said in a statement: “The authorities arrived quickly on site and we are grateful for their support and quick work… All our attention is focused on the situation of our employees.”The plant is also the site of two othe...

Midtown mass shooter facing multiple charges, victim identified

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

Click here for updates on this storyATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The 24-year-old man who was wanted in connection to the deadly Midtown Atlanta shooting on Wednesday afternoon has been arrested and is in custody, officials confirmed to Atlanta News First.The U.S. Marshals office and Cobb County Police said the alleged shooter, 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was in custody as of 8 p.m.Several Georgia officials, including Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, provided an update at a press conference after the alleged gunman in the shooting was brought into custody.“Law enforcement has taken the suspect into custody. He will be charged and stand trial for his crimes. Our law enforcement kept us safe during an enormously tense afternoon and evening,” Mayor Dickens said. “I want to thank our citizens for keeping calm, staying in place, and providing us with important information throughout the day.Chief of Atlanta Police Darin Schierbaum said Patterson left the city and remained a threat everywh...

Suspect with own name tattooed on neck identified by police, arrested in Cambridge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

A man on the Boston Police Department’s “Most Wanted” list was taken into custody after officers spotted and identified him with the help of his own, name-bearing tattoo, according to officials.Boston police said Francisco Mahon, 40, was arrested after being observed by members of the department’s Fugitive Unit on Wednesday near 109 Main Street in Cambridge.In a news release, officials said officers were able to positively identify the Boston resident, thanks in part to a “clearly visible” neck tattoo of the suspect’s first name, “Francisco.” According to Boston PD, Mahon was arrested on an outstanding armed robbery warrant related to an incident in Dorchester that occurred in 2022.Authorities said it was Jan. 2 when police were called to Columbia Road for a report of a robbery in progress. Responding officers learned that during the incident, a suspect pulled a knife on a victim and attempted to assault him. No injuries were rep...

Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election.A jury in Washington, D.C., found Tarrio guilty of seditious conspiracy after hearing from dozens of witnesses over more than three months in one of the most serious cases brought in the stunning attack that unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, as the world watched on live TV.It’s a significant milestone for the Justice Department, which has now secured seditious conspiracy convictions against the leaders of two major extremist groups prosecutors say were intent on keeping Democratic President Joe Biden out of the White House at all costs. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years.Tarrio, behind bars since his...

White Sox reliever Keynan Middleton on striking out Carlos Correa: ‘I enjoyed that a lot. I mean, he’s a cheater’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:28 GMT

The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is a thing of the past for most. Their 2022 World Series victory put a lot of noise to rest for their 2017 trash-can banging scheme.However, there still appears to be hatred left over, and no, it’s not just the fans who still chant “f—k [Jose] Altuve!” every so often at Yankee Stadium.Chicago White Sox reliever Keynan Middleton loved every second of blowing a 96-mph fastball by Carlos Correa on Wednesday night to close out their 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.“I knew I was going to face Correa, and I don’t like him. So it was kind of cool,” Middelton said. “I like that. I enjoyed that a lot. I mean, he’s a cheater.”Correa was one of the core players of the 2017 Astros who were disciplined by Major League Baseball for their sign-stealing scheme of decoding signs and indicating what was coming by banging a trash can so the batter could hear. The organization was fined $5 million and ...