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Investigation underway after teen found dead in NW Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

A major investigation is currently underway at an apartment complex on Northwest 74th and 23rd Court after the body of a deceased teenager was found in the parking lot. Police said they got a shot spotter alert around 11:00 p.m. Tuesday night which led them to the discovery of the victim. According to police, the victim is known to them because he has involvement in previous shooting investigations.The body of the victim was covered in a yellow tarp as at least three crime scene investigation vans and several officers started collecting bags of evidence. The crime scene vans have left the scene but the investigation remains active as police tape ropes the crime scene. Local residents are understandably nervous about the police activity and are anxious for answers. The teen’s identity has not been revealed as police search for his next of kin. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Person hospitalized after fire breaks out in Maynard apartment complex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

One person was rushed to the hospital after a fire broke out in a unit at an apartment complex in Maynard on Tuesday.Fire crews could be seen using ladder trucks to battle the blaze on Powder Mill Circle. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

North Easton woman wins $1M Mass. lottery prize

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

(WHDH) — Sandra Guarino of North Easton has won a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$2,000,000 50X Cashword” instant ticket game.Guarino was looking for this particular Cashword game and when the first store she stopped at didn’t have it, she went to E Market Convenience Store & Deli located at 285 Washington St. in Easton, where she purchased her winning ticket.She chose the cash option on her prize and received a one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes). She plans to put some of her winnings toward paying off the mortgage on her house.E Market receives a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket.

Gallery: Protest against “dirty banks” that fund fossil fuel industry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

Hundreds came out to protest specifically Chase and Bank of America saying the they are "dirty banks" that fund fossil fuel industry

City of Everett and its mayor sued by school superintendent, who cites racism and sexism for ouster

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

The superintendent and her deputy of Everett Public Schools have filed a lawsuit against the city, its mayor and its school committee that alleges “institutional racism” and sexism led to their ouster.The pair, Superintendent Priya Tahiliani — who the complaint says “identifies as Indian” and is the “first person of color to serve” in the role — was appointed to the job in December of 2019 to replace Frederick Foresteire, who was removed from office following a 30-year tenure due to numerous sexual misconduct allegations for which he was convicted last month.Tahiliani chose as her deputy Kim Tsai, who the complaint identifies as “one of the only Asian and Pacific Islander Deputy Superintendents” in the commonwealth.The complaint alleges that their contracts were not renewed because they participated in a federal probe of the school’s “discriminatory practices” and because of “blatant and overt acts of discrimination and retaliation.”“Tahiliani and Tsai were subjected to demeaning an...

2 escape jail and go to IHOP, where patrons report them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff said.Authorities discovered the two men, ages 37 and 43, missing from their cell in the Newport News jail annex during a routine head count Monday evening, according to a statement from the Newport News Sheriff’s Office.A preliminary investigation found the men exploited a weakness in the jail’s construction design and used tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object to access rebars between the walls — and then used the rebar to further their escape, the statement said. After escaping their cell, they scaled a containment wall around the jail.Authorities had asked for the public’s help to find the men, and they were taken into custody again early Tuesday at an IHOP in Hampton when other patrons called police.“It reinforces what we always say, ‘See something, say...

California faces more flooding after strong Pacific storm

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California was blamed for two deaths and forecasters said additional flooding was possible Wednesday in parts of the state.Tuesday’s storm focused most of its energy on central and southern parts of the state, bringing threats of heavy runoff and mountain snowfall. In the north, intense hail was reported in Sacramento, the state capital.Locally heavy rain and snowmelt may cause flooding Wednesday in southern California and central Arizona, the National Weather Service warned. On Tuesday, some residents of north-central Arizona were told to prepare to evacuate because of rising water levels in rivers and basins.Trees and power lines were reported downed in the San Francisco Bay Area. An Amtrak commuter train carrying 55 passengers struck a downed tree and derailed near the East Bay village of Porta Costa. The train remained upright and nobody was injured,...

Wall Street quiet ahead of Fed rate hike decision

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

BANGKOK — Wall Street quietly drifted between small gains and losses early Wednesday ahead of a closely-watched decision by the Federal Reserve on whether to raise interest rates in the midst of a global banking crisis.Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials inched less than 0.1% higher, while futures for the S&P 500 were essentially flat.Tuesday on Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 1.3% to lock in its first back-to-back gain since Silicon Valley Bank’s rapid failure began two weeks ago. Some of Wall Street’s fears over the banking sector were calmed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’ s assurance that the government could provide more assistance to lenders if needed. Investors are awaiting an interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve, which is expected to temper its efforts to tame inflation given the recent turmoil that has wracked the banking sector. Most economists expect the Fed to announce a relatively modest quarter-point hike in its benchmark rate, its nint...

Activist investor wants Parkland to consider strategic alternatives

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

CALGARY — An activist investor wants Parkland Corp. to explore strategic alternatives for what it says are the company’s non-core assets with the goal of becoming a more focused fuel and convenience store retailer. In a letter to the Parkland board of directors seeking a meeting, Engine Capital LP says it owns about a two per cent stake in the Calgary-based company, which owns gas stations as well as a refinery in Burnaby, B.C.Engine says it believes that the value creation opportunity at Parkland is significant and that there are meaningful levers for the board to enhance shareholder value.It wants the board to consider strategic alternatives including the possibility of selling or spinning off the Burnaby refinery and the company’s heating oil and propane distribution businesses.The U.S. investment firm says it believes Parkland shares could be worth around $45 per share.Parkland shares closed at $29.21 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday.This report by The Canadi...

A quarter of world population lacks safe drinking water: UN

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:59 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report issued on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lacks access to basic sanitation.The U.N. World Water Development Report 2023, released Tuesday, painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet U.N. goals to ensure all people have access to clean water and sanitation by 2030.Richard Connor, editor-in-chief of the report, told a news conference that the estimated cost of meeting the goals is between $600 billion and $1 trillion a year. But equally important, Connor said, is forging partnerships with investors, financiers, governments and climate change communities to ensure that money is invested in ways to sustain the environment and provide potable water to the 2 billion people who don’t have it and sanitation to the 3.6 million in need.According to the report, water use has been increasing globally by roughly 1% ...