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2 people in custody following overnight rollover car wreck at Pelican Harbor Marina

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

The scene has cleared after North Bay Village Police investigated a severe rollover wreck overnight in Pelican Harbor Marina.The marina’s boat ramp is opened up for the public once again, which had shut down Sunday morning due to the on-scene investigation. According to officials, the accident happened just before 4 a.m. along the Kennedy Causeway and Northeast 79th Street in North Bay Village, where the car flipped upside down and engulfed in flames.Both occupants of the vehicle fled on foot after the crash.Cameras caught the police extracting a man from the water shortly after the wreck, who is now in custody along with the passenger in the car. Fire rescue also responded to the scene to extinguish the flames, but it’s unclear if anyone was transported for medical attention. A tow truck removed the car from the site after crime scene technicians collected evidence from the vehicle.Police report that the crash was a result of the driver fleeing from an attempted traffic...

12-year-old boy found safe after being reported missing from Little Haiti

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

The Miami Police Department has located a 12-year-old boy who was reported missing from Little Haiti. Kemarien Branton stands at 4 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs approximately 105 lbs, and has brown hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing a white shirt and black shorts.

Overnight shooting in Davie sends at least 1 person to hospital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

Authorities responded to a reported shooting in Davie overnight. The incident occurred between Northwest 67th Avenue and Sterling Road.A man was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Putin’s war is slowly destroying Europe’s breadbasket

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

ODESA, Ukraine — July begins the Ukrainian wheat harvest, and the stalks from the humus-saturated soil near the Black Sea are chest-high and golden. A 20-minute car ride separates the port city of Odesa from wheat fields that, aside from a line of low trees, extend north and east without visible end. The only natural sound is a loud whisper the wind elicits every minute or so from the expanse of grain.But it isn’t a time of plenty in the breadbasket of Europe, and not only because Russia, for now, says it won’t continue the arrangement it made with the United Nations and Turkey that for a year permitted 32 million tons of Ukrainian grain to be exported from the country’s massive southern ports. The present war has stunted Ukraine’s grain industry at every stage, beginning months before harvest time.Though blessed with an abundance of wheat-friendly chernozem — the Russian term for “black earth” — most Ukrainians fertilize their soil. “There’s a great shortage of nitrogen fertilizers...

Netanyahu stuck in hospital as contentious vote nears in Israel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering from an emergency heart procedure on Sunday after being taken to the hospital Saturday night, according to media reports. As Netanyahu recovers from a procedure to implant a heart pacemaker, the Israeli parliament is preparing to vote on a controversial overhaul of the country’s judicial system. Protests over the reforms have roiled the country recently, with demonstrations now entering their 29th week. According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, some are calling the crisis the most severe in the country’s history. Netanyahu’s doctors said on Sunday the pacemaker implantation went smoothly and that the prime minister felt fine, according to an Associated Press report.The vote taking place on Monday in the parliament will curb the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to stop government policy it finds to be unreasonable. The crisis reached a boiling point over the weekend ahead of the vote. Both business and labor lead...

Authorities arrest suspect in deadly bar fire in Mexico border city that killed 11

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

(CNN) — Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting a bar on fire after being kicked out, killing 11 people near the Arizona border in the Mexican state of Sonora.The fire broke out at 1:33 a.m. Saturday at a bar in San Luis Rio Colorado, near the United States border city of San Luis, Arizona, according to a statement from the Sonora Attorney General’s Office.A 17-year-old and a female American citizen were among those killed, Gustavo Rómulo Salas Chávez, Sonora’s attorney general, said in a news conference Saturday.Mexican authorities were still trying to confirm if the woman who died also had Mexican citizenship, Chávez said.CNN has reached out to the US Department of State for comment.The person suspected of starting the fire, who authorities said had “a high degree of intoxication,” threw an object with fire at the drinking establishment’s doors after security staff removed him from the building, according to the statement tra...

What’s more important as you age — stretching, balance work or strength training?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

(CNN) — People often bemoan gray hair and wrinkled skin as some of the most unpleasant side effects of aging. It may be discouraging to watch your youthful visage slip away, but the status of your strength, balance and flexibility is of much greater concern. Significant declines in these areas can lead to pain, falls and fractures, and an overall loss of mobility and functionality. Think about the inability to play with the grandkids, climb stairs or carry groceries.No matter how active we are, our muscle mass and strength decline as we age. In fact, muscle mass and strength peak at 30 to 35 years old. After that, they slowly but steadily decline. At age 65 for women and 70 for men, the pace of these declines increases, according to the National Institutes of Health. Similarly, everyone’s balance and flexibility decrease with age due to changes in vision, sensory nerves, joints, ligaments and more.“Joints in the spine, hips, knees and shoulders naturally become more arthri...

Man wanted in double shooting in Vermont arrested as he gets off plane in NYC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting in Vermont in May that left one man dead and another injured.Devon Dennis, 43, of Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested Saturday as he arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on a plane from Jamaica, Vermont State Police said in a statement.Dennis is jailed pending an initial appearance next week in Queens County Criminal Court. He will be extradited to Vermont to face second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges. An email seeking comment was left with a defense attorney listed in court records.Juan Sierra, 27, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was shot and killed in Brookfield, Vermont on May 12. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the torso.Miguel Fuentes, 29, also of Springfield, Massachusetts, was also shot but drove from the scene and was assisted by a passerby several miles away, police said. The passerby called 911. He was taken t...

Family of mountain biker who died while saving hikers speak out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- The family of a mountain biker Kai Torres Bronson, who died in Jacumba Mountains last weekend, spoke to FOX 5 Saturday.  Cal Fire described Torres Bronson as a hero. “You made your family proud," said Jenn Rico, the aunt of Torres Bronson.  Torres Bronson’s family took time on Saturday to remember their loved one who died while trying to help hikers in extreme heat.  “He was empathetic at a very young age, he was very sensitive to how you were feeling. Auntie Jenn, how are you today?” Rico said.  Torres’ family shared an uplifting social media post from Torres. In it, he wrote, “JUST BE A GOOD PERSON.” “At an early age, you could tell Kai was very special,” Rico said.  On July 15, Torres went mountain biking with three friends in the Carrizo Gorge area in the Jacumba Mountains. Torres' family said mountain biking is one of his favorite activities. Man shot, killed in City Heights “And being surrounded by family and friends...

57-year-old jockey wins at Del Mar Racetrack Opening Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:59 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Del Mar Racetrack Opening Day was just another day at the office for 57-year-old jockey Mike Smith, who won the first race of the day.“I might be having a better time now than I probably did in my 30s. I’ve really taken care of myself. If you do that early on, it’ll pay off for you in the end,” said Smith, a Hall of Fame jockey.This paid off throughout his career with him earning more than 5,000 wins. He's oldest jockey to ever win the Triple Crown at the age of 52. Alex Morgan gets 50th international assist in 2023 FIFA World Cup match against Vietnam “That’s what you call the Holy Grail right there. At any age, that’s amazing to win. It’s only been done 13 times, so blessed to have been apart of that,” said Smith.The 2003 Hall of Fame inductee raced in five out of 10 races on Opening Day. He called Del Mar one of his favorite tracks.“I was based out east for many, many years in the beginning of my career in 2001. I came out here -- this is just of the most beautiful...