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South Florida scorcher as heat index reaches 110 degrees; record temps prompt advisory for 2nd day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

Another day has brought another heat advisory in South Florida, prompting local first responders to issue words of warning.Friday’s heat advisory remains in place in Miami-Dade and Broward counties until 7 p.m. An advisory for Monroe County that was in place until 6 p.m. was cancelled.The National Weather Service confirmed Miami reached 97 degrees on Friday, shattering a 2020 record of 95 degrees.https://twitter.com/NWSMiami/status/1677419236682264578?s=20The relentless heat was felt across South Florida, with the heat index, or “feels like” temperatures, reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas along the east coast.Fire rescue units are standing by ready to help.Earlier in the day, City of Miami Fire Rescue Capt. Damian Beitra met with the crew at Fire Station No. 7, as they prepared for another hot day on the job that could include heat related calls.Beitra said it’s important to watch for signs of heat illness.“The first early warning signs...

Dashcam footage captures police-involved shooting after dog charges at officer in Miami; woman hospitalized after being bitten

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

Dashcam video showed the moment an officer fired several shots at two dogs after one charged at her. One woman was hospitalized after she was bitten by one of the dogs. City of Miami Police units arrived at the scene of the attack at Northwest Fourth Avenue near 65th Street, Friday morning. Neighbors heard the woman’s screams and rushed to help her. “And the guy behind her, he heard it too and they bit him,” said Emanuel Wooders, who saved the victim. Other neighbors saw the mauling. “They throw that woman on the flood and they were on top of her,” said a neighbor. “Luckily, this guy came out here with a bat and run them away.”The victim, Gema Garcia, was bandaged up in an ambulance and was rushed to the hospital by fire rescue crews. Garcia, Friday afternoon, showed her injuries through FaceTime from her hospital bed. Speaking in Spanish, she told 7News that she was badly bitten on her arms and legs. She also had injuries on her knee and ...

Yoli Alvarez, Miami’s first Hispanic female fire chief, looks back on 33-year career as she retires

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

She spent her life serving her country and her community. We’re shining the spotlight on Miami’s first Hispanic female fire chief, who’s now facing her last call of duty. 7’s Robbin Simmons with her story.Yoli Alvarez has spent her entire life in Miami.Yoli Alvarez: “I was raised in Wynwood, and single mom and two sisters.”Her mom always told her if she applied herself, she could become anything she wanted.So in high school, Yoli told her mom she wanted to be a soldier in the Army.Yoli Alvarez: “I said, ‘Hey, Ma, I joined the military.’ She was like, “No,’ she didn’t believe me until, actually, the sergeant came to pick me up.”Yoli says there is something special about serving her country.Yoli Alvarez: “I started as a Morse code interceptor. I was assigned to the National Security Agency, NSA.”But by her late 20s, she wanted to come home to serve her community. Yoli joined the fire academy.Yoli...

Erdoğan backs Ukraine’s NATO bid, says Putin will visit Turkey ‘next month’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said early on Saturday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would visit Turkey next month and stressed his enthusiasm for peace talks in which Ankara could play a decisive role. He made the remarks during a visit to Istanbul by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he greeted as his “dear friend.” After more than two hours of talks at the Vahdettin mansion in Istanbul, Erdoğan also backed Kyiv’s membership of NATO and offered a robust defense of Ukraine’s independence, declaring Russia’s invasion to have contravened international law. Noting Turkey had made the “most effort” of any country in previous attempts at diplomacy and stressing Ankara’s role in a deal to allow Ukraine to export grain out of the Black Sea, Erdoğan insisted Turkey had the “most sincere desire” to see Kyiv and Moscow return to the negotiating table. Zelenskyy also observed that “Turkey is ready ...

Brockton family tearfully reunited with service dog

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

A local dog, snatched from a porch Thursday in Brockton, was reunited with his family Friday.Murphy the Shih Tzu is back with mom Anna Correia, a day before her birthday. Murphy is a service animal for Anna who is battling cancer. The Correias called 7NEWS as they desperately searched for Murphy.“He’s a part of our family,” owner George Correia said. “It’s tough when people do this, it’s crazy.”With help from neighbors, friends and family, the Correias were able to track down surveillance video and pictures of a teen who may have taken Murphy.  George hadn’t slept since Murphy disappeared. He drove everywhere hoping to catch a glimpse of the two-year-old dog.  “I’ve been beeping around with my truck because when I beep when I’m home when I hit the button you hear him barking he knows I’m home,” George said. With help from Brockton Police, a tip came in that Murphy was left at a local Walmart. George was reunited with Murphy at the police station.   ...

Police arrest Everett man after TD Bank robbery in downtown Boston

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

An Everett man was quickly apprehended after a Friday morning bank robbery in downtown Boston.32-year-old Jonathan Pagan was arrested after allegedly robbing the TD Bank on Winter Street in Downtown Crossing around 8:30 a.m.Pagan told the teller he had a gun and took off with cash.He fled toward the Park Street MBTA station and boarded the Orange line to the Massachusetts Avenue stop, where officials observed cash “protruding” from his pocket.Pagan was arrested with resistance and is charged with armed robbery.

‘Clone’ or competitor? Users and lawyers compare Twitter and Threads

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

By MATT O’BRIEN and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (The Associated Press)Just how similar is Instagram’s chatty new app, Threads, to Twitter?In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week, Twitter threatened legal action against Instagram parent company Meta over the new text-based app Threads, which it called a “copycat.” Threads has drawn tens of millions of users since launching as the latest rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. Threads creators pushed back on the accusations, and legal experts note that much is still unknown. For now, “it’s sort of a big question mark,” Jacob Noti-Victor, an associate professor at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School who specializes in intellectual property, told The Associated Press.The people starting to explore Threads, however, are already making their own observations.“People are calling it a Twitter clone but I think there are some key product differences,” said Alexandra...

The Real McCoy, popular Scarborough restaurant forced to close, set to reopen at new spot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

When George Mihail, the owner of The Real McCoy, announced he was being forced to shut his doors in late 2022 due to redevelopment, it sparked an outpouring of love and support at his 53-year-old Scarborough restaurant while also leaving a question about what the future would look like for the beloved business.More than six months after the doors were locked at the former Markham Road establishment for the last time, that lingering question has been answered in resounding form: The Real McCoy is back and seemingly stronger than ever.“It was a short six months and you know what, can’t wait for people to try and come back and support us. Love you Scarborough, love Toronto,” Mihail told CityNews during an interview on Friday inside the new location at Bellamy Road North and Lawrence Avenue East.“This is going to be like a flagship store for The Real McCoy and … we would like to open up more stores in the future.”It was in December when CityNews first...

Trudeau says pressure is on to end B.C. port strike, on day seven of stoppage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will continue putting pressure on both sides to end the British Columbia port strike, as the stoppage drags on for a seventh day.Trudeau, who’s in Calgary, said he’s aware of how “impactful” the strike has been on producers in the Prairies. About 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada walked off the job on Saturday at about 30 ports in B.C.There’s been no sign of a break in the deadlock that emerged when talks broke down on Monday. The BC Maritime Employers Association is urging the union to return to bargaining under “a voluntary mediation-arbitration process,” while the union accuses the employers of trying to get the government to do its “dirty work.” Trudeau said the best deals are made at the bargaining table, and he knows that “a solution is out there.”“But I also know that pressure is mounting day by day...

UN to keep pushing for extension of food and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:32 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials vowed Friday to keep working for an extension of the deal that allows food and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine despite their war, pushing back at Moscow’s pessimism about a renewal before the July 17 expiration.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged both countries to make global food security a priority and “help ensure that these products can reach global markets smoothly, efficiently and at scale,” U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said. “Together, the agreements are contributing to sustained reductions in global food prices, which are now more than 23% below the record highs reached in March last year.”Turkey and the U.N. brokered a breakthrough accord with the warring sides last July, which has enabled Ukraine to ship over 32 million tons of grain from Black Sea ports to global markets. Moscow, however, complains that the separate U.N.-Russia memorandum on facilitating shipments of Russian food and fertilizer still ...