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3 families displaced after shed fire spreads to houses in Sunrise

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

Three families were forced out of their homes after a fire broke out in a Sunrise neighborhood.7Skyforce hovered above the scene of the blaze in the area of Northwest 62nd Terrace and 26th Street, just after 5:30 p.m., Wednesday.Cellphone video provided another angle of the flames.Homeowner Marlene Plummer said she was able to get out of her home of 12 years with only the clothes on her back.“I didn’t know what to do, ’cause at that time, smoke was already coming in, and I couldn’t grab anything,” she said. “This is all I got on. Everything is gone.”According to Sunrise Fire Rescue, the fire broke out in a shed and quickly spread to three connected units.Plummer, 44, said she was working at home with her nieces and nephews when she smelled smoke, looked up and saw the flames heading her way.“I tried to put it out. It was already too late, ’cause it had already gotten too big,” she said.Plummer said she called 911.When firef...

Suspect connected to stolen Mansory Rolls-Royce leads police in cross-county pursuit, ends in Hallandale Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

A police chase ended in Hallandale Beach after several criminals led authorities on a pursuit connected to a stolen $800,000 luxury car.Early Wednesday morning, a man living in a South Florida gated community woke up to a shocking sight: his black Mansory Rolls Royce, one of only 12 in the U.S., was missing. The owner, identified as Alexei, believes he was targeted due to the unique sound of the car’s exhaust.Surveillance video from Alexei’s home showed a man walking straight up to the unlocked luxury car and driving off, passing a Ferrari and Bentley parked behind it. The theft occurred around 3:40 a.m., and Alexei thinks the car thief had an accomplice in a white Audi that could be seen leading the way.“They didn’t touch the two cars; they went straight for the Rolls Royce,” Alexei said.Law enforcement officers from Davie, Hollywood and the Broward Sheriff’s Office later chased the suspects in the white Audi for about an hour. The pursuit covered a si...

Aventura 8th grader catches bus aide going off in profanity-laced tirade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

Students were left shaken after a bus aide got angry, and one of those students caught the incident on video.“[Expletive] if you touch me, I swear to God!” said the man working on the bus.Her father is upset with what his daughter had to endure on the ride home from school today, and is speaking out, Wednesday.The girl is an 8th grader at Aventura City of Excellence School (ACES) Charter School in Aventura.“He looked like he was ready to hit someone,” said Mia, who didn’t want to show her face on camera.She said she was on the way from school on the bus, when she said, the bus aide started screaming at the driver.“Run, run your [expletive] mouth to these [expletive] kids again,” said the aide on the video. “I’m talking to you, you passive-aggressive [expletive].”Mia was among the students who pulled out their phones as the scene unfolded.“I saw how bad it was. I felt like there should be like proof, like people should...

Central Florida workers find 5-foot gator in stormwater pipe under roadway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

OVIEDO, Fla. (WSVN) — Workers in Central Florida found a scaly surprise underground.Back on Saturday, a stormwater crew was trying to figure out why potholes were opening up along Lockwood Boulevard in Oviedo, so they sent a four-wheel robotic camera under the roadway to check the pipes for any issues.The robot recorded a five-foot alligator. It meandered away, deeper into the pipe than the robot could follow.It remains unclear whether or not the crew figured out what was causing the potholes.

Jalen Brunson scores 38 points, Knicks beat Heat 112-103 in Game 5 to cut deficit to a game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 38 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while playing all 48 minutes in a season-extending performance, and the New York Knicks beat the Miami Heat 112-103 on Wednesday night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.The Knicks denied the Heat’s first attempt to become just the second No. 8 seed to reach the conference finals and sent the series back to Miami for Game 6 on Friday night.RJ Barrett added 26 points and Julius Randle had 24 for the fifth-seeded Knicks, who stayed alive in hopes of reaching the conference finals for the first time since 2000. They did that by getting by the Heat in seven games in the second round, a possibility that still exists.The Knicks built a 19-point lead in the third quarter, then hung on when the Heat finally got their 3-pointers to start falling and cut it to two with 2 1/2 minutes remaining.Jimmy Butler had 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Heat, getting held below 25 points for t...

Why the EU loves Erdoğan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

BRUSSELS — There are a lot of reasons for Western leaders not to like Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. During his 20-year reign at the top of his country’s politics, the Turkish president has imprisoned journalists and opposition figures, violently cracked down on protesters and woefully managed the economy.On the foreign policy front, the consummate strongman has cozied up to Russia, launched an incursion into Syria and leveraged its veto in NATO to block Swedish accession at a critical moment for the alliance.But there’s one reason EU leaders in particular might miss the aging leader should he lose against his centrist challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu when Turks vote in a presidential election on May 14. Having Erdoğan in power, particularly as he has taken an increasingly authoritarian turn in recent years, has allowed the EU to sidestep the question of whether Turkey should join its ranks.For many European politicians, Erdoğan has been a useful political foil, allowing the EU to legitimately ...

King Charles’ missing diamond

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

LONDON — With its array of gleaming bracelets, crowns, orbs and scepters, King Charles III’s coronation was hardly short on bling.But something was missing amid the procession of gilded artifacts and gemstones at Westminster Abbey. Perhaps the most historic jewel in the royal collection was nowhere to be seen.The stunning Koh-i-Noor diamond — gifted to Charles’ great-great-great grandmother Queen Victoria in 1849, and one of the largest and oldest cut diamonds in the world — had once been the centerpiece of the century-old crown of Queen Mary, a modified version of which was worn last Saturday by Charles’ wife Queen Camilla.The enormous rock, an extraordinary 793 carats before being cut down to 106 by Victoria’s husband Albert, was worn by Mary when her husband King George V was crowned in 1911. The diamond was worn again by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in a different crown at the coronation of her husband, King George VI, in 1937.But for Saturday’...

The battle of the Turkish centuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

Hugh Pope is a Brussels-based writer and was a reporter based in Turkey for three decades. He is the author of several books on the country and the region.The promise of a “Turkish Century” has been one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s big slogans ahead of the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections this Sunday. And there’s little doubt as to what he’s competing against: the upcoming centennial of the Republic of Turkey, founded under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on October 29, 1923.Since rising to national power in 2002, Erdoğan has certainly proved himself to be the most impactful Turkish leader since Atatürk. He’s held onto power the longest, shown himself to be a skilled politician and presided over the construction of triumphal infrastructure projects, including huge bridges, giant airports, high-speed railways — as well as a 1,100-room palace for himself.But can this cure him of what some have called “Atatürk envy”? That is, can Erdoğan’s legacy eclipse that of Turkey’s...

The life-or-death fight over car pollution rules

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

The EU wants to set tough new pollution standards for cars; automakers are aghast, but health lobbies argue that updated Euro 7 rules will save lives.“The modelling shows that strong Euro 7 legislation could prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths per year,” said Cale Lawlor, senior policy manager for global public health with the European Public Health Alliance, an NGO. “This legislation needs to be implemented urgently to prevent this massive burden.”Magnus Everitt is well aware of the negative impact of car pollution. The Stockholm resident starts his mornings with a cocktail of medicines that keep him breathing.First, there are the pills. Then, the 67-year-old retired engineer spends 20 minutes inhaling three treatments designed to break up the mucus in his lungs and quiet the inflammation in his airways. There’s also the lunch-time regimen, and the evening ritual. All in all, Everitt spends over 40 minutes a day taking medicines to manage his lung diseas...

Jansen becomes 7th in major league history with 400 saves, Red Sox beat Braves 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:25 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Kenley Jansen became the seventh player in major league history to earn 400 saves, pinch-hitter Raimel Tapia hit a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Wednesday night.Jansen, who had 41 saves last year in his only season with the Braves, faced four batters for his ninth save in 10 chances.The 35-year-old right-hander trails Billy Wagner by 22 saves for sixth place on the career list. Jansen retired Sean Murphy on a shallow fly, gave up a double to Eddie Rosario, retired Ozzie Albies on a flyout and struck out Travis d’Arnaud to end it.Facing reliever Nick Anderson, Tapia drove in Jarren Duran from second to make it 3-2. The run was charged to A.J. Minter (2-4).Triston Casas hit a two-run homer 442 feet off Braves closer Raisel Iglesias to make it 5-2 in the ninth.The Braves began the night leading the NL with an .809 OPS and a .465 slugging percentage, but didn’t score a run against Boston starte...