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‘There goes my car’: How to outmaneuver thieves as 2023 auto thefts reach ‘near-record highs’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

More than a million cars are being stolen each year in the U.S., and South Florida is a hotspot. Tonight, 7 Investigates reporter Karen Hensel shows us how police are working to outmaneuver the crooks.Linda Ramos is working on finally getting back to business.Linda Ramos, SUV stolen: “I’m a pilot car driver. I drive all over the United States, guiding the transportation of multiple variety of loads, as far as a big yacht to a Boeing jet engine.”But on Aug. 9, Linda hit a major road block.Her Ford Explorer — equipped with expensive features like a light bar, cameras and an “oversize load” sign — was stolen from her driveway in Dania Beach.Linda Ramos: “There goes my car. They just drove off with my car.”The thieves in this case stole more than an SUV. They put a major dent in Linda’s livelihood.Linda Ramos: “I got hit in the pocket hard, because I wasn’t able to get back to work until everything got settled.̶...

Portugal-bound flight returns after takeoff from MIA due to cracked windshield; no injuries reported

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

A flight bound for Portugal was forced to turn around and head back to Miami International Airport after takeoff due to a cracked windshield.7News cameras captured the aircraft in question on the tarmac at MIA, Thursday night.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units were seen near the plane.According to airport officials, this was TAP Air Portugal flight 224, which was heading to Lisbon.There were over 200 people on board the plane, but no injuries have been reported.MIA officials said the flight has been cancelled, and the airline will have to accommodate passengers on another flight taking off Friday.

How to get ready for government

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music With opposition parties starting to dream about life in Whitehall as the next election looms, host Aggie Chambre takes a look at how politicians actually prepare for government. She hears from the key players involved in the 2010 election — the last time opposition parties...

New video shows sparks fly along platform at South Station

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

New video shows the moment sparks flew along a platform at Boston’s South Station in an incident over the weekend. The incident happened on Sunday. The MBTA released video on Thursday in which sparks can be seen raining down from above while passengers were walking on the platform. Separate cell phone video provided a different view of the scene, also capturing the shower of sparks.Contacted about this incident, an Amtrak spokesperson said a piece of debris fell onto overhead wires at South Station.The spokesperson said service was delayed for approximately 10 minutes, “while crews worked to resolve the issue.”

Milton defeats Walpole, captures its first Div. 3 state championship

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

FOXBORO — Milton’s first Super Bowl will forever be memorable.Patrick Miller threw for four touchdowns while Harrison Hinckle corralled a pick-six and a touchdown reception as Milton claimed its first Super Bowl title with a 42-21 win over Walpole in the Div. 3 title game on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.The win by Milton (9-4) avenged a defeat at the hands of Walpole during the regular season.“I think our league and our non-conference schedule prepared us for this,” Milton coach Steve Dembowski said. “None of these guys are scholarship kids, they just love each other. It’s a testament to our kids and our coaching staff.”In almost a mirror image of their regular season battle, Walpole (9-4) jumped on top of Milton 14-0 to begin the game courtesy of a one-yard touchdown run by Logan Keyes and a 68-yard touchdown reception from Kamari Hughes. From that point on it was all Wildcats.Ronan Sammon (6 receptions, 75 yards, 2 touchdowns) got Milton o...

Thursday’s championship football scoreboard

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday’s resultsDiv. 8 – West Boylston 41, Carver 7Div. 1 – Xaverian 31, St. John’s Prep 25MVADA Large School Bowl: Bay Path 42, Blackstone Valley 41MVADA Small School Vocational Bowl: Blue Hills 44, Tri-County 7Thursday’s resultsDiv. 6 – Fairhaven 26, Salem 22Div. 2 – King Philip 42, Marshfield 14Div. 3 – Milton 42, Walpole 21Friday’s gamesDiv. 7 – No. 6 Amesbury (9-2) vs. No. 1 Uxbridge (12-0), 3 at GilletteDiv. 4 – No. 7 Scituate (9-3) vs. No. 1 Duxbury (10-1), 5:30 at GilletteDiv. 5 – No. 2 Foxboro (11-1) vs. No. 1 Hanover (11-1), 8 at Gillette XAVERIAN 31, ST. JOHN’S PREP 25(Division 1 state championship)St. John’s Prep (11-2)   6    6    13      0   –   25Xaverian           (11-2)   0   14     7    10   –   31SJ – Jimmy Nardone 1 run (run failed)XA – Caleb Brown 19 pass from Henry Hasselbeck (Luke Bell kick)XA – Brown pass from Hasselbeck (Bell kick)SJ – Merr...

Thousands of free HIV self-test kits distributed across Canada to mark World AIDS Day

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

As over 6,000 Canadians live with undiagnosed HIV, the federal government plans to give away roughly 200,000 free self-test kits with the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.Friday, Dec. 1, marks World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week in Canada. According to public health data, 18 per cent of new cases in Canada are among Indigenous people. An Ontario study found that African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV were less likely to know their status (85 per cent) than the general Canadian population (90 per cent).“For Indigenous peoples, we’ve been struggling with the social determinants of health, lack of funding for housing, employment and the mobility of Indigenous peoples from roll-on reserve communities to urban,” said Albert McLeod, a consultant specializing in HIV/AIDS and Indigenous peoples.Public health group CATIE is part of the federal government’s strategy to distribute 200,000 HIV self-testing kits...

Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent a popular rapper back to jail less that two weeks after his release from prison on bail, an Iranian news website reported Thursday. Mizanonline.ir, an online news outlet affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, said authorities arrested Toomaj Salehi on a new charge of “spreading lies and violation of public opinion.” Salehi was released from prison in mid-November after spending more than a year in custody on charges that his supporters said were based on the hip-hop artist’s music and participation in the protests that broke out in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22. Amini died in the custody of the country’s morality police after being detained for wearing her hijab too loosely. Earlier this week, Salehi said in a video message that he was tortured after his arrest in October 2022, when state media released a video showing him blindfolded and apologizing for his words, a statement likely made under duress. A court sentenced Salehi i...

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele granted leave to campaign for reelection

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress granted President Nayib Bukele leave for six months Thursday to allow him to campaign for reelection despite a constitutional prohibition on reelection.Bukele will seek a second five-year term for the New Ideas party in the Feb. 4 national elections. Vice President Félix Ulloa also requested leave to campaign again as Bukele’s running mate.Lawmakers voted 67 in favor to 12 against to approve Bukele’s request for leave.Bukele was expected to present a list of two options to Congress the body to select his interim replacement. If he does not present options, Congress will select the interim president.Constitutional lawyers maintain that Bukele’s reelection bid violates at least four articles of the constitution. But the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled earlier this month that Bukele’s candidacy met the legal requirements.While highly popular in El Salvador for his aggressive war against the gangs that long terrorized ...

'Mass casualty event' halted after man makes threats towards Tesla event

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:06 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just one day before Tesla’s Cybertruck delivery event a man was arrested for making online threats aimed at the company’s big day.According to the arrest report, Paul Ryan Overeem, from Orlando, Fla., was arrested for making threats on Instagram.Court documents said Nov. 10, the Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) received an email notification for a suspicious activity report from Tesla.That report highlighted messages sent in a group chat from an Instagram user.  Some of the messages in the report said phrases like “I sure am crazy though,” “I plan on killing people,” “I wanna die,” “I need to be stopped” and “If I’m saying I’m gonna kill people then you should take this seriously.”According to the report, law enforcement used the Flock Safety camera search to confirm a sighting of the 2015 black Chevy Tahoe registered to Overeem, which confirmed a sighting on Nov. 28 on Highway 290 in Sunset Valley.Cellular data was also used to locate Overeem’s cell p...