Home

Man arrested after fleeing from BSO and climbing up tree in Dania Beach cemetery

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

A man is in custody after running from Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and climbing a large tree at a Dania Beach cemetery, eventually coming down at his own volition. 7News’ Skyforce hovered over the scene on Monday afternoon where BSO deputies attempted to capture the man up in the tree at the West Lawn Cemetery on 1251 Southeast 12th Street, since 3 p.m. Several paramedics, officers and firefighters were at the scene.The suspect was wanted for a felony and fled from officers. People crowded behind the fence as the situation went on — One witness said the wanted man was at a nearby corner store where police approached him to talk about an incident and he then ran and jumped the fence of the cemetery and scaled the tree.“It’s sad, he’s a good kid, he just kind of messed up right now,” said Carmella Gardner, a witness. Others have mixed opinions about the suspect. “I think he’s an idiot and he’s going to jail,” said anoth...

Yankees’ bats, Jhony Brito struggle in 5-1 loss to Rays in final game before trade deadline

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

On the eve of the MLB trade deadline, the Yankees looked like a team in need of reinforcements.The Yankees sputtered on both sides of the diamond Monday night in a 5-1 loss at home to the Rays, with the offense mustering only three hits and starting pitcher Jhony Brito surrendering four home runs.After striking out 18 times in Sunday’s loss to the Orioles, the Yankees struck out 12 times Monday.Brito was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before Monday’s game to make a spot start in place of Domingo Germán, who was scratched after experiencing right armpit discomfort a day earlier. In a surprise move, however, German entered in the fifth inning and pitched the final five innings.Tampa Bay came into Monday’s game with a 7-16 record in July but led from start to finish. Brandon Lowe crushed a two-run home run off Brito to give the Rays a first-inning lead, setting the tone for a night full of Tampa Bay big flies. Wander Franco added a third-inning sol...

Delightful ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ a winner

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

Someone at Seth Rogen, Evan Golberg and James Weaver’s production company Point Grey Pictures, which brings us “Teenage Mutant Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” is a big fan of the “Spider-Verse” movies. This new TMNT film, directed by the talented Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears (“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”), is computer-animated. But it is also designed to recall the glorious stop-motion style known as Claymation of the venerable studio Aardman Animation (“Shaun the Sheep”). The character visuals also recall the work of the great outsider pulp artist Richard Corben.“Mutant Mayhem” is an origin tale with flashbacks to the time when the lonely New York City rat and martial arts master-to-be Master Splinter (a marvelous Jackie Chan), who does not like being called “Ratatouille,” adopts little Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Donatello (Micah Abbey) and Raphael (Brady Noon) as they emerge from “the ooze” that transforms them into humanoid reptiles, who then turn...

Dear Abby: Friendships took a hit during pandemic

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

Dear Abby: I’m a woman in my late 40s, and since coming out of the isolation of the pandemic (the lockdown was strict where we live), I’ve had a hard time rekindling the friendships I valued before — with my two best girlfriends, in particular. We used to have the type of relationship in which we were very open. We told each other everything and had a lot of fun.The last two years were really hard on me. I faced a series of serious health issues, as did my youngest kid, who almost died and had to be hospitalized in another city because the care centers here were overcrowded. A few months later, my older child had a mental health crisis that we now spend a lot of time working through.Those challenges completely changed the way our house runs. They dominate my day-to-day life. The thing is, talking about all that feels too heavy. I don’t want to be the friend who always brings down the room. On the other hand, when my friends find out everything that has been g...

Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren’t ready

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to their walls with metal plates and nails so high winds of a potential hurricane wouldn’t blow it away. Their motivation? Global warming fueling natural disasters around the planet. “It’s happening right now, every place in the world,” said Pappas, who installed the so-called hurricane clips after watching extreme weather in other parts of the world. “How are we to expect that it’s not going to happen here to us?”Many of Hawaii’s homes are even more vulnerable than theirs. Two-thirds of the single-family homes on Oahu, an island of 1 million people that’s home to Honolulu, have no hurricane protections. That lack of preparedness is unnerving residents this hurricane season as the islands prepare for the possibility of a one-two weather punch: the increased odds of a tropical cyclone that come with any El Nino year combined with climate-fueled ocea...

11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around Beijing after days of rain, Chinese state media report

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital Beijing. Days of heavy rains have prompted authorities to close train stations and evacuate people in vulnerable communities to school gyms, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday. Homes have been flooded, roads torn apart and cars piled into stacks. The level of rainfall is highly unusual for Beijing, which generally enjoys a moderate, dry climate. Flooding in other parts of northern China that rarely see such large amounts of rain have led to scores of deaths. The Associated Press

Fate of American nurse and daughter kidnapped by armed men in Haiti remains uncertain

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The fate of an American nurse and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti last week remains unknown Tuesday as the U.S. State Department refused to say whether the abductors made demands. Around 200 Haitians had marched in their nation’s capital Monday to show their anger over an abduction that’s another example of the worsening gang violence that has overtaken much of Port-au-Prince. Alix Dorsainil of New Hampshire was working for El Roi Haiti, a nonprofit Christian ministry, when she and her daughter were seized Thursday. She is the wife of its founder, Sandro Dorsainvil.Witnesses told The Associated Press that Dorsainvil was working in the small brick clinic when armed men burst in and seized her. Lormina Louima, a patient waiting for a check-up, said one man pulled out his gun and told her to relax.“When I saw the gun, I was so scared,” Louima said. “I said, ‘I don’t want to see this, let me go.’”Some members of the community said the unidentified men ...

Singer Coco Lee mourned by fans and family at Hong Kong funeral

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Singer and songwriter Coco Lee was being mourned by family and friends at a private ceremony Tuesday a day after fans paid their respects at a public memorial for the Hong Kong-born entertainer who had international success.Sobs were heard when pallbearers marched solemnly with her coffin inside the funeral hall before her cremation. Lee, who died July 5 at age 48, was known for her powerful voice and live performances.On Monday, scores of fans dressed in black had waited outside the funeral hall in the summer heat, with some carrying flowers. The public memorial service was also attended by her relatives and friends, including singers Elva Hsiao and Jenny Tseng.Lin Jing, a fan from Fujian province in southeast China, said she admired Lee’s smile and appearance, adding: “She was really talented. She always tried to improve and she inspired women to feel independent.”Inside the funeral hall, three pink hearts made of flowers and other floral decorations w...

As electoral disputes mount, one Texas court case takes center stage

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Elections in Harris County, Texas, home to Houston, the state’s biggest city, are coming under the microscope this week as the Democratic stronghold faces unprecedented intervention from the state’s GOP-led Legislature.Various problems in last November’s midterm elections will be center stage in a civil trial beginning Tuesday. Erin Lunceford, a GOP candidate who lost her bid to become a district court judge in Harris County is suing to throw out the election results and have the court order a do over.Similar court challenges have become more common around the country following baseless conspiracy theories spread by former President Donald Trump and his supporters alleging the 2020 presidential election was stolen by President Joe Biden’s backers.The Texas Legislature passed new laws this year eliminating Harris County’s top election office and permitting the state to take over more easily after a complaint is filed.Lunceford’s lawyers allege s...

Missouri man facing scheduled execution for beating death of 6-year-old girl in 2002

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:51 GMT

JEFFESON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who abducted a 6-year-old girl and beat her to death at an abandoned glass factory was scheduled to be executed Tuesday in Missouri, as his attorneys pressed claims that he is mentally incompetent. Johnny Johnson, 45, was convicted in the July, 26, 2002, killing of Casey Williamson, whose disappearance set off a frantic search in her hometown of Valley Park, a small suburb of St. Louis. Casey’s mother had been best friends in childhood with Johnson’s older sister and had even helped babysit him. After Johnson attended a barbecue the night before the killing, Casey’s family let him sleep on a couch in the home where they also were sleeping. In the morning, Johnson lured the girl to the abandoned factory, even carrying her on his shoulders on the walk to the dilapidated site. When he tried to sexually assault her, Casey screamed and tried to break free. According to court documents, he killed her with a brick and a large rock, then washed off in t...