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South Florida kicks-off 4th of July celebrations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

A whole host of events allowed residents in South Florida and as the 4th of July celebrations unraveled, everyone involved is looking forward to a good time. At 9 a.m. in Sunrise, the “Lights, Camera, Action!” Parade & Family Fun Day was underway as people picked their spots along Sunset Strip to watch the parade take place. The parade is set to end at City Park where children can enjoy activities for the rest of the day. As celebrations kicked off in Weston Monday night, preparations were in progress across Miami-Dade and Broward counties for another day of excitement. Over at Miami Beach, workers prepared for its firework show that is set to begin on Tuesday night. Gary Avins, President of Firework Displays Unlimited explained the time-consuming process. “Preparations go months and months in advance,” said Avins. “Designing the show, creating a lot of new effects that I do with the factories every year for each program. We’ve been working ...

MassDOT: Avoid Tobin Bridge & Ted Williams Tunnel during two month Sumner Tunnel shutdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

The clock is ticking towards the Sumner Tunnel shutdown that is expected to last nearly two months.Starting on Wednesday, the 88-year-old tunnel connecting East Boston to Downtown will close for repairs and the area’s already tough traffic is expected to get much worse.The shutdown will begin on July 5 and last through Aug. 31. as crews work on the tunnel’s ceiling, pavement and lighting. On top of impacting the areas immediately around the tunnel, several other spots around the city can expect heavier traffic, as well. “A lot of people are thinking that the congestion is going to only be outbound from East Boston, but as that grows, it will start impacting other roadways,” said MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver. “The next two weeks are going to be critical for roadway impacts.”Speaking with 7NEWS, Gulliver said the worst back ups could be in two spots in particular. “The two biggest areas that we expect that you’re going...

Big Bay Boom: Watch fireworks over San Diego Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The Port of San Diego's 22nd Big Bay Boom fireworks celebration will light up the San Diego Bay Tuesday night.As fireworks launch simultaneously from four barges strategically placed across the bay, FOX 5 San Diego will bring you all the action live so you can enjoy the largest July 4th fireworks show on the West Coast from home. FOX 5 will have cameras around the bay -- on the ground and in the sky -- to give you the best view. Up to half a million people are expected to take in the show in America's Finest City, gathering at popular vantage points like Shelter Island, Harbor Island, the Embarcadero, Seaport Village and the Coronado Ferry Landing. Fireworks will be choreographed to music broadcast on 101.5 KGB. Big Bay Boom among top July 4 fireworks in US: Yelp Coverage will start at 8 p.m. on FOX 5. Viewers outside of San Diego County can watch the show live on KTLA 5 in Los Angeles or FOX40 in Sacramento starting at 8:30 p.m. The show will be broadcast on KSEE24 a...

A fireworks explosion in western Michigan killed 1 woman and injured 9 other people

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fireworks explosion in western Michigan killed one woman left nine other people with injuries ranging from critical to minor, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said.The explosion happened Monday, but a news release from the department did not say whether it occurred during an organized July Fourth public event. Deputies and ambulances responded to Main Street in Park Township shortly after 11 p.m. for a report that a firework exploded injuring several people, the release said.A 43-year-old woman from the city of Holland died at the scene, the sheriff’s department said. Nine other people were taken to area hospitals.Several area homes and vehicles also were damaged, the release said.The explosion is under investigation.Park Township has a population of about 18,000. It’s on the Lake Michigan shore about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Grand Rapids.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that in 2022, 10,200 people...

Hong Kong leader says 8 pro-democracy activists who escaped to the West ‘will be pursued for life’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that eight pro-democracy activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses, dismissing criticism that the move to have them arrested was a dangerous precedent. Chief Executive John Lee expressed his support for the police efforts to arrest the eight. At his weekly media briefing, Lee said anyone, including their friends and relatives, who offered information leading to their arrests would be eligible for the bounties offered by the police.“The only way to end their destiny of being an abscondee who will be pursued for life is to surrender,” he said. The arrest warrants were issued for former pro-democracy lawmakers Nathan Law, Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok, lawyer Kevin Yam, unionist Mung Siu-tat and activists Finn Lau, Anna Kwok and Elmer Yuen. They were accused of breaching the Beijing-imposed national security law by committing offenses such as collu...

He was the CIA whiz kid in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in 1989, defeated by an insurgency equipped and guided by the U.S., a two-word cable arrived at CIA headquarters: “WE WON.” It was one of the last moments of the Cold War, credited with helping push the Soviet Union to collapse two years later. But the U.S. would leave behind a country that rapidly fell into civil war, eventually becoming al-Qaida’s training grounds for the Sept. 11 attacks and the site of a two-decade war that ended in U.S. withdrawal and defeat. Decades later, one of the architects of the covert strategy against the Soviets has published a memoir that calls on President Joe Biden’s administration to do more to support Ukraine’s resistance against Russia. In “By All Means Available,” Michael Vickers also reviews what the U.S. can learn from its past missteps and missed warnings in Afghanistan.In the 2007 movie “Charlie Wilson’s War,” which depicts the top-secret U.S. effort in 1...

Alcaraz starts his Wimbledon with a straight-set win. Princess Kate sits in the Royal Box

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — In only his third Wimbledon tournament, Carlos Alcaraz is already one of the main men to beat.The top-seeded Spaniard hasn’t been past the fourth round at the All England Club, but he has become the primary threat in Novak Djokovic’s quest for a record-equaling eighth men’s title at the grass-court Grand Slam.On Tuesday, Alcaraz beat Jeremy Chardy 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on No. 1 Court — a fitting location for the No. 1 player in the world.The match was played under the roof because rain affected play on the outside courts for the second straight day.“Obviously without the roof, with sun, is much better for me. I think for everyone as well,” Alcaraz said on court. “With the roof or not, I have to show my best level.”His best led Alcaraz to his first major title at the U.S. Open last year. He reached the final at this year’s French Open, but Djokovic ended up winning his 23rd Grand Slam title in that match.At Wimbledon, Alcaraz reached the second round in 2021, ...

Armed groups are committing abuses in English-speaking regions of Cameroon, rights group says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Civilians in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions are being victimized by the army, separatists and militias who are carrying out killings, torture and sexual violence, according to an Amnesty International report released Tuesday.Researchers from the human rights group spoke with more than 100 victims of armed violence, documenting extrajudicial killings and the razing of homes and villages in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon over the past three years amid clashes between government armed forces and separatist rebels.Cameroon’s Ministries of Justice and Defense did not respond to a request for comment, Amnesty International said.The protracted armed conflict known as the Anglophone crisis began in 2016, when English-speaking teachers and lawyers organized protests against professional and political marginalization by the majority French-speaking government. Following a crackdown on the peaceful protests, armed rebel groups mobilized and vowed to ...

Man steals forklift from a Maryland store and rams a car, killing a woman, authorities say.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

WALDORF, Md. (AP) — A man stole a forklift from a Maryland home improvement store and killed a woman in the parking lot after ramming the car in which she was sleeping, authorities said.Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, 20, has been charged with murder, assault, theft and other alleged offenses, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Brown broke into a Lowe’s store in Waldorf after midnight on Sunday and stole a forklift, the sheriff’s office said. Brown then rammed through the rear gates of the store and hit a parked car, the sheriff’s office said. A woman who was sleeping in the car tried to run away. Brown followed her, ran her over, stole her car and fled, the sheriff’s office said. Gloristine Pinkney, 73, was found dead under the forklift, the sheriff’s office said.Authorities said the two people did not know each other and it was not immediately known why Brown hit Pinkney’s car and ran her over. They are both from Waldorf, the ...

Belarus opposition leader says anonymous message alleges that her husband died in prison

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:17:24 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday that she had received an anonymous message alleging that her imprisoned husband, also an opposition figure, died behind bars. Siarhei Tsikhanouski, 44, a popular blogger and opposition activist, was arrested in 2020 after announcing plans to run against Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, in presidential elections that year. His wife ran against Lukashenko in his stead after the arrest, rallying large crowds of people in her support across the country. Official results of the election handed Lukashenko his sixth term in office but were denounced by the opposition and the West as fraudulent. Amid unprecedented protests that broke out in the aftermath of the vote, Tsikhanouskaya left the country under pressure from the authorities. Her husband was later sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison on charges of organizing mass riots. Tsikhanouskaya told The Associated Press on Tues...