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A driver crashed into a Denny’s near Houston, injuring 23 people

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

Rosenberg, TX (AP) — A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant, injuring 23 people.Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny’s restaurant just off the highway late Monday morning. The vehicle slammed into the restaurant’s south wall leaving patrons with injuries ranging from minor cuts to “severe injuries” that don’t appear to be life-threatening, police said in a statement. Victims ranged in age from 12 to 60 years old.The driver of the SUV was not injured, police said. The cause of the crash was not immediately released.Video of the aftermath shows a red vehicle fully inside the restaurant, with the wall and windows around it demolished.

Man found dead, pinned under vehicle in West Miami-Dade

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) is investigating the death of a man found pinned underneath a vehicle in West Miami-Dade, Monday afternoon.Police arrived at the scene, located in the 1300 block of SW 122 Avenue, just after 1:30 p.m., and found an unresponsive adult male trapped beneath a vehicle. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the scene and confirmed the man’s demise.MDPD Homicide detectives have taken charge of the investigation. The incident is currently classified as an unclassified death investigation, pending the outcome of investigative findings and the results of the autopsy conducted by the Medical Examiner.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold overcomes odds, inspires others on and off the field

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

Miami Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold has triumphed over adversity in his career, motivating him to inspire others. Undrafted from Wisconsin and overcoming an ACL injury with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021, Ingold persevered. Last season with the Dolphins, he underwent thumb surgery between Weeks 16 and 17 to ensure his availability for his team.“Your best ability is your availability and to be there for your teammates, especially in a playoff run that we were in to play in New England on that last road game and then come back here against the Jets. I just wanted to be out there for the guys,” said Ingold.Ingold reflected on his career’s pivotal moments during the offseason, leading him to author “The Seven Crucibles: An Inspirational Game Plan for Overcoming Adversity in Your Life.” This book serves as a practical guide to conquering life’s obstacles.Ingold explained, “If I could write something, along the journey, while it’s real, while...

The Rolling Stones will release their first studio album in 18 years, ‘Hackney Diamonds’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wait is over: The Rolling Stones will soon release new music.On Monday, the band announced they are preparing to release their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.”Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the band will share details of the release at an event in East London’s Hackney district on Wednesday, where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will be interviewed live by “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.The event will be livestreamed exclusively on YouTube on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. BST, 9:30 a.m. EST and 6:30 a.m. PST.“Hackney may be at the heart of Hackney Diamonds, but this is a truly global moment we want to share with fans around the world via YouTube,” the Rolling Stones shared in a statement.The announcement of “Hackney Diamonds” follows a cryptic teaser campaign, in which the band’s iconic mouth and tongue logo was projected onto the façade of major landmark...

Law enforcement seeks help to identify barns in BTK serial killer cold case investigations

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

(CNN) — A law enforcement team in northeast Oklahoma believes the prolific serial killer known as “BTK” may be responsible for several additional unsolved missing person and homicide cases. Now they’re hoping the public can help them identify barns and silos in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri that the self-proclaimed BTK killer Dennis Rader sketched in never-before-seen detailed drawings.Last month, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office publicly confirmed it was investigating Rader as the “prime suspect” in a 1976 cold case in their jurisdiction and several other unsolved crimes across three states.The investigators believe the killer may have buried 16-year-old Cynthia Dawn Kinney in a barn near the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Kinney was last seen at a laundromat in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in 1976. Her body has never been found.CNN obtained images of Rader’s drawings, which were first recovered by law enforcement after his arrest in 2005.Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders that too...

Help! Global search launched for Paul McCartney’s missing violin bass

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

(CNN) — It’s been billed as an attempt to solve one of Rock and Roll’s great mysteries.A global search is underway to find a bass guitar that once belonged to Paul McCartney and featured in several iconic early Beatles songs including “Twist And Shout,” “Love Me Do” and “She Loves You.”The guitar, a Höfner 500/1 electric bass, was purchased by McCartney for around $37 in 1961 from a shop in Hamburg and said to be his “favorite,” according to The Lost Bass Project, the group which has launched the new search.“This is the bass McCartney played … in Hamburg in 1961, at the Cavern in Liverpool and on those first Abbey Road recordings – it powered Beatlemania and shaped the sound of the modern world,” The Lost Bass Project said.The group, a team of dedicated Beatles fans and researchers, noted that McCartney had used it in London in 1969 when the Beatles were recording the Get Back/Let It Be project – and had not been seen since.“Nobody has ever clearly establish...

Hawaii’s governor urges more people to file missing persons reports to aid Maui investigation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

(CNN) — Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for following the deadly fires in Maui, and the state’s governor is urging people to file missing persons reports to aid investigators.So far, authorities are handling 41 active missing persons cases, Gov. Josh Green said Monday on CNN this morning.The broader list of missing people compiled from federal and local authorities and Red Cross records stands at 385, down from a peak of about 1,200.The death toll remains at 115.Green told CNN’s Jake Tapper last week authorities have made a “great deal of progress” locating people, and predicted the number of missing would go down significantly, but it remained mostly unchanged.“I think we’re going to hear a number in the lower double digits tomorrow, hopefully under 50,” Green said. “And it’s not much consolation because our hearts are broken that we lost 115 people for sure, but it is something that we are grateful that it is not 800 or 1,000 like people were projecting earlie...

Elizabeth II honored with basketball-sized gold coin worth ‘around $23 million’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

(CNN) — Made from almost 8 pounds of gold and some 6,426 diamonds, a new coin honoring the life of Queen Elizabeth II may be “among the most valuable coins of all time.”In fact, the creator of this one-off luxury object has valued it at “around $23 million.”Unveiled on Monday, days before the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s death, the commemorative coin as a whole is not considered legal tender in the UK (although the denominations of coins contained within the design are). It was produced by the East India Company, a luxury lifestyle brand with rights to the name of the corporation that once controlled large swathes of Britain’s empire.Dubbed “The Crown”, in a press release, the company described its creation as an “objet d’art.” The current Guinness World Record for the most expensive coin ever to sell at auction is held by a rare 1933 US “Double Eagle” that fetched $18.9 million at Sotheby’s New York in June 2021.The coin h...

Mets’ Ronny Mauricio reflects on ‘great’ first MLB series, earns praise from Francisco Lindor, Buck Showalter

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

Mets prized prospect Ronny Mauricio burst onto the scene with five hits in his first three MLB games, but it wasn’t the 22-year-old’s offense that left his manager and double-play partner buzzing.Buck Showalter and shortstop Francisco Lindor separately praised Mauricio for instinctively backing up throws to first base over the weekend despite his limited experience as a second baseman.“The one thing that has impressed me the most is how composed he is,” Lindor said after Sunday’s 6-3 win at home against the Mariners. “There’s a couple plays where no one really is going to talk about. He has backed up first base many times. … These little things like that show me that his IQ and his baseball awareness, it’s at a high level.”The Dominican-born Mauricio is a natural shortstop, but he also spent time at second base, at third base and in left field at Triple-A Syracuse before being called up Friday. Blocked at shortstop by Lindo...

LGBTQ pride group excluded from southwest Iowa town’s Labor Day parade

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:41:47 GMT

A local LGBTQ pride group was excluded from a southwest Iowa town’s Labor Day parade, apparently by the city’s mayor, who cited safety concerns.Shenandoah Pride planned to have a small group walking with a banner and a drag performer riding in a convertible, with candy, popsicles and stickers to hand out in the parade in Essex, Iowa, said Jessa Bears, a founding member of the group. The parade is part of a four-day festival in Essex, which has about 720 residents.Ryan Fuller, who planned to ride in the convertible as his drag identity Cherry Peaks, said he received an email Thursday from the parade’s organizer notifying him of the decision.Fuller told The Associated Press Essex Mayor Calvin Kinney spearheaded the decision, with no motions or city council vote. Council Member Heather Thornton, who disagreed with the move, said “it was the mayor himself,” and added she was told he had the authority and didn’t need a council vote.Kinney did not immediately respo...