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Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says ‘record profits’ should be shared

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers, expressing sympathy for the union by suggesting that the Big 3 automakers should share their “record profits.”“No one wants to strike,” the Democratic president said in brief remarks at the White House. “But I respect workers’ right to use their options under the collective bargaining system and I understand the workers’ frustration.”The United Auto Workers announced a targeted strike at three factories after talks broke down with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. Biden said he is sending Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and senior aide Gene Sperling to Detroit to help reach a “win-win” contract for the companies and their employees.Biden said he called during the first day of negotiations and encouraged both sides to stay at the table as long as possible.“The companies have made some significant offers,” Biden said. “But I believe they sh...

Police arrest 7 teenagers accused of breaking into vehicles, committing armed robberies throughout Miami-Dade County

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

A group of teenagers accused of violently breaking into cars throughout Miami-Dade County for the last several months were arrested. Surveillance video captured the group as they tried to break into cars, with one of the suspects armed with a gun. “They were terrorizing our communities and using hand guns, rifles, stun guns and pepper spray,” said North Miami Beach Police Chief Harvette Smith. According to police, the seven suspects, raging from ages 16 to 18, were arrested after they terrorized people and committed more than a dozen crimes.Four of the seven suspects, police said, beat and robbed at least three people. “This group of individuals have confessed to committing three armed carjackings, five armed robberies, five auto thefts and at least 18 vehicle burglaries,” Smith said. “They also committed an aggravated battery on an elderly victim.”Now, they’re all behind bars facing felony charges.Police said that the group mostly targeted...

Florida mother arrested for child neglect after leaving toddler in running vehicle to ‘swim with sharks’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida mother is facing child neglect charges after allegedly leaving her toddler son unattended in a running vehicle while she went for a daring ocean swim with a fascination for sharks.Authorities said Allison Daugherty, 41, was swimming near the Bokeelia Fishing Pier on Monday morning when a witness alerted a Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Daugherty reportedly parked her SUV, cranked up the radio, and plunged into the water. Her actions drew the attention of onlookers who spotted a 2-year-old boy inside the running vehicle with the air conditioning on.According to witness statements, Daugherty ignored warnings from citizens about the presence of hooks and sharks in the water, responding that she “wanted to get hooked” and “would want to meet sharks.”Authorities mentioned that Daugherty left her son unattended in the vehicle for approximately 44 minutes. Thankfully, the child emerged unharmed from the ordeal and...

Spanish court imposes restraining order on disgraced football chief Luis Rubiales

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, cannot go within 200 meters of footballer Jenni Hermoso, the player he controversially kissed after Spain’s World Cup victory last month, a judge ruled on Friday. During the World Cup celebrations in Australia last month, Rubiales gave Hermoso a non-consensual kiss on the lips, igniting widespread criticism about sexism in the industry and later leading to his resignation.“We continue to maintain that it was a non-consensual kiss,” Hermoso’s lawyer Carla Vall said Friday, according to local news reports after the judge’s decision. “The whole country, and the whole world, has been able to observe that there was no consent whatsoever, which is what we will also demonstrate in court,” the lawyer added. Vall added the “humiliating act” had “tarnished a sporting milestone,” overshadowing the victory of the Spanish Women’s football team.Rubiales, who ...

Ukraine liberates Andriivka

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

KYIV — Ukraine on Friday said it has liberated Andriivka, a village near the decimated eastern city of Bakhmut, and made progress against Russian forces elsewhere in the Donetsk region.“It was difficult and the situation changed very dynamically several times yesterday. But now it is confirmed that our troops captured Andriivka yesterday,” Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said in a statement Friday morning. Andriivka is about 13 kilometers south of Bakhmut, which was destroyed earlier this year after months of brutal combat and which remains one of the hottest areas of fighting on the eastern front. “As a result of a lightning operation, the Russian garrison of Andriivka was surrounded, cut off from the main forces, and destroyed,” the Third Separate Assault Brigade said in a statement. “The fighting continues; our units continue to consolidate in new positions,” it added.The Ukrainian military said its troops also had some success in...

Massive tree falls onto street in Dorchester

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

Crews were on scene in Dorchester Thursday after a massive tree fell on a local street. SKY7-HD was over the area on Ballou Avenue around 12:45 p.m. where the tree could be seen lying across the street, close to nearby homes. Wires from utility poles were pulled down and the street was closed off to traffic. Eversource on its online outage map showed one outage in the area of Ballou Avenue as of 12:45 p.m. impacting 433 area energy customers. Eversource said the outage started just after 10 a.m. and listed its cause as “tree limbs.” No further information was immediately available.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Chaim Bloom thanks Red Sox in statement following departure

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

Chaim Bloom is no longer chief baseball officer of the Boston Red Sox, but a day after his firing Bloom took the high road and expressed optimism for the club’s future.In a statement issued to multiple media outlets, Bloom thanked the Red Sox for the opportunity to serve as chief baseball officer and the fans for their passion throughout his tenure.“I will always be grateful to John, Tom, Mike, and Sam for trusting me to lead the Red Sox baseball operations department. Every day, I gave my teammates and this organization everything I had, and I never took a second for granted,” Bloom said.“Great things are now in store for the Red Sox. And while I’m sad that I won’t be watching them from the same chair, I will still be very proud.“Red Sox fans, you are the best. Your passion fueled me daily, and added meaning to everything I’ve done here. You very much deserve more championships. And you will get them.”Bloom served just under four seasons as Red S...

Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill isn’t afraid of Patriots double teaming him in Week 2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill has 24 games with over 100 receiving yards since Week 6 of the 2018 season. None of those have come against the Patriots.Head coach Bill Belichick takes Hill very seriously. And while the Patriots have not been perfect in seven games against Hill, they have at least limited the speedy wideout with double teams and bracket coverage.Hill’s not afraid of a little extra attention.“I’m still going to dominate that no matter what,” he told reporters in Miami this week. “I still got a job to do, and that’s to run my routes. You put two guys on me, one guy on me, or three guys on me I’m still going to run my route to get open.”Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots missing CB Jonathan Jones, two O-linemen at last practice before Dolphins game New England Patriots | Patriots mailbag: Will big-name option fill biggest current need? New England Patriots | Devin McCourty unsurprised but impr...

Ask a travel nerd: Why you shouldn’t bundle your travel

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

By Sally French | NerdWalletBundling is a practice popularized by third-party, online travel agencies, like Expedia, Priceline and Kayak, that encourages booking flights, hotels and rental cars in the same reservation. The option to bundle is also often offered through travel providers (such as when a popup surfaces on an airline’s website asking you to book a rental car, too).Travel is complicated enough, and bundling does not do anything to simplify it. In fact, it only makes it more complicated. Here’s why you should almost never bundle travel.Options are limitedBundling reduces your options to travel partners only. For example, Costco Travel does not currently offer flights with Southwest or Spirit Airlines — removing a large list of potential flights you might otherwise book.Similarly, Southwest Airlines encourages you to book a car with one of its eight car rental partners. And while there are a lot to choose from, some notable car rental companies like Enterprise (which is am...

Trial date set for Karen Read, Mansfield woman accused of killing boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:19 GMT

The Karen Read case finally has a trial date, which was set for March 12.The swell of support for Read, of Mansfield, has become so huge that Massachusetts State Police troopers and local police were in place at the court in Dedham this morning to direct traffic, erect temporary barriers along the sidewalk and even close out access to the court well before today’s hearing would begin because, as a trooper said, “we’re at capacity.”It was no less intense inside the Norfolk Superior courtroom, where Read’s three attorneys delivered impassioned arguments for a medley of requests, chief among them from David Yannetti, Read’s original attorney who appeared at her Stoughton District Court arraignment 19 months ago, who argued that Read have her bail returned and be released on personal recognizance as “expenses continue to mount and indeed would skyrocket” as the case moves forward.“My client is one of the most recognizable defendants ...