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Missing at age 11, found six years later in France: British teenager pops up on a dark, rainy night

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The vehicle’s headlights silhouetted the exhausted teenager walking alone in the rain in deepest rural France, with a skateboard tucked under his arm. “I said to myself, ‘That’s strange. It’s 3 am in the morning, it’s raining, he’s all by himself on the road between two villages,” delivery driver Fabien Accidini recounted. From there, the story gets stranger still. The youngster, it turned out, was Alex Batty, a 17-year-old from Britain who had been missing since 2017.U.K. police confirmed Friday that the teenager found by Accidini this week appears to be the boy who vanished at age 11 on a family holiday in Spain. The police said they are “relieved and overjoyed” he’s been found. But there’s still a heap of unanswered questions, notably: Where has he been all this time? Accidini, who spotted Batty on a roadside on Wednesday night in a remote area of the Aude region of southwest France, got a few clues. Intrigued to see the teen alone in the rai...

Kremlin foe Navalny was moved from a prison east of Moscow, his allies say, but new site is unclear

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said his lawyer was told in court on Friday that he had been moved from the penal colony east of Moscow where he has been serving time but was not told where he was taken.The disclosure that Navalny was moved out of Penal Colony No. 6, in the town of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region, came at a hearing on a lawsuit he had filed against officials at the maximum security facility. The hearing was adjourned after that. The whereabouts of Navalny, 47, have been unknown since his lawyers lost touch with him after Dec. 6. Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said the politician’s lawyer was told in court that the politician “left the Vladimir region” on Monday.“Where exactly (he was moved to) — unclear,” she wrote on X, formerly called Twitter.The independent news outlet Sota reported that a document from the Vladimir branch of the State Penitentiary Service was read at the hearing, stating that Navalny l...

Apagón en NYC: breve falla eléctrica dejó a residentes sin luz y causó caos

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

Un cortocircuito nocturno en una subestación de la compañía eléctrica Con Edison en Brooklyn provocó una breve, pero impactante pérdida de energía en gran parte de la Ciudad de Nueva York la madrugada del viernes.ConEd explicó que una falla en una línea de transmisión de alta tensión provocó una caída en el poder.“Se produjo una falla en una línea de transmisión de alta tensión en una subestación de Con Edison en Brooklyn aproximadamente a las 11:55 pm de anoche”, dijo la compañía eléctrica en un comunicado. “Es posible que los clientes hayan experimentado una caída o un aumento en la energía en ese momento. Las cuadrillas están investigando y trabajando para hacer las reparaciones necesarias”.El servicio eléctrico se restableció a todos los clientes a las 3 a.m., dijo ConEd. Pero el apagón causó una serie de problemas en toda la Ciudad de Nueva York.La Oficina de Manejo de Emergencias dijo que realizó alrededor de 10 rescates en ascensores en toda la ciudad....

Formidable storm to slam Florida and then strengthen as it rakes the East Coast this weekend

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

(CNN) — A storm will form in the Gulf of Mexico Friday evening, crash into Florida on Saturday and strengthen as it tracks up the East Coast through the weekend, unleashing heavy rainfall, gusty winds and coastal hazards along the way.A blockbuster snowstorm is not expected, despite the time of year, but this very warm, wet and blustery storm could still snarl early holiday travel and knock out power.The storm’s track is becoming clearer as more of the computer models which inform forecasts now show it hugging the Atlantic coast on Sunday and Monday after moving through Florida on Saturday.Here’s what to expect each day:Saturday: Florida takes a blowHeavy rain will arrive in parts of southern and western Florida by mid-morning Saturday and increase in scope and intensity throughout the day. By Saturday night, heavy rainfall will drench almost the entire state and spread into the Southeast.A Level 2 out of 4 risk of excessive rainfall is forecast for a majority of Florida and far sou...

Lead contamination in applesauce pouches may have been ‘intentional act,’ FDA official tells Politico

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

(CNN) — Lead contamination in cinnamon applesauce pouches that sickened dozens of young children may have been an “intentional act,” a US Food and Drug Administration official told Politico.In an interview published on Thursday, Jim Jones, FDA’s deputy commissioner for human foods, said the agency is still investigating the lead-tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches, “but so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out.”There have been at least 65 reports of illnesses linked to apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches sold under the WanaBana, Weis and Schnucks brands, the FDA said this week. To date, all confirmed adverse events have been in children under 6 years old.The agency has said it’s conducting an on-site investigation at the Austrofood facility located in Ecuador and is working with Ecuadorian authorities to gather information about Negasmart, the supplier of cinnamon to Austr...

Dolphins host Jets hoping to shake off embarrassing loss to Titans and avoid more major injuries

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins have done almost everything they’ve needed to since playing the New York Jets three weeks ago — except stay healthy.Injuries to standout linebacker Jaelan Phillips (Achilles tendon tear) and starting safety Jevon Holland (knees) overshadowed Miami’s blowout win over the Jets in Week 12, when Holland also returned an intercepted first-half Hail Mary attempt 99 yards for a score.Injuries showed up again in the Dolphins’ win over the Commanders the following week when linebacker Jerome Baker suffered a knee injury that landed him on injured reserve.And they played a major role in last week’s 28-27 loss to the Tennessee Titans, with Miami losing starting center Connor Williams for the season because of an ACL tear, and with star receiver Tyreek Hill largely limited by an ankle injury.“This is how the league works,” Tagovailoa said. “You pray that you can have healthy seasons and stay healthy as long...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami add Japan stop to preseason tour

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The preseason tour for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami keeps growing, with the team revealing Friday that a stop in Japan has now been added to the schedule.Inter Miami will face Japanese league champion Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on Feb. 7. That will be the fourth match of a tour that includes games in Saudi Arabia — including one pitting Messi against longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo — on Jan. 29 and Feb. 1, and a game against a team of pro players from Hong Kong on Feb. 4.Among those on the Vissel Kobe roster: Andrés Iniesta, who once teamed up with Messi and fellow Inter Miami players Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba at Barcelona. Iniesta also was teammates with Busquets when Spain won the 2010 World Cup.Inter Miami now has five preseason matches announced; there’s the four on the Saudi Arabia-Hong Kong-Japan trip and another in El Salvador on Jan. 19.The team will begin preseason training in early January and the Major League Soccer ...

1 airlifted following collision on northbound I-75 at Miami Gardens Drive; All lanes closed

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

At least one person was airlifted to the hospital following a vehicle collision on northbound I-75 in northwest Miami-Dade. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol units responded to the crash on northbound I-75 at Miami Gardens Drive in northwest Miami-Dade, at around 10:00 a.m., Friday.All northbound lanes have been closed for air rescue.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Broad Causeway Bridge shutdown following collision

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

Police notified the public of a traffic alert following a collision in Bay Harbor Islands, Friday morning. Just before 9 a.m., local police officers, along with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, arrived at the scene on the Broad Causeway Bridge where a motorcycle and a truck were involved in a crash. According to a post on X from the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department, the bridge is closed to all traffic until further notice. Morning commuters are urged to find an alternate route.

Germany extends checks at Polish, Czech, Swiss borders until mid-March

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:59:58 GMT

The German Ministry of the Interior has on Friday announced the extension of the controls on its borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland until mid-March 2024 as Berlin continues to combat smuggling and limit irregular migration.“The European law provides for this step-by-step approach. This means that the Federal Police can continue to flexibly deploy the entire bundle of stationary and mobile border police measures,” said German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.“Our fight against the unscrupulous business of smugglers, who brutally put people’s lives at risk, is successful,” Faeser said. Since mid-October, the Federal Police have arrested around 340 smugglers as part of internal border controls, she added. According to her, the number of unauthorized entries nationwide has fallen by more than 60 percent since the temporary border controls were introduced in October, from over 20,000 in October to about 7,300 in November.In late Septem...