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Brickell demolition on hold after slab of building falls on street; no injuries reported

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

A demolition that was taking place in Miami’s Brickell section was put on hold after a heavy piece debris fell onto the street below.The slab of the building being demolished collapsed and tumbled to the ground on Saturday in the area of Brickell Avenue and Seventh Street.Cellphone video posted to social media by Only in Dade captured the moment that the slab came down.Building inspectors rushed to the site to cease operations.Area resident Isabella Caetano was shocked by the sudden collapse.“Wow, that was dangerous,” she said as she watched the video of the collapse. “They have to pay attention, because there’s people walking here. It’s like a really huge area; a lot of people are coming. It’s crazy.”Fortunately, no one was was hurt at the time of the incident.The demolition has been paused until a safer plan is put into motion.An emergency meeting is scheduled to be held Monday morning,

Assault suspect who escaped custody at Marlboro hospital tracked down in Milford

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

An assault suspect who escaped police custody while undergoing a medical procedure at UMass Memorial Health Marlboro hospital on Sunday was located and arrested in Milford, officials said.Twenty-four-year-old Isaac Rivera was under arrest on multiple assault and weapon charges, including domestic assault, strangulation, and assault and battery on a police officer when he escaped while in his hospital gown, police said.He was later located during a search of a girlfriend’s house in Milford. They say he came out and turned himself in without incident when he heard a K9 unit.He is expected to be arraigned Tuesday.

Police: 2 arrested for illegal dental operation in back of Milford convenience store

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

A Milford man is facing criminal charges after police say he was caught running an elaborate illegal dental operation of a convenience store on Main Street in Milford, according to police.As a result of an extensive investigation, police arrested Juan Hermida Munoz, 65, for allegedly performing examinations, extractions, anesthetics, and cleanings without a valid license to perform dentistry. The owner of the store, Maria Magdalena Guaman-Castro was also arrested.No additional information was immediately available.

DeSantis: Ukraine joining NATO not in US best interest

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he opposes NATO membership for Ukraine, saying he doesn’t think it’s in the security interest of the U.S.“I don’t think NATO membership is in our interest, to me,” DeSantis said on The Glenn Beck Program podcast. “All that would do was add more obligations to us, so if you’re adding more obligations, then what are benefits that we’re getting in return?”DeSantis also reiterated in the episode that he doesn’t believe the U.S. should give a “blank check” to Ukraine unless it’s using leverage to bring the conflict to a conclusion.The episode was released two days after President Joe Biden met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who made an appeal for U.S. lawmakers to continue supporting the country’s military as it fights Russia’s invasion. The administration announced a military assistance package, while also agreeing to provide a small number of ATACMS missiles, a long-sought after weapon by Ukrainians, despite initial rel...

‘A few days’ of shutdown may be needed, GOP’s Gaetz says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

Representative Matt Gaetz, a key Republican holdout on a stopgap spending measure, said he’s ready for a multiday U.S. government shutdown if that’ll get demands such as conservative border policies into the federal budget.If the departments of labor and education “have to shut down for a few days as we get their appropriations in line, that’s certainly not something that is optimal,” Gaetz said on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures. “But I think it’s better than continuing on the current path we are to America’s financial ruin.”House Republicans are expected to move forward on four appropriations bills this week, though that still leaves Congress set to miss its quickly approaching end-of-the-month budget deadline. In the meantime, Republicans are considering a stopgap measure that would fund the U.S. government for somewhere between 14 and 60 days.Representative Jim Jordan said that in principle “everyone wants to get the 12 appropriation bills done” but “frankly, we’re not going t...

‘Expend4bles’ opens with epic flop 

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren’t enough to save ” Expend4bles ” from a debut box office flop.The fourth installment suffered the action-packed franchise’s worst opening weekend while ” The Nun 2 ” took home the top spot for a third straight week, data firm Comscore reported on Sunday.The Lionsgate and Millennium’s film, also known as “Expendables 4,” pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox and Dolph Lundgren. It’s been nearly a decade since the franchise released a film, which opened with $15.8 million and eventually grossed $214 million globally.But times have certainly changed, as the film barely placed second behind “The Nun 2,” a horror movie that earned $8.4 million in its third week. It’s been a solid start for that Warner Bros.’ project ...

Patriots’ defense used old-school strategy to make Jets one-dimensional in win

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Patriots players could not believe the score of the Dolphins game as they sat in the visiting locker room at MetLife Stadium moments after they had beaten the Jets.One defender overheard a question posed to safety Kyle Dugger about the Dolphins posting 70 points over the Broncos on Sunday.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots credit captain Matthew Slater for motivational speech before Jets win New England Patriots | Patriots have three more key injuries to worry about after win over Jets New England Patriots | Patriots QB Mac Jones responds to Sauce Gardner’s low blow accusations New England Patriots | Patriots get right with 15-10 win over Jets in strong defensive performance New England Patriots | Patriots inactives: One rookie WR out of doghouse, another a healthy scratch “Seventy points?! In an NFL game?!”He had to check the box score — 14 points in the ...

Trump in a landslide, new poll says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

A national poll released Sunday has former President Trump winning in a landslide, a result being hailed by Republicans, rejected by Democrats, and dismissed as an outlier by the poll’s sponsors.The survey of more than 1,000 adults conducted in the last week and released Sunday by ABC News and the Washington Post shows Trump soundly beating President Joe Biden, with the 45th President securing 51% support to Biden’s 42%.The results seemed to shock even the pollsters.“The Post-ABC poll shows Biden trailing Trump by 10 percentage points at this early stage in the election cycle, although the sizable margin of Trump’s lead in this survey is significantly at odds with other public polls that show the general election contest a virtual dead heat,” the Washington Post said of its own poll. “The difference between this poll and others, as well as the unusual makeup of Trump’s and Biden’s coalitions in this survey, suggest it is probably an outlier.”Another national poll conducted by NBC, a...

Column: Another Chicago Cubs home season ends at Wrigley Field, where traditions still matter

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

The Chicago Cubs’ final regular season home game at Wrigley Field on Sunday afternoon was probably not unlike the end of their first season at the ballpark 107 years ago, albeit with more fans and richer players.The Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 before an estimated crowd of 5,000 on Oct. 1, 1916, then prepared to meet the White Sox in the City Series, the exhibition games that mattered most to Chicagoans. On Sunday, the Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 before a crowd of 37,060 and prepared for a season-ending six-game road trip that would decide their postseason fate.Even if the Cubs make it into the playoffs, chances are they won’t/ have a home game unless they won the National League wild-card series and advanced to the NL Division Series, where they would start out on the road.So people who call the ballpark home from March through the end of the regular season said their goodbyes Sunday, hoping they’d be back again in mid-October, knowing the odds wer...

Orioles cut magic number to 3, match franchise record for road wins with 5-1 victory over Guardians

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:21 GMT

The Orioles will have the chance to clinch the American League East next week at Camden Yards. That’s in large part thanks to how well they have played away from it.Baltimore closed the road portion of its regular-season schedule Sunday with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. With the Tampa Bay Rays losing to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Orioles’ magic number to clinch the division fell to three. Regardless of how the Rays close the season, three victories on the upcoming six-game homestand would give Baltimore its first AL East title since 2014 and first 100-win season since 1980.The Orioles (97-59) have played well in Baltimore in putting together the AL’s best record, but they have been even better on the road. Sunday’s victory left them at 52-29, matching the 1997 “wire-to-wire” club for the most wins as visitors in franchise history.“I just think we’re a really consistent team that shows up no matter where we are and plays ...