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TROPICAL TROUBLE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

Happy Thursday, South Florida!Hopefully everyone has had a nice week so far. Breezy conditions all week long have helped temperatures remain in check and near average.  This is a very different weather pattern than what South Florida has been experiencing all summer long. Today South Florida did see some changes though. Slightly lighter wind speeds allowed our afternoon high temperatures to reach into the mid 90s for some. This left us a few degrees above average for the first time in almost a week. And while a few showers moved into our area late in the day, overall it was a nice summer afternoon for South Florida. Tonight South Florida can still expect a few showers & isolated thunderstorms through this evening before turning quiet late tonight. After seeing a few more showers in the forecast today, drier air is forecast to move in once again, decreasing our rain chances for the end of the week and keeping a typical summer-like weather pattern for South Florida for the upcomi...

Pedestrian airlifted after being struck by car that jumped curb in Miami Gardens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

Rescue crews airlifted one person to the hospital after they were struck by a car in Miami Gardens.Miami Gardens Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash along State Road 7, near Northwest 204th Street, Thursday afternoon.The driver jumped a curb and came to a stop after hitting a palm tree and some parked cars.Paramedics airlifted the victim to Jackson North Medical Center as a trauma alert. The patient’s condition is unknown.

Dozens of Trump fans gather outside Georgia jail to show support ahead of his expected surrender

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and KATE BRUMBACK (Associated Press)ATLANTA (AP) — Hours before former President Donald Trump was expected to turn himself in at the Fulton County Jail on charges related to his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, dozens of his supporters had already gathered Thursday morning outside the facility. As afternoon passed into evening, demonstrators for and against Trump milled around outside the jail. There were more Trump supporters than opponents braving the Georgia summer heat, but the entire group was outnumbered by media near the Rice Street entrance to the jail, which was locked down tight.As word spread that Trump was on his way to Atlanta, demonstrators lined security barricades outside the entrance, with people two to three deep trying to get a good view. Fulton County sheriff’s deputies blocked one end of the block outside the jail’s back entrance with an empty prisoner bus, while a county dump truck blocked the other ...

MBTA overtime isn’t in any slow zone at nearly $70M to date

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

The MBTA has logged $69.30 million in overtime this year with months still left to go.Related Articles MBTA payroll for 2022 with overtime A Herald analysis of the added hours shows 11 employees — including Transit Police officers — already eclipsing $100,000-plus in OT, state Comptroller records show.Another 160 more T employees have punched in for at least $50,000 in added pay so far this year.The Herald has requested a sit-down interview with MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng to ask how transit employees can work such daunting hours and still perform at maximum efficiency. Or, if there are other factors allowing them to rack up such hefty bonus pay year after year.The Comptruller’s CTHRU payroll-tracking site shows the MBTA is by far the tops in overtime this year, with the State Police coming in second at $46.02 million in OT hours.The state Department of Correction is at $40.83 million as that agency struggles again with capping added hours.MassD...

Mets could still get a look at potential free agent target Shohei Ohtani despite star’s torn UCL

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

There is some good news for Mets fans ahead of a nine-game homestand that will begin Friday against the Los Angeles Angels: Shohei Ohtani may be able to play.Ohtani received a devastating diagnosis of a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm Wednesday night. He won’t pitch again the rest of the season, which is a blow to just about everyone in baseball, including the New York fans who were hoping to see him pitch at Citi Field this weekend. Ohtani will continue to DH while seeking treatment options that may help him avoid his second Tommy John surgery, according to the Orange County Register’s Jeff Fletcher and ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez.The Angels, 10.5 games back from an AL Wild Card spot, are hoping for the season-saving miracle that the Mets have long since given up on. The Mets have turned their eye toward the future, one that many have speculated could include Ohtani.The 29-year-old Japanese phenom will be a free agent following the World Series this f...

Brian Walshe murder case: Prosecution expecting DNA results, police search Peabody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

The case against accused Cohasset killer Brian Walshe moved forward Tuesday, as police failed to find evidence in a Peabody search but prosecutors indicated key DNA evidence is on its way.In a joint motion to move a pre-trial conference scheduled for Wednesday to Nov. 2, Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor wrote, “the Commonwealth is currently awaiting DNA analysis from an independent laboratory and is expected to have those results in approximately two weeks.”Walshe is accused of killing his 39-year-old wife Ana Walshe in the early hours of Jan. 1 and dismembering her body.Though the prosecution did not elaborate on what DNA was being tested, the motion comes months after police found a small bone fragment and red-brown residue in a hacksaw purchased by Walshe, among other evidence.Without a body, former FBI agents and a forensic specialist previously told the Herald, the bone fragment may be key to the prosecution’s case, depending on the part of the ...

Fox News reaches 12.8 million viewers for GOP primary debate, despite Donald Trump’s absence.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

By DAVID BAUDER (AP Media Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Even without lead contender Donald Trump, an estimated 12.8 million people watched the first Republican presidential primary debate on two Fox News television channels and its streaming service.There seemed little evidence that Trump’s attempt to counterprogram the debate, by appearing in an online interview with Tucker Carlson at about the same time on Wednesday, appreciably affected the number of people who were interested in checking out the eight alternatives.The viewership was a little more than half the 24 million people who watched Trump appear in his first presidential debate in August 2015, the Nielsen company said. But it outpaced a January 2016 GOP candidates debate on Fox that Trump also skipped and was seen by 12.5 million peopleTelevision is a vastly different world than it was eight years ago, with streaming more established and thousands of cable customers cutting the cord. The most-watched program seen liv...

Fleeing drug suspect dies when NYPD cop knocks him off motorcycle with cooler grabbed from witness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

Rocco Parascandola, Thomas Tracy, Ellen Moynihan, Larry McShane | New York Daily NewsA motorcycle-riding suspect fleeing a Bronx buy-and-bust drug sting was killed when an NYPD sergeant flung a cooler grabbed from a local family’s sidewalk table at him, with the victim tumbling to his death in the shocking caught-on-video confrontation.Sgt. Erik Duran, an NYPD Bronx narcotics veteran who joined the force in 2010, was suspended without pay just hours after the lethal afternoon encounter, police said Thursday, with an NYPD source declaring the use of force outside department guidelines.“It’s crazy that the cop threw a cooler at him,” Erika Duprey Soto, 31, the sister of the dead man, Eric Duprey, told the Daily News. “He used to work as a delivery man for Uber, DoorDash. He used the same scooter for deliveries that he was riding yesterday when he was attacked.”“I still can’t understand what happened,” she added as tears rolled down her face. “He’s gone. I loved my brother to death.”An...

Trump is on his way to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

By ERIC TUCKER, KATE BRUMBACK and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press)ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday night to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.Trump’s surrender, coming amid an abrupt shake-up of his legal team, follows the presidential debate in Milwaukee the night before featuring his leading rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination — a contest in which he remains the leading candidate despite broad legal troubles. His presence in Georgia, though likely brief, is swiping the spotlight anew from his opponents after the debate in which they sought to seize on his absence to elevate their own presidential prospects.The Fulton County prosecution is the fourth criminal case against Trump since March, when he became the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted...

What does the record rainfall Hilary dumped on CA mean for wildfire risk?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Yet another deluge was dropped on Southern California this year as Tropical Storm Hilary moved through the region over the weekend. While the storm broke rainfall records for this time of year in some parts, experts say the rainfall might not have much impact on local wildfire risk moving into the peak of the season.After Sunday's downpour, Cal Fire officials said the potential for fires might ease slightly in the short-term as vegetation responds to the added moisture. But, they are still expecting wildfire season to proceed as normal moving into the state's driest and most fire-prone months. PHOTOS: Tropical Storm Hilary moves through San Diego "As of right now, it's kind of a near-normal September and October," Cal Fire Public Information Officer Matthew Cornette told FOX5SanDiego.com. "The rain could help slow down the fires a little bit until the fuels dry out again and then we'll be back to where we were before the storm."According to Cal Fire, California's hydr...