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Book bag, school supply distributions held in Miami, Wilton Manors ahead of start of classes

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

Two South Florida communities are helping students get set for school with weekend giveaways.Volunteers on Sunday delivered backpacks and other supplies at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami.The event comes just days before students return to classes.“It’s just a way to show our appreciation, and then to help the parents who are having a tough time.” said Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien.There was plenty of fun, too, including a bounce house and face painting.North of the county line, the nonprofit Peanut Butter & Jelly Project set up shop at Wilton Manors Elementary School.They provided students with everything they needed to get ready for classes, like school supplies, clothes and book bags.Many of the children in attendance will also be looking good as they head back to school. The project also provided free haircuts as part of the giveaway.

Patriots training camp Day 19: Mac Jones sizzles until late INT, Malilk Cunningham back at QB

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

FOXBORO — Maybe it was a blip.Or a maybe a message sent. Or a nothing-burger served at midfield during a steamy Sunday practice. Or perhaps it was a footnote that just happened to hang at the top of the page instead of the bottom.But whatever it was, rookie quarterback Malik Cunningham taking snaps from David Andrews at the start of team periods was no accident.After 20 minutes of warmups and fundamental drills, the Patriots broke into their first 11-on-11 period of a shorts-and-shells practice. Cunningham, who electrified the Pats offense late in the preseason opener with his lightning quickness and speed, dropped under center to begin work against the starting defense. Then, thunder rolled in the distance.Bill Belichick blew his whistle, hustled the team off the field before real lightning could strike and trotted into the safety of Gillette Stadium. Thirty minutes passed, players and coaches reconvened under sunny skies, and Cunningham took over again.He made a couple hand-offs, ...

Bear bursts into Colorado home, 82-year-old woman injured

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

A young bear burst into a Colorado home and injured an 82-year-old woman inside, Colorado officials said.The encounter took place shortly after midnight Friday, Aug. 11, in Boncarbo, a community near Trinidad, state Parks and Wildlife officials said in a news release.The woman, who was awakened by a crashing sound and her dog growling, discovered a cinnamon-colored black bear weighing about 100 pounds in her mud room, officials said.The bear, estimated to be a cub or yearling, leaped at her, officials said. The woman pushed the bear off her and closed the door, suffering scratches to her legs.The bear “scrambled frantically around the room,” then climbed some shelves and escaped by smashing through a window screen, wildlife officials said.Officials set a trap for the bear in case it returns. It is the second bear attack in the Trinidad area in two weeks, but officials do not believe the incidents are related.Trinidad is about 200 miles south of Denver.Bear attacks in the U.S. are ra...

Nurse says Christian song was her rallying cry after she was kidnapped in Haiti

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.S. nurse who was released by kidnappers in Haiti last week says a Christian song called “See a Victory” became her battle cry after she and her young daughter were abducted.Alix Dorsainvil and her child were freed Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint from the campus of a Christian-run school near Port-au-Prince.El Roi Haiti, the Christian aid organization founded by Dorsainvil’s husband, said Thursday the pair were not harmed and are healthy. On Saturday, the group posted a message from Dorsainvil on its website.“I am completely humbled by the outpouring of support and prayer for myself and my sweet baby both during and following our time in captivity,” said Dorsainvil, who is from New Hampshire. “God was so very present in the fire with us and I pray that when I find the words to tell our story, that the mighty name of Jesus may be glorified and many people will come to know his love.”...

A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the owner and publisher’s home, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her weekend death.Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department’s actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press. The Marion County Record’s editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, worked with his staff Sunday to reconstruct stories, ads and other materials for its next edition Wednesday, even as he took time in the afternoon to provide a local funeral home with information about his mother, Joan, the paper’s co-owner. A search warrant tied the raids by Marion police, led Friday morning by Chief Gideon Cody, to a dispute between the newspaper and a local restaurant owner, Kari Newell. She is accusing the newspaper of invading her p...

Car crashes into coffee shop, damages property in East York

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

A car has crashed into a coffee shop in the Donlands Avenue and O’Connor Drive area of East York on Sunday night.Police responded to reports at approximately 7:45 pm of a vehicle driving into a coffee shop.Upon arrival on scene police reported no injuries, only damage to the property.Drivers are urged to use caution in the area.

North Korea’s Kim orders sharp increase in missile production, days before US-South Korea drills

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made another inspection tour of major munitions factories and ordered a drastic increase in production of missiles and other weapons, state media said Monday, days before South Korea and the U.S. begin annual military drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.Kim’s push to produce more weapons also comes as U.S. officials believe Russia’s defense minister recently talked with North Korea about selling more weapons to Russia for its war with Ukraine.The Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited factories producing tactical missiles, mobile launch platforms, armored vehicles and artillery shells on Friday and Saturday.During a stop at the missile factory, Kim set a goal to “drastically boost” production capacity so the facility can mass produce missiles to meet the needs of frontline military units, KCNA said.“The qualitative level of war preparations depends on the development of the munitions industry and the f...

'Mass casualty incident' as boat runs aground with multiple people injured, 1 missing on Lake Austin

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a "mass casualty incident" on Lake Austin after a boat ran aground Sunday evening. Officials said seven total people were involved in the incident, with a teenager missing and unable to be located.Two patients were transported with serious injuries, an additional two with potentially serious injuries and two transport refusals at the scene. Officials added in a follow-up social media post the situation had been switched to a recovery effort for the missing person. Multiple ATCEMS ambulances, Austin Police's Lake Patrol Unit, several fire departments along with Travis County STAR Flight responded to the scene Sunday evening. The incident happened just after 6 p.m. in the 10600 block of River Terrace in northwest Austin.

1 dead following boat, jet ski crash on Lake Travis

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

POINT VENTURE, Texas (KXAN) -- One person is dead and several others are hospitalized following a crash on Lake Travis involving a boat and jet ski Sunday afternoon.Austin-Travis County EMS initially said in a social media post one adult was transported to St. David's South Austin Medical Center with potentially serious injuries. An update confirmed four additional people were transported from the crash: one via ATCEMS, two by the North Lake Travis Fire Department to St. David's Round Rock Medical Center and one by Travis County STAR Flight to Dell Seton Medical Center.Officials confirmed an adult died at the scene after resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.One person is dead and a second is hospitalized following a crash on Lake Travis involving a boat and jet ski Sunday afternoon. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)One person is dead and a second is hospitalized following a crash on Lake Travis involving a boat and jet ski Sunday afternoon. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)One person is dead...

Police: 1 found dead in SWAT call at Cedar Park hotel

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:35:19 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) -- A SWAT situation at a Cedar Park hotel has ended, according to the Cedar Park Police Department. Police said officers and SWAT personnel were at the Best Western hotel on Whitestone Boulevard Sunday afternoon "in reference to a high risk warrant service," per a department social media post. Around 6 p.m., police said the Central Texas Regional SWAT team entered the location and found a dead person. The investigation was turned over to Cedar Park detectives. Police said there would be no further updates on the investigation Sunday.