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Scorching Sunday prompts Miami-Dade’s first excessive heat warning from National Weather Service

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

Sweltering temperatures across South Florida had first responders issuing words of caution and led meteorologists to issue a first-of-its-kind warning for Miami-Dade County.Sunday was another scorching summer day for the region.“It makes you want to stay inside,” said Juriea Williams, who is visiting from Orlando.“I probably drank about five bottles of water today,” said Miami resident Moses Colon.Residents and visitors who spoke with 7News said the difference from prior summers is quite striking.“It’s not the typical Florida heat that I grew up with,” said Williams. The heat index reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit. “It reminds you that water is your best friend,” said Miami resident Julissa Pozos.For the first time ever, the National Weather Service in Miami issued an excessive heat warning for Miami-Dade County.With the combination of extreme heat and humidity, first responders say, knowing the signs and symptoms of heat-related i...

Levine Cava hosts Biscayne Bay Friendly Clean-up at Matheson Hammock Park

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

Volunteers cleaned up the South Florida coast to help protect one of its greatest ecosystems.Miami-Dade Daniella Levine Cava hosted a Biscayne Bay Clean-Up day at Matheson Hammock Park & Marina in Coral Gables, Sunday morning.The mayor joined volunteers as they picked up trash from Biscayne Bay and the shoreline,. They collected all kinds of trash, like plastics and even a tire.The event kicked off the reveal of Miami’s first-ever Biscayne Bay Friendly campaign, designed to educate residents and tourists on how to maintain and protect the bay all year long.“There’s little actions that we’re telling everybody to do every day,” said Levine Cava. “Don’t blame it on someone else, do your part, to pick up the trash, to keep trash out of the bay, and to really be an educator for the community about the importance of our bay.”In addition to the shore cleanup, Miami-Dade County partnered on the first-ever Ghost Trap Rodeo, hosted by Ocean ...

Dog named Justice recovers from stab wounds, injured dog named Hope brought to local animal hospital

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

An abandoned dog that was found suffering with horrific wounds is making a “paw-some” recovery, as the same animal rescue group that brought him in for treatment took another dog found injured on a South Florida street to an animal hospital.7News captured Justice shortly before he was released from Knowles Snapper Creek Animal Hospital in Southwest Miami-Dade, Sunday afternoon. His face is that of a pup that never gave up.“He’s a good dog. As injured as he was, as abused as he was, he was still very, very affectionate, very happy, wagging his tail, letting me walk him wherever I needed him to,” said Jonathan Giraldo, the man who rushed to Justice’s rescueVeterinarians at the animal hospital have sewn up the canine’s stab wounds with stitches.It was a little over a week ago when the pup was found in Pompano Beach suffering from stab wounds to his face, chest and torso.Giraldo remained by Justice’s side on Sunday.“I feel really hap...

Torrential downpour no obstacle for soccer fans waiting to see Messi at DRV PNK Stadium

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

A Sunday soaker did not stop thousands of soccer fans from welcoming one of the greatest players of all time in South Florida: Lionel Messi.Video showed fans dancing in the parking lot of DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale while holding a life-size cutout of the 36-year-old superstar, Sunday afternoon. “He’s the one and only, the greatest,” said a fan.“The Argentinian people are the happy people, you know? Even Messi is here, so the party is complete,” said another fan.Fans were celebrating as they waited to get inside DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.“It’s Messi, so it’s worth it,” said fan Randy Wilson. “It don’t matter the amount of money. As long as you see Messi, that’s all that matters.” Fans were not disappointed.Video showed Messi, wearing a white T-shirt as he held his son’s hand and waved to fans moments after he arrived at the stadium.But before the joyous moment happened, the skies open...

The top US economist under fire for taking an EU job

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

She’s described as one of the “best economists in the world” for her area with “excellent credentials” as an academic and a record of public service. Yet Fiona Scott Morton’s appointment as the European Commission’s chief competition economist has unleashed a wave of protest, largely from French politicians. The Commission’s decision to pluck Scott Morton from her life as a professor at Yale University has pulled her into a row over her passport and her past: She’s a U.S. citizen and she’s the first non-EU person to take such a senior Commission post. She has also consulted regularly for Big Tech firms — most recently for Microsoft on its Activision deal — as she takes a job advising on investigations and regulation against many U.S. tech giants.Scott Morton is not just any economist; she’s also a former U.S. antitrust regulator and an influential academic who has stoked the U.S.’s renewed interest in tackling the ma...

The battle for UK Labour’s tech crown

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

LONDON — It could soon be one of the most powerful roles in U.K. tech. But who does Keir Starmer want in charge of Labour’s tech plans?Rumors of an opposition reshuffle are swirling in Westminster, and the Labour leader — on course to become Britain’s next prime minister — may soon have to assemble his A-team for government. There’s already jostling at the top of the party for the coveted tech and innovation gig.Starmer is notoriously taciturn when it comes to moving around his top team. “He hates the build up to it, he hates the self-promotion and the briefings, he hates doing it, and then he hates the fallout at the end of it,” said Chris Ward, former deputy chief of staff to the Labour leader.But a reshuffle would offer Starmer the chance for one more rethink in the run-up to next year’s expected general election.The two frontrunners for the tech crown — Lucy Powell and Darren Jones — are self-described techno-optimists, but the similarities end there.When Prime...

Climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing talks as US seeks to raise China relations from historic low

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was holding talks Monday with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as the U.S. seeks to restore contacts amid disputes over trade, Taiwan, human rights and territorial claims. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Kerry was meeting Monday with Xie Zhenhua for the first extensive face-to-face climate discussions between representatives of the world’s two worst climate polluters after a nearly yearlong hiatus. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal and has proceeded with building new plants, while at the same time forging ahead with renewables such as solar and wind power. Yet, Congressional Republicans questioning of Kerry ahead of his trip at times broke down into challenging the existence of the scientifically established fact of climate change. But with Republicans as well as Democrats overall accepting the science underlying the warming climate, much of the criticism from GOP committee members zeroed in on the appr...

French tourism businesses are wary of customers drying up as droughts worsen

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France (AP) — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome them — have been buoyed by generous rainfall and good water management this spring.After a prolonged drought last summer, then another in the winter that followed, the once cracked lakebeds are now abundantly watered. Dams are releasing water into reservoirs on a consistent schedule for activities in the lake. But tour operators are still wary.“Rafting and kayaking is great, but if tomorrow there is not enough water in the river, we will have to reinvent ourselves,” said Antoine Coudray of Secret River Tours, that operates in the gorges of Verdon.The artificial lake of Sainte-Croix, a bustling tourist attraction, is one of three reservoirs in the area built for 16 hydroelectric dams. The dams supply the southeastern region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur with 35% of its electricity needs. Human-caused c...

Suburban grandparents charged with murder in death of 5-year-old granddaughter

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

PARK FOREST, Ill. — A grandmother and grandfather have both been charged with first degree murder after their 5-year-old granddaughter was found unresponsive, and later died at Comer Children's Hospital, according to the Park Forest Police Department.Klent Elwoods, 62, and Lisa Jones, 57, who were both charged with 1st degree murder Sunday in the investigation into the death of their five-year-old granddaughter, Jada Moore.Police said Klent Elwoods, 62, and Lisa Jones, 57, were both charged with first degree murder Sunday in the death of 5-year-old Jada Moore, after investigative evidence was presented to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office by Park Forest detectives.According to Park Forest PD, officers were called to a home in the 300 block of Osage Street for an unresponsive five-year-old girl around 10:50 p.m. Friday. Elwoods called 911 and admitted to abusing Jada, and told dispatchers she was unresponsive.First responders administered CPR on arrival before taking Jada to ...

APD: 1 dead after 'verbal altercation' near abandoned building in east Austin

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:41:11 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After responding to a homicide in southeast Austin on Sunday, Austin police officers were dispatched to another homicide around 8:30 p.m. in east Austin.APD Cpl. Jose Mendez said a Hispanic man in his 40s was found dead near an abandoned building "with obvious trauma to his body," near the intersection of East 52nd Street and Cameron Road. APD responded to the call at 8:28 p.m.First responders attempted lifesaving measures when they found the man, but he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m., Mendez said. The intersection is just east of Interstate 35.Mendez said two people were involved in a "verbal altercation that led one subject to shoot the other," and investigators think the two people knew each other. APD doesn't have anyone in custody, but there's a person of interest and Mendez said APD is "doing everything we can to locate the individual to determine what took place this evening.The department sent a tweet about the investigation at 9:18 p.m. Mendez said this is...