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Sheriff: Neighbor angry over playing children fatally shoots Florida mother

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother was fatally shot through a door outside a neighbor’s home after what officials characterized on Monday as a 2 1/2-year feud over playing children.Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at a news conference Monday that deputies responding to a trespassing call at an Ocala home on Friday night found Ajike Owens suffering from gunshot wounds. The 35-year-old mother of four was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died. Ocala is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Orlando.“I wish our shooter would have called us instead of taking actions into her own hands,” Woods said. “I wish Ms. Owens would have called us in the hopes we could have never gotten to the point at which we are here today.”Since January 2021, Woods said, deputies have responded at least a half-dozen times in connection with the feuding between Owens and the woman who eventually shot her. The sheriff’s office hasn’t arrested or identified the shooter. Woods sa...

Jim Hines, 1968 Olympic 100-meter champion who became NFL receiver, dies at 76

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

Jim Hines, the 1968 Olympic 100-meter champion who later went on to be an NFL wide receiver, has died. He was 76.USA Track and Field announced that Hines died Saturday. No cause of death was provided.Born in Arkansas and raised Oakland, California, Hines took his talent to Texas Southern University, where he quickly rose up the ranks.Hines won the 100 at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City in a world-record time of 9.95 seconds. He also helped the 4×100 relay to a gold medal.Hines’ world mark in the 100 meters stood for 15 years before it was broken by Calvin Smith. The current record is held by Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sensation who ran 9.58 seconds at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. After his track career, Hines suited up for the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs. He had two catches for 23 yards for Miami in 1969, along with one kick return for 22 yards.Following his playing career, Hines worked with inner-city youth in Houston, according to World Athle...

Phillies’ Nola loses no-hit bid on homer in 7th against Tigers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola lost his no-hit bid against the Detroit Tigers on Nick Maton’s three-run homer into the second deck with two outs in the seventh inning on Monday night.Nola had faced the minimum through six innings and struck out 10 with two walks. He ran into trouble in the seventh when two batters reached on a walk and fielding error. But the righty still had two outs when he hung an 0-2 breaking ball to Maton and the third baseman crushed one into right to make it a 5-3 game.Nola walked Jake Marisnick with two outs in the third inning but the outfielder was out at first base on a caught stealing by catcher J.T. Realmuto. Nola walked Maton with one out in the fifth but the baserunner was erased after Eric Haase hit into an inning-ending double play.Nola threw 68 of 108 pitches for strikes. Nola, who record two strikeouts on automatic strike three calls, has now pitched at least six innings in each of hit last 10 starts.He entered ...

Denver mayoral candidates, supporters make final push before runoff election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Voters in Denver have mere hours left to get their ballots in as the city prepares to select a new mayor for the first time in 12 years. Supporters of the two runoff candidates were doing some last-minute stumping Monday, trying to garner more votes before Tuesday night.The campaigns for mayoral candidates Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston were out in full force Monday, working to sway last-minute voters to cast those ballots. FOX31 connected with supporters backing each candidate. Denver metro housing prices rising toward last year’s peak Dan Brown, of Denver, said of Brough: "I've known Kelly since she started with the city as an intern in personnel ops. As a matter of fact, I hired her. I know her to be truthful, honest, having integrity and will listen."Chris Nicholson, of Denver, said of Johnston: "I actually sat down with all of the major competitors for mayor before I made my decision. I went to an event for Mike, I went to an event for Kelly. I had coffee with...

Bought tickets but not a Shakira concert

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

Two sisters who really enjoy music, and they got an email about a world famous singer appearing in South Florida. They bought tickets but didn’t get what they expected. Do they deserve a refund? It’s why they called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.You often hear about families that don’t get along. Maybe they should meet these sisters.Ellen Schatz: “We spend so much time together. We can practically live together.”Lynn Lauder: “We have a date night every Saturday night.”Lynn and Ellen enjoy alot of the same things, including music.Everything from Elton John to Flo Rida to Shakira.Ellen Schatz: “Yeah, I love Shakira. You know, I you know, I have one of her first albums.”Then Ellen got an email from Ticketmaster, showing this: Tickets for sale for Shakira at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables.Ellen Schatz: “OK. It said Shakira with a big picture of Shakira. Her name and nothing else on it, and I said, ‘Oh, OK. Shakira...

Dog bites young girl’s face while feeding him food

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

A four-year-old girl is recovering from a bad dog bite that happened around 6:10 p.m. at her home in Miami Gardens. The incident happened at 43rd Avenue and northwest 195th Street.Police said the child was feeding the family dog and it suddenly bit her in the face.The young victim was airlifted to the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital at Memorial Regional in Hollywood.Miami-dade animal services were also called out and they are still investigating.

Hollywood PD search for missing 15-year-old girl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

The Hollywood Police Department is seeking the public’s help in their search for a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Hollywood.According to authorities, Lauren Aitkens was last seen along the 1100 block of North 40th Avenue, at around 6 p.m., Sunday.She was previously reported missing in early May as well. Officials urge anyone with information on Aitkens’ whereabouts to call Hollywood Police at 954-764-4357.

A price tag to reject migrants? It’s not the only fight threatening a reform package

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

The EU is trying to put a price tag on rejecting migrants as a creative — and controversial — solution to unblock the multiplying disagreements threatening to derail Europe’s chance to reform how it welcomes asylum seekers.For months, officials have been locked in tense negotiations to find a formula that would ensure the tens of thousands of people seeking protection in Europe are more evenly distributed across the EU’s 27 countries. Such a prospect, however, is loathed in countries such as Poland and Hungary, which have always opposed any set quotes for accepting migrants. As a workaround, diplomats have privately discussed a very capitalist solution: Countries could simply pay to opt out of the relocation program.Negotiators are haggling over a per-migrant fee — somewhere between €10,000 and €22,000, according to numerous people involved — to charge a country if it declines to take in asylum seekers. Another option would let the country instead give material support, e...

Watch out Ukraine, here comes the Hungaro-Austrian Empire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

VIENNA — Austrian politician Herbert Kickl is a pro-Russian, anti-American conspiracy theorist who champions horse dewormer as a remedy for COVID-19 and wants to turn the Alpine country into a “fortress” against migration.He’s also the odds-on favorite to become his country’s next leader and Europe’s next big headache.Kickl’s far-right Freedom Party has been leading the country’s national polls by several points since November as soaring inflation and a sharp increase in asylum applications fuel discontent with the current government, a coalition between the center-right Austrian People’s Party and the Greens. With the other main opposition party, the Social Democrats, plagued by infighting, Kickl’s party has the best chance in years to seize power.That would spell major trouble for the European Union, which is already struggling to cope with Hungary, where nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has systematically taken control of all major levers of power and undermined inde...

This is Ukraine’s D-Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:43:14 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Ukraine is on the cusp of what may well prove to be one of the two key battles of the war that was unleashed on it by Russia.  The first was Ukraine’s successful defense of Kyiv over a year ago. Russia had a plan, but it was badly executed — Ukraine didn’t have much of one and, greatly assisted by Western-supplied Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missiles, winged it. Eventually, Russia’s overly cocky and poorly commanded forces were outmaneuvered by the agility, bravery and improvisational skills of Ukraine’s forces.We are now likely in the opening gambits of the second crucial battle, as Ukraine’s much anticipated counteroffensive in the east of the country appears imminent — if not already underway. However, officials in Kyiv still worry about whether they’ve enough of all they need to strike hard and deep.We are now on the brink of the second crucial battle, as Ukraine’s much anticipated counteroffensive in the east of ...