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Firefighters cap gas leak in Pembroke Pines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

A potentially hazardous situation unfolded as an underground gas leak occurred along 148th Avenue and Sheridan Street in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood.The incident occurred just before 9 a.m. in a shopping plaza just off Interstate 75, Monday.Local firefighters and emergency responders quickly arrived at the scene and worked to contain the leak. A team of skilled firefighters diligently dug a hole to access the source of the leak, employing all necessary precautions to safeguard the area and prevent any potential escalation of the incident.The leak was successfully contained and capped.

Police arrest thief as he targets parents outside daycare in Hialeah

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

Surveillance showed a thief targeting parents, as they dropped off their children at the Kids Playhouse Learning Center in Hialeah.Miami-Dade Police arrested 32-year-old, Michael Celestin who faced a judge, Monday. Police said Celestin swiped a woman’s purse out of her car and then used her credit cards at a supermarket.He is charged with multiple counts, including burglary and accused of committing several similar burglaries at other locations in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

2 people taken to hospital after explosion in Holliston home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

Two people were taken to the hospital by helicopter on Monday after an explosion inside a home in Holliston, police said. Police said emergency crews responded to the home on Westfield Drive shortly before 4 p.m. after a neighbor called 911. On scene, police said first responders determined the two people, aged 59 and 61, “needed immediate medical attention.”A woman speaking with 7NEWS said she first heard a boom around 4 p.m. and ran outside to find her neighbor coming out of his home and asking her to call 911.The neighbor said the man and a friend who was helping him do work on his house had serious burn injuries. The neighbor said she called 911 and tried to help the two men on her lawn while they waited for first responders to arrive.“It was a very sad incident because he’s my neighbor and I didn’t want anything bad to happen to them but they were both in shock,” the woman said. In a statement, police said an initial investigation indicated the explos...

Boston police make arrest after deadly stabbing at veterans home in Dorchester

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

A Boston man has been arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing at a home for veterans in Dorchester on Monday, police said.SKY7-HD was over the scene near Hartford Street on Monday afternoon, where a heavy police presence was visible. Later speaking to reporters, Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon said first responders arrived at the home after receiving a report of a person stabbed shortly after 12 p.m. On scene, Colon said officers found a man in the home suffering from a stab wound. “Unfortunately, the adult male did not survive his wounds,” Colon said. In an update, police said officers arrested Eduardo Bonilla, 43, and charged him with murder.“We’re going down the street and we see this and it is our neighborhood, so that’s very scary,” said CeCe Spence, who lives near the crime scene. “You don’t even want to come out.” A van from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was part of the response. Crime scene investigators were seen wearing gloves and ...

Turning Up The Heat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

Editor’s Note: Tonight’s blog was written by 7Weather intern Tyler Hughes.After a refreshing weekend with temperatures around average for most of us, Mother Nature will turn up the thermostat big-time later this week. The story of this workweek is hot, humid, and with scattered chances of storms here and there. Tomorrow will likely be the coolest day we have until the weekend – with temperatures climbing into the middle and upper 80s. A light breeze will keep things cooler along the Cape and Islands.Tomorrow starts off dry in the morning, with a chance for scattered thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. I think storms will be most likely in and around Metro Boston and down the 495 corridor through Worcester County. Shower/storm activity in Western NH, the Berkshires, Cape and Islands will be more isolated, but nonetheless still possible. Keep in mind that strong winds, isolated downpours and small hail are possible here. By bedtime, the majority of these storms w...

Knicks signing former Cavs guard Dylan Windler: source

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

The Knicks are still tinkering with the end of the roster.Dylan Windler, a 6-6 guard and former first-round pick, is signing with New York after four years with the Cavaliers, a source confirmed.The 26-year-old, who spent time in the G-League the last two seasons, is a spot-up 3-point shooter with disrupting size on defense. He averaged 3.3 points in 11.4 minutes over 84 career games with the Cavs, who drafted Windler at No. 26 in 2019.Brock Aller, a current Knicks executive, was in Cleveland’s front office when it picked Windler.His entire rookie season was sabotaged by a leg injury.Windler will ink a two-way contract, according to ESPN, which would require some maneuvering of the Knicks roster.  They already have the maximum three players on two-way contracts — Nathan Knight, Trevor Keels and Jaylen Martin — meaning one (including Windler) will have to be cut or transferred to a regular contract.Not counting the two-way deals, the Knicks currently have 12 pl...

FedEx pilots reject labor deal, sending both sides back to talks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

FedEx Corp.’s unionized pilots rejected a tentative agreement to renew a labor contract on which talks have dragged on for more than two years.The courier’s pilots voted 57% against the deal while 43% were in favor, the Air Line Pilots Association, or ALPA, said in a statement. There are about 5,000 FedEx pilots, according to the company, and 98% participated in the vote, an ALPA representative said.“Our members have spoken and we will now regroup and prepare for the next steps,” Capt. Chris Norman, the FedEx chair for ALPA in the statement. “FedEx pilots remain unified, and that will drive a new path that will help produce an agreement that all FedEx pilots will be proud to support.”The rejection adds to a labor conflagration this summer in which Hollywood screenwriters, United Parcel Service Inc. delivery drivers and auto workers are all on strike or threatening to do so. The pandemic unleashed a worker movement fueled by anger at inflation undercutting their wages and the realiza...

IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to help keep its workers safe and to combat scammers who pose as IRS agents.Effective immediately, revenue agents will no longer make unplanned visits to taxpayers’ homes and businesses “except in a few unique circumstances,” the Treasury Department said in a statement. The agency will instead mail letters to people to schedule meetings.“Today’s announcement is the right thing to do, at the right time,” new IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told reporters on a call Monday.The change ends “an era at the IRS,” he said, reversing a practice by revenue officers whose duties include visiting homes and firms to resolve taxpayers’ liabilities by collecting unpaid taxes and unfiled tax returns.The agency in recent years has experienced more threats, in part tied to conspiracy theories that ag...

Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

WASHINGTON — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk.A recent study found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorded the signature whistles of 19 mother dolphins in Florida, when accompanied by their young offspring and when swimming alone or with other adults.The dolphin signature whistle is a unique and important signal — akin to calling out their own name.“They use these whistles to keep track of each other. They’re periodically saying, ‘I’m here, I’m here’,” said study co-author Laela Sayigh, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution marine biologist.When directing the signal to their calves, the mother’s whistle pitch is higher and her pitch range is greater than usual, according to the study published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.R...

Cape Cod shark sightings light up Sharktivity app, ocean sunfish confused for great whites

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:52 GMT

Several Cape Cod great white shark sightings lit up the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app during a busy weekend, while many spotters are also confusing ocean sunfish for the apex predators.A flurry of shark activity was reported close to shore on Sunday, including a shark alert off of Chatham in the middle of the afternoon.“!! SHARK ALERT !! White shark spotted 400 yards off North Beach Island,” tweeted MA Sharks, which is run by shark researcher John Chisholm, who confirms shark sightings for the Sharktivity app.Shark alerts are issued when a white shark sighting is confirmed close to a public beach. A notification goes out with each alert.Chatham is a hotspot for sharks this time of year, as they prowl the shoreline for seals.Other Outer Cape shark sightings on Sunday included a great white spotted near Chatham’s Monomoy Island, and a 10- to 12-foot great white spotted off of Nauset Outer Cut in Orleans.In Cape Cod Bay off of Eastham, peopl...