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Investigation underway after shooting on SR-826 entrance ramp leaves 1 hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

A driver is now hospitalized and in serious condition after being shot while driving on the Palmetto Expressway entrance ramp just after 2 a.m., Thursday. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that someone inside a silver vehicle opened fire on the driver of a white BMW SUV as he was heading southbound on State Road 826. Detectives investigating the incident said that two drivers were heading east on Northwest 36th Street onto the southbound entrance ramp of the Palmetto when a silver vehicle pulled up alongside the white BMW and began firing shots. The man behind the wheel of the SUV was shot several times and was rushed to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital as a trauma alert.7SkyForce showed an aerial view of the scene, revealing the bullet-riddled BMW. Meanwhile, the silver vehicle fled the scene and continued south on SR-826. The driver who was shot called 911, leading to police closing the entrance onto the Palmetto Expressway south.The closure caused delays for morning commuters, with...

Zoo Miami’s Sumatran tigress undergoes health exam ahead of transfer to Fort Worth Zoo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

N’dari, the Sumatran tigress born at Zoo Miami on Jan. 5, 2021, underwent a thorough routine health examination Wednesday as part of her preparation for transfer to the Fort Worth Zoo later this spring. The procedures included radiographs, dental cleaning, blood collection, an abdominal ultrasound, and an eye exam. The tigress also received vaccinations for rabies and distemper. From an approximate birth weight of 3 pounds, N’dari has steadily grown and now weighs 180 pounds.N’dari is scheduled to move to the Fort Worth Zoo as part of the Species Survival Plan (SSP) recommendation. The SSP managed through the Association for Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), is a cooperative population and management program designed to maintain a healthy and self-sustaining population of most threatened and endangered species under human care. The program recommends the best pairing of animals within the program to achieve the healthiest genetic diversity.There are less than 500 Sumatran ...

Labour’s Starmer slams Boris Johnson ‘circus’ in crime-fighting pitch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

LONDON — Labour leader Keir Starmer attacked the “circus” around Boris Johnson as he tried to slot the ex-prime minister’s dramatic parliamentary grilling into an anti-crime pitch. In an address Thursday in the key election battleground of Stoke, Starmer brought up his old political foe’s interrogation by the House of Commons privileges committee. The cross-party group spent much of Wednesday afternoon probing whether Johnson misled MPs over rule-breaking gatherings in government offices at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Starmer — formerly director of public prosecutions (DPP) — sought to link the issue to his own host of anti-crime promises that he hopes will persuade voters that Labour has their back on an issue traditionally seen as a Conservative strength.The Labour leader said his own time as DPP — attacked by some Conservatives — meant he “found the pandemic parties in Downing Street under Boris Johnson so reprehensible” and the ...

How COVID-19 changed cities — and how it didn’t

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

The world ground to a halt three years ago when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Amid lockdowns, mask requirements and travel restrictions, city residents were confined to their apartments, the monotony broken up by the occasional grocery run, distanced walks on empty streets, and evening applause for emergency workers. But as the pandemic’s intensity has waned, life in cities has reverted to “normal” at impressive speed. Across Europe, people are once again commuting to workplaces, sitting in crowded restaurants and concert halls, and boarding planes. So how many of COVID’s provisional changes have become permanent, and how many have been swept away? 4 ways cities changedBike-lane boomCOVID-19 was terrible for human beings, but it gave a great boost to cycling infrastructure. One of the first cities to bet big on bicycles was Milan, which just one month into Italy’s hard lockdown unveiled its a strategy to reconfigure 35 kilome...

Cactus League report: Why Lucas Giolito likes the cool weather in Arizona this spring — and the back-end backbone of the Cubs bullpen

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

The long ball carried the Cubs offense Wednesday.Cody Bellinger, Edwin Ríos and Christopher Morel all homered in a 4-2 win against the Oakland Athletics. Ríos’ two-run homer and Morel’s solo homer were each their fourth of the spring, leading the Cubs. In a bullpen game, nine pitchers combined to strike out eight A’s and walk three.Meanwhile, left-hander Drew Smyly pitched in a minor-league game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Sloan Park. He threw 80 pitches in five scoreless innings, limiting them to two hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.The Sox went 0-for-2 in split-squad action, falling 2-0 to the Texas Rangers in Peoria, Ariz., and 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals at Camelback Ranch.Mike Clevinger allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts and one walk in five innings against the Rangers.“It was good to finally get out there and extended a little bit and get to roll the lineup over again and being able to work with (catcher) S...

Anti-Semitic reported incidents surge in Massachusetts, hit record highs in New England and US

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

Anti-Semitic reported incidents spiked across the state last year, as the total number of incidents against the Jewish community hit record highs in New England and around the U.S., according to Anti-Defamation League officials who called it a “a grim reminder that anti-Semitism continues to infect our communities in real and pervasive ways.”The ADL’s annual “Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents” recorded a total of 204 anti-Semitic incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism in the New England region last year — a 32% jump from 2021, and the highest number of anti-Semitic incidents ever recorded in the region that covers Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont.The Bay State accounted for 152 of those 204 anti-Semitic reported incidents. Massachusetts’ total of 152 incidents was a 41% surge from the previous year, and the state recorded the sixth highest number of incidents in the country.Nationally, ADL recorded 3,697 an...

Man critically injured after being struck by vehicle near Leslie and Steeles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

A man in his 60s is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a vehicle in North York.Emergency crews responded to the scene near Leslie Street and Steeles Avenue East around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday.The driver remained at the scene.The area is closed to traffic as police investigate.COLLISION:Leslie St & Steeles Ave E @TPS33Div6:23 am-pedestrian struck by vehicle-police o/s investigating–@TorontoMedics transported victim to hospital with life-threatening injuries-s/b Leslie St closed to Equestrian Crt-expect delays#GO641362^sc— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) March 23, 2023More to come

China criticizes possible US plan to force TikTok sale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government said Thursday it would oppose possible U.S. plans to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the short-video service as a security risk and warned such a move would hurt investor confidence in the United States.Governments are worried TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, might give browsing history or other data about users to China’s government or promote propaganda and disinformation. The Wall Street Journal reported U.S. authorities were considering banning TikTok ban if ByteDance doesn’t sell the company.“If the news is true, China will resolutely oppose it,” said a Ministry of Commerce spokeswoman, Shu Jueting. She gave no indication what Beijing might do.A forced sale “would seriously damage investors from multiple countries including China” and hurt “confidence to invest in the United States,” Shu said.TikTok is one focus of conflicts between China and other governments over technology and security that are disrupting processor chip, smartphone and other ...

BRP reports $365.1M Q4 profit, revenue up 31% compared with year ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

VALCOURT, Que. — BRP Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit of $365.1 million, up from $209.6 million a year earlier, as its revenue rose 31 per cent to a record high.The Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo maker says its profit amounted to $4.54 per diluted share for the quarter ended Jan. 31, up from $2.50 per diluted share a year earlier.Revenue for the fourth quarter of the company’s 2023 financial year totalled $3.08 billion, up from $2.35 billion.BRP says its normalized profit for the quarter was $3.85 per diluted share, up from a normalized profit of $3.00 per diluted share a year earlier.In its outlook, it expects revenue for its 2024 financial year to grow in a range of nine to 12 per cent compared with its 2023 financial year.Normalized diluted earnings per share for the 2024 financial year are expected in a range of $12.25 to $12.75, an increase of two to six per cent.This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 23, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:DOO)The Canadian ...

Denver high school shooting suspect dead, coroner confirms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:27:00 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A body found in the Colorado woods near an abandoned car was that of a 17-year-old student accused of wounding two administrators in a shooting at his Denver high school, a coroner’s office said.Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the body was discovered Wednesday not far from the student’s car in a remote mountain area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Denver, near the small town of Bailey, in Park County. The town had been ordered to shelter in place while while officers from a number of agencies including the FBI combed the forest.Earlier in the day, Denver police identified the suspect as Austin Lyle. The Park County coroner’s office confirmed in a Facebook post that the body was that of Lyle’s. Cause of death wasn’t released, pending the completion of an autopsy.The shooting occurred at East High School in Denver, not far from downtown, while two administrators searched Lyle for weapons, a daily requirement because of the bo...