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Truce in Gaza is extended as Israel faces pressure to spare civilians when it resumes offensive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its fifth day on Tuesday, with the militant group promising to release more hostages to delay the expected resumption of the war and Israel under growing pressure to spare Palestinian civilians when it renews its offensive.The sides agreed to extend their truce through Wednesday, with another two planned exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. But Israel has vowed to resume the war with “full force” to destroy Hamas once it’s clear that no more hostages will be freed under the deal.The Biden administration has told Israel it must avoid “significant further displacement” and mass casualties among Palestinian civilians if it resumes the offensive, and that it must operate with more precision in southern Gaza than it has in the north, according to U.S. officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.CIA director William Burns and D...

Denver group helps parents grieving a pregnancy loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A local pregnancy loss awareness group is hoping to support people who have suffered a miscarriage or an infant loss. It's a tragic situation that happens more often than we think.The stigma of pregnancy loss According to the National Institutes of Health, one in four women will suffer a pregnancy loss.Pregnancy loss is the preferred term instead of miscarriage because the term miscarriage can imply the mother made a mistake, which is rarely the case. Loss is most common in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, which is typically why many women wait to share that they're pregnant until after that time frame. CU cell therapy trial shows results in treating progressive multiple sclerosis However, Cassidy Zavala at Denver Share said that often contributes to the isolation that families feel. “There's not a lot of conversation about pregnancy loss and there's a lot of shame and secrecy built into that in our society. I think it kind of starts with the rule about the firs...

Miami Police arrest mother for allegedly ramming SUV into son during school fight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

Miami Police have arrested Quantavia Samuel, 33, for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after a fight broke out between her son and another young man. The incident took place at Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Elementary, where Samuel allegedly rammed her SUV into her 12-year-old son while attempting to break up a fight he was having with another boy.The altercation began when Samuel’s son, returning home from school, reported losing his book bag. Following a scuffle with another juvenile at the school, the 12-year-old called his mother for assistance. In an attempt to intervene, Samuel used her vehicle, accidentally striking her own son, who was then transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital with a leg laceration.The other juvenile involved in the fight was unharmed, and his mother picked him up from the school. Instead of accompanying her injured son to the hospital, police said, Samuel allegedly followed the other child to his home. The mother who was followed called the police a...

Seminole Tribe PD: Officer-involved shooting leads to suspect in custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

SEMINOLE TRIBE RESERVATION, Fla. (WSVN) — An officer-involved shooting on the Seminole Tribe Reservation has resulted in a suspect in custody. The incident, which originated from a medical call, unfolded in a commercial area, prompting a search for the suspect. Despite shots being fired, no injuries were reported. The Seminole Tribe Police Department is leading the active investigation, with multiple agencies involved.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Finland entirely shuts border with Russia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

Finland will completely close its border with Russia for two weeks after a surge of asylum seekers crossing the frontier, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced Tuesday.“This is Russia’s influence activity, and we do not accept that,” Orpo said at a press conference, according to Finnish news outlet Helsingin Sanomat. The two-week border closure will take effect between Wednesday and Thursday night and will end on December 13, the paper reported.Helsinki’s move follows a decision by the European border agency Frontex last week to deploy border guards and other staff, along with equipment, to bolster Finland’s border control activities amid accusations by Finland that Moscow is stoking the migrant influx. Tension between the two countries has escalated since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, prompting Finland to join the NATO military alliance.On Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia of using m...

Germany must ‘invest heavily’ in green transition despite budget crisis, Scholz says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that his government would still “invest heavily” in the modernization and green transition of his country’s economy, but provided no specifics on how his coalition would pay for it amid a budget crisis that has sharply curbed the government’s ability to spend.“We must now ensure that we in Germany manage to transform our economy and remain competitive as a strong industrialized country,” the chancellor told lawmakers. This means the government “must now invest heavily” and “do everything we can to finally drive forward the energy transition in Germany and Europe,” he said.Earlier this month, the country’s top court ruled it unconstitutional for the government to repurpose €60 billion left over from an emergency COVID-19 fund for climate projects. The ruling also limited the government’s ability to draw from a variety of special funds created to circumvent the country...

Morocco arrests suspect over bomb threats in Belgian schools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

An individual suspected of threatening via email to bomb 15 Belgian schools was arrested in Morocco, a spokesperson for the Brussels prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. “The person arrested, who has Moroccan citizenship, was questioned and confessed the facts to the Moroccan authorities,” spokesperson Yasmina Vanoverschelde said in a statement. “The investigation’s initial findings show that the suspect does not have a terrorist motive,” Vanoverschelde added.Thousands of students were unable to attend classes on Monday as close to 30 schools in the Brussels and Walloon Brabant regions were closed after some received bomb threats over the weekend, in which the sender said he would reveal the locations of the explosives in exchange for money.After being checked by the authorities, all the schools reopened Tuesday, the regional school administration said in a statement.“We can only deplore the growing number of alerts of this kind in recent weeks...

Boston police investigating theft of over $5,000 worth of sunglasses in Back Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

Police in Boston are looking to identify two people as the department investigates a shoplifting case involving thousands of dollars worth of sunglasses.The Boston Police Department said the theft happened in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood on Monday evening, when at least two suspects stole between $5,000 and $6,000 worth of sunglasses at a store in the area of 800 Boylston St.Sharing several images on their website, Boston PD said they are now looking to identify two individuals seen in the images as their investigation continues.Anyone with information is asked to contact the department’s District D-4 Detectives at (617) 343-5619 or send in tips anonymously by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-(800)-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).

Mark Cuban is leaving ‘Shark Tank’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

(CNN) — Mark Cuban is swimming away from the show that helped America better come to know the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks.During an appearance on the Showtime podcast “All The Smoke,” Cuban talked to hosts and former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson about his time on the entrepreneur series “Shark Tank.”“This is our 15th year. Next year, 16th year, is going to be my last year,” Cuban said.When Jackson joked that – like an athlete – Cuban is “hanging up the shoes” Cuban responded, “It’s time.”“Shark Tank” features successful business people, or “sharks,” like Cuban who hear pitches from entrepreneurs trying to take their businesses to the next level and looking for the sharks to invest. Cuban said he loves the show “because it sends the message the American dream is alive and well.”“I feel like in doing ‘Shark Tank’ all these years, we’ve trained a generation of entrepreneurs, multiple generations of entrepreneurs that if somebody c...

New Zealand’s new government scraps world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:41 GMT

(CNN) — As any smoker will tell you, quitting tobacco isn’t easy – and it’s something New Zealand’s new government just isn’t prepared to do right now.A year after passing a world-leading smoking ban designed to save thousands of lives and prevent new generations of young adults from smoking, New Zealand has announced a u-turn to help pay for tax cuts, infuriating public health officials and anti-tobacco groups.Introduced last year, the anti-smoking law banned the sale of tobacco to anyone born or after January 1, 2009.The legislation was due to be implemented by July 2024 and would have included harsh penalties for violations such as fines of up to NZ$150,000 ($96,000).The country’s new Prime Minister Chris Luxon, whose conservative National Party entered a coalition alliance with the populist New Zealand First party and the libertarian ACT New Zealand party following elections in October, defended the controversial move, saying he disagreed with parts of the po...