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Drought concerns staying low thanks to July showers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

 DENVER (KDVR) — July showers continue to limit drought concerns across Colorado. After wrapping up the fourth wettest May and the wettest June on record, the Denver area continued to pick up more showers in July. Eighteen out of the last 28 days, rainfall has been measured at Denver International Airport. Most of these days have only picked up less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall, but the near-daily chance for afternoon showers has helped to keep drought concerns low across the state. On May 4, the Denver area was under abnormally dry conditions, with severe drought conditions near Colorado Springs, and extreme to exceptional drought conditions in the far southeast corner of the state.July 1's drought monitor update revealed that Denver was cleared from abnormally dry conditions, and only about 6% of Colorado remained under moderate, severe or extreme drought. By July 4, the drought monitor revealed that 0% of the whole state of Colorado was under drought condition...

Police: Man killed in officer-involved shooting on Lincoln Road is transitional housing escapee from New Hampshire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

A man who was killed in a police-involved shooting at the Victoria’s Secret store on Lincoln Road was an escaped inmate from New Hampshire, police said.On Friday, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections announced the death of Darien Young.Corrections officials said the 29-year-old was a resident who had been placed on escape status after he left Calumet House in Manchester on July 21.7News has learned Young had done time for burglary and other charges.Young was identified as the suspect who threatened two individuals at knifepoint and was shot by a Miami Beach Police officer inside of the Victoria’s Secret Store on Lincoln Road, Thursday afternoon.Shanell Santiago, who works at SEE Eyewear, said he heard gunshots a few doors down from his store.“Bam, bam, bam!’ Knocks on my door, ‘Let’s go, Let’s go, get out, get out, let’s run,’” he said. “‘Close the doors, close everything, get out of the shop.’”Witness Santiago Herrera said he also heard the gunfire.“A...

Throngs of fans greet Lionel Messi on Lincoln Road — but over in Wynwood, vandals splatter paint on soccer star’s mural

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

Messi mania spilled onto South Beach after the soccer superstar made a visit to an athletic apparel store on Lincoln Road, but perhaps not everybody is happy about his arrival in South Florida. Vandals made a mess of a Messi mural in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhoodCellphone video captured Lionel Messi and his family as they walked out of the Adidas store at 846 Lincoln Road, late Friday afternoon.A mob of adoring fans greeted Messi and began chanting his name.“I hear a lot of screams, people, and I say to my mom, ‘Maybe Messi’s here,’ and he was,” said a fan.“Very, very special. I send the video to my family, all my family was so excited, ‘Oh, really? You thought you see Messi?'” said another fan.Some fans surrounded the Audi where Messi got in and was taken away.“It was nice, was nice, it was very emotional,” said a fan.Just after 6:10 p.m., 7News cameras captured a couple dozen people standing outside the store, perhap...

Europe’s plan to stabilize West Africa erupts — again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

BRUSSELS/PARIS — Europe’s hope it could buoy an island of stability in West Africa is drowning as Niger slips under military rule. The EU — and France particularly — bet big on Niger, with Paris sending resources and troops to the country and the EU committing €40 million to help train and equip the Nigerien military. The goal was to arrest Russia’s seeping influence in the region, eradicate burgeoning terrorist threats and stem the migration routes snaking through Niger. All of that is now in doubt. This week, Niger’s military — the same one the EU pledged to train — took the country’s democratically elected president hostage and proclaimed it was now in charge. As the coup unfolded, the Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group was quick to take (dubious) credit for helping and Russian propagandists gladly spread the message widely. For Europe, it’s a major setback. The Continent has lost significant sway in the region after similar military coups in...

Murdered Maltese journalist’s son blasts EU media freedom law

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

When a car bomb killed Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, Brussels promised action to better protect journalists. The European Commission last year forwarded a directive to combat strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs), which are used to censor and silence public critics.But in an interview with POLITICO’s EU Confidential podcast, Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son Andrew Caruana Galizia has lambasted the EU’s watershed anti-SLAPP law as insufficient. “In reality, the proposal as it stands would not have helped my mother in any of her cases,” he said. Daphne Caruana Galizia faced 43 civil and five criminal lawsuits at the time of her death.In recent years, the EU has seen a rise in SLAPPs: unfounded cases brought against journalists, activists or other public figures, often by wealthy and powerful people, which explicitly aim to stifle free speech and kill legitimate investigation or criticism. Unfounded cases place a massive financial bu...

4 workers rushed to the hospital after fall from scaffolding in Milford

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

Four workers were rushed to the hospital Friday afternoon after falling from scaffolding while working on a project on Main Street in Milford. Emergency crews responded to the scene around 3 p.m. Two of the injured people were taken to nearby Milford Hospital. Two others who suffered more serious injuries were taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center.Crews could still be seen cleaning up the area around 5 p.m. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration and police are inspecting the building and working to determine what caused the fall.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Authorities searching for person who fled multi-vehicle crash in Topsfield that left 1 dead, 1 seriously injured

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

Authorities are still searching for a person who ran away from a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 in Topsfield on Friday that left one person dead and another person hospitalized with serious injuries, officials said.Troopers responding to a reported crash near Exit 70 around 4:20 p.m. learned that three vehicles had been involved in a chain-reaction crash, according to a statement issued by Essex District Attorney Paul F. Tucker. The first vehicle ended up in the breakdown lane, the second vehicle collided with the third vehicle, which ended up overturned in the median. Two passengers of the third vehicle were ejected. One was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was flown to a hospital in Boston.The name of the person who died has not been released.Two other passengers of the third vehicle were taken to the hospital. Two occupants of the first vehicle ran away into the woods, where one was captured, Tucker said. The other is still being sought. The cause of the crash remains under i...

Trump and his top 2024 primary rivals mostly ignore the case against him during key Iowa GOP event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and his top rivals for the GOP presidential nomination took the stage one by one Friday night to address an influential gathering of Iowa Republicans, with none of the top-tier hopefuls mentioning that new federal charges had been filed against the former president just a day earlier.Instead, Trump’s competitors mostly reserved their sharpest criticism for President Joe Biden and a Democratic Party they argued had lost touch with mainstream America — failing to pounce on additional counts over Trump’s retention of classified documents that might have otherwise been an opportunity to cut into his comfortable early lead in the polls.“The time for excuses is over. We must get the job done,” said Ron DeSantis. “I will get the job done.”The Florida governor also repeated his frequent promise to halt the “weaponization” of the Justice Department, an allusion to Trump’s legal troubles. But he offered no specific thoughts on the cases against...

Pedestrian struck and killed in Scarborough, impaired driver arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

A pedestrian has died after being struck by an alleged impaired driver in Scarborough.Toronto police were called to the Ellesmere Road and Warden Avenue area around 10:15 p.m. on Friday for reports of a collision involving a pedestrian.Investigators said the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. An impaired driver was taken into police custody.No other details were provided.Road closures are expected in the area, including northbound Warden Avenue, closed at Ellesmere Road, and southbound Warden Avenue, closed at Sylla Avenue.

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday.Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program, told a news conference that at least 38 of the 86 countries where WFP operates have already seen cuts or plan to cut assistance soon — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and West Africa.He said WFP’s operating requirement is $20 billion to deliver aid to everyone in need, but it was aiming for between $10 billion and $14 billion, which was what the agency had received in the past few years.“We’re still aiming at that, but we have only so far this year gotten to about half of that, around $5 billion,” Skau said.He said humanitarian needs were “going through the roof” in 2021 and 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war...