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Formidable storm to slam Florida and then strengthen as it rakes the East Coast this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

(CNN) — A storm will form in the Gulf of Mexico Friday evening, crash into Florida on Saturday and strengthen as it tracks up the East Coast through the weekend, unleashing heavy rainfall, gusty winds and coastal hazards along the way.A blockbuster snowstorm is not expected, despite the time of year, but this very warm, wet and blustery storm could still snarl early holiday travel and knock out power.The storm’s track is becoming clearer as more of the computer models which inform forecasts now show it hugging the Atlantic coast on Sunday and Monday after moving through Florida on Saturday.Here’s what to expect each day:Saturday: Florida takes a blowHeavy rain will arrive in parts of southern and western Florida by mid-morning Saturday and increase in scope and intensity throughout the day. By Saturday night, heavy rainfall will drench almost the entire state and spread into the Southeast.A Level 2 out of 4 risk of excessive rainfall is forecast for a majority of Florida and far sou...

Lead contamination in applesauce pouches may have been ‘intentional act,’ FDA official tells Politico

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

(CNN) — Lead contamination in cinnamon applesauce pouches that sickened dozens of young children may have been an “intentional act,” a US Food and Drug Administration official told Politico.In an interview published on Thursday, Jim Jones, FDA’s deputy commissioner for human foods, said the agency is still investigating the lead-tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches, “but so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out.”There have been at least 65 reports of illnesses linked to apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches sold under the WanaBana, Weis and Schnucks brands, the FDA said this week. To date, all confirmed adverse events have been in children under 6 years old.The agency has said it’s conducting an on-site investigation at the Austrofood facility located in Ecuador and is working with Ecuadorian authorities to gather information about Negasmart, the supplier of cinnamon to Austr...

Dolphins host Jets hoping to shake off embarrassing loss to Titans and avoid more major injuries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins have done almost everything they’ve needed to since playing the New York Jets three weeks ago — except stay healthy.Injuries to standout linebacker Jaelan Phillips (Achilles tendon tear) and starting safety Jevon Holland (knees) overshadowed Miami’s blowout win over the Jets in Week 12, when Holland also returned an intercepted first-half Hail Mary attempt 99 yards for a score.Injuries showed up again in the Dolphins’ win over the Commanders the following week when linebacker Jerome Baker suffered a knee injury that landed him on injured reserve.And they played a major role in last week’s 28-27 loss to the Tennessee Titans, with Miami losing starting center Connor Williams for the season because of an ACL tear, and with star receiver Tyreek Hill largely limited by an ankle injury.“This is how the league works,” Tagovailoa said. “You pray that you can have healthy seasons and stay healthy as long...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami add Japan stop to preseason tour

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The preseason tour for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami keeps growing, with the team revealing Friday that a stop in Japan has now been added to the schedule.Inter Miami will face Japanese league champion Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on Feb. 7. That will be the fourth match of a tour that includes games in Saudi Arabia — including one pitting Messi against longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo — on Jan. 29 and Feb. 1, and a game against a team of pro players from Hong Kong on Feb. 4.Among those on the Vissel Kobe roster: Andrés Iniesta, who once teamed up with Messi and fellow Inter Miami players Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba at Barcelona. Iniesta also was teammates with Busquets when Spain won the 2010 World Cup.Inter Miami now has five preseason matches announced; there’s the four on the Saudi Arabia-Hong Kong-Japan trip and another in El Salvador on Jan. 19.The team will begin preseason training in early January and the Major League Soccer ...

1 airlifted following collision on northbound I-75 at Miami Gardens Drive; All lanes closed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

At least one person was airlifted to the hospital following a vehicle collision on northbound I-75 in northwest Miami-Dade. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol units responded to the crash on northbound I-75 at Miami Gardens Drive in northwest Miami-Dade, at around 10:00 a.m., Friday.All northbound lanes have been closed for air rescue.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Broad Causeway Bridge shutdown following collision

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

Police notified the public of a traffic alert following a collision in Bay Harbor Islands, Friday morning. Just before 9 a.m., local police officers, along with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, arrived at the scene on the Broad Causeway Bridge where a motorcycle and a truck were involved in a crash. According to a post on X from the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department, the bridge is closed to all traffic until further notice. Morning commuters are urged to find an alternate route.

Germany extends checks at Polish, Czech, Swiss borders until mid-March

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

The German Ministry of the Interior has on Friday announced the extension of the controls on its borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland until mid-March 2024 as Berlin continues to combat smuggling and limit irregular migration.“The European law provides for this step-by-step approach. This means that the Federal Police can continue to flexibly deploy the entire bundle of stationary and mobile border police measures,” said German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.“Our fight against the unscrupulous business of smugglers, who brutally put people’s lives at risk, is successful,” Faeser said. Since mid-October, the Federal Police have arrested around 340 smugglers as part of internal border controls, she added. According to her, the number of unauthorized entries nationwide has fallen by more than 60 percent since the temporary border controls were introduced in October, from over 20,000 in October to about 7,300 in November.In late Septem...

EU negotiators reach agreement on media law to curb spying on reporters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

BRUSSELS — European Union negotiators reached an agreement Friday on the European Media Freedom Act, the bloc’s new set of rules aimed at safeguarding the independence of newsrooms and fostering media pluralism.The new law will introduce requirements for media to provide transparency over ownership and funding and it will force national governments to set up an oversight system that guarantees editorial freedom, including for public media. It also requires checks on mergers and sets up a new European watchdog to oversee it all. Negotiators of the European Parliament, the EU Council representing national governments, and the European Commission on Friday cleared the last hurdle: an agreement on provisions in the law limiting how governments conduct operations on journalists using spyware and other methods to identify and access their sources. The European Commission originally introduced an exemption for the investigation of certain crimes like terrorism and human trafficking, ...

LIVE COVERAGE: Funeral begins as community mourns police officer killed in crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

The funeral for fallen Waltham police officer Paul Tracey got underway at Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted church Friday as the community continues to mourn Tracey after his death last week.Thousands have gathered for the funeral, which was underway as of 10:30 a.m.7NEWS has live team coverage throughout the day. —RELATED: Thousands gather in Waltham for funeral for fallen officer Paul Tracey 

Rogers Sugar strike at impasse, company says as it pauses talks with union

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:25 GMT

VANCOUVER — Rogers Sugar Inc. says it is pausing negotiations after the union representing striking workers at its Vancouver refinery rejected the company’s latest offer.Workers at the refinery have been on strike since Sept. 28 over issues like wages, benefits and the company’s proposal to increase refinery operations to 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.The Rogers Sugar refinery in Vancouver is one of only three large sugar refineries in the country that processes imported cane sugar.The strike has caused intermittent sugar shortages in Western Canada this fall. But the company says there is currently ample supply of white sugar in the market, and it has restarted production of brown sugar at the Vancouver refinery.Rogers Sugar has been operating the Vancouver refinery at reduced capacity, and says it has enough raw sugar on site to continue to do so until May 2024.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 15, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:RSI)The...