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Neighbors speak out after armed man sexually assaults woman in Fort Lauderdale apartment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

A South Florida community remains on edge following a home invasion and sexual assault that unfolded in a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex. The horrifying incident has left residents deeply concerned and prompted a police search for the assailant.According to authorities, the assailant forcibly entered the victim’s home, threatened her with a screwdriver, and sexually assaulted her. The assailant’s approach was brazen, as he hopped over a fence to access the apartment complex through its rear entrance. Neighbors said that the victim had mentioned feeling watched by the perpetrator for some time before the attack occurred.A Fort Lauderdale Police Department unit was outside the Pine Crest Apartments along Northeast 18th Avenue, Monday afternoon as they patrolled the area following the heinous attack. Neighbors of the complex said they are worried and want the sexual predator to be captured soon. “Everyone is locking their doors now,” said Jorge, a resident wh...

Monday is National Cheeseburger Day: Here are the deals to relish

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

New York (CNN) — These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything at the store for under a dollar. But on Monday, in honor of National Cheeseburger Day, McDonald’s customers will be able to get a double cheeseburger for just 50 cents, only 45 cents more than what the chain’s original hamburger cost in 1948.Only customers who use the McDonald’s app will be able to access the deal, and it’s limited to one burger per person. According to the company’s official website, a McDonald’s cheeseburger typically can cost as low as $1 and as high as $2.79.Fast food historically has been a low-profit business with little customer loyalty. Chains unveil big giveaways, typically tied to their mobile apps, to help drive business. Pushing people to the app has helped to drive more repeat customers.McDonald’s isn’t the only burger chain to offer deals. Wendy’s is selling its junior bacon cheeseburger for just one cent through September 22, as long as you buy something else from the menu.And Burger ...

Italy’s Meloni gets tough on migrants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

ROME — Italy’s right-wing government has launched a crackdown on immigration, passing measures to give authorities power to detain migrants for as long as 18 months and order the construction of new centers to house them. The hard-line reforms follow a surge in arrivals by boat this month, with more than 10,000 people landing on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a number greater than its usual resident population.Lampedusa, just over 100km off the coast of Tunisia, is the gateway to Europe for many migrants seeking a new life.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni came to power a year ago promising to curb immigration but arrivals have almost doubled in 2023, year on year, according to government data.On Monday, the Rome cabinet passed measures to increase the length of time illegal migrants can be held from three to 18 months, according to an official in the prime minister’s office. Ministers also approved the construction of new detention centers intended to hold all thos...

Police arrest man wanted in connection with Lynn shooting that triggered shelter-in-place alert

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

Massachusetts State Police say a 23-year-old suspect wanted for a shooting in Lynn that caused a neighborhood and schools to shelter in place has been arrested.Authorities announced that Anthony Gutierrez was taken into custody by the MSP’s Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section in Salem on Monday.State police said the suspect was wanted following a shooting that occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the area of Commercial Street.The shooting occurred around 11:30 a.m. and led to an extensive investigation, with state and local police closing off large portions of the neighborhood. A nearby security camera caught the moment shots rang out, showing a black car first pulling over on Commercial Street near Neptune Street and a man frantically getting out of the car’s passenger side before running into a convenience store.Meanwhile, a gunman could be seen getting out of the driver’s side of the vehicle and walking over to the other side of the car before open...

UAW worker: ‘These jobs were gold standard’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

By Anna Helhoski | NerdWalletUnited Auto Workers is officially on strike. Negotiations failed this week between the union and the Big Three auto companies — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (a multinational conglomerate that includes Chrysler).The current strikes are targeted in three locations:Ford: Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.Stellantis: Toledo Assembly Complex in Toledo, OhioGM: Wentzville Assembly Plant in Wentzville, Mo.Other plants may follow at any time. It’s a strategy that UAW President Shawn Fain calls a “Stand-Up Strike,” he said during a Facebook Live stream on Sept. 13.Each of the Big Three has proposed pay raises nowhere near what UAW is aiming for. Fain said the companies are also unwilling to bend to UAW’s request for increased pension and retiree health care.The UAW represents nearly 150,000 workers. The union joins other major strikes sweeping the U.S., including Hollywood actors with SAG-AFTRA and film and TV writers with the WGA.To get a personal pe...

The remaining dates on comedian Russell Brand’s tour are postponed after sexual assault allegations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

By JILL LAWLESS (Associated Press)LONDON (AP) — British police said Monday that they had received a sexual assault allegation after media outlets published claims by several women against Russell Brand. Promoters postponed the remaining dates in a string of live gigs by the comedian, who denies the allegations.A talent agency and a publisher also parted company with Brand over the claims, which have left the U.K. entertainment industry facing questions about whether the comedian’s bad behavior went unchallenged because of his fame.Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers. The accusers, who have not been named, include one who said she was sexually assaulted during a relationship with him when she was 16. Another woman says Brand raped her in Los Angeles in 2012.London’s Metropolitan Police force said that since the allegations were made public it had received &...

Lawmakers take aim at ‘endless scandals’ on Massachusetts Cannabis Commission, seek answers, oversight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

If you’ve been wondering what’s up with the state’s Cannabis Control Commission lately then you are not the only one.On Monday, five lawmakers wrote to the joint committee overseeing the state’s marijuana regulators to ask them to look into what is bringing the CCC to “crisis.”“Since its creation in 2017, The Cannabis Control Commission has faced what sometimes feels like an endless stream of scandals. The public deserves some accountability on why these issues have proven so hard to stamp out, and what long-term changes the agency is making to get its work done with more transparency and efficiency,” State Sen. Michael Moore said in a statement Monday.Moore, in a letter sent to the chairs of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, cites several recent headlines surrounding the commission as his reason for asking his colleagues to hold hearings on the matter.Last week, Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien was unceremoniously suspended by Treasurer Deb Goldberg. No reas...

5 prisoners freed in US swap with Iran, arrive in Qatar

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

By JON GAMBRELL, LUJAIN JO and MATTHEW LEE (Associated Press)DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran were freed Monday and headed home as part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen.Despite the deal, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran, which are locked in various disputes, including over Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran says the program is peaceful, but it now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.The planned exchange has unfolded amid a major American military buildup in the Persian Gulf, with the possibility of U.S. troops boarding and guarding commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of all oil shipments pass.“Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home,” President Joe Biden said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran landed in Doha, Qatar.After the plane slowed ...

Netanyahu visits Elon Musk in California to hold discussion about artificial intelligence

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is starting a U.S. trip in California to talk about technology and artificial intelligence with billionaire businessman Elon Musk.The Israeli leader posted Monday on Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he plans to talk with the Tesla CEO “about how we can harness the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI for the good of civilization.”Netanyahu’s high-profile visit to the San Francisco Bay Area comes at a time when Musk is facing accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his social media platform, while Netanyahu is confronting political opposition at home and abroad. Protesters gathered early Monday outside the Fremont, California factory where Tesla makes its cars.The video livestream kicked off shortly before 9:30 a.m. with Netanyahu and the Tesla CEO. Netanyahu’s official X account posted that he is holding a “a one on one conversation” with Musk. The two kicked of...

Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley discharged from hospital after pneumonia bout: wife

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:23 GMT

TORONTO — Deryck Whibley, the lead singer of pop-punk band Sum 41, is back home after being hospitalized with a case of pneumonia.The musician’s wife Ari posted an Instagram update over the weekend saying Whibley was discharged after responding well to medical treatment.She says he’s now under the care of both her and his mother, who is a registered nurse.Days earlier, Ari used her Instagram account to share with fans that Whibley spent a night in the emergency room with a case of pneumonia, sidelining plans to spend their eight-year wedding anniversary in Chicago.While he was in the hospital, she wrote that doctors told them “a lot of strain on his heart” could lead to possible heart failure.The 43-year-old has faced other major health issues in the past. In 2014, he was placed in a medically induced coma after his alcoholism led to severe damage of his liver and kidneys.“This is obviously not our first time in a situation like this but it brings back ...