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Police identify 4 suspects involved in Miami-Dade police chase involving stolen U-Haul van

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

Authorities have identified and arrested the four individuals involved in a chaotic chain of events that unfolded Thursday, starting with a department store theft and ending up in a high-speed police chase featuring a stolen U-Haul van.On Friday, police identified the suspects involved as Mekal Wilson, 36, Norbert Baugh, 33, Shuneka Gordon, 38 and the driver of the vehicle, Jermaal Stennett, 36.Gordon is facing charges of retail theft with a prior conviction. Stennett and Baugh are facing charges of retail theft greater than $750.Wilson is facing charges of fleeing and attempting to elude police at high speed, battery, aggravated bodily harm with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, retail theft greater than $750, grand left in the 3rd degree, and resisting officer with violence to his person.The pursuit, initiated by Miami-Dade Police officers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers, followed the van northbound on the Florida Turnpike near 112th Avenue. The...

Miami toddler dies following accidental shooting incident in NW Miami-Dade

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

A 4-year-old girl has died days after being accidentally shot by her younger brother in Northwest Miami-Dade.The child, who had been in critical condition since the incident on Sunday near Northwest 21st Avenue and 82nd Street, passed away despite efforts by rescue crews to save her.Police identified 25-year-old Quavanta Ennels as the individual in possession of the loaded gun. Ennels, a convicted felon, is currently under house arrest after posting bond.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Coast Guard rescues 20 migrants after boat sinks off Florida Keys

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

Several migrants were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Friday morning after their boat sank in the Florida Keys.According to the Coast Guard, around 20 migrants were found clinging to the partially sunken vessel about 20 miles off of Marathon. A crew member from the Coast Guard stationed in Marathon rushed to the scene and was able to pull the migrants out of the water.Officials have not identified the migrants’ country of origin. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Judge declines for now to push back Trump’s classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she pushed back other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date later.The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon means that the trial, for now at least, remains scheduled to begin on May 20, 2024 despite efforts by the Trump team to postpone it until after next November’s presidential election.Trump’s lawyers had argued that they needed more time to review the large trove of evidence with which they’d been presented and also cited scheduling challenges resulting from the other legal cases against Trump, including three additional criminal prosecutions for which he is awaiting trial. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team had vigorously opposed that position in urging the judge to leave the trial date intact.Cannon si...

Remains of baby found at Rochester recycling center, months after similar discovery at same facility

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

An investigation got underway in Rochester Thursday after workers at a local recycling facility found what appeared to be the body of a baby in recycling products, police said. Rochester police in a statement on Facebook said dispatchers first received a 911 call from the facility on Cranberry Highway around 10:40 a.m. Police said all processing at the facility was stopped while authorities including the Rochester Police Department, state police and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner began investigating. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed on Friday that the remains were that of a newborn infant and that they had arrived at the facility via a trash collection that had been shipped to Rochester for disposal.Anyone who may have information is asked to contact Massachusetts State Police Trooper David Wohler at 508-894-2648Thursday’s discovery came seven months after a similar incident at the facility, when infant remains were found ...

IRS announces new income tax brackets

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

New York (CNN) — If you are someone who likes to plan ahead on your taxes, the IRS this week released the new inflation-adjusted income tax brackets and standard deduction amounts that will be in effect for tax year 2024.Translation: These are the numbers that will be relevant to the tax return most Americans will file in early 2025.Higher standard deductionThe IRS makes inflation adjustments annually to tax brackets, the standard deduction and some other tax breaks.For individuals and married people filing separately, the new federal standard deduction will increase to $14,600, up from $13,850 this year.For married couples filing jointly, the standard deduction will rise to $29,200, up from $27,700 currently.And for people who file as head of household, the standard deduction will be $21,900, up from $20,800 today.Most filers claim the standard deduction. Others will itemize their deductions because taken together, they add up to more than the standard deduction...

Grammys 2024: Top nominees include SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and, close behind, Taylor Swift

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

By George Varga, San Diego Union-TribuneSZA didn’t quite make history with Friday morning’s announcement of the 2023 Grammy Awards nominees. But she came close on a ballot that saw women artists dominating the nominations for Best New Artist and Album, Record and Song of the Year in apparent record numbers.A genre-blurring singer, songwriter and sly musical provocateur, SZA earned a field-leading nine nominations. They include nods for Album of the Year (for her critically acclaimed and chart-topping “SOS”) and Record and Song of the Year (both for “Kill Bill,” which takes its name from the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film and tells a similar tale of vengeance).SZA’s nine nominations are almost a record, but not quite. Lauryn Hill and Beyoncé each had 10 nominations, in 1999 and 2010, respectively. Beyoncé’s six 2010 wins set a record for the most Grammys won in a single year by a female artist, which Adele tied with her six wins in 2012.Beyoncé, who won four awards at this year’s Grammy...

Andover teenager killed in Lawrence crash

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

An 18-year-old Andover woman died after crashing into a trailer on Interstate 495 northbound in Lawrence Thursday night.The woman, whose name has not been released by authorities, was driving a 2005 GMC Envoy SUV on I-495 northbound in Lawrence when she struck a fifth-wheel camper attached to a 2022 Dodge Ram pickup truck and lost control of her vehicle, according to the Massachusetts State Police. Troopers responded to the scene north of exit 100B at 9:17 p.m. Thursday.The woman was ejected from the SUV and onto the roadway where other vehicles drove over her body, according to the MSP. The vehicle left the interstate to the east, went over a curb and guardrail, rolled down a steep slope and caught on fire.The 17-year-old male passenger was also ejected from the car at some point but survived, suffering only minor head injuries. Two teenage female passengers in the back seats, 15 and 16 years old, also suffered minor injuries. All three were transported to Lawrence General Hospital...

Cabbage Patch Kids and the Fisher-Price Corn Popper are added to the Toy Hall of Fame

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Fans have pushed the Fisher-Price Corn Popper into the National Toy Hall of Fame, elevating it from perpetual finalist to 2023 inductee, alongside baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF foam toys, the Hall of Fame announced Friday.The Fisher-Price push toy that encourages babies to walk was chosen by fans, who were invited to celebrate the Toy Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary by voting for one of five toys that had made it to the finals more than once but were passed over. The rest of the so-called “Forgotten Five” included the pogo stick, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers and Transformers.Baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF toys were voted in in the usual way from among a field of 12 finalists, with input from a panel of experts. Those finalists included Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, who didn’t make the cut despite a big boost in visibility from the summer “Barbie” movie. “These four deserving inductee...

Suspected Islamic extremists holding about 30 ethnic Dogon men hostage after bus raid, leader says

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:56 GMT

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men from the Dogon ethnic group hostage after ambushing several public transport buses in central Mali earlier this week, a community leader said Friday.Bocar Guindo said that armed men initially kidnapped about 40 people who had been traveling Tuesday between Koro and Bankass. The women aboard, though, were later released, he said.While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion immediately fell on Islamic extremists who have been operating in the area for years and are known to target public transport. Their growing presence has heightened communal tensions, with members of the Peuhl ethnic group being accused of collaborating with them. Dogon communities, meanwhile, have been targeted for allegedly supporting the Malian army’s counterinsurgency efforts.A similar attack took place in 2021, when armed men identifying themselves as jihadis took dozens of people hostage in the same part of cent...