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Visit Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival returns for 5th year, providing a week of culinary wonder

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

Foodies of Fort Lauderdale, it is that time of year again. The city is about to become the center of the SoFlo food scene.Visit Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival is back with a week of culinary wonder. And the star of our show: wine!Things will be sizzling in Broward next week at Visit Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival.Rory Cooksey: “The 2024 Visit Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival is Broward County’s largest food and wine event.”That’s no hype. Eateries from all around will be showing off their stuff for you to enjoy.Rory Cooksey: “You’re experiencing culinary creations from all over Broward County, so it’s not just Fort Lauderdale. It’s literally every city in the county.”This is the festival’s fifth year. It keeps growing, bringing in big names and showcasing big events.Rory Cooksey: It’s big enough for people like Aarón Sánchez from ‘Celebrity MasterChef’ to come out here and be one of our headli...

‘Schitt’s Creek’ star Dan Levy navigates loss and friendship in feature directing debut ‘Good Grief’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

Dan Levy is making his directorial debut in a comedy-drama he also wrote. “Good Grief” tackles the loss of one man’s husband, but the “Schitt’s Creek” star still manages to squeeze in a few laughs because, well, sometimes that is the best medicine.The new comedy-drama “Good Grief” is riding a tightrope.Dan Levy: “Of comedy and empathy and sensitivity and emotionality.”Dan Levy stars, but he also wrote and, for the first time, directed — coming a long way from “Schitt’s Creek.”Dan Levy (as David Rose): “Now I’m wearing tap shoes.”Noah Reid (as Patrick Brewer): “They’re called cleats, and I think you look very cute.”Dan Levy (as David Rose): “That’s a given.”Well, now he’s tackling something more serious: grief.Dan Levy: “It takes a lot of work to kind of find those moments when you can find comedy in the strangest, saddest and darkest o...

9-year-old hit by car, seriously injured after getting off bus in Haverhill

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

A 9-year-old was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Thursday after being hit by a car in Haverhill, police said. Haverhill police in a post on X said the crash happened at the intersection of Main Street and 13th Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Police said the child had just got off a bus and was flown by helicopter to a Boston area hospital after being struck.The driver of the car that struck the child stopped at the scene, according to police. Haverhill police were spotted still on scene shortly after 8 p.m., though authorities later left the area. Police said their investigation was ongoing Thursday evening and urged anyone with information regarding this crash to contact investigators at (978) 373-1212 ext. 1532.

At least 19 hurt in Manhattan subway collision

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

Evan Simko-Bednarski | New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — At least 19 people were hurt Thursday when a No. 1 train leaving the W. 96th St. and Broadway subway station jumped the track after an apparent collision with an MTA work train, said transit sources and the Fire Department.An FDNY spokesman told the New York Daily News that injuries were still being tallied, but none appeared life threatening.Service was suspended along the bulk of the No. 1, 2 and 3 lines in Manhattan as a result during the evening rush hour.The incident happened shortly after 3 p.m., with the crew of the uptown-bound No. 1 train reporting to the MTA’s control center that it “felt like [the train] was hit from behind,” transit sources told The News.MTA officials confirmed only that the train had derailed.The Police Department shut W. 96th St. from Columbus to West End Aves. on the Upper West Side to make way for emergency vehicles.______©2024 New York Daily News. Visit at nydailynews.com. Distributed by Tribune C...

PedWest reopens after weeks-long closure

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Border commuters are feeling better, as are taxi and rideshare drivers, now that the pedestrian crossing on the westside of the San Ysidro Port of Entry has reopened.FOX 5 was at the border at 6 a.m. Thursday when the general public was allowed to use PedWest once again. U.S. Customs and Border Protection had been periodically closing the facility to the public to be able to process the influx of migrants who are seeking asylum. That is still happening; however, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security decided it was time to reopen PedWest.Local business owners say they’ve lost a lot of revenue because shopping declined due to the on-and-off again closures, something especially true this past holiday season.Aside from the local economy taking a hit, FOX 5 has learned the inconvenience been emotionally and physically draining for many regular border crossers who come to the U.S. to work and go to school.Teenager Diego Felix crosses the border to go to school in the morni...

Embattled Sacramento City Council member resigns following federal indictment

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A city council member in Sacramento, California, resigned Thursday, just weeks after he pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hired undocumented workers at his local grocery stores, underpaid them and cheated the government on COVID-19 relief funds.The December indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice accused Sean Loloee, 53, of conspiracy to defraud the federal Department of Labor, possession and use of false immigration documents, obstruction of agency proceedings and wire fraud.The Justice Department also determined that Loloee does not live in the district he represents, but in Granite Bay, northeast of the city, which the The Sacramento Bee first reported in June 2022.Mayor Darrell Steinberg and some council members publicly called for Loloee’s resignation in late December. “I’m stepping down because of the recent politically-motivated circus that Mayor Steinberg has created and his attempt to cover up his many shortcomings as the mayor of ...

Navajo Nation charges 2 tribal members with illegally growing marijuana as part of complex case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. have charged two tribal members with illegally growing marijuana on the Navajo Nation, marking just the latest development in a years-long case that also has involved allegations of forced labor. Tribal prosecutors announced the charges Thursday, claiming that Navajo businessman Dineh Benally and farmer Farley BlueEyes had operated a massive marijuana growing operation in and around Shiprock, New Mexico. The two men were expected to be arraigned on the charges in late January, prosecutors said.Benally had previously been charged for interference with judicial proceedings after a Navajo judge granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in 2020 that was aimed at halting operations at the farms in northwestern New Mexico. David Jordan, an attorney who has represented Benally, said the interference charges were dismissed in December as those cases were set to go to trial....

Backers of an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked voting system fined by campaign finance watchdog

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Supporters of an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system have been fined more than $94,000 after the commission that enforces state campaign finance rules found disclosure and other violations. Kevin Clarkson, an attorney representing the opponents of ranked voting who were fined by the Alaska Public Offices Commission, said they intend to challenge some of the commission’s findings in court, the Anchorage Daily News reported.The commission’s decision, released late Wednesday, is in response to complaints filed by Alaskans for Better Elections, the group that backed the successful 2020 ballot initiative that instituted open primaries and ranked voting in general elections.The commission found registering and reporting violations by organizers of the effort to repeal the new voting system. The decision comes six months after the original complaint was filed. Since then, Alaskans for Better Elections have filed additional complaints a...

New Mexico governor proposes 10% spending increase amid windfall from oil production

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is proposing a nearly 10% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year to shore up housing opportunities, childhood literacy and health care access, with additional payouts for electric vehicles purchases.Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday published the $10.5 billion budget plan for the fiscal year running from July 2024 through June 2025. It would increase general fund spending by roughly $950 million over current annual obligations.The Democratic-led Legislature develops its own competing spending plan in advance of a 30-day legislative session that begins Jan. 16. Lujan Grisham can veto any and all budget provisions approved by legislators.The nation’s No. 2 oil-producing state anticipates a multibillion-dollar surplus for the coming fiscal year, driven largely by oil and natural gas production in the Permian Basin that underlies southeastern New Mexico and western Texas.The governor has signaled...

Ailing, 53-year-old female elephant euthanized at Los Angeles Zoo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:32 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 53-year-old Asian elephant has been euthanized at the Los Angeles Zoo after she was unable to stand up, the zoo announced Thursday.Shaunzi, one of two female elephants at the zoo, was discovered unable to stand Tuesday night after she went down in the yard of her exhibit space.“Animal care staff and zoo veterinarians responded quickly and worked through the night to help Shaunzi up. Despite the use of all resources and personnel available, the extraordinary efforts were ultimately unsuccessful,” a zoo statement said. A “heartbreaking” decision was made to sedate and euthanize the animal on Wednesday, the statement said.It wasn’t clear why the elephant couldn’t stand up, and a necropsy was planned, zoo spokesman Carl Myers said.Born in Thailand, Shaunzi spent her youth in a circus, came to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in 1983 and was sent to the Los Angeles Zoo in 2017.The median life expectancy of female Asian elephants in human care has been estimat...