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Colorado teens accused of taking 'memento' photo after rock-throwing death set to appear in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Three teenagers charged with murder in the death of a 20-year Colorado driver who was struck by a rock that investigators say was thrown through her windshield are set to appear in court Wednesday for an evidentiary hearing to determine if their case should go to trial.Joseph Koenig, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik and Zachary Kwak were arrested several days after Alexa Bartell was hit in the head by a rock while driving northwest of Denver on April 19 and talking on the phone with a friend. After the call went silent, the friend tracked Bartell’s location with a phone app and found the suburban Denver woman dead in her car, which had crashed into a field.Investigators have said Bartell was killed by the rock and not the crash.According to court documents, the teens, all 18 at the time, circled back to take a photo of the crashed car as a “memento.” 3 high school seniors arrested in deadly rock-throwing crime spree Investigators said at the time that they believed...

Denver weather: Cool, breezy Wednesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Temperatures will be cooler on Wednesday than they were on Tuesday. With that being said, look for highs to remain above average in the middle to lower 70s with mostly sunny skies in the Denver weather forecast. Weather today: In the 70s, breezy at timesSunshine and dry air continue to dominate the forecast through the weekend. 130 fires linked to Denver homeless encampments so far this year Highs on Wednesday will max out in the 70s with sunny skies and a bit of a breeze. Look for gusts possible up to 20 mph. Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Oct. 18 Weather tonight: Clear and mildWinds will calm down nicely as the evening hours arrive. The northeast will move back into the single digits. Temperatures sink down into the middle to lower 40s under mostly clear skies.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight lows on Oct. 18 Looking ahead: Still dry and mildThursday afternoon will get a bit warmer as highs reach the upper 70s with mainly sunny skies. Photo gear with wedding pi...

Police investigating after employee shoots person in Pembroke Pines GameStop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

Police are investigating after an employee shot one person inside of a Pembroke Pines GameStop. The incident occurred just after 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Pembroke Pines Police and Fire Rescue units responded to a reported shooting at a strip mall near Pines Boulevard and Hiatus Road. Police said that an altercation unfolded within the GameStop. That was when the employee pulled out a gun and shot someone. The victim was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries. As of Wednesday morning, they are still in critical condition. Video footage from the scene showed crime scene technicians exiting the store with several paper bag filled with evidence.The investigation is currently active, but the reassuring news is that all involved parties have been identified, and there is no outstanding suspect. More details will be released as information comes in.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Box truck overturned on South I-95 causes traffic delays, express lanes closure at Sunrise Blvd.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

Authorities were at the scene blocking traffic after a box truck overturned on South Interstate 95.This unfolded around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday near Sunrise Boulevard. Video footage showed vehicles barely moving on the highway. Additionally, cars were seen exiting I-95 at Sunrise Boulevard.All lanes were temporarily blocked, but as of this writing, the express lanes remain blocked off. Morning commuters can use Powerline Road, US-441 or the Florida Turnpike as alternate routes. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

PMQs scorecard: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer strike a somber tone amid Israel-Hamas conflict

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from today’s session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through.What they didn’t spar about: It was a somber atmosphere in the Commons, thanks to events in the Middle East. Acutely aware that the usual PMQs squabbling would be a bad look, Labour’s Keir Starmer instead asked simple, non-partisan questions about the government’s investigation into the “incredibly distressing” Gaza hospital strike, rising antisemitism in the U.K. and work to prevent a humanitarian crisis.It was all very reminiscent … Of the parliamentary exchanges between Starmer and ex-PM Boris Johnson at the beginning of the pandemic, when the Labour man had pledged to provide “constructive opposition” at a time of crisis. For PMQs, this kind of session remains a rarity. News line I: On the hospital strike, Sunak said the international community “m...

Don’t let Israel-Hamas war distract from Ukraine, Grant Shapps tells US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps issued a warning to U.S. lawmakers not to take their eyes off Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with POLITICO during a visit to Washington, Shapps made the point — diplomatically, but clearly — that it would be a disaster if the “fast-moving” crisis in the Middle East allowed the West to lose focus on the need to support Kyiv. “Let’s not forget about Ukraine,” Shapps said. “It’s really important that we keep the world’s focus there as well. We can do this. We can focus on both Europe and the Middle East at the same time and I just wanted to be here to work on some of that coordination.”The question of ongoing American support for Ukraine was already fraught before Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7, which have dominated Western political debate ever since. A new package of U.S. aid to Ukraine was put on hold after the ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fact that freaked out Kyiv earlier this month. Shapps ...

Olaf Scholz condemns firebomb attack on Berlin synagogue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned antisemitic attacks after Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue in Berlin in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Two masked people escaped without being caught, according to German media reports, after throwing firebombs at the building — and missing their target. “Fortunately, persons and buildings remained unharmed,” the synagogue announced Wednesday, adding that a criminal investigation has started. Scholz — who is currently in Egypt, after visiting Israel on Tuesday — condemned the attacks against Jewish institutions, calling them “inhuman, abhorrent and not to be tolerated. Antisemitism has no place in Germany,” he said.“My thanks go to the security forces, especially in this situation,” Scholz added. However, German news outlet Tagesspiegel reported that the security officers protecting the building were present at the time of the attack, but failed both to prevent it happening and arrest...

Xi hails Putin friendship at China summit, ignores Israel-Hamas war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed his “strong personal friendship” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as the two leaders met in Beijing on the margins of a forum on China’s global infrastructure program, the Belt and Road Initiative.The two leaders, who maintained a close relationship even after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, focused on boosting economic ties between the two countries, and shied away from mentioning the worsening international situation, with conflicts in the Caucasus and the Middle East — as well as Putin’s war in Ukraine.Despite recent efforts by the West to re-engage with Beijing, which has strong business ties with several European countries, including Germany, Xi highlighted the “close and effective strategic coordination” with Russia.“Political mutual trust is steadily deepening,” the Chinese leader said, according to a Russian readout of the meeting. For his secon...

Grant Shapps slams BBC’s John Simpson over ‘shameful’ Nazi comment 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has sharply criticized one of the BBC’s most senior journalists for defending the broadcaster’s refusal to describe Hamas as “terrorists.” John Simpson, a veteran war correspondent, wrote a blog setting out why the BBC was right to resist pressure to call Hamas terrorists, arguing that the corporation’s official policy even in World War II was not to describe the Nazis as “evil.”“John Simpson, who’s a journalist who I hugely have always admired, must know as well as anyone else does that when you start to cite the Nazis in any argument you’ve basically lost it,” Shapps told POLITICO in an interview. Shapps, who is Jewish, was among the first politicians to attack the BBC over its editorial guidelines, which prevent journalists calling Hamas “terrorists.” He said media regulator Ofcom had made clear the broadcaster was not barred from using the term. “I think it’s sad, and once you start invoking the Nazis, rather shameful, too,” Sha...

Biden pledges solidarity with Israelis and suggests ‘other team’ to blame for Gaza hospital blast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:03 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden vowed to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with Israelis during his visit there Wednesday, and offered an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital apparently was not carried out by the Israeli military.“Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting. But Biden said there were “a lot of people out there” who weren’t sure what caused the blast.Biden didn’t offer details on why he believed the blast was not caused by the Israelis. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike caused the destruction and hundreds of deaths. The Israeli military denied involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group. However, that organization also rejected responsibility.Biden had been scheduled to visit Jordan to ...