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Maryland lawmakers approve AG prosecution powers over police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly approved a measure on Thursday to give the state’s attorney general independent authority to bring criminal charges against police officers after investigating deaths when officers are involved.The Maryland House voted 99-37 for a bill already passed by the Senate, sending it to Gov. Wes Moore, who said he will sign the bill.The legislation expands on a package of police reforms approved two years ago in response to concerns about police accountability after the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.The Independent Investigations Division was created in the attorney general’s office to investigate deaths of civilians when police are involved. Current law empowers the division to probe the cases and provide facts to local prosecutors, who then decide whether to prosecute.Supporters of the new bill say it aims to end potential conflicts of interest between local prosecutors and police. Opponents say it’s an over...

Israeli medics: Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank kills 2 people, hours after Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Gaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli medics: Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank kills 2 people, hours after Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Gaza.Source

Cámara de Tennessee expulsa a 2 demócratas en represalia por protesta por el control de armas. Esto es lo que sabemos y lo que sigue

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

(CNN) — Dos miembros demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes de Tennessee fueron expulsados, mientras que un tercer representante se salvó de una expulsión por parte de los legisladores republicanos, una medida que el trío demócrata denunció como opresiva, vengativa y con motivaciones raciales.Manifestantes abarrotaron el capitolio estatal este jueves para denunciar las expulsiones de los representantes Justin Jones y Justin Pearson y abogar por medidas de reforma de porte de armas. Esto ocurrió más de una semana después de que un tiroteo masivo devastara una escuela de Nashville.Luego de su expulsión, que los republicanos de la Cámara dijeron que fue en respuesta al liderazgo de los representantes en las manifestaciones de control de armas en el pleno de la Cámara la semana pasada, Jones y Pearson pidieron a los manifestantes que regresaran al Capitolio cuando la Cámara vuelva a estar en sesión el próximo lunes.La representante Gloria Johnson, que es blanca y sobrevivió a l...

MDPD makes arrest following investigation in SW Miami-Dade neighborhood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

Miami-Dade Police gathered in the area of Coral Reef Drive and 109th Avenue as they investigated the scene. According to police, one person was arrested before they searched for another suspect in the area. Live video footage showed several police cars on the streets of the surrounding area. A police helicopter was also spotted overhead with a spotlight on the ground.A K9 unit was brought out to aid in their search.Police have not released an official statement about the incident but 7News has reached out for more information.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Health officials launch investigation after geese, swans found dead along shore in Swansea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

Health officials are launching an investigation into why a large number of geese and swans are being found dead along the shore of the Cole River in Swansea.For weeks, the birds have been turning up along the shore and in people’s yards. One resident told 7NEWS she has counted at least half a dozen dead swans within the past week alone. “This water used to be full of them and now we’re find them day and night,” resident Joan Duffy said. The Swansea Board of Health has sent some of the birds out to be tested for avian flu, which was recently detected in Rhode Island. Local health officials say the state has told them there are no human transmissible cases of avian flu in the region right now. Neighbors are devastated to see an iconic part of Swansea dying. “They’re not dying out in the water, they’re dying out on land,” Duffy added. “They’re coming to us for help and we need to help them.”Residents say they hope offici...

1 injured after tree crashes down on farm in Westport

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

A man was injured after a tree crashed down on a farm in Westport on Thursday. The man was sitting on a tractor and working on the trees when one crashed down on him. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities say the incident was an extremely close call.

Boston pub where Marine was stabbed to death set to reopen under new name

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

The Boston pub where a bouncer is charged with killing a Marine is set to reopen under new name.The Sons of Boston bar got the approval from the City of Boston License Commission to reopen as “Loyal Nine.”The bar was cleared to reopen in February, but has remained closed since the board suspended its liquor license in April 2022. The decision came after one of the bar’s bouncers allegedly stabbed 23-year-old Daniel Martinez, a United States Marine, to death on March 19, 2022. The bouncer, Alvaro Larrama, 38, was charged with murder and the marine’s family is suing the bar.

Thursday’s high school scores and highlights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTSBASEBALLIn the Patriot League, Jake Cipullo struck out eight over fine innings, Jack Quigley went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI and Connor Finn went 3-for-3 with 5 RBI as Silver Lake slugged its way to an 11-1 victory over Scituate. … Junior captain Gabe Knudsen pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts and added a bases clearing double as Hanover doubled up Whitman-Hanson 6-3.In nonleague play, Ethan Lee and Oliver Thibeault combined to strike out 11 in six innings and Jake Gilbo went 4-for-4 with two RBI while Zach Gilmore went 3-for-3 with another two driven in as Gloucester (2-0) took down Matignon 13-3. … Ryan Kane, Liam Kinneen and Alex Parisi combined on a two-hitter as BC High (1-1) won 9-1 over Lowell.John Bingham and Barrett Adams each cranked two-run homers as Dover-Sherborn (1-1) defeated Norton 12-3 in Tri-Valley League play.BOYS LACROSSEWill Whitney and Frank Forrest led the offense with four goals each as Dedham/Norwood defeated Needham 16-6 ...

Howie Carr: Federal Bureau of Incompetence strikes again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

It could have been worse for the Delta Airlines pilot (or pilots) who were “detained” by the Boston FBI for 45 minutes Tuesday night in the latest colossal screw-up by the local G-men.It could have been much worse.The FBI could have detained the pilots the same way they detained the four guys from the North End named Peter Limone, Joe Salvati, Louie Greco and Henry Tameleo.The G-men “detained” those guys for 35-plus years, in prison, for a murder they didn’t even commit. Two of them were even “detained” on death row for years, and two died in prison after the FBI allowed them to be convicted, even though they knew they were innocent.Of course the FBI is now trying to deflect criticism from its latest black eye, saying it was in fact just assisting a Department of Defense exercise in, you know, role-playing.But the reality is summed up in the 11-second sound cut the Boston Police Department released about their dispatch of a police cruiser to the incident late Tuesday night or early ...

Ex-FBI agent John ‘Zip’ Connolly remains a free man indefinitely

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:06 GMT

Aging ex-FBI agent John “Zip” Connolly can remain a free man in Massachusetts, a Florida parole board has ruled.The prediction that he’d be dead by now has, obviously, been proven incorrect. Still, the Florida Commission on Offender Review is allowing Connolly to convalesce indefinitely with his wife in the Bay State, the Herald has learned. His next review with be in “two to seven years.”Connolly was convicted of second-degree murder in 2008 for wearing his FBI-issued sidearm when he met with mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in Boston to warn him of what businessman John Callahan knew. Bulger was murdered in a West Virginia prison in 2018.Callahan, the former president of World Jai Alai, was shot dead by John Martorano, one of Bulger’s hitmen. Martorano testified he was working for Bulger when he killed Callahan, who was also a friend of his. Bulger wanted Callahan dead because the Boston businessman could implicate them in a 1981 slaying of another World Jai Alai ex...