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Stormy weather batters South Florida, causes roof damage at 2 Pembroke Park homes; 2 families displaced

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

Stormy weather that moved across South Florida forced two families out of their homes after strong gusts ripped the roof off a home and also caused roof damage to the home next door.Heavy wind, hail and torrential rain left parts of the region drenched and homes damaged on Saturday.Among those impacted by the soggy conditions was Pembroke Park resident Jennifer St. Pierre. “I was so scared, I was screaming,” she said.St. Pierre said she was inside her home along Southwest 31st Street when parts of her roof were ripped off.She showed the damage to a 7News crew.“The whole building was shaking,” she said.Not long after, St. Pierre said, the ceiling in her son’s room caved in on top of him, leaving him bruised.Then the water began gushing in.“I decided to hide in the closet and call 911 because we didn’t know what to do,” she said.The home located next door to St. Pierre was also impacted by the strong winds.“At that moment, I just t...

3rd suspect arrested in Hollywood Broadwalk shooting, 2 at large ID’d; parents of 1-year-old victim speak out

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

Police have made a third arrest and continue to search for two more suspects in connection to a Memorial Day shooting on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk that left nine people injured, as the parents of the youngest victim opened up about the traumatic incident.Hollywood Police on Saturday confirmed that U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force officers took Jordan Burton into custody.Burton faces an attempted first-degree murder charge, as well as eight counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of carrying a concealed firearm .Authorities also identified the two suspects who remain at large as Ariel Cardahn Paul and Lionel JeanCharles Jr.Earlier this week, Keshawn Paul Stewart and Morgan Deslouches, both 18 years old, were arrested in connection with the crime. Stewart has since bonded out of jail.Investigators said the group of suspects got into an argument along the crowded beach promenade and started to shoot shortly before 7 p.m. on Monday.Police said four children between t...

AG: Man found dead after killing toddler daughter, her mother, injuring 5-year-old in NH triple shooting

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

Authorities say man fatally shot his 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter and her mother, and also wounded the woman’s 5-year-old daughter in a horrific triple shooting in Franklin, New Hampshire on Saturday that set off an hourslong manhunt that ended with the discovery of his body near the Merrimack River.Officers responding to a reported shooting at a home on Elkins Street around 12 p.m. found Nicole Hughes and her daughter, Ariella Belle, dead from gunshot wounds, according to the New Hampshire Attorney Generals’ Office. Her 5-year-old daughter was also suffering from a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital.The triple-shooting sparked a manhunt for the toddler’s father, Jamie Bell, 42, who police warned should be considered armed and dangerous.Around 5:30 p.m. Bell was found dead on the banks of the Merrimack River with a self-inflicted wound to his neck. Investigators say he had an intimate relationship with Hughes but declined to discuss the nature of their r...

Jake Bauers, Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole — Yankees’ California natives — lead the way in win over Dodgers

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Jake Bauers had never played in a major league game at Dodger Stadium until Friday, but the Yankees outfielder is no stranger to Chavez Ravine.Bauers, a Newport Beach native who starred for Marina High School in Huntington Beach, played for a CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship at the ballpark as a high school senior in 2013. While Marina did not come away with a section title, Bauers called the contest at Dodger Stadium “a great game, and “an emotional one,” according to the Los Angeles Times.Bauers must have felt the same way during Saturday’s game at Dodger Stadium, as he recorded the first multi-homer game of his career with a pair of two-run bombs off Los Angeles starter Michael Grove.The first blast came in the second inning and traveled 414 feet at 107.6 miles per hour. The second landed 409 feet away and left Bauers’ bat at 109.2 mph. He admired both shots to right field, which propelled the Yankees to a 6-3, series-...

Justin Turner steps up as Red Sox split doubleheader against Rays

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

Justin Turner is widely renowned as one of baseball’s best teammates and leaders, and on multiple occasions Saturday he demonstrated why.Shortly after arriving at the park Turner attended Rob Refsnyder’s press conference announcing his new contract extension. During his remarks Refsnyder revealed Turner was the only player he confided in while the negotiations were ongoing, and that ever since his arrival from Los Angeles Turner has completely changed the Red Sox clubhouse for the better.A couple of hours later, Turner led the charge as the Red Sox came from behind to beat the first-place Tampa Bay Rays 8-5, delivering the decisive blow with a bases-loaded, three-run double.“He’s a good player, he’s a good influence on the kids,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora, whose club went on to lose the nightcap 4-2 to split the day-night doubleheader. “We fell behind today and the way we did it wasn’t a good taste, but he kept going in the dugout...

Pedestrian killed in two-vehicle North County crash identified

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. -- A man who was hit and killed by two vehicles last month in the Valley Center area has been identified, local medical officials said.Richard Vaughn Dye Sr., 32, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.The crash occurred on May 17 near Lilac Road, located west of Hideaway Lake Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Dye Sr. was walking across Lilac Road when he was struck by a Nissan Kicks and Dodge Caravan, per authorities. 2 killed in Mission Bay crash identified Both drivers remained at the scene while waiting for first responders to arrive. Dye Sr. was later pronounced dead.The victim's cause of death was due to blunt force injury and determined as an "accident," according to the medical examiner's office.

China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn’t have any problems with “innocent passage” but that “we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation (patrols), that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation.”U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the same forum Saturday that Washington would not “flinch in the face of bullying or coercion” from China and would continue regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to emphasize they are international waters, countering Beijing...

16 South American migrants who entered US through Texas flown to California

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom and migrant rights advocates said Saturday. The young men and women were dropped off Friday outside the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento with only a backpack’s worth of belongings each, said Eddie Carmona, campaign director at PICO California, a faith-based community organizing group that has been assisting the migrants. The migrants had already been processed by U.S. immigration officials and given court dates for their asylum cases when “individuals representing a private contractor” approached them outside a migrant center in El Paso, Texas, Carmona said. They offered to help the migrants get jobs and get them to their final destination, he said. “They were lied to and intentionally deceived,” Carmona said, adding that the migrants had no idea where they wer...

CPD: 17-year-old boy missing from West Pullman

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding a 17-year-old boy who went missing from the West Pullman neighborhood Saturday evening.Missing 17-year-old Lamaren Masters.CPD said Lamaren Masters was last seen in the area of East 125th Place and South Indiana Avenue Saturday, and describe the 17-year-old as being around 6-foot-1-inches tall, weighing around 165 pounds and having brown eyes with a dark brown complexion and black dreadlocks.Police said Masters did not disclose where he was going when he left and is known to frequent the area of 132nd Street and Riverdale Avenue, as well as the general area of the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood.If you or someone you know has information that can help police find Masters, CPD encourages you to reach out to the Area Two Special Victims Unit at 312-747-8274, or call 911.

American Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Las Vegas due to bird

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:19:37 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An American Airlines flight headed for Dallas, Texas was forced to land in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon due to mechanical issues. According to Harry Reid International Airport, a bird collided with American Airlines flight 2845, causing it to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas around 1:10 p.m. Some Apple customers frustrated by new savings accounts Flight 2845 departed from Salt Lake City, Utah, and was headed to Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport. The aircraft landed safely and a replacement aircraft was scheduled to leave Las Vegas around 8 p.m.A statement released by American Airlines read in part: "We never want to disrupt our customers' travel plans and apologize for the trouble this may have caused."No injuries were reported, according to Harry Reid Airport.