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Police: South Florida couple arrested for abusing teen for years resulting in ‘permanent disfigurement’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

A Margate couple was arrested for abusing a teen they had custody of for nearly a decade, officials said. Latricia Crawley, 46, and Benjamin Lockett, 43, are facing charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect with great bodily harm after a victim’s plea for help led to a shocking discovery of long-term abuse. According to authorities, Margate Police responded to the couple’s Margate home on Wednesday, after the teenage victim reached out to her online instructor for assistance. Upon arrival at the home, police reportedly found the victim with a laceration on her head and visible swelling, resulting from an assault by Lockett. She was immediately transported to Broward Health Coral Springs for treatment.During her medical examination, officers said they uncovered evidence of extensive long-term trauma on the victim’s body, including scars consistent with ligature marks, bruising, scar tissue, bite marks from insects, and signs of malnutrition.According to th...

FAU made the Final Four as a surprise last season. The No. 10 Owls aren’t a surprise anymore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Practices at Florida Atlantic are basically two hours of Dusty May being in constant motion. Up and down the sideline. Across the court. Back the other way. A few seconds here, a few seconds there. A few words here, a few words there. The day’s practice plan is in one hand, sometimes a pen is in the other.When a play goes right, there’s a big fist pump.When it doesn’t, there’s a quick correction and an encouraging word.This is not a new approach for May, the 46-year-old coach entering his sixth season with FAU. Making the Final Four last spring didn’t change much about the way he coaches or the way FAU will practice. While the outside expectations have soared — the Owls are No. 10 in the season-opening AP Top 25 — the way FAU goes about its work remains unchanged.“Everything changes over time and life has changed for all of us drastically,” May said. “With everything that came with our run, life is different for all of us. So, we have to come back to the core...

Off-duty firefighters rush to tanker driver’s aid after fiery rollover crash in Davie; WB I-595 shut down near Nob Hill Road

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

Several off-duty firefighters rushed to the aid of the driver of a tanker truck who was involved in a fiery rollover crash, leading lane closures along Interstate 595 in Davie and massive traffic backups.All westbound lanes remain shut down near Nob Hill Road after the tanker rolled over and caught on fire.Several agencies responded to the scene blaze just before the Pine Island Road exit, Thursday afternoon, including Davie Fire Rescue, Hollywood Fire Rescue and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue’s hazmat team. The tanker carried waste products, and its fuel lines were ruptured. Officials said the driver was traveling west when the vehicle swerved, went on its side and caught on fire.The smoke was visible from several miles away. Cellphone video captured the burning truck as firefighters attempted to extinguish the flames.7Skyforce hovered above the scene as several off-duty firefighters from Fort Lauderdale, North Lauderdale and Lauderhill fire departments helped place the victim o...

Israel blasts ‘antisemitic’ Amnesty over finding of ‘war crimes, by all parties’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

Israel has criticized Amnesty International as “biased” after the rights group published a statement saying that “serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes, by all parties to the conflict continue unabated.”Amnesty called on Thursday for “an immediate ceasefire by all parties.” Its secretary-general, Agnès Callamard, said in the statement that “urgent action is needed to protect civilians and prevent further staggering levels of human suffering.”But her claim that “war crimes” had been committed “by all parties” drew a harsh response from Israel.Lior Hayat, spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told POLITICO that “Amnesty International is an antisemitic organization that is biased against Israel,” adding that “it lacks moral authority to portray itself as a human rights organization.”Hayat added: “The organization’s silence ...

EU leaders call for humanitarian ‘pauses’ in Israel-Hamas war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

BRUSSELS — EU leaders have agreed to call for “pauses for humanitarian needs” to allow aid into Gaza, after days of discussions on how to phrase a call for breaks in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.At a summit in Brussels, the leaders came up with a compromise text that condemns Hamas’ attack and backs Israel’s right to defend itself “in line with international law.” It also calls for access to aid “including humanitarian corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs.”It followed a complex diplomatic waltz by EU diplomats over the last few days. The exact language in the summit’s conclusions was hard-fought due to historic sensitivities between EU countries on the war between Israel and Hamas. A line on a “humanitarian pause” (singular) was too sensitive for some EU countries.The text does, however, include mention of a “Peace Day Effort.” The final draft “supports the holding of an international peace conference soon...

Longtime Merkel adviser faces uproar over Israel-Hamas comments  

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

Munich Security Conference Chairman Christoph Heusgen is under pressure to resign over a television interview in which he characterized the brutal killing of more than 1,400 Israelis on October 7 as a “Hamas action” while endorsing comments made earlier in the week by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres that outraged Israeli leaders. “Guterres is a very level-headed man,” Heusgen, who served as former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief foreign policy adviser for 12 years, told Germany’s ZDF public television. “He was right to both condemn the Hamas action while also noting that it didn’t happen in a vacuum.”Guterres’s comment at a Security Council meeting on Tuesday that the Hamas attack “did not happen in a vacuum” unleashed a storm of criticism, especially among Israeli leaders, who saw the secretary-general as justifying the Hamas attack. Benny Gantz, a centrist Israeli politician who served as an opposition leader until joining Israel’s unity government following the Hama...

Law enforcement continues massive search for suspected gunman in Maine shootings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

Lisbon, MAINE (WHDH) – Communities near Lewiston, Maine remained on high alert Thursday as authorities continued to search for a gunman suspected of carrying out a deadly mass shooting Wednesday night. Investigators said 40-year-old Robert Card allegedly first targeted a bowling alley in Lewiston before moving to a restaurant in town around 7 p.m. Maine’s Governor on Thursday morning said at least 18 people were killed. Thirteen people were injured. In nearby Lisbon, Maine, heavily-armed tactical units clutching onto SWAT team trucks scrambled from call to call Thursday. Residents in the town of 12,000 spent the day hunkered down hours after Card’s car was found at a local boat ramp.“It’s beyond comprehension, really,” said concerned resident Doug Pickard. “I don’t understand how someone could do something like this.”Route 196 in Lisbon, near the site where Card’s car was found, was closed for much of the day Thursday. It had reopened as of around 4 p.m.Asked at one point...

Maine shootings raise questions about how gunman was able to own weapon used in attacks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

As new information emerges about the suspected gunman in Wednesday’s deadly shootings in Lewiston, Maine, the situation is raising questions about how 40-year-old Robert Card was allegedly able to own the weapon used in the attacks. With a longstanding culture of gun-ownership, Maine is highly protective of gun rights. According to Massachusetts advocacy group “Stop Handgun Violence,” the state does not ban high capacity guns. The group said Maine also does not require background checks or permits to buy and carry such a weapon. “It was absolutely preventable,” said Stop Handgun Violence Co-Founder John Rosenthal. “But, in Maine, they don’t have the tools to prevent it.” Rosenthal said Maine “is one of the worst offenders,” adding “There are virtually no gun laws in Maine.” 7NEWS has learned that, unlike Massachusetts, Maine does not have a “Red Flag Law,” which allows a judge to temporarily take a person’s guns away if family members report that they pose a risk to t...

Notices Warn Mass. And Cass Tent Removals Will Begin Nov. 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

The City of Boston began posting notices around Mass. and Cass on Thursday to notify those who live on the street that the city will start removing tents used as homeless encampments on Nov. 1.While the Inspectional Services Department notices went up, across town at Boston City Hall the city’s top cop warned that there would be an increased police presence in the area, which has become the center of the state’s opioid epidemic.“Anyone who has any interest of coming into the area to do any type of criminality, I want to caution this, in a sense, that it’s been perceived that it’s been an area of permissiveness more recently,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said at a press conference. “We’re going to have a heavy police presence throughout the area. And you know, with an increased police presence, I can promise you there’ll probably be an increased enforcement presence in the area.”The Boston City Council on Wed...

Former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks named manager of the Windy City ThunderBolts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:59 GMT

Bobby Jenks collected 173 saves during his six seasons with the Chicago White Sox. He’s returning to the area as the manager of the Windy City ThunderBolts in the Frontier League.“The idea of being back in Chicago drew me to the ThunderBolts,” he said in a statement Thursday. “Having the opportunity to go back there and be around this fan base again was very appealing to me.”Jenks earned Pioneer League Manager of the Year honors after leading the Grand Junction Rockies to the championship in 2022. He served as pitching coach for the Princeton WhistlePigs of the Appalachian League last season.“I love baseball and I want to put a winning product on the field,” Jenks said. “I believe I can do that and my track record has shown that I can do that.”Jenks, 42, had a 3.53 ERA in 348 career games for the White Sox (2005-10) and Boston Red Sox (2011). He recorded saves in Game 1 and Game 4 of the 2005 World Series when the White Sox swept...