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Feeding South Florida aims to provide meals for 7,000 families as Thanksgiving nears

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

Food pantries are on a mission to feed hungry South Floridians. Now, one organization is leading the charge to put food on tables for families during the holidays.More than a million people in South Florida will not have enough to eat for Thanksgiving and one in nine don’t know where they will receive their next meal. “Food insecurity here in South Florida is really getting out of control,” said Paco Velez, CEO of Feeding South Florida. Valez said that for Thanksgiving, he hopes the organization will provide 7,000 families with meals.“It’s getting to where you need to make over $70,000 for a family of four just to live in South Florida, and families can’t put that kind of money together and are struggling to put food on the table,” he said.The organization’s warehouse in Pembroke Park holds 2.5 million pounds of food. In a single month, they will give away twice as much. “If we stop bringing in food to Feeding South Florida, we w...

Miami man, former Proud Boy member convicted for role in Jan 6. Insurrection at US Capitol

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

Another Miami man was found guilty for his role in the Jan. 6 Insurrection.Gabriel Garcia was convicted of civil disorder and obstruction of an official government proceeding.He’s a former member of the extremist group the Proud Boys and once sat on the Miami-Dade Republican Executive Committee.Garcia got into confrontations with police officers during the capitol riots back in 2021 and helped others storm into the building. He also posted a video where he was heard taunting then Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.He’s expected to be sentenced in March and faces up to 25 years in prison and possible financial penalties.

1 dead following shooting at Tamarac warehouse; suspect in custody

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

Authorities are investigating after a man was shot and killed at a warehouse in Tamarac. According to the Broward Sherri’s Office, the shooting occurred at 6501 Nob Hill Road, just before 2 p.m., Tuesday. Upon arrival, deputies quickly took the suspected shooter into custody. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where employees of the business where the shooting took place left the area. Tamarac Fire Rescue rushed the man to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased. What led up to the shooting is under investigation. The area near the business has since been closed off. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

BSO seeks help from public in locating 14-year-old reported missing from Pompano Beach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is seeking help from the public in locating 14-year-old Angel Escamilla, who has been reported missing from Pompano Beach.According to detectives, Escamilla was last seen on Sunday, Nov. 19, around 11 p.m. near Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano Beach, riding a light blue beach cruiser bicycle.Escamilla is described as weighing approximately 130 pounds, standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue hoodie, black jogger pants, and black Crocs.Individuals with information on Escamilla’s whereabouts are urged to contact BSO Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or reach out to the BSO non-emergency number 954-764-HELP (4357).

U.S. has sent Israel data on aid group locations to try to prevent strikes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

The Biden administration has been providing Israel with the location of humanitarian groups in Gaza for weeks to prevent strikes against their facilities. But Israel has continued to hit such sites.The information included GPS coordinates of a number of medical facilities and information on movements of aid groups in Gaza to the Israeli government for at least a month, according to three people familiar with the communications. All were granted anonymity because they feared speaking publicly would make it more difficult for aid groups to operate in Gaza.Still, Israel has launched operations against Hamas in or near aid sites, including hospitals, leading to the destruction of buildings and the blocking of fuel and other critical supplies.It’s unclear if the U.S. has compiled a formal “no-strike” list or if it is providing one-off guidance. But officials have helped transmit coordinates of groups that provide food and medical care in Gaza and operate out of hospitals, smaller offices...

Mix of rain and snow expected to impact travel in New England ahead of Thanksgiving

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

A storm arriving late Tuesday night is expected to bring a mix of rain and snow to New England, potentially having a major impact on holiday travel ahead of Thanksgiving. Snow is expected to give way to rain even in higher elevations in Worcester County by Wednesday morning. Even so, preparations were underway in communities including Leominster Tuesday. “We’re prepping some trucks up in case we have to go out,” said Leominster Department of Public Works Dispatcher Luke Beaulac. Some flakes may start to fly in higher terrain around 9 p.m., with rain falling elsewhere in the region.Rain and snow is expected to continue through the overnight hours before the rain/snow line pushes fully into New Hampshire near 2 a.m. Rain and wind in coastal communities is expected to persist through the morning and eventually taper off early Wednesday afternoon. Snowfall forecasts from 7NEWS meteorologists as of Tuesday afternoon projected between one and three inches of total snow thro...

‘They deserve a second chance’: 68-year-old man attacked by Pitbulls in Lynn speaks out, hopes dogs will not be put down

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

A 68-year-old man who was attacked by a pair of Pitbulls in Lynn says he does not want anything to happen to the dogs that mauled him and left him with extensive injuries.The victim, who wished to not give his name, spoke with 7NEWS from his hospital bed where he has been recovering ever since police say two Pitbulls attacked him on a bike path on Sunday, Nov. 12.“I got it good, they came after me,” he said over the phone. “The ear on the left side of my head is torn off.”The 68-year-old told 7NEWS he had been walking along The Northern Strand trail when he got up from petting other dogs and saw the Pitbulls about 25 feet away, charging at him.Photos provided to the news station showed the dogs’ teeth marks on the victim’s nose. The 68-year-old said the top of his eyes were also scratched and that he also had deep wounds to his legs.“I don’t know what reason they attacked me – nobody knows,” he said.According to court paper...

Ticker: Crypto exchange allowed money laundering, plea; Home sales at slowest pace in 13 years 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

The government dealt a massive blow to the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance as its founder, Changpeng Zhao, pleaded guilty to a felony charge Tuesday related to his failure to prevent money laundering on his platform.Binance also agreed to a roughly $4 billion settlement with the U.S. over violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and apparent violations of sanctions programs, including failure to put into place a suspicious transaction reporting programs. Zhao has stepped down as the company’s chief executive.Over the summer, the company was accused of operating as an unregistered securities exchange and violating a slew of securities laws in a lawsuit from regulators. That case was similar to practices uncovered after the collapse of FTX, the second largest cryptocurrency exchange, last year.“Binance became the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in part because of the crimes it committed — now it is paying one of the largest corporate penalties...

Thanksgiving Day football schedule

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

TUESDAY’S GAMESTech Boston vs. Brighton, 5 (Fenway)King Philip vs. Franklin, 7:30 (Fenway)WEDNESDAY’S GAMESChelmsford vs. Billerica, 4 (Fenway)Lynn Tech vs. KIPP, 4:30 (Manning)Blue Hills vs. Bristol-Plymouth, 5 (Taunton)Central (RI) at Somerset Berkley, 5South Shore at Holbrook/Avon, 5Arch. Williams at Cardinal Spellman, 6Chelsea vs. Cathedral, 6 (Carter)Greater Lawrence at Whittier, 6Lowell Catholic at Greater Lowell, 6Malden Catholic at St. John’s (Shrewsbury), 6Monomoy vs. St. John Paul, 6 (Sandwich)Monty Tech at Nashoba Tech, 6St. Mary’s at Everett, 6Shawsheen vs. Arch. Williams, 6 (Hormel)Tri-County at Old Colony, 6Bishop Feehan at Bishop Stang. 6:30Dracut/Innovation at Methuen, 6:30Leominster vs. Fitchburg, 6:30 (Fenway)THURSDAY’S GAMESExcel/Burke at East Boston, 9:30Abington at Whitman-Hanson, 10Atlantis Charter/Westport at Case, 10Barnstable at Falmouth, 10Bedford at Burlington, 10Belmont at Watertown, 10Boston Latin vs. Boston English, 10 (Har...

Battenfeld: Maura Healey pick to chair MCCA faced own accusations about lack of diversity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:30 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey’s new chair of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, who just engineered the ouster of executive director David Gibbons, faced accusations of being a “stumbling block” to diversity while she was a top official in Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration.Emme Handy, former Chief Financial Officer under Walsh, came under fire after a long-awaited 703-page city report found that few city contracts went to businesses owned by people of color.The findings were so bad that the head of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts called on Handy and another top Walsh official to be fired and called them “stumbling blocks” to diversity.“Bold leadership is required to immediately correct this systemic problem,” the council said in a statement reported by the Bay State Banner.Despite that, Handy, who has since left city government, was picked by Healey to chair the MCCA in a board shakeup that eventually led to Gibbons – who made $316,000 in 2022 – agreeing to a “m...