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German authorities arrest a 15-year-old on suspicion of planning an attack

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning and preparing a terror attack, authorities said Wednesday.Prosecutors in Duesseldorf said the teenager was detained Tuesday during a search at his home. A court in nearby Leverkusen ordered him kept in custody Wednesday pending a possible indictment, they said in a statement. The prosecutors said they could not give additional details for now.German news agency dpa, which cited unidentified security sources, reported that the 15-year-old and a 16-year-old in the eastern German state of Brandenburg were arrested after allegedly discussing carrying out an attack on “infidels.” The younger suspect allegedly named a synagogue and a Christmas market as possible targets, dpa said. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the alleged plans were.Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said earlier Wednesday that the threat situation in the country has escalated following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attac...

Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after stop and killed him with overdose

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday that two paramedics ”did nothing" to help an ailing Elijah McClain as he lay on the ground and instead injected him with an overdose of a powerful sedative that killed the 23-year-old Black man after he had been weakened by police neck holds when officers forcibly restrained him walking home from a convenience store.The paramedics are charged with manslaughter and other felonies in the final jury trial over McClain's 2019 death in a Denver suburb. The trial is expected to explore largely uncharted legal territory because it is rare for medical first responders to face criminal charges.Initially no one was charged because the coroner’s office could not determine exactly how McClain died. But social justice protests following the 2020 murder of George Floyd drew renewed attention to McClain’s case, and a grand jury indicted the paramedics and three officers in 2021. The officers already have gone to trial and two were acquitt...

EdFed brings finance learning on wheels to Miami-Dade high schools

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

High schoolers in Miami-Dade County are getting a unique opportunity to dive into finance and banking, paving the way for financial confidence as they approach adulthood.Edison Senior High School in Miami hosted a celebratory event on Wednesday, marking the launch of a transformative program. The Educational Federal Credit Union, affectionately known as EdFed, is taking financial education directly to 12 Miami-Dade school campuses through its innovative mobile branch.This mobile branch operates like a traditional bank, offering students, EdFed members, Miami-Dade County Schools employees, and Miami-Dade College students the ability to conduct transactions, withdrawals, and deposits right on campus.Dr. Jose Dotres, the Superintendent of Miami-Dade Schools, expressed his support, drawing on his own experience starting a career in banking after high school. “I started when I graduated from high school, what did I do? My first job was at a bank,” he said. “We always ha...

MDPD investigate alleged elderly exploitation at assisted living facility in SW Miami-Dade

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

Miami-Dade Police executed a warrant at an assisted living facility that is facing an investigation for possible elderly exploitation.7News cameras captured MDPD Medical Crimes officers arriving at the assisted living facility in Southwest Miami-Dade, Wednesday afternoon. They claim that the home has been operating as an unlicensed assisted living facility. The Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Department of Health are also investigating the assisted living facility. Police told 7News that the facility has been in business for quite a long time. While the condition inside the home are unknown, 7News has learned that several people have been living there. There are bunk beds and locker rooms inside the home. The employees at the home, police said, are not medically trained. “So you’re looking at 30 individuals that are living inside a home, where of course, it’s not certified by the state, it doesn’t have a license to be an adult li...

Lithuania asks EU not to drop ammo refunds for Ukraine

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

BRUSSELS — Small EU countries would encounter financial difficulty in helping Ukraine if the bloc were to halt a funding scheme that pays for arms and ammunition, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told POLITICO.The future of the fund is in limbo, as the attempt to carve out a new Ukraine assistance package worth €20 billion over four years from the European Peace Facility (EPF) remains unsettled thanks to opposition from Hungary. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is threatening to hijack a December summit of EU leaders over the issue. That’s prompting some countries to contemplate ways to work around Budapest and keep aid flowing to Kyiv, including by sending direct financial aid via bilateral arrangements rather than EU structures like EPF.“The problem is, if EPF is no longer continued … small countries like mine, we would be less able to assist Ukraine with the resources that we have,” Landsbergis said.He warned th...

Security guard fatally shot at New Hampshire hospital remembered for dedication to community, family

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

TILTON, N.H. (AP) — A security guard who was shot to death at New Hampshire Hospital is being remembered for his dedication to his community and family.Law enforcement from multiple departments joined state officials and family members on Monday for a celebration of life service for Bradley Haas, 63, who died following the shooting on Nov. 17. A police escort brought his remains through the city of Franklin, where he grew up and served as police chief, on its way to Winnisquam High School in Tilton, WMUR-TV reported.“Behind every badge is a person, and in our law enforcement community, there are a lot of genuinely good people, and Brad was one of them,” said Stephen Houten, an Army veteran and former Sanbornton police officer.Haas, also an Army veteran, served with the Franklin Police Department for 28 years before retiring in 2008. He then became a security guard at the psychiatric hospital in Concord.“He was known as a quiet professional, and I knew him that way,” s...

Wolverines receive protection under Endangered Species Act as climate change threatens their habitat

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

(CNN) — The North American wolverine has officially been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and will receive long-anticipated federal protections, US officials announced Wednesday, as the climate crisis melts away their snowy mountain habitats.The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to list the wolverines as threatened in the contiguous US comes as scientists warn that warming temperatures are rapidly diminishing the mountain snowpack that the species rely on for food, reproduction and ultimate survival.“Current and increasing impacts of climate change and associated habitat degradation and fragmentation are imperiling the North American wolverine,” Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Regional Director Hugh Morrison said in a statement. “Based on the best available science, this listing determination will help to stem the long-term impact and enhance the viability of wolverines in the contiguous United States.”Adding wolverines to t...

Maine offers free university tuition to Lewiston shooting victims, families

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s public university system is offering free tuition to family members of those who died and to those who were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in state history, officials said Wednesday.The Lewiston Strong Tuition Waiver program covers more than 80 people. It also creates a fund that the public can donate to that will cover other post-secondary educational expenses. The Oct. 25 shootings left 18 people dead after a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a restaurant.The program was announced by Gov. Janet Mills, University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy and trustees. It expanded on a call from Mills to create a scholarship fund for people affected by the shootings.“Through their boundless generosity, Maine people are demonstrating that our state will stand by those who were injured and the families of those who were killed in the months, years and decades to come,” said Mills, a Democrat.The people covered by the ...

‘This Is Spinal Tap’ sequel will feature Sir Paul McCartney and Elton John

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

(CNN) — Rob Reiner said that Elton John and Paul McCartney are going to be in the upcoming “This is Spinal Tap” sequel.Reiner, who directed the original film, said on the “RHLSTP with Richard Herring” podcast that the mocumentary movie sequel is officially happening.“We’re making a sequel. We’re going to start shooting at the end of February and everybody is back,” Reiner said.The director revealed he will reprise his role as filmmaker Marty DiBergi. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer are all set to return as members of the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap.In addition to John and McCartney, Reiner teased a few more surprises, including an appearance in the sequel by Garth Brooks.“You don’t want to just do it, to do it. You want to honor the first one and push it a little further with the story,” Reiner told Deadline in 2022 about moving forward with a sequel.“This is Spinal Tap” debuted in March 1984, so the seque...

Bruins notebook: Jim Montgomery clears the air with Jeremy Swayman

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:12 GMT

There are plenty of issues that are ailing the Bruins right now, but the relationship between coach Jim Montgomery and goalie Jeremy Swayman isn’t one of them.With another game slipping away from them on Monday in Columbus, Montgomery took the aggressive step of yanking Swayman after just two goals against. As he explained after the game, he was simply trying to spark his team that was in a tailspin. The NESN cameras caught the coach and goalie having what looked like a contentious, if brief, conversation about it.But on Wednesday, Montgomery and Swayman talked it out and all is good between the two former Maine Black Bears.“I had a good meeting with him this morning,” said Montgomery. “Sway’s a competitor. Our goaltenders are our number one reason why we’re (14-4-3). And the number two reason is distant (from the goalies). I gave him my thoughts. I always trust my gut behind the bench and my gut said the team needed a a spark and that was the way to get it. In New...