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Local artist Alexander Star to perform on ‘Visit Lauderdale’ float at 2024 Rose Parade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

You don’t normally think of roses during winter, unless it’s the Rose Parad in California! Making a debut at this epic parade is the city of Fort Lauderdale.Alexander Star rose to the occasion and will be singing on Broward County’s float on New Year’s Day. Deco got a taste of his parade performance. Take a look.Alexander Star (singing): “If you want to feel amazing. Right now. Flash up your lights and color the whole town.”The city of Fort Lauderdale is charming the world with a new song, “Laudy Dayo,” by impact artist Alexander Star.Alexander Star: “I got to make the anthem for Greater Fort Lauderdale, and from what I understand, I’m the second person after Elvis to do a song for the city, which is crazy. This is what they told me.”Those are some pretty big blue suede shoes to fill, and the city has certainly grown since Elvis made that song. Alexander Star: “It’s an honor to be able to be selected to wr...

Florida State’s Mike Norvell wins Dodd Trophy as coach of the year following 13-win season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Florida State’s Mike Norvell has won the Dodd Trophy as national coach of the year after leading the Seminoles to a 13-0 record.The No. 4 Seminoles will play No. 6 Georgia in Saturday’s Orange Bowl.The award announced Friday honors scholarship, leadership and integrity, as well as success on the field. First-year coaches and winners of the award the last two years are not eligible.“The values of athletic success, academic excellence and character represented by this award align with what we emphasize in our program,” Norvell said in a statement. “Those characteristics have been on display through some truly challenging circumstances this season, but I am so proud of how our team responded each and every time.”Norvell led the Seminoles to their first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 2014.Norvell is the second Florida State coach to win the Dodd Trophy, following Bobby Bowden in 1980.Norvell had 35 players named academic All-ACC for the 2022-23 a...

Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.The class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 said Google misled users into believing that it wouldn’t track their internet activities while using incognito mode. It argued that Google’s advertising technologies and other techniques continued to catalog details of users’ site visits and activities despite their use of supposedly “private” browsing.Plaintiffs also charged that Google’s activities yielded an “unaccountable trove of information” about users who thought they’d taken steps to protect their privacy.The settlement, reached Thursday, must still be approved by a federal judge. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the suit originally sought $5 billion on behalf of users; lawyers for the plaintiffs said they expect to presen...

Police: Officer wounded, suspect dead after shooting in Fairhaven

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Fairhaven on Friday night that left an officer injured and a suspect dead, officials announced.Officers responding to a report of an intoxicated male at 125 Sconticut Neck Road around 5 p.m. when shots were exchanged between the male and officers, according to the Fairhaven Police Department.The male, whose name has not been released, was killed.A responding officer was wounded and taken to an area hospital to be treated for their injuries.In a statement, New Bedford Mayor Job Mitchell said, “This evening’s fatal shooting in Fairhaven was tragic in every sense. I am relieved that the officer who was injured will make a full recovery, and that no one else was seriously hurt.”The Bristol District Attorney’s Office investigating the incident.https://twitter.com/JonMitchellNB/status/1740902737959944455No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NE...

Josiah Adamson lifts Catholic Memorial to Garden City Holiday Classic title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

It may say “freshman” on the roster, but Josiah Adamson is already a star.Adamson scored 22 points, including the go-ahead basket with a minute to play, to lead Catholic Memorial to a comeback 59-54 win over Newton North in the Garden City Holiday Classic Tournament final on Friday night at Newton South.Along with Adamson, Ryan Higgins was in double-figures for the Knights with 11 points. Newton North’s Teagan Swint led all scorers with 25 points.“I thought our full court pressure wore them down a bit,” Catholic Memorial coach Denis Tobin said. “I have young players. I said when we were down at halftime, ‘let’s see what we’re made of.’ To our guys’ credit they responded and came back.”Newton North (4-1) led most of the night and clung to a 52-50 edge with two minutes remaining. Knights center Jacob Cofield came up with a three-point play to put CM on top 53-52. Moments later, after Higgins split a pair at the li...

5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-Atlanta Falcons game at Soldier Field — plus our Week 17 predictions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

The Chicago Bears look to extend their Soldier Field winning streak to five games when they host the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.As kickoff approaches, here’s our snapshot look at the game.Player in the spotlightBears quarterback Justin FieldsAs Bears leadership prepares to make big decisions for the future, Fields has two more games to make his case to remain the team’s quarterback.The Bears have won three of their last four games behind Fields, who missed four games midseason with a dislocated right thumb. After a rough loss to the Cleveland Browns, Fields and the offense had positives and negatives in a 27-16 win over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 16, the Bears’ fourth straight home victory.The Bears rushed for 250 yards, including 97 yards and a touchdown from Fields. He also threw for 170 yards and a touchdown. But that included only 35 passing yards in the second half, when the Bears scored just six points and Fields threw an interception.Fields said the Bears ...

Missing elderly at-risk woman last seen in City Heights area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities on Friday are asking for the public's help in finding an 81-year-old at-risk woman who went missing in the City Heights area.Maria Gamez was last seen near 5400 University Ave in the El Cerrito/Colina Del Sol neighborhood, the San Diego Police Department posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, around 10:06 a.m. City of San Diego truck runs into Naval Base fence; driver taken into custody Police describe Gamez as 5'2", 150 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray knit cap, gray sweater and blue jeans.Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Gamez is asked to call 911 and refer to case #23502776.

Victim, suspect in deadly San Marcos stabbing identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A victim and suspect have been identified after a deadly stabbing Tuesday in San Marcos, authorities said.Angela Marie Lanway, 42, was announced as the deceased, Lt. Joseph Jarjura with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) said in a news release Friday. Ziyah Jay Patterson, 29, was arrested on suspicion of murdering Lanway and booked into the Vista Detention Facility.On the evening of Dec. 26, a stabbing was reported in the 100 block of N. Twin Oaks Valley Rd., according to law enforcement. Orca sightings have surged in SoCal. What experts believe is keeping the whales here When deputies arrived on scene, they found Lanway with a stab wound. First responders took her to the hospital where she died from her injuries. Lanway and Patterson appeared to have been in a relationship at the time of the stabbing. Authorities have deemed it as an isolated incident.There are no other suspects being sought, per SDSO.Anyone with information about this incident is asked...

Health officials warn of possible tuberculosis exposure at Mission Valley YMCA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- If you were at the Mission Valley YMCA between March and October of this year, you may have been exposed to tuberculosis, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced Friday. Members and staff at the Mission Valley YMCA are being notified of the potential exposure by the County’s Tuberculosis Program in the Public Health Services department, which say the exposure happened "almost exclusively" between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. from March 5 through Oct. 30, 2023. CDC warns of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever for those traveling to Mexico Anyone who believes they may have been exposed to TB should contact your doctor or the County TB Control Program. The YMCA and the County report they have identified members with the most risk of possible exposure and are notifying them each individually. San Diego resident dies from tick bite; health officials warn of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Just this month at the same YMCA, 13 p...

New York governor vetoes change to wrongful death statute, nixing damages for emotional suffering

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:17:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one.Hochul declined Friday to sign the Grieving Families Act for the second time this year. In a veto memo, the Democrat said she favors changing the statute but the bill lawmakers sent her had the “potential for significant unintended consequences.”Among Hochul’s concerns, she said, were the possibility of increased insurance premiums for consumers and a risk to the financial well-being of public hospitals and other health care facilities.New York is one of just a few states that account only for economic loss in wrongful death lawsuits. Almost all states allow family members to be compensated for emotional loss.The head of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, David Scher, called Hochul’s veto “a grave miscarriage of justice.”The governor’...