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USCG rescues couple and dog stranded 90 miles off a Florida beach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

HERNANDO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) – A United States Coast Guard aircrew successfully rescued two people and their dog on Saturday, approximately 90 miles off Hernando Beach, after their sailboat experienced mechanical failure, officials said.The couple, along with their canine companion, were safely transported back to Air Station Clearwater and reported to be in good health.Courtesy USCG/ TMXThe distress call was initiated via a digital selective calling (DSC) alert received by Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders around 11 a.m, the USCG said in a news release. According to the USCG, the alert was triggered after a porthole on the sailboat broke, allowing water to enter and damage some onboard electronics.

Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis says leg injury will end his season with No. 5 Seminoles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis says the severe leg injury he sustained on Saturday will end his season.Travis’ left leg was placed in an air cast and he was carted off the field late in the first quarter following a run up the middle of the 58-13 win over North Alabama. He posted updates on Sunday from his Instagram account, including some showing Seminoles teammates around him in the hospital room.In a statement released Monday by the program, Travis says while the injury “marks the end of my Seminole playing career, the great memories created here at FSU will never fade. … The journey this team set out on is not over yet as all of our goals still lie just ahead.”The No. 5 Seminoles (11-0, No. 4 CFP) will face Florida (5-6) on Saturday. FSU will turn to Tate Rodemaker at quarterback, with freshman Brock Glenn as the likely backup.Specific details about Travis’ injury or possible surgery have not been announced by Travis or Florida State. Coac...

Kansas strengthens grip on No. 1 in AP Top 25; Miami grabs its first top 10 ranking since 2018

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

Kansas’ comeback win in a marquee matchup kept the Jayhawks firmly entrenched atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday while Miami climbed to its highest ranking in nearly five years.The Jayhawks stayed at No. 1 and Miami climbed to No. 10 to replace a tumbling Florida Atlantic in the only major change at the top of the rankings.Kansas (3-0) rallied from 14 down to beat Kentucky in last week’s Champions Classic, led by a huge game from transfer big man Hunter Dickinson in its lone game of the week. That helped the Jayhawks pick up an additional first-place vote from last week, topping 52 of 61 ballots.The Hurricanes (5-0) offered the only change to the top tier of the poll after beating Kansas State to win the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship. They climbed two spots to crack the top 10 for the first time since spending four weeks there early in the 2017-18 season.Miami replaced Florida Atlantic, which opened the year at No. 10 aft...

COVID inquiry: Rishi Sunak’s ‘dogmatic’ push to reopen economy slammed by ex-science chief

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s flagship scheme to reopen the British economy during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic is “highly likely” to have led to increased deaths, the U.K. government’s former top scientist told the official COVID inquiry Monday.Patrick Vallance — chief scientific adviser to the government during the pandemic — made clear his deep disagreement with the “Eat Out to Help Out” discount devised by Sunak’s Treasury to get people back into restaurants in summer 2020. It’s the latest awkward testimony for Sunak, the former chancellor who became U.K. prime minister late last year. He has so far seen much of the inquiry’s spotlight fall on his predecessor Boris Johnson.A short extract of Sunak’s written submission to the inquiry was displayed at the probe Monday. In it, Sunak — who will face the inquiry in the next two weeks — said he did “not recall any concerns about the scheme being expressed...

Power grab by France, Germany and Italy threatens to kill EU’s AI bill

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

Europe’s three largest economies have turned against regulation of the most powerful types of artificial intelligence, putting the fate of the bloc’s pioneering Artificial Intelligence Act on the line.France, Germany and Italy are stonewalling negotiations over a controversial section of the EU’s draft AI legislation so it doesn’t hamper Europe’s own development of “foundation models,” AI infrastructure that underpins large-language models like OpenAI’s GPT and Google’s Bard.Government officials argue that slapping tough restrictions on these newfangled models would harm the EU’s own champions in the race to harness AI technology. In a joint paper shared with fellow EU governments, obtained by POLITICO, the three European heavyweights said Europe needs a “regulatory framework which fosters innovation and competition, so that European players can emerge and carry our voice and values in the global race of AI.” The paper sugg...

Police report gives new details on arrest of Bruins’ Milan Lucic, who is expected to face assault charge in court

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

A police report is shedding new light on the arrest of Bruins veteran winger Milan Lucic, who is expected to be arraigned on a charge of assault and battery in Boston Municipal Court this week.Lucic was previously arrested on Saturday morning at his North End apartment in Boston following what was reported to be a domestic incident, leading to the Bruins placing him on indefinite leave.A police report obtained by 7NEWS described how officers responded to Lucic’s apartment in the North End by his wife, who had called police stating her husband attempted to choke her.According to the report, officers met with her in the apartment’s lobby and learned that the incident occurred after, sometime during the night, Lucic had come home and could not find his cell phone.She said Lucic accused her of hiding the phone and demanded it back, and that when she told him she did not have it or know where it was, he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her backwards as she tried to walk awa...

Biden grants turkey justice as Liberty and Bell ride the gravy train to the White House

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

(CNN) — Liberty arrived at the White House seeking justice.President Joe Biden presided over the annual White House Thanksgiving tradition of the turkey pardon Monday, sparing Liberty, a 42.5-pound turkey, and Bell, 42.1 pounds, in a brief respite from the global crises facing his administration.Liberty and Bell were roasted – but only metaphorically – by the president on the South Lawn of the White House. The yearly occasion is an opportunity for a cornucopia of fowl jokes – and to give thanks as the holiday season begins.“These birds have a new appreciation for the word, ‘Let freedom ring,’” Biden told an audience of children of his staff and Cabinet members, local schoolkids, and others.“That’s a big bird, man. I’m impressed,” Biden said as one of the turkeys flapped on a table. “I hereby pardon Liberty and Bell. Congratulations, birds.”As Americans gather around their Thanksgiving tables this year, the price of the average meal is down from a historic high, signaling s...

MIAA statewide football championship schedule announced

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

Tickets for the MIAA State Football Championships are on sale now via Ticketmaster. No tickets will be sold at the Gillette Stadium Ticket Office. All tickets will be digital and will be accessible via mobile device only. Fans can access and manage mobile tickets via the Gillette Stadium App which is available on the App Store (for iPhone users) and Google Play Store (for Android users). It is recommended that fans add their mobile tickets to their Apple Wallet or Google Pay to beat busy network connections at the game. Additional information on mobile ticketing can be found at GilletteStadium.com/tickets/mobile/.Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students/senior citizens. Children 5 years old and younger will receive free admission. The ticket price includes parking, admission to the games and a game day discount of $3 off adult admission at the Patriots Hall of Fame presented by RTX (must show game ticket). Wednesday’s tickets provide access to both Wednesday games, Thursday’s...

Adrián Beltré, other former Red Sox among first-time candidates on Hall of Fame ballot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

Though his time in Boston was short, Adrián Beltré enjoyed a successful one-year stint with the Red Sox in the midst of his 21-year career in the majors. Along the way Beltré established himself as one of the greatest third baseman in MLB history, compiling 3,166 hits, 477 home runs and 93.5 wins above replacement.Now Beltré has a chance to complete his baseball journey with a trip to Cooperstown.Beltré is the headliner of this year’s 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, which was unveiled on Monday afternoon and features 26 candidates, including 12 first-timers and seven who spent time with the Red Sox.The other first-time candidates with ties to the Red Sox include first baseman Adrián González, catcher Victor Martinez, starting pitcher Bartolo Colon and second baseman Brandon Phillips, none of whom spent significant time with the Red Sox and who would presumably wear another team’s cap if they ever earned induction. Outfielder Manny Ramirez and closer Billy Wagner are t...

Boston TV reporter is grabbed from behind while outside TD Garden for Bruins game: ‘Unacceptable’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:45:36 GMT

A Boston TV reporter in front of a camera was grabbed from behind while outside TD Garden for a Bruins game over the weekend.WHDH 7News reporter Grant Hermes took to social media after the incident Saturday night when the yelling stranger grabbed him around his chest.Hermes was doing a standup report outside TD Garden, and the person came up from behind, flexed like he was in the middle of a wrestling ring, and shouted, “Yeah boy!”As Hermes turns his head, the person screams out “Woooooo!” in wrestler legend Ric Flair style, and grabs the reporter around his chest.Hermes pushes the guy off, and chases him away before returning to the camera.“I’m fine. My photog is fine. But I wanna be clear how not ok this is,” Hermes posted on social media along with the video. “The people you see on TV are at work, at a job where people make threats at us regularly. So we don’t know when you yell at us, run into our live shots or grab us, we do...