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Estados Unidos cancela visas de 100 funcionarios nicaragüenses por “socavar la democracia”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos impuso el sábado restricciones de visa a 100 funcionarios nicaragüenses más por su papel en el apoyo al régimen del presidente Daniel Ortega.El secretario de la agencia, Antony Blinken, escribió en sus cuentas de redes sociales que su oficina “ha tomado medidas para imponer restricciones de visa a 100 funcionarios nicaragüenses que restringen los derechos humanos de los nicaragüenses y socavan la democracia”.“Hacemos un llamado al régimen para que libere incondicional e inmediatamente al obispo Álvarez y a todos los detenidos injustamente”, escribió Blinken.El obispo Rolando Álvarez, un crítico abierto del gobierno de Nicaragua, fue encarcelado por el régimen de Ortega por supuestamente ayudar a los manifestantes antigubernamentales. Fue condenado a 26 años de prisión tras negarse a abordar un avión que transportaba exiliados a Estados Unidos en febrero.Ortega encarceló a decenas de figuras de la oposición para gana...

Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for afternoon heat in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

Update 2 p.m.: A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued due to the afternoon heat advisory. Meteorologist Dave Fraser will have a full forecast during FOX31 News at 4 and 5.DENVER (KDVR) — With mostly sunny skies and another light southerly wind, temperatures will climb into the 90s once again on Tuesday in the Denver weather forecast. Heat advisories are in effect from noon until 8 p.m. in the counties below as highs may get into the very low 100s.Pinpoint Weather: Heat advisories on Aug. 22. Weather today: Hot and sunnyAfter record-breaking heat was recorded on Monday, Denver will continue to have high temperatures across the Front Range. Highs will top out in the middle to upper 90s with mostly sunny skies. ‘Where’s Moochi?’: 900-pound water buffalo missing in Colorado Denver will also see a light breeze increasing through the afternoon and evening hours. Spotty afternoon and evening showers are possible.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Aug. 22. Weather tonight: Warm an...

Attorney John Eastman surrenders in Trump's Georgia case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself into authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss.Eastman was booked at the Fulton County jail and is expected to have an arraignment in the coming weeks in the sprawling racketeering case.Eastman, a former University of Colorado Boulder visiting professor, is accused of helping design the legal strategy aimed at keeping Trump in power after his 2020 election loss. Eastman is currently representing Colorado Republicans in their bid to close their primaries to unaffiliated voters.He was indicted last week alongside Trump and 17 others, who are accused by District Attorney Fani Willis of scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters in a desperate bid to keep Joe Biden out of the White House. It was the fourth criminal case brought against the Republican former preside...

Victim takes the stand during 2nd day of trial for ex-Hialeah PD officer accused of beating up homeless man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

The trial of a former Hialeah officer accused of kidnapping and beating a homeless man entered day two of testimony, where the victim took the stand. Former Hialeah Police Officer Rafael Otano is accused of kidnapping and beating a homeless man along with former Officer Lorenzo Orfila on December 2022. Witnesses who found the man were heard for the first time on Monday.The victim, Jose Ortega Gutierrez, explained what happened in his own words. “I asked them if we were going to TGK, and they told they me, ‘We’re going to take you for a ride,’” a translator assisting Gutierrez said. “They took me out, they tossed me head first on the floor and they start hitting me, and they were hitting me while I was handcuffed.”The officers were dispatched to the shopping center on the afternoon of Dec. 17 regarding a homeless man who was known to frequent the area.Instead of taking him into custody, they handcuffed the man, put him in a patrol car and drove him to a ...

Bodycam shows beaten Navy veteran describing attack in Miami Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

Newly released body camera footage captured the moments a veteran became the victim of a brutal beach beating. Now, he is describing exactly what happened to him. The police were at the scene at a CVS minutes after the vicious, unprovoked, sudden attack of a 70-year-old Navy veteran in Miami Beach.“You tell us what happened,” an officer said.The body camera footage obtained exclusively by 7News showed the moments after the victim was beaten and bloodied at a Lincoln Road bus stop in late June.His face was soaked in blood while waiting inside the CVS where he was first taken as he waited for help.He told officers about the attack. “This is what happened, I’m waiting over here at the bus stop,” the victim said. “I go to the VA. I volunteer there. I am also a veteran.”The veteran was on his way to help fellow vets at the VA Hospital until his brutal encounter.“He comes by, and he’s on his bike, he gets off his bike, walks around,...

Crews respond to overturned catamaran in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

A vessel with several people on board was overturned. City of Miami Police and fire rescue units arrived at the scene of the overturned catamaran, located at 3663 S. Miami Ave., Tuesday afternoon. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene as the catamaran lay on its side. Two people were seen in the water.No injuries were reported. Towboats are expected to arrive at the scene to remove the vessel. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Man arrested for leaving unattended bag with firearm inside at West Hollywood Elementary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

A man was arrested for leaving an unattended bag containing a firearm at a Hollywood school before the official start of school. Hollywood Police responded to West Hollywood Elementary School at 6301 Hollywood Blvd on Friday after a staff member stumbled upon the unattended bag.Prior to the start of the school year, an assembly was held where one of the attending adults, identified as Thomas Richardson, left his gun in an unattended bag near a bookshelf.According to police, Richardson attempted to reclaim the bag, leading to his apprehension by authorities without incident. Richardson, who has since bonded out of jail, was taken into custody and transported to the BSO main jail by the Hollywood Police. He has since been charged with possession of a weapon-firearm on school property.

Florida mother arrested for aggravated manslaughter of 5-year-old son found with cocaine and fentanyl in system

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

The mother of a 5-year-old boy has been arrested for Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child after her son’s tragic death in August 2022. Glendalis Godreau Torres, 26, of Orlando, was arrested Tuesday. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the young boy was found unresponsive and later died at the hospital. A toxicology report revealed the presence of cocaine and fentanyl in his system.Homicide detectives, investigating the circumstances surrounding the boy’s death, determined that the child’s mother was allegedly involved in drug dealing from their residence. The investigation unveiled that the presence of cocaine and fentanyl in the child’s system was linked to his mother’s activities. Glendalis Godreau Torres was taken into custody today in connection with her son’s death.

Kingston man arrested after allegedly placing rocks on on roadway to damage vehicles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

A 31-year-old Kingston man was arrested Monday after a monthslong investigation into rocks allegedly placed on a local roadway to damage passing vehicles, Kingston police announced. Cameron Currier, 31, was arraigned on Tuesday morning on multiple charges linked to accusations that he placed large rocks in the roadway on Pembroke Street on various days dating back to February. Police in a statement said the rocks weighed between 15 and 50 pounds and damaged multiple vehicles, ripping out undercarriages, causing fluid spills and triggering airbags in some cases. Police said the rocks were placed in the middle of the road along a half-mile span of Pembroke Street near Reed Street, described as a heavily wooded and dark area with no residences directly abutting it. “Clearly, this was incredibly dangerous,” police said.Local driver Dustin Starr said he was driving home back in April when he hit a 50-pound rock in the road. “It just launched up, we went way up an...

Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Rhode Island and Martha’s Vineyard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:12 GMT

A planned offshore wind farm moved a step closer to construction Tuesday with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved the project, to be located in federal waters near Rhode Island south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.The Revolution Wind project will have an estimated capacity of more than 700 megawatts of renewable energy, capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes, and is expected to create about 1,200 jobs during construction, regulators said.It’s the department’s fourth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project, joining the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts, the South Fork Wind project off Rhode Island and New York, and the Ocean Wind 1 project off New Jersey.The Revolution Wind project is another step toward the Biden administration’s goal of developing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, said U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.“Together with industry, labor and partners fr...