Police chase ends in Plantation shopping plaza
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
A police pursuit unfolded in Plantation on Friday morning, ending in a shopping plaza after a black Honda Accord led officers on a chase near Oakland Park Boulevard and Northwest 38th Avenue.The chaotic scene was captured on a police officer’s dashcam, revealing the black Honda navigating between police cars and executing a U-turn to evade authorities. The pursuit reached its conclusion as dozens of Plantation Police officers, K-9 units, and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies swarmed the shopping center. A police helicopter hovered overhead to aid in the apprehension.While one person was observed in the back of a police car at the scene, details regarding potential charges remain unclear as of now. As of 6 a.m., police have cleared the area, but the investigation continues to uncover the circumstances surrounding the pursuit and apprehension.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.How to watch the climate summit like an expert
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
Two weeks, at least 100,000 attendees and a major oil producer serving as host country — with the Earth’s future high on the agenda.The United Nations climate talks that began Thursday in Dubai aim to get nearly 200 countries to agree to actions to limit the worst impacts of global warming. They come at the end of what is likely the hottest year on record, as study after study shows that planet-warming pollution is still rising, along with the fossil fuel production that drives it.Delegates meeting in the United Arab Emirates will make decisions about issues including the fate of coal, oil and natural gas, along with the trillions of dollars needed to avoid and respond to catastrophes. They’ll do so amid hardening divisions over trade, wars on two continents and economic instability.Climate negotiators and diplomats won’t be the only ones crowding Expo City. The summit is also drawing royalty of various origins, chief climate officers, financiers and climate activists.What will all ...OPEC+ members agree to significant voluntary oil production cuts
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
London (CNN) — Several OPEC+ countries agreed to voluntarily cut oil production by a total of 2.2 million barrels per day in the first quarter of 2024, the oil producing group announced Thursday.Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, will lead the effort by extending a voluntary production cut of 1 million barrels per day of oil — previously intended to run till the end of December — by another three months, according to a statement from OPEC+, which comprises the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies.The kingdom’s production will stay at around 9 million barrels a day until the end of March 2024, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said, citing “an official source from the Ministry of Energy,” after Saudi officials met with other major oil-producing nations in Vienna Thursday.In addition to Saudi Arabia, the following voluntary barrel-per-day production cuts were announced: Russia by 500,000; Iraq by 223,000; the United Emira...‘Lost’ Botticelli masterpiece worth $109 million found in home in southern Italy
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
Rome (CNN) — A painting by the 15th-century master Sandro Botticelli, recorded as missing since the 1980s, has been found at a home in southern Italy.The depiction of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ was discovered in a home in the town of Gragnano, near Naples, according to the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Naples.The painting by the artist most famous for “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” is estimated by Italian authorities to be worth at least €100 million ($109 million). It was commissioned for the Roman Catholic Church in 1470.The 58- x 80-centimeter (23- x 31-inch) work, painted in tempera on wood, had hung in a church in the Neapolitan suburb of Santa Maria la Carità since the early 1900s, after the church it was originally given to burned down.When an earthquake damaged the church in 1982, the painting was given by the parish to a local family named Somma for safekeeping, according to a spokesman for the Italian minis...Ghostly new figures appear in the waters of the Caribbean
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
(CNN) — The world’s first underwater sculpture park has just gotten a lot bigger.Created by British sculptor and ecologist Jason deCaires Taylor in 2006, the Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park in Grenada is now one of the Caribbean country’s most popular underwater attractions.The captivating installation recently expanded significantly, with 31 new sculptures added to the site, situated in a marine protected area off the west coast of the island.Among the new additions is “Coral Carnival,” a sculpture series based on Spicemas, Grenada’s hugely popular carnival that showcases iconic masqueraders such as the “Jab Jab,” a character with chains who is a symbol of freedom for Grenadians.Underwater attractionCommissioned by the Grenadian Ministry of Implementation and Tourism, the project aims to showcase Grenada’s culture and history.“The carnival is obviously a very, very strong part of Grenada’s culture and history, so they wanted to tell that story,” deCaires Taylo...Mild December Start
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
Nice to feel the thaw yesterday as temps jumped up into the mid to upper 40s yesterday afternoon. If that wasn’t mild enough for you, we have another step up in the temp department today as highs jump up into the low to mid 50s. While we start with quite a bit of sunshine today, by midday, clouds advance in, fading out the sun. By the evening commute, spotty light showers break out, becoming a bit more widespread by the end on the evening commute and through midnight tonight. The rain is generally light, totaling .10″ or less for most. However, it’ll be enough to want to keep the umbrella handy and to dampen the ground. Rain tapers off overnight tonight, allowing for a dry start to the weekend. Tomorrow is pretty mild from start to finish as temps run near 40 in the morning and in the mid 50s in the afternoon. We’ll have more clouds than sun. Sunday, showers advance back in, becoming more widespread in the afternoon, especially late in the day. Rain is steady...Paul Duchane Basketball Jamboree schedule
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
The 30th annual Paul Duchane varsity girls basketball preseason Jamboree is scheduled for Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Lynn Classical High School. The event is in honor of longtime educator Paul Duchane and the schedule is as follows:2:30 PM Malden vs. Swampscott3:10 PM Somerville vs. Danvers3:50 PM Hamilton Wenham vs. Peabody4:30 PM Marblehead vs. North Reading5:10 PM Billerica vs. Bishop Fenwick5:50 PM Saugus vs. St. Mary’s6:30 PM Georgetown vs. Lynn English7:10 PM Lynn Classical vs. MelroseResidents asked to shelter as police investigate ‘active weapons incident’ in Ohsweken: OPP
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
Residents are being asked to shelter in place as police investigate an “active weapons incident” near Ohsweken, Ont.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say officers responded to a weapons call in the area of 6th Line and Chiefswood Road on Six Nations of the Grand River around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.OPP are assisting Six Nations Police with the incident.Residents are being asked to shelter in place. Police are also asking motorists to avoid the area.6th Line is closed between Chiefswood Road and Tuscarora Road for the investigation.Russia’s Lavrov insists goals in Ukraine are unchanged as he faces criticism at security talks
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday his government was not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine — delivering a blunt and confrontational message to Western leaders on a rare trip to a NATO member state.“We aren’t seeing any signals from Kyiv or its masters about their readiness to seek any kind of political settlement,” Lavrov told reporters while attending a security conference in North Macedonia.“We see no reason to review our goals,” he said.North Macedonia, which joined NATO in 2020, waived a flight ban on Russian officials so that Lavrov could attend the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, prompting the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to skip the meeting in protest.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a brief stop in North Macedonia’s capital of Skopje before Lavrov arrived.Participants at the two-day conference accused Moscow of undermining the OSCE. The Vienna, Austria-based...National Bank reports Q4 profit up from year ago, raises quarterly dividend
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:12:54 GMT
MONTREAL — National Bank of Canada reported its fourth-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago and raised its dividend.The bank says it will now make a quarterly payment to shareholders of $1.06 per share, up from $1.02.National Bank says it earned $768 million or $2.14 per diluted share for the quarter ended Oct. 31, up from $738 million or $2.08 per diluted share a year earlier.Revenue totalled $2.59 billion for the quarter, up from $2.33 billion in the same quarter last year.National Bank’s provision for credit losses amounted to $115 million, up from $87 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. On an adjusted basis, National Bank says it earned $2.44 per diluted share, up from an adjusted profit of $2.08 per diluted share in the same quarter last year.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 1, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX: NA)The Canadian PressLatest news
- 60,000 Kaiser workers ready to strike as labor negotiations continue
- Single family residence sells for $2 million in Fremont
- Bay Area cities receive grants to fight organized retail crime, except Oakland
- Maryland advocates are pressing for a lower voting age in local elections
- Russian skater Valieva to testify by video link at CAS hearing into Beijing Olympics doping case
- USA Basketball back atop FIBA men’s world rankings, overtaking Spain for No. 1
- Germany to reshape its sports system after World Cup-winning basketball team defies rankings
- Apple lanzará una actualización del iPhone 12 en Francia luego de que se le ordenara parar las ventas por altos niveles de radiación
- Free prescription discount cards from GoodRx — What’s the catch?
- Denver weather: Cool, soggy Friday ahead of a nice weekend