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Broward County schools expected to open Monday, but some only partially

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

Broward County schools swamped by the record flooding are set to re-open on Monday, but some schools may only be partially reopened depending on the damage.Walker Elementary in Fort Lauderdale suffered some damage, with water inside the school.The torrential downpours also caused significant roof damage.Officials said most schools were affected.“It’s mainly damage as it relates to water intrusion in some classrooms,” said Valerie Wanza, Ph.D, Broward Schools Associate Superintendent, “the administrative areas of some schools, the front offices, the hallways, and it’s generally on the first floor, and obviously because of the rain, we do have in some areas downed ceiling tiles and things of that nature.”Wanza said there’s $2 million worth of damage to schools from the preliminary assessment, with that number expected to grow.There are still about 30 schools that can’t be assessed due to road closures and flooding.

‘Everything is gone’: Hollywood family says historic flooding forced them out of their home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

A family that became one of many affected by the historic floods in Broward County said they can no longer live in their home and are asking for help.Speaking with 7News on Friday, Hollywood resident Nina Cancel described how the floodwaters made her house unrecognizable.“I thought I was in a war zone. This was a disaster, completely,” she said.7News cameras captured Cancel and her loved ones trying to vacuum the water from their residence, located off Freedom Street, as they tried to salvage whatever they could.“Everything is gone. This is what you see that we’ve been wearing for three days,” said Cancel.Like so many homes across Broward, floodwaters rushed in on Wednesday and soaked everything in their path.Cancel said the water was so strong that it even knocked over the refrigerator, and at one point, it was over a foot deep inside.“Every time I walked in my house, I just want to sit down and cry for an hour. I lost everything: my furniture, ...

Records Repeat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

We had two back-to-back record setting days in southern New England with numbers climbing back to the 80s again today. Boston and Worcester both set new records today — and Worcester broke their old record by 10°!Boston was in the 80s up until 1:00 this afternoon and when the sea breeze kicked in there was a dramatic drop in temperatures. From the 80s to the 60s!The cooler air will stay in place for the weekend, but it’s still not a terrible weekend by any stretch. It’s just a more seasonable weekend. Even as I was forecasting today, putting 60s on the 7 day seemed chilly (mentally), but that’s just because we spent the last week in the 70s and 80s. Our average high temperatures is still only in the 50s.Saturday will feature more sunshine and be warmer (at least inland). Temperatures will be about 10° cooler on the coast. There could be an isolated shower on Saturday evening but most of the day looks to stay dry.Sunday will be cloudier and cooler and have iso...

Chris Perkins: The Dolphins’ second-round pick will be successful. It’s almost a guarantee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

Expect the Dolphins to make a strong selection at No. 51 in the NFL Draft later this month. That’s what I’m expecting.I’ll even take it a step further and say I’d almost be shocked if this pick doesn’t produce as a rookie, and keep producing three years into his career.Why?He’ll be a second-round pick, and recent history says that’s almost can’t-miss territory for the Dolphins.During the last 10 years the Dolphins’ second-round draft pick has pretty much been money. They’re talented players that have been developed well by the organization, and, for the most part, they’ve stayed healthy. It’s a winning combination.A few years ago I learned I should buy into this trend.So, here I am again; I’m all in.I’m thinking the Dolphins’ second-round pick will be productive. Now, and in the future.The Dolphins could go many directions with this year’s second-rounder. Tight end (Iowa’s Sam LaPor...

Column: Why is the HBO name disappearing from the HBO Max streaming platform?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

Nina Metz | Chicago TribuneEarlier this week, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that starting May 23, it will merge HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streaming app called Max.This is WBD’s attempt to emulate the one-stop convenience of Netflix, the latter of which seemingly offers everything under the sun, from “Love is Blind” (the low-hanging fruit of a crass reality series) to the elegantly outrageous dark comedy “Beef” (which fits snugly into the prestige category) to everything in between.WBD is looking to offer a similar variety on one streaming platform: that means all the Discovery staples — home improvement and true crime — along with the ambitious shows HBO is known for. Plus Warners’ extensive TV and film library (which includes TCM).So why not just call the new and improved platform HBO Max? It’s a name that already has significant brand awareness associated with quality. Abandoning that seems counterintuitive and has left many longtime HBO viewers scratching their head...

Florida floods: Businesses, residents begin cleaning up mess

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Workers at one of Fort Lauderdale’s landmark restaurants spent Friday tearing out carpeting and original hardwood floors, both ruined when 8 inches (0.25 meters) of water poured inside two days earlier.Old Heidelberg was among numerous businesses and residences affected by historic rainfall in South Florida this week that caused widespread flooding, closing the state’s international airport for nearly two days and turning streets into rivers. While it started raining on Monday, much of the water fell Wednesday, and the Fort Lauderdale area saw record rainfall amounts in a matter of hours, ranging from 15 inches (38 centimeters) to 26 inches (66 centimeters), the National Weather Service said.Stephan and Yvonne Liebe said they had never experienced a flood like this since they bought Old Heidelberg 16 years ago, even during hurricanes and tropical storms. The German restaurant sits at the entrance to Fort Lauderdale’s Edgewood neighborhood, the city...

Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021, but climate experts still see positive signs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

OTTAWA — Several climate change experts said Friday they see reason for hope in Canada’s efforts to slow global warming even though the country’s greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2021.The annual inventory of Canada’s emissions for 2021, published Friday, showed emissions from all sources that year added up to 670 million tonnes. That’s up from 659 million tonnes in 2020. Typically any increase in emissions would leave environment activists deflated. This time it didn’t.“Canada’s latest emissions reporting contains a rare kernel of good news,” said Rachel Doran, director of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada.Although emissions edged higher, they remained below both the pre-pandemic level in 2019 and the 2005 level, which is the comparison target for Canada’s 2030 emissions goal.Emissions in 2020 plunged to their lowest levels in more than two decades, as COVID-19 kept cars off the road, planes on the ground and big industrial...

DA: Suspect in killing of Cash App founder planned attack

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 38-year-old tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee planned the attack, drove the victim to a secluded spot and stabbed him over an apparent dispute related to the man’s sister, prosecutors said in a court document released Friday.The motion to detain Nima Momeni without bail is the first official accounting of what may have led to the stabbing death of Lee in a deserted part of downtown San Francisco early morning on April 4. Momeni was arrested Thursday and appeared in a San Francisco courtroom Friday but did not enter a plea. He is now scheduled to be arraigned April 25.The judge in Friday’s brief hearing agreed to detain Momeni in jail without bail. If convicted, he faces 26 years to life in prison, said the office of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.Momeni appeared in court wearing an orange sweatshirt and pants. He did not speak except to say, “Yes your honor,” when the judge asked if he agreed to decline his right to...

US Supreme Court’s abortion pill order spares safe havens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

Before the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in Friday, access to an abortion pill was in line to become more cumbersome in California, New York and some other states that have positioned themselves as safe havens for those seeking to end their pregnancies.The order keeps in place federal rules for use of mifepristone, one of the two drugs usually used in combination in medication abortions. The legal saga isn’t over: The Supreme Court suggested it will decide the issue by Wednesday.The high court’s position at least pauses a ruling issued last Wednesday by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that would have allowed mifepristone sales to continue, but under rules adopted by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000, before a series of changes that relaxed access.The 5th Circuit ruling, which overturned another recent federal court order halting mifepristone sales nationwide, was set to take effect Saturday. It would have required the drug to be taken in the pres...

Telford says national security limits what she can say on foreign interference

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:07:47 GMT

OTTAWA — The prime minister’s chief of staff offered up few details to a House of Commons committee studying foreign interference in the last two elections, frustrating Conservatives and New Democrats who say her lack of answers Friday will erode trust.Katie Telford said she should not be at the procedure and House affairs committee answering questions about national security, but she agreed to appear “because I want Parliament to work.”As a senior adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Telford has top-secret security clearance.“In my years in this job, I have seen a huge range of intelligence from all parts of the world. Some of it has been wrong … some of it, right,” Telford said.“Some we may never know or only with time will we learn if it’s true.”Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser, Jody Thomas, also provided MPs with a document Friday that contained the official record of dates the prime minister had been...