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Broward teachers demand pay increase at school board meeting, argue 1.7% is not enough

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

Educators in Broward County are trying to teach a lesson outside the classroom by protesting their pay before the school board.7News cameras on Wednesday afternoon captured Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco as she addressed board members at the Broward County Schools headquarters.“I sure hope that when we come to negotiation that you guys that are sitting at the dais or [behind] a closed door come with a decent salary increase,” she said.The teachers union is demanding a decent raise for the 2023-24 school year.“To sit here and wait to keep taking and taking and taking, and piling on and piling on and piling on — our educators, our support staff are human, but they still show up, and they still want to give to their students, and that in itself – ‘thank you’ is great,” Fusco told 7News. “OK, we appreciate that, but you know what else they need and they would appreciate more? You expect us to give back more, we’re ...

Cruise recalls all of its self driving cars to fix their programming

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

(CNN) — Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving vehicle subsidiary, has recalled all 950 of its autonomous vehicles for a software update. Late last month, Cruise paused all its public testing operations while it investigated the incident that led to the recall.GM had announced Monday that it was pausing production of test versions of the Cruise Origin, a self driving vehicle GM and Cruise designed jointly with Honda. The Origin has no steering wheel or pedals and is not currently operated on public roads. GM characterized the production stop as reaching the end of a planned limited production run of test vehicles. GM remains committed to autonomous vehicle technology, spokesperson Aimee Ridella said in an emailed statement.The company had been under scrutiny following an incident in early October when one of its cars struck a pedestrian that had just been hit by another. The first car threw the pedestrian into path of the Cruise autonomous vehicle. After striking the pedestrian, ...

Fantasy Fixer: Week 10

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

7’s Morey Hershgordon has the inside scoop on who to start and sit this week in Fantasy Fixer. Go set your lineups!

Tyson Bagent will start at QB for the Chicago Bears on Thursday with Justin Fields listed as doubtful

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

Rookie quarterback Tyson Bagent will make his fourth consecutive start for the Chicago Bears on Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers, as Justin Fields continues to recover from the dislocated right thumb he suffered in Week 6.Fields, who returned to practice Friday, has remained limited in on-field work this week and officially was listed as doubtful for the Week 10 game at Soldier Field on Wednesday’s injury report.“He’s not medically cleared to go right now,” Bears coach Matt Eberflus said after practice Wednesday. “He’s getting better, though. His accuracy is improving. He’s throwing it better. He’s starting to do more and more and more. We’ll see where it goes.”Eberflus said Fields likely would have been on track to play this week if the Bears had a Sunday game. But the quick turnaround to play Thursday shortened the window to make a decision.“Short weeks are hard,” Eberflus said.Fields has been out ...

Ukraine claims responsibility for killing a Russia-backed official in Luhansk by a car bomb

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s intelligence agency claimed responsibility for a car bombing Wednesday that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region.Mikhail Filiponenko was a member of the local legislature and previously served as police chief. He had survived a car bombing on Feb. 21, 2022, three days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Local officials announced Filiponenko’s death.Filiponenko had organized and participated in the torture of prisoners of war and civilians, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said on Telegram.It said that the killing was a warning that “traitors to Ukraine and collaborators with terrorist Russia in temporarily occupied territories … will receive just retribution! The hunt continues!”The agency said that members of the resistance movement helped carry out the killing.Russia-backed insurgents declared a separatist Luhansk People’s Republic in 2014 and fought Ukr...

Israeli military tour of northern Gaza reveals ravaged buildings, toppled trees, former weapons lab

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP (AP) — An Israeli tank rolls across a sandy moonscape, surrounded by rubble. Damaged buildings are visible in every direction. Toppled trees lie along the Mediterranean shoreline. The Israeli military escorted international journalists into the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, giving them a glimpse of the aftermath of 12 days of heavy fighting in the area.Israel has been at war against Gaza’s Hamas rulers since the Islamic militant group carried out a bloody cross-border attack on Oct. 7, killing over 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping more than 240 others. Israel responded with weeks of intense airstrikes before launching a ground operation on Oct. 27.“It’s been a long two weeks of fighting,” said Lt. Col. Ido, whose last name was withheld under military guidelines. “We’ve lost some soldiers.”The initial focus of the operation was northern Gaza, near the Israeli border, before troops moved in on Gaza City, which Israel says is the center of ...

Police probe shooting at downtown Toronto parking garage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

Toronto police are investigating a shooting at an indoor parking garage near Yonge Street and Gerrard Street East on Wednesday night that’s reportedly injured one person.Officers were called to the garage at around 7:17 p.m.Police say paramedics have attended, but there’s no information on the victim’s injuries at this point.No suspect descriptions have been provided.SHOOTINGYonge St/Gerrard St E (7:17 pm)– reports there is one victim– paramedics on the way– limited info at this time– more info to follow#GO2592783 ^vk— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) November 9, 2023More to come

Police say they have dozens of tips about missing B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they’ve received dozens of tips about the whereabouts of escaped sex offender Randall Hopley, who left a halfway house on Saturday and remains at large. The VPD also released updated images of Hopley showing what he was wearing the day he went missing, including “distinctive” dark blue running shoes, a black baseball hat, black pants and a fanny pack. Const. Tania Visintin says police believe he is deliberately evading capture and may have found a rural or isolated place to hide.Police say Hopley, 58, removed an ankle monitor and didn’t return to his halfway house on Nov. 4 in what they believe was an attempt to avoid a trial on Monday for allegedly breaching conditions of his release.In a statement, the Vancouver Police Department says 18 officers are on the case and have reviewed 40 tips about possible sightings in Vancouver, Richmond, North Vancouver, and as far away as Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. Police, wh...

Striking actors reach tentative agreement with Hollywood studios

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

Hollywood’s actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing a close to months of labor strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic halt.The three-year contract agreement must be approved by votes from the union’s board and its members in the coming days, but the leadership declared that the strike will end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.At nearly four months, it was by far the longest strike ever for film and television actors.More than 60,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Performers went on strike July 14, joining screenwriters who had walked off the job more than two months earlier. It was the first time the two unions had been on strike together since 1960. Studios chose to negotiate with the writers first, striking a deal that their leadership marked as a major win and bringing their strike to an end on Sept. 26.The terms of the agreement were not immediately released. SAG-AFTRA ...

UN nuclear chief says nuclear energy must be part of the equation to tackle climate change

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:31 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nuclear energy must be part of the equation to tackle climate change, the U.N. nuclear chief said Wednesday. Climate-warming hydrocarbons still supply more than 80% of the world’s energy, even after the trillions of dollars spent in the green transition of the past 20 years, Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency told the U.N. General Assembly.Over a quarter of the electricity from nuclear power is low-carbon electricity and global carbon dioxide emissions would be considerably higher without nuclear power, Grossi said.Carbon dioxide is released when fossil fuels such as oil, coal or natural gas are burned for power. In the atmosphere, the gas traps heat and contributes to the warming of the climate. More than 400 nuclear reactors in over 30 countries are supplying global electricity, and Grossi said more than 50 are under construction and many countries are extending their existing nuclear programs. But “nuclear power’s share...