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Reports of student with gun prompts lockdown at 2 Fort Lauderdale schools; student detained

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

Two Fort Lauderdale schools were briefly placed on lockdown as police responded to reports of a student brandishing a firearm in the presence of another student. The incident occurred Thursday morning just before 7:15 a.m. at Dillard High School, located at 2501 NW 11th Street, prompting a swift response from law enforcement.While officers initiated a thorough search of the school, they gathered information that suggested the student in question had already left the school.After expanding their search, the suspect, a 17-year-old male student, was located just before 10 a.m. in the 700 block of NW 10th Avenue. He was safely detained. As a precautionary measure, both Dillard High School and Dillard Elementary were immediately placed on lockdown, ensuring the safety and security of students and staff. Once the suspect was apprehended, authorities downgraded the lockdown status to “code secure” and lifted the lockdown. According to police, the student who allegedly showed th...

Trial for former Parkland school resource deputy enters 2nd day

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

As the trial for a former Parkland school resource officer enters its second day Thursday, more tough testimony was heard by a jury. Scot Peterson is accused of failing to protect students during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting. Peterson is facing seven felony child neglect charges for not confronting the shooter during the massacre at the high school back in 2018.During the second day of testimony, Coral Springs Police Sgt. Jeff Heinrich recounted Peterson’s lack of action when the shooting took place. “I had no contact with him the entire day,” Heinrich said. According to his attorney, Peterson wasn’t sure where the shots were coming from during that day. Heinrich pushed back on that claim when challenged. “Isn’t it a fact, that in real time, when you’re hearing those shots, from where you described your position, you didn’t narrow it down and say, ‘Well this is only the place those shots could be,’ correct?...

10-year-old girl survives more than 24 hours alone in the rugged Cascade mountains after getting lost while out with her family

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

(CNN) — Rescuers in Washington state are praising the resourcefulness of a 10-year-old girl who survived on her own for more than 24 hours in the rugged terrain of the Cascade mountains after getting lost while out with her family.Shunghla Mashwani was at a gathering with her extended family in the Cle Elum River Valley on Sunday when she became separated from the group as they crossed a pedestrian bridge over the river to eat lunch near the Cathedral Pass Trailhead, the Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Kittitas County is about 85 miles east of Seattle.The girl and her family arrived in the US two years ago from Afghanistan and like to spend time in the high backcountry because it reminds them of home, the sheriff’s office said.“Shunghla told her family and rescuers she found herself suddenly separated and alone when the family was traveling back toward the footbridge and couldn’t find the bridge on her own,” the sheriff’s office said.When the family noticed...

Joe Carollo appears at first commissioner meeting, asked to resign by voter

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

On Thursday, Joe Carollo appeared at the first Miami City Commissioner meeting since a jury in Fort Lauderdale found him responsible for harassing businesses in Little Havana as an act of political retaliation. As a result, he was ordered to pay compensatory and punitive damages totaling $63.5 million to the owners of Ball & Chain.The City of Miami said taxpayers will not pay the bill because the commissioner is responsible. “It’s a process. We have to respect the process. We are not liable, not a single penny from the $63 million in the City of Miami is liable,” said Commissioner Manolo Reyes. During public comments, a voter called for Carollo’s resignation.“And also, I do want to say I think Commissioner Joe Carollo should resign. I think you’re a criminal and shame on you,” said voter Thomas Kennedy.7News was unable to talk to Carollo before the meeting. Carollo said he plans to appeal the jury’s decision.

Adam Montgomery, accused of killing 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, convicted of unrelated gun charges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of his 5-year-old daughter was convicted of unrelated gun charges Thursday.A jury found Adam Montgomery guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career criminal, receiving stolen property, and theft. The Hillsborough County jury in Superior Court got the case Wednesday afternoon after a trial that lasted several days.Montgomery was accused of having a shotgun and a rifle, even though he has multiple felony convictions in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He pleaded not guilty. His lawyers said that the prosecution’s case relied on lies from other witnesses and that police reached the wrong conclusion.A sentencing date has not been set.Regarding his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, Montgomery pleaded not guilty in October to second-degree murder, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse charges. Authorities allege that he killed Harmony by repeatedly s...

Wanted: An AI job that (mostly) doesn’t exist yet

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

At one time, no one had ever heard of a telegraph operator. An electrician. Auto mechanic. TV producer. X-ray technician. Software developer. Webmaster. Cybersecurity specialist.Advancements in technology have always spawned new kinds of jobs while rendering other ones obsolete. Artificial intelligence will be no exception. Right now, we don’t fully know what those jobs will be. But that hasn’t stopped job seekers from trying to find out.Prognosticators say artificial intelligence will likely have a similar impact on the labor market — and workers want to get in on the ground floor. But it’s clear that even employers don’t know what those jobs are. Not yet, at least.To be clear, automation and, to a certain extent, AI have been part of the labor market for quite some time. Who among us hasn’t had an infuriating exchange with a chatbot? But interest in employment related to AI has skyrocketed in the past two years. Searches for AI-related jobs on the employment listings w...

Biden unveils LGBTQ+ proposals, but postpones White House Pride Month event due to poor air quality

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden unveiled new initiatives Thursday to protect LGBTQ+ communities but hastily postponed a big Pride Month celebration on the White House lawn with thousands of guests from around the country because of poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires. The event, which will now be held on Saturday, was intended to be a high-profile show of support at a time when members of the LGBTQ+ community feel under attack like never before and the White House has little recourse to beat back a flood of state-level legislation against them. The Biden administration announced initiatives designed to protect LGBTQ+ communities from attack, help young people with mental health issues and homelessness, and counter book bans, though the effects may be limited. Biden was to discuss them at the event, which the White House had said would be the largest Pride Month celebration ever held there. Thousands of guests had been invi...

Biden and Sunak hold White House talks on daunting challenges to Ukraine, world economy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN-KIM (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched wide-ranging talks at the White House on Thursday by vowing that they would work in lockstep as the globe tries to adapt to a period of rapid economic, political and technological change.The leaders’ Oval Office talks were expected to cover the war in Ukraine, China, economic security, international cooperation on regulating the growing field of artificial intelligence, and more. Biden and Sunak have already had four face-to-face meetings since Sunak became prime minister in October, but the talks in Washington will offer the two leaders a chance for their most sustained interaction to date.“We will put our values front and center,” Biden said.Sunak reflected on the significant conversations that their respective predecessors have had over the years in the Oval Office and acknowledged that both he and Biden were facing the...

Senate release $586 million tax relief plan that avoids changes to tax cap law

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

Senate Democrats rolled out a $586 million tax relief proposal Thursday that boosts several housing-related initiatives but steers clear of significant changes to Massachusetts’ tax-cap law and short term capital gains tax.Tax relief has been one of the few major talking points on Beacon Hill this legislative session after efforts to push a bill forward fizzled out last year when the state was required to send billions back to taxpayers under the state’s tax cap law known as Chapter 62F.Senators plan to debate their proposal on June 15. Amendments are due Monday by 5 p.m.Senators proposed increasing the cap on rental deductions from $3,000 to $4,000 and initially boosting the statewide Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) cap from $10 million to $57 million before settling on $30 million annually.HDIP provides a real estate tax exemption and tax credits for building new housing or rehabilitating old properties in gateway cities. It was one feature of Healey’s $750 million ta...

Adam Montgomery, accused of killing daughter, 5, convicted on unrelated gun charges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:25 GMT

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire man charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of his 5-year-old daughter was convicted of unrelated gun charges Thursday.A jury found Adam Montgomery guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career criminal, receiving stolen property, and theft. The Hillsborough County jury in Superior Court got the case Wednesday afternoon after a trial that lasted several days.Montgomery was accused of having a shotgun and a rifle, even though he has multiple felony convictions in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He pleaded not guilty. His lawyers said that the prosecution’s case relied on lies from other witnesses and that police reached the wrong conclusion.A sentencing date has not been set.Regarding his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, Montgomery pleaded not guilty in October to second-degree murder, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse charges. Authorities allege that he killed Harmony by repeatedly striking he...