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Critical Mass cycling event to impact traffic in Miami, Miami Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

The bike ride event Critical Mass is expected to impact traffic in Miami and Miami Beach. The event draws hundred of cyclists and is typically scheduled on the last Friday of the month. The bike ride will kickoff Friday at 7:15 p.m. Although the bike event is not city sanctioned or a permitted event, to make sure everything goes smoothly, the Miami Beach Police Department will have officers posted at key intersections along the bike route. Officials also urge residents to plan accordingly because the event will impede traffic for roughly three hours. Police have mapped out the route the cyclists will take, which will begin in Miami Beach via the 79 Street Causeway. They will make a right at Indian Creek Drive, a right on W. 41 Street, left on Pine Tree Drive and will then merge onto Dade Boulevard. At Dade Boulevard, cyclists will head west towards the Venetian Causeway where they will exit Miami Beach and continue their route into the City of Miami.For more information on the Cri...

Search on for Florida toddler after mother found slain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Searchers combed the area around a Florida apartment complex Friday for a missing 2-year-old boy whose mother was found slain in their apartment, police said.St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway said the boy’s father, 21-year-old Thomas Mosley, is considered a “person of interest” in the killing of the mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery.But the father is hospitalized with cuts on his hands and arms, Holloway said — and 2-year-old Taylen Mosley is nowhere to be found. The police chief said Thomas Mosley, who has not been charged with a crime, is not cooperating with investigators as he recovers.“We are going to continue to search throughout our city. Our goal is to find Taylen,” Holloway said at a news conference Friday at the apartment complex where Jeffery died. “The father is not talking to us.”The FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement have joined local authorities in the search, which includes dive teams looking in lakes that dot ...

Juvenile Green Sea Turtle successfully released back into wild after treatment for hook injuries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

Zoo Miami’s Animal Health team members have successfully released a juvenile Green Sea Turtle back into the wild after being treated for hook injuries. On Wednesday, the turtle was released from Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne, following a two-week stay at Zoo Miami’s Sea Turtle Hospital.The turtle was brought to the hospital by an FWC officer on March 13 after being hooked by a recreational fisherman off of the Dania Beach Pier. Upon arrival, Dr. Marisa Bezjian, Associate Veterinarian at Zoo Miami, removed the hook from the turtle’s mouth. Further examination revealed two additional hooks lodged in the turtle’s esophagus, which were also successfully removed by Dr. Bezjian.After making a full recovery, the turtle was deemed fit for release. However, the incident highlights the ongoing challenge sea turtles face with unintentional injuries caused by fishermen. If you accidentally hook a sea turtle while fishing or encounter one entangled in the fishing ...

Former Brockton RMV worker pleads guilty to taking cash in exchange for passing learner’s permit tests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

A woman from Brockton pleaded guilty this week to accepting money in exchange for issuing passing learner’s permit test scores at a Registry of Motor Vehicles facility, according to officials.The Department of Justice announced on Friday that the Brockton RMV service center’s former manager, Mia Cox-Johnson, 43, pleaded guilty to two counts of extortion under color of official right and one count of conspiring to commit extortion.Authorities said Cox-Johnson took money in exchange for agreeing to give passing scores on learner’s permit tests for passenger vehicle driver’s licenses and Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs).“Between December 2018 and October 2019, Cox-Johnson conspired to take money in exchange for agreeing to give customers passing scores on their multiple-choice learner’s permit tests even if they did not pass,” the DoJ stated in a press release. “These customers were told to request a paper test instead of taking the test on the RMV comp...

Rare ‘high risk’ storm alert issued for parts of Midwest and Mid-South including potential for violent, long-track tornadoes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

(CNN) — A rare “high risk” Level 5 out of 5 alert has been issued for parts of the Midwest and Mid-South, impacting nearly 3 million people, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said Friday.High risk areas include portions of southeastern Iowa, northwestern Illinois and northeastern Missouri, and includes places like Davenport, Iowa, and Iowa City. The second area is farther south and includes portions of eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee, is included in the high risk area.“Environmental conditions are quickly becoming favorable to support the potential for numerous strong to potentially violent and long-track tornadoes,” the center said.High risk days are exceedingly rare and are “reserved for when high confidence exists in widespread coverage of severe weather with embedded instances of extreme severe” weather such as violent tornadoes or extreme damaging winds, ac...

Home Showcase: Spacious Lunenburg Colonial delights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

Although it’s far from the middle of nowhere — only 15 minutes from Fitchburg and about an hour from Boston — 283 Elmwood Road in Lunenburg has all the markings of a secluded country estate.Tucked into almost two tree-lined acres, the 2004 contemporary Colonial is expertly crafted and generously proportioned with nearly 5,500 square feet.A great home is one that fires up the imagination of potential buyers, one where they can imagine holidays, chilly nights, and snow days together. This is that home. Not only does it strike the right formal note with elegant living and dining spaces perfect for dinners and entertaining, it also exudes major R&R vibes in the great room and outside underneath the gazebo.It’s tough not to swoon over the warm country kitchen, in fact we encourage it. It opens to the great room with its soaring cathedral ceiling, beams, and fireplace.The primary suite inspires similar heart flutters — we’re talking fireplace, high, vaulted ceilings, and a plush en-su...

Bam Adebayo questionable for Heat’s game against Mavericks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

The Heat could be missing key players for their crucial matchup with the Dallas Mavericks this weekend.Center Bam Adebayo (hip bruise) and Kyle Lowry (left knee soreness) are questionable for Miami’s 7:30 p.m. game against Dallas on Saturday.Adebayo suffered the hip injury when he fall during the Heat’s loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday.Adebayo has been one of Miami’s most consistent contributors this year, playing in 72 of 77 games so far this season. The 25-year-old center is averaging 20.7 points and a team-best 9.3 rebounds this season.Lowry did not play in the Heat’s loss to the Knicks, the second game of a back-to-back, after playing in Miami’s previous four games. Lowry has been dealing with nagging knee soreness for much of the season.The Heat will also be without rookie Nikola Jovic (back spasms). Jamal Cain and Orlando Robinson remain with Miami’s G-League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.Spo wishes UM, FAU luck in Final FourWh...

Heat set for battle with Mavericks as both teams fight for playoff spots

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving described Dallas’ playoff situation in straightforward — if vulgar — terms after a loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday.“It kind of looks like a bit of a [mess], to be honest with you,” Irving said, “because we’re 37-40 and we’re trying to fight to get into a play-in game.”The Heat’s situation is not far off. Miami has dropped three straight games to Brooklyn, Toronto and New York, landing in seventh place in the hotly contested Eastern Conference. Miami is only 1 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta and Toronto and 3 1/2 games ahead of Chicago with five games left.But with the pressure mounting, Heat center Bam Adebayo has confidence that the team will persevere.“There’s a lot of dudes in here that have been against the odds a lot more than just a couple of games,” said Adebayo, who is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game. “So it’s easy to keep confidence when you s...

New Bedford fatal fire determined to have started accidentally

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

Investigators have determined the devastating fire that killed two people in a New Bedford apartment building started accidentally, with the most likely cause involving a microwave or wall outlet.The Tuesday afternoon fire started on the second floor of the four-story, 31-unit building, which authorities have referred to as a rooming house.Investigators discovered the fire, originating in room 205, likely stemmed from “an event involving a microwave in that location or the wall outlet it was plugged into. The microwave had been in use a short time before the fire broke out,” according to the state Department of Fire Services.“Electrical fires are the second-leading cause of residential fire deaths in Massachusetts,” state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey said in a release. “Appliances that generate heat, like microwaves and toasters, should always be plugged directly into a wall outlet. Don’t use them if the device or the cord is damaged. And call an electrician if outlets are warm, dis...

Multi-vehicle crash delays traffic on I-805

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:19 GMT

SAN Diego -- The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to multi-car collision on Interstate 8 nears Friars Road Friday shortly before noon.The collision has prompted authorities to temporarily shutdown I-8 at Friars Road. The affected area has since reopened.At this time, details on the circumstances surrounding the collision are limited. FOX 5 is on the scene and will provide more information as they are confirmed. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.