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Biden’s trip to Jordan cancelled after Gaza hospital hit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

President Biden’s trip to Jordan has been cancelled following the deadly hospital attack in Gaza, the White House said on Tuesday while the president was leaving to head to Israel.Biden was originally slated to travel to the kingdom after visiting Israel in the wake of its war with Hamas. A White House official said that the Jordan portion was cancelled after consulting with King Abdullah II, who the president was supposed to meet with along with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt and Jordan both border Israel.But protests erupted in the Middle East earlier Tuesday after a hospital in Gaza was hit, with authorities estimating hundreds of deaths, including patients who were seeking treatment amid heavy aerial bombardment by Israel over the last week.“After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Biden will postpone ...

Trial begins for 3rd officer charged in Elijah McClain's death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Nathan Woodyard's trial begins Tuesday for his alleged involvement in the death of Elijah McClain.On Aug. 24, 2019, officers responded to a 911 call and stopped McClain while he was walking home from a convenience store. The 911 caller reported McClain, who was wearing a runner’s mask and jacket and listening to music, and said he seemed “sketchy.” 1 officer found guilty of homicide in Elijah McClain case, 2nd officer acquitted Three officers approached McClain after he left the store. McClain was put in a neck hold by officers and pinned to the ground before he was injected with the sedative ketamine by paramedics.On Thursday, the jury came back with a split verdict for two officers' involvement in McClain's death.One officer, Randy Roedema, was found guilty on charges of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. The other officer, Jason Rosenblatt, was acquitted of all charges.Less than 24 hours after the verdict, jury...

Denver weather: How long will warm temperatures stick around?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – It will cool off into the 40s overnight Tuesday as more warm and dry Denver weather arrives.Temperatures will be in the middle-to-lower 70s on Wednesday with sunshine on the way.Weather tonight: In the 40s, breezy at timesPartly cloudy skies dominate the area overnight as temperatures drop back down into the middle-to-lower 40s. There will be a little bit of a breeze too with gusts up to 20 mph possible.Weather tomorrow: Sunny and mild againTemperatures are forecasted to stay warm on Wednesday as the broad region of a high-pressure system will stick around. Highs will be cooler than Tuesday, in the middle-to-lower 70s. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team With that being said, temperatures are still expected to be 5-10 degrees above average for the middle of October.Looking ahead: Staying dry and mildThursday afternoon will get a bit warmer as highs reach the upper 70s with mainly sunny skies.Friday finishes off the workweek with ple...

‘You can smell the death’: Israeli TV news journalist details the horrors and heartbreak of war reporting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

One Israeli journalist has been reporting about the war around the clock And he has seen many of its horrors up close.7’s Karen Hensel is in the newsplex to continue our coverage.He is an Israeli reporter sharing his own raw emotional moments, taking us behind the headlines of the heartbreak unfoldingIn normal times, reporter Paz Robinzon covers just about everything for Tel Aviv-based Channel 13.Paz Robinzon/Israeli TV news reporter: “From politics to fun to entertainment.”But these are not normal times in Israel.Paz Robinzon: “The only thing that I’m doing is the war for the last 11 days.”Paz, who has been a TV news reporter for about 10 years, was born in Israel and has family here in South Florida.Paz Robinzon: “Our friends in Florida, we are in the 11th day of the war.”He spoke with us about how the war has impacted his life; both professionally and personally.Paz Robinzon: “My grandfather and grandmother from both sides wer...

Miami Seaquarium’s Lolita the orca died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, necropsy finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, according to a report released Tuesday by the Miami Seaquarium.Lolita — also known as Tokitae, or Toki — died Aug. 18 at the age of 57. Her carcass was transported to the University of Georgia, where a necropsy was completed the next day. The Seaquarium released an executive summary of her necropsy Tuesday to the Miami Herald.The exam supported early reports from the Seaquarium, which cited kidney failure as the cause of death. The veterinarian who conducted the necropsy found that Lolita suffered from acute and chronic bronchointerstitial pneumonia and renal degeneration, as well a chronic condition of the heart implying the degeneration of the cardiac valves.Animal rights activists had been fighting for years to have Lolita freed from her tank at the Seaquarium. The park’s relatively new owner, The Dolphin Company, and the nonprofit Friends of Toki announ...

Jewish protestors rally in Coral Gables to push for peace and protection for Palestinians

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

Dozens of people gathered at a rally in Coral Gables to push for peace in Israel and Gaza.Around 40-50 people attended the protest organized by South Florida Jewish Voice for Peace on Monday, gathering just after 4 p.m., wanting the opportunity to exercise their right to protest.They picked the spot strategically to protest in front of Senator Rick Scott’s office, with the intention of asking the government to get more involved by “demanding a ceasefire immediately”.The group said their focus is on helping the people of Gaza, specifically that the push for peace is in an effort to protect Palestinians living in Gaza.“The slaughtering of innocent people as manifested by the bombing less than an hour or so ago, of a civilian hospital in which more than 500 people were killed,” said Alan Levine of the South Florida Jewish Voice for Peace. “That kind of slaughter is simply inexcusable, indefensible, and we’re here to say ‘No, not in our na...

Olaf Scholz’s plane evacuated on runway following rocket attack in Israel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s plane had to be evacuated at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday evening due to rocket attacks.Pictures and videos posted on social media show how aides and journalists traveling with the German leader had to hastily leave the plane and take cover by lying down on the runway, while Scholz was reportedly evacuated to a shelter.“I personally saw explosions in the sky as the Israeli Iron Dome [air defense system] intercepted two missiles,” Robin Alexander, deputy editor-in-chief of German daily Welt, which, like POLITICO, is owned by Axel Springer, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, referring to rockets intercepted by the Iron Dome.Scholz and those flying with him were able to board the plane a few minutes later, following an additional security check, according to Bild.The chancellor was visiting Israel on Tuesday to express his solidarity with the country following Hamas’ brutal terror attack and to de-escalate tensions in t...

Gaza hospital strike: Attacks on civilian infrastructure are against the law, says Charles Michel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

European Council President Charles Michel said Tuesday that attacking civilian infrastructure is against international law after Israel was accused of bombing a hospital in Gaza. A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with Palestinians on Tuesday, killing at least 500 people, the Hamas-run health ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, but the Israeli military denied it was responsible and said the hospital was hit by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants.“We got this information when we were together during this virtual meeting with leaders,” Michel said, speaking after a video conference of EU leaders to coordinate the bloc’s line on the Israel-Hamas conflict. The attack “seems to be confirmed,” he added, without naming the perpetrators. “An attack against a civilian infrastructure is not in line with the international law.” The EU leaders issued a joint statement on the topic on Sunday after a week of conflicting messages, for examp...

Police: Hit-and-run driver caught on camera hitting child on bicycle in East Bridgewater

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

An investigation continued Tuesday after police said an 11-year-old girl on a bicycle was struck in a hit-and-run crash in East Bridgewater over the weekend. East Bridgewater police said the crash happened on Sunday around 5 p.m. near Bedford Street. Once on scene, police said, an initial investigation indicated the girl was hit while riding through a small path that leads from Bedford Street to the rear parking lot of Central Elementary School. Police said paramedics evaluated the girl on scene. The child’s mother also responded to the scene, according to police, and declined medical transportation for her daughter.Police released video of the crash on Tuesday. In an attached statement, police said investigators determined a blue SUV, possibly a 2023-2024 blue Lexus NX entered the Central School parking lot from Central Street and tried to use the parking lot as a cut-through to Bedford Street. Police said the car then turned around and traveled back toward the ...

Suspect in Holloway disappearance to appear in federal court for extortion case; plea deal possible

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:56:02 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for the mother of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba, said a possible plea deal with a suspect in an extortion case is contingent upon his disclosing details about her death.Joran van der Sloot, long considered the chief suspect in Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, for a plea and sentencing hearing for a case in which he is accused of trying to extort $250,000 from Holloway’s mother in 2010 to reveal the location of her body. John Q. Kelly, an attorney who represented Holloway’s mother during the alleged extortion, told The Associated Press Tuesday that a potential plea deal is contingent upon him revealing information about what happened to Holloway. Kelly first made the comments on NBC’s “Today” show. Emails sent to van der Sloot’s attorney and a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors were not immed...