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Alaska salmon season back on after court halts closure that sought to protect orcas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish.The ruling by a three-judge 9th Circuit Court panel means the summer chinook, or king, salmon season will start as usual next week for an industry that supports some 1,500 fishery workers in southeast Alaska. The opinion said the state and others who were part of the appeal established a sufficient likelihood that certain and substantial impacts of the lower court’s decision “outweigh the speculative environmental threats.” The ruling will allow the fishery to continue while the appeals court considers the lawsuit more broadly.The ruling “recognized the absurdity of closing down a vital economic industry for an issue that is already being remedied by the federal government,” Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor said in a statement. “Thanks to the 9th Circuit, ...

Suarez retirement rumors cause concern at Brazil’s Gremio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Luis Suárez’s teammates at Gremio and the Brazilian club’s president expressed concern Wednesday after media speculation that the striker is on the verge of retirement because of persistent knee pain.The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Liverpool striker has not commented on Brazilian media reports this week, but Gremio president Alberto Guerra, defender Reinaldo and midfielder João Paulo Bitello have spoken publicly about the veteran player’s difficulties in training and matches. His right knee is is main injury concern.“(He needs) a lot of injections, a lot of medicine,” Guerra told reporters during an event at the club’s stadium. “It is reaching a limit. But we don’t know where that limit is, when is his last (match).”Guerra said Suárez could even need knee replacement surgery at some stage.Despite the speculation, the Uruguay striker is expected to play for Gremio against America in the Brazilian league game on Thursday. Bitello sai...

California ya no es el estado con la gasolina más cara de Estados Unidos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

Nueva York (CNN) — Los conductores del estado de Washington reciben el comienzo oficial del verano boreal con una noticia poco agradable: tienen los precios de gasolina más caros de Estados Unidos.El costo promedio de la gasolina regular en el estado de Washington ha aumentado US$ 0,32 en el último mes, alcanzando los US$ 4,93 el galón, según la Asociación Estadounidense del Automóvil (AAA, por sus siglas en inglés). Son US$ 0,07 centavos más que en California, famosa por sus elevados precios para todo, especialmente el combustible.A medida que Occidente avanza hacia los autos eléctricos, aquí es donde van a parar los indeseados devoradores de gasolinaEs una tendencia inusual. California había ostentado el indeseado título del estado con la gasolina más cara de Estados Unidos durante aproximadamente el 95% del tiempo en los últimos años, según Patrick De Haan, jefe de análisis de petróleo de GasBuddy.Antes de los últimos días, Washington nunca había sido el estado más caro par...

Miami Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill under investigation for allegedly slapping fishing fleet employee at Haulover Marina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, who is about to start his second season with the team, is under investigation for allegedly slapping an employee at the Haulover Marina. The Miami-Dade Police Department said they are investigating the allegation of assault and battery involving the 29-year-old athlete that occurred on Sunday. The workers at Kelley Fishing Fleet, located at 10800 Collins Ave., did not want to speak on camera, but one of the owners told 7News that Hill hit a 57-year-old marina worker. She said she hoped to have this matter handled privately with an apology, but since the allegations are now public, that may not happen. The owner of the Fishing Fleet said cameras caught video of Hill hitting the worker, but she isn’t ready to release it. Over the weekend, Hill posted a video of himself with his agent fishing on a boat with a caption that said he was in a 45-minute battle with a shark and “good times.” The post has since been taken down, one source...

Picture of baby gator appearing to smile and wave near Daytona Beach goes viral

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

DE LEON SPRINGS, Fla. (WSVN) – A baby alligator appeared to say cheese in Central Florida in a picture that has gone viral. The photo, taken earlier this year by Melissa Chadwell and shared on social media last week, captured the young reptile appearing to smile and wave as it climbed onto a dock in De Leon Springs, located about 20 miles southwest of Daytona Beach.After Chadwell posted the pic on Facebook, many users commented it was the cutest gator they had ever seen.

Rap legend Ice Cube, who voices Superfly in upcoming ‘Ninja Turtles’ movie, talks about current projects, BIG3 league

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

You think you’re busy? Your schedule’s got nothing on Ice Cube.Whether it’s on-screen, on-stage, or on the basketball court, the man’s lucky to find time to breathe. Somehow, the rap legend took a few minutes to check in with Deco and lay out his to-do list.Ice Cube (as Superfly, voice): “Humans are never gonna like us, so we gonna let mutants rule the earth.”Recognize that voice? That’s Ice Cube as Superfly in the upcoming animated feature, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.”He didn’t need convincing to take the gig.Ice Cube: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is, you know, that’s next level. The type of stuff that, you know, you want to be a part of. Like, they’ve always been cool.”Playing the head of a mutant crime syndicate was a definite no-brainer.Ice Cube: “And being able to be a villain, and to be able to be a cool character like Superfly, like, I don’t know who could turn t...

Driver taken into custody after police chase, crash in the South End

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

A driver was taken into custody Wednesday after a traffic violation led to a police chase that ended in the South End in Boston, MBTA transit police said. Law enforcement officials were seen responding to an area along Tremont Street in the South End Wednesday afternoon where they, at one point, surrounded a black SUV that appeared to be stuck on a roadway median. While transit police did not provide any further information on the incident, witnesses said two men appeared to take off from the car and run down the street after the SUV got stuck on Tremont Street.SKY7-HD captured video of police on scene on Tremont Street around 4:30 p.m. Roughly 15 minutes later, around 4:45 p.m., several officers were spotted documenting the SUV’s interior, taking photographs and appearing to pull up floorboards in the vehicle. The SUV had been towed away as of around 6 p.m., leaving behind some debris in the area.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the l...

Investigation underway after police say man shot at couple with pellet gun

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

A police investigation got underway in Groveland over the weekend after two people walking near Main Street and Elm Park were shot at with pellets fired from a pellet gun in a passing car, police said. Groveland police said the couple was walking Saturday night when a red Honda Civic with four passengers drove by. A man wearing a mask and leaning out the window of the moving vehicle shot the husband and wife with pellets, police said.“It’s a very, very unusual event to take place in Groveland,” said Groveland Police Chief Jeffrey Gillen.Gillen said the pellets hit the man’s jacket and hit the woman’s umbrella. While no one was injured, police were still looking for the people in the car as of Wednesday. “That’s kind of scary,” said Dawn Martinez, who works in the area near where this incident took place. “Usually, it’s really quiet.”Martinez was working at the time of the incident. She said she saw “a lot of police presence going back and forth.”Martinez, who walks home fr...

Police investigating vandalism at synagogue and home in Taunton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

An investigation continued Wednesday after police in Taunton said they received reports of hateful vandalism at a home and a synagogue in town.Police said officers first responded to a home on Everett Street around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, where they found “homophobic and racist graffiti spray-painted on a vehicle and recycling bin.”While on scene, police said they received calls reporting additional vandalism at the Congregation Agudath Achim of Greater Taunton synagogue on Winthrop Street. At the synagogue, police said officers found a swastika and “other hateful references spray-painted on the side of the synagogue.” Police said the handwriting in the vandalism at the synagogue appeared similar to the handwriting in the vandalism found on Everett Street. Rabbi Colman Reaboi discovered the graffiti at the synagogue and said the incident occurred on the day of a scheduled bat mitzvah.Still, Reaboi said the community would not let the hate ruin its celebrations. “We had a...

Jake Bauers hits homer, Jhony Brito pitches 5.2 scoreless innings in win over Mariners

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:09 GMT

With some of the Yankees’ highest-paid hitters continuing to struggle or on the bench Wednesday, a pair of non-roster invitees carried the offense against Mariners ace Luis Castillo.Jake Bauers struck first in the Yankees’ 4-2 win, planting a Castillo fastball into Yankee Stadium’s right field seats with a two-run homer. With Anthony Volpe on first, Bauers watched as his sixth home run of the year towered over the porch.Bauers, who played for the Mariners in 2021, now has eight doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI since the Yankees began a series in Seattle on May 29. The April 29 call-up has also hit .274 over that span.Billy McKinney, meanwhile, has now reached base in all 12 of the games he’s played in since joining the Yankees on June 7, and he’s recorded a hit in 11 of them. On Wednesday, that included his second home run in as many days, a 414-foot shot off Castillo that landed in the second deck.McKinney totaled two hits and raised his average to ....