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13-year-old girl bitten by bull shark at Fort Pierce Inlet State Park shares ordeal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (WSVN) — A 13-year-old girl who came face-to-face with a shark while swimming at a Florida state park is opening up about the wild encounter that sent her to the hospital. Thirteen-year-old Ella Reed believes she was attacked by a bull shark at least 4 feet long.The incident happened Thursday afternoon at the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, where, Reed said, she and a friend were in waist-deep water.The young victim said the shark swam under the friend and headed straight toward her, first biting her in the abdomen.“I tried blocking it with my arm and my hand, and it kind of just slipped in and got my finger and my arm, and it, like, swooped around and got my leg again,” she said. “It didn’t really hurt in the first part because all the adrenaline was just like – yeah, I don’t know. We were so shocked.”Reed’s friend drove her home in a golf cart. Her parents brought her to a nearby fire station, and paramedics rus...

Video shows shirtless vandal throwing object outside Ms. Cheezious in Miami, breaking window

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

The owner of a Miami restaurant hopes to use the power of social media to bring to justice a man who was caught on camera vandalizing his business.Ms. Cheezious is known for its sandwiches, but this weekend, the owner and his staff are picking up the crumbs after some criminal mischief over the weekend.Owner Brian Mullins said he arrived Saturday morning to find the popular restaurant’s window smashed.One look at surveillance video showed Mullins who was responsible.“Some guy was lurking across the street, came across, came over, looked at the window, spits at the window, does something strange, walks off,” he said.Soon after, just after 4 a.m., the shirtless man returned to the restaurant. The security footage shows the subject pacing along the sidewalk in front of the business, located along the 7400 block of Biscayne Boulevard.“We get characters that wander up and down Biscayne Boulevard from time to time, but this guy I haven’t seen before,” h...

Copenhagen: The safe, healthy congress capital of life and science

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

via Copenhagen Convention BureauMuch to the amazement of many non-Scandinavians, it is common to see strollers with sleeping babies parked outside houses, cafés and shops in Copenhagen. It happens every day, all year round. While it can be difficult for visitors to understand how Copenhageners feel comfortable leaving their young ones outside by themselves, it perfectly illustrates the sense of trust and safety in the Danish capital.The Greater Copenhagen region has become a global hub for pharmacology, biotechnology and medical technology.Copenhagen is often ranked as one of the safest cities in the world, and the city generally enjoys a reputation as a beautiful, easy and peaceful destination. Something that has become apparent for congress delegates, other international visitors and the many expats calling Copenhagen home. In recent years, the city has seen an influx of foreigners, many of whom are employed by Danish life science companies.The Greater Copenhagen region has become...

Trade tensions simmer ahead of EU-India summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

When European Commission officials and senior Indian ministers meet on Tuesday for their first-ever trade and technology summit, both sides will be eager to show how two of the world’s largest democracies are working hand-in-glove on everything from artificial intelligence to climate-saving technologies.Yet under the surface, ongoing tension — particularly related to tricky trade disputes like an upcoming European Union levy on foreign businesses selling their carbon-intensive wares within the 27-country bloc — will overshadow what Brussels and New Delhi want to frame as a meeting of like-minded partners.The EU-India Trade and Technology Council brings together some of India’s most high-profile politicians, including Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the country’s external affairs minister, and Piyush Goyal, its trade minister, with Commission counterparts like vice presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis.“The European Union and India are committed to deep...

Celtics to face Heat again in Eastern Conference Finals. Here’s the schedule

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

For the third time in the last four years, the Celtics will meet the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.This matchup, however, was certainly not expected to come in this round of the playoffs. When the regular season ended, it seemed likely that they would face off in the first round as the Nos. 2 and 7 seeds. But the Heat lost their first play-in game to the Hawks, and they became the No. 8 seed. Then, led by Jimmy Butler, Miami upset the top-seeded Bucks in the first round and before knocking off the fifth-seeded Knicks in the second round.Game 1 is Wednesday at TD Garden, with the winner of the series advancing to face either the Nuggets or Lakers in the NBA Finals.Here’s the full series schedule. All games will be broadcasted on TNT.Game 1: Heat at Celtics – Wednesday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.Game 2: Heat at Celtics – Friday, May 19, 8:30 p.m.Game 3: Celtics at Heat – Sunday, May 21, 8:30 p.m.Game 4: Celtics at Heat – Tuesday, May 23, 8:30 p.m.Game 5: Heat at Celtics – Thursda...

Search on for missing 4-year-old boy at South Boston’s Castle Island

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

First responders have rushed to Castle Island to help search for a missing 4-year-old boy, state police report tonight.A dive team has also been called along with Boston police and fire, the State Police Air Wing and Boston EMS. The State Police Marine Unit is also on-scene. Massport and boats from the state Environmental Police are also assisting as the search draws closer to midnight.They are “searching Castle Island … and in the surrounding ocean,” MSP said.The missing child is said to be 4 years old, but that is unofficial at this point.UPDATE: The State Police are now saying the missing child is a 4-year-old boy from South Boston.Castle Island is a peninsula in South Boston that’s right on the Harbor. The popular park featuring the historic Fort Independence has been the scene of countless celebrations and picnics.This is a developing story … 

Celtics, led by Al Horford and adjustment from Joe Mazzulla, shut down Joel Embiid in Game 7

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

To get back to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics had to get past the league’s MVP. It was never a sure thing against Joel Embiid.The Celtics let an opportunity slip when they dropped Game 1 to the 76ers, who didn’t have Embiid as he nursed an injury. Embiid returned for Game 2, and though the Celtics still beat him to take a 2-1 series lead, he was still a problem. His dominance propelled the Sixers to a 3-2 lead. Joe Mazzulla had to make an adjustment to limit him, inserting Robert Williams into the starting lineup as the Celtics went big to combat Embiid.It worked. And the Celtics ultimately outlasted Embiid. They wore him down and sent the MVP packing for the summer. While Jayson Tatum received MVP chants all afternoon inside a raucous TD Garden, the actual MVP had his worst game of the series. He was a complete non-factor, finishing with 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting, and committing four turnovers.For the entirety of the series, Al Horford took the challenge. Though he...

China sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, was detained April 15, 2021, by the counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou. The city’s intermediate court announced Leung’s sentence in a brief statement on its social media site but gave no details of the charges. Such investigations and trials are held behind closed doors and little or no information is made public. Relations between Washington and Beijing have hit a historical low amid disputes over trade, technology, human rights and China’s increasingly aggressive approach toward its territorial claims. The sentencing comes as U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to Hiroshima, Japan, for the Group of Seven major industrial nations summit, followed by a visit to Papua New Guinea, a Pacific island nation in a region where China has sought to increase its economic, military and diplo...

Philadelphia Inquirer hit by cyberattack causing newspaper’s largest disruption in decades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack.The company was working to restore print operations after a cyber incursion that prevented the printing of the newspaper’s Sunday print edition, the Inquirer reported on its website.The news operation’s website was still operational Sunday, although updates were slower than normal, the Inquirer reported.Inquirer publisher Lisa Hughes said Sunday “we are currently unable to provide an exact time line” for full restoration of the paper’s systems.“We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we work to fully restore systems and complete this investigation as soon as possible,” Hughes said in an email responding to questions from the paper’s newsroom.The attack was first detected when employees on Saturday morning found the newspaper’s content-management system was not working. The In...

Border crossings off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States.Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants 1,000 people daily an appointment to cross the border and seek asylum while living in the U.S. With demand far outstripping available slots, the app has been an exercise in frustration for many — and a test of the Biden administration’s strategy of coupling new legal paths to entry with severe consequences for those who don’t follow them.“You start to give up hope but it’s the only way,” said Teresa Muñoz, 48, who abandoned her home in the Mexican state of Michoacan after a gang killed her husband and beat her. She has been trying for a month to gain entry through the app, called CBPOne, while staying in a Tijuana shelter with her two children and 2-year-old grandson.U.S. Homeland Se...