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Broward County woman wins $1 million from $5 scratch-off ticket

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

A Broward County woman hit the jackpot when she won $1 million from a scratch-off ticket.Litoria Ellis, 25, of Oakland Park, claimed a $1 million top prize from the FLORIDA 50X THE CASH Holiday Edition Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $695,000.00. Ellis purchased her winning ticket from Super Stop, located at 1801 Northeast 45th Street in Ft. Lauderdale. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.Earlier this year, Super Stop sold two winning million dollar tickets in less than a month.The $5 game launched in October 2022 and features more than $101 million in cash prizes, including four top prizes of $1 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.78.According to the Florida Lottery, Scratch-Off games accounted for approximately 77 percent of ticket sales in 2021-2022. Since inception, Scratch-Off games have generated more than $17.06 ...

Officer speaks out 1 week after killing Nashville shooter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

Officer Rex Engelbert was one of the officers who helped take down a school shooter that terrorized the people inside The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee and he spoke out about the incident in a press conference on Tuesday.He was en route to the Metro Police Academy on Mar. 27 to get some work done, but as he was driving outside of his precinct, he ended up near the school.“I really had no business being where I was,” said Engelbert. “I think you can call it fate or God.”Engelbert was the one who fired at the suspect, but he was then relieved of duty.“I was told to sit in my car and that was difficult because I could tell there was more work to be done,” he said.A reporter asked the officers, who are all fathers, how they would explain what happened that day to their children. Detective Sgt. Jeff Mathes, who has an 11-month-old baby, said he would have that conversation with his son when he is ready.“Obviously it’s difficult,&#...

Police search for suspect after man shot in Fort Lauderdale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating after a man was shot in the neck behind a business on Tuesday. It happened along the area of Northwest 19th Street and 31st Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. The man whose identity has not been released was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center in extremely critical condition.  Police have set up a perimeter in the area as they search for the suspect. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

France faces fresh strikes after failed talks with unions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

PARIS — France will be hit Thursday by fresh strike action and protests against Emmanuel Macron’s flagship pensions reform while the French leader is on a three-day visit to China. A meeting between trade union representatives and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday failed to avert further protests against the government’s plans to raise the retirement age from to 64 from 62 and increase the number of years of contributions required to receive a full pension.Union chiefs walked out of the meeting with Borne in less than an hour, saying the government was not ready to make concessions, and called for protests to continue.“The prime minister replied that she wished to maintain her bill [pension reform]. A seriously bad decision. This reform is rejected by almost the entire population. It must be withdrawn,” major unions said in a joint statement after the meeting. “We will not come back to the negotiation table as if nothing had happened,” t...

Battle of Waterlooville: Arch-Brexiteer Suella Braverman’s tricky selection battle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

LONDON — Suella Braverman might be finally facing her Waterlooville. The arch-Brexiteer MP and home secretary faces a tough selection battle in the newly created Fareham and Waterlooville constituency in Hampshire, following changes to the U.K.’s parliamentary boundary system. The showdown has been dubbed “the battle of Waterlooville” by locals. As part of those changes, Braverman’s Fareham constituency is absorbing the nearby seat of Meon Valley, currently held by fellow Tory MP Flick Drummond, leading to a straight fight between the two.In one corner is Braverman, a Brexit-backing, culture war-fighting darling of the Conservative Party’s right-wing and one of Rishi Sunak’s most senior ministers. As the party attempts to reverse its dire standing in the polls, Braverman as home secretary has been in the spotlight spearheading tough new efforts to crack down on cross-Channel migration. In the “Wet” corner is Drummond, an unabashed Euro...

Far-right Finns Party moves to ECR group in EU Parliament

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

BRUSSELS — The far-right Finns Party has decided to leave the nationalist Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament to join the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the party announced Wednesday.The “radical change in Finland’s security policy” caused by the Russia’s war on Ukraine led the party to “reexamine international cooperation networks,” the party’s statement reads. The war prompted Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia, to join the NATO military alliance in a historic move for the traditionally nonaligned country.The Finns party leadership “unanimously decided” to join a group “whose member parties are united by the uncompromising defense of Western civilization and the European security policy architecture” — a goal which can be “best promote[d] through the EU Parliament as a member of the ECR group.” In February, ECR Chairman Ryszard Leg...

UK proposes lighter touch approach to post-Brexit border checks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

LONDON — British goods imports from the EU will be subject to new red tape from October, after the U.K. government today released its new post-Brexit border proposals.The new plans will see a more streamlined process than previously announced, after a series of delays on more stringent checks on goods coming from the EU to the U.K.Imports of plant and animal products considered to be a “medium risk” — including meat, dairy and fish — and foods of a non-animal origin considered to be “high risk” will need to have health certificates from October.Phytosanitary certificates will also be required for phytosanitary goods — items like fruits, vegetables, seeds and grains — imported from the EU.New physical checks will be implemented at the U.K. border from January, before further security and safety checks for all EU imports are introduced in October 2024.However, the level of physical checks required on many goods will be less stringent than previously planned.Britain’s Cabinet Office sa...

The creator of the Catan board game has died

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

(CNN) — Klaus Teuber, creator of the blockbuster board game Catan, has passed away.“It is with profound sadness that we at Catan Studio acknowledge the passing of Klaus Teuber, legendary game designer and creator of the beloved board game Catan,” the game publisher’s said in a statement posted to Facebook and other social media platforms Tuesday. “Our hearts go out to Klaus’ family during this incredibly difficult time.”Teuber, born 1952, was “a kind and selfless human being, an inspirational leader,” the statement reads, adding that his “contributions to the board gaming industry are immeasurable.”The German designer first started developing games in the 1980s, according to the Catan website. Catan, originally called Settlers of Catan, came out in 1995.In the multi-player game, competitors have to settle the island of Catan using resources like grain and lumber to build their societies. Over the years, Cata...

How your phone learned to see in the dark

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

(CNN) — Open up Instagram at any given moment and it probably won’t take long to find crisp pictures of the night sky, a skyline after dark or a dimly lit restaurant. While shots like these used to require advanced cameras, they’re now often possible from the phone you already carry around in your pocket.Tech companies such as Apple, Samsung and Google are investing resources to improve their night photography options at a time when camera features have increasingly become a key selling point for smartphones that otherwise largely all look and feel the same from one year to the next.Earlier this month, Google brought a faster version of its Night Sight mode, which uses AI algorithms to lighten or brighten images in dark environments, to more of its Pixel models. Apple’s Night mode, which is available on models as far back as the iPhone 11, was touted as a premier feature on its iPhone 14 lineup last year thanks to its improved ca...

Latino empowerment council to advise Massachusetts governor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:06 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is planning to sign an executive order Wednesday creating a Governor’s Council on Latino Empowerment.The 40-member panel will be made up of Latino leaders from across the state and will be charged with advising Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll on strategies to expand economic opportunities for Massachusetts’ Latino communities and to improve their overall wellbeing.The panel will hold its first meeting Wednesday.Healey said the state’s Latino community helps strengthen Massachusetts.“Together, we can break down systemic barriers and expand access to opportunity by prioritizing education, job training, entrepreneurship and affordability,” the Democrat said in a written statement.Josiane Martinez — former executive director of the Office for Refugees and Immigrants, and founder and CEO of the Archipelago Strategies Group, a marketing agency — will serve as chair of the new council.“The Latinx community, one of the youngest and fastes...