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Northern Virginia volunteers are helping to bake birthday cakes for kids they’ll never meet

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

A few years ago, as her kids got older, Mary Campbell and her family settled in Northern Virginia. They’re a military family, but once they arrived, there was no longer the need for her to unpack, prepare for a new move or help her kids get settled in a new community.On a website about what parents do in their free time, Campbell read one mom’s message about baking cakes for foster children. She wanted to do the same, but eventually learned the mom was based in California. So, Campbell contacted organizers and launched a local chapter of Cake4Kids, a national organization that says it makes free, custom birthday cakes for kids across the country who otherwise may not have them.Now, Campbell has partnered with over 700 volunteers in Northern Virginia who she called “heroes.” The group has baked about 2,000 cakes in the last year.FFX Now first reported Campbell’s efforts with the local Cake4Kids chapter.“The thought of a child not having a cake for ...

Copa Mundial 2023: Panamá vs. Jamaica; aquí todos los detalles

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

Panamá se enfrenta a Jamaica en el estadio Rectangular de Perth, por el Grupo F de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2023. La patada inicial de este encuentro de la Copa del Mundo se dará a la 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT.  La cobertura de Telemundo arranca a partir de las 8:00 a.m. ET / 5:00 a.m. PT.   Puedes ver el partido en vivo sintonizando Telemundo en tu TV, o para verlo por streaming desde tu computadora o dispositivo móvil a través de la app de Peacock, haz clic aquí.Source

Por primera vez, los Biden reconocen públicamente a su séptima nieta

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden reconoció públicamente, por primera vez, a una hija de su hijo Hunter este viernes, lo que rompió un largo silencio sobre el asunto al describirlo como un “asunto familiar”.“Nuestro hijo Hunter y la madre de Navy, Lunden, están trabajando juntos para fomentar una relación que sea lo mejor para su hija, preservando su privacidad tanto como sea posible en el futuro”, dijo Biden en un comunicado que reportó inicialmente la revista People.La declaración continuó: “Este no es un asunto político, es un asunto familiar”.“Jill y yo solo queremos lo mejor para todos nuestros nietos, incluida Navy”, añadió el comunicado.Esta declaración es el primer reconocimiento que los Biden hacen de su séptima nieta, un tema que se había vuelto políticamente delicado en los meses recientes a medida que la situación legal de Hunter Biden ganaba atención pública.Joe Biden y su hijo, Hunter Biden.Lunden Roberts, una mujer de Arkansas, dio a luz a una niña en 2019 y afirm...

Copa Mundial 2023: Francia vs. Brasil; aquí todos los detalles

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

Francia se enfrenta a Brasil en el estadio de Brisbane, por el Grupo F de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2023. La patada inicial de este encuentro de la Copa del Mundo se dará a las 6:00 a.m. ET / 3:00 a.m. PT.  La cobertura de Telemundo arranca a partir de las 5:30 a.m. ET / 2:30 a.m. PT.   Puedes ver el partido en vivo sintonizando Telemundo en tu TV, o para verlo por streaming desde tu computadora o dispositivo móvil a través de la app de Peacock, haz clic aquí.Source

Drought concerns staying low thanks to July showers

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

 DENVER (KDVR) — July showers continue to limit drought concerns across Colorado. After wrapping up the fourth wettest May and the wettest June on record, the Denver area continued to pick up more showers in July. Eighteen out of the last 28 days, rainfall has been measured at Denver International Airport. Most of these days have only picked up less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall, but the near-daily chance for afternoon showers has helped to keep drought concerns low across the state. On May 4, the Denver area was under abnormally dry conditions, with severe drought conditions near Colorado Springs, and extreme to exceptional drought conditions in the far southeast corner of the state.July 1's drought monitor update revealed that Denver was cleared from abnormally dry conditions, and only about 6% of Colorado remained under moderate, severe or extreme drought. By July 4, the drought monitor revealed that 0% of the whole state of Colorado was under drought condition...

Police: Man killed in officer-involved shooting on Lincoln Road is transitional housing escapee from New Hampshire

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

A man who was killed in a police-involved shooting at the Victoria’s Secret store on Lincoln Road was an escaped inmate from New Hampshire, police said.On Friday, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections announced the death of Darien Young.Corrections officials said the 29-year-old was a resident who had been placed on escape status after he left Calumet House in Manchester on July 21.7News has learned Young had done time for burglary and other charges.Young was identified as the suspect who threatened two individuals at knifepoint and was shot by a Miami Beach Police officer inside of the Victoria’s Secret Store on Lincoln Road, Thursday afternoon.Shanell Santiago, who works at SEE Eyewear, said he heard gunshots a few doors down from his store.“Bam, bam, bam!’ Knocks on my door, ‘Let’s go, Let’s go, get out, get out, let’s run,’” he said. “‘Close the doors, close everything, get out of the shop.’”Witness Santiago Herrera said he also heard the gunfire.“A...

Throngs of fans greet Lionel Messi on Lincoln Road — but over in Wynwood, vandals splatter paint on soccer star’s mural

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

Messi mania spilled onto South Beach after the soccer superstar made a visit to an athletic apparel store on Lincoln Road, but perhaps not everybody is happy about his arrival in South Florida. Vandals made a mess of a Messi mural in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhoodCellphone video captured Lionel Messi and his family as they walked out of the Adidas store at 846 Lincoln Road, late Friday afternoon.A mob of adoring fans greeted Messi and began chanting his name.“I hear a lot of screams, people, and I say to my mom, ‘Maybe Messi’s here,’ and he was,” said a fan.“Very, very special. I send the video to my family, all my family was so excited, ‘Oh, really? You thought you see Messi?'” said another fan.Some fans surrounded the Audi where Messi got in and was taken away.“It was nice, was nice, it was very emotional,” said a fan.Just after 6:10 p.m., 7News cameras captured a couple dozen people standing outside the store, perhap...

Europe’s plan to stabilize West Africa erupts — again

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

BRUSSELS/PARIS — Europe’s hope it could buoy an island of stability in West Africa is drowning as Niger slips under military rule. The EU — and France particularly — bet big on Niger, with Paris sending resources and troops to the country and the EU committing €40 million to help train and equip the Nigerien military. The goal was to arrest Russia’s seeping influence in the region, eradicate burgeoning terrorist threats and stem the migration routes snaking through Niger. All of that is now in doubt. This week, Niger’s military — the same one the EU pledged to train — took the country’s democratically elected president hostage and proclaimed it was now in charge. As the coup unfolded, the Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group was quick to take (dubious) credit for helping and Russian propagandists gladly spread the message widely. For Europe, it’s a major setback. The Continent has lost significant sway in the region after similar military coups in...

Murdered Maltese journalist’s son blasts EU media freedom law

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

When a car bomb killed Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, Brussels promised action to better protect journalists. The European Commission last year forwarded a directive to combat strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs), which are used to censor and silence public critics.But in an interview with POLITICO’s EU Confidential podcast, Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son Andrew Caruana Galizia has lambasted the EU’s watershed anti-SLAPP law as insufficient. “In reality, the proposal as it stands would not have helped my mother in any of her cases,” he said. Daphne Caruana Galizia faced 43 civil and five criminal lawsuits at the time of her death.In recent years, the EU has seen a rise in SLAPPs: unfounded cases brought against journalists, activists or other public figures, often by wealthy and powerful people, which explicitly aim to stifle free speech and kill legitimate investigation or criticism. Unfounded cases place a massive financial bu...

4 workers rushed to the hospital after fall from scaffolding in Milford

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:07:51 GMT

Four workers were rushed to the hospital Friday afternoon after falling from scaffolding while working on a project on Main Street in Milford. Emergency crews responded to the scene around 3 p.m. Two of the injured people were taken to nearby Milford Hospital. Two others who suffered more serious injuries were taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center.Crews could still be seen cleaning up the area around 5 p.m. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration and police are inspecting the building and working to determine what caused the fall.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.