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Pakistani Taliban militants have ambushed a military convoy in a border region, killing 6 soldiers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban fighters ambushed a military convoy in a former militant stronghold in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border on Tuesday, triggering an intense shootout that killed at least six soldiers and four militants, the military said.The attack took place in South Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement. It said four insurgents were killed when troops returned fire, while two other militants were wounded. The military said a search operation is underway in the area in an effort to hunt down the attackers.Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, claimed responsibility for the attack.The Pakistani Taliban are a separate group but are allied with the Afghan Taliban, who took over Afghanistan in August 2021, following the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from the country. The takeover emboldened the TTP, who often carry out attacks near the Afghan border and el...

Pick Six: Can USC’s Caleb Williams join Archie Griffin as a two-time Heisman Trophy winner?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

Here we are again.Just like last year, college football has a returning Heisman Trophy winner — this time, USC quarterback Caleb Williams — trying to join the sport’s most exclusive club: Two-time winners of the most prestigious player of the year award.Ohio State running back Archie Griffin stands alone, winning the Heisman in 1974 and ’75.In 2022, Alabama’s Bryce Young became the 11th returning winner since Griffin to be unable to complete the two-fer, undercut by injuries and a Crimson Tide offense that lacked the type of playmakers he had in 2021.Williams, like Young, won the award with a brilliant sophomore season. Not only did Williams pass for 4,537 yards and 45 touchdowns, but he helped Southern California return to national prominence after several years of mediocrity.Winning another Heisman is so hard because voters tend to want the player to be even better the next year. That’d be tough for Williams, but he does have this going for him: USC stumble...

Denver weather: Heat continues with cooldown by end of week

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — With mostly sunny skies and another light southerly wind, temperatures will climb into the 90s once again on Tuesday in the Denver weather forecast. Heat advisories are in effect from noon until 8 p.m. in the counties below as highs may get into the very low 100s.Pinpoint Weather: Heat advisories on Aug. 22. Weather today: Hot and sunnyAfter record-breaking heat was recorded on Monday, Denver will continue to have high temperatures across the Front Range. Highs will top out in the middle to upper 90s with mostly sunny skies. ‘Where’s Moochi?’: 900-pound water buffalo missing in Colorado Denver will also see a light breeze increasing through the afternoon and evening hours. Spotty afternoon and evening showers are possible.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Aug. 22. Weather tonight: Warm and breezyThe brisk winds will linger overnight, keeping lows warm and above average in the upper 60s. Skies are mostly clear with a few passing clouds.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight...

School bus involved in accident in SW Miami-Dade

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

A Miami-Dade school bus was involved in a crash early Tuesday morning. The accident occurred on Southwest 216th Street underneath the Turnpike. Information is limited at this time but it is believed a suburban and the Miami-Dade school bus collided.As a result, heavy delays are expected and police have shut down traffic westbound at Frontage Road.First responders were seen assisting the school bus driver onto a stretcher. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Lauderhill Police officer involved in 2-vehicle crash while responding to disturbance call

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

A crash on the intersection of Northwest 15th Street and 56th Avenue sent a Lauderhill Police officer to the hospital, Monday. Officials said just after 6:30 p.m., the officer involved in the crash was on their way to a disturbance call in the vicinity of the 1200 block of Northwest 31st Avenue. As the officer approached the aforementioned intersection, the responding officer’s vehicle was involved in a two-vehicle collision. The impact resulted in significant damage to both vehicles and prompted an immediate response from paramedics on the scene. The officer and the other driver were both assessed by medical personnel and subsequently transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.Lauderhill Police Department detectives are investigating the crash.

Limited Showers, Plus Tracking the Tropics

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

Strong beach breeze with limited showers. Outside of a quick-moving shower on the breeze, it is looking pretty good. However, marine hazards will remain in place most of the week until the breeze subsides over the weekend. Tropics: 5 areas… out of the 5, tracking 3: Gert, Franklin and Harold.1. Tropical Storm Harold is headed for the South Texas coast. Heavy rains & strong winds beginning to spread onshore in the warning area. It will make landfall early afternoon.2. Tropical Storm Franklin is drifting slowly with no change in strength. Heavy rainfall expected across portions of Puerto Rico & Hispaniola into Thursday. The heavy rainfall may produce areas of flash and urban flooding as well as river rises and mudslides.3. Tropical Depression Gert is expected to fall apart at any time.4. Remnants of Emily could roar back to like. NHC giving it a low change of it regenerating.5. Tropical wave moving away from Cape Verde Islands has a medium change to form.

Children trapped 900 feet in air when chairlift cable snaps in Pakistan’s northwest

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — An urgent rescue effort is underway in Pakistan for six children and two adults trapped in a chairlift dangling 900 feet (274 meters) over a mountainous region in the country’s northwest.The children were traveling to school in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when one of the chairlift’s cables snapped at 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday, according to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).A surveillance helicopter reached the location of the chairlift first, before a larger helicopter arrived to ensure that there is enough space to carry everyone being rescued, said the district’s deputy commissioner Tanveer Ur Rehman.Two of the students on the chairlift are slipping in and out of consciousness, one of the passengers told Pakistani media outlet Geo News.The passenger, named only as Gulfaraz, urged state authorities to take action. He said that the students, aged between 10 and 15 years old, don’t even have drinking water.Rescue perso...

Tropical Storm Harold heads toward South Texas, threatening floods and dangerous storm surge

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

(CNN) — A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico has strengthened into a tropical storm as it continues to churn toward South Texas, where residents were bracing for heavy rain, flooding, powerful winds and dangerous rip currents Tuesday.Tropical Storm Harold maximum had sustained winds of 45 mph around 2 a.m. ET Tuesday, when its center was about 195 miles east-southeast of Port Mansfield, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said. More than 1 million people are under tropical storm warnings.Heavy rain and tropical-storm-force winds are expected over parts of South Texas Tuesday morning, and the latest track has the system making landfall south of Corpus Christi by midday.The storm, which formed as a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico late Monday afternoon, is expected to dump of 3 to 5 inches of rain – and up to 7 inches in some areas – across South Texas on Tuesday and Wednesday. Across Mexico, 4 to 6 inches of rain are expected.Tropical storm conditions are expect...

The African Union suspends Niger until ‘the effective restoration of constitutional order’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities “until the effective restoration of constitutional order” following last month’s coup.The council of the 55-nation bloc made the decision after mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president last month and quickly entrenched themselves in power, rebuffing most dialogue efforts. President Mohamed Bazoum, his wife and son have been kept under house arrest in the capital, Niamey. This was the council’s first public communication since it met earlier this month to discuss Niger’s crisis. The Council called on all member states and the international community to reject the country’s “unconstitutional change of government and to refrain from any action likely to grant legitimacy to the illegal regime in Niger.”The AU commission and the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS were requested to urgently submit a list of members of the the military junta and th...

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy meets with Balkan leaders in Athens

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:16:33 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday with leaders of Balkan nations and the head of the European Commission on the sidelines of a meeting between European and Balkan leaders in the Greek capital.The leaders included Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, whose country has refused to join the international sanctions imposed on its traditional ally Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.“An open, honest, and fruitful meeting with the President of Serbia,” Zelenskyy posted on the X social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “Good conversation on respect for the UN Charter and the inviolability of borders. On our nations’ shared future in the common European home. On developing our relations, that is in our mutual interest.”It was the first time Zelenskyy, who arrived in Athens on Monday afternoon, met with Vucic since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.Speaking to reporters, Vucic described the meeting as “good and open.”“I repeated ...