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Students with special needs attend MIAair program to prepare for future flights

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

Flying can be an intimidating and stressful experience, but one group is set to soar thanks to a program at a South Florida airport.It was a remarkable day for several students. The goal of the MIAair program is to ensure that anyone, regardless of disability or special needs, can experience the joy of travel and to do so as comfortably as possible.It was a busy morning at American Airlines’ concurs D in Miami International Airport. The good news for these wanna-be flyers was there was no risk of a delayed flight.“We actually walk them through the travel experience,” said Ralph Cutie director and CEO of MIA. “They go through our checkpoints.”With tickets in hand, children and teens with a range of special needs got a feel for the flying experience.They made their way through the metal detectors, then the MIA Airport Instruction and Readiness program ushers the students to the gate.“I do plane spotting outside the property of the airport with my da...

Students at NSU tear down ‘wall of hate’ as way to express themselves

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

Some South Florida college students “destroyed hate” after a wall that was written with hurtful words was torn down.A makeshift wall at Nova Southeastern University was turned to rumble, Monday. Hours before the wall was torn down, there were violent and unsettling messages written across, what administrators dubbed, the “wall of hate.”“It’s something that we’ve done on and off for the last 20 or so years, and the purpose is very simple,” Joe Donzelli said. “We give an area and an opportunity for students, facility or staff to write down words or phrase that might have been upsetting to them, that might have hurt themselves, their families, their friends or loved ones.”The past few weeks have proven to be divisive both in South Florida and around the world as the war in the Middle East rages on. Given the circumstances, students and staff were given the opportunity at NSU to express themselves. “It’s a way to sh...

Trump muddles up Turkish and Hungarian leaders

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to confuse the leaders of Turkey and Hungary in a campaign speech in New Hampshire on Monday.“There’s a man, Viktor Orbán, anybody ever hear of him?” Trump said, referring to the Hungarian prime minister.“He’s probably, like, one of the strongest leaders anywhere in the world. He’s the leader of Turkey,” the former president said. Turkey’s president is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Trump added that Orbán has a “front” with Russia. Neither Turkey nor Hungary has a border with Russia.Trump has previously praised Orbán, who opposes migration and LGBTQ rights, and refers to his governing style as an “illiberal democracy.” Trump hosted him at the White House in 2019.In turn, Orbán was the first European leader to endorse Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and urged him to “keep fighting” after the former president was hit with a criminal indictment.“Come back, Mr President. Make America great again and bring us peace,” Orbán told a meeting ...

Police find car wanted in connection with homicide in Gardner

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

Police have located a car they were searching for in connection with a homicide in Gardner. The car was found in a wooded area in Ashburnham near the Ashburnham/Gardner line. SKY7-HD was over the area around 6 p.m., spotting police on scene along with state police helicopters. Nearby access roads were blocked off as of around 6:30 p.m.Police have been trying to find Aaron Pennington, 33, to question him in connection with his wife’s death in Gardner. According to court documents, Breanne Pennington, 30, was found Sunday morning after police were called to the couple’s Cherry Street home.As their search has continued, police have shared information on a car that Aaron is believed to have driven away from his house before Breanne was found. The car seen in Ashburnham on Monday matched the description and license plate number shared by police.While authorities gathered in Ashburnham, the Gardner Police Department and the Gardner Mayor’s Office on Monday afternoon issued a she...

Feds issue subpoenas in Tesla probe 

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it, the company disclosed Monday.In a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla said the Department of Justice is looking into “personal benefits, related parties, vehicle range and personnel decisions” without giving details.The additional investigation topics and the subpoenas suggest that prosecutors have broadened their inquiry, and they have found the need to force Tesla to disclose information, legal experts say. The filing indicates prosecutors may be investigating Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and whether the company has been candid in describing the features of its vehicles, they say.In January, Tesla disclosed that the Justice Department had requested documents related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-DrivingR...

UAW expands strike to Ram 1500 plant

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan — The United Auto Workers said Monday it has expanded its strike of the Detroit automakers to Stellantis NV’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, adding 6,800 members to picket lines and dealing another blow to the automakers’ profitable truck plants.Workers at SHAP make Ram 1500 trucks. The week before last, the UAW significantly expanded its unprecedented simultaneous strike of all three U.S. automakers when it took down Ford Motor Co.’s largest and most profitable plant, Kentucky Truck, which builds Super Duty trucks. UAW President Shawn Fain warned in a public bargaining update Friday that the union was prepared to hit the auto companies’ pickup truck production as he insisted the UAW has “cards left to play” in the strike, which is now in its 39th day.Fain had emphasized an end of an era of partnering with the automakers. Instead, his comments were around class warfare, fighting for the working class and securing a str...

Ticker: Mass part of new maritime tech hub; Gas prices slide 3 cents lower 

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

Massachusetts is part of a newly-designated federal tech hub for emerging maritime artificial intelligence.The Department of Commerce announced the news on Monday afternoon, awarding the Ocean Tech Hub of Southeastern New England designation to Rhode Island and Massachusetts as part of an effort led by the Rhode Island Commerce Corp.Thirty-one tech hubs were announced, all authorized under the CHIPS and Science Act signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022. The winners were selected from nearly 400 applications, and are eligible to apply to receive between $40 million and $70 million each for implementation funding.The commerce department, led by former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, said the designations represent “an endorsement of the region’s plans to supercharge their respective technological industries to create jobs, strengthen U.S. competitiveness, and protect national security.”In September, the Biden administration chose Massachusetts to create a bio...

Tesla says Justice Department is expanding investigations and issuing subpoenas for information

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

By TOM KRISHER (AP Auto Writer)DETROIT (AP) — Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it, the company disclosed Monday.In a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla said the Department of Justice is looking into “personal benefits, related parties, vehicle range and personnel decisions” without giving details.The additional investigation topics and the subpoenas suggest that prosecutors have broadened their inquiry, and they have found the need to force Tesla to disclose information, legal experts say. The filing indicates prosecutors may be investigating Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and whether the company has been candid in describing the features of its vehicles, they say.In January, Tesla disclosed that the Justice Department had requested documents related to its ...

Man found in Ramona home with gunshot wound to head; SDSO investigating

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in his Ramona home on Friday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.Around 5 p.m., SDSO received a call reporting a deceased person in a home on the 400 block of 16th Street, Lt. Joseph Jarjura said in a release. Upon arrival to the scene, deputies spoke to the person who alerted authorities to the body.Jarjura said the reporting party told deputies that he had found his brother, identified as 26-year-old Eduardo Aguilar Alba, deceased inside his home under suspicious circumstances.Authorities checked the residence and found Alba unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Boy hit, killed by trolley Alba's body was taken to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. According to SDSO, the preliminary cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the head and the manner was ruled a homicide.The investigation into the in...

San Diego has hundreds of ghost stories. Here are six you may not have known

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:37 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The season of ghostly haunting is nearing its peak with Halloween and Día de Muertos right around the corner. It's the time when spirits are said to walk among the living, many believed to be revisiting a place of significance in their life.Some cities with storied buildings and vast cemeteries -- destinations like Savannah, New Orleans and Salem -- have reputations for their history of paranormal encounters. However, many people may not be aware of the extensive folklore of ghosts right here in San Diego."(San Diego) has been here since the mid-1700s and it has just as much history," Ghosts and Gravestones Trolley tour manager, Kalani Baker, told FOX 5. "You also see the mixing of cultures, of ideas … And with the sharing of stories, of oral traditions, those are going to pass down and go through different types of transformations along the way."Most locals are probably familiar with the tall tales of spirits haunting sites like the Whaley House in Old Town and the Hot...