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Shooting at Hallandale Beach resort leaves 1 dead, 1 critical; mutiple deaths reported across Miami-Dade, Broward counties

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

A string of violence across Miami-Dade and Broward has communities on edge as another shooting that occurred in Hallandale Beach left one person injured and another dead.Several detectives and police officers were at the scene at the Beachwalk Hotel Sunday night, a luxury hotel and resort located at 2602 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., as they searched the third floor of the parking garage where the shots were fired.According to officials, a man and a woman were shot leading to the woman’s demise. The man is still in critical condition.“I hoped I was wrong,”Emily Beke said. Beke was visiting and staying at the hotel. She said she heard four to five gun shots.“I heard a few loud pops just after midnight,” Beke said. “I’m Canadian, you know, so that’s really far from our reality. I never heard gun shots before today first day in Florida.”The man is in critical condition while the woman unfortunately died.Police said the shooter knew the...

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, CNN announced Monday“CNN and Don have parted ways,” CNN chair Chris Licht said in a memo to staff that was also posted on the network’s communications Twitter account. “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”CNN did not provide a public explanation for Lemon’s departure. But on the “CNN This Morning” co-host’s own Twitter account, Lemon contended the news came as a surprise to him and characterized it as a firing. He had appeared on his show that morning.“I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” he wrote in a statement posted shortly after 12 p.m. Eastern. “After 17 years at CNN...

Crews put out house fire in Hollywood

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

Crews worked to put out a fire at a South Florida home.Hollywood Fire Rescue responded to a reported house fire at 2539 Wiley Street, Monday afternoon. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where smoke was seen coming from the front and rear of the home. Residents in the community called 911 to report a house next door that was on fire. One person came out of the home without a shirt and had blood on their head and hands. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Disney starts 2nd round of layoffs across parks, ESPN

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

The Walt Disney Co. will be laying off several thousand employees this week, a second round of cuts that’s part of a previously announced plan to eliminate 7,000 jobs this year.The latest employee releases will take place Monday through Thursday, according to Disney officials. The company will have reached approximately 4,000 job cuts when factoring in both the first and second rounds of layoffs.The job eliminations are taking place across various business segments, including entertainment, ESPN, parks, experiences and products. The cuts are also occurring in various locations, including Burbank, California, New York and Connecticut. The company previously said that it doesn’t expect the job cuts to impact hourly frontline operations roles at its parks and resorts.Disney anticipates a third round of job cuts starting before the beginning of the summer in order to hit the 7,000 eliminations target.Disney CEO Bob Iger had announced in February that the company was going to...

Don Lemon leaves CNN

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

(CNN) — CNN has parted ways with longtime host Don Lemon.“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” said CNN CEO Chris Licht in a statement. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.”Lemon anchored “CNN This Morning” with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. The show has been on the air for nearly six months.“We are committed to its success,” Licht said of the morning show.

‘Tennessee Three’ to discuss gun control with Biden on Monday

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden will welcome three Democratic Tennessee lawmakers to the White House on Monday, after the trio faced expulsion votes over their act of protest advocating for gun control.The three Democrats — Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson — were each subject to an ouster vote by Tennessee Republican lawmakers earlier this month over their protest on the state House floor to advocate for gun control, where they used a bullhorn to address those in the room.Their act of protest and rare expulsions from the body’s Republican supermajority came days after a mass shooting at a Nashville Christian school that left six people dead, including three 9-year-old students.Republicans accused the trio of “knowingly and intentionally” bringing “disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives” without being recognized to speak, CNN affiliate WSMV reported.Jones and Pearson, who are ...

Lawrence police investigating after two men shot overnight

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

Police in Lawrence are investigating an overnight shooting at a nightclub that left one man wounded, while another victim appeared at a hospital soon afterwards.Lawrence Police Detective Thomas M. Cuddy said officers were called to Broadway just before 1 a.m. Monday for a report of shots being fired at the Guld Lounge.Responding officers soon found a male victim who suffered what Cuddy described as non-life-threatening injuries from “an apparent gunshot wound.”The victim was treated at the scene before being taken to Lawrence General Hospital, where another gunshot victim appeared soon after paramedics departed Broadway.Cuddy said police learned a second adult male victim had arrived at the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries from an apparent gunshot wound as well, after being driven there by friends.“This remains an active investigation being conducted by the Lawrence Police Detectives Division,” Cuddy stated in a news release. “There is no fur...

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

By DAVID BAUDER (AP Media Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News said Monday it has “agreed to part ways” with Tucker Carlson, its popular and controversial host, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting.The network said in a press release that the last program of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” aired Friday.“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” the press release from the network said.Carlson became Fox’s most popular personality after replacing Bill O’Reilly in Fox’s prime-time lineup in 2016. He’s also consistently drawn headlines for controversial coverage, including most recently airing tapes from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to minimize the impact of the deadly attack.There was no immediate explanation from Fox about why Carlson was leaving. A text message to Carlson seeking comment was not immediately returned.Fox agreed...

4 takeaways from Chicago Cubs’ weekend series, including Nico Hoerner filling a void and the Rick Sutcliffe scale

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

Four takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ weekend at Wrigley Field against the Los Angeles Dodgers, their first series loss since the opening three-game set against the Milwaukee Brewers.1. Pat’s backPat Hughes returned to the Cubs radio booth Sunday following a five-game absence that began last week in Oakland, Calif.“It was just a case of losing my voice,” Hughes said in a phone interview. “It started that Monday night in Oakland, and I just couldn’t do it.”Hughes, who will receive the Ford C. Frick award in July at the Baseball Hall of Fame, doesn’t believe it will be a recurring problem.“I sure hope not,” he said. “You get to a certain age and you have fear of anything out of the norm. I try to take good care of myself and try to exercise as much as I can and eat right and all those things. Age is kind of a cruel thing.”The 67-year-old Hughes, who wasn’t in pain, has been taking antibiotics. He just couldn...

Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo set to return for Monday night’s Game 4 against Heat

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:46 GMT

Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is set to return for Monday night’s pivotal Game 4 against the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center.Antetokounmpo returned to the court Monday morning for the Bucks’ shootaround, a further indication the superstar will make it back from the lower-back contusion sustained in the Heat’s Game 1 victory in Milwaukee.The teams split the two games in his absence, with the Heat leading the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series 2-1.Antetokounmpo had been slowly working his way back from the injury, doing individual work at Kaseya Center with Bucks coaches Sunday prior to his team’s video session.“He always wants to make himself available. He does everything to make himself available,” coach Mike Budenholzer said Sunday.” ()