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Fire at wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people, injures 150 more

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday.The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province, authorities said. There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze.Health authorities gave the casualty figure via the state-run Iraqi News Agency. ___Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. Source

Iraq’s Health Ministry says at least 100 people killed, 150 hurt in a fire at a wedding in its northern Nineveh province

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Health Ministry says at least 100 people killed, 150 hurt in a fire at a wedding in its northern Nineveh province.Source

Tragedia en una boda en Iraq: al menos 100 personas mueren tras incendio, reporta agencia estatal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

(CNN) –– Al menos 100 personas murieron y otras 150 están heridas en Iraq tras el incendio que se desató en una boda en el distrito de Hamdaniya, en el noreste de la gobernación de Nínive, informó la agencia de noticias estatal INA citando un comunicado del Departamento de Salud de Nínive.Previamente, la Defensa Civil de Iraq reportó en un comunicado que había al menos una decena de personas muertas.La causa del incendio fueron los fuegos artificiales, velas y otros materiales utilizados durante la boda en el Al Haytham Wedding Hall, según la declaración.El primer ministro Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani pidió a los ministros del Interior y de Salud que hicieran todo lo posible para ayudar a los afectados por el incendio, según un comunicado de la Oficina del Primer Ministro de Iraq.Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Detroit Tigers name Jeff Greenberg as new general manager

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have named Jeff Greenberg as the team’s new general manager.“Today is a very exciting day for the Tigers, because we are welcoming a talented executive who cut his teeth in baseball helping the Chicago Cubs,” said Tigers president Scott Harris, who replaced longtime executive Al Avila a year ago. “He’s going to make me better, because we share a deep belief in healthy, challenging debate, full of independent thought and disagreement.”Harris and Greenberg worked together for the Cubs from 2012-19. While Harris continued to climb the traditional front-office ladder, becoming general manager of the San Francisco Giants in 2019, Greenberg left the Cubs in 2022 and became the associate general manager of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.“I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jump from baseball into a brand new sport with the Blackhawks, and I can not thank that organization enough for giving me that chance,” he said. “Also, for being so...

Get a cute yet creepy manicure from Wynwood’s Nail Witch Studios for Halloween

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

Halloween is next month, so now’s the time to go for ghoulish decor!It’s never too soon to think about your costume or even some nail inspo for the holiday.And Miami’s very own nail witch is ready to put a spell on you and your nails.The witch is in, And she’s brewing some spooktacular nail art. Leslie Ayala, AKA “The Nail Witch,” knows how to bewitch any mani.Leslie Ayala: “When I was younger I was always called a little witch because I had long black hair, and when I started doing nails the name just stuck.”At Nail Witch Studios in Wynwood, all Hallow’s Eve isn’t just one day, it’s a whole season.“We love decorating for Halloween because all of our clients really expect it and we can go all out and have fun with it. This year for Halloween, we went with a theme, it was spiders and kind of earthy, so we stuck to skulls, pumpkins, and cute little spider webs.”All eyes will be on your digits with this set…...

7NEWS SOURCES: 4 police officers hurt in incident in Taunton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

Emergency remained on scene Tuesday night after an incident left four police officers injured in Taunton, sources told 7NEWS. Of the officers who were injured, sources said one was stabbed in the face and taken to a Boston area hospital. At least one other officer was also taken to a hospital, according to sources.Sources said one person was in custody as of Tuesday night. No further information was immediately available about the injured officers, the circumstances surrounding the incident or the person who was in custody.Officers had two houses blocked off, in the meantime, near the intersection of West Britannia Street and Thomas Street in Taunton around 9 p.m. Numerous law enforcement personnel remained on scene. Shortly before 9 p.m., crews could be seen taking a sedan away from the area on a flatbed tow truck.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

State lawmakers unveil new $1 billion tax relief package

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers unveiled a tax relief package Tuesday aimed at delivering $561 million in reductions to taxpayers and companies during the current fiscal year through a slew of tax credits and other steps aimed at lowering tax burdens.The proposal — which would top $1 billion in tax relief by the 2027 fiscal year when fully phased in — includes more than a dozen specific tax proposals, from eliminating the tax for estates under $2 million to increasing the child and dependent tax credit from $180 to $330 per child or dependent in the current tax year to $440 for the 2024 tax year.Lawmakers say the increased child tax credit will benefit 565,000 families and will be the most generous universal child and dependent tax credit in the country.The bill would also increase the cap on the rental deduction from $3,000 to $4,000, reduce the tax rate on short-term capital gains from 12% to 8.5% and allow cities and towns to adopt a local property tax exemption to encourag...

Suspect wanted in connection with 2022 Weymouth HS student’s shooting death arraigned after his arrest in Puerto Rico

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

A suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old Weymouth High School student appeared in court on Tuesday, days after being taken into custody in Puerto Rico and returning to Massachusetts.Appearing in Norfolk District Court on Tuesday, Keniel Diaz-Romero was the last co-defendant wanted for the 2022 shooting death of Nathan Paul, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office.He and another suspect, Jaivon Harris, were originally indicted on murder and larceny charges three months after Paul was fatally shot in Quincy on Feb. 15, 2022.While Harris was arrested and arraigned that year, authorities found Diaz-Romero had left the state, leading to an investigation that resulted in Quincy and Massachusetts State Police traveling to Puerto Rico to take the suspect into custody.During his arraignment on Tuesday, Diaz-Romero pleaded not guilty to the charges he now faces and was ordered to be held without bail.Members of Paul’s family could be heard cryi...

7 Investigates: Radon Danger

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

Radon, a toxic gas that often lurks in basements, is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US. 7 Investigates recently found rainfall hitting New England is making the threat posed by radon even worse.“My situation could be anyone’s situation,” said Lindi Campbell, a lung cancer survivor.Campbell was stunned when she found out her childhood bedroom in her parent’s basement may have made her sick.  “We played down there,” she said. “We watched TV down there.”Years after moving out, Campbell was diagnosed with lung cancer. She had never smoked.She had the bedroom tested for radon, a naturally occurring odorless and colorless gas that forms when uranium in rock and soil break down. The gas seeps into the lower levels of homes through foundations.“That exact room tested 21.6 picocuries which is the toxicity level equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day,” Campbell said.7 Investigates found one in four Massachusetts homes has high radon levels.Experts...

Senate unveils stopgap bill in bid to avert shutdown, setting up showdown with the House

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:51 GMT

(CNN) — With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan stopgap bill in a bid to avert a shutdown – but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to pass in the House.The release of the Senate bill, which was negotiated on a bipartisan basis, sets up a stark contrast – and a showdown – with the House, where the Republican majority faces deep divisions and the demands of hardline conservatives have been highly influential in driving the agenda as a shutdown looms.The two chambers are now on a collision course as the House voted Tuesday night to advance a package of appropriations bill that are dead on arrival in the Senate and would not avert a government shutdown.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has little room to maneuver with only a narrow majority. Hardline conservatives have railed against the prospect of a short-term funding extension and many oppose additional aid to Ukraine, two major obstacles to finding...