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New apprenticeship program lends skills training for youths

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Josh Weeks, owner of Wicked Diesel, a diesel and automotive repair facility at 1051 Orange St., recently became the first Bedford County business owner to register with the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s Youth Registered Apprenticeship Program.He currently has two apprentices in the program, ages 17 to 21.Weeks works closely with automotive technology instructors at Bedford County Public Schools’ Susie G. Gibson Science and Technology Center to provide job-shadowing opportunities, internships and part-time paid employment opportunities at his shop, which opened in 2014.A 2005 graduate of the center’s automotive technology program himself, he currently employs four other graduates from the same program. He is excited to further his involvement with local students through the apprenticeship program.“We’re able to grow our business and our intention is to keep these employees forever for them to make a career out of it,” he said. “So when we go into it ...

Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey’s law that allows medically assisted suicide — but she was bedbound, too sick to travel. So last Nov. 17, surrounded by three of her children, Sheridan drank a lethal dose of drugs prescribed by a doctor she had never met in person, only online. She died within minutes. Soon, others who seek Sheridan’s final option may find it out of reach, the unintended result of a federal move to roll back online prescribing of potentially addictive drugs allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “How much should one person suffer?” said Sheridan’s daughter, Georgene White, 68. “She wanted to just go to sleep and not wake up.”Online prescribing rules for controlled drugs were relaxed three years ago under emergency waivers to ensure critical medications remained available during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has pro...

Lukaku puts on show in Inter win with 2 goals and an assist

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

ROME (AP) — Inter Milan has been waiting all season for this version of Romelu Lukaku.The big Belgium striker scored twice and set up the third goal in a 3-0 win at Empoli on Sunday to end Inter’s five-match winless run in Serie A.The goals were Lukaku’s first from open play in the Italian league since the opening round of the season in August.The return to form couldn’t have come at a better time for Lukaku, with the second leg of the Italian Cup semifinals coming up against Juventus on Wednesday, followed by the Champions League semifinals against city rival AC Milan next month.“I’m getting my confidence back,” Lukaku said.It’s been a big 24 hours for Lukaku, who had his one-match suspension for the Cup match overturned by the Italian soccer federation on Saturday in what it called a statement against racism.Lukaku had picked up a second yellow card in the opening leg for provoking Juventus fans by holding his finger to his lips as if to silence the crowd after converting a ...

Child wanders into store, police ask to find parent/guardian

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Wheat Ridge are asking for the public's help locating the parent or guardian of a child that wandered into a 7-Eleven at 50th Avenue and Kipling Street Sunday morning.He entered the store around 4:30 a.m. wearing only boxer shorts and a tank top, police said. Police said he looked to be about 3 years old.Police said he looked to be in good health but couldn't provide anyone with much information about his identity or where he lives.He gave officers the names "Malcom" and "Martin." Anyone with information was asked to immediately call 911.

Denver weather: Sunny Sunday before a rainy week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There will be mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures to end the weekend and before an unsettled weather pattern moves in this week. Weather today: Mild sunshineTemperatures will be closer to seasonal averages this afternoon as we top off in the upper 50s. Skies will have more sunshine with clouds moving in by the evening. Looking ahead: Rainy Tuesday and WednesdayMonday starts off dry and seasonal but the next system starts to move in by the evening. A few showers are possible while most of the activity moves in Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday look to be rainy days. This moisture is great for our drought conditions, however, we will have to watch for flooding.The system should clear by Wednesday evening but another chance for rain is back on Friday.

Trump defends his efforts to combat abortion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his efforts to limit abortion in a video address to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.In his remarks, Trump cited his appointment of three justices (Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett) to the U.S. Supreme Court. All three voted in the majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationally.Those justices delivered a landmark victory for protecting innocent life. Nobody thought it was going to happen,” the former president said.Trump also said he had fulfilled his promises when it came to Iowans and also to conservative values.“Together we achieved more for our values than any other administration in the history of our country, and it is not even close,“ he said, saying he took “historic action to protect the unborn.“ He also touted his support for “religious liberty“ and Israel.On Thursday, Trump had been criticized by the Susan B. An...

G7 calls for extension of Black Sea grain deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

The Group of Seven on Sunday called for the “extension, full implementation and expansion” of a grain deal that has been essential to export Ukrainian produce through the Black Sea. G7 agriculture ministers “recognized the importance” of the deal, following a two-day meeting in Miyazaki, Japan. “We strongly support the extension, full implementation and expansion” of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, they said in a communiqué.Under the pact, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, some 28 million metric tons of Ukrainian grain have been exported since last July, including to poor countries facing the brunt of the global food crisis.But Russia is threatening to walk away from the agreement unless its demands are met, portending a return to the full-scale maritime blockade that halted Ukraine’s grain exports in the months after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February last year. The Kremlin has warned that ship registrations would only contin...

Send warships to Taiwan Strait, Borrell urges EU governments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

BRUSSELS — EU member countries should deploy warships to patrol the Taiwan Strait in order to deter Beijing’s military aggression, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.In an article published in Le Journal du Dimanche on Saturday, Borrell took a swipe at French President Emmanuel Macron’s sense of detachment on Taiwan as reflected in an interview with POLITICO earlier this month. Borrell argued in the French publication that “Europe must in fact be very present on this issue [of Taiwan], which concerns us economically, commercially and technologically.”Borrell continued: “That is why I call on European navies to patrol the Taiwan Strait to signify Europe’s commitment to freedom of navigation in this absolutely crucial area. At the same time, we must be vigilant against provocations and overbidding.”“The vast majority of the Taiwanese population believe that the peaceful status quo is the most appropriate solution. L...

Police investigating fatal Hyde Park shooting, two victims dead from gunshot wounds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

Boston police are searching for a shooter after a person was fatally shot while sitting in a car in Hyde Park on Saturday night, officials said.Officers responding to a reported shooting at 36 Dedham Street around 9:30 p.m. found an adult male victim suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Boston police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.While responding, officers learned another gunshot victim had walked into Milton Hospital, and a preliminary investigation ties these two incidents together. This adult male was pronounced dead at the hospital.No further information has been released.Anyone with information is urged to call Boston police. If you would prefer to share information anonymously you can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line AT 1-800 (494) -TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash in Merrimack, NH

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:52 GMT

A 37-year-old Merrimack, New Hampshire man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding hit a vehicle head-on in Merrimack on Saturday afternoon, officials said.Officers responding to a reported crash around 2:15 p.m. determined Joshua Danforth crossed over the center line and struck a 2018 GMC pickup head-on, according to police.The crash remains under investigation.Anyone with information is asked to call Merrimack police at 603-420-1867.